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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump blog page shuts down for good  — Former President Donald Trump's blog has been permanently shut down.  — The page, “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” has been scrubbed from Trump's website and “will not be returning,” his senior aide Jason Miller told CNBC.
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Washington Post:
Pressure mounts on Manchin as ‘panic’ sets in among Democrats over voting rights  —  Democratic leaders and activists are urgently stepping up pressure on Sen. Joe Manchin III to support legislation to fight Republican-led voting restrictions across the country, with party officials increasingly concluding …
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Texas Voting Lie  —  None of the bill's provisions would actually prevent anyone from voting, no matter what Democrats say.  —  The Democratic opposition to legislative minorities using whatever leverage they have to block legislation is highly situational.
Discussion: Townhall
Bloomberg:
Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working From Home  —  A six-minute meeting drove Portia Twidt to quit her job.  —  She'd taken the position as a research compliance specialist in February, enticed by promises of remote work.  Then came the prodding to go into the office.
Amir Vahdat / Associated Press:
Iran's largest warship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, the latest calamity to strike one of the country's vessels in recent years amid tensions with the West.
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Republicans say they'll tweak part of Texas elections bill criticized for impact on Black churchgoers  —  The provision deals with the window for early voting on Sundays, and the current version of the bill raised concerns that it would hinder get-out-the-vote efforts by Black churches.  —  Copy link
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Dallas Morning News:
Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas child-care regulators to yank licenses of facilities housing immigrant kids
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Conservative Publishing Industry Has a Joe Biden Problem  —  In the conservative book world, nothing is supposed to set off a gold rush like a new Democratic president.  Ever since Bill Clinton inspired a wave of right-wing best sellers in the '90s, publishing houses that cater …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat, Cruises in New Mexico House Race  —  Ms. Stansbury won a landslide victory in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.  The result is likely to hearten national Democrats worried about the 2022 midterms.
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Stimulus Checks Substantially Reduced Hardship, Study Shows  —  Researchers found that sharp declines in food shortages, financial instability and anxiety coincided with the two most recent rounds of payments.  —  WASHINGTON — Julesa Webb resumed an old habit: serving her children three meals a day.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Are Republicans Really a Threat to Democracy?  —  How worried should we be about the state of democracy in the U.S.?  A group of leading political scientists who study the issue say: a lot.  A whole lot.  In fact, they say: “our entire democracy is now at risk.”  They're correct.
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NBC News:
Democrat wins big in N.M. as national political environment remains unchanged
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Charges after US Capitol insurrection roil far-right groups  —  Indictments.  Infighting.  Incarceration.  —  Former President Donald Trump's lies about a stolen 2020 election united right-wing supporters, conspiracy theorists and militants on Jan. 6, but the aftermath of the insurrection …
Discussion: Raw Story and Forbes
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State, Announces Bid for Governor  —  Ms. Hobbs, a Democrat who gained prominence for defending the state's election system, has condemned a Republican recount currently underway, calling it a threat to democracy.  —  Katie Hobbs, the Democratic secretary …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Covid Hope Over Fear  —  We look at the effects of the C.D.C.'s new mask guidance on Covid cases and vaccinations.  —  When the C.D.C. reversed its Covid-19 guidelines last month and said that vaccinated Americans rarely needed to wear masks, it caused both anxiety and uncertainty.
Discussion: HotAir
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Donald Trump's rebooted rallies have no place on your television  —  Former President Donald Trump has lost access to some of the biggest guns in his political arsenal.  He can no longer tweet directly to the masses; nor can his Facebook page gin up excitement and ardor among his fans.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Biden team is making terrible excuses for keeping Trump's secrets buried  —  As the Biden administration increasingly resists pressure to release various documents that would shed light on the depths of Donald Trump's corruption, you'll be hearing a key excuse a lot: We need to restore normalcy.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Hamilton Nolan / In These Times:
Words That Mean Nothing  —  Our political discourse is dominated by issues that don't exist  —  Much of the time that we think we are talking about ​"issues," we are actually talking about words.  One side will argue against one definition of a word, while the other side argues in favor of a different definition of a word.
Tatiana Tenreyro / The A.V. Club:
Oh great, Ellie Kemper is yet another rich white celebrity with a racist past  —  You may have noticed Ellie Kemper was trending on Twitter.  She's not dead.  So she must've done something really amazing, right?  Wrong!  Turns out Kimmy Schmidt isn't as inoffensive as she seems.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
To build a crowd for a pro-Trump rally, Nevada GOP consultant sought help from Proud Boys  —  Two days after the tumultuous 2020 election, as President Donald Trump railed that his victory had been stolen, a small group of men dressed in yellow-and-black Proud Boys shirts appeared with dozens …
Scott Calvert / Wall Street Journal:
The Fast and the Furious: Electric Bikers and Cyclists Compete for Trail Space  —  Bicyclists says e-bikers zip by recklessly, motorized bike enthusiasts say pedal crowd is just as bad; “increasing rudeness.”  —  Scott Sterner and his wife, Donna Rupert, 60-year-old retirees in Dunedin …
New York Times:
Quiz: How Well Do You Understand Today's Crime Trends?  —  Crime has emerged as a significant issue in the U.S. during the pandemic.  But context can be lost amid the headlines and partisan claims.  How well can you separate fact from fiction on this topic?  —  1 of 12
CNN:
Biden to announce ‘National Month of Action’ — that could include free beer — to get more Americans vaccinated by July 4  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce a “National Month of Action” and outline additional steps his administration is taking to get 70% of US adults …
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Amazon US customers have one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing  —  Critics raise transparency fears over plan to turn all smart home devices into ‘mesh network’  —  Amazon customers have one week to opt out of a plan that would turn every Echo speaker and Ring security camera in the US …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
What's behind the anti-Semitism surge in the US  —  Violent anti-Semitism spiked in America during the Israel-Hamas war.  And we don't know why.  —  Recently, my mom sent me a text with a link to a story about a gang assault targeting a Jewish man in New York.  “I'm worried for you,” she said.
Discussion: Twitchy and The Daily Caller
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Dems' dark-money bid aimed to paint Josh Hawley as an anti-gun lefty  —  A dark-money group aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer helped pay for deceptive ads aimed at depressing Republican general election turnout in 2018, newly released records show.
Discussion: The Western Journal
OpenSecrets.org:
Leading money-in-politics data nonprofits merge to form OpenSecrets, a state-of-the-art democratic accountability organization  —  For Immediate Release: Contact: [email protected]  —  Center for Responsive Politics and National Institute on Money in Politics launch combined organization to integrate federal, state and local data
The Guardian:
Buckingham Palace banned ethnic minorities from office roles, papers reveal  —  Exclusive: Documents also shed light on Queen's ongoing exemption from race and sex discrimination laws  —  he Queen's courtiers banned “coloured immigrants or foreigners” from serving in clerical roles …
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: At least 20 Republican senators didn't meet with the Sicknick family  —  Good Wednesday morning.  We're halfway there.  Thanks for waking up with the Power Up newsletter.  —  On the Hill  —  NO SHOWS: Before Senate Republicans blocked the creation of a bipartisan commission …
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
NIH Director: We Need an Investigation Into the Wuhan Lab-Leak Theory  —  As Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, recounted the moment, his eyes welled with tears.  —  A few months before, he and his colleague Anthony Fauci had confided in each other their hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Discussion: HotAir, New York Post and Yahoo News
New York Times:
2 Leading Manhattan D.A. Candidates Face the Trump Question  —  Alvin Bragg and Tali Farhadian Weinstein both have had dealings with President Donald J. Trump's administration that Mr. Trump could try to use against them.  —  Whoever wins the race to become the next Manhattan district attorney …
Discussion: Raw Story and IJR
Washington Post:
Offering beer, babysitting and barbershop outreach, the White House launches a raft of initiatives to boost vaccinations  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization  —  WASHINGTON - A Washington man was arrested on Friday, May 28, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on criminal charges related to his alleged efforts to join Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Senate chamber trespasser pleads guilty and faces more than a year in prison  —  (CNN)A man who wore goggles and carried a Trump flag into the Senate chamber on January 6 as the US Capitol was overrun with rioters became the second riot defendant to plead guilty on Wednesday …
Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost, CBS News and NPR
 
 
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Ronna McDaniel: RNC will advise presidential candidates to skip debates unless reforms made
Discussion: Vanity Fair, National Review and Forbes
Joe Drape / New York Times:
Failed Drug Test Confirmed for Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Jim Crow Killed Voting Rights for Generations. Now the GOP Is Repeating History.
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Alleged Capitol Rioter's Massive Stomach Tattoo Aids Arrest
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Wall Street Journal:
Israel-Gaza Conflict Spurs Bitcoin Donations to Hamas
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American Greatness:
The New Secession Crisis  —  The Democrats have already left the Union.
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Megan Cassella / Politico:
The jobs report that could upend Biden's economic agenda
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Rafael Carranza / Arizona Republic:
Sinema on why she skipped vote on Jan. 6 commission: ‘I had a personal family matter’
 

 
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