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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
QAnon Supporters Dismayed at Donald Trump's December Tour With Bill O'Reilly  —  QAnon supporters have acted with dismay and confusion after Donald Trump announced the December dates of his upcoming speaking tour with Bill O'Reilly, which coincides with when he is meant to have already been reinstated as president.
Discussion: Florida Politics and Raw Story
Annie Karni / New York Times:
U.S. Preparing More Sanctions Against Russia, Sullivan Says  —  The national security adviser raised the issue of more penalties in the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny days after President Biden met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's national security adviser …
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Molly Nagle / ABC News:
US to ‘keep our eye on the ball’ in nuclear talks after Iran election: Sullivan
Maria Carrasco / Politico:
Graham to Biden: 'If you want an infrastructure deal of a trillion dollars, it's there for the taking'  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham encouraged President Joe Biden to support his bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure proposal, but said it could be jeopardized if Democrats signal that they intend …
Discussion: Boston Herald, Bloomberg and The Hill
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GoLocalProv:
“It's a Long Tradition in RI,” Whitehouse Defends Family's Membership in All-White Club  —  U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse continues to defend his family's membership in the all-white private Bailey's Beach Club in Newport.  —  GoLocal interviewed Whitehouse on Friday in Pawtucket …
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:
Three Countries Ask Israel for COVID Vaccines if Palestinians Nix Deal, Source Says  —  The Palestinian Health Ministry has said that it intends to resume negotiations with Israel and Pfizer about ‘safe vaccines that meet our standards’  —  Israel is holding talks with three other countries …
Discussion: The Times of Israel and Breitbart
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Avner Gvaryahu / Haaretz:
In the News- PM Bennett- Israel - Hamas- Ebrahim Raisi- COVID vaccines- Aliyah- Meron- Holocaust - Nakba- Apartheid?- What's Israeli cuisine?- Man vs. God- App
Discussion: Associated Press
Gideon Levy / Haaretz:   A woman carries an Israeli national flag as she walks in an alley in Jerusalem's Old City, June 2021.Credit: RONEN ZVULUN/ REUTERS
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson Calls Journalists ‘Animals.’ He's Also Their Best Source.  —  His platform on Fox News made him a big player in Donald Trump's circle.  Off camera, he shapes the coverage of Trump's world and Fox's own internal politics.  —  Last month, I texted Tucker Carlson to ask …
Talis Shelbourne / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson made an appearance at Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day celebration.  It didn't go well.  —  You could see this coming.  —  On Saturday, during an otherwise joyful celebration of Juneteenth Day in Milwaukee, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson made an appearance at a Republican Party booth.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
'We don't want you here': Sen. Ron Johnson is booed at Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and The Hill
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Former president says US failed in Afghanistan  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's former president said Sunday the United States came to his country to fight extremism and bring stability to his war-tortured nation and is leaving nearly 20 years later having failed at both.
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Why Republicans are suddenly reluctant to condemn political violence  —  The Republican Party has a problem with political violence: It's not sure whether it's for it or against it.  —  In the first days after a mob loyal to former President Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 to try …
Anuj Chopra / Agence France-Presse:
Saudi seeks religious reset as clerical power wanes  —  Muezzins issuing high-decibel calls to prayer have long been part of Saudi identity, but a crackdown on mosque loudspeakers is among contentious reforms seeking to shake off the Muslim kingdom's austere image.
Derek Robertson / Politico:
How Republicans Became the ‘Barstool’ Party  —  Earlier this year, when Echelon Insights released its way-too-early poll of voters' preferences for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, political wonks could be forgiven for having to Google the name at the bottom of the list next to Sen. Josh Hawley …
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Liz Cheney's Unlikely Journey From G.O.P. Royalty to Republican Outcast  —  Dick Cheney always saw doomsday threats from America's enemies.  His daughter is in a lonely battle against what both see as a danger to American democracy: Donald J. Trump.  —  CASPER, Wyo. — Representative Liz Cheney …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Pope's Silence Speaks Volumes on Controversial Communion Vote by U.S. Bishops  —  The divergence of the conservative American church from Francis' agenda is now so obvious as to be unremarkable, even when U.S. bishops ignore a Vatican warning.  —  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday put …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and HotAir
David Rothkopf / USA Today:
Joe Biden is better on the world stage than any president since George H.W. Bush  —  Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump all came into office with little or no international affairs experience.  And it showed.  —  Joe Biden has had more foreign policy experience than any other president in U.S. history.
Caitlin Moscatello / New York Magazine:
Nobody Wraps Pat Kiernan The petty, vindictive, backbiting, lawsuit-laden, career ruining infighting at everyone's favorite local NY1 news station.  —  Pat Kiernan wanted the bagels.  It was January 15, 2020 — National Bagel Day — and the crew of NY1's morning show, Mornings on 1 …
Sun-Sentinel:
Crash that killed 1 at Wilton Manors LGBTQ Pride parade was an accident, police say  —  FORT LAUDERDALE — A truck plowed through a crowd at an LGBTQ Pride parade Saturday night, killing one person and injuring another — but the 77-year-old man behind the wheel did not intend to hurt a soul, police say.
Discussion: Washington Blade, Twitchy and Mediaite
U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio:
Rubio Urges POTUS to Grant Naval Academy Football Player Waiver to Play in the NFL  —  Miami, FL — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to grant a waiver for Cameron Kinley, a recent graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, to temporarily delay …
Harry Enten / CNN:
How this is the most unpredictable NYC mayoral race in 50 years  —  (CNN)Poll of the week: A new WNBC/Telemundo 47/Politico/Marist College poll finds Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams leading the New York City Democratic mayoral primary 24% to Kathryn Garcia's 17%, Maya Wiley's 15%, and Andrew Yang's 13%.
 
 
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CNN:
How the Justice Department swept up records of two congressional Democrats and Trump's lawyer
Discussion: Raw Story
Jessica Campisi / CNN:
Ammon Bundy announces run for Idaho governor
Discussion: The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
Ellis P. Monk, Jr / The University of Chicago Press:
Beholding Inequality: Race, Gender, and Returns to Physical Attractiveness in the United States1
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
The US's greatest danger isn't China. It's much closer to home
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Jon Stewart shows late-night conformity cabal how political comedy is done
Julian Shen-Berro / Raleigh News & Observer:
President Joe Biden to visit NC, promote COVID-19 vaccine
Discussion: ABC11
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
U.S. sends 2.5 million COVID-19 doses to Taiwan
Discussion: ABC News and MyNorthwest.com
 Earlier Items: 
Megan Henney / Fox Business:
Biden's tax proposal means that 60% of Americans could pay more: Here's how much
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Chea Yeomans / Insider:
I'm a Trump voter from Arizona. My state's Democratic Senator, Kyrsten Sinema, needs to support Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
We should recognize the progress we've made on discrimination
Zach Despart / Houston Chronicle:
Texas said inland counties had lower disaster risk, yet awarded them huge share of $1B in Harvey aid
Washington Examiner:
Sen. Tuberville blows whistle on Biden's lawsuit ‘slush funds’
 

 
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
The US Senate passes the TikTok divestment bill by a margin of 79-18; the legislation now heads to President Biden, who has committed to sign it into law

Victoria Song / The Verge:
Meta rolls out multimodal AI in early access for the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, mainly to help identify objects, translate signs, and write Instagram captions

 
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