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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
For Democrats and voting rights groups, the push for federal voting protections is far from over.  —  For many Democrats and voting rights groups, the failure to advance the party's major elections bill on Tuesday felt like the arrival of the inevitable, the final thud of a tree crashing in the woods after wavering for months.
Washington Post:
Democrats signal a shift toward accepting voter ID laws  —  Prominent Democrats have increasingly softened their opposition to voter identification requirements in recent days, signaling a new openness to measures that activists have long vilified as an insidious method of keeping minorities from the ballot box.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin, Schumer strike deal ahead of election bill vote
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Voting Rights Bill Will Be Blocked by the Anti-Democratic System It Seeks to Reform
ABC News:
Senate Republicans block voting rights reform bill despite unified Democratic support
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kyrsten Sinema accidentally reveals the huge hole in her filibuster defense
U.S. Department of Justice:
United States Seizes Websites Used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union and Kata'ib Hizballah  —  Today, pursuant to court orders, the United States seized 33 websites used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU) and three websites operated by Kata'ib Hizballah (KH), in violation of U.S. sanctions.
Discussion: Gizmodo and UPI, more at Mediagazer »
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Isabel Debre / Associated Press:
US seizes Iranian news sites under unclear circumstances  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American authorities took down a range of Iran's state-linked news websites under unclear circumstances on Tuesday, the U.S. and Iran said, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown …
CNN:
US government seizes dozens of US website domains connected to Iran  —  (CNN)The United States government has seized dozens of US website domains connected to Iran, linked to what the US says are disinformation efforts, a US national security official told CNN.
New York Times:
New York Primary Election Results  —  The race to become New York City's next mayor is one of the most consequential political contests in a generation, with the recovery of the nation's largest city at stake.  The winner of the Democratic primary is likely to win the general election in November.
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Max Gowins / Decision Desk HQ:
Election Results: NYC Municipal Primaries and More  —  It's Primary Election Day across New York State as New Yorkers are heading to the polls to choose party nominees for various local offices.  We will have election results for all New York City city-wide races, the Manhattan DA Democratic primary …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Buffalo News:   2021 primary election results: Buffalo mayor and Erie County sheriff
Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
Yang Presidential Campaign Advisers Blame Tusk Strategies For ‘Crashing’ His Mayoral Bid  —  This is a special breaking news issue of The Uprising, a daily politics newsletter.  If you enjoyed this story and want to read more like it, please sign up!  —  BROOKLYN, N.Y. …
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John Nichols / The Nation:   WANT TO INCREASE ELECTION TURNOUT? LOWER THE VOTING AGE TO 16.
Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo:
Ground Temperatures Hit 118 Degrees in the Arctic Circle  —  Newly published satellite imagery shows the ground temperature in at least one location in Siberia topped 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius) going into the year's longest day.  It's hot [Siberia] Earth summer, and it certainly won't be the last.
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Garland Says Watchdog Is Best Positioned to Review Trump-Era Justice Dept., Not Him  —  The attorney general said that various inspector general inquiries would help uncover any wrongdoing and that he wanted to avoid politicizing the work of career officials.
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Scoop: Lincoln Project's Law Firm Concludes Independent Investigation of John Weaver Allegations  —  The independent investigation into the sexual harassment allegations against Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver, and whether the anti-Trump group's leadership covered up those allegations, has concluded.
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Law firm concludes Lincoln Project didn't know John Weaver was soliciting ‘underage individuals’
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Black leaders in Rhode Island divided over Sen. Whitehouse's family ties to exclusive club  —  Black leaders in Rhode Island were divided Tuesday on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's (D-R.I.) defense of his family's ties to an exclusive beach club, amid questions about whether the club's membership is all-White.
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Reuters:
Biden's Justice Dept may defend Trump in Capitol riot lawsuits  —  Former U.S. President Donald Trump may have an unlikely ally to defend him against lawsuits alleging he incited the U.S. Capitol insurrection: President Joe Biden's Justice Department.  —  The Biden administration paved …
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Raw Story and The US Sun
Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times:
They Relied on Chinese Vaccines.  Now They're Battling Outbreaks.  —  More than 90 countries are using Covid shots from China.  Experts say recent infections in those places should serve as a cautionary tale in the global effort to fight the disease.  —  Mongolia promised its people a “Covid-free summer.”
Des Moines Register:
Iowa abortion law requiring 24-hour waiting period permanently blocked by district court  —  William Morris Stephen Gruber-MillerDes Moines Register  —  An Iowa judge has permanently blocked a state law requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion.
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Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
Obamacare remains popular with voters following third Supreme Court decision to keep law
Discussion: ABC News and Fox News
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Did Joe inadvertently pay for Hunter Biden's wild night at Chateau Marmont?  —  It's May 2018, and Robert Hunter Biden is trawling through his favorite Los Angeles escort sites.  He orders “Yanna,” a 24-year-old Russian native from Emerald Fantasy Girls.  —  “Russian, Green Eyes …
Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
“I need you to just be there.  I need you to hold my story.”  —  Andrew Kaczynski on grieving publicly on social media — and his ongoing work to raise awareness about childhood cancer.  —  6 hr ago … We found out Francesca had a brain tumor on September 6, 2020.
Cassandra Pollock / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sets July 8 date for special legislative session on voting bill, other issues  —  Abbott's office did not specify what legislative priorities will be included on the special session agenda and said in an advisory that such items “will be announced prior to the convening of the special session.”
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CNN:
Pelosi expected to appoint select committee to investigate January 6, sources say  —  (CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to appoint a select committee to investigate the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol after Senate Republicans blocked the creation of an independent commission …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
153 people resigned or were fired from a Texas hospital system for refusing to get vaccinated  —  Houston Methodist was one of the nation's first health systems to impose a coronavirus vaccine mandate.  —  More than 150 health-care workers who did not comply with a Houston-based hospital …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
So when is Trump going to turn on Gov. Ron DeSantis?  —  For most of the summer of 2015, Donald Trump was leading the field of Republicans vying for the party's presidential nomination.  By August, though, he faced a new threat: Neurosurgeon Ben Carson had emerged from the pack behind him to surge into second place.
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Sanders signals openness to adjusting SALT cap to retain key votes as he maneuvers to pass Biden's agenda.  —  Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent in charge of the powerful Senate Budget Committee, signaled on Tuesday an openness to adjusting the cap on how much taxpayers can deduct …
Lucy Komisar / American Prospect:
How the GameStop Hustle Worked  —  How hedge funds and brokers have manipulated the market.  —  In the aftermath of the GameStop run-up in January, retail investors found telltale signs of a common yet egregious trading fraud by major brokers and hedge funds.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
White House admits: We won't get to 70% vaccinations by July 4  —  In fairness, this isn't a failure of the Biden administration — at least, not directly.  We have the vaccines.  We have the logistics to deliver them.  In fact, vaccinations are now available on demand throughout the US.
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Longtime C-SPAN political editor Steve Scully leaving network  —  Longtime C-SPAN political editor and on-air host Steve Scully is leaving the network on July 2, Axios has learned.  He will join the Bipartisan Policy Center as SVP of communications.  —  Why it matters: Scully has been with C-SPAN for over three decades.
 
 
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KASW-TV:
10 people arrested at protest outside Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's Phoenix office
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and Fox News
William Saletan / Slate:
The Evidence of Trump's Pandemic Sabotage Keeps Piling Up
Detroit News:
Michigan county that backed Trump seeks review of 2020 election
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Dave Chappelle and Jon Stewart Take Down Candace Owens
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Noah Yoo / Pitchfork:
Untangling MF DOOM's Lifelong Struggle With the U.S. Immigration System
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Washington Free Beacon:
Amazon Funding Distribution of Ibram X. Kendi's ‘Antiracist’ Books in Public Schools
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Anne Lutz Fernandez / NBC News:
America's school teachers aren't the Marxist cabal Fox News keeps depicting
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Job Approval of Biden Steady, Congress Down
Discussion: Political Wire
Daniel Klaidman / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Biden's top intelligence official says COVID origins may never be known
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
What Biden — and a lot of other people — get wrong about journalists
FIRE:
‘Stop talking right now’: University of Oklahoma training shows instructors how to censor, indoctrinate students
Discussion: Reason and Twitchy
New York Times:
Britney Spears Quietly Pushed for Years to End Her Conservatorship