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2:25 PM ET, June 30, 2021

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Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg Expected to Be Charged Thursday  —  The Manhattan district attorney's first charges in three-year probe will focus on alleged tax-related crimes at former president's company  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office is expected to charge …
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Charges expected Thursday for Trump's company, top executive
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump Organization expects to be charged Thursday in Manhattan criminal case
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC Bay Area
Associated Press:
Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania Supreme Court  —  PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania's highest court overturned Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.
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NBC10 Philadelphia:
Bill Cosby to Walk Free After Sex Assault Conviction Overturned by Pa. Supreme Court  —  Pennsylvania's highest court overturned Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.
ABC News:
Bill Cosby to be released from prison after conviction vacated  —  His conviction was overturned.  —  Bill Cosby is to be released from prison Wednesday after his conviction was overturned.  —  His publicist, Andrew Wyatt, will be picking him up to leave prison within hours, Wyatt confirmed to ABC News.
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Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:   How Andrew Yang Went from Front-Runner to Fourth Place
Associated Press:
Error mars vote count in NYC mayoral primary
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
‘New York City Is a World Unto Itself.’ But It May Tell Us Where Democrats Are Headed.
Discussion: BizPac Review
NBC News:
New York's election debacle gives an opening to 2020 deniers
Discussion: Al Jazeera, UPI and Politico
New York Times:
Day of Rage: An In-Depth Look at How a Mob Stormed the Capitol  —  “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”  [cheering] They came from all 50 states …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
An Oath Keeper Will Admit His Group Stashed Guns Outside DC For Jan. 6  —  WASHINGTON — A member of the alleged Oath Keepers conspiracy who cut a deal with prosecutors will admit he stashed guns at a Virginia hotel as part of preparations for demonstrations at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Discussion: CBS News, HuffPost and CNN
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Washington lawmaker wears yellow Star of David, evoking Nazi persecution, to protest COVID vaccine mandates  —  A Washington state lawmaker critical of COVID-19 vaccine mandates wore a yellow Star of David at a speech over the weekend — a symbol the Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
‘I want to cry’: House Republicans take emotional trip to the border  —  LA JOYA, Texas — They kept coming throughout the night.  Clusters of migrant children, some with their mothers, others who made the 1,500-mile journey from Central America by themselves, surrendering to U.S. border patrol agents …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Stephen Breyer, and why Thursday is a huge day for the future of the Supreme Court  —  Relatively few people are talking about it right now, but Thursday (and perhaps the days to come) could be one of the most pivotal moments in recent Supreme Court history.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and CNN
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Pro-Israel House Democrats endorse Shontel Brown in heated Ohio race  —  With progressives backing Nina Turner, the primary will underscore the deep schisms in the party as Israel emerging as a key issue  —  Four pro-Israel House Democrats are collectively endorsing Shontel Brown …
Discussion: The Hill
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Christina Vazquez / WPLG-TV:
‘Something inside me said run’: Surfside survivor describes escaping as building came down  —  SURFSIDE, Fla. - It's an unbelievable story of survival.  —  For 64-year-old Iliana Monteagudo it's as if a supernatural force she said woke her up and guided her from her sixth floor unit at Champlain Towers South.
Discussion: CNN, KRDO and WSVN-TV
Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
The House Votes To Remove Confederate Statues In The U.S. Capitol  —  The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to remove all Confederate statues from public display in the U.S. Capitol, along with replacing the bust of former Chief Justice of the United States Roger Taney …
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Two Mississippi Reps Vote To Keep White Supremacist Statues In U.S. Capitol
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Townhall and Mediaite
Pew Research Center:
Behind Biden's 2020 Victory  —  An examination of the 2020 electorate, based on validated voters  —  Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans voted in 2020 and how their turnout and vote choices differed from 2016 and 2018.  For this analysis …
Discussion: NPR, Politico and The Hill
Politico:
Dems fret that GOP could tap pro-Trump chaos agents for Jan. 6 probe  —  Democrats wanted a panel of outside experts to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection.  Instead they might have to deal with the Trump wing of the House GOP.  —  The House is set to vote Wednesday to create a new committee …
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Our Endless Dinner With Robin DiAngelo  —  Suburban America's self-proclaimed racial oracle returns with a monumentally oblivious sequel to “White Fragility” … Nice Racism, the booklike product released this week by the “Vanilla Ice of Antiracism,” Robin DiAngelo, begins with an anecdote from the author's past.
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Tucker Carlson doubles down on NSA spy claim after agency denial  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday again insisted that he is being spied on by the federal government despite the nation's leading intelligence agency refuting his claim earlier the same day.  —  “Did the Biden administration read my personal emails?
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Murkowski has the moxie to take on Trump.  Will she?  —  Lisa Murkowski has an ice-cold review of the Donald Trump-backed conservative who's vowing to topple her in Alaska's Senate race next year.  —  “It doesn't surprise me.  The president has said, you know, that he's gonna endorse anybody …
Discussion: Must Read Alaska
Wall Street Journal:
Democratic-Leaning Suburbs Pose Redistricting Challenge for GOP  —  Republicans pursuing a House majority have upper hand in drawing favorable seats, but some districts are changing rapidly  —  GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga.—When Republicans were carving up the state into congressional districts a decade ago …
Tom Davies / Associated Press:
Federal judge blocks Indiana ‘abortion reversal’ law  —  A federal judge has blocked a new Indiana law that would require doctors to tell women undergoing drug-induced abortions about a disputed treatment for potentially stopping the abortion process  —  INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge …
Discussion: Insider and National Review
Sarah Lustbader / The Appeal:
Important Updates From The Appeal  —  After years of groundbreaking reporting and analysis, The Appeal will sunset in its current form on June 30.  Staff are working to relaunch in the near future.  —  We are saddened to share that The Appeal will be closing on June 30.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Nutso in New York  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  POLITICO New York's Joe Anuta and David Giambusso, in a story that posted at 11:31 p.m.: “Tallies released Tuesday afternoon indicated that KATHRYN GARCIA had come within 2.2 points of leading Democratic candidate ERIC ADAMS after ranked-choice tabulations were processed.
Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
Masks Again?  Delta Variant's Spread Prompts Reconsideration of Precautions.  —  Los Angeles County and the W.H.O. warned that even immunized people should wear masks indoors.  Some scientists agreed, but urged a localized approach.  —  Throughout the pandemic, masks have ranked among …
Discussion: HotAir and Los Angeles Times
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Support for Biden erodes among Democrats as U.S. looks past pandemic: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has seen an erosion in support since April, mainly from fellow Democrats, as his administration wrestles with Congress to make good on campaign promises …
Washington Post:
Video, images and interviews deepen questions about role of pool deck in condo collapse  —  Your browser does not support the video element.  —  A Washington Post examination of video and images from the deadly collapse of a high-rise apartment building outside Miami …
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Omar blasted for remarks about Jews in Congress: ‘This is what a modern day Muslim Supremacist looks like’  —  Kevin McCarthy slams Ilhan Omar as ‘anti-Semitic’ and ‘anti-American’  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar's latest remarks about Israel and Jewish members of Congress have sparked backlash …
Politico:
The most influential think tank of the Biden era has a new leader  —  Patrick Gaspard, a longtime Democratic operative who served most recently as president of the George Soros-run Open Society Foundations, will take over as president and CEO of the Center for American Progress.
Jonathan Zittrain / The Atlantic:
The Internet Is Rotting  —  Sixty years ago the futurist Arthur C. Clarke observed that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.  The internet—how we both communicate with one another and together preserve the intellectual products of human civilization—fits Clarke's observation well.
 
 
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Emily Zanotti / The Daily Wire:
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Axios:
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Former Atlanta mayor may have violated campaign laws
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N.H.'s Sununu, the GOP's top Senate recruit for 2022, may have just created a big political problem over abortion
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Targets Fox News Fans in Bid to Become the World's Anti-Woke Capital
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Max Eden / RealClearPolicy:
Stop Gaslighting Parents on Critical Race Theory
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