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Richard L. Hasen / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Is Putting Democracy at Risk  —  Mr. Hasen is the author of several books about elections and democracy.  Last year he proposed an amendment to the Constitution to defend and expand voting rights.  —  In two disturbing rulings closing out the Supreme Court's term …
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Oligarchy Day at the Supreme Court  —  Thanks to the six right-wing justices on the Supreme Court, our country is less democratic.  In twin rulings issued Thursday, they said that states can make it harder for people to vote and they made it easier for big donors to sway elections in secrecy.
Cristian Farias / Vanity Fair:
“That Law, of All Laws, Should Not Be Diminished”: In Devastating Ruling, the Supreme Court Leaves the Voting Rights Act on Life Support
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Supreme Court Foils Democrats' Attack on Conservative Nonprofits
Discussion: ABC News
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Democrats Have 1 Option Left
Discussion: Washington Examiner
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld App Is Bankrolled by Fugitive Chinese Billionaire  —  Trump adviser Jason Miller launched a new social media company that's being bankrolled by a buddy of pardoned Trump strategist Steve Bannon.  —  A new social media network led by Donald Trump adviser Jason Miller is backed …
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Politico:
Team Trump quietly launches new social media platform  —  Former President Donald Trump's team quietly launched a new social media platform on Thursday, billing it as an alternative to Big Tech sites.  —  But the debut immediately ran into confusion about whether it was the former president's …
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
The newest MAGA app is tied to a Bannon-allied Chinese billionaire
Discussion: Raw Story
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Attorney General Merrick Garland orders pause of federal executions  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a temporary stop Thursday to scheduling further federal executions.  —  In a memo to senior officials, he said serious concerns have arisen about the arbitrariness of capital punishment …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump seeks to use indictments as a political rallying cry as he tries to survive latest legal threat  —  Former president Donald Trump turned to a familiar playbook Thursday, attacking New York prosecutors who charged his company and chief financial officer with a raft of financial crimes …
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New York Times:
Will Trump Be Indicted?  —  Mr. Ayer was a U.S. attorney in the Reagan administration and deputy attorney general in the George H.W. Bush administration.  Mr. Eisen was President Barack Obama's ethics czar and served as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during the first Trump impeachment.
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and emptywheel
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Protects Against Delta Variant, Company Reports  —  The vaccine also produced long-lasting immune responses, researchers said.  Booster shots seem unnecessary, at least for now.  —  The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is effective against the highly contagious Delta variant …
Discussion: New York Post
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Eric J. Topol / New York Times:
It's Time for the F.D.A. to Fully Approve the mRNA Vaccines
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
J.D. Vance, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Author, Is Running for Senate in Ohio  —  The author and venture capitalist will vie for the Republican nomination in one of the most wide-open 2022 Senate races.  —  J.D. Vance, an author and venture capitalist whose best-selling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” …
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
JD Vance jumps into Ohio Senate primary
Discussion: The Daily Beast and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Concern over crime is growing — but Americans don't just want more police, Post-ABC poll shows  —  Concern over crime has reached the highest point in four years amid a spike in killings in big cities and an uptick in violent crime, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Friday …
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Examiner
Katie Hanzlik / Lieutenant Governor:
Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis Declares Special Election  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Sacramento, CA - Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis issued a proclamation today declaring a special gubernatorial recall election on September 14, 2021 to determine whether Gavin Newsom …
Discussion: HuffPost, Breitbart and UPI
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Chris Deluzio / The Hill:
Pennsylvania's election audit moves follow the partisan playbook  —  In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, across the country, we saw radical efforts to spread lies about voter fraud, attack voting rights and overturn the results of the presidential election.
Rep. Rodney Davis / Washington Examiner:
Pelosi cancels the Fourth of July  —  During an average year, the U.S. Capitol welcomes 2.5 million visitors, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to reopen the Capitol to visitors — school groups, families, or anyone hoping to see the legislative branch in action.
Axios:
White House mobilizes to defend Harris  —  Top White House officials are mobilizing to defend Vice President Kamala Harris amid a gusher of leaks about dysfunction and infighting in her office.  —  Driving the news: White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain told Axios in a statement …
Clare Malone / The Atlantic:
It's Trump's Ohio Now  —  In the 2022 Senate primary, the fight is over who can be the Trumpiest.  —  In another lifetime, Representative Anthony Gonzalez was the Ohio Republican Party's dream candidate.  Many of his future suburban-Cleveland constituents cheered for him at Byers Field …
Josh Barro / Insider:
Admit it: Grilling is bad  — Just because you can cook outside doesn't mean you should.  — Your grill is dirty, has poor temperature control, and lets fat drip into the flame.  — Indoor cooking is better — which is why that's the main way you cook.  — This is an opinion column.
Shay Khatiri / Persuasion:
An Immigrant's Case for Patriotism  —  On this Fourth of July, let's renew our commitment to the American creed.  —  1 hr ago … I grew up in Islamist Iran, but I have always been an American at heart.  Even in my youth, before I ever stepped foot on American soil, I felt American …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
U.S. military vacates main air base in Afghanistan, underscoring withdrawal expected within days  —  The U.S. military has vacated its most significant airfield in Afghanistan, three defense officials said, underscoring that the Pentagon expects to complete its withdrawal from the country after 20 years of war within days.
Discussion: The Sun
Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
The NFL's investigation was just like Daniel Snyder's workplace culture: Rotten  —  The so-called investigative report on the nasty skirt-clutching culture inside the Washington Football Team has vanished like invisible ink.  And somehow the NFL thinks it can make it all right by handing Tanya Snyder the mop and broom.
Discussion: DCist
Stephanie Apstein / Sports Illustrated:
Trevor Bauer Must Not Start Sunday  —  It's true the Dodgers cannot unilaterally discipline him, but they can certainly give the ball to someone else.  —  Editor's Note: This story includes graphic descriptions of sexual assault allegations.  —  In May, Trevor Bauer allegedly used his hands to break a woman's skull during sex.
Elizabeth Kivowitz / UCLA:
Conservatives' sensitivity to pandemic threat suppressed by distrust of science, media  —  Researchers studying the intersection of politics and psychology have long documented a link between threat sensitivity and social conservatism: People who are more socially conservative tend to react more strongly to threats.
Mark Judge / The Stream:
What ‘The Nation’ Got Right (and Wrong) about Me, Brett Kavanaugh, and God  —  “Sing this with me.  This is ‘40.’”  —  Those are the words Bono, the singer for the band U2, said live in 1983 to introduce the song “40.”  It's a song that I have recently revisited while writing a book about 2018.
Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
NSA And FBI Blame Russia For Massive ‘Brute Force’ Attacks On Microsoft 365  —  American intelligence and law enforcement agencies have pointed the finger at a Kremlin-backed hacking crew for a two-year campaign to break into Microsoft Office 365 accounts.  —  The NSA, FBI and DHS …
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
How to Live in a Climate ‘Permanent Emergency’  —  The phrase Jay Inslee used was “permanent emergency.”  This was before Lytton — the town that had, days earlier, set Canada's all-time heat record, drawing waves of “heat tourists” as witnesses to “desert heat” north of 120 degrees in a place …
Discussion: CBC News
Stephen Moore / The Hill:
Republicans should hit the reset button on Biden infrastructure deal  —  As Ronald Reagan might say, “Well, there they go again.”  Congressional Republicans once more got snookered by President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the supposed “bipartisan” …
Albert Hunt / The Hill:
Trump is here to stay, and Republicans should be worried  —  Memo to serious Republicans, conservatives: He ain't going away.  —  Donald Trump dominates the party's politics, policies and tone.  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), once a John McCain Republican, now says the party “can't grow without him.”
 
 
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Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept:
Scientific American Retracted Pro-Palestine Article Without Any Factual Errors
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Trump Demands Identity Of Officer Who Shot Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt Despite DOJ ‘Self-Defense’ Finding
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White Boy Summer, Nazi Memes and the Mainstreaming of White Supremacist Violence
Discussion: National Review
Razan Mneimneh / Newlines Magazine:
From Syria to Lebanon, Saving the Seeds That Could Save Humanity
Chris Churchill / Albany Times Union:
Elise Stefanik says she supports police. Her votes suggest otherwise.
Discussion: Townhall and NBC News
Washington Post:
The Washington Post's Karen Tumulty named deputy editorial page editor
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Ted Cruz Says He's Considering Running Again: '2016 Was the Most Fun I've Ever Had in My Life'
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
D.C. AG subpoenas Facebook in escalating probe of Covid-19 misinformation
Nouriel Roubini / Project Syndicate:
The Looming Stagflationary Debt Crisis
Lindsey McPherson / Roll Call:
House Democrats to skip budget markup, wait for Senate
Marina E. Franco / Axios:
The building collapse felt throughout Latin America
Washington Post:
In launching airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, Biden lowers bar for use of military force
New York Times:
Homeland Security Watchdog Delayed Inquiry, Complaint Says