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Washington Post:
Gunman who killed 4 at Tulsa hospital was patient of doctor who is among the dead  —  The gunman who killed four people at a Tulsa hospital on Wednesday blamed a doctor at the facility for ongoing pain after back surgery and vowed to kill him and anyone who got in his way, police said Thursday.
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CNN:
Assault-style weapon in deadly Tulsa medical facility shooting was bought that day, sources say  —  An assault-style weapon found at the scene of Wednesday's deadly shooting in an Oklahoma medical building had been bought that day, according to three federal sources briefed on the investigation.
Tulsa World:
Victims of Tulsa mass shooting identified in breaking news update from Saint Francis  —  Two health care providers, a medical officer staffer and a patient receiving medical services were killed in a mass shooting Wednesday on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
Four People, Including Gunman, Are Killed in Attack at Tulsa Medical Building, Police Say  —  Multiple people were shot and four people, including the gunman, were killed on Wednesday afternoon at a medical building in Tulsa, Okla., the Tulsa police said.  —  The assailant, who was armed with a rifle …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
‘Pro-Choice’ Identification Rises to Near Record High in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Gallup poll conducted mostly after the draft of a Supreme Court decision addressing abortion rights was leaked finds a marked shift in public attitudes over the past year.
Discussion: The Hill and Opinion Today
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Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Upholding Roe v. Wade Is Supported by Most Americans, WSJ Poll Finds  —  After decades of shifting attitudes, some 57% of respondents say a woman should be able to get an abortion for any reason  —  WASHINGTON—More than two-thirds of Americans want to uphold Roe v. Wade …
Discussion: New York Post and Political Wire
Joan Walsh / The Nation:   Talk Me Down Here: Can This Country Be Saved?
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Retire These Gun Myths  —  Too often the case against common-sense gun reforms rests on outdated claims and mistaken arguments.  —  (SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  The aftermath of a horrific mass shooting is not the time one would usually turn to a humor site, and yet, the Onion had an insightful take on Uvalde.
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Washington Post:
What's missing from the House gun package  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  What's black and blue, and white all over?  This newsletter!  Thanks for waking up with us.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  —  In today's edition ... Poll Watch: What the nation thinks about inflation …
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Chris Murphy / Fox News:
Uvalde school shooting demands action
Discussion: Mediaite
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Just Security:
Primer on the Hearings of the January 6th Select Committee
Discussion: The Blueprint
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Blockbuster witness for Jan. 6 hearings
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Biden's fantastical claim of $500 in annual utility savings  —  “A dozen CEOs of America's largest utility companies told me earlier this year that my plan would reduce the average family's annual utility bills by $500 and accelerate our transition from energy produced by autocrats.”
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William M. Arkin / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Putin Treated for Cancer in April, U.S. Intelligence Report Says  —  Vladimir Putin's health is a subject of intense conversation inside the Biden administration after the intelligence community produced its fourth comprehensive assessment at the end of May. The classified U.S. report …
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Republicans who texted Meadows with urgent pleas on January 6 say Trump could have stopped the violence  —  Washington (CNN)Within minutes of the US Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, messages began pouring into the cell phone of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Dani Blum / New York Times:
Coffee Drinking Linked to Lower Mortality Risk, New Study Finds  —  The research found that those who drank moderate amounts of coffee, even with a little sugar, were up to 30 percent less likely to die during the study period than those who didn't drink coffee.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
New York Times:
How the Proud Boys Gripped the Miami-Dade Republican Party  —  It was once Jeb Bush's base of power.  But an influx of far-right activists and the radicalization of other members brought turmoil.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  MIAMI — At the iconic Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach …
Ro Khanna / New York Times:
There Is Way More Biden Can Do to Lower Prices  —  Lupe Lopez, a grocery store owner in my district in California, recently showed me how devastating inflation has been for her and her customers.  Milk cost $4.95 a gallon, an increase of 38 percent since 2019, and tortilla packets were $3.07, up by 24 percent.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The New MAGA Establishment  —  Trumpism will outlast Trump.  Possibly for a very long time.  —  A couple of weeks ago, looking at the Republican primaries so far this year, Tim Miller discerned the rise of “the new MAGA establishment”: … Since Miller wrote those words …
Nick Reynolds / Post and Courier:
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan campaigns for Tom Rice in Florence  —  FLORENCE — Former House Speaker Paul Ryan said he's willing to do “whatever it takes” to reelect Tom Rice to Congress as the embattled Republican incumbent faces a crowded primary over his vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Insider, The State and Political Wire
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Biden gets squeezed on potential MBS meeting
Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:
The Amazon, Starbucks, Apple union push is capturing what a majority of all American workers now say they want  — Worker rights are not a partisan issue, with almost half of Republicans voicing support for unions.  — Actual union membership remains low and election wins scarce …
Discussion: The Intercept
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Wells Fargo employees pushing to organize union across bank's workforce  —  Third largest bank in the US has faced a series of scandals, from fake accounts to mass overtime pay violations  —  Workers at Wells Fargo, the third largest bank in the US, are pushing to organize a union across …
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Israel, Saudi Arabia agree: Security arrangements in Straits of Tiran for flyover rights  —  Only Israeli flights to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain can fly over Saudi Arabia.  —  Israel agreed to new security arrangements allowing Egypt to transfer control of two islands in the Straits …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
These 25 rainbow-flag waving companies donated $13 million to anti-gay politicians since 2021  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  June is Pride Month, and this year's celebration has particular resonance.  Over the last year, anti-LGBTQ politicians have relentlessly targeted …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Insurrection Is Building Professionalized Institutions … Donald Trump's bid to win an unelected second term spectacularly failed.  But the effort he inspired is winning a longer-term campaign to reshape his party into an organ to advance his belief that Democratic election victories are inherently illegitimate.
NBC News:
Fetterman's health, return to campaign trail a mystery as some Democrats grow ‘very nervous’ about Pa. Senate race  —  WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman does not have a timetable for returning to the campaign trail, sparking some worries in the party nearly three weeks …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
ABC News:
Gun suicide soars as cause of death among youth: Report  —  Nearly half of all suicide attempts among young people involve a gun.  —  Video by Jessie DiMartino By Quinn Owen  —  The rate of young people taking their own lives with firearms in the U.S. has increased faster than for any other age group …
Emmanuel Felton / Washington Post:
California calls for ‘comprehensive reparations’ for Black Americans  —  The interim report of the California Reparations Task Force comes as task members remain split on what reparations should look like  —  California's first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for Black Americans …
Discussion: Breitbart and NPR
 
 
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Blue cities in red states say they won't help enforce abortion bans
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