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8:40 AM ET, June 24, 2022

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: New Jan. 6 witness: Trump had mystery call with Putin  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE PLAYBOOK INTERVIEW: ALEX HOLDER — In September 2020, U.K. documentarian ALEX HOLDER started working on a film about DONALD TRUMP.
Discussion: Insider, Raw Story and Political Wire
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New York Times:
Federal Authorities Search Home of Trump Justice Dept. Official  —  Federal investigators carried out an early-morning search on Wednesday at the home of Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official, in connection with the department's sprawling criminal inquiry into efforts to overturn …
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Republicans Who Wanted Pardons for Their Trump Coup Actions  —  Former DOJ officials tell the Jan. 6th Committee how they stood up to Trump, while congressional Republicans worried about their criminal culpability.  —  In late 2020, Donald Trump instructed a top Justice Department official to …
Alexander Shur / Madison:
Donald Trump attorney coordinated with Ron Johnson to pass false elector document to Mike Pence  —  A former Dane County judge who legally represented former President Donald Trump coordinated with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson to pass documents falsely stating Trump won Wisconsin to then-Vice President Mike Pence …
Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson now says he helped coordinate effort to pass false elector slates to Pence, but his new explanation drew a quick rebuke
Discussion: Wisconsin Examiner
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Revealed: The insane Jeffrey Clark coup plot
CNN:
New documentary footage reveals Pence reacting on the night House pushed for him to invoke 25th Amendment
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Confidence in U.S. Supreme Court Sinks to Historic Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the U.S. Supreme Court expected to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision before the end of its 2021-2022 term, Americans' confidence in the court has dropped sharply over the past year and reached a new low in Gallup's nearly 50-year trend.
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Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
In 6-3 ruling, court strikes down New York's concealed-carry law  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York handgun-licensing law that required New Yorkers who want to carry a handgun in public to show a special need to defend themselves.  —  The 6-3 ruling, written …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Historical Cherry-Picking at the Heart of the Supreme Court's Gun-Rights Expansion  —  A century-old New York law requiring individuals to prove “proper cause” to carry a handgun has been struck down.  Are other gun-safety measures in peril?  —  In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled …
Los Angeles Times:
California leaders vow new gun restrictions after Supreme Court ruling threatens state law
Discussion: HuffPost, RedState and Sacramento Bee
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Winning Lawyers in Supreme Court Gun Case Leave Firm  —  Partners Paul Clement and Erin Murphy depart Kirkland & Ellis after it says it won't take any more Second Amendment cases  —  WASHINGTON—Discord over gun rights erupted within the law firm that secured Thursday's Second Amendment victory …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Law Firm That Got Tired of Winning  —  After our Supreme Court victory protecting the Second Amendment, we were told to ditch our clients or leave.  —  1x  —  We are blessed to have represented before the Supreme Court a wide variety of clients, from large corporations and religious orders …
Wall Street Journal:
You Won Your Gun Case. You're Fired
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
NRA-ILA:
NRA Wins Supreme Court Case, NYSRPA v. Bruen
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Gov. Kemp to testify in Fulton County's Trump probe  —  Governor will deliver sworn recorded statement instead of appearing before grand jury  —  Gov. Brian Kemp will deliver testimony next month to Fulton County prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 elections …
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CNN:   Giuliani is under scrutiny in Georgia probe into Trump
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   The Jolt: Trump grand jury hears from subpoenaed state Senate Democrats
New York Times:
Senate Breaks Decades-Long Impasse on Gun Safety  —  The 65-33 vote late Thursday was aimed at keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people.  Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court struck down New York's gun law, likely limiting the ability of other state and local governments to restrict guns outside the home.
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NBC News:
Senate passes most sweeping gun bill in decades, setting up House vote
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
What Happens if the GOP Tries to Leave Trump Behind  —  It's not exactly a thunderous roar, more like a stage whisper, running through the ranks of what we used to think of as mainstream Republicans: “Maybe he doesn't have to be our nominee in 2024.”  —  They grasp, if not at straws …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Biden Both Face Rejection
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Liz Cheney sends instructions to Wyoming Democrats on how to switch parties  —  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) is sending mailers to Wyoming Democrats with instructions on how to switch their political parties ahead of the state's primary on Aug. 16.  —  News of the mailers comes as Cheney faces …
Washington Post:
U.N. rights body says Israeli soldiers killed American journalist in West Bank  —  TEL AVIV — A veteran Palestinian American journalist was killed by Israeli forces while covering a military raid in the occupied West Bank, a spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights …
Politico:
‘Unwilling to accept defeat’: How Sinema and Murphy clinched guns deal for Dems  —  In a Washington run by Baby Boomers and octogenarians, it took two 40-something Democrats with a yin-and-yang approach to get a gun safety deal done.  —  Chris Murphy had developed self-described “pessimism” …
Discussion: HuffPost
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
‘YOU take YOUR seat’: Very specific cheat sheet reminds Biden how to act  —  MORE ON:  —  President Biden on Thursday inadvertently held up a comically detailed cheat sheet prepared by his staff instructing the gaffe-prone leader of the free world to “take YOUR seat” and to limit his remarks to “2 minutes.”
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Internal GOP poll shows Biden's slide endangering Democratic House member  —  President Joe Biden's approval ratings are still dropping — and the effects of that plunge are reverberating across the House map.  —  A new internal GOP poll found Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) …
 
 
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
FBI interviews Allegheny County GOP chair Sam DeMarco about Trump's attempt to plant fake electors
Discussion: Raw Story
Meira Levinson / The Atlantic:
The Biggest Disruption in the History of American Education
Abdullah Alaoudh / Washington Post:
Biden must not betray defenders of democracy in Saudi Arabia
The White House:
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Discussion: Balloon Juice and New York Times
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin election investigator says he deleted records
Adam Sabes / Fox News:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul charged with DUI after May crash in California
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Stefanik, the No. 3 House Republican, went rogue endorsing Carl Paladino in New York, sources say
Discussion: City & State New York
Jordan Fischer / WUSA9:
Navy petty officer charged in Capitol riot wanted to ‘wipe out’ Jews, praised Hitler, DOJ says
Discussion: Washington Post
Zack Friedman / Forbes:
Education Department Cancels $6 Billion Of Student Loans For 200,000 Borrowers
Travis Gettys / Salon:
Lauren Boebert's Shooters restaurant kicked out after new landlord cites “moral” imperative: report
Politico:
Supreme Court allows GOP leaders in North Carolina to defend state voter ID law