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CNN:
Exclusive: Mar-a-Lago pool flood raises suspicions among prosecutors in Trump classified documents case  —  An employee at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence drained the resort's swimming pool last October and ended up flooding a room where computer servers containing surveillance video logs were kept …
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CBS News:
Trump attorneys met at Justice Department for just under two hours  —  Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump — John Rowley, James Trusty and Lindsey Halligan — were at the Justice Department at around 10 a.m. Monday, weeks after Trump's lawyers had requested a meeting with top federal law enforcement officials.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump lawyers meet with DoJ to stave off indictment in Mar-a-Lago case
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Blaskey / Miami Herald:
Texas sheriff recommends criminal charges in DeSantis' migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard  —  A Texas sheriff's department has recommended that the district attorney in Bexar County bring criminal charges over the first iteration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' so-called migrant relocation program.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Watch: Republicans literally beg migrants not to leave Florida over DeSantis anti-immigration law  —  Florida Republicans on Monday met with migrants to urge them not to leave the state in the wake of a new anti-immigration law that is sparking boycotts of the state.
New York Times:
Second Plane Carrying Migrants Arrives in Sacramento  —  As California officials accused Florida of shipping migrants to its capital city last week, about 20 more people, mostly from Venezuela, arrived on Monday on the same chartered plane.  —  Shawn Hubler reported from Sacramento …
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S.  —  The school, which would offer online, Roman Catholic instruction funded by taxpayers, is almost certain to tee off a legal battle.  —  The nation's first religious charter school was approved in Oklahoma on Monday …
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Juan Perez Jr / Politico:   Oklahoma approves nation's first public religious charter school
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Fox News Refuses To Run Snarky White House Comment In Story Criticizing Biden's Age  —  The exchange is a peek into the testy relationship between the White House and the right-wing cable news channel.  —  Fox News' website declined to publish two different comments the White House provided …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden says Chiefs' Mahomes likely one of the greatest quarterbacks ever
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter  —  from the confirmation-idiocy dept  —  It is amazing the degree to which some people will engage in confirmation bias and believe absolute nonsense, even as the facts show the opposite is true.
New York Times:
Ukraine Intensifies Attacks on Russian Frontline Positions  —  U.S. officials said there were signs that Ukraine may have begun its expected counteroffensive, but Kyiv remained silent about its strategy.  —  Here's what we're covering:  —  Fighting is raging at several points on the front line, Russian and U.S. officials say.
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BBC:
Ukraine war: ‘Offensive actions’ under way in east, Kyiv says
The Debrief:
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin  —  A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact …
Chris Sununu / Washington Post:
I'm not running for president in 2024.  Beating Trump is more important.  —  Chris Sununu, a Republican, is governor of New Hampshire.  —  I will not be seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2024.  —  Our party is on a collision course toward electoral irrelevance without significant corrective action.
Washington Post:
FBI had reviewed, closed inquiry into claims at center of Hill fight  —  Republican lawmaker James Comer said he will still seek to hold the FBI director in contempt of Congress after viewing document in question  —  The FBI and Justice Department under then-Attorney General William P. Barr …
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New York Times:
Twitter's U.S. Ad Sales Plunge 59% as Woes Continue  —  In internal forecasts, the company projected that ad sales would keep declining, handing a tough challenge to its new chief executive.  —  Ryan Mac reports on Twitter, and Tiffany Hsu reports on misinformation.
CBS News:
Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia, dead at 79  —  Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was one of the most damaging spies in American history, was found dead in his prison cell Monday morning, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Cornel West pleased with how 2000 election turned out, hoping for a replay  —  West's op-ed heaping praise on Ron DeSantis's full-frontal assault on Florida's education system was apparently his de facto campaign announcement: … Like most vanity ratfuck campaigns, this will probably prove to be immaterial.
Discussion: The Root
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Cornel West announces 2024 run for president as People's Party candidate
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
George Santos begs court not to reveal who paid his $500,000 bond  —  Rep. George Santos' (R-NY) lawyers filed court documents Monday, where they begged the judge to keep the bond donor secret, according to CBS News reporter Scott MacFarlane.  —  Santos was indicted and held on $500,000 bond which was paid for by an undisclosed donor.
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The Hill:   George Santos asks judge to keep sealed names of bail sponsors
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
RFK Jr. Blames Anti-Depressants for School Shootings  —  “Prior to the introduction of Prozac, we had almost none of these events in our country,” Kennedy told Elon Musk … The environmental lawyer turned conspiracy theorist — now attempting to primary President Biden …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Ex-Twitter leader Jack Dorsey endorses RFK Jr. for president
Jeff Asher / The Atlantic:
The Murder Rate Is Suddenly Falling  —  The first five months of 2023 have produced an encouraging overall trend for the first time in years.  —  Official crime statistics are only released after a substantial delay, so for nearly a decade I've collected and compiled big-city crime data …
Max Tani / Semafor:
CNN lost trust over COVID coverage, internal report found  —  The Scoop  —  The Atlantic's Friday profile of the embattled CEO profile Chris Licht drew cringes at Hudson Yards — but also anger over Licht's criticism of the network's award-winning pandemic coverage.
Cassandra Jaramillo / ProPublica:
True the Vote Leadership Accused of Using Donations for Personal Gain  —  The conspiracy-peddling nonprofit made loans to founder Catherine Engelbrecht and issued contracts to longtime director Gregg Phillips that may have violated state and federal law, a watchdog complaint filed with the IRS alleges.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rebecca Jacobs / CREW:
Trump made over $80 million from UK and Ireland while president  —  Donald Trump made $82.5 million from his businesses in Ireland and Scotland while serving as president, according to a CREW analysis of his tax returns.  All of this revenue came with extraordinary conflicts of interest …
Discussion: Raw Story and Next Impulse Sports
Do Not Work Notice:
SAG-AFTRA Members Approve Strike Authorization with 97.91% Yes Vote  —  Results Set the Stage for TV/Theatrical Contracts Negotiations  —  In a powerful show of solidarity, SAG-AFTRA members have voted 97.91% in favor of a strike authorization ahead of negotiations of the TV/Theatrical Contracts …
Emma Green / New Yorker:
Is It Possible to Be Both Moderate and Anti-Woke?  —  A small nonprofit launched by the journalist Bari Weiss devolves into tribalism.  —  In the fall of 2020, Bion Bartning started worrying that his kids were being indoctrinated.  His daughter, Liv, and his son, Asher …
David Gutman / The Seattle Times:
Why prosecutors in WA are recharging a man police nearly beat to death  —  Moses Lake police nearly beat Joseph Zamora to death.  Then he was charged with and convicted of assaulting an officer.  He served a full prison term.  Then Grant County prosecutors asked for the case to be dismissed.
 
 
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The Supreme Court Is Corrupt Because It's Conservative
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