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2:00 PM ET, June 13, 2025

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Axios:
Israel's strike on Iran was 8 months in the making  —  Israel's stunning and sprawling operation overnight targeting Iran's nuclear facilities, missile sites, scientists and generals followed eight months of intensive clandestine preparations.  —  Why it matters: The operation launched …
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New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  The Israeli government has been making preparations for weeks for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.  —  Here's the latest.  —  Explosions rocked Tehran early Friday morning, and Israel's defense minister said his country's warplanes had carried out an attack on Iran …
Christina Cassidy / Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump's election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach  —  A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional.
Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
In Twist, U.S. Diplomacy Served as Cover for Israeli Surprise Attack  —  Talks seen as a way to keep the peace gave Israel the opportunity to land heavy military blows  —  U.S. negotiations with Iran aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear program were widely seen as an important way to preserve regional peace.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As Israel launches a major attack on Iran, Trump's pre-election rhetoric runs into reality  —  The president spent four years saying “This would never have happened if I was president” in response to foreign violence.  Now he's haunted by the claims.  —  About a month before Election …
Discussion: CNN, Politico, Al Jazeera and Raw Story
Foreign Affairs:
How War Between Iran and Israel Could Escalate—and Drag In the United States
Washington Post:
Israel strikes Iran, killing 3 commanders; Trump urges Tehran to ‘make a deal’
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
How Iran Strikes Put Trump's Impotence on Full Embarrassing Display
Andreas Kluth / Bloomberg:
Israel's Iran Attack Could Wreck the US' Middle-East Strategy
Discussion: The Free Press and Pravda Trump
The Washington Free Beacon:
Trump to Tehran: I Tried To Warn You, but You Didn't Listen
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Humiliated as Israel Strikes Iran Right After Last-Ditch Plea
NBC News:
Live updates: Israel strikes Iranian nuclear facilities as fears of war mount
Associated Press:
Israel attacks Iran's capital with explosions booming across Tehran
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
All the polls on the LA protests and Trump's response so far  —  I have struggled to come up with more to say on the Los Angeles protests that isn't repetitive of some of the great things other people are writing on the subject.  But then it struck me that it may be useful to readers …
Discussion: CBS News
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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Blurts Out a Dark MAGA Truth, Handing Dems a Weapon  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 13 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
Calif. Senator Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed After Interrupting Noem
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Padilla Assault Fails to Stop Senate Business as Usual
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Trump's Big Bill Would Be More Regressive Than Any Major Law in Decades  —  The authors reviewed distributional analyses from bills over the last 35 years.  —  The Republican megabill now before the Senate cuts taxes for high earners and reduces benefits for the poor.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal
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Paul Krugman:
Reverse Robin Hood and Trumpian Totalitarianism
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate GOP Strips Provision From Tax Bill That Would Let Trump Rule As A King  —  They removed jarring language from the House GOP's “big, beautiful bill” that would have limited the ability of courts to enforce contempt orders.  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans have quietly removed …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
FJ Feng / CNN:
‘We will kill you’: Florida sheriff issues stern warning to protesters  —  As protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids continue in Los Angeles and other cities, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and law enforcement officials warned that demonstrators could face …
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Madeline Sherratt / The Independent:
Florida sheriff warns protesters ahead of nationwide rallies: ‘We will kill you dead’
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Sen. Alex Padilla Tells MSNBC FBI ‘Escorted’ Him To Trump DHS Presser They Claim He Crashed  —  Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) told MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff that he was “escorted” to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference by FBI agents, where he was then manhandled by agents under the claim they didn't know who he was.
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Org Keeps Bringing In Foreign Workers To Staff Its Clubs And Winery  —  Topline  —  On Thursday, President Donald Trump acknowledged concerns from the agriculture and hospitality industries that his strict immigration policies are making it harder to retain long-time workers …
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Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions.  The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.  —  Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems.  For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.
Mother Jones:
How MAGA Took Over America's 250th Birthday  —  Trump's military parade is just the beginning.  —  Tanks, armored personnel carriers, and howitzers will roll through the streets of Washington, DC, on Saturday—coming to a halt just steps from where President Donald Trump once exhorted his supporters to …
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The Atlantic:
Fox News Vets Are Taking Over America's 250th Birthday Party
Discussion: Mediaite
Kerry Howley / New York Magazine:
Playing Secretary  —  As war looms, Pete Hegseth's Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks.  How long will Trump stand by his man?  —  On Dan Caldwell's 87th day as a senior official at the Department of Defense, he read some intelligence reports and prepped …
Discussion: Mediaite and Alternet.org
Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump?  —  Protest actions like ‘Hands Off’ and ‘No Kings’ are sweeping across the US.  But the media is barely paying attention  —  When hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered across the US on 5 April for the “Hands Off” …
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Steve Strunsky / New Jersey Online:
ICE detainees tear down a wall in uprising at N.J. detention facility, lawyer says  —  About 50 inmates at Delaney Hall, the ICE detention facility in Newark, banded together and pushed down the wall of a dormitory room when meals were hours late, a lawyer told NJ Advance Media.
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Discussion: emptywheel
Bitwize / Times of Oman:
Iran announces withdrawal from 6th round of talks with US  —  Iranian airspace shutdown: Air India reroutes numerous international flights  —  London-bound Air India flight returns to Mumbai after three hours in air  —  Air India flight makes emergency landing after receiving bomb threat
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Jacqueline Sweet / The Intercept:
ICE Agent Fled From Angry Residents Outside New York School — and Got in a Car Crash  —  A dozen or more masked men, some with long guns, tried to enter a men's homeless shelter without identifying themselves in a rural town with a long-standing immigrant community on eastern Long Island in New York.
Discussion: Reason, Newsday and Chicago Tribune
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
The High-Flying Escalation of CBP's Predator Drone Flights Over LA  —  Custom and Border Protection flying powerful Predator B drones over Los Angeles further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters typically handled by state or local authorities.
Associated Press:
Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials  —  President Donald Trump's administration this week provided deportation officials with personal data — including the immigration status — on millions of Medicaid enrollees …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
No Kings.  No Surrender.  —  Shows of force can work both ways.  —  ∙ Paid  —  On the Secret show this morning, Sarah and I went deep on the manhandling of Sen. Alex Padilla.  Spoiler: I have some accelerationist questions. . . .  The show is here.
 
 
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
CIA releases more RFK assassination records
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Newsweek
Sophia Nguyen / Washington Post:
National Portrait Gallery head steps down following Trump attempt to fire her
Discussion: New York Times
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Tim Scott Slammed with Community Note After False Claim About CBO History
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Richard Grenell has talked with Trump as he weighs running for California governor
Josh DuBose / The Hill:
Noem attends ICE raid at home of pregnant California mother
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
US divided on Trump using military to respond to anti-ICE protests: Survey
Discussion: Reuters and The Message Box
Reuters:
Home appliances swept up in expansion of Trump steel tariffs
Discussion: Quartz and KRDO
 Earlier Items: 
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
The Assault on Los Angeles Brought Jorge Ramos Back
Yonah Jeremy Bob / Jerusalem Post:
IDF intercepts massive drone attack from Iran, pummels Tehran's air defenses
Jackie Fortiér / NPR:
RFK Jr. sent Congress ‘medical disinformation’ to defend COVID vaccine schedule change
Discussion: Forbes
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
The Patriotic Rich  —  DONALD TRUMP HAS HUGGED A FLAG more than once, and he's now adding flagpoles …
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
ICE agents get green light to make unjustified warrantless arrests
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