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Politico:
Internal DOJ messages bolster claim that Trump judicial nominee spoke of defying court orders … Bove has said that he never advised anyone to violate court orders.  DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Discussion: Rolling Stone, The Hill and Salon
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Whistleblower's texts suggest Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove urged lawyer to defy court order  —  A week before an expected committee vote on the controversial nomination of Trump ally Emil Bove for a federal judgeship, CBS News has obtained emails and text messages shared with Congress …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Whistleblower Emails Expose Fresh Trump Abuses in Abrego Garcia Case  —  Emails provided to Congress by a whistleblower and 15-year veteran of the Justice Department reveal that administration officials went to striking lengths to prop up the claim that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a “leader” …
CNN:
FEMA's response to Texas flood slowed by Noem's cost controls  —  As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and life-saving resources, like they have in countless past disasters.
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Paul Krugman:
Should We Politicize the Texas Flood? Absolutely
Discussion: New York Times and Mercury News
Thomas Frank / E&E News by POLITICO:
FEMA leader is a no-show after deadly Texas flooding
Discussion: MSNBC, NPR and Raw Story
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
How Strategist Brain Took Over the Democratic Party  —  During the Reagan revolution, Democrats settled on a new way to win elections.  It's destroying them now. … July 10, 2025  —  5:40 AM  —  A few months ago, California Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a press conference with an almond farmer …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators fear Musk-Trump beef spells trouble for midterm election
Discussion: NewsMax.com, NOTUS and ABC News
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
These Younger Democrats Are Sick of Their Party's Status Quo
Discussion: Raw Story
Anthony Zurcher / BBC:
‘Trump was right’ - John Kerry says Democrats allowed migrant ‘siege’ of US border  —  Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has told the BBC his fellow Democrats allowed the US-Mexico border to be “under siege” during Joe Biden's presidency.  —  In sometimes sharp words, Kerry …
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Washington Post:
Trump announces 50 percent tariff on Brazil, citing Bolsonaro trial  —  Trump announced a 50 percent tariff on all Brazilian goods, escalating a feud over Brazil's prosecution of former president Jair Bolsonaro.  Brazil vowed to retaliate.  —  ANAPU, Brazil — President Donald Trump announced …
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NBC News:
Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariff, in part due to trial of ally Jair Bolsonaro
Associated Press:
Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against country's former president
Wired:
This Is DOGE 2.0  —  Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies—even without Musk in government.  —  On Monday, June 23, Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, one of the first young, inexperienced technologists to join Elon Musk's …
Discussion: TechCrunch
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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
Trump Loves ICE.  Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable.  —  ICE occupies an exalted place in President Donald Trump's hierarchy of law enforcement.  He praises the bravery and fortitude of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers—"the toughest people you'll ever meet," he says …
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NBC News:
Trump's immigration enforcement record so far: High arrests, low deportations
Discussion: Vox and CBS News
Josh Margolin / ABC News:
6 Secret Service agents suspended over conduct during attempted Trump assassination  —  The July 2024 incident left Trump's ear bloodied and a firefighter killed.  —  Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally in Butler, Penn., July 13, 2024.
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New York Times:
How El Salvador Is Reaping Rewards From Trump's Deportation Agenda  —  In exchange for jailing more than 200 deportees, El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, has become a favorite of the Trump administration.  —  For the U.S. government, sending deportees accused of being gang members …
Discussion: The Independent and JURISTnews
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
GOP rep says he believes Epstein files were destroyed  —  Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday he believes a so-called “client list” associated with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein once existed but was “destroyed” by the Biden administration.  —  “I think the files existed at one time …
Discussion: NewsNation
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Reuters:
Grok AI to be available in Tesla vehicles next week, Musk says  —  Grok AI will be available in Tesla (TSLA.O) vehicles next week “at the latest”, the EV maker's CEO, Elon Musk, said in a post on X on Thursday.  —  Musk's AI startup xAI launched Grok 4, its latest flagship AI model, on Wednesday.
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Brian Phillips / The Ringer:
Elon Musk's Grok Has Lost Its Non-Sentient Mind
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Riley Rogerson / NOTUS:   ‘Still Not Comfortable’: Senate Fiscal Hawks Try to Make Sense of Their Reconciliation Votes
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Immigration Officials Used Shadowy Pro-Israel Group to Target Student Activists  —  A senior Homeland Security official testified in court on Wednesday that his department had relied in part on an anonymously compiled list to identify foreign academics for investigation.
The Budget Lab at Yale:
State of U.S. Tariffs: July 10, 2025  —  The Budget Lab (TBL) estimated the effects all US tariffs and foreign retaliation implemented in 2025 through July 9, including the effects of the US-Vietnam trade framework, the 50% commodity tariffs on copper, and the July 7 & July 9 announcements on new rates for 22 countries.
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order despite Supreme Court ruling  —  A federal judge on Thursday has again barred President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his executive order limiting birthright citizenship nationwide after the U.S. Supreme Court restricted the ability …
Discussion: CNN, Blaze Media and NewsMax.com
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
DOJ's criminal investigation of Comey and Brennan is a warning  —  This goes deeper than political revenge.  —  The Justice Department has opened criminal investigations into two longtime targets of President Donald Trump's ire: former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump on Brennan, Comey probe reports: “Maybe they have to pay a price”
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
A(nother) Major Blow to Conservative Media  —  Plus: A missing-flag mystery at RFK Jr.'s Health and Human Services Department.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The conservative media money machine faces some headwinds  —  FOR TALK-RADIO HOST HUGH HEWITT, Georgia financier and state Republican power …
The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Replace Diversity Offices Amid DEI Purge  —  The dismantling of Harvard's diversity offices arrived at Harvard College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without fanfare.
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
This Land Is Not Your Land  —  In the spring of 2012, I went to Harrison, Arkansas to report on a Ku Klux Klan meeting.  When I arrived at the group's compound the first day, after navigating down tiny dirt roads and over intermittently running streams, I was greeted not by a burning cross, but by a lawyer wielding a release form.
 
 
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CNN:
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Trump quietly claimed a power even King George wasn't allowed to have
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The Fallout Is Growing on Trump's Deals With Law Firms
Punchbowl News:
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