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New York Times:
Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes — His demand came a day after he ousted the federal prosecutor who failed to charge two of his most-reviled adversaries, Letitia James and James B. Comey. — President Trump demanded on Saturday that his attorney general move quickly …
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MSNBC, The Gateway Pundit, All Rise News, Mediaite, Washington Post and Election Law Blog
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
“Show me the man and I'll find the crime” — With apologies, this is a long post for any night, let alone a Saturday, but Trump's abuse of the power of the prosecutor and efforts to directly control the work of the Justice Department make it essential. In a world that has become …
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Raw Story, Washington Post, UPI and The Gateway Pundit
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pushes Attorney General Pam Bondi to Prosecute Political Foes — President ratchets up pressure on Justice Department after forcing out a prosecutor who didn't charge a pair of adversaries — WASHINGTON—President Trump all but ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his political foes …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Republicans walk tight rope in defending Trump, condemning weaponization of DOJ
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Trump publicly pushes Attorney General Pam Bondi to go after his political foes
Trump publicly pushes Attorney General Pam Bondi to go after his political foes
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Fox News, Bloomberg, The Hill, Raw Story, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Democracy Docket and RedState
Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Trump Makes Bonkers Demand for Bondi to Lock Up His Enemies
Trump Makes Bonkers Demand for Bondi to Lock Up His Enemies
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PoliticusUSA and Washington Examiner
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
'We can't delay any longer': Trump urges Bondi to prosecute his rivals
'We can't delay any longer': Trump urges Bondi to prosecute his rivals
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The Hill, New York Sun, New York Post, NewsMax.com, Crooks and Liars, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Blaze Media and Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash — Mr. Homan came under scrutiny after he was recorded last year taking $50,000 in cash from undercover F.B.I. agents. — Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump's border czar, was recorded …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Sets Off Scramble Across Corporate America — Companies urgently order workers back to the U.S. before Sunday; White House seeks to clarify that the fee doesn't apply to current visa holders — The Trump administration's moves to upend the immigration system set off …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates — The president's complaints about negative coverage undermine the rationales offered by his own officials. — As President Trump threatens a wide-ranging crackdown on mainstream media institutions and political opponents …
Associated Press:
Man is arrested and charged in New Hampshire country club shooting — NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A gunman opened fire in a New Hampshire country club on Saturday as a wedding was taking place, killing one person and wounding two others, authorities said. — The person who died at the Sky Meadow Country Club …
Olha Hlushchenko / Ukrainska Pravda:
Czech president: NATO must respond militarily to Russian violations — Czech President Petr Pavel has stated that in the event of violations by Russia, NATO must respond accordingly, including militarily, such as shooting down an intruding aircraft. — Source: Pavel in an interview …
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Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Times, Algemeiner.com, Washington Examiner and The Times of Israel
Gillian Brockell / Rolling Stone:
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights — At least one of the flights dumped people in a prison camp in Ghana, a country where they had no ties — Two American military cargo jets deported people to Africa this month on flights that appear …
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Rupert Murdoch, Michael Dell part of U.S. TikTok buyer group, Trump says — Media moguls Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch and tech entrepreneur Michael Dell are among the U.S. investors who will be part of the deal for TikTok, President Trump said on Sunday. … I hate to tell you this, but a man named ‘Lachlan’ is involved.
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. Rand Paul says FCC chair's comments threatening ABC over Jimmy Kimmel were ‘absolutely inappropriate’ — The Kentucky Republican said that FCC chair Brendan Carr had ‘no business weighing in on’ Jimmy Kimmel's comments. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said that Federal …
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Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue — Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines — Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, People For, HuffPost and Raw Story
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company — Exclusive: Sarah Wynn-Williams faces $50,000 fine every time she breaches order banning her from criticising Meta — A former Meta executive who wrote an explosive exposé making allegations …
Axios:
Rise of the new radical internet — While policymakers and headlines have traditionally zeroed in on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and X, young people are increasingly gathering on gaming platforms — and having conversations that are typically anonymous and largely invisible to the outside world.
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump is breaking US diplomacy, State Department staffers say … The overall impact of the changes remains unclear. But many diplomats said they feel both powerless and resigned to the circumstances. There's a sense that if Trump's political appointees don't want diplomats' advice …
Katy Stech Ferek / Wall Street Journal:
The Republicans Who Are Quietly Intervening to Help Immigrants in Custody — GOP lawmakers who back Trump's deportation policies have stepped in to aid constituents — WASHINGTON—Congressional Republicans have been some of the loudest cheerleaders of President Trump's mass deportation agenda.
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Many Americans can't buy homes, get jobs or move in this stuck economy — The job market is stagnant, and so are home sales. “It feels like treading water.” — A mix of high borrowing costs, dwindling job openings and growing economic and political uncertainty have left many U.S. households …
Adrienne Matei / The Guardian:
From Nazi Germany to Trump's America: why strongmen rely on women at home — Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women's unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies — In 1980, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink …
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
U.K., Canada, Australia recognize Palestine as a state, breaking with U.S. — The three major U.S. allies reversed decades of unwillingness to accept Palestinians as a sovereign nation until their conflict with Israel was settled. — LONDON — Britain, Canada and Australia formally recognized …
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John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
Reflections on Free Speech; The Lost Art of Debate; Machiavelli on ‘Good’ Cruelty; When Hitchens was Great — This is a regular feature for paid subscribers wherein I write a little bit about what I've been reading and/or watching. — If you're not yet a paid subscriber but regularly read …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Gov. Josh Shapiro says Americans must ‘universally condemn’ political violence — In an interview with “Meet the Press,” the Pennsylvania governor said the country is at an “inflection point” and he hoped it would go in a direction of healing and unity. — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called …
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Politico and The American Spectator

