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2:55 PM ET, June 9, 2026

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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Disqualify Spencer Pratt  —  It's time for blue states to take on election lying for real, and they should start by making Pratt an avatar for a Big Truth movement.  —  ∙ Paid  —  I want to revise and extend an argument I made in Monday's newsletter.
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New York Times:
Trump Previews Fall Strategy With Baseless Claims of California Vote Fraud  —  The president is using the slow count of mail ballots in California to renew his effort to cast doubt on election outcomes he doesn't like, despite a lack of evidence of any widespread fraud.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Yes, Americans are polarized. But that doesn't prevent wave elections
Discussion: New York Sun
Richard L. Hasen / MS NOW:
Trump's latest ‘voter fraud’ claims may backfire on him in the fall
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Progressive Nithya Raman advances to November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
Politico:
Push for Labor nominee is latest threat to House GOP majority … Moore declined to comment.  Taylor Rogers, a White House spokesperson, said “when there is an announcement on a permanent nomination, it will be made by the President directly.”  —  Some Republicans expressed doubt that Trump …
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump: U.S. must ‘respond’ against Iran
Discussion: Bloomberg
Politico:
Drama as House GOP eyes next big swing
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Fox News:
Trump's SAVE America Act shows signs of life in the Senate despite Republican revolt
Discussion: Townhall, RedState and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Trump says US ‘must’ respond after Iran downed US Army helicopter near Strait of Hormuz  —  President Donald Trump blamed Iran for downing a U.S. Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday and said the United States must respond to the attack.  A drone boat rescued two Army aviators …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump is becoming Jimmy Carter
Discussion: The Independent and HuffPost
New York Times:   A Challenge in the U.S.-Iran Talks: Both Sides Demand Victory
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says U.S. must ‘respond’ after Iran shoots down helicopter over Hormuz Strait
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump booed before Knicks lose to Spurs at Madison Square Garden in NBA Finals Game 3 … President Donald Trump was loudly booed at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday night before the start of Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the home team Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Fading Fun of Trump 2.0  —  From empty concert stages to fractured group chats, the president's cultural movement is hitting an establishment wall  —  New York Knicks fans in Madison Square Garden received President Trump, a longtime fan and once one of their own, the same way they welcomed …
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
‘TRUMP CURSE’: Furious Knicks Fans Blame President for Jinxing Team's Winning Streak as They Lose to Spurs
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Trump on boos: NBA ‘a little left wing,’ but ‘great’
Reuters:
Under the Trump crypto playbook, the family always wins.  Investors don't  —  Risking little of their own money, the US president and his sons have added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune from their main crypto ventures, while the investors they've wooed have taken a $2.3 billion hit, a Reuters examination found.
Discussion: MS NOW and Modern Diplomacy
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Matt Peterson / CNBC:
Trump family got about $500M from crypto venture — but investors saw steep losses … Back in August, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. were all smiles.  They showed up at the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York to celebrate a new business partnership with a little-known publicly traded company …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Wall Street Journal:
Social Security Now Expects Shortfall Earlier, in Late 2032  —  New tax law, declining fertility and falling immigration are reducing revenue into the retirement trust fund  —  Social Security is expected to deplete the fund that helps pay out retirement benefits by late 2032, the program's trustees said Tuesday.
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Washington Post:
Social Security shortfall expected to accelerate, with funds at critical low in 2032  —  The shortfall will be driven in part by a drop in immigration and Trump's tax cuts, trustees say, resulting in trimmed benefits.  —  Summary  —  Social Security's trust fund is now due to run low on money beginning in 2032.
Annie Waldman / ProPublica:
He Profits Off Raw Milk That's Making People Sick.  The Government Isn't Stopping Him.  — Raw Milk on the Rise: Driven by political shifts and wellness trends, unpasteurized milk has moved from a fringe obsession to a widespread movement rooted in institutional distrust.
Discussion: Heartland Signal
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case  —  When two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses. … The lawyers on both sides of a federal court case in Mississippi were caught using artificial intelligence, a situation where …
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Aaron Blake / CNN:
How many times has Trump claimed an Iran deal is around the corner?  —  It's been more than two months since President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran, saying at the time that the two sides were close to a deal.  —  Trump said on social media on April 7 that they were …
ProPublica:
An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump.  Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.  —  In late November in Jamnagar, India, the scions of two of the most powerful families in the world stood face-to-face.  On one side was 30-year-old Anant Ambani, son of one the richest men in Asia.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Moral Acceptability Falls for Several Behaviors  —  Moral acceptability of birth control, having a baby outside of marriage, gambling, teenage sex and cloning animals down significantly  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' views of the moral acceptability of five of the 20 behaviors Gallup tracks annually …
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Hegseth Loses His Holy War  —  New York Knicks fans are accustomed to disappointment, having waited 53 years since their last NBA title.  So it wasn't just annoyance they felt when Donald Trump said he'd attend game three of the finals last night; it was dread, too.
Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry  —  “I had the right papers and everything,” Omar Abdulkadir Artan said in his first interview since he was turned back.  He would have been the first Somali to referee a game in the tournament.
Clint Smith / The Atlantic:
Being Black in Pete Hegseth's Military … daniel “chappie” james jr. became commander of the Wheelus Air Base, near Tripoli, just after rebels under Muammar Qaddafi took control of Libya in a coup in 1969.  In the midst of the insurgency, Qaddafi led an effort to break into the U.S. air base …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Nazis, Real and Imagined  —  Graham Platner isn't a Nazi.  Guess who is.  —  ∙ Paid  —  TNL Alert: Tim, Sarah, and I will be LIVE at 3 p.m. (ish) today.  Tim will be racing to get there, straight off a plane and you know how wheels-off these live editions are from the jump.  Come hang out.
Discussion: HuffPost and CBS News
YouGov:
A record 63% of Americans disapprove of how Donald Trump is handling the economy  —  A majority of Americans see the U.S. economy headed in the wrong direction and most disapprove of how Donald Trump is handling the economy, according to the latest Economist / YouGov Poll.
Aaron Kleinman / Heartland Signal:
What Congress would look like without gerrymandering  —  Last year, Donald Trump started a race to the bottom in redistricting that Republicans are currently winning.  Coming out of 2024, it looked like the maps for the 2026 election would lead to the winner of the House popular vote gaining control of the chamber.
Zaid Jilani / New York Times:
Red State Democrats Need a New Approach to Abortion  —  Is this the year a U.S. Senate seat in Texas turns blue?  It's possible: Republicans have nominated the polarizing state attorney general Ken Paxton, and in their corner, the Democrats have the state lawmaker James Talarico …
Isabella Cueto / STAT:
Alcohol study discarded by Trump officials is published in scientific journal  —  The report, meant to inform dietary guidelines, found risks from light drinking  —  WASHINGTON — A report on alcohol's health effects, commissioned by the federal government but unreleased under President Trump …
Aaron Zamost / New York Times:
Our Stock Market Is Broken  —  Steven Spielberg has an alien movie opening this month, but that may not be the biggest science fiction blockbuster of the summer.  That could be the SpaceX initial public offering.  —  As part of its pitch to sell shares on the stock market …
Andy Craig / The UnPopulist:
The Historian Who Explained the True Meaning of the Revolution to Americans  —  The famed historian Gordon S. Wood died on Sunday, struck by a car in a parking lot at the age of 92.  —  He was his generation's foremost scholar of the American Revolution and the early Republic …
 
 
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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Indictment dismissed against LGBTQ rights attorney related to ‘judge shopping’ inquiry
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Exclusive: Rep. Hudson defends Trump's midterm gamble
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Gates Said to Have Hired Ex-Oversight Chief to Advise on Epstein Testimony
Discussion: GV Wire
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump administration warns more than 500 hospitals to provide more price information or face fines
Discussion: Breitbart
Politico:
Ways and Means chair warns he 'won't support' next reconciliation bill without tax provisions
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Thune: White House weighing pick to replace Pulte as long-term DNI
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Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
The Supreme Court Hasn't Ruled On Birthright Citizenship. Trump May Be Deporting Newborn Citizens Anyway
Discussion: The Federalist
CNN:
Inside Hegseth's Pentagon, where distrust and suspicions of loyalty are rampant
Discussion: Raw Story
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Why That Next Hamburger Is Going to Cost You
Ari Hawkins / Politico:
The White House is digging in on tariff refunds
Discussion: Associated Press and NewsMax.com
Genevieve McDonald / Washington Post:
I know firsthand why Graham Platner shouldn't be a U.S. senator
 

 
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