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Rolling Stone:
Republicans Slam Trump for Caving to Iran in ‘Disaster’ of a Deal  —  “Giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is not a good idea,” Sen. Ted Cruz told reporters  —  During the G7 conference on Wednesday, Donald Trump told reporters that while “nobody knows what it is …
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Israel, Stunned by Trump's Iran Deal, Sees It as a ‘Catastrophic Capitulation’  —  The agreement accomplishes none of Israel's stated war aims and arguably leaves the country in worse shape on each of them.  —  Israel awoke to a frightening new reality on Thursday as it absorbed …
New York Times:
JD Vance on the Morality of the Trump Administration  —  I asked the vice president what is Christian about this White House.  —  “If you think this is a bad deal, what is your alternative?”  Critics of JD Vance think that his key role in the Iran negotiations may end up being an albatross around his neck.
Politico:
Senate Armed Services chair slams Iran peace deal  —  Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker on Thursday panned the Iran peace deal signed by President Donald Trump this week, saying the agreement “negotiates away the victories of Operation Epic Fury in ways that are completely out of step with the president's goals.”
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Art of the Yield  —  The U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding is out, and boy is it as bad as advertised.  In exchange for Iran simply agreeing to begin negotiations on its nuclear program and to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz without charging fees for sixty days …
New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Vance Issues Blunt Warning to Israel as He Defends Trump's Deal
Washington Post:
Vance slams Israeli reaction to Iran deal as U.S. military lifts blockade
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu fumes, allies rage over Trump's Iran deal
Hugo Lowell / Wired:
Trump Mocked Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos by Showing Off Fawning Texts  —  “You would not believe the texts I got from these tech guys,” NYT reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan quote Donald Trump as telling associates in an upcoming book.  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg …
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Tim Balk / New York Times:
Takeaways From ‘Regime Change,’ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's Book on Trump's White House  —  The book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan of The New York Times, “Regime Change,” reveals a host of details and surprising exchanges as President Trump pushed to drastically expand his power.
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional  —  The defense secretary described the vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.  —  A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas less …
Discussion: MS NOW, Joe.My.God., ABC News and The Hill
Washington Post:
Reflecting Pool algae blooms have roared back, reaching highest levels in years  —  An analysis of satellite imagery of the Lincoln Memorial shows algae levels spiked days after a $14 million renovation was completed.  —  Summary  —  Days after the completion this month of a $14 million renovation …
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Trump Administration Claims It Made The Reflecting Pool Blue.  See For Yourself!  —  They've spent $14 million on this.  —  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump had the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool painted blue as part of his capital city redecorating spree, but instead of looking …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Jay Clayton nomination remains up in the air, Thune says  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune signaled deep uncertainty Thursday over the fate of Jay Clayton's nomination as director of national intelligence.  Its future, he told reporters, is essentially up to President Donald Trump.
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court sides with a Texas man who says it's not a crime for marijuana users to have guns  —  The Supreme Court sided Thursday with a Texas marijuana user who wants to legally own a gun, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
SCOTUS: One Toke's Not Over the Line, Sweet #2A
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses.  Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to sell or give away most of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain migrants, reversing course on a signature initiative.  —  The idea was meant to supercharge President Trump's mass deportation plan.
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Senate Dems launch investigation into RFK Jr. vaccine panel changes
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Tom Kean Jr. will return June 30 to House, spokesperson says  —  Rep. Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who has been missing from Capitol Hill since March 5, will return to work later this month — 117 days after his last vote.  Harrison Neely, a spokesperson for Kean …
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Tom Kean will return to Congress on June 30
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring  —  The reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments.  —  The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical …
Democracy Docket:
States to get citizenship lists before voters can check for errors, new memo on Trump's anti-voting order makes clear  —  The first phase of President Donald Trump's executive order to build a national voter list is expected to be implemented by June 30, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo.
Discussion: CourtListener and The Independent
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Postal Service takes another step toward implementing Trump's anti-mail voting order
Discussion: USA Today and American Prospect
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
California billionaire tax proposal qualifies for the November ballot  —  The ballot initiative, which has divided Democrats, would implement a one-time tax on wealthy Californians if approved by voters in the fall.  —  A proposal to raise taxes on the wealthiest Californians has qualified …
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California billionaires tax qualifies for ballot, setting up costly fight
Brandy Zadrozny / MS NOW:
The Onion says it won't wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families  —  The families of children and educators killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School are set to receive their first payment from Alex Jones' Infowars empire next month …
The Moscow Times:
Ukraine Sets Major Oil Refinery Ablaze in Largest-Ever Drone Attack on Moscow  —  Black smoke blanketed the skies of southern Moscow on Thursday morning after Ukrainian drones struck and set fire to a major oil refinery, in what was the largest-ever attack on the Russian capital since the start of the war.
Hannah Grabenstein / PBS NewsHour:
Trump's economic approval rating hits new low, poll finds  —  A third of Americans approve of the way President Donald Trump is handling the economy, a new PBS/NPR/Marist poll finds, amounting to his lowest-ever approval rating on an issue long considered to be one of his strengths with voters.
Discussion: Marist Poll, Raw Story and Reality Tea
Annie Karni / New York Times:
McCarthy Aide's Tell-All Book Recounts Trump's Expletive-Filled Threats to G.O.P.  —  A new book by John Leganski, the floor manager for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, offers a rare behind-the-scenes account of how President Trump wields his power through threats and intimidation.
Discussion: Raw Story and NOTUS
Jon Collins / MPR News:
Report authors say feds violated Minnesotans' human rights during ICE surge  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"Human Rights Watch has released a comprehensive report detailing human rights abuses by the government during this winter's immigration enforcement surge …
Discussion: JURIST
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Court benchslaps Ken Paxton's effort to take out ActBlue  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  Ken Paxton got smacked down in federal court.  Again.  —  In his 11 years as Texas attorney general …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Oops, We Invited Nazis to Our Christian Nationalist Conference  —  THE SECOND TRUMP TERM has been a great time for Christian nationalists seeking to make the United States into an explicitly Christian state.  Their leading pastors have been embraced by administration figures like Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Discussion: Townhall and Blog & Mablog
Washington Post:
White House says goodbye to an Air Force One as it prepares for Qatar jet  —  The aging presidential aircraft will be replaced by a $400 million aircraft donated by Qatar, capping a contentious effort that raised ethical, legal and security concerns.  —  Summary
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Trump Administration Tells Federal Employees to Wear “Freedom” Pins—Or Else  —  The Trump administration is ordering National Park Service employees to wear pins promoting Freedom 250, a semi-private group that the president has used to turn celebrations of the country's 250th anniversary …
 
 
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Finya Swai / The Hill:
Fake FIFA sites being used to steal private information: FBI
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Jamie Raskin Expands Probe Into Trump's Health Amid Reports Of His 22 Doctors
Discussion: The Hill
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Base Is Angry
Christian Paz / Vox:
I read JD Vance's new book. It reveals more than he realizes.
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