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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is About to Get Even Worse for Him — You'd be forgiven for thinking the saga involving Donald Trump's vile prosecutions of innocent people over his Reflecting Pool fiasco has finally come to an ignominious end. On Thursday, a judge officially threw …
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The Guardian and Forbes
Washington Post:
Eleventh-hour primary upsets muddy the race for control of Congress — Unexpected winners have complicated both parties' paths to control of the House and Senate. — The final stretch of primary season has scrambled the battle for Congress, as scandals, insurgent victories and voters' rejection …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Florida attorney general threatens charges after Cunningham is fouled in WNBA game — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) threatened to charge WNBA players with assault after a hard foul against star Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham over the weekend.
Alexandra E. Petri / New York Times:
Taylor Farms Voluntarily Recalls Fresh Jalapeños Over Salmonella Concerns — The company said it was unaware of any reported illnesses linked to its products containing jalapeños, which were distributed to major retailers across 26 states. — Taylor Farms, which has been linked …
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Robert Reich:
The Moronic Bullshit of the “Third Way” — The statements seem as belligerent as Pete Hegseth on a bad hair day. — “We are preparing for the next war that is coming,” says Jonathan Cowan. — Cowan is president of Third Way, described by The New York Times as a “leading centrist Democratic group.”
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
Precision Has a Price — FOR GENERATIONS, SENIOR MILITARY officers attending professional military education have been taught a simple but enduring truth: Logistics establishes the art of the possible. No commander can conduct operations without the fuel, ammunition, and other resources needed to sustain the fighting force.
New York Times:
The Campaign Tactics Helping Progressives Win Primaries Ahead of the 2026 Midterms — Progressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party. Their tactics show a different way to succeed. — In late March, several thousand angry demonstrators gathered …
Scott MacFarlane Reports:
Trump Turns National Parks into Piggybank — There are enormous canyons. — Geysers. — Majestic cliffs. — Waterfalls and wildlife. — Rainforests and reindeer. — But in America's national parks under President Trump, the most dramatic sight might be the rapid shifting of taxpayer and donor money.
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez on Hong positions: ‘Woke 1 was crazy’ — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday quoted a New York City Council member in describing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong's (D) past positions, saying “Woke 1 was crazy.” — ABC News's “This Week” …
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David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
AOC blames 2020 lockdown ‘rhetoric’ for past ‘defund the police’ support
AOC blames 2020 lockdown ‘rhetoric’ for past ‘defund the police’ support
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Why Is Iran Acting Like It Is Holding All the Cards in Hormuz Talks? — Plus, voters' impressions on the economy pose a midterm challenge for the GOP, and Netanyahu breaks with Trump over the peace plan for Gaza — Good morning. On Tuesday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went …
Steve Vladeck / One First:
243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux — Welcome back to “One First,” a newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. I'm grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope that you'll consider sharing some of what we're doing with your networks.
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American Thinker and Washington Examiner
Dara Lind / New Yorker:
The Great Delegalization — More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away. — In early 2010, an earthquake devastated Haiti—but, even as Haitians in the U.S. had far less to return to, they received a new opportunity to stay.
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Associated Press:
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake shakes western Colombia, leaving 2 dead — At least two people were killed and dozens of buildings collapsed in cities across western Colombia on Monday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the South American nation, trapping residents under debris …
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Julia Symmes Cobb / Reuters:
Earthquake on Colombia's Pacific coast causes injuries, damage-governor
Earthquake on Colombia's Pacific coast causes injuries, damage-governor
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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
The Man in Charge of Immigration Data Just Resigned — The Department of Homeland Security has stopped releasing timely, reliable statistics on immigration enforcement. — Marc rosenblum, the top statistician at the Department of Homeland Security for more than a decade, resigned in frustration in late July.
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The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Democratic extremism? GOP spent a decade riding extremism to power. — Republicans have spent the past decade worshiping the most extreme president in our nation's history, a man with an almost impossibly long history of loathsome behavior and malicious dishonesty.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
'We've never seen anything like this': ICE's detention crackdown swamps the courts … Months later, ICE agents whisked away Yair Vargas Torres, shuttling him across three states — and attempting to move him to a fourth — before a federal judge ruled that his detention without bond was illegal.
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The Parnas Perspective, more at Techmeme »
Politico:
Tucker's third way — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner — Good Monday morning, we're feeling as strong as a Bull Moose, and hope you are too. Get in touch. — In today's Playbook ... — What's next for Tucker Carlson's post-MAGA movement.
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
New in SpyWeek: Kremlin Hints FSB May Tempt Kash with Dem Dirt in Moscow, as Berlin Expels Russian Spies, CIA Targets Cuba — Moscow Mule? FBI Director Kash Patel's scheduled Moscow sojourn only weeks before the U.S. midterm elections has generated lots of questions, but none so provocative …
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Unmasking Russia
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
A twist in the race for Lindsey Graham's seat: No clear Trump-aligned candidate — The president backs Graham's sister, but each contender in South Carolina's Senate primary has found themselves out of step with him in some way, and a runoff is likely. — Summary
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George Chidi / The Guardian:
Trump officials offer cities tens of millions for Memphis-style police surges - with conditions — DoJ to give $300m for enforcement surges in four cities, as long as they abandon progressive ideologies on policing — The Trump administration is offering grants of tens of millions of dollars …
Politico:
Hegseth can't persuade Republicans to back his big budget — In the year and a half since Pete Hegseth squeaked through his Senate confirmation, congressional Republicans have handed the Pentagon chief big wins — and defended some of his most controversial moves.
Tony Romm / New York Times:
As Voters Grow Anxious Over A.I., Trump Shrugs Off the Concern — The president and his top aides have been especially bullish about data centers, despite national blowback against the facilities. — The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has started to rattle voters around the country …
Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
FDA Orders Food-Ingredient Disclosure, Delays RFK Jr.'s Ultraprocessed Crackdown — Companies will have to notify regulators before adding new ingredients to food — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration took a partial step Monday toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised food-system overhaul …
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Maria Curi / Axios:
Exclusive: Sanders calls for AI development pause — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is urging leading AI CEOs to pause AI development, warning that lawmakers will step in if no action is taken. … Pause AI development. It is not too late to avoid disaster.
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Tim O'Brien / PJ Media:
Looks Like the WNBA's Absurdity Is About to Sink the Entire Transgender Movement — Rush Limbaugh had a saying to explain how he would drive a point home about the left that perfectly applies to what we're seeing in the WNBA today. He said that sometimes you have to illustrate the absurd through absurdity.
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Fox News, News Talk 105.9, The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Fox News:
US State Department has yanked more than 175k visas under Trump administration so far — FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump's administration so far. — The announcement comes less than two years since Trump started his second term.
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US Department of State and RedState
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
These corporations are supporting an alleged domestic abuser for Congress — Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) is facing serious allegations of domestic abuse. On May 7, The Daily Mail reported that Miller is “accused of years of documented physical abuse against his ex-wife, Emily Moreno.”
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Memo to Those Who Fear Socialism: Why Don't You Try Fix Capitalism? — Everywhere I look, I see people expressing alarm about the popularity of socialism. It polls in the mid-to-high 30s, and considerably higher among younger people. Older people, who have a living memory …
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Washington Examiner and DCReport.org
Associated Press:
UK and France prepare for another heat wave as western Europe sets new temperature record — The U.K. and France are bracing for the fifth heat wave of the season, adding to an intense stretch of hot weather that has repeatedly sent temperatures soaring across Europe since May.
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Politico, New York Times, UPI, France 24, Associated Press, Al Jazeera and Semafor
Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: Republicans brace for Trump's wrath — President Donald Trump has held his fire since senators skipped town for five weeks without advancing his elections security bill. Some Republicans don't expect that to last. Senators punted until at least September any vote …

