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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms  —  The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move ahead with his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement before the fast-approaching midterm elections.
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
246. Making Sense of the Mail-in Ballots Ruling  —  The Supreme Court's grant of a stay in one of the mail-in ballot cases is deeply wrong, but it's also not the main event over whether Trump's patently unlawful executive order can take effect.  —  I apologize in advance for writing a stream …
New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting, for Now  —  The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump's order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
Axios:
Supreme Court upholds Trump's order to overhaul mail-in ballots … But the majority wrote that the administration was “likely to suffer irreparable harm” from the freeze.  — “This internal directive does not regulate the States' voter registration processes,” the court's order reads.
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
Explainer: The battle over Trump's bid to restrict mail voting hits a pivotal point.  Where things stand and what comes next  —  President Donald Trump wants to interfere with mail voting during the upcoming midterm elections, and he's betting the U.S. Supreme Court will let him.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
What Monday's Supreme Court election order ruling is and is not  —  The U.S. Supreme Court's Republican appointees — by way of an unsigned order issued Monday afternoon — blocked states' initial lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's election “integrity” executive order …
Discussion: Slate
Steve Vladeck / One First:   245. Irreparable Harm, “Administrative” Stays, and the White House Ballroom
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Ontario's premier: Canada should be ready to cut electricity, critical minerals as trade woes worsen  —  Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday in an interview with The Associated Press that Ronald Reagan would be “throwing up” over President Donald Trump's trade policies and threatened …
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Paul Krugman:
The Moose That Roared  —  Why Trump will lose his war with Canada  —  Two years ago the idea of a trade war between Canada and the United States would have seemed absurd.  Canada was our closest ally, a nation whose soldiers have fought and died alongside Americans in many wars, up to and including Afghanistan.
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
‘He Has a Lot of Room to Kiss My Ass’: Trump vs. Canada Is Getting Personal  —  The trade war is escalating and so is the bombast  —  Good evening.  The war of words between the White House and Canada is growing in bombast and bravado, with provocateurs on all sides looking to deliver the latest zinger.
Discussion: Vox and RealClearPolitics
Leyland Cecco / The Guardian:
Mark Carney says Canada can't accept US trade deal that would weaken French language  —  Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from dispute  —  Mark Carney said on Monday that while American negotiators saw the French language in Canada as an …
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
‘Flunky,’ ‘Loser’: Trump Trades Wild Insults With Canada's Ford
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins blasts Trump's Canada tariffs as a ‘mistake’
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Canada Is Right, The USA Cannot Be Trusted
Discussion: Bloomberg
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say  —  The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States.
Washington Post:
Bessent unveils sweeping campaign of sanctions and pressure against Iran  —  The treasury secretary said Trump is contacting other world leaders to demand support for the “economic asphyxiation” of the Iranian regime but gave no deadline for action.  —  Summary
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Financial Times:
Scott Bessent: an economic D-Day is coming for Iran
The White House:
Operation Economic Outcast: Total Isolation of the Iranian Regime
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist  —  An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk's killing.  —  A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
White House Crops Natalie Harp Out of Grand Prix Content  —  Things seemed a little awkward between Trump, his wife, and his deeply devoted personal aide during Sunday's IndyCar Freedom250 Grand Prix  —  As we've learned in recent weeks, Natalie Harp rarely leaves the president's side …
Discussion: Mercury News
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New Republic:
Trump's Fury Over Natalie Harp Mess Worsens as Leaks Grow More Damning  —  Donald Trump's handling of the Natalie Harp mess has backfired big-time.  The Atlantic reports that Trump's own anger is why Trumpworld exploded so vehemently after Senator Jon Ossoff highlighted their closeness.
Discussion: twitchy.com
New York Times:
A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians.  It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.  —  An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.  —  The grave of Tetiana Bubynets, who was killed last month in a drone strike on a gas station in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Some of Russia's A.I. Drones Are Powered by Nvidia Microcomputers, Ukrainian Officials Say
Wall Street Journal:
Trump-Aligned Group Opens Its Wallet to Boost Darline Graham in South Carolina  —  MAGA Inc., with a $400 million war chest, is spending on get-out-the-vote efforts as some Republicans see Graham's rival gaining traction  —  WASHINGTON—A super PAC aligned with President Trump is opening …
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Darline Graham refuses to say if she would have certified 2020 election results  —  Lindsey Graham voted to certify the results of the 2020 election.  Would his sister?  The appointed senator apparently doesn't want to talk about it.  —  By the evening of Jan. 6, 2021 …
Discussion: NewsNation and The Guardian
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Clarence Thomas thanks Cruz for defending him against ethics complaints  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas praised Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) during a podcast appearance for publicly defending him against ethics complaints in recent years.  —  “You're one of the people who actually stands up …
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CBS News:
Ted Cruz says he thinks Canada's tariff response is “a little performative”
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
We Need To Hear From Jeffries  —  He needs to be drawing redlines, not signaling compromise.  Did he get snookered, or does he really intend to work cooperatively with thieves?  —  ∙ Paid  —  Thursday's mailbag focused heavily on the question of whether congressional Democrats …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Tiago Ventura / Time:
Backlash After Hakeem Jeffries Holds Private Meeting With Jared Kushner Ahead of Midterms
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump and Natalie: A F*cked-Up Love Story  —  The weirdest relationship ever just got weirder.  —  1. Munchausen?  —  The Trump-Harp relationship turns out to be even weirder than we already knew.  —  Let's jump back to the beginning—the very beginning—with the story Harp used to catch Donald Trump's attention.
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Kat Lonsdorf / NPR:
In candid interviews, National Guard members speak out about D.C. deployment  —  As the sight of armed, uniformed National Guard troops became ubiquitous in Washington, D.C., over the past year, one voice has been notably absent from the public discourse around the deployment: the guard members themselves.
Jenna Monnin / NOTUS:
Florida Prepares to Roll Back School Vaccine Requirements  —  A proposed rule represents a step forward in the state surgeon general's plan to eliminate all vaccine mandates.  — Copy  —  Florida is set to roll back four vaccine requirements for children attending the state's public schools …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Abdul El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker's comments on American Jews  —  Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed put some distance between himself and his ally, progressive Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, after the latter faced intense criticism for suggesting that American Jewish support …
Jackie Llanos / NOTUS:
Rep. Al Green Wants to Impeach Trump — Again  —  The lame-duck lawmaker labeled ICE and CBP as the president's “paramilitary police forces.”  — Copy  —  Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas is trying to impeach President Donald Trump, even though the lame-duck lawmaker knows he doesn't have the votes.
Discussion: The Hill, UPI and Washington Examiner
The Moscow Times:
Ex-Pussy Riot Member Says She Helped the FSB Spy on Kremlin Critics  —  Former Pussy Riot member Rita Flores has revealed that she was coerced into working as an informant for Russia's FSB security service, saying that she gathered information on anti-war activists and was involved …
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Earth is simmering in its hottest water temps on record, and that's bad for fish and us  —  The European climate service Copernicus says the world's oceans have reached their hottest temperature on record.  This increase is driven by a strong El Nino and human-caused climate change.
Discussion: BBC, Washington Post and Futurism
 
 
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