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Man wanted on Jan. 6 charges arrested with weapons near Barack Obama’s Washington home

Sources said Taylor Taranto had made social media threats against a public figure and was found with weapons and materials to create an explosive device.

Chicago Sun-Times

Military academies can still consider race in admissions, but the rest of the nation's colleges and universities cannot, court rules

In a 6-3 ruling on Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of race in college admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, outlawing the use of race in college admissions in general. The Conversation reached out to three legal scholars to explain…

The Conversation

Biden Dismisses Poor Polling, Citing Past Primary Triumph

President Biden remains optimistic despite low approval ratings, referencing his successful overcoming of odds in the Democratic primary.

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States Enact 239 Election-Related Bills In 2023 Amid Partisan Divide

Democrats sponsored 19.7% of bills, while Republicans sponsored 59.8%. Governors vetoed 30 bills this year.

Zenger

Democrats and Republicans Battle to Reauthorize Appropriations Bills: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

With more than a dozen annual appropriations bills needing to be passed, Republicans and Democrats in Congress will butt heads over spending.

Kiplinger

Remembering ‘The Coconut,’ a real Chicago character

Frank Coconate was an authentic anti-Daley gadfly who talked to reporters and refused to be just another ‘yes-man’ from the precincts. He died recently at age 65.

Chicago Sun-Times

Republicans claim Democrats can’t keep us safe – crime data disagrees

Studies show that states with higher murder rates are those that vote red even as conservatives stoke fear about crime

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Affirmative action exposes SCOTUS' raw nerves

There have always been impassioned dissents, but it's rare for the justices to argue the way regular people argue.

Axios

We’re up to 31 statewide measures certified for elections in 2023

Welcome to the Friday, June 30, Brew.

Ballotpedia

First Thing: Christian ‘hate group’ funds US anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion organizations

Alliance Defending Freedom distributes hundreds of thousands of dollars to fringe groups attacking trans, gay and abortion rights. Plus, Ketanji Jackson’s impassioned affirmative action dissent

The Guardian - UK

Medical schools eye workarounds after SCOTUS affirmative action ruling

Experts tell Axios there are still a number of options at medical schools' disposal.

Axios

Digging his hole: Trump can't shut up

Dr. Justin Frank, author of the book "Trump on the Couch," explains that Trump's delusions run the show now

Salon

Revealed: Christian legal non-profit funds US anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion organizations

Alliance Defending Freedom distributes hundreds of thousands of dollars to fringe groups attacking trans, gay and abortion rights

The Guardian - US

Experience: we got married while Donald Trump was arraigned next door

As the former US president faced criminal charges, we battled crowds to get to our ceremony on time

The Guardian - UK

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Commentary: The Supreme Court’s ultimate ‘judicial activism’: striking down affirmative action in college admissions

For decades, conservatives have railed against judicial activism, but Thursday’s decision striking down affirmative action by colleges and universities in admissions was the height of conservative judicial activism. The court rejected almost half a century of precedents, overturned decisions made by public and private universities across the country, and ignored…

Tribune News Service

Stephen L. Carter: Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling Follows Half-Baked Logic

So it’s over. Seriously. It’s hard to find a simple workaround to rescue affirmative action in college admission after today’s 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that the programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate the 14th Amendment. Oh, given time, we’ll come up with something. But Chief Justice…

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Southpaw Newsom is shelled by lawmakers on plans for a delta tunnel

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom recently said that he didn't understand why sports stadiums could be built quickly but other major projects couldn't. If he really didn't know, he probably just learned.

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: For DeSantis, the US Constitution is just a list of optional suggestions

In his bid to become the nation’s Stable Genius No. 2, the kind of president who leads with divisive bravado, threatening to reshape the nation’s diverse demographics in God-like fashion, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has upped the ante on immigrant loathing.

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Commentary: DC Memorial to honor slain Capital Gazette journalists and US commitment to a free press

In the 1980s, Ben Cardin and I went to Congress from very different places, both politically and geographically. I was a young Republican elected in 1980 from a suburban Los Angeles district as Ronald Reagan swept into the White House. Six years later, Ben was elected as a Baltimore Democrat…

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Republicans promoting RFK Jr. are playing with fire

Nominations define parties. But what we’re seeing in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s futile challenge to President Joe Biden is an odd situation in which a nomination skirmish won’t change anything in the Democratic Party, but might have real impact on the Republican Party.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: In blow to anti-trans bigots, judge finds Florida's treatment ban unconstitutional

A federal judge in Tallahassee left few doubts the other day about what he thought of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' assault on healthcare for transgender Floridians.

Tribune News Service

Michael Smolens: DeSantis takes a brief off-ramp from immigration to bash San Francisco

It turns out dumping deceived migrants in unwitting communities was just a warmup act for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Stop using sports participation as an excuse for trans bashing

There’s no secret why there’s been a rash of legislative proposals across the United States in recent months aimed at transgender and nonbinary people. The various measures seek to restrict where individuals can go to the bathroom and whether they can receive gender-affirming care. Most recently, the legislation is aimed…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: An affirmative reaction: After Supreme Court ban on racial admission preferences, colleges should focus on family income levels and end the legacy boost for connected kids

The Supreme Court has spoken, invalidating racial preferences in college admissions as was widely anticipated. The six-justice conservative majority deemed the boost that universities give some applicants purely on the basis of their ethnicity or skin color incompatible with the U.S. Constitution’s promise of equal protection under the laws.

The Independent UK

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