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Are Republican leaders actually coming to their senses?

Recent incidents have reflected a reaffirmation of traditional American values by GOP leaders who have framed some of their criticism of Donald Trump in moral terms. If not an earthquake, these developments are at least tremors that suggest something may be changing in the Republican Party.

Chicago Sun-Times

Presley gets Mississippi Democratic nod for governor without party primary, after court ruling

Utility regulator Brandon Presley is now uncontested for the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor this year

The Independent UK

Trump’s most childish insult yet? Advisers want to put ‘Tiny D’ at centre of DeSantis attacks

Donald Trump’s longtime advisers are actually urging him to unleash the new nickname

The Independent UK

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Lawyer for Trump valet in Mar-a-Lago documents case alleges misconduct

Exclusive: The lawyer said in letter that prosecutors brought up his application to become judge when seeking valet’s cooperation

The Guardian - US

Lawmaker rips ex-Trump official for linking trans issues to sustainable investing

Becca Balint to Mandy Gunasekara: ‘Do you really believe this garbage?’

The Independent UK

Trump seeks new trial in E Jean Carroll sex abuse case

Donald Trump's lawyers are seeking a new trial and for a $US5 million sum awarded to E Jean Carroll in a sexually abuse case to be reduced.

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U.S. Supreme Court overturns Alabama’s congressional maps in Allen v. Milligan decision

On June 8, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Alabama’s congressional redistricting plan adopted in November 2021 and used in the state’s 2022 elections violated the Voting Rights Act and must be redrawn to include a second majority-Black district.

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Far-right members of Congress rebel against McCarthy and hold up House votes

The House will hold its next votes on Monday

The Independent UK

Bipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy

Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers have reached a bipartisan deal to provide more funding to local governments across Wisconsin, including cash-strapped Milwaukee city and county

The Independent UK

Pat Robertson obituary

US TV evangelist who sought the Republican presidential nomination and helped make religion central to the party’s politics

The Guardian - UK

Expert: SCOTUS wrongly awarded GOP House

Supreme Court rejecting Alabama maps that diluted Black voting power may have big implications in other states

Salon

Do I have the right to write this?

Brandon Johnson says you must live within Chicago to air an opinion about the city. He’s wrong.

Chicago Sun-Times

Target letter a "stunning development"

The letter is no surprise "based on public reporting about the evidence," says former U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade

Salon

Trump braces for possible federal charges after being warned he's a target of documents probe

Former President Donald Trump and his aides are bracing for a potential indictment in the classified documents investigation as prosecutors handling the probe have been spotted at a Miami courthouse where a grand jury has been hearing from witnesses

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Senate confirms highest-ranking Muslim in gov't after earlier GOP blockade

The Senate has confirmed the highest-ranking Muslim official in the U.S. government

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Republican primary: leader of the unappetising pack

Editorial: The candidates proliferate – but Donald Trump, running both as former president and insurgent, is far ahead of them

The Independent UK

Trump knew how to correctly declassify documents, White House official tells prosecutors

Ex-president has claimed he declassified all documents taken to Mar-a-Lago

Reason

Democrats' Gaslighting, Republicans' Temper Tantrum Endanger America's Gas Stoves

The White House insists it doesn't want to ban gas stoves but still needs the power to do so.

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The Independent UK

Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions

Lawmakers this year kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana

Al Jazeera

US Supreme Court rules in favour of Alabama Black voters

Court ruled that Republican redistricting violated the Voting Rights Act’s provisions against racial discrimination.

Al Jazeera

Pat Robertson, who brought religion into US politics, dies at 93

Roberston, a conservative Christian, hosted The 700 Club on TV and supported a number of Republican presidents.

The Independent UK

Chris Christie hits back at Trump’s mockery over his weight: ‘He’s such a spoiled baby’

Former New Jersey governor was regularly ridiculed by Trump on same topic in 2016

Salon

Trump rages as DOJ serves target letter

Prosecutors formally informed Trump that he is the target of their Mar-a-Lago documents investigation

The Independent UK

GOP set to encourage early voting, mail balloting after years of opposite messaging to its voters

Top Republicans want the party to change course on early voting after years of criticizing mail voting and blaming so-called ballot harvesting for fraud in elections

Reason

An Embarrassingly Unbalanced Law School Webinar on Affirmative Action

Seattle University is hosting eleven speakers for the webinar, all of whom support racial preferences.

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