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Analysis-Crowded 2024 Republican race helps clear way for Trump nomination

A growing number of contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination could clear the way for a Donald Trump victory while throwing up roadblocks for his main rival Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, party members and strategists said.

Reuters

Trump critics warn of ‘deep decline of rule of law’ if he wins second term

Former DoJ prosecutors say Trump will pack government agencies with sympathizers in effort to ‘secure his autocratic power’

The Guardian - US

For higher education in Texas, this year’s session was a mixed bag of interference and investment

Texas lawmakers made huge investments in community colleges and created new endowments for public universities. They also banned diversity, equity and inclusion offices and gave themselves more control over university faculty tenure.

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A preview of tomorrow’s New Jersey primaries

Welcome to the Monday, June 5, Brew.

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Biden, looking to shore up Hispanic support, faces pressure to get 2024 outreach details right

President Joe Biden’s small but notable past missteps when courting Hispanic voters have some activists worried that his reelection campaign won’t get crucial details right ahead of the 2024 election

The Independent UK

The press fan the flames of fascism

They can't even call it what it is

Salon

Five things the US debt-ceiling deal suggests about the future

Now that Biden has signed the deal into law, what can we expect in the next 17 months leading up to the 2024 election?

The Guardian - US

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He took away the country's top AAA rating in 2011. He ended up fearing for his life

John B. Chambers led the team at ratings agency S&p that decided to downgrade the country's AAA rating in 2011. It was a big decision, and it took a personal toll — but he has no regrets.

WEKU

Trump makes misleading claim that New York hush money case could be dropped

Former president and his ex-fixer Michael Cohen spar over claims that a Manhattan DA financial crimes investigator has been suspended

The Independent UK

DeSantis defines ‘woke’ after Trump claimed ‘half the people can’t’

‘It’s basically a war on the truth,’ DeSantis says

The Independent UK

Fizzled probe spares governor scrutiny over Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest

Louisiana legislators who last year demanded answers from Gov. John Bel Edwards on whether he was complicit in a cover-up of state troopers’ deadly arrest of a Black motorist have quietly abandoned their work without hearing from the governor or issuing any findings

The Independent UK

Nikki Haley takes aim at Trump and DeSantis during CNN town hall

"All you're doing is leaving it for the next president, and that’s leaving a lot of Americans in trouble," she said of her 2024 rivals.

Axios

Trial begins for businessman charged in bribery scheme that brought down former lawmaker Luis Arroyo

Like the ComEd bribery case, the trial of James T. Weiss is expected to feature secret FBI recordings, revolve around the business of lobbying and feature testimony from current and former state lawmakers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vulnerable lawmakers can relax after debt ceiling compromise

Lawmakers in swing districts — from both parties — are breathing a sigh of relief.

Axios

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More on Federal Power Over Immigration and James Madison's Report of 1800

My response to Rob Natelson's argument that Madison's Report is largely irrelevant to the constitutional debate over immigration.

Salon

Abraham Lincoln, pig torturer?

In a campaign biography, Lincoln recalled a humorous tale in which he sewed pigs' eyes shut

Salon

Trump and his evangelicals: They're back

As your evangelical insider, here's my wisdom: The threat is real — but here's how to defeat it once and for all

The Independent UK

DeSantis defines ‘woke’ after Trump claimed ‘half the people can’t’

‘It’s basically a war on the truth,’ DeSantis says

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Transgender adults in Florida `blindsided' that new law also limits their access to health care

A new Florida law banning gender-affirming care for minors is getting a lot of attention nationally as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis runs for president, but it's also impacting transgender adults

The Independent UK

Trump makes misleading claim that New York hush money case could be dropped

Former president and his ex-fixer Michael Cohen spar over claims that a Manhattan DA financial crimes investigator has been suspended

Salon

Boebert: Missing debt vote was "protest"

"They served us up a cr*p sandwich," Boebert said. "Call it a no-show protest"

The Independent UK

Biden's theory of the case for 2024 is governing and competence over Trump-era combat and chaos

As President Joe Biden seeks a second term, he's again trying to frame the race as a referendum on competence and governance

The Independent UK

While DeSantis hits Trump from the right, the ex-president is looking ahead to the general election

In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly hit his chief rival, Donald Trump, from the right

The Guardian - US

Florida taxpayers pick up bill for Ron DeSantis’s culture war lawsuits

Governor’s Disney battle and extremist policies are met with costly lawsuits covered by ‘blank check’ from Republican legislature

The Guardian - UK

So what if Biden trips up? On the political stage his footwork is the fanciest seen in decades

The president has outmanoeuvred his opponents again and shown that the right, both in the US and the UK, has no riposte to his brand of economics

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