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Clarence Thomas Muses on Revisiting School Segregation

The justice criticized Brown v. Board, a 70-year-old legal precedent, in a ruling that gave the green light to South Carolina's gerrymandered congressional map.
Inside the Hive

The Democratic War Room Against RFK Jr.

Veteran operative Lis Smith explains why the Democratic Party is “leaving nothing to chance” this election cycle.
Media

Inside the Network Scramble for 2024 Debates

With CNN and ABC nabbing presidential contests, Fox News and CBS are now vying for a VP face-off, all part of a media free-for-all since the campaigns ditched the debate commission. And there may be more in store—if Trump’s team has its way.

Why Samuel Alito’s Flag Debacle Warrants a Full Investigation

A January 6–style congressional commission could uncover why symbols of the MAGA movement were flown outside the justice's two homes—and bring the Supreme Court closer to real accountability.

Donald Trump’s Bronx Rally Is More About Ego Than Votes

While back in New York for a trial, the Queens-born Florida man stopped by a firehouse and a bodega, and he will hold a rally Thursday in Crotona Park. As the ex-president looks for validation from locals, Representative Ritchie Torres says the borough has “a responsibility to expose Trump for the fraud that he is.”

Trump Falsely and Outrageously Claims Biden Was Ready to Shoot Him During Mar-a-Lago Raid

“You know they’re just itching to do the unthinkable,” read an email to supporters. “Joe Biden was locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger.”

Tucker Carlson Comes Full Circle With Show on Russia State TV

It’s called Tucker. Rossiya 24.

The Biden Campaign Calls Bullshit on Team Trump’s Excuse for That “Unified Reich” Video

“Donald Trump posting a ‘unified Reich’ video is part of a pattern of his praise for dictators and echoing antisemitic tropes.”

Samuel Alito Is Apparently Above Any and All Accountability

The justice is unlikely to face repercussions over the upside down flag incident as the Supreme Court remains free from any serious oversight. “There’s no recourse other than impeachment,” said Senator Dick Durbin.
Levin Report

Marco Rubio Says He Might Not Accept the 2024 Election Results, Because That’s a Requirement of Potential Trump VPs Now

It’s no longer enough to just claim the 2020 election was stolen.

Rudy Giuliani Claims He Tipped Off Arizona Agents Trying to Serve Him Indictment Papers, Despite Gloating Online About Evading Them

He literally taunted Arizona authorities over their inability to find him—just hours before they did.
Trump Trial

Michael Cohen’s Star Turn

Donald Trump’s hush money trial has been a specific kind of courtroom drama: well-rehearsed, but never fully produced until now. Over four days of testimony and testy cross-examination, the president’s former fixer fully embodied the prevailing tenor of the proceedings.
Legal Woes

Donald Trump’s Double Jeopardy

Manhattan jurors could render a verdict as early as next week on the former president’s alleged hush money plot. Voters may deliver theirs in November.

Biden’s Critical Words for the ICC After Calls for Netanyahu Arrest Warrant

A prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Monday said he was seeking charges related to the war in Gaza against the Israeli prime minister and leaders of Hamas.
2024 Election

Can Chicago’s 2024 Democratic National Convention Shake Off the Long Shadow of ’68?

Decades after police violently clashed with Vietnam War protesters, Democrats are downplaying the “unprecedented” demonstrations that pro-Palestinian activists have promised are in store. “They want a convention,” says one organizer, “that goes off without a hitch.”
Levin Report

Rudy Giuliani Is Turning 80 and Would Like an Electric Razor, an iPad, a Flat-Screen TV, and Cologne: Report

He’ll take a document scanner, a podcasting mic boom, and some rugs too.