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First Thing: ‘Birth tourism’ in Trump administration’s sights after supreme court setback

Federal prosecutors to focus on issue, despite court upholding constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship

The Guardian - UK

Alito could give MAGA another court pick

A strategically-timed retirement announcement means the GOP could soon have another seat to fill on the high court

Salon

World Cup boycott is a fantasy

Dreams of a soccer-themed moment of global solidarity are just fanfics, completely untethered to reality

Salon

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Correcting Some Media Misconceptions About Libertarianism, Trade, and Immigration [updated with apology/acknowledgement of error by Elie Mystal]

Media coverage of our tariff case has mostly been fair and accurate. But there are a few examples of unfortunate misconceptions, mainly having to do with libertarianism and its relationship to conservatism.

Reason

Do Or DEI: Trump's Assault On Diversity Divides America

For President Donald Trump's allies, his crackdown on the "illegal and immoral discrimination" of equal opportunities programs reflects a shifting US electorate that has lost patience with ineffective and performative political correctness.

International Business Times

The US supreme court just completed Trump’s January 6 coup attempt

The court’s conservative justices have thrown aside the rule of law – and their own legitimacy – to serve one man

The Guardian - US

White Canadian writer self-publishes book on race after traveling US in ‘Afro wig and Mocha shade foundation’

Book claims to be ‘most important book on American race relations that has ever been written’

The Independent UK

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Trump trial delays bring focus to SCOTUS

The Supreme Court is preparing to make Donald Trump a de facto dictator

Salon

Experts warn Trump antics may "backfire"

“The same tactics that might give Trump some public relations wins do not really work in court," expert says

Salon

Trump shouldn’t be eligible to run again. But America’s highest court may disagree

Even if the Colorado justices don’t prevail, they’ve reminded us that Trump has gone far beyond what’s acceptable

The Guardian - US

Trump uses town hall to mock victim

"I don't know her. I never met her... Her cat was named Vagina," Trump said

Salon

The case against Trump: Will it fly?

Beyond the salacious details, Alvin Bragg's indictment of Trump outlines an intricate web of deception and fraud

Salon

Legal experts: Trump will fight back

Some lawyers caution that hush-money case is relatively weak — others say more serious charges are sure to follow

Salon

Supreme Court flounders over draft leak

After a lengthy investigation, no one is fessing up to leaking early information on last summer's Roe reversal

Salon

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Supreme Court "originalism" is pure BS

Right-wing justices claim they're delving for true meanings beneath the Constitution. It's another Big Lie

Reason

The Online Freakout Over Yesterday's Supreme Court Decisions

Plus: Abortion and free speech, Juul fights back, and more...

Salon

Oklahoma abortion providers sue

"Unless these abortion bans are stopped, Oklahomans will be robbed of the freedom to control their own bodies and futures," said one reproductive rights advocate.

Reason

MSNBC's Joy Reid Claims Elon Musk 'Misses' Apartheid-Era South Africa

If Musk was so fond for South Africa's segregationist policies, why did he refuse military conscription and jump ship to Canada as a teen?

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Behind the right's racist KBJ assault

Author and scholar Elie Mystal on our deeply flawed Constitution and the long, dark history of legal racism

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