Robert Kennedy Jr. Joins Andrew Cuomo’s Transition Team

This bizarre scenario is technically possible, but fantasies about Trump returning to the White House via the Speakership are extremely far-fetched.

11:00 a.m.

infrastructure

Democrats Are Locked In a Staring Contest Over Infrastructure

By Eric Levitz

The question is whether liberals or moderates will blink first.

10:10 a.m.

nyc mayoral race

All the Endorsements in the NYC Mayoral Race

By Nia Prater

With the June 22 primary approaching, Democratic mayoral candidates are racking up endorsements from politicians, organizations, and celebrities.

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8:00 a.m.

department of justice

Trump DOJ’s Secret Subpoenas and Data Seizures: What We Know

By Chas Danner

The Trump Justice Department went to unprecedented lengths to hunt down leakers, seizing records from reporters, Democrats, and a White House counsel.

7:00 a.m.

life after warming

California’s Last Fire Season Was a Historic Disaster. This One Could Be Worse.

By David Wallace-Wells

The conditions are already set for eclipsing recent records — which themselves would have been unthinkable not long ago.

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sports

A Second Marathon Is Coming to New York City

By Matt Stieb

After years of lobbying the city, a runner’s organization has secured the permits for the Brooklyn Marathon to be held in April 2022.

This Was the Biggest Challenge of Kevin Durant’s Career

games

By Will Leitch

Maybe he can quiet some of the haters after almost single-handedly defeating the Bucks in Game Five.

Democrats Move Ahead With Plan to Pass Rest of Biden Agenda

Whether or not an infrastructure deal is cut with Republicans.

Amazon Is Too Large to Sustain

business

By Sarah Jones

The company’s growth outpaces its ability to care for its workforce.

Trump Tried to Force DOJ to Back His 2020 Election Coup

Long after the 2020 election was decided, Trump relentlessly used all the mechanisms available to the executive branch to overturn his loss.

Ilhan Omar and Marjorie Taylor Greene Are Not Equivalent

false equivalence

It’s lazily convenient to lump these two “extremists” together. But there’s no comparison in what they’ve said and how they’ve dealt with criticism.

Life As You Knew It Is Coming Back to New York

covid-19

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

Cuomo lifts COVID restrictions on almost all businesses.

What We Know About the Dangerous COVID B.1.617.2 Delta Variant

explainer

By Chas Danner and Paola Rosa-Aquino

The more transmissible strain, originally discovered in India, has now spread to more than 60 countries. It could soon become dominant in the U.S.

Tali Farhadian Weinstein Donated $8.2 Million to Her Own Campaign

the city politic

By James D. Walsh

The Manhattan DA candidate’s personal contributions dwarf the millions she has raised from Wall Street mega-donors.

Why the CEO-Worker Pay Gap Is Wider Than Ever

pivot

By Intelligencer Staff

A clubby corporate atmosphere is a major contributing cause.

6/15/2021

Was anyone crying out for more fireworks?

Not to be outdone, Hearing reports that @NYGovCuomo is coordinating a fireworks display tonight in towns throughout New York State to celebrate milestone of hitting a 70% Covid vaccination rate.

Yesterday, @NYCMayor announced a ticker tape parade for essential workers July 7.

—@ZackFinkNews

With a Week to Go, Eric Adams Turns Fire on Kathryn Garcia

By Nia Prater

After slugging it out with Andrew Yang for No. 1, the frontrunner finds a new nemesis.

Virginia Is in for a Close, Expensive Governor’s Race

2021 elections

Terry McAuliffe has an edge, as Virginia has been trending blue. But the “businessman outsider” Glenn Youngkin has the money to keep it tight.

6/15/2021

Haaland is recommending that Biden reverse Trump’s massive rollback of federal land protections

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has advised President Biden to restore sweeping environmental protections to three major national monuments that had been stripped away by former President Donald J. Trump.

In a report sent to the White House earlier this month that has not been made public, Ms. Haaland recommended that Mr. Biden reinstate the original boundaries, which included millions of acres at Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante, two rugged and pristine expanses in Utah defined by red rock canyons, rich wildlife and archaeological treasures.

A spokeswoman for Gov. Spencer J. Cox of Utah confirmed Monday that Ms. Haaland had made the recommendations.

Haaland Wants to Restore Environmental Safeguards for Three National Monuments

—New York Times

Out-of-Touch Media Elites Ignore Working-Class Biden Voters

media

By Eric Levitz

George Packer’s breakdown of America’s political tribes overlooks the one that just chose the president.

U.S. to Ban Dog Importations From 113 Countries for One Year

cdc

By Matt Stieb

The move comes in the wake of an increase in puppies arriving in the U.S. with falsified rabies certificates.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Apologizes for Holocaust Gaffe, But Not for Her Ignorance

More than three weeks after her deeply offensive comparison of mask mandates to the Holocaust, Greene shows how little she’s learned.

6/14/2021

Another poll shows Eric Adams ahead

New from @DataProgress:

Adams: 26%
Wiley: 20%
Yang: 16%
Garcia: 14%
Stringer: 8%https://t.co/hPFXrNPRGG

—@freedlander

U.K. Delays End of Lockdown Amid Spread of Delta COVID Variant

covid-19

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pushed back the easing of pandemic restrictions in the country to July 19.

Reality Winner Is Finally Out of Prison

By Sarah Jones

The NSA contractor remains in federal custody in a reentry program after getting five years behind bars for leaking secrets.

McConnell All But Admits He Would Never Confirm a Biden Supreme Court Pick

supreme court

With McConnell pledging obstruction, Democrats need to make the Supreme Court a major campaign issue for the midterms.

6/14/2021

Former NSA contractor Reality Winner has been released early from prison

Reality Winner, a former intelligence contractor jailed for leaking classified information, has been released from prison to serve her remaining sentence in a halfway house program. Winner’s attorney Alison Grinter tweeted the news this morning, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ website lists Winner in custody of San Antonio’s Residential Reentry Management field office, which oversees community-based programs for incarcerated people.

“I am thrilled to announce that Reality Winner has been released from prison. She is still in custody in the residential reentry process, but we are relieved and hopeful,” Grinter tweeted in a statement. “Reality and her family have asked for privacy during the transition process as they work to heal the trauma of incarceration and build back the years lost. Her release is not a product of the pardon or compassionate release process, but rather the time earned from exemplary behavior while incarcerated.”

Reality Winner has been released from prison

—The Verge