‘This sort of shit should not happen.’ NPR’s executive editor says he’ll be reviewing what went wrong to let 82-year-old Supreme Court correspondent Nina Totenberg’s erroneous report that Chief Justice Sam Alito was retiring make it to the web.
■ NPR public editor Kelly McBride: “Totenberg said on air later in the day, ‘It was a rookie mistake.’ But had a rookie made such a mistake, he or she would have been dismissed.”
■ NPR took the story off the web quickly, but not before the invaluable Internet Archive preserved it.
■ Poynter media critic Tom Jones: “Later in the day, Totenberg appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and … somehow made things … worse.”
■ Funny thing, as noted in a column by retired cop—he was among those beaten in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection—Michael Fanone and journalist Peter Rothpletz: “Totenberg likely wasn’t wrong … only too early.”
‘Trump has been given dictatorial power.’ Nobel winner Paul Krugman says the Supreme Court’s overturning of 90 years’ precedent giving the president power over the government’s regulatory machinery has “stripped regulatory agencies of their independence from Trump’s whims and corrupt practices.”
Chicagoans relieved. The Supreme Court decision that kids born to people in the U.S.—whether those parents are here legally or not, temporarily or not—are indeed entitled to U.S. citizenship was good news for immigrant families here.
■ Trump’s not giving up: “We can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation.”
■ Columnist Heather Delaney Reese: “In just those few sentences, Donald Trump told us exactly how he views the Constitution. It isn’t the highest law of the land to him; it’s just an obstacle to get around.”
■ Pulitzer winner Gene Weingarten assesses the court’s vote split: “These three and a half men are really bad guys.”
■ Tribune, New York Times and Washington Post alumnus Susan Berger says the court’s decision is “a call for court reform: If birthright citizenship was not 9-0 something is profoundly wrong.”
Chicago in justices’ sights. The high court agreed to review whether assault weapon bans—like the city’s Cook County’s, which covers Chicago—violate the Second Amendment.
■ Lawyer and judiciary watcher Meagan Hatcher-Mays: “While the Court’s final rulings were a mixed bag, they mostly did Trump’s bidding … again.”
■ Columnist Brian Tyler Cohen: “The dam is breaking on Democrats embracing Supreme Court expansion.”
■ Wonkette’s Evan Hurst: “Any Democrat who doesn’t advocate for expanding the court to at least 15 or 21 justices should be laughed out of the primary in 2028.”
‘Transgender students have the right to fully participate in school activities, including sports.’ Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says justices’ rulings in favor of other states’ bans on trans girls in girls’ sports doesn’t invalidate Illinois policies granting such kids inclusion.
■ Politico’s Shia Kapos: Raoul’s one of the winners in the court’s birthright decision.
‘A stunning victory.’ The AP marvels at a 29-year-old Democratic socialist’s Colorado primary defeat of a nearly 30-year incumbent member of the U.S. House.
■ The New York Times (gift link) dubs her a “left-wing insurgent” …
■ … and Politico says she’s “the insurgent left’s newest star.”
■ In what Politico calls “the latest sign of boiling anti-establishment rage,” U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet lost the Colorado gubernatorial primary to a far less well-funded but far more stridently anti-Trump candidate.
■ New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr.—missing in action for four months—says he was being treated for depression.
Republicans, assemble! In a first, Trump’s announced September plans for a midterm Republican National Convention in Dallas to hype the party’s campaign to maintain control of Congress.
■ The Bulwark: “To which those of us who think it crucial that Trump and his party suffer a decisive defeat in this November’s mid-term elections could only say one thing: THANK YOU, President DONALD J. TRUMP!”
■ The Onion: “Trump Indicates Desire For Speedy End To World.”
‘A violent history of charges for using a tow truck to commit … crime.’ That’s what CBS News Chicago has unearthed about the three people in custody in connection with violent attacks on two of the station’s journalists Monday afternoon outside the Adler Planetarium.
■ Two people were shot—one of them killed—early this morning outside a River North hotel.
■ Oak Park’s released body cam video of a cop’s fatal shooting of a 38-year-old Chicago man a month ago.
‘Check on your neighbor.’ Your Local Epidemiologist lists six things to know about heat illness.
■ Local advocates say Chicago’s not doing enough to help those most vulnerable in this heat wave.
■ Gov. Pritzker’s issued a disaster proclamation to aid the recovery of 11 counties—including Cook—from severe weather in the spring and summer.
Dude, where’s your car? Tech columnist Kim Komando says if your car key fob can’t find your vehicle, this trick may extend its range.
■ 404 Media: Apple’s “Hide My Email” tool isn’t hiding your email address.
■ Also: To cut the soaring costs of artificial intelligence engines, companies are making AI agents talk like cavemen.
‘Yes, make that movie!’ Thanks to Axios Chicago’s Justin Kaufmann for kind words about the latest Chicago Public Square podcast …
■ … an interview with exonerated Broadview Six defendant Brian Straw and his attorney, Chris Parente.
■ Mike Braden made this edition better.
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