By Victoria Song @ Gizmodo.com, June 26

France just scored what it’s characterizing as a major victory in the battle to curb online hate speech—one that potentially carries significant implications for privacy and free speech online.

The former special counsel’s much-awaited public testimony before Congress is slated for July 17.

By Andrew Desidero & Heather Caygle @ Politico.com, June 25

Former special counsel Robert Mueller will testify in public before the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees on July 17, both panels announced late Tuesday, in what is expected to be a high-stakes public airing of President Donald Trump’s efforts to interfere with Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election [....]

"In the United States, the machine that once built consensus has broken down." Also: "Trump is a dirty disgusting human being. But do you really believe Rick Santorum is a human being? I think maybe he is an alien." Interesting insight:

Marie Newman, the progressive primary challenger running against conservative Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), said on Tuesday that she’s losing staffers due to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s blacklist against any vendor who works with non-incumbent candidates.

What should happen to the New York City police officer who gripped Eric Garner in an apparent chokehold just before he died?

That is the politically explosive question facing Commissioner James P. O’Neill after the long-awaited disciplinary hearing for the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, concluded earlier this month.

The case is widely seen as a critical moment in Mr. O’Neill’s tenure at the top of the nation’s largest police force, an important test for a man who has staked his career on building trust between the police and black and Hispanic neighborhoods that view them warily.

The 2020 hopeful has tapped deep into her former world of academia, going well beyond Beltway think tanks.

By Alex Thompson & Theodoric Mayer @ Politico.com, June 24

[....] Leafing through Warren's plans posted on Medium, voters will find links to obscure academic literature from places like the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, the Upjohn Institute, the Journal of Applied Business and Economics, and the American Journal of Sociology.