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Hey, good morning. I'm Playbook co-Arthur Eugene Daniels. It is Wednesday, June 26th.

I repeat, the 26th of June. It is almost July. How did that happen?

Anyway, here's what's driving the day. First up, we had primaries in

Colorado, New York, and Utah. Progressive Congressman Jamal Bowman became the first member of

the so-called squad to be knocked out in a primary. Moderate Democrat and Westchester County

Executive George Latimer won the primary last night by double digits.

And his victory speech, Latimer took direct aim at the progressive wing of his party, saying, quote,

we have to look at the arguments of the far right and the far left and say, you cannot destroy this country with your rhetoric and your arguments.

Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Bolbert is on a much clearer path to victory in November.

She won a Republican primary last night in a district on the other side of the state from her current constituents.

She switched districts, she said, for a, quote, fresh start following a pretty

difficult year for me and my family. On Long Island, former CNN hosts, John Avlon clinched the

nomination to face off against GOP Representative Nicoloda in the Battleground District. And last but not

least, Representative John Curtis of Utah

will be the Republican nominee for Senate in the state to succeed retiring Senator Mitt Romney.

Curtis beat the Trump back candidate in that race. And today, there is day one of three where

we're expected to get decisions from the highest

court in the land. There are still more than a dozen cases out on the docket. And before we all get

overtaken by Biden v. Trump in the debates, I want to bring on senior legal affairs reporter

Josh Kirstein. Good morning, Josh. How are you?

Hey, Gene. Good to chat with you. Josh, the Supreme Court has kind of, depending on how you cut it up, some of them are similar, so they might come up together, kind of like 14 cases

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