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Manu Raju / CNN:
Republicans fear January 6 probe could undercut 2022 midterm message — (CNN)Senior Republicans are making clear they have little interest in moving forward with a sweeping January 6 investigation in part because a detailed probe could become politically damaging and amount to a distraction …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Why America Needs a January 6 Commission — Our last best hope for a baseline of truth. — Everyone knows what happened on January 6, 2021: The United States Capitol was breached by Trump supporters who hoped to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden's 2020 victory.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
How the Storming of the Capitol Became a ‘Normal Tourist Visit’ — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality. — It is no wonder that Republican leaders in the House do not want to convene a truth and reconciliation commission to scrutinize the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
McConnell comes out against Jan. 6 commission, imperiling its chances of becoming law — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that he will oppose legislation to create a commission tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — a signal that the legislation …
Politico:
McConnell turns Senate Republicans against Jan. 6 commission
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Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Trump calls for Jan. 6 commission debate to end ‘immediately’
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NC Policy Watch:
PW special report: After conservative criticism, UNC backs down from offering acclaimed journalist tenured position — Journalism school will instead offer Nikole Hannah-Jones a fixed five-year contract — In her career in journalism, Nikole Hannah-Jones has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant.”
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CNN:
New York attorney general adds ‘criminal capacity’ to probe of Trump Organization — (CNN)New York Attorney General Letitia James is joining the Manhattan district attorney's office in a criminal investigation of the Trump Organization, James' office said Tuesday.
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New York Times:
New York's Attorney General Joins Criminal Inquiry Into Trump Organization — The move increased the investigative muscle looking into the former president and his family business. — Donald J. Trump and his family came under increasing pressure from New York investigators …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
GOP to Democrats: If you raise taxes now, we'll cut them back when we win power … WASHINGTON — Republicans are sending a pointed warning to congressional Democrats: If you raise taxes on corporations and top earners, we'll just cut them back when we regain power.
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Politico:
Liberals to Biden: Ditch the infrastructure talks with Republicans — Progressives are ready to pull the plug on President Joe Biden's weeks of infrastructure negotiations with Republicans. — Liberal Democrats are speaking out at an awkward time, as Biden's Cabinet officials held …
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Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times:
‘What an old politician understands’ — Biden turns the age issue to advantage
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The Inside Story of the Biden-Harris Debate Blowup — As president, Joe Biden has made sure to elevate Vice President Kamala Harris, including her in nearly every aspect of his presidency and making her the point person on migration, a top issue. First lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff have hit it off.
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Jennifer Morrell / Washington Post:
I watched the GOP's Arizona election audit. It was worse than you think. — Cyber Ninjas is hunting for bamboo fibers and cheese dust. — When Arizona's secretary of state asked me whether I would serve as an observer of the Arizona Senate's audit of Maricopa County's ballots, I anticipated that I would see some unusual things.
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Shannon Najmabadi / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott signs into law one of nation's strictest abortion measures, banning procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy — The signing of the bill opens a new frontier in the battle over abortion restrictions as first-of-its-kind legal provisions intended to make the law harder …
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Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Mob Violence Against Palestinians in Israel Is Fueled by Groups on WhatsApp — Israeli extremists have formed more than 100 new groups on the Facebook-owned encrypted messaging app in recent days to target attacks. — Last Wednesday, a message appeared in a new WhatsApp channel called “Death to the Arabs.”
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Associated Press:
Israeli strikes kill 6 in Gaza; rockets fired from Lebanon — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people across the Gaza Strip and destroyed the home of an extended family early Wednesday. The military said it widened its strikes in the Palestinian territory's south …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House Democrats' 2020 election autopsy: Bad polling hurt and GOP attacks worked — For the second time in four years, Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.) drew one of the toughest assignments: investigating what went wrong in a disappointing election. — The 2017 after-action review followed …
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CBS Los Angeles:
Police Investigate Possible Jewish Hate Crime Attack At Beverly Grove Restaurant — LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - Authorities are investigating whether an attack on diners that occurred outside a Beverly Grove restaurant late Tuesday night was a Jewish hate crime. — The brawl occurred a little …
Dana Stevens / The Atlantic:
Excuse Me If I'm Not Ready to Unmask — In Rob Reiner's 1987 cult comedy, The Princess Bride, Fezzik asks the mysterious man in black a question as they scuffle atop the Cliffs of Insanity: “Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid or something like that?”
Collin Eaton / Wall Street Journal:
Colonial Pipeline CEO Tells Why He Paid Hackers a $4.4 Million Ransom — Joseph Blount says he needed to quickly restore service after cyberattack threatened East Coast supply — The operator of the Colonial Pipeline learned it was in trouble at daybreak on May 7, when an employee found …
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Douglas Perry / Oregonian:
More Oregon counties vote to move into Idaho, part of rural effort to ‘gain political refuge from blue states’ — Five eastern Oregon counties voted Tuesday in favor of considering becoming part of Idaho. Baker, Grant, Lake, Malheur and Sherman counties join Union and Jefferson …
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
An ‘Army of 16-Year-Olds’ Takes On the Democrats — Young progressives are an unpredictable new factor in Massachusetts elections. They're ardent, and organized, and they don't take orders. — BOSTON — Dana Depelteau, a hotel manager, had just gone public with a long-shot candidacy …
Claire Atkinson / Insider:
2 years after being named CEO of Fox, Lachlan Murdoch is pulling all nighters to prove he is a worthy successor of his father — Lachlan Murdoch has been running Fox Corp during a tumultuous news cycle and business transition. — The CEO is showing he's running things, despite working from Australia since March.
Bloomberg:
Capito Sees More Than 50% Chance of Biden Infrastructure Deal — Lead negotiator doubts bipartisan bill enacted by July 4 — Senator suggests re-purposing unemployment insurance funds — President Joe Biden and Senate Republicans have a greater than 50-50 chance of striking a deal …
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorists Are Taking Over State Republican Parties — Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. — The Republican Party chairs of Texas and Wyoming have flirted with secession from the United States. Oklahoma's Republican chair has called Islam a “cancer.”
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Fauci says people are “misinterpreting” the new CDC mask guidance — Dr. Anthony Fauci told me for an Axios virtual event airing later today that many Americans are “misinterpreting” the CDC's new mask guidance, which lets vaccinated individuals forego masks indoors.
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CREW:
Insurrectionist members have received $2.6 million from corporate interests since January 6th … In just the first few months since the insurrection, corporate and industry PACs have contributed more than $2.6 million to campaigns, leadership PACs, and party committees allied with the 147 members …
The Daily Beast:
OAN Stars Bolt for Newsmax as Pro-Trump Network Reaches New Levels of Bonkers — ONE AMERICA EXODUS — In recent months, Newsmax has quietly poached some top OAN talent who, insiders said, sought either bigger audiences or a move away from the MAGA channel's epic nuttiness.
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David Zweig / New York Magazine:
New Research Suggests Number of Kids Hospitalized for COVID Is Overcounted — The reported number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, one of the primary metrics for tracking the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, was grossly inflated for children in California hospitals, two research papers published Wednesday concluded.
Juana Summers / NPR:
Survivors Of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Share Eyewitness Accounts — The day that a white mob came to Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, Okla., Viola Fletcher was just seven years old. — During emotional testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Fletcher, who is now 107, recalled her memories …
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Justin Cohen / Jewish News:
Cars draped in Palestinian flags ‘chased me down and rammed into me’ — EXCLUSIVE: Jewish mother reveals terrifying moment as she left her Hendon home on Sunday — A mother has spoken of the terrifying moment her car was rammed by a vehicle draped with a Palestinian flag moments after leaving her home in Hendon.
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
White House brings back climate scientist forced out by Trump administration — Michael Kuperberg has returned as the executive director of the U.S. Global Change Research Program — The Biden administration has reinstalled the director of the federal climate program that produces …
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