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NBC News:
Republicans block independent commission to investigate attack on U.S. Capitol … WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked legislation on Friday that would create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  —  The vote was 54 in favor and 35 against …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Manchin's political worldview was put to the test (and it lost)  —  As Senate Republicans prepared to kill the bipartisan plan for a Jan. 6 commission, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was seen on the chamber floor having a tense conversation with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema skips Jan. 6 US Capitol riot commission vote  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema skipped Friday's procedural Senate vote on establishing a bipartisan commission to study the U.S. Capitol riot.  —  Senate Republicans, in their first use of the filibuster under President Joe Biden, blocked the legislation from proceeding.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Senate vote on the bipartisan Jan. 6 commission showed Trump's power and a government under duress  —  Nearly five months after a pro-Trump mob of rioters stormed the Capitol, Senate Republicans have delivered another blow to the country, blocking creation of an independent commission to investigate the attacks.
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Senate Republicans filibuster Jan. 6 commission  —  The Senate failed to reach the 60 votes necessary to advance a bill creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, voting 54-35 as Republicans invoked the first legislative filibuster of the Biden presidency.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans kill the Jan. 6 commission by a negative-19 vote margin
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
McConnell to Trump: What's a Little Insurrection Between Friends? Even a commission is now too radical a step for Republicans.
Discussion: The Nation, Daily Kos and CNN
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer to force vote on sweeping election overhaul next month
Discussion: Common Dreams
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Senate GOP blocks Jan. 6 commission, likely dooming independent investigation
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Republicans block the creation of an independent inquiry into the Jan. 6 riot.
David Bernstein / Reason:
Rutgers University Chancellor Christopher J. Molloy Condemns the Rise in Antisemitic Violence; and then Apologizes for Doing So  —  Molloy winds up implicitly endorsing the argument that criticizing antisemitism in the United States is anti-Palestinian  —  On Wednesday, the chancellor and provost sent out the statement below.
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Rise of Anti-Semitic Attacks … In the last weeks, our nation has seen a series of anti-Semitic attacks, targeting and terrorizing American Jews.  —  We have seen a brick thrown through window of a Jewish-owned business in Manhattan …
Simon Shuster / TIME:
Exclusive: How an Accused Russian Agent Worked With Rudy Giuliani in a Plot Against the 2020 Election  —  The accused Kremlin agent was not hard to find.  It only took a few days of pestering him for a meeting in early April before his answer arrived via encrypted message, beneath a profile picture of a lion showing its fangs.
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Walt Buteau / WFLA-TV:
Rep. Matt Gaetz, fiancée claim money for St. Pete yacht deal ‘went missing’  —  You have been added to Daily News Newsletter  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) - U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida has sailed into a new controversy, claiming money wired to close the sale …
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
USPS raises stamp price to 58 cents as part of DeJoy's 10-year plan  —  The postmaster general's plan calls for additional price increases on package products and slower mail service  —  The U.S. Postal Service is raising rates on letters, magazines and marketing missives as much as 6.9 percent this summer …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
New Bible that includes Constitution creates controversy before it even hits market  —  A new Bible that includes the U.S. Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance is generating controversy before it has even hit the market.  —  The “God Bless the USA Bible” is expected to go on sale in September …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Intensifies Its Pro-Trump Politics as Dissenters Depart  —  Donna Brazile, a Democratic analyst, has left the Murdoch-owned network as some hosts and journalists who questioned Donald Trump have exited or been sidelined.  —  Fox News once devoted its 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. time slots to relatively straightforward newscasts.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
MyPillow CEO flew Kristi Noem to GOP governors conference on his private jet  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem flew on MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's private jet on her way to the Republican Governors Association spring meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, this week, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
‘2 If By Sea’: Oath Keepers Messages Shed New Light on Alleged Plot to Storm D.C. With Guns by Way of Potomac  —  Hours before Senate Republicans killed an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6th siege, federal prosecutors disclosed communications about how Oath Keepers allegedly plotted …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sara Randazzo / Wall Street Journal:
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Has Over 100 Questions for Jurors  —  Former CEO wants to quiz them on media habits, medication before her fraud trial  —  Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes has more than 100 questions for potential jurors in her coming fraud trial …
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Verge
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. asks judge to toss lawsuit against Trump, Barr for violent clearing of Lafayette Square  —  Lawyers for the Justice Department urged a federal judge on Friday to dismiss lawsuits against former president Donald Trump, former attorney general William P. Barr and other officials …
Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
Trump will endorse Ryan Zinke, his former Interior secretary, for the new US House seat in Montana  — Ryan Zinke told Insider that Trump offered to endorse him for Montana's new House seat.  — Zinke was a House lawmaker before who went on to be Interior secretary.
Discussion: Political Wire
Ecallihan / Office of the Governor:
Gov. Little defends local control, denounces Lt. Governor's irresponsible abuse of power  —  Boise, Idaho - Governor Brad Little issued Executive Order 2021-08 today - “Repealing Executive Order 2021-07 to Restore Local Control” - and provided the following statement to the people of Idaho:
Bryan Bender / Politico:
How Harry Reid, a Terrorist Interrogator and the Singer From Blink-182 Took UFOs Mainstream  —  The meetings began in 1995, in a conference room in an office tower near the Las Vegas airport.  The group started small: there were a handful of scientists and engineers; there was a CIA spy.
Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
NYC Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Defiant After Attempted ‘Coup’ On Her Campaign  —  This is a special breaking news issue of The Uprising, a daily politics newsletter.  If you enjoyed this story and want to read more like it, please sign up!  —  Get 20% off for 1 year
Discussion: PIX11, New York Times and NBC News
Erin Schumaker / ABC News:
Sick leave, immigration status worries, keeping Latinos from getting shots: Senators  —  Sick leave and worries about immigration status are major concerns for some.  —  A group of Latino senators sent a letter to the Biden administration Friday, urging top officials to improve access to COVID-19 vaccines in Latino communities.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Foeke Postma / bellingcat:
US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets Via Flashcard Apps  —  For US soldiers tasked with the custody of nuclear weapons in Europe, the stakes are high.  Security protocols are lengthy, detailed and need to be known by heart.  To simplify this process, some service members …
David K. Li / NBC News:
Cristhian Bahena Rivera convicted of first-degree murder in slaying of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts  —  An Iowa jury on Friday convicted farmhand Cristhian Bahena Rivera of first-degree murder in the 2018 killing of college student Mollie Tibbetts.  —  The panel in Davenport deliberated …
Sarah Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Loudoun County parents take the lead against critical race theory  —  Parents in Loudoun County, Virginia, aren't the only ones watching nervously as schools become infected with the divisive ideas of critical race theory.  —  Fortunately, these parents aren't taking it lying down.
CNN:
Former Shelby aide expected to run for Senate in Alabama as GOP eyes an alternative to Brooks  —  (CNN)Katie Boyd Britt, the president and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama, is expected to jump into the Alabama Senate race next month as some Republicans in the state seek an alternative to Rep. Mo Brooks …
Erin Beu / KOCO:
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges U.S. Promoters of $2 Billion Global Crypto Lending Securities Offering  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has filed an action against five individuals alleging that they promoted a global unregistered digital asset securities offering that raised over $2 billion from retail investors.
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
What Has Happened to Nikki Fried?  —  Peddling in every available strand of nonsense and conspiracy theory is not helping the Florida Democrat's brand.  —  s the only Democrat to have won a statewide election in Florida since 2012, Nikki Fried was in possession of a solid case for why she …
 
 
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