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New York Times:
Government Finds No Evidence That Aerial Sightings Were Alien Spacecraft — The strange objects witnessed by Navy pilots remain unexplained, but officials briefed on a new study say they are not secret technology from a classified American program. — WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials …
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Report does not confirm, or rule out, UFOs in unexplained aerial events — A soon-to-be-released government report on unexplained aerial phenomena finds no proof of extraterrestrial activity, but cannot provide a definitive explanation for scores of incidents in which strange objects …
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Maggie Haberman Is Right — Donald Trump really does believe that he, along with two former GOP senators, will be ‘reinstated’ to office this summer. — WORLD — Were Wuhan Lab-Inquiry Opponents Worried about Provoking China? — By JIMMY QUINN June 3, 2021
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Politico:
Biden can't quit infrastructure talks and progressives are losing their minds — Progressive activists have mostly kept their cool as President Joe Biden's infrastructure negotiations with Republican senators stretch on longer than planned. — But with talks ongoing and new concessions being offered …
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Biden Narrows Infrastructure Proposal to Win Republican Support — The president offered new concessions this week, including dropping his plan to reverse some of the 2017 tax cuts, as he tries to win support from Senate Republicans. — WASHINGTON — President Biden offered a series …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Manchin offers little comfort to frustrated Democrats — (CNN)The riddle of Joe Manchin is going to drive his fellow Democrats to distraction. — The senator from West Virginia, who sits at the fulcrum of Washington's balance of power, signaled in a new CNN exclusive interview …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Sinema and Manchin's Nihilistic Bipartisanship
Sinema and Manchin's Nihilistic Bipartisanship
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Washington Post:
Biden offers major change to tax proposal in effort to secure infrastructure deal with Republicans
Biden offers major change to tax proposal in effort to secure infrastructure deal with Republicans
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Financial Times:
Anthony Fauci urges China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers — Biden adviser calls for help on solving question of whether Covid ‘leaked’ from facility — Joe Biden's chief medical adviser has called on China to release the medical records of nine people whose illnesses might …
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Rep. Mark Green / Washington Examiner:
What did Dr. Fauci know, and when did he know it? — Nearly 50 years ago …
What did Dr. Fauci know, and when did he know it? — Nearly 50 years ago …
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Marc Thiessen / Washington Post:
The case that the virus emerged from nature, not a lab, is falling apart
The case that the virus emerged from nature, not a lab, is falling apart
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Andrew Mark Miller / Washington Examiner:
Tucker Carlson: Fauci deserves to be under criminal investigation
Tucker Carlson: Fauci deserves to be under criminal investigation
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook to end a longtime exception made for politicians who break its rules — The change is part of a series of responses to the Facebook Oversight Board's ruling on former president Trump. — Facebook plans to announce Friday that it will no longer automatically give politicians a pass …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Plans to End Hands-Off Approach to Politicians' Posts — The social network, under pressure since barring former President Donald J. Trump, will no longer automatically give world leaders special treatment. — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook plans to announce on Friday …
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban — Going forward politicians will be treated more like everyone else — Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that shields politicians from the content moderation rules that apply to other users …
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Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11 — Christopher Wray points to Russian actors, calls for coordinated fight across U.S. society — FBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency is investigating about 100 different types of ransomware, many of which trace back to actors in Russia …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
‘They are hair on fire’: Biden admin mulling cyber attacks against Russian hackers
Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism
Exclusive: U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Pence says he and Trump may never ‘see eye to eye’ on Jan. 6 insurrection — In his second public address since leaving office, former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday put a little space between himself and his ex-boss, saying he and former President Donald Trump might never “see eye to eye” on the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
In pro-Trump speech, Pence says he doesn't know if they'll ‘ever see eye-to-eye’ on Jan. 6 Capitol attack
In pro-Trump speech, Pence says he doesn't know if they'll ‘ever see eye-to-eye’ on Jan. 6 Capitol attack
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn, and Trump's lasting elevation of the fringe
Michael Flynn, and Trump's lasting elevation of the fringe
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Washington Examiner:
Biden just scrapped a good border policy, all because it was Trump's — “Some things may be true, even if Donald Trump said them.” — That was the epiphany that ABC's Jonathan Karl had over the weekend. It's a difficult concept for the news media, and the Biden administration is having …
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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
US taps groups to pick asylum-seekers to allow into country
US taps groups to pick asylum-seekers to allow into country
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CNN:
As Trump readies summer rallies and speeches, allies worry he's stuck in the past — (CNN)A cadre of aides and advisers working to tame Donald Trump's obsession with the 2020 election, including his fixation with debunked voter fraud theories and ballot audits, are realizing the task at hand is much tougher than they thought.
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Jenna Romaine / The Hill:
F. Lee Bailey, defense lawyer for OJ Simpson and Patty Hearst, dies at 87 — His son Bendrix Bailey confirmed his death but didn't disclose the cause. — Story at a glance — F. Lee Bailey died on Thursday, June 3 in a Georgia hospice center at the age of 87.
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
F. Lee Bailey, Lawyer for Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson, Dies at 87
F. Lee Bailey, Lawyer for Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson, Dies at 87
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Groupthink That Produced the Lab-Leak Failure Should Scare Liberals — As we sift through the lab-leak debacle, the good news is that the healthy antibodies in the system are still strong enough to overcome the groupthink that produced the original error.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Hating Trump is no excuse for comparing 1/6 to 9/11 — “I'd like to see Jan. 6 burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11.” — So said George Will on ABC's “This Week” on Sunday, in what is a growing chorus by super-serious people in political media pushing a super-insulting comparison between …
New York Times:
An Ex-Judge is Recommended to Review Seized Materials from Giuliani — The judge, Barbara S. Jones, conducted a similar screening during the investigation into Michael D. Cohen. — Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Rudolph W. Giuliani have recommended that Barbara S. Jones …
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David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
A Former Treasury Official Was Sentenced To 6 Months In Prison For Giving Documents To BuzzFeed News — A former Treasury Department official was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday after she admitted to providing highly confidential banking documents to a BuzzFeed News reporter.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
This Undercover Operative Says She Recruited the Proud Boys for the GOP — “Just received this from the GOP. They are asking me to potentially gather the 'boys and all the patriots and lead a literal (non violent) charge on the County Elections office.” — A transgender poker player …
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Politico:
Democrat who ran Florida's pandemic response blasts Rebekah Jones for ‘running a disinformation campaign’ — Jared Moskowitz realized he had a big problem and needed to fix it. — As the head of Florida's emergency management department, he was already in charge of pandemic response …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Tapper and Wallace take opposing tacks on GOP election deniers — DRIVING THE DAY — Happy Friday, Playbookers. If you thought President JOE BIDEN'S offer to keep the corporate tax rate at 21% might yield a breakthrough on infrastructure ... not so much.
The Daily Beast:
MyPillow Guy's Bizarre New Lawsuit Invokes Sci-Fi and RICO — The Minnesota MAGA enthusiast filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic engaged in a racketeering conspiracy. — Pillow magnate Mike Lindell is trying to re-litigate the election with a second lawsuit …
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