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CNN:
New emails show how Trump and his allies pressured Justice Department to try to challenge 2020 election results — (CNN)New emails show how former President Donald Trump's White House assistant, chief of staff and other allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate claims of voter fraud …
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Trump Pressed Official to Wield Justice Dept. to Back Election Claims — The former president began pressuring his acting attorney general even before announcing that his predecessor was stepping down, emails show. — WASHINGTON — An hour before President Donald J. Trump announced …
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Election Law Blog, Washington Post, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Truthout, Talking Points Memo and HotAir
House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
New Documents Show Trump Repeatedly Pressed DOJ to Overturn Election Results Before Inciting Capitol Attack — Ahead of Hearing on Insurrection, Oversight Committee Releases New Evidence and Seeks Transcribed Interviews with Key Officials — Washington, D.C. (June 15, 2021)— Today …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The more we learn about Trump's corruption of DOJ, the worse it gets
The more we learn about Trump's corruption of DOJ, the worse it gets
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BuzzFeed News, NBC News, Raw Story, Bloomberg and CNN
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
New emails detail Trump's efforts to have Justice Department take up his false election-fraud claims
New emails detail Trump's efforts to have Justice Department take up his false election-fraud claims
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump and House committee still at loggerheads over tax records
Trump and House committee still at loggerheads over tax records
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NBC News:
Critical race theory invades school boards — with help from conservative groups — A booby-trapped billboard. A list of demands. A conservative media frenzy. — Jeff Porter, superintendent of a wealthy suburban school district in Maine, had no idea that his community was about to become part …
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Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Alabama lawmaker wants to ban critical race theory, so I asked him what it is — This is an opinion column. — There's been a lot of talk about critical race theory lately, and I've felt at a loss. I've heard so many conflicting things about critical race theory, I've gotten more and more confused.
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Raw Story
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
The Specter of Critical Race Theory Is Rotting Republicans' Brains
The Specter of Critical Race Theory Is Rotting Republicans' Brains
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Media Matters for America, Washington Post and Insider
Ross Hunt / The American Mind:
Fighting Critical Race Theory, One Door at a Time
Fighting Critical Race Theory, One Door at a Time
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Commentary Magazine and Media Matters for America
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
The Wuhan lab-leak explanation is “not a conspiracy theory, ” says ... Jon Stewart? — That strange popping sound you've been hearing overnight? Media-elite heads exploding, perhaps, or maybe just eardrums adjusting to the new narrative pressure provided by Jon Stewart.
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Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Former CDC director Redfield explains why he believes COVID-19 emerged from lab, WHO ‘compromised’
Former CDC director Redfield explains why he believes COVID-19 emerged from lab, WHO ‘compromised’
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National Review, Gregg Jarrett, The Daily Caller, RedState, New York Post, The Federalist, Lucianne and The National Pulse
Talal Ansari / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Top 600,000
U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Top 600,000
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NPR, HotAir, KVIA-TV and Joe.My.God.
Robby Soave / Reason:
A Composer Condemned Arson. Now No One Will Hire Him. — Until last year, Daniel Elder—a 34-year-old musician who lives in Nashville, Tennessee—had a promising career ahead of him. The theme of the prize-winning composer's work, truth through emotion, is evident across his catalogue of choral music …
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HotAir
Politico:
'He's screwed over so many publishers': Trump confronts a skeptical book industry — Almost five months after leaving office, major publishing houses still are wary of publishing a book by former President Donald Trump, even though a post-White House memoir would almost assuredly be a best-seller.
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
New Book Publisher Caters to Conservative Voices It Says Are Being Silenced
New Book Publisher Caters to Conservative Voices It Says Are Being Silenced
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The Daily Caller, Literary Hub and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Get Ready for the Shitstorm That Will Follow the Arizona “Recount” — Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy's plan for Arizona is the same as it was before January 6. — Your whole life, like a sandglass, will always be reversed and will ever run out again,—a long minute of time will elapse until …
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Washington Post, Raw Story and Missouri Independent
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Jennifer Taub / Washington Monthly:
Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Bill Barr's Policies? — Biden's attorney general is siding with Donald Trump's Justice Department on everything from the Mueller Report to a rape accusation. — Merrick Garland took the helm of the United States Justice Department three months ago …
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Washington Examiner, C-SPAN.org, Truthout, CNN, New York Times, The Signorile Report, HuffPost, Fox News and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism
FACT SHEET: National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism
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Luke Barr / ABC News:
Attorney general unveils Biden strategy to counter domestic terrorism
Attorney general unveils Biden strategy to counter domestic terrorism
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New York Times
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Two more Democrats signal opposition to bipartisan infrastructure deal — Two Democratic senators on Tuesday signaled they will oppose a $974 billion, five-year bipartisan infrastructure proposal unveiled last week, faulting it for not doing enough to halt climate change.
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New York Times:
The Amazon That Customers Don't See — Each year, hundreds of thousands of workers churn through a vast mechanism that hires and monitors, disciplines and fires. Amid the pandemic, the already strained system lurched.
The White House:
President Biden Announces 4th Slate of Judicial Nominations — As he continues to move at an historic pace with respect to judicial nominees, the President is announcing five new candidates for the federal bench and two new candidates for District of Columbia courts, all of whom …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Biden to Nominate 5 More Judges
Biden to Nominate 5 More Judges
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Politico, Washington Times, Democrats and Forbes
Bonchie / RedState:
More Evidence Emerges That Joe Biden Is Not Well — Joe Biden's disastrous G7 performance has been well documented here at RedState. From his getting played by Vladimir Putin to his partisan rantings against Republicans to his train wreck of a press conference (before his other train wreck …
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Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pa. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean won't run for Senate, further shaping 2022 Democratic primary — WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean will not run for U.S. Senate and will instead aim to build her career in the House, she said Tuesday, further clarifying the Democratic field …
Betsy McKay / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Virus Ranged From Illinois to Massachusetts Before States Reported First Cases — People in five U.S. states were infected with the Covid-19 virus well before their state's first confirmed case, including some in December 2019 — The Covid-19 virus infected people in five U.S. states …
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OUP Academic, Washington Examiner, Forbes, New York Times, KVIA-TV and Twitchy
Institute of Politics and Public Service:
Battleground Poll — The Battleground Poll is a national bipartisan survey that has been reliably measuring political opinion among registered voters in the United States for nearly thirty years. Produced by Republican strategist Ed Goeas of The Tarrance Group and Democratic strategist Celinda Lake …
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Washington Examiner and The Hill
Julius Young / Fox News:
Michael Costello shares ‘unhealed trauma,’ says he had suicidal thoughts after alleged Chrissy Teigen bullying — The ‘Project Runway’ star claimed Teigen allegedly followed through on threats to end his career — Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for June 14
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Medium, CNN, Deadline and The Daily Caller
Katie Benner / New York Times:
F.B.I. warns that some QAnon believers could turn to violence as predictions fail to bear fruit. — The F.B.I. said this month that QAnon adherents could turn to violence as some of the conspiracy theory's major predictions, including that Democrats would be subject to mass arrest and detention, have not come to pass.
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CBS News, Associated Press, Political Wire and Gizmodo
Noah Goldberg / New York Daily News:
Retired Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein dies at 99 — Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein, a WWII veteran who served on the bench for more than five decades and worked on the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case died on Tuesday, his wife told the Daily News. He was 99.
Gabe Stutman / J.:
Stanford therapists allege ‘hostile climate’ for Jews in the workplace — Two Jewish mental health professionals at Stanford's on-campus counseling clinic have filed workplace discrimination complaints after what they call “severe and persistent” anti-Jewish harassment from colleagues.
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
McConnell presses for ‘actual consequences’ in disclosure of tax data — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI need to investigate the disclosure of confidential tax information to ProPublica and bring criminal charges against those who are responsible.
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The Daily Beast, The American Independent and The US Sun
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
White House to host July 4 ‘independence from virus’ bash — WASHINGTON (AP) — Cue the fireworks. — President Joe Biden wants to imbue Independence Day with new meaning this year by encouraging nationwide celebrations to mark the country's effective return to normalcy after 16 months of coronavirus pandemic disruption.
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Revolver:
Unindicted Co-Conspirators in 1/6 Cases Raise Disturbing Questions of Federal Foreknowledge — Experience Revolver without ads … Of all the questions asked, words spoken, and ink spilled on the so-called “Capitol Siege” of January 6, 2021, none hold the key to the entire event quite …
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