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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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Washington Post, The Hill, Truthout, HuffPost, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, HotAir, TalkLeft and Vanity Fair
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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Politico, CNBC, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, POLITICUSUSA, The American Independent, Law & Crime, Insider and Al Jazeera
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Ludicrous, Audacious, and Incredibly Dangerous: Read the Draft “Bill of Complaint” …
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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Wall Street Journal, Insider, Raw Story, USA Today, Washington Times, littlegreenfootballs.com and Hackwhackers
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Merrick Garland seems to operate as though the last four years didn't happen
Merrick Garland seems to operate as though the last four years didn't happen
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Reuters, CNN and New York Times
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, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, Bloomberg and CNN
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Emails reveal Trump pressured top DOJ officials to overturn election results
Emails reveal Trump pressured top DOJ officials to overturn election results
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New York Magazine, CNN, HotAir, 89.3 KPCC and Politico
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. reverses course, will assist prosecution in Park Police killing of Bijan Ghaisar
Justice Dept. reverses course, will assist prosecution in Park Police killing of Bijan Ghaisar
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Blue Virginia
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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CBS News
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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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 …
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
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’ — Redfield argued COVID-19's efficient human-to-human spread contradicted behavior of other deadly coronaviruses with similar profiles — Exclusive: Former CDC Director Redfield says he believes COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab
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HotAir, National Review, New York Post, Townhall, Breitbart, The US Sun, The Daily Caller, RedState, Gregg Jarrett, The National Pulse, The Federalist and Lucianne
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
Alex Kotch / EXPOSEDbyCMD:
REVEALED: The Federalist Foundation's Tax Records — The Center for Democracy (CMD) has obtained the first 990 tax filing of a new nonprofit linked to the right-wing digital publication The Federalist, as well as the most recent filing from the Real Clear Foundation, another media nonprofit that has ties to The Federalist.
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Sen. John Barrasso: GOP aiming to make Biden a ‘half-term president’ — A member of Senate Republican leadership is vowing to make President Joe Biden a “one-half-term president” by toppling Democrats' congressional majorities in the 2022 midterms. — Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming …
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Norman Ornstein / Washington Post:
Manchin thinks the filibuster fosters bipartisanship. Here's why it doesn't.
Manchin thinks the filibuster fosters bipartisanship. Here's why it doesn't.
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CNN, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos, Politico and The New Neo
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
McConnell presses for ‘actual consequences’ in disclosure of tax data
McConnell presses for ‘actual consequences’ in disclosure of tax data
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Insider, Washington Post and Jacobin
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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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden to nominate Tom Nides as ambassador to Israel; Ken Salazar, ‘Sully’ Sullenberger also get posts
Biden to nominate Tom Nides as ambassador to Israel; Ken Salazar, ‘Sully’ Sullenberger also get posts
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Political Wire
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Biden names his picks for ambassador to Mexico and Israel.
Biden names his picks for ambassador to Mexico and Israel.
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CNN, The Hill, CBS News, National Review, The Times of Israel and Algemeiner.com
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.
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Eileen Drage O'Reilly / Axios:
Some Americans were infected with COVID in December 2019 — The National Institutes of Health said Tuesday morning that testing of samples from an ongoing study of Americans show a very limited number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in five U.S. states as early as Jan. 7, 2020.
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OUP Academic, Wall Street Journal and 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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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
The Daily Beast:
Local Fox Reporter: I Got Fired After My On-Air Project Veritas Stunt — Ivory Hecker told The Daily Beast on Tuesday that she's been terminated after claiming on-air that the station has “muzzled” her. … Fox 26 Houston general assignment reporter Ivory Hecker said Tuesday that she has been fired …
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HotAir, The Wrap, TheGrio, The Gateway Pundit and TheBlaze
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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The Federalist and The New Neo
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer to trigger reconciliation process on Wednesday — Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he will convene a meeting with all 11 Democratic members of the Budget Committee Wednesday to begin the process for passing a budget resolution, paving the way for Democrats to pass …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Two more Democrats signal opposition to bipartisan infrastructure deal
Two more Democrats signal opposition to bipartisan infrastructure deal
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Washington Examiner and Forbes
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 …
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The Hill
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Politico's top editor leaving for NBC — Politico's top editor Carrie Budoff Brown is joining NBC in a high-level executive position at the network that includes overseeing the “Meet the Press” franchise, sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios. — Why it matters …
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MacKenzie Scott / Medium:
Seeding by Ceding — Sitting down to write this post, I felt stuck. I want to de-emphasize privileged voices and cede focus to others, yet I know some media stories will focus on wealth. The headline I would wish for this post is “286 Teams Empowering Voices the World Needs to Hear.”
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Saudi embassy has helped its citizens facing criminal charges flee the United States — On the night of Oct. 13, 2018, Raekwon Moore was stabbed during a street fight with two strangers in the popular Uptown district of Greenville, N.C. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died.
New York Times:
Cuomo's Inner Circle Raised Money for Aide Who Was Convicted of Bribery — Gov. Andrew Cuomo distanced himself from the aide, Joseph Percoco, but the governor's sister and close allies quietly funded the aide's legal fight. — After one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's most trusted aides and closest friends …
CNN:
‘Potential red flag’: Trump struggles to clear Senate GOP fields — (CNN)A growing number of GOP Senate contenders are spurning former President Donald Trump's wishes with campaigns that defy his criticism or ignore his support of a rival, as the Republican Party debates his role in its future.
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Washington Post, The American Independent and Yahoo News
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, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, Political Wire and Gizmodo
Joel Burgess / The Asheville Citizen Times:
Madison Cawthorn lead staffer makes $127,000 despite no experience, Republican source says — The top staffer for Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina makes the equivalent of a $127,111 annual salary despite having no background in government and little other work experience except …
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The Root, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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.
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Algemeiner.com and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Megan Basham / The Daily Wire:
Nickelodeon Ratings Crash Amid LGBTQ Push — There's growing evidence that Nickelodeon's hard push to promote the LGBTQ agenda to children is having a negative impact on the network's ratings. — In the last two weeks, both Nickelodeon and its preschool-targeted network, Nick Jr. …