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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
William Barr's bombshell about Trump is more revealing than it seems — Having gone to extraordinary lengths to help Donald Trump corrupt the presidency, William P. Barr is working overtime to launder his post-Trump reputation. But the former attorney general's latest cleanup exercise …
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Honig: Don't buy Bill Barr's latest story about the Big Lie — How Trump weaponized the Justice Department — Elie Honig is a CNN senior legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor. This op-ed is adapted from his book “Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor's Code …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump blasts McConnell over claims in book about election
Trump blasts McConnell over claims in book about election
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell tries to derail Democratic infrastructure strategy
McConnell tries to derail Democratic infrastructure strategy
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Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
Former AG Bill Barr spread Trump's voter-fraud conspiracy theories before the election. Media outlets can't erase those lies now.
Former AG Bill Barr spread Trump's voter-fraud conspiracy theories before the election. Media outlets can't erase those lies now.
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Utterly Deranged’ Trump Has Full Meltdown Over Bill Barr, Mitch McConnell
‘Utterly Deranged’ Trump Has Full Meltdown Over Bill Barr, Mitch McConnell
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Trump lawyer: Manhattan DA won't charge former president — Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has indicated he does not currently plan to charge the Trump Organization with crimes related to allegations of “hush money” payments and real estate value manipulations, according to a personal lawyer for Donald Trump.
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Associated Press:
Trump Org lawyers make last pitch against prosecution — NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for the Trump Organization met again Monday with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in a last bid to forestall a potential indictment stemming from a long-running investigation into the former president's company.
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Miami Herald:
Two days before condo collapse, a pool contractor photographed this damage in garage — There was nothing unusual about the lobby and pool area at Champlain Towers South condo, which looked clean and well maintained to a commercial pool contractor who visited the building last Tuesday …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Pelosi introduces legislation that would establish select committee to probe Jan. 6 Capitol attack — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday introduced legislation that would create a select committee to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob …
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Republicans are terrified of Capitol attack truths and Democrats must find out why
Republicans are terrified of Capitol attack truths and Democrats must find out why
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Republican Voters Largely Want to Move On From Jan. 6. The Rest of the Country Doesn't
Republican Voters Largely Want to Move On From Jan. 6. The Rest of the Country Doesn't
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Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
His Insurrection Inside the Oval Office on January 6. — Seems like quite a few crazies," said the president. — A little more than three weeks before rioters and revelers stormed the Capitol on January 6, several thousand Trump fans and fanatics gathered in Washington …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Democracies Don't Try to Make Everyone Agree — “I've read Karl Marx. I've read Lenin. That doesn't make me a Communist.” — General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaking to the House Armed Services Committee last Thursday — “He's not just a pig—he's stupid.”
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Documents Show Ivanka Trump Didn't Testify Accurately in Inauguration Scandal Case — The Trump family has trouble with depositions. In 2007 testimony, Donald Trump was repeatedly shown to be a liar. In February, Donald Trump Jr. was deposed in the Trump inauguration scandal lawsuit …
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Leah Nylen / Politico:
Federal court tosses antitrust suits against Facebook, in huge blow to D.C.'s fight with tech — A D.C. federal court on Monday dismissed antitrust suits by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general seeking to break up Facebook's social networking monopoly …
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Facebook Antitrust Cases Brought By FTC and States Are Thrown Out
Facebook Antitrust Cases Brought By FTC and States Are Thrown Out
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Likely to Produce Lasting Immunity, Study Finds — Immune cells are still organizing to fight the coronavirus months after inoculation, scientists reported. — The vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna set off a persistent immune reaction in the body …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's Situation Room shouting match — Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repeatedly blew up at President Trump over how to handle last summer's racial-justice protests, The Wall Street Journal's Michael Bender writes in his forthcoming book, “Frankly, We Did Win This Election.”
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The Daily Beast:
YouTube Bans and Then Unbans Right Wing Watch, a Media Watchdog Devoted to Exposing Right-Wing Conspiracies — Right Wing Watch was banned while the right-wing extremists they merely exposed via the platform continue to publish misinformation on YouTube. — After left-wing media watchdog …
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Andrew Jeong / Wall Street Journal:
Kim Jong Un Lost Some Weight—and North Koreans Are Alarmed — Pyongyang watchers don't suspect a health scare, but the implication is that the leader is belt-tightening alongside his citizens who face food shortages — SEOUL— Kim Jong Un has shed some weight. Much of North Korea is now in tears.
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
U.S. Conservatives Are Uniquely Inclined Toward Right-Wing Authoritarianism Compared to Western Peers — Global Morning Consult data reveals a distinctive authoritarian bent in the American right — A scale measuring propensity toward right-wing authoritarian tendencies found right …
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Daniel Hill / News Blog, Riverfront Times:
Inside Gun-Surrendering Criminal Mark McCloskey's Very Sad St. Louis Rally — They were at least kind enough to wear their signature outfits, which is good because no one would recognize or care about them otherwise. — Noted local criminal Mark McCloskey played host to a barbecue/political rally …
NBC News:
Clarence Thomas says federal laws against marijuana may no longer be necessary — Clarence Thomas, one of the Supreme Court's most conservative justices, said Monday that because of the hodgepodge of federal policies on marijuana, federal laws against its sale or cultivation may no longer make sense.
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Obama says Senate will vote again on voting rights — Former President Obama said Monday he believes the Senate will hold a new vote on the Democratic voting rights bill that Republicans in the upper chamber blocked last week. — Speaking to supporters in his first fundraising call since …
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Three in 10 Americans Think Pandemic Is Over in U.S. — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although a record-high 89% of Americans now say the coronavirus situation is improving, most are not yet ready to declare the pandemic over in the U.S. More than twice as many think the pandemic is not yet over (71%) than think it is over (29%).
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ABC News:
Supreme Court won't revive school's transgender bathroom ban — The Supreme Court has rejected a Virginia school board's appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Virginia school board's appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Red America's Covid Problem — Cases are rising, because of the Delta variant. — There was a strange Covid-19 pattern in the U.S. for much of this spring. The virus was not spreading any faster in communities with low vaccination rates than in those with high vaccination rates.
Paige Williams / New Yorker:
Kyle Rittenhouse, American Vigilante — After he killed two people in Kenosha, opportunists turned his case into a polarizing spectacle. — The proliferation of digital video has exposed abuses of power that in the past often remained hidden. It has also allowed people to watch shocking footage …
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Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Revealed: neo-Confederate group includes military officers and politicians — Leaked data shows other high-profile members have overlapping membership in more explicitly racist or violent groups — Leaked membership data from the neo-Confederate Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) …
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George Ramsay / CNN:
Gwen Berry turns away from flag on US Olympic trials podium, says she was ‘set up’ — (CNN)Hammer thrower Gwen Berry says that the playing of the national anthem while she was on the podium at the US Olympic track and field trials was “set up.” — Berry turned away from the flag to face the stands while …
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Dan Crenshaw: Gwen Berry should be kicked off the U.S. Olympic team
Dan Crenshaw: Gwen Berry should be kicked off the U.S. Olympic team
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Ex-FBI lawyer agrees to one-year bar sanction after conviction … The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using …
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