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New York Times:
Prosecutors Pursue Inquiry Into Trump's Handling of Classified Material — A federal grand jury has issued at least one subpoena, and investigators are seeking interviews in the case of sensitive documents that ended up at the former president's Florida home. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas five House Republicans, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy — The committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob has subpoenaed five Republican members of Congress, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) …
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas five GOP House members, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas five GOP House members, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Select Committee Subpoenas Five Members of Congress
Select Committee Subpoenas Five Members of Congress
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 5 Republican Representatives
Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 5 Republican Representatives
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Presidentti:
Joint statement by the President of the Republic and Prime Minister of Finland on Finland's NATO membership — Office of the President of the Republic of Finland — Prime Minister's Office Press release 30/2022 — During this spring, an important discussion on Finland's possible NATO membership has taken place.
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Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:
Putin's latest defeat: Failing to curb the eastward expansion of NATO — INVASIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES: One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's stated aims of his so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine was to stop the eastern expansion of the NATO alliance.
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NBC News, The Guardian, NATO, The Economist, Politico and Washington Post
Lisa Respers France / CNN:
Naomi Judd died of self-inflicted firearm wound, Ashley Judd reveals — If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 to connect with a trained counselor or visit the NSPL site.
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Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
Meatpackers hyped ‘baseless’ shortage to keep plants open despite covid risks: report — A House panel alleges that Tyson and other meat processors heavily influenced Trump's executive order that compelled plants to stay open. — The biggest players in the U.S. meat industry pressed …
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Nina Lakhani / The Guardian:
Trump officials and meat industry blocked life-saving Covid controls, investigation finds
Trump officials and meat industry blocked life-saving Covid controls, investigation finds
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Washington Post:
As Roe v. Wade repeal looms, video game industry stays mostly silent — In the wake of a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion essentially confirmed that Roe v. Wade's days are numbered, most of the video game industry's biggest companies have remained conspicuously quiet — though not all.
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Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
The Bankruptcy of the Democratic Party Left — You'd Think They'd Get Tired of Losing — How much is the Democratic Left losing? Let us count the ways. — 1. Build Back Better. This was the vessel into which all the hopes and priorities of the Democratic Left were poured.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Democrats' imaginary majority
Senate Democrats' imaginary majority
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Abortion, Economy Top Midterm Issues — Difficulty paying for groceries, other bills inches up — West Long Branch, NJ - The American public is divided as to which party they want in control of Congress, and the issue picture has shifted since the last midterm - with the economy …
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Four House committee chairs ask Big Tech to archive evidence of war crimes in Ukraine — Four high-ranking congressional Democrats sent formal requests to the CEOs of YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook's parent company, Meta, on Thursday, asking them to archive content that could be used as evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion An openly pro-coup Trumpist could become Pennsylvania's next governor — How should the media cover a candidate who is running for a position of control over our election machinery — and has also displayed an open eagerness to steal elections? — This question arises …
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Michael Weiss / New Lines Magazine:
Is Putin Sick - Or Are We Meant to Think He Is? — Is Vladimir Putin sick or even dying? — The tabloid press, bolstered by a sudden efflorescence of Twitter diagnosticians, certainly seems to think so. Since his Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine got underway, the 69-year-old Russian president's …
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
A Son's Eulogy for Midge Decter (1927-2022) — Where did she come from? — That's what we were asking ourselves, my sister and my father and I, after she left us and this world on the morning of May 9, 2022. Of course, we know where she came from in the strictest sense.
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National Review
Gabby Orr / CNN:
'Nervous about Oz's prospects': Trump and his allies worry about a Barnette victory in Pennsylvania — In the hours after Fox released a poll this week showing Pennsylvania Republican US Senate candidate Kathy Barnette locked in a statistical tie with primary opponents Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick …
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The Hill, Bloomberg, Washington Times, Raw Story, WHTM-TV, PolitiFact and Todd Starnes
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Athena Thorne / pjmedia.com:
Riots Are Now an Establishment Industry and Will Happen Every Summer — Looks like a pretty safe bet that the summer riots of 2022 will be about women's “rights,” complete with marching vulvas and Handmaid cosplay platoons. But you never know. Polls have been showing that minorities …
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CNN, The Hill, Washington Post, Patterico's Pontifications and HotAir
Carrie Campbell Severino / National Review:
Akhil Amar Calls Out Post-Roe Fearmongering — No one would mistake Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School for a pro-life activist or any sort of enthusiast for overturning Roe v. Wade. But the prominent constitutional law scholar is known for being a straight shooter willing to call out those on his own side …
David Ingram / NBC News:
Conservative parents take aim at library apps meant to expand access to books — E-reader apps that became a lifeline for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war raging over books in schools and public libraries. — In several states, apps and the companies …
Jason Wilson / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Exclusive: Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes' Children Speak — Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the antigovernment Oath Keepers organization, was, at the time of publication, in federal custody awaiting trial for his alleged role in orchestrating events at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
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The Daily Beast
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Psaki: Threats to family were ‘most personally difficult’ part of press secretary job — Outgoing White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday described in personal terms her 16-month tenure as President Joe Biden's top spokesperson and the strains of the job, telling a group of reporters …
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Chuck Schumer's Political Malpractice — Pennsylvania's GOP discovers the downside of crazy — Before we get to Chuck Schumer's latest episode of legislative bumf***ery, I want to call your attention to what's happening in Pennsylvania, where the GOP is belatedly discovering the downside of sleeping with the crazy.
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Raw Story, The Coop Scoop and New York Magazine
National Review:
America's Crisis of Self-Doubt — W — e live in an age of increasing national self-doubt. — The American project, as such, is under assault. Our history is the subject of a revisionist critique that is all-encompassing, unsparing, and very often flatly inaccurate.
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Pew Research Center:
By a wide margin, Americans view inflation as the top problem facing the country today — The public views inflation as the top problem facing the United States - and no other concern comes close. — Seven-in-ten Americans view inflation as a very big problem for the country …
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Senate confirms Powell for second term at Fed amid highest inflation in 40 years — The Senate has greenlighted Jerome Powell for another term as Federal Reserve chairman after President Joe Biden asked him to continue serving in the role. — Powell, a Republican who was nominated …
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Politico, The Hill, Bloomberg, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Roll Call, New York Times, Associated Press, Forbes and Political Wire
Zac Kriegman / Common Sense:
I Criticized BLM. Then I Was Fired. — The data about police shootings just didn't add up, but no one at Thomson Reuters wanted to hear it. — Writes Zac Kriegman · Subscribe … Common Sense is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, please become a subscriber today.
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Project Veritas:
BREAKING: FBI Whistleblower Leaks Document Showing Bureau Targeting ‘News Media’ — Document reveals the FBI labeled Project Veritas as “news media,” and categorized the probe as a “Sensitive Investigative Matter” due to Veritas being journalists. This is a direct contradiction …
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Meaning In History, YouTube, Power Line and American Greatness
Washington Post:
Biden puts Putin on the couch over Ukraine — Welcome to The Daily 202! Tell your friends to sign up here. On this day in 1970, the Senate voted unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice. — The big idea — Biden tackles the ‘what does he want?’ question about Putin
Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones:
Lauren Boebert's American Dream — On a Saturday afternoon in December, Lauren Boebert's restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, sat mostly empty. Shooters Grill was understaffed and out of mustard, said a waiter in a MAGA hat, with a gun-emblazoned shirt that announced “I AM THE SECURITY.”
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Raw Story
David Horovitz / The Times of Israel:
The narratives are set in the death of Shireen Abu Akleh. We need the truth — A veteran reporter was killed in the course of her work while clearly identified as ‘Press,’ How? Who by? Many of us think we can figure out the answers, but we don't actually know — David Horovitz
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