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2:15 PM ET, June 3, 2022

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CNN:
Grand jury indicts former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress  —  (CNN)A federal grand jury has indicted former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate in the House January 6 committee's investigation.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Peter Navarro Indicted for Contempt of Congress  —  Two Charges Filed for Defaulting on House Subpoena From Select Committee Investigating Jan. 6 Capitol Breach  —  WASHINGTON - Former White House advisor Peter K. Navarro has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt …
MSNBC:
Jail: Facing criminal subpoena, Trump aide threatens Biden, Pelosi, Fauci |  Navarro MSNBC Interview  —  Justice Department prosecutors have served former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro a criminal grand jury subpoena after he was held in contempt of Congress for defying the Jan. 6 committee.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Insider
The Daily Beast:
Navarro in Custody for Contempt, Hours After Blabbing on TV About Plan to Overturn Election
Discussion: Roll Call and emptywheel
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro indicted on contempt of Congress charges
Discussion: Reuters and POLITICUSUSA
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pence Staff Feared for His Safety Amid Trump's Pressure Campaign Before Jan. 6  —  New details flesh out how the pressure campaign by Donald J. Trump and his allies to block certification of the 2020 election left the vice president's staff fearing for his safety.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Raw Story and The Blueprint
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion Trump's latest Jan. 6 grift poses a hidden challenge to Democrats  —  Now that the House committee examining the Jan. 6 insurrection has announced the first of six hearings set to begin next week, former president Donald Trump and his allies are gearing up for a major media push in response.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Beijing chafes at Moscow's requests for support, Chinese officials say  —  China's leadership wants to expand assistance for Russia without running afoul of Western sanctions and has set limits on what it will do  —  Russian officials have raised increasingly frustrated requests …
BBC:
The Russian soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
Why Are Police So Bad at Their Jobs?  —  It's not just Uvalde.  Cops nationwide can't stop crimes from happening or solve them once they've occurred.  —  The inaction in the case of the Uvalde school shooter is the most egregious example in a string of police incompetence in high-profile shootings.
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Uvalde Police Scandal  —  Students inside were calling 911 and begging for help.  The officers stayed outside for almost an hour during the mass shooting.  —  1x  —  The great sin in what happened in Texas is that an 18-year-old with murder in his heart walked into a public school and shot to death 19 kids and two teachers.
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New York Times:
Full Transcript: Biden's Speech on Guns
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Voters Say They Want Gun Control.  Their Votes Say Something Different.  —  Broad public support on the issue may not be as broad as polling shows or as Democrats hope.  —  It's one of the most puzzling questions for Democrats in American politics: Why is the political system so unresponsive to gun violence?
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Patrick Skinner / Washington Post:   Our ‘best case scenario’ in school shootings is badly misguided
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Little Martyrs  —  A nihilistic religion worships the gun.  —  When I was 11 years old, I thought I was going to be a martyr.
Discussion: NBC News
Des Moines Register:
A man shot, killed 2 church members, then himself, outside of Ames' Cornerstone Church, sheriff says  —  A man shot and killed two female victims, then killed himself, in a parking lot outside Ames' Cornerstone Church Thursday night, according to police and officials at the church.
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Journal Times:
Multiple people shot at Graceland Cemetery; Ascension All Saints Hospital on lockdown
United States Capitol Police:
USCP Arrests Man with Fake Badge, Body Armor & High Capacity Magazines  —  A Michigan man was arrested outside of the U.S. Capitol this morning after he was found with a fake badge, a BB gun, body armor, high capacity magazines and other ammunition.  —  Just before 5:00 am …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
How New York's Redistricting Became a Civil War for Democrats  —  “It was mass hysteria.  Everyone assumed the whole thing was a plot.”  —  Bill de Blasio was having lunch at Caffè Reggio in the West Village on the third Monday in May, sinking in to what he assumed would be a post-mayoral life …
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse says the GOP ‘wants a strongman daddy figure’ and ‘exists increasingly as a vehicle for the grievances of the angriest, oldest folks’  — GOP Sen. Ben Sasse gave a speech on Thursday that included heavy criticism of his own party.
Discussion: National Review
Jake Bittle / Grist:
Is Nebraska building a $500 million ‘canal to nowhere’ just to own the libs?  —  Earlier this spring, Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill authorizing construction of a canal that would siphon water from neighboring Colorado, igniting a war of words between the two states' leaders.
Bill Lueders / The Bulwark:
My Friend, Donald Trump  —  What it's like being so special to the former president that he constantly reaches out to you for help.  —  Donald Trump writes to me often, usually several times a day.  The president, as he calls himself—none of that “former” business—wants me to know how much he values me as a “trusted ally.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Many Reporters Think Kevin McCarthy Is Dumb.  Why Can't They Say So?  —  Is Kevin McCarthy a great big dummy?  —  That's not a rhetorical question.  Read between the lines of some of the coverage during McCarthy's 15 years in Congress and you start to suspect that many folks who pay close attention …
Discussion: Raw Story and Progress Pond
James Risen / The Intercept:
The FBI Tried to Ambush My Source.  Now I'm Telling the Whole Story. … FBI agent Grayden Ridd had a confidential message for his informant.  An FBI team had been given the green light by the Justice Department to ambush and derail a planned meeting between a reporter and a source …
Tom Krisher / Associated Press:
US has over 750 complaints that Teslas brake for no reason  —  DETROIT (AP) — More than 750 Tesla owners have complained to U.S. safety regulators that cars operating on the automaker's partially automated driving systems have suddenly stopped on roadways for no apparent reason.
Discussion: The Verge and Bloomberg
CNN:
NY prosecutors are moving closer to charging Steve Bannon in border wall effort Trump pardoned him for  —  (CNN)Several close allies of Steve Bannon have been subpoenaed to testify before a New York state grand jury investigating his fundraising for a private border wall effort, people familiar with the investigation tell CNN.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Gaetz says he supports voters arming themselves at polls  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday said he supports voters arming themselves when headed to the polls in an effort to protect against intimidation.  —  “I sort of like [Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas] Massie's legislation …
Wall Street Journal:
Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta  —  One of the world's most powerful executives became increasingly burned out and disconnected from the mega-business she was instrumental in building.  That dovetailed with a company investigation into her activities.
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Rep. Ayanna Pressley Has Continued To Spend Thousands Of Taxpayers Dollars On Private Security, House Records Show  —  Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who has repeatedly pushed to defund the police, spent thousands of taxpayers' dollars on private security …
 
 
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The Texas Tribune:
For the children who survived the Uvalde shooting uninjured, trauma will take time to heal
CBS News:
Newbury Park elementary school sprayed with graffiti amid transgender controversy
Morgan Trau / WEWS:
Ohio GOP passes bill aiming to root out ‘suspected’ transgender female athletes through genital inspection
Discussion: HuffPost, Daily Kos, Raw Story and WCMH-TV
Danyoung Kim / New Yorker:
When Cars Kill  —  On the afternoon of October 8, 2013, in the last moments of his life …
Lee Harris / American Prospect:
How Sean Patrick Maloney Has Built Power for Republicans
Stefania Palma / Financial Times:
A ‘once-in-a-century inflection point’: DoJ's antitrust chief on curbing corporate power
Discussion: Truth on the Market
Reuters:
Elon Musk has ‘super bad feeling’ about economy, wants to slash Tesla jobs
 Earlier Items: 
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
GOP launches first attack on Fetterman
Discussion: Townhall, WHYY and New York Times
Emma Helfrich / The Drive:
Sweden Is Sending ‘Robot 17’ Coastal Defense Missiles To Ukraine
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Democrats Change Course on Policing, Amid Rising Pressure on Crime
Discussion: HotAir
Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
Gender identity lessons, banned in some schools, are rising in others
Discussion: Althouse
Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Barry Sussman, Washington Post editor who oversaw Watergate reporting, dies at 87
 

 
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Jon Phillips / PCWorld:
PCWorld executive editor Gordon Mah Ung, former Maximum PC editor-in-chief and renowned PC hardware journalist for 25+ years, died at 58 of pancreatic cancer
 
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