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John L. Dorman / Insider:
Kellyanne Conway blasts Mark Meadows' tenure as Trump's White House chief of staff: ‘The man did not match the moment’ — Kellyanne Conway in her new memoir criticized Mark Meadows' tenure as White House chief of staff. — Conway said Meadows “did not match the moment” during the earliest stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Subpoena wars: Washington is on a path to mutually assured destruction — THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — In an initial court appearance following his arrest on Friday for contempt of Congress, former Trump adviser Peter Navarro stood before an obviously concerned federal magistrate.
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Roll Call
Reuters:
Russia must not be humiliated despite Putin's ‘historic’ mistake, Macron says — French President Emmanuel Macron said it is vital that Russia is not humiliated so that when the fighting stops in Ukraine a diplomatic solution can be found, adding that he believed Paris would play a mediating role to end the conflict.
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Insider, Al Jazeera, Politico and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen have been called war crimes. Many relied on U.S. support. — A joint Washington Post analysis reveals for the first time that the United States supported the majority of air force squadrons involved in the Saudi coalition's years-old air campaign
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Security Force Monitor and Just Security
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Mike Spaulding / WTMJ:
BREAKING: Militia member believed to have shot and killed a former judge in Juneau County; sources say suspect hit list included Governor Evers — MAUSTON- An apparent politically motivated hit carried out at the home of a former Judge in Juneau County. — Dozens of law enforcement vehicles descended …
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Journal Sentinel, WKOW and Law & Crime
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Former Judge Gunned Down in Wisconsin by Man With ‘Hit List’
Former Judge Gunned Down in Wisconsin by Man With ‘Hit List’
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Associated Press and Raw Story
Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Sen. Ben Sasse calls out ‘weirdos’ dividing country in fiery Reagan Foundation speech — 40th president of the United States and actor — 48th Vice President of the United States — Associate Justice-Designate of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Althouse
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
The gun lobby's growing divide — There's a growing divide within America's gun lobby, as groups representing firearms manufacturers and individual owners splinter over federal gun-control legislation and what gun culture means in an increasingly diverse country.
Washington Post:
Young men, guns and the prefrontal cortex — The Uvalde, Tex., shooter is part of a long list of male perpetrators of similar ages. Some experts think gun laws need to change to address that. — When Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl learned that the perpetrator of the Uvalde …
Reuters:
Hong Kong steps up security on Tiananmen anniversary, Taiwan decries suppression — Hong Kong deployed heavy security near a major park on Saturday as it warned people not to gather to commemorate China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square 33 years ago, as Taiwan decried efforts to erase the memories.
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Voice of America, The Guardian, Balloon Juice, Raw Story and The Times of Israel
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
‘Ignore Guns, Talk Inflation’: Memos Show GOP Strategy After the Uvalde Massacre — Stay cool. Run out the clock. Scare some gun nuts while you can. But don't worry: this moment will be over soon. — That's the message the Republican Party, Donald Trump, and conservative leaders …
Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Trump allies explored sending armed private contractors to seize voting machines in 2020 election — Supporters on the fringes of former President Trump's circle explored seeking sweeping authority after the 2020 election to enlist armed private contractors to seize and inspect voting machines …
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Mother Jones
Susan Hartman / New York Times:
How Refugees Transformed a Dying Rust Belt Town — At 8 on a recent morning, Pri Paw brought small bowls — of rice and fried salmon with bamboo shoots — to the Buddhist altar in her family's living room in Utica, N.Y. — Then she rang a bell, sat on the floor and bowed.
John Blake / CNN:
The evangelical church faces a ‘state of emergency’ over the pandemic and politics, Andy Stanley says — (CNN)Winning souls for Christ. Taking back America for God. Standing in the Gap. — Anyone who has spent time among white evangelical Christians has heard some of those phrases.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Gina Haspel Observed Waterboarding at C.I.A. Black Site, Psychologist Testifies — The testimony emerged in pretrial hearings in the Cole bombing case at Guantánamo Bay, where the war court is wrestling with the legacy of torture after 9/11. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
White Christian Nationalism ‘Is a Fundamental Threat to Democracy’ — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry discuss their new book, The Flag and the Cross. — An ideology is on the march. Traces of it are detectable in a racist massacre in Buffalo; in Tucker Carlson's monologues; in Marjorie Taylor Greene's public comments.
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Raw Story
Choire Sicha / New York Magazine:
The Mainstream Media Lost the Depp-Heard Trial — And the lifestyle influencers turned court correspondents won. — The latest era for the elite mainstream media — that is the heavily paywalled, rule-bound, college-educated-reader-focused American news media — has been marked …
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Washington Post:
'They're in hell': Hail of Russian artillery tests Ukrainian morale — ON THE ROAD TO LYMAN, Ukraine — First came the distant bang of Russian artillery firing. — Then the ominous whistle and crackle of incoming shells, which landed within 50 feet of a Ukrainian tank position …
New York Times:
100 Days of War: Death, Destruction and Loss — One hundred days ago, before sunrise, Russia launched artillery strikes on Ukraine before sending troops racing toward major cities, beginning a war against a much smaller country and outnumbered military that seemed destined to quickly topple the government in Kyiv.
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Vox, Washington Examiner and Foreign Policy
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden says Ukraine might have to give Russia land in ‘negotiated settlement’
Biden says Ukraine might have to give Russia land in ‘negotiated settlement’
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Fox News, Trends Journal, Aristotle's Newsletter and Ace of Spades HQ
New York Times:
Is Jan. 6 a Winning Political Issue? We're About to Find Out. — Democratic candidates have shied away from talking about the Capitol siege. That could change if voters flock to a former federal prosecutor running for a House seat in California. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Outside the Beltway and Slate
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump weighs a big bet in Alabama Senate race — Mo Brooks created a stir among conservative commentators this week after sparring with a Fox News host who told viewers that there was no evidence of widespread election fraud in 2020. — “That's wrong,” the congressman said emphatically …
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Raw Story
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Democrat Max Rose blasts Hunter Biden, says Post got ‘raw deal’ in reporting — The Rose has thorns. — Democratic congressional candidate Max Rose came out swinging this week — at Hunter Biden — torching the first son for his shady foreign business dealings that Republicans say potentially put US national security at risk.
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Washington Examiner
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
McCormick concedes to Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary — HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, ending his campaign Friday night as he acknowledged …
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