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12:55 PM ET, June 6, 2022

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Jan. 6 committee's secret adviser  —  The House's Jan. 6 committee has turned to a renowned former network news executive to hone a mountain of explosive material into a captivating multimedia presentation for a prime-time hearing Thursday.  — James Goldston — former president of ABC News …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack panel to unveil new evidence against Trump at public hearings  —  Committee intends to reveal previously secret White House records, photos and videos to prove how Trump broke the law  —  The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack will unveil new evidence …
Discussion: Slate, NBC News, NPR, Robert Reich and Raw Story
Ilya Shapiro / Wall Street Journal:
Why I Quit Georgetown  —  The university didn't fire me, but it abandoned free speech and created a hostile environment.  —  1x  —  After a four-month investigation into a tweet, the Georgetown University Law Center reinstated me last Thursday.  But after full consideration of the report …
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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
BREAKING: Ilya Shapiro Resigns from Georgetown Law School
Discussion: FIRE
Lauren Hirsch / New York Times:
Elon Musk threatens to pull out of Twitter deal without more information about fake accounts.  —  In a filing, Mr. Musk's lawyers said that Twitter was “actively resisting” his requests for more information.  —  Elon Musk is threatening to pull out of his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: Musk threatens to dump deal in letter to Twitter, SEC  —  Time to play “Let's Make a Deal,” or time to escape a deal?  With Elon Musk, no one's ever quite sure, but the Twitter buyout has had a lot of whiplash even for the world's wealthiest mogul.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Legal claims shed light on founder of faith group tied to Amy Coney Barrett  —  Examination of People of Praise comes as supreme court seems poised to reverse Roe v Wade  —  The founder of the People of Praise, a secretive charismatic Christian group that counts supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ross Barkan / New York Magazine:
The Limits of San Francisco Liberalism  —  If Chesa Boudin is recalled, it will be because his city has never been its left-wing caricature.  —  In San Francisco, the signs are everywhere.  Near the famed Lombard Street, one is affixed to a lamppost.  Several of them, picturing menacing men …
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden wants to get out more, seething that his standing is now worse than Trump's  —  President Joe Biden and his aides have grown increasingly frustrated by their inability to turn the tide against a cascade of challenges threatening to overwhelm the administration.  —  Soaring global inflation.
Wall Street Journal:
Past Mass Shootings Prompted Sens. John Cornyn, Chris Murphy to Lead Gun Talks  —  Texas Republican and Connecticut Democrat aim to strike Senate deal to limit gun deaths  —  HARTFORD, Conn.—After 20 first-graders and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown …
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New York Times:
How a New York County Used the State's ‘Red Flag’ Law to Seize 160 Guns
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Ivana Saric / Axios:
At least 54 injured, 11 killed in 7 separate mass shootings this weekend
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden to waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels hit by probe  —  President Joe Biden will declare a 24-month tariff exemption on Monday for solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations after an investigation froze imports and stalled projects in the United States, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Institutionalist  —  Dianne Feinstein fought for gun control, civil rights, and abortion access for half a century.  Where did it all go wrong?  —  On election night in San Francisco in 1969, a 36-year-old woman who had run a campaign for the Board of Supervisors that featured …
Discussion: Insider and Politico
John Fritze / USA Today:
Supreme Court declines appeal over law licenses from St. Louis couple who waved guns at protest  —  Mark and Patricia McCloskey drew national attention for walking onto their front yard with guns during a 2020 protest of the police killing of George Floyd.  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court …
Discussion: Axios
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
High California Gas Prices Rattle Democrats Ahead of Midterms  —  “I don't hear anything about the other national issues we're focusing on in Washington,” a congressman said.  A driver put it succinctly: “I'm really unhappy.”  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and Times Leader
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
British Prime Minister Johnson to face no-confidence vote  —  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a no-confidence vote Monday that could oust him from power, as discontent with his rule finally threatens to topple a politician who has often seemed invincible despite many scandals.
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Axon halts plans for Taser drone as 9 on ethics board resign  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said Monday it was halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone after a majority of its ethics board resigned over the controversial project.
Discussion: Protocol
Jennifer Senior / The Atlantic:
American Rasputin  —  I sometimes look at the long ribbons of texts I've gotten from Steve Bannon and wonder whether they couldn't tell the whole story all on their own.  —  There are certainly enough of them.  He says he has five phones, two encrypted, and he's forever pecking away …
Discussion: Raw Story
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
The Long History of Glenn Greenwald's Kissing Up to the Kremlin  —  In his world, it seems America can do nothing right and Vladimir Putin can do nothing wrong.  —  In the months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, maverick journalist Glenn Greenwald has emerged as one of the loudest anti-Ukraine voices …
Timi Iwayemi / American Prospect:
Sam Bankman-Fried's Multimillion-Dollar Game  —  He is spending prodigious amounts on lobbying and elections to ensure that crypto is lightly regulated in the future.  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of crypto firm FTX, testifies during a House Agriculture Committee hearing, May 12, 2022, on Capitol Hill.
Josh Marshall / New York Times:
Democrats Can Win This Fall if They Make One Key Promise  —  Democrats hope to make November's midterm elections a referendum on Roe v. Wade, the linchpin decision upholding abortion rights, which the Supreme Court is almost certain to strike down this summer.  That strategy makes sense.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Free-speech group will spend millions to promote First Amendment cases  —  An advocacy group that has spent more than two decades fighting for free expression on college campuses is broadening its efforts to fight so-called cancel culture and other perceived threats to free speech across American society.
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
AOC Blasts Fellow Democrats for Resisting Term Latinx: ‘Not About Your Reelection Prospects’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted critics of the term Latinx, including fellow Democrats who resist using it and think it's “bad for the party.”  —  After a brief discussion of the term …
Washington Post:
'When it's a shooting on a city street, nothing happens'  —  As high-profile massacres capture the nation's attention, those affected by routine gun violence say they feel left out of the conversation  —  Fifteen-year-old Malachi Jackson was fatally shot on a Monday night in April …
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Moves Toward Eventual Ties With Israel  —  Biden administration is working to broker agreements between the two countries that could pave the way for diplomatic relations  —  Saudi Arabia is engaging in serious talks with Israel to build business ties and create new security arrangements …
 
 
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Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Michigan widens probe into voting system breaches by Trump allies
Discussion: Raw Story
New Yorker:
Two January 6th Defendants and the Consolidation of Right-Wing Extremism
Elizabeth Washington / WDIV-TV:
Michigan Gov. Whitmer's name on hit list of militia gunman who murdered Wisconsin judge
Discussion: WFRV Local 5
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Republicans brace for next round of Trump primary chaos
Discussion: CNN, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and HuffPost
Vox:
Vox's Sean Illing to Take the Helm as Host of Vox Conversations
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Most, but not all, Rays show their LGBTQ+ support
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Paul M. Krawzak / Roll Call:
Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up
Molly Crane-Newman / New York Daily News:
Michael Cohen overstated role in Manhattan DA's Trump Org investigation: prosecutors
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Size Matters: Why Harvard Law Is Less Woke Than Yale Law
Sam Sutton / Politico:
Crypto lobbying hits fever pitch as Bitcoin's favorite senator finishes bill
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Inflation, Political Division Put U.S. in a Pessimistic Mood, Poll Finds
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Wire
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
WaPo Editor Admonishes Staff to ‘Treat Each Other With Respect and Kindness’ as Numerous Messy Feuds Play Out on Twitter. It Doesn't Work.