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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 …
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Axios:
Scoop: Jan. 6 committee's private divide — The House's Jan. 6 committee has split behind the scenes over what actions to take after the public hearings: Some members want big changes on voting rights — and even to abolish the Electoral College — while others are resisting proposals …
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
How Biden plans to handle the Jan. 6 hearings
How Biden plans to handle the Jan. 6 hearings
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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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Ivana Saric / Axios:
At least 54 injured, 11 killed in 7 separate mass shootings this weekend
At least 54 injured, 11 killed in 7 separate mass shootings this weekend
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The NRA talks big on school safety, spends very little
The NRA talks big on school safety, spends very little
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Blake Masters Blames Gun Violence on ‘Black People, Frankly’
Blake Masters Blames Gun Violence on ‘Black People, Frankly’
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New York Times:
Mass Shooting in Philadelphia Kills at Least 3 on Weekend of Gun Violence
Mass Shooting in Philadelphia Kills at Least 3 on Weekend of Gun Violence
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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 — As I noted on Thursday, Ilya Shapiro's reinstatement at Georgetown's law school may have been a victory for outside pressure against the forces of cancel culture, but it also sent an unambiguous signal that Georgetown would have caved …
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 …
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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 …
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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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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.
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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 …
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 …
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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.
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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.
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
As war drags on, weary Russians yearn for a return to normal life — They feel frustrated, depressed and no more able to change their bleak situation than change the weather — RIGA, Latvia — For Russia's urban middle class, the war on Ukraine has messed up plans, ruined longed-for vacations …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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. — After several days of various Washington Post staffers dragging internal feuds into the public square of Twitter, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee sent …
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Michael Williams / Dallas Morning News:
Kyle Rittenhouse says he's going to Texas A&M. No he isn't, university says — “I'm going to be going there, and it's going to be awesome,” Rittenhouse said. A spokesperson for the university says he hasn't been admitted. — During a radio appearance last week, Kyle Rittenhouse …
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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.
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Washington Times, Reason and FIRE