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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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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Raskin says Jan. 6 panel has found more on Trump than ‘incitement’ — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday said the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has found evidence on former President Trump that supports “a lot more than incitement.”
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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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Sabrina Conza / FIRE:
Ilya Shapiro resigns from Georgetown following reinstatement after 122-day investigation of tweets
Ilya Shapiro resigns from Georgetown following reinstatement after 122-day investigation of tweets
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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
BREAKING: Ilya Shapiro Resigns from Georgetown Law School
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
BREAKING: Musk threatens to dump deal in letter to Twitter, SEC
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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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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.
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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Axon AI ethics board members resign over plans for Taser drones
Axon AI ethics board members resign over plans for Taser drones
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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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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 …
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Justices won't hear appeal from couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters
Justices won't hear appeal from couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters
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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 …
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Washington Post:
China secretly building PLA naval facility in Cambodia, Western officials say — China is secretly building a naval facility in Cambodia for the exclusive use of its military, with both countries denying that is the case and taking extraordinary measures to conceal the operation, Western officials said.
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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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader Tarrio, 4 top lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy in widening Jan. 6 case — An indictment handed up by a federal grand jury in D.C. makes the Proud Boys the second far-right group whose members face the rare charge in the January 2021 Capitol attack …
Dan Pfeiffer / Vanity Fair:
Why Do Democrats Suck at Messaging? — It's a question Dan Pfeiffer, the former Obama communications director and Pod Save America cohost, recalls getting many times. In his new book, Battling the Big Lie, Pfeiffer diagnoses the party's messaging troubles—and calls for building a bigger megaphone.
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Milo Yiannopoulos is an intern for Marjorie Taylor Greene — Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is working as an unpaid intern in the congressional office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). — Yiannopoulos, 37, announced the job on his Telegram account Monday with a photo of his official intern congressional badge.
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Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
Anger and heartbreak on Bus No. 15 — As American cities struggle to recover from the pandemic, Denver's problems spill over onto its buses — DENVER — Suna Karabay touched up her eye makeup in the rearview mirror and leaned against the steering wheel of the bus to say her morning prayers.
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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NBC News:
Fewer Americans now say Trump is responsible for Jan. 6, NBC News poll finds — NBC News poll finds fewer Americans hold Trump accountable for Jan. 6 riots … But first: It appears the House's Jan. 6 committee has some work to do with the American public as it begins a new round of public hearings this week on its findings.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
GOP ads are pulled from the airwaves for being dishonest (again) — The National Republican Senatorial Committee has had two television ads pulled over the course of three weeks. That's both unusual and embarrassing. — Every election cycle, American voters see plenty of attack ads.
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Biden waives solar panel tariffs, seeks to boost production — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered emergency measures Monday to increase U.S. manufacturing of solar panels and declared a two-year tariff exemption on panels from Southeast Asia as he attempted to jumpstart an industry key to his climate change-fighting goals.
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden to waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels hit by probe
Exclusive: Biden to waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels hit by probe
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Jessica Pishko / Bolts:
California Prosecutions for Pregnancy Loss Spark Outrage, and a Bill to Stop Future Investigations — The charges over two stillbirths are a window into a country where pregnancy outcomes are already policed. — The Superior Court of Kings County in Hanford, California. (courts.ca.gov)
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Why Trump is hands off in re-election race for CA House Republican who voted for impeachment — Valadao is only House Republican who voted to impeach not targeted by Trump — Fox News Flash top headlines for June 6 — Republican Rep. David Valadao infuriated conservatives …
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Salena Zito / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Mastriano is a disaster for Pa. Republicans — but the party deserves it — MCMURRAY, Pa. — The first time Cheryl Rubio ever heard of Doug Mastriano was when she caught his interview on Steve Bannon's “War Room” television show. This was shortly after the retired Army colonel won …
Will Hurd / New York Times:
I Represented Uvalde in Congress. We Must Act on Gun Violence. — Last month, a fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, a small, quiet community that I represented in Congress, became a war zone. Nineteen beautiful, innocent children and two dedicated, brave teachers are gone forever because of a vicious massacre.
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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 …
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Fourth Trump Golf Course Appears To Be Violating Law By Using Presidential Seal — The presidential seal has turned up as a marker at a fourth Trump golf course, a possible violation of federal law. — On April 21, an Instagram user posted a photo of the seal at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Nearly half of Republicans think US has to live with mass shootings, poll finds — CBS and YouGov poll returned familiar results, including 62% support for a nationwide ban on semi-automatic rifles — Nearly half of Republican voters think the US just has to live with mass shootings …
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