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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 …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Proud Boys leader Tarrio, four others, charged with seditious conspiracy — The leader of the far-right Proud Boys group and four associates have been charged with seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack that was intended to block Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election.
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Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, CBS News and Rolling Stone
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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Bloomberg, Washington Post and Associated Press
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
The Washington Post suspends reporter David Weigel over sexist retweet — New York (CNN Business)The Washington Post has suspended reporter David Weigel without pay for retweeting a sexist joke, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday. — Weigel did not respond to a request for comment …
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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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Occupy Democrats, Axios, Metro.co.uk, WSPA-TV, CNN, Variety, Louder With Crowder, OutKick, The Verge, Raw Story, IJR and Hollywood Reporter
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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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CNBC, National Review, New York Post, The Wrap and Washington Examiner, more at Techmeme »
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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Commentary Magazine, National Review, Reason, WTOP News, Townhall, RedState and Althouse
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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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Milo Yiannopoulos Is Now Interning for Marjorie Taylor Greene
Milo Yiannopoulos Is Now Interning for Marjorie Taylor Greene
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HuffPost and Political Wire
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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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
A liberal D.A. finds voters' moods have changed even in San Francisco
A liberal D.A. finds voters' moods have changed even in San Francisco
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The Daily Caller, CBS News and Wall Street Journal
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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The Hill, Fox News, The Daily Wire, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Washington Times and Twitchy
Texas Attorney General:
AG Paxton Launches Investigation Against Twitter for Potentially Deceiving Texas Consumers, Texas Businesses Over Fake Bot Accounts — Today Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation against Twitter for potentially false reporting over its fake bot accounts in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
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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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Raw Story
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? — From left, 1971: The first female president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. 2022: The oldest sitting U.S. senator.
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Politico, Insider and Scottie's Playtime
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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Associated Press, Occupy Democrats, Talking Points Memo and Axios
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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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Political Wire
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.
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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New York Times, Washington Post, The Federalist, Reuters and Washington Monthly
FIRE:
FIRE announces $75 million expansion into off-campus free speech advocacy, defense — Launches $10 million nationwide free speech advertising campaign — Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education becomes the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
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The Daily Caller and Washington Times
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Free-speech group will spend millions to promote First Amendment cases
Free-speech group will spend millions to promote First Amendment cases
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Washington Examiner, PLURIBUS, Habits of a Free Mind and Reason
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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Raw Story
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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Raw Story
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.
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.
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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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)
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 …
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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Common Dreams, Ian Haworth and Washington Examiner