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9:40 AM ET, June 8, 2022

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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:

Mark Meadows Was Trump's “Matador” for His Fake Election Lies — Without the former President's fourth and final White House chief of staff, January 6th might never have happened. — When the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol begins its long-awaited hearings …

Discussion: Raw Story, Insider and Rolling Stone

ABC News:

Top Trump White House lawyer in active talks with Jan. 6 committee to testify publicly — Cipollone was one of the few aides with Trump in the West Wing on Jan. 6. — White House Counsel Pat Cipollone attends a cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House on May 19, 2020.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CNN, Insider, New York Times, The Hill, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Politico, Washington Post, Variety, Boston.com, TMZ.com, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Washington Times, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and NBC News

Peter Baker / New York Times:

How Jared Kushner Washed His Hands of Donald Trump Before Jan. 6 — Mr. Kushner's role in the final months of the Trump White House could come into sharp relief once the committee investigating the attack on the Capitol opens hearings. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: Raw Story, Voice of America and Talking Points Memo

Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:

Inaugural January 6 hearing to track activities of Proud Boys during Capitol attack — The House select committee investigating the insurrection will examine several crucial stages in the lead up to the first breach of the Capitol — The House select committee investigating …

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, CBS News, Associated Press and HuffPost

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Judge sends another trove of Eastman emails to Jan. 6 committee — A federal judge Tuesday ordered John Eastman — the attorney who developed former President Donald Trump's last-ditch strategy to overturn the election — to disclose a batch of 159 sensitive documents to the Jan. 6 select committee …

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, CBS News and Forbes

Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Democrats fret as Garland's January 6 investigation creeps closer to pre-midterm deadline

Discussion: New Republic

Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
How to Think About the January 6th Hearings

Discussion: Vox, Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, Los Angeles Times and Roll Call

Jordain Carney / Politico:
The latest House-Senate GOP split: How to respond to Jan. 6 hearings

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill, HuffPost and The Dispatch

Rolling Stone:
The Jan. 6 Committee Wants Twitter's Internal Slack Messages. Twitter Is Fighting It

Discussion: Insider, Raw Story, The Hill, New York Times, Talking Points Memo and POLITICUSUSA

Herb Scribner / Axios:
Majority of Proud Boys indicted for sedition were U.S. military veterans

Discussion: Reason, Military.com, Raw Story, SHERO and WHYY

NBC News:
GOP divided on how to defend Trump ahead of first Jan. 6 hearing

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, Insider, CBS News, Raw Story, Politico, Common Dreams and KTVX-TV

Nellie Bowles / The Atlantic:

How San Francisco Became a Failed City — About the author: Nellie Bowles, the author of a forthcoming book of essays, writes a column in the newsletter Common Sense. — San francisco was conquered by the United States in 1846, and two years later, the Americans discovered gold.

Discussion: New York Times and Reason

San Francisco Chronicle:

Chesa Boudin Recall Election Results — Live San Francisco election results for the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin, including vote breakdown by district. — The S.F. Department of Elections is not yet reporting results for this election. The department will start publishing data at around 8:45 p.m. on June 7.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Wire and Townhall

David Siders / Politico:

Trump hits another snag: 6 takeaways from a big primary night — Another round of Republicans on Donald Trump's hit list survived on Tuesday, while in San Francisco, a progressive prosecutor didn't. But that's not all we learned from Tuesday's primaries in California, Iowa, Mississippi …

Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, Electoral-vote.com, SFGATE, The Federalist, Raw Story and CNN

Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:

The Broken Windows Election — San Francisco district attorney and George Soros darling Chesa Boudin went down in flames Tuesday evening, recalled by double-digits in ultra-liberal San Francisco, a far larger margin than the less than 2 percent of voters who carried him to victory three years ago.

Discussion: Bolts, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Mother Jones, Instapundit, Power Line, NBC News and Insider

Megan Cassidy / San Francisco Chronicle:
Chesa Boudin ousted as San Francisco district attorney in historic recall

Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY, CBS News, Progress Report, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, Vox and Fox News

James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Opinion Boudin's recall proves Democrats have lost the public's trust on crime

Discussion: Persuasion and Washington Examiner

Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle: Chesa Boudin blamed the recall on the right wing. But S.F. voters who ousted him just want a city that works

Mission Local: Recall election: Analysis and results

Janie Har / Associated Press:
San Francisco ousts liberal DA Chesa Boudin in heated recall

Discussion: Axios, American Greatness, The Hill, RedState, The Daily Signal and Honolulu Star-Advertiser

San Francisco Chronicle:
California Election Results June 2022

Discussion: Noahpinion and The Guardian

Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
California Sends Democrats and the Nation a Message on Crime

Discussion: Substance, Erick Erickson's Confessions … and CNN

Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Polls close in California, where crime is a key issue in primary showdowns

Discussion: HotAir, National Review and Politico

Associated Press:

FBI seizes retired general's data related to Qatar lobbying — The FBI has seized the electronic data of a retired four-star general who authorities say made false statements and withheld “incriminating” documents about his role in an illegal foreign lobbying campaign on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar.

Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Wire

New York Times:

Retired General Investigated Over Undisclosed Lobbying for Qatar — Documents show that the Justice Department has records indicating that John Allen, who now heads the Brookings Institution, secretly lobbied for Qatar and lied about it to federal agents. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:

DeSantis spokeswoman belatedly registers as agent of foreign politician — Christina Pushaw's disclosure of work for Mikheil Saakashvili came after contact from the Justice Department, her attorney said — A spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) this week registered as a foreign agent …

Discussion: Political Wire

Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:

Moderna says new trial results show that a revised vaccine works better against Omicron. — The findings indicate that the updated vaccine produced a significantly stronger immune response against Omicron, but it is unclear how it will fare against future versions of the virus.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Hill, STAT and NPR

Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:

How Much Damage Have Marjorie Taylor Greene and the ‘Bullies’ Done to the G.O.P.? — Curious to know how the two more extreme wings of the Democrats and Republicans in the House differ, I asked a high-ranking Republican staff member with decades of government experience …

Michael Luciano / Mediaite:

Tucker Carlson Revels in the WaPo Drama: ‘The Post Caved!’ — Tucker Carlson absolutely reveled in the drama in the Washington Post newsroom that has been ongoing since Friday. — On Tuesday, the Fox News host addressed the controversy, which began with the retweet of a sexist joke by reporter Dave Weigel.

Discussion: Fox News, Zipcode Zero, Instapundit and POLITICUSUSA, more at Mediagazer »

Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Are There Any Adults at the Washington Post?

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Instapundit, HotAir, Fox News, Washington Examiner and Common Sense

Michael Luciano / Mediaite:

Matthew McConaughey Knocks Down Common Talking Point Against Raising Age Requirement to Buy AR-15s — Matthew McConaughey joined Bret Baier on Tuesday's Special Report, just hours after delivering remarks at the White House press briefing. — The actor was born in Uvalde, Texas …

Discussion: CNN, Today's Edition Newsletter, Politique Republic, HotAir, CNN, ABC News, Associated Press, NBC News and CNN

Washington Post:

Another 2020 election denier will be on November's ballot — Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born on this day in 1867. If you're in the D.C. area, the Fallingwater house in southwest Pennsylvania that he designed is a wonderful day trip.

Kelsey Piper / Vox:

Stop telling kids that climate change will destroy their world — Some “climate anxiety” is the product of telling kids — falsely — that they have no future. — My 5-year-old daughter is now old enough to read a lot of books and magazines aimed at children, and it's given me a whole …

New York Times:

As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’ — Climate change and rapid population growth are shrinking the lake, creating a bowl of toxic dust that could poison the air around Salt Lake City. — Mr. Flavelle reported this story from Utah …

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:

Raisman, Biles, Maroney among 90 women asking FBI for $1 billion for mishandling Larry Nassar sex abuse case — Larry Nassar victims seek $1 billion from FBI — A group representing 90 young women — including U.S. Olympic team gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman …

Discussion: CNN, HotAir, Wall Street Journal, Union-News, Fox News, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and WCCB Charlotte's CWWCCB …

Zoë Richards / NBC News:

House GOP candidate shares post claiming Buffalo, Uvalde shootings were false flag operations — A congressional candidate in New York endorsed by a member of House GOP leadership recently shared a Facebook post claiming the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, were false flag operations.

Discussion: Mediaite, WIVB-TV, No More Mister Nice Blog and Occupy Democrats

Ally Mutnick / Politico:

House GOP campaign arm books $52M in fall TV ads — House Republicans' campaign arm is laying down its first round of fall TV ad reservations, a $52.3 million investment that sketches out a path back to the majority in 2023. — The bulk of the buy, which is spread across more than two dozen media markets …

Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:

Uvalde, Buffalo shooting victims to testify at gun hearing before Congress — WASHINGTON — Survivors and family members of victims from the recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., will testify before lawmakers Wednesday at a hearing focused on the epidemic of gun violence.

Discussion: New York Times, ABC News, The Hill, NBC Bay Area and WPRI-TV