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5:30 PM ET, June 7, 2022

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Washington Post:
Trump call Jan. 6 to ‘walk down to the Capitol’ prompted Secret Service scramble  —  Agency's actions are part of Jan. 6 committee probe into Trump's role in inciting the violent attack  —  Shortly before pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Secret Service agents scrambled …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion A shocker in the Proud Boys indictment exposes the right's long game  —  “1776 motherf—ers.”  —  That's what an associate texted to Enrique Tarrio, then the leader of the Proud Boys, just after members of the group stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Jan. 6 committee interviews head of Trump's Secret Service detail on day of Capitol attack  —  The Jan. 6 select committee has interviewed the top Secret Service agent on then-President Donald Trump's protective detail during the Capitol attack, according to three people familiar with the probe.
Discussion: Forbes, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
New Jersey Centrists Seek to Legalize Their Dream: The Moderate Party  —  A bipartisan alliance is trying to topple the state's ban on fusion voting, a system under which third-party groups like the Working Families Party in New York have gained influence.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Fox News Gives Up On News; Won't Air ‘Grotesque’ Jan. 6 Hearings Live
Catherine Watters / Fox News:
FOX NEWS MEDIA TO PRESENT LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PRIMETIME JANUARY 6TH HEARING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 9TH ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS
Discussion: Bloomberg, Mediaite and USA Today
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Of course Fox News isn't airing the Jan. 6 committee hearings
New York Times:
Jan. 6 Hearings Give Democrats a Chance to Recast Midterm Message
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Tana Ganeva / Substance:   It takes 59 seconds to look up crime stats—why don't reporters do it?
Department of Homeland Security:
National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin - June 7, 2022  —  View as PDF: National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin - June 07, 2022 09:00 am (pdf, 1 page, 295.54 KB)  —  Summary of Terrorism Threat to the United States  —  The United States remains in a heightened threat environment …
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Luke Barr / ABC News:
DHS warns of domestic violent extremists who praise Uvalde shooting
Discussion: CBS News, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Kara Swisher Leaves the New York Times to Return to Vox Media  —  Kara Swisher, the prominent tech reporter, commentator and Recode co-founder, is leaving her role as columnist and podcaster at the New York Times to return to Vox Media.  —  Swisher will host a new interview show …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: CNN evaluating partisan talent  —  CNN's new boss Chris Licht is evaluating whether personalities and programming that grew polarizing during the Trump era can adapt to the network's new priority to be less partisan. … - For on-air talent, that includes engaging in respectful interviews that don't feel like PR stunts.
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Man accused of killing Wisconsin judge dies in hospital  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a retired Wisconsin judge and who had a list that included prominent national political figures died in a hospital, a state official said Tuesday.
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Trump-appointed judge defends rulings unpopular with ‘cultural elites’  —  (Reuters) - A federal appeals court judge appointed by former Republican President Donald Trump argued jurists “must not be afraid of being booed” by issuing rulings unpopular with “cultural elites” and people who consider the U.S. Constitution “trash.”
Discussion: Political Wire
Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
Kyiv asks for more rocket systems as Kremlin warns of potential strikes in Russia  —  Ukraine said it needs 60 multiple-launch rocket systems to have a chance at defeating Russia, indicating that the number of such weapons pledged by the West so far may not be enough.
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Kaley Johnson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
AZ man spent 17 days in jail for crime he didn't commit.  He blames American Airlines  —  A man's life was changed after he spent 17 days in a New Mexico jail because American Airlines wrongfully accused and identified him to police as a shoplifter at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
Bari Weiss / Common Sense:
The Washington Post's Descent Into Middle School Antics  —  And why we're building something new.  —  Let me tell you a story about the middle-school antics currently playing out at a once-great newspaper.  It goes a long way toward explaining why we started Common Sense and why we think it's so essential.
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Ian Hodgson / Miami Herald:
Florida undercounted COVID cases and deaths, failed to get test results, state audit says  —  Florida's COVID-19 data was so inaccurate, incomplete and delayed during the first months of the pandemic that government officials and the public may not have had necessary information to determine …
Discussion: Rebekah's Newsletter
Sara Murray / CNN:
Bannon subpoenas Pelosi and House January 6 committee members to fight contempt charges  —  Steve Bannon, set to go to trial next month for defying a congressional subpoena, has subpoenaed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection as he builds his defense.
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
The evolution of Blake Masters … Blake Masters, an author and venture capitalist now seeking the Republican nomination in Arizona's high-profile Senate race, has cast himself as an outspoken immigration hawk who frequently inveighs against the dangers of “open borders” amid an influx of …
Discussion: CrowdWisdom360 and Mediaite
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump-backed Senate hopeful pushes racist line on gun violence
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
Raytheon Technologies to Move HQ from Massachusetts to Northern Virginia  —  The move means the five largest defense contractors will all call the D.C. region home.  —  Raytheon Technologies will move its headquarters from Boston's suburbs to Washington, D.C.'s this fall …
Emily Ngo / Spectrum News NY1:
Exclusive Spectrum News NY1/Siena College poll finds New Yorkers are pessimistic about city's future and its mayor  —  The view of life in New York City is bleak, according to a Siena College poll of city residents conducted exclusively for Spectrum News NY1.  —  What You Need To Know
CNN:
First on CNN: House Democrats investigating whether foreign gifts to Trump went missing  —  Washington (CNN)House Democrats are investigating former President Donald Trump's “apparent failure to account for gifts from foreign government officials while in office” after learning there may be thousands …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Raw Story
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
During Watergate, John Mitchell Left His Wife.  She Called Bob Woodward.  —  ‘Please nail him’: The untold story of how Martha Mitchell took revenge against her husband  —  There was no mistaking the voice on the other end of the phone line.  That twangy timbre.  Brash and sass.  Undiluted Arkansas Delta.
Discussion: Political Wire
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘Bless her heart.’ Kemp ad slams Abrams for ‘worst state in the country’ remark  —  Almost as soon as Stacey Abrams called Georgia the “worst state in the country to live,” the Democrat's campaign expected the remark to be the center of new GOP attacks.  Gov. Brian Kemp's first TV ad of the general election cycle does exactly that.
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and IJR
Jenny Vrentas / New York Times:
How the Texans and a Spa Enabled Deshaun Watson's Troubling Behavior  —  Watson met at least 66 women for massages over a 17-month period, far more than previously known.  He had help from the Houston Texans, including nondisclosure agreements, in making appointments.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Insider, The Daily Caller and Defector
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Opinion We already achieved ‘energy independence.’ What good did it do us?  —  Good news: We're energy independent again.  Huzzah!  —  Bad news: “Energy independence” has turned out to be a hollow victory.  —  Gasoline is inching toward $5 per gallon nationwide, and Americans are furious.
Discussion: Fox News
Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek … 🌸 Situational awareness: Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) will open a gun violence memorial on the National Mall tomorrow at 10am ET — her first public appearance since the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. … 🌎 Breaking: President Biden will unveil …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Uh oh: Biden suddenly calls in Senate Dem for gun-talk consultation  —  What changed?  A couple of days ago, Senate Democrat and lead negotiator Chris Murphy told CNN that Joe Biden should stay out of talks between the two parties over a legislative response to the mass shooting in Uvalde.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Hopes for quick gun deal fade as Senate negotiators plead for patience  —  Senators buckled down Tuesday for days of additional negotiations on a response to recent high-profile mass shootings, retreating from earlier calls for quick action even as they expressed optimism that a long-elusive deal …
Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
FDA vaccine panel votes to authorize Novavax COVID-19 vaccine  —  The Food and Drug Administration's panel of vaccine experts has voted overwhelmingly to authorize Novavax's two-dose COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for a new option that officials hope will attract unvaccinated people.
 
 
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Michelle Jamrisko / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Fortune
Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
NC's lieutenant governor: ‘We are called to be led by men,’ not women
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