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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
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, NBC News and TheBlaze
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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 …
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Raw Story, New York Times, The Hill, Insider, Rolling Stone and Washington Post
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.
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.
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Nellie Bowles / The Atlantic:
How San Francisco Became a Failed City — San Francisco was conquered by the United States in 1846, and two years later, the Americans discovered gold. That's about when my ancestors came—my German great-great-great-grandfather worked at a butcher shop on Jackson Street.
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New York Times
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
The Broken Windows Election
The Broken Windows Election
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New York Magazine, Bolts, New York Post, Mother Jones, Instapundit, Power Line, Shot in the Dark and NBC News
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
Chesa Boudin blamed the recall on the right wing. But S.F. voters who ousted him just want a city that works
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San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, Breitbart and ABC7
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Opinion Boudin's recall proves Democrats have lost the public's trust on crime
Opinion Boudin's recall proves Democrats have lost the public's trust on crime
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Associated Press, Persuasion, TheBlaze and Washington Examiner
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
California Sends Democrats and the Nation a Message on Crime
California Sends Democrats and the Nation a Message on Crime
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Washington Post, Substance, Washington Examiner, Erick Erickson's Confessions … and CNN
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
How to Think About the January 6th Hearings — In its primetime meetings, which start this week, the House committee is providing an active threat assessment. — As you watch the House January 6th Committee's primetime hearings, keep the following top of mind: The committee is not just examining the past.
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Vox, USA Today, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, Mother Jones, As I See It, Los Angeles Times and Roll Call
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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 …
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The Bulwark, Raw Story, Associated Press, The Dispatch, The Hill, HuffPost and CBS News
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge sends another trove of Eastman emails to Jan. 6 committee
Judge sends another trove of Eastman emails to Jan. 6 committee
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Insider, The Hill, NBC News, Washington Post, CNN, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, KTVX-TV and Forbes
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Democrats fret as Garland's January 6 investigation creeps closer to pre-midterm deadline
Democrats fret as Garland's January 6 investigation creeps closer to pre-midterm deadline
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New Republic
Jordain Carney / Politico:
The latest House-Senate GOP split: How to respond to Jan. 6 hearings
The latest House-Senate GOP split: How to respond to Jan. 6 hearings
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Washington Examiner, Rolling Stone and HuffPost
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Majority of Proud Boys indicted for sedition were U.S. military veterans
Majority of Proud Boys indicted for sedition were U.S. military veterans
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The Daily Caller, Reason, MyNorthwest.com, SHERO, Raw Story, Washington Post and WHYY
Rolling Stone:
The Jan. 6 Committee Wants Twitter's Internal Slack Messages. Twitter Is Fighting It
The Jan. 6 Committee Wants Twitter's Internal Slack Messages. Twitter Is Fighting It
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Washington Post, Insider, Raw Story, New York Times, Talking Points Memo and POLITICUSUSA, more at Techmeme »
Jim Jordan / The Federalist:
The True Goal Of The J6 Committee Is To Slander And Shame Conservatives Out Of The Public Sphere
The True Goal Of The J6 Committee Is To Slander And Shame Conservatives Out Of The Public Sphere
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Vox, Plain Dealer and Townhall
Washington Post:
Man with weapon detained near Brett Kavanaugh's home — The man allegedly told police he wanted to kill the Supreme Court justice, according to people familiar with the investigation — A California man carrying at least one weapon near Brett M. Kavanaugh's Maryland home has been taken …
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Mediaite, NBC News, HuffPost, Axios, HotAir, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Washington Examiner, SCOTUSblog, New York Post, National Review, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, NewsNation, TheBlaze and Twitchy
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 …
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Florida Politics, Twitchy, Raw Story, Political Wire and WFLA-TV
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.
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New York Times, New York Post and The Daily Wire
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 …
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Morning Shots, CNN, Vox, New York Times, Washington Post, SFGATE, Electoral-vote.com and Raw Story
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 …
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.
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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 …
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CNN, HotAir, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, UPI, TheBlaze, ABC News, Union-News, The Daily Wire, Insider, Forbes, Fox News and WCCB Charlotte's CWWCCB …
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 …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Live Updates: House Holds Hearing on Gun Violence — An 11-year-old who survived the Uvalde massacre addressed Congress on gun violence. — WASHINGTON — Two weeks after surviving a mass shooting by smearing herself in a classmate's blood and pretending to be dead, Miah Cerrillo …
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Houston Chronicle and ABC News
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Uvalde, Buffalo shooting victims testify at gun hearing before Congress
Uvalde, Buffalo shooting victims testify at gun hearing before Congress
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CNBC, Fox News, Washington Examiner, CBS News, New York Post, The Hill, WBTW-TV, NBC Bay Area and 6abc
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.
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.
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Fox News, Zipcode Zero, Instapundit and POLITICUSUSA, more at Mediagazer »
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Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Are There Any Adults at the Washington Post?
Are There Any Adults at the Washington Post?
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Outside the Beltway, Instapundit, HotAir, Fox News, Washington Examiner and Common Sense, more at Mediagazer »
Insider:
Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn failed to properly disclose 2-dozen more cryptocurrency trades, including 'Let's Go Brandon' coin, bitcoin, and ethereum — Rep. Madison Cawthorn faces an ethics complaint over his crypto trades. — Cawthorn appears to have again violated the STOCK Act's disclosure provisions.
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Biden Uses Suspect Authority to Maintain Chinese Dominance of Solar Manufacturing — It invokes a 1930 trade law—questionably— to nullify a Commerce Department investigation into trade violations. — Employees work in a factory for solar panels and parts, in Jiujiang in central China's Jiangxi province, January 5, 2021.
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Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
Professors behind conservative-backed “Liberty Institute” say UT has strayed from plan — Emails obtained via an open records request show two professors who helped develop the new center believe UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell backed off a plan to bring “intellectual diversity” to campus.