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7:25 PM ET, June 10, 2022

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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Moral Desolation of the GOP  —  Yesterday evening, the leaders of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol opened their public hearings—hearings that will show, in the words of vice chair Liz Cheney, that “Donald Trump oversaw …
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Here's What the World's Media Thinks of the Jan. 6 Hearings  —  International media outlets are watching the hearings, but most don't seem to grasp how their countries are affected by them. … “The world is watching what we do here,” said Rep. Benny Thompson, chairman of the House Select Committee …
New York Post:
Donald Trump, Democrats are obsessed with 2020 — GOP should look to the future  —  The Jan. 6 Commission is a Democratic campaign ad, a thinly veiled partisan exercise — aired in primetime, with the cooperation of a liberal press — to bolster a failed Joe Biden presidency.
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
Just Security:
The January 6th Hearings: A Criminal Evidence Tracker  —  Introducing the January 6th Hearings Criminal Evidence Tracker  —  The January 6th Select Committee's first hearing was compelling.  As with Watergate and other historic congressional proceedings, Thursday night will be long remembered …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Is Depicted as a Would-Be Autocrat Seeking to Hang Onto Power at All Costs  —  As the Jan. 6 committee outlined during its prime-time hearing, Donald J. Trump executed a seven-part conspiracy to overturn a free and fair democratic election.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Case Against Donald J. Trump
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
‘Checked out’: Trump rebukes Ivanka over Jan. 6 testimony
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why It Matters That the Jan. 6 Hearings Put ‘a War Scene’ on Display
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fox News didn't just ignore the Jan. 6 hearing. It did something worse.
The Hill:
Former Fox News editor to testify before Jan. 6 panel
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jared and Ivanka, Without the Power or the Masks
Bloomberg:
Jan. 6 Hearings Need to Deliver Additional Viral Moments to Reach Americans
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Ginni Thomas pressed 29 Ariz. lawmakers to help overturn Trump's defeat, emails show  —  Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed 29 Republican state lawmakers in Arizona — 27 more than previously known — to set aside Joe Biden's popular vote victory and …
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Emily Hernandez / The Daily Beast:   Clarence Thomas' Wife Pressured 29 Arizona Republicans to Overturn 2020 Election
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Nearly 20M watched Jan. 6 hearing: Nielsen  —  Nearly 20 million people watched Thursday night's first hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol across broadcast and cable news, according to preliminary ratings figures from Nielsen.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Taylor Lorenz said an editor was to blame.  Is that okay?  —  UPDATE: The fallout from the Lorenz story continues: On Thursday, members of The Post's features staff held a meeting with Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee, Senior Managing Editor Cameron Barr, Managing Editor of Diversity …
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
‘Ruth Sent Us’ group hinted at targeting Supreme Court Justice Barrett's children, church  —  Group gave details on Barrett's routine, her children's school and family's spiritual life  —  Protestors march outside of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's home
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
911 tapes from Kavanaugh attempted murder arrest show suspect giving up: ‘I need psychiatric help’
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Townhall
CatholicVote org:
Summer of Rage: Tracking Attacks on Pregnancy Centers & Pro-Life Groups
Discussion: Secular Pro-Life
CNN:
US seeks full reset with Saudi Arabia, effectively moving on from the murder of Jamal Khashoggi  —  (CNN)Senior US officials have conveyed to Saudi Arabia that the US is prepared to move forward with a “reset” of the relationship, and effectively move on from the 2018 murder …
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Reuters:   U.N. calls on Saudi Arabia to free relatives of former spy chief
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Giuliani hit with ethics charges by Washington D.C. authorities over false election claims  —  The District of Columbia office that polices attorneys for ethical misconduct filed charges on Friday against President Donald Trump's former attorney, Rudy Giuliani, over baseless claims …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
DC bar brings ethics charges against Rudy Giuliani over election fraud claims
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation rose 8.6% in May, highest since 1981  — The consumer price index rose 8.6% in May from a year ago, the highest increase since December 1981.  Core inflation excluding food and energy rose 6%.  Both were higher than expected.  — Surging food, gas and energy prices all contributed …
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Kate Shaw / The Atlantic:
The Other Cause of January 6  —  John Eastman.  Rudy Giuliani.  Donald Trump himself.  —  These people all bear some responsibility for the events of January 6, 2021.  But there is another contributing factor—an institution, not a person—whose role is regularly overlooked …
Wall Street Journal:
Meta Scrutinizing Sheryl Sandberg's Use of Facebook Resources Over Several Years  —  Review focuses on the extent to which staffers worked on her personal projects  —  The lawyers investigating Facebook operating chief Sheryl Sandberg's use of corporate resources are examining behavior …
Politico:
Biden scraps Trump's Air Force One paint scheme over cost  —  The Biden administration has opted not to go with former President Donald Trump's red, white and blue paint scheme for the Air Force One replacement after a new study showed it could drive up the cost, according to an administration official.
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Reuters:   Biden scraps Trump's Air Force One paint scheme
Todd Stacy / Alabama Daily News:
Poll shows Britt leading Brooks in Senate runoff  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A new poll shows Katie Britt with a decisive lead over Mo Brooks in the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate.  —  The survey, taken by McLaughlin and Associates on behalf of the Alabama Forestry Association …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter sentenced after his GoPro showed him on front line rushing police  —  GoPro video shows Jan. 6 rioters clashing with Capitol Police  —  WASHINGTON — A Texas man who had a GoPro strapped to his body as he committed crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in federal prison.
Wall Street Journal:
Rural America Reels From Violent Crime.  ‘People Lost Their Ever-Lovin’ Minds.'  —  Murder rates didn't soar only in cities during the pandemic; small-town sheriffs and prosecutors are overwhelmed with homicide cases  —  Local prosecutor Rebecca McCoy used to think of her home in central Arkansas …
Discussion: Washington Post
Stephen Gandel / New York Times:
Starbucks's C.E.O. Howard Schultz: 'I don't know if we can keep our bathrooms open.'  —  Video  —  Starbucks's chief executive, Howard Schultz, says the company is considering ending its open bathroom policy.  —  Speaking on Thursday at The Times's DealBook D.C. policy forum …
Discussion: Common Dreams, Power Line and The Hill
 
 
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Chris Burn / Yorkshire Post:
Leeds man who sent racist death threat to David Lammy is 12-time Conservative election candidate
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Pence team couldn't verify Trump campaign's election fraud claims, new memo shows
Discussion: Raw Story
Snejana Farberov / New York Post:
Cops refuse to release body cam footage of Paul Pelosi's DUI arrest
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
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