memeorandum: ‘Checked out’: Trump rebukes Ivanka over Jan. 6 testimony (Kelly Hooper/Politico)

3:30 PM ET, June 10, 2022

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

Jared and Ivanka, Without the Power or the Masks — In stark videotaped interviews, Ivanka Trump accepted the notion that there had been no fraud in the 2020 election. Jared Kushner complained that a White House counsel had been “whining.” — Give this article- - - Read in app

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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:

The Case Against Donald J. Trump — It was a criminal conspiracy … — Liz Cheney — Well, that was remarkable. But will it matter? — Morning Shots reached out to our colleagues for their reactions to last night's prime-time hearing by the House January 6th Committee: — Will Saletan

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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 …

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Kelly Hooper / Politico:

‘Checked out’: Trump rebukes Ivanka over Jan. 6 testimony — Former President Donald Trump on Friday discounted his own daughter's testimony that the 2020 presidential election results were not fraudulent. — “Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results.

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Fox News didn't just ignore the Jan. 6 hearing. It did something worse. — Fox News didn't need to announce that it wasn't going to cover Thursday night's prime-time hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

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Rolling Stone:

Jared Kushner Wasn't Just Involved in Trump's Push to Overturn 2020. He Helped Start It — “Jared helped create what then morphed into the Rudy clown show,” one source tells Rolling Stone — Jared Kushner knew his father-in-law and boss Donald Trump had lost to Joe Biden.

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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The One Witness at the January 6 Hearing Who Matters Most

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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Moral Desolation of the GOP

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Kristen Holmes / CNN:
Trump claims daughter Ivanka ‘checked out’ and wasn't looking at election results

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Washington Post:
Rep. Liz Cheney tells Americans why Jan. 6 should terrify them

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The Hill:
Former Fox News editor to testify before Jan. 6 panel

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney offers GOP a stark choice about Jan. 6

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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Key Trump Allies Were Talking to Proud Boys Before Jan. 6, Committee Says

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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
6 takeaways from the Jan. 6 committee's first prime-time hearing

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
January 6 Primetime Hearing Proves A Slow Start At Unraveling A Dreadful Day In American History

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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
The Jan. 6 committee's evidence spoke for itself. Is the Justice Department listening?

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CNN:
January 6 committee chairman says witnesses have described conversations between extremists and Trump's orbit

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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Jan. 6 Chair Bennie Thompson Tells Tapper He Has Witnesses to Conversations Between Proud Boys and Those ‘In The Trump Orbit’

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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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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:

US will end Covid-19 testing requirement for air travelers entering the country — (CNN)The Biden administration is expected to announce Friday that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will lift its requirement for travelers to test negative for Covid-19 before entering the US …

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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel

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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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The White House:
Statement by President Biden on Consumer Price Index (CPI) in May

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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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Dan Morse / Washington Post:
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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 …

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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

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 …

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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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 …

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Jesse Singal / Singal-Minded:

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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 …

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