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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

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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

Discussion: Rolling Stone, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, The Hill, The Guardian, Mediaite, MindWar and Washington Examiner

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

Discussion: Insider, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Raw Story, Washington Post, Commentary Magazine, Westfair Communications, Law and Politics, Breitbart and FiveThirtyEight

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.

Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story, Insider, Rolling Stone, The Political Insider, The Guardian, PolitiFact and NPR

Kristen Holmes / CNN:

Trump claims daughter Ivanka ‘checked out’ and wasn't looking at election results — Rep. Liz Cheney shows testimony from Ivanka Trump, Bill Barr and Jason Miller — (CNN)A day after the House January 6 committee revealed previously unseen video of former President Donald Trump's daughter …

Discussion: The Hill, New York Post, HotAir, Talking Points Memo, The Root, RADAR, CBS News, Washington Times, Digging In with Debra …, Salon, Washington Post and Raw Story

The Hill:

Former Fox News editor to testify before Jan. 6 panel — A former top editor at Fox News said on Friday that he has been called to testify next week before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. — Chris Stirewalt, who was ousted …

Discussion: Washington Post, HuffPost, Deadline, Mock Paper Scissors and Political Wire

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

Discussion: Washington Post, Wired, The Nation, The Daily Beast, Reason, Forbes, Althouse and CNN

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

Discussion: The Guardian, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Fox News and Virginia Mercury

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

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post and Raw Story

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

Discussion: Fox News, HuffPost, The Hill, Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Vanity Fair

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

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

Discussion: New York Magazine and Unprecedented

Tristan Justice / The Federalist: The J6 Inquisition Is An Obvious Soviet-Style Show Trial

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Clara Jeffery / Mother Jones: January 6 Committee Opens With a Narrative MasterClass

NewsNation:
Jan. 6 committee: Trump ‘lit the flame of the attack’

Discussion: Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, Insider, Vox, ABC News, PolitiFact, The Wrap, CNN, The Daily Caller, Ringside at the Reckoning, American Greatness, WFLA-TV, HuffPost, Mediaite, WGN-TV, Media Matters for America and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

New York Times:
Liz Cheney: Vice Chair Has Become a G.O.P. Outcast For Condemning Trump

Discussion: The Hill, Mock Paper Scissors, IJR, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, CNN, NBC News, NewsNation and Political Wire

Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Trump's direct involvement in a coup plotting session and other big takeaways from the first Jan. 6 hearing

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Magazine, Breitbart, RedState, CNN, The Daily Beast, CBS News and Insider

The Hill:
Jan 6. panel says Scott Perry among multiple GOP lawmakers who wanted Trump pardon

Discussion: Rolling Stone, Insider, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Civil Discourse …, Media Matters for America and Raw Story

Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Justice Department Colludes with Congress to Bolster the ‘Insurrection’ Narrative

Discussion: Variety

Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Jan. 6 Committee holds first public hearing investigating attack on the US Capitol

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 …

Discussion: 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 …

Discussion: HotAir, New York Times, Associated Press, CBS News, Fortune, GasBuddy, Townhall, Global Community Weekly, WBBH-TV, CNN, 500 Words With KennyH, Fortune and Twitchy

Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
The hangover: Biden faces 8.6% inflation morning after Jan. 6 committee hearings

Discussion: Politico and New York Post

Olivia Rockeman / Bloomberg:
US Inflation Quickens to 40-Year High, Pressuring Fed and Biden

Discussion: Fox News, Denver Post, The Daily Caller, The Western Journal, NBC4 Washington and Twitchy

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 …

Discussion: NPR, HotAir, Insider, NBC News, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Metro.co.uk, The Gateway Pundit, Axios, CBS News and Political Wire

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

Discussion: Washington Post, CNBC, USA Today, CBS News, The Hill, TheBlaze and NBC10 Philadelphia

Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
CDC to lift COVID-19 testing requirement for international arrivals

Discussion: Politico

The Texas Tribune:

Waiting for keys, unable to break down doors: Uvalde schools police chief defends delay in confronting gunman — Criticized by law enforcement experts for slowness in taking out the shooter, Pete Arredondo described an agonizing wait for a key that would work.

Discussion: The Hill, Metro.co.uk, HotAir, The Daily Caller, The Root, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, CBS News, Insider, The Full Belmonte, NBC Los Angeles and WGN-TV

J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Aware of Injuries Inside, Uvalde Police Waited to Confront Gunman

Discussion: Poynter, The Texas Tribune, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Insider, The Daily Wire, Associated Press, New York Post, Rolling Stone, HotAir and Mediaite

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.

Discussion: Reuters, Insider and Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post and HotAir

Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:

Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Downstate farmer beating the crop out of GOP establishment in gov race — by nearly 2-1 margin — If the numbers hold, it would represent a brutal repudiation by Illinois' Republican voters of Irvin, his mainstream party endorsements and, pointedly, his $50 million benefactor, Chicago hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin.

Dan Morse / Washington Post:

New 911 tapes show how man accused in Kavanaugh murder plot abandoned plan — Authorities say Nicholas Roske was set to sneak into justice's home with pad-soled boots for quiet walking — Fresh off a flight from California, Nicholas Roske grabbed a cab to the home of Supreme Court Justice …

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 …

Ben Goggin / NBC News:

Wickr, Amazon's encrypted chat app, has a child sex abuse problem — and little is being done to stop it — Court records show that Wickr Me has become part of a toolkit used by people who exploit children. Law enforcement and child abuse experts say it's not taking basic safety measures.

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