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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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John Koblin / New York Times:
More Than 19 Million Watched Jan. 6 Hearing, Early Tally Shows — The number, which will grow as the count adds more networks, is in the ballpark of big television events like a “Sunday Night Football” game. — Give this article- - - Read in app — More than 19 million people watched …
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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
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Moral Desolation of the GOP — The sheer scale of Donald Trump's depravity is unmatched in the history of the American presidency, and the Republican Party made it possible. — About the author: Peter Wehner is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum …
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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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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 …
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
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
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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Rolling Stone:
Jared Kushner Wasn't Just Involved in Trump's Push to Overturn 2020. He Helped Start It
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fox News didn't just ignore the Jan. 6 hearing. It did something worse.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The One Witness at the January 6 Hearing Who Matters Most
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Bloomberg:
Jan. 6 Hearings Need to Deliver Additional Viral Moments to Reach Americans
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why It Matters That the Jan. 6 Hearings Put ‘a War Scene’ on Display
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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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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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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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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Statement by President Biden on Consumer Price Index (CPI) in May
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Inflation hit new peak in May amid high gas prices
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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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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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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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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:
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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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 …
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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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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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Snejana Farberov / New York Post:
Cops refuse to release body cam footage of Paul Pelosi's DUI arrest — Authorities in California have refused to release any footage showing the DUI arrest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, saying it could “jeopardize” the investigation. — The California Highway Patrol (CHP) …
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