memeorandum: Axios interview: Inside the plans of the country's top union leader (Axios)

4:30 PM ET, June 12, 2022

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Senators strike bipartisan gun deal, heralding potential breakthrough — A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators is set to announce Sunday that it reached a tentative agreement on legislation that would pair modest new gun restrictions with significant new mental health and school security investments …

Discussion: HotAir, Mediaite, Townhall, Blue Virginia, Balloon Juice, Rolling Stone and Raw Story

Politico:

Senators strike bipartisan gun safety agreement — A group of 20 senators struck a bipartisan gun safety framework on Sunday, marking a significant breakthrough in Congress' attempts to address recent back-to-back mass shootings. — In a Sunday morning statement, 10 senators in each party announced support for the deal.

Discussion: The Hill and Los Angeles Times

CNN:

Bipartisan group of senators announce agreement on gun control — (CNN)A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement on principle for gun safety legislation Sunday, which includes “needed mental health resources, improves school safety and support for students, and helps ensure dangerous criminals …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Fox News, The Semi-Pro Pilgrim, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, The Texas Tribune, Reuters, CBS News and New York Post

Alayna Treene / Axios:

Senators reach gun safety deal — A group of bipartisan senators have reached a gun safety framework, which includes enhanced background checks for those under 21, funding for mental health and school safety and state grants for “red flag” laws. — Why it matters: The deal falls short …

Discussion: USA Today and Deadline

NBC News:
Senate negotiators announce framework deal on bipartisan gun package

Discussion: Reuters UK, Associated Press, NewsNation, Politico, Insider, The Hill, Bloomberg, NBC4 Washington, The White House and NBC10 Philadelphia

Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:

Capitol attack pardon revelations could spell doom for Trump and allies — Disclosure that many House Republicans sought presidential pardon may show they believed election fraud claim was false — he House select committee investigating the Capitol attack revealed at its inaugural hearing …

Discussion: Washington Post, CBS News, New York Magazine, The Hill, Raw Story, CNN, Reason to Believe and Public Sphere

Brad Dress / The Hill:

GOP governor says Trump is ‘politically, morally responsible’ for Jan. 6 — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Sunday said former President Trump is “politically, morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 riot last year and called for Republicans to do some “soul-searching” after the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Discussion: Politico, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Fox News and NewsNation

Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Raskin says Garland knows 'what's at stake' on possible Justice Department indictment of Trump

Discussion: Washington Times, Voice of America, ABC News, The Hill, Politico and Raw Story

Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Jan. 6 panelists: Enough evidence uncovered to indict Trump

Discussion: Insider, Talking Points Memo, Florida Politics and WGN-TV

Daniel Walters / New York Times:

Dozens of White Supremacists Arrested in Idaho Had Planned to Riot, Authorities Say — Members of the right-wing group Patriot Front who were charged on Saturday were preparing to disrupt a nearby Pride event, according to the police. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: KXLY-TV

Martha Bellisle / Associated Press:
31 Patriot Front members arrested near Idaho pride event

Discussion: Oregonian, The Daily Wire, Occupy Democrats, Outside the Beltway, KXLY-TV and CBS News

NBC News:
31 linked to white nationalist group arrested near Pride event in Idaho

Discussion: ABC News, TMZ.com, CNN, WBBH-TV, Defending People, Balloon Juice, al.com, Streams of Crunchiness, Washington Examiner, The Hill, FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV and Althouse

Alan Halaly / The Daily Beast:
‘Losers!’: Mob of White Supremacists Busted Near Idaho Pride Event

Discussion: Reuters, Vanity Fair, KXLY-TV, Insider, RedState, HuffPost, NPR, Fox News and Eschaton

Washington Post:

How Shireen Abu Akleh was killed — A Washington Post analysis of available visuals, audio and witness statements shows an Israeli soldier likely fired the fatal shot — “We are now at the doors of the Jenin refugee camp,” Ali al-Samoudi, an Al Jazeera news channel producer …

Washington Post:

Court filing offers new evidence of post-election breach in Coffee County, Ga. — A cybersecurity executive who has aided efforts by election deniers to investigate the 2020 vote said in a recent court document that he had “forensically examined” the voting system used in Coffee County …

New York Times:

Poland Shows the Risks for Women When Abortion Is Banned — Poland's abortion ban has had many unintended consequences. One is that doctors are sometimes afraid to remove fetuses or administer cancer treatment to save women's lives. — PSZCZYNA, Poland — It was shortly before 11 p.m …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:

How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet — An influential system overseen by retailers and clothing makers ranks petroleum-based synthetics like “vegan leather” as more environmentally sound than natural fibers. — Give this article- - - Read in app — It's soft. It's vegan.

The White House:

Remarks by President Biden Before Air Force One Departure — Q Mr. President, do you have a m- — do you have a message for those marching for their lives today in Washington on gun safety? — THE PRESIDENT: Sorry, I didn't hear what you said. — Q Do you have a message …

Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden planning July trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel

Discussion: The Times of Israel

Alan Halaly / The Daily Beast:

Biden Claims Zelensky 'Didn't Want to Hear' Warnings About Russian Invasion — ‘ABSURD’ — President Joe Biden told donors at a fundraising event in Los Angeles on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “didn't want to hear it” when U.S. officials warned him of the Feb. 24 Russian invasion.

Discussion: Mike Klonsky's Edu/Pol, Balloon Juice and Insider

Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:

The Secret Pentagon Photos of the First Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay — GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — For 20 years, the United States military has tightly controlled what the world can see of the detainees at Guantánamo Bay. — No images of prisoners struggling with guards.

Axios:

Axios interview: Inside the plans of the country's top union leader — The new leader of the AFL-CIO is zeroing in on the tech sector as one of organized labor's top targets and plans to shift more of the powerful union's resources to organizing and growing its members, she and her deputy told Axios in a joint interview.

Discussion: The Hill