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12:50 PM ET, June 13, 2022

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Washington Post:
Trump ignored advice to wait for accurate election results, campaign manager testifies … The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection opened its second hearing Monday with assertions that the Capitol attack was the direct result of Donald Trump's repeated baseless claims …
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Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Jan. 6 hearings: Day two of House committee's presentation begins  —  Watch live: Jan. 6 committee holds public hearing on 2021 Capitol attack  —  The House Jan. 6 select committee's second public hearing on its investigation into the Capitol riot begins Monday at 10 a.m. ET.
Politico:
Jan. 6 committee to detail the origins and reach of Trump's election lies
New York Times:
Trump Campaign Chief to Headline Jan. 6 Hearing on Election Lies
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Herschel Walker claimed to be in law enforcement when he wasn't.  —  U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker regularly praises police officers.  But was Walker in law enforcement himself?  In at least three speeches delivered before he entered politics, Walker claimed he was, the AJC's Shannon McCaffrey reports.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Chris Stirewalt / The Dispatch:
The January 6 Committee and Me  —  Why I'm testifying before Congress today.  —  In America, we once thought of political courage as being willing to do something at one's own expense.  —  At the pointy end of that consideration are instances when people risk their lives or freedom to do the right thing.
Discussion: The Newsletter and Mediaite
Max Boot / Washington Post:
We can't let Ukraine lose.  It needs a lot more aid, starting with artillery.  —  The battle of Donbas — with momentous implications for the future of Ukraine and the entire postwar world — is poised on a knife edge.  —  The Ukrainians are resisting bravely, but they are suffering terrible casualties and slowly losing ground.
Discussion: Twitchy
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Taking Aim at DeSantis, Spooked Trump Considers Launching 2024 Bid in Florida  —  Sources tell Rolling Stone that the former president has been asking if anyone has venues near the governor's mansion in Tallahassee  —  Donald Trump in recent months has been telling confidants that he may launch …
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The End of the Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy  —  Sign up for Derek's newsletter here.  —  Several weeks ago, I needed a ride home after some late-night drinks about two miles from my place in Washington, D.C. I pulled up the Uber app and entered my address.
Greg Bishop / Sports Illustrated:
A High School Football Coach, His Covenant and the Separation of Church and State  —  The Supreme Court is expected to side with a public school football coach who prayed on the field.  Many fear the decision will erode a bedrock of American democracy.  —  The shriek of a whistle sounded an end and a beginning.
Discussion: Twitchy
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Two bodies found in search for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, Brazilian embassy says  —  Aide to Brazil's ambassador to UK tells family bodies discovered tied to a tree, but police appear to deny ambassador's remarks  —  Bodies feared to be those of the British journalist Dom Phillips …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Andrew Giuliani's Vaccination Status Will Bar Him From Debate Studio  —  The Republican candidate for governor of New York is unvaccinated and says he has “natural immunity” to the coronavirus.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  ALBANY — With the first Republican debate …
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New York Times:
The Editorial Board  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views …
Discussion: Althouse
Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:
Arron Banks loses libel action against reporter Carole Cadwalladr  —  Guardian journalist was being sued for defamation over Brexit backer's ‘covert relationship’ with Russia  —  The multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks has lost his libel action against the Observer …
Robert Reich:
Liz Cheney for President?  —  Is she the person America will need? … Friends,  —  I trust Joe Biden's steadiness and judgment, and if he runs again, I'll probably back him in 2024.  But today I want to suggest someone who isn't even a Democrat, and whose positions on many issues I …
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Inside Biden's frustration with soaring prices  —  Biden vented to aides after an ethanol announcement designed to ease gas prices, questioning the policy's effectiveness  —  President Biden seemed upbeat when he visited an Iowa biofuels plant in April to talk about bringing down gas prices …
Jay P. Greene, Ph.D. / Heritage Foundation:
Puberty Blockers, Cross-Sex Hormones, and Youth Suicide  —  Senior Research Fellow, Center for Education Policy … KEY TAKEAWAYS  —  U.S. policymakers are seeking to make it easier for minors to access puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones based on the claim that doing so reduces suicide risk.
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Texas Police Want Uvalde Bodycam Footage Suppressed Because It Could Expose Law Enforcement ‘Weakness’  —  The Texas Department of Public Safety asked the state's Attorney General to prevent the public release of body camera footage in response to a public records request from Motherboard.
Thomas Lecaque / The Bulwark:
Patriot Front and the Next Stage of the Culture War  —  The militias have a plan.  —  The 20 million people who tuned in to the prime-time January 6 Committee hearing last week saw proof that right-wing extremist groups played an essential role in planning and executing the attack …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, Queerty and LGBTQ Nation
Julia Rock / The Lever:
To Fight Inflation, The Fed Declares War On Workers  —  By leaving the problem of rising prices to the central bank, Democrats are accepting an attack on labor power.  —  New inflation data released Friday offered dismal news: Historic price increases aren't showing any signs of abating, and in fact may be accelerating.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Susannah George / Washington Post:
Afghans go hungry as U.S. and Taliban officials blame each other  —  DEZWARI, Afghanistan — Ahmed Shah Jamshidi and his family go to bed hungry every night, but not because food is in short supply.  They just can't afford enough of it.  —  “We were poor before the takeover.
 
 
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Greg B. Smith / All:
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SIPRI:
Global nuclear arsenals are expected to grow as states continue to modernize-New SIPRI Yearbook out now
New York Times:
Just 5 Months Into His Term, Adams Is Busy Raising Money to Win Another
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rubio embraces his low-key side
Bill Chappell / NPR:
In Texas, Moms Demand Action got more than 20,000 new supporters after Uvalde
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Washington Post:
House Democrats probe PR industry's role in advertising for Big Oil
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Michael Avenatti offers to plead guilty in remaining criminal case
Discussion: National Review and Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Digs Into Roger Clemens' Playbook to Try to Beat Congress
Discussion: Raw Story
Maya King / New York Times:
Two Targets of Trump's Ire Take Different Paths in South Carolina
Discussion: Fox News and Roll Call
Matthew Perrone / Associated Press:
Many baby formula plants weren't inspected because of COVID
Financial Times:
US set for recession next year, economists predict
BBC:
India destroys houses of several Muslim figures after religious riots
Discussion: The Guardian
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Chris Smalls's Amazon uprising and the fight for a second warehouse
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
How Bolsonaro Is Using the Military to Challenge Brazil's Election