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New York Times:
A Jan. 6 panel member says Trump raising money off bogus election claims was ‘the big rip-off.’ — William P. Barr, the former attorney general, said in a recorded deposition that claims of widespread electoral fraud were nonsense. As the hearing closed, Rep. Zoe Lofgren said Mr. Trump used lies about fraud as a fund-raising tool.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
No, Bill Stepien, You Weren't On “Team Normal.” You Were On “Team Coup.” — On the self-delusion that led a Trump accomplices to believe he was one of the good coupers. — Donald Trump's campaign manager is convinced he was one of the normal ones. — Day two of the January 6th …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and The Hill
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why today's Jan. 6 revelations will be dangerous for Trump — As we prepare for Monday's committee hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection, it's worth dwelling on the legal concept of “willful blindness.” Under it, deliberate ignorance of a particular fact does not constitute exoneration if there was a high …
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USA Today, Slate, Raw Story, New York Times, Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, Al Jazeera and The Guardian
Politico:
Jan. 6 panel makes case election fraud claims were Trump vs. ‘Team Normal’ — The Jan. 6 select committee's case that former President Donald Trump stoked a violent insurrection rests on a fundamental premise: Trump was endlessly told, over and over, that his claims of election fraud were false.
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Yahoo News, ABC News, Washington Examiner, Vox, The Guardian and The Mahablog
Washington Post:
Trump pushed ‘big lie’ despite being told election fraud claims were false, aides testify … The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection asserted in its second hearing Monday that the Capitol attack was the direct result of Donald Trump's repeated baseless claims …
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Axios, The Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer, CNN, Associated Press, NewsNation, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story, RedState, Words & Deeds and Political Wire
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Ex-Trump campaign manager pulls out of Jan. 6 hearing
Ex-Trump campaign manager pulls out of Jan. 6 hearing
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CBS News, The Daily Beast, Insider, PBS NewsHour, The Hill, New York Times, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, WOOD-TV and Fox News
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Jan. 6 hearings: Day two of House committee's presentation begins
Jan. 6 hearings: Day two of House committee's presentation begins
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The Hill, CBS News, HuffPost, UPI, Raw Story, Common Dreams, Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, USA Today and Political Wire
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 14 most compelling lines from today's January 6 committee hearing
The 14 most compelling lines from today's January 6 committee hearing
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CNBC, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, Rolling Stone and Deadline
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Major TV networks, including Fox News, plan to televise Monday's hearing of the January 6 committee
Major TV networks, including Fox News, plan to televise Monday's hearing of the January 6 committee
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Salon, Washington Times, RedState, The Guardian, HuffPost, Raw Story and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
A ‘definitely intoxicated’ Giuliani urged Trump to push fraud claims on election night, aide says
A ‘definitely intoxicated’ Giuliani urged Trump to push fraud claims on election night, aide says
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NPR, Mother Jones, PBS NewsHour, Above the Law, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, IJR and The Guardian
Kayla Epstein / Insider:
Trump's attorney general Bill Barr said dealing with ‘bogus’ 2020 voting fraud claims was like ‘playing Whac-a-Mole’
Trump's attorney general Bill Barr said dealing with ‘bogus’ 2020 voting fraud claims was like ‘playing Whac-a-Mole’
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The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News, Raw Story and Rolling Stone
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee turns to Trump's election lies, but loses a key witness
Jan. 6 committee turns to Trump's election lies, but loses a key witness
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HuffPost, New York Magazine, USA Today, Washington Post, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Associated Press and The Guardian
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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Fears Defeat in East Without Surge in Military Aid
Ukraine Fears Defeat in East Without Surge in Military Aid
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HotAir, Task & Purpose, Reuters, nationalinterest.org, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Associated Press, Balloon Juice and The RL Report
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: As Russia Forges Ahead, Europe Recalculates
Ukraine Live Updates: As Russia Forges Ahead, Europe Recalculates
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Politico, National Review, CBS News, The Times of Israel, UPI, The Guardian and Bloomberg
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.
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story, The Triad, Mother Jones, The Root and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
S&P 500 Drops Into Bear-Market Territory as Dow, Nasdaq Fall — Investors raise bets on aggressive Federal Reserve interest-rate increases; cryptocurrencies decline — The stock market selloff deepened Monday, with the S&P 500 closing in a bear market, as investors took another look …
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National Review, Variety and BizPac Review
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Julia Rock / The Lever:
To Fight Inflation, The Fed Declares War On Workers
To Fight Inflation, The Fed Declares War On Workers
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Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and Washington Examiner
Fox News:
Supreme Court extends wait for decision in case that could overturn Roe v. Wade — The Supreme Court did not issue a decision in the case expected to overturn Roe v. Wade on Monday — Fox News Flash top headlines for June 13 — The Supreme Court Monday again prolonged the wait …
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Washington Examiner, The Underground and Townhall
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pro-choice activists block streets near Supreme Court in anticipation of abortion ruling
Pro-choice activists block streets near Supreme Court in anticipation of abortion ruling
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and Sean Hannity
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
After Bitter Loss, Ousted Centrist Democrat Goes After Party That Backed Him — Jamie McLeod-Skinner, the progressive who unseated Rep. Kurt Schrader, is due to face former Happy Valley Mayor Lori Chavez-DeRemer in November. — Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) got significant support …
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 …
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Washington Free Beacon and American Politics Since Jan 6
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 Magazine, Raw Story and The Daily Wire
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Government expands investigation into Trump's social network deal — Federal securities regulators have expanded their investigation into the planned merger between a blank check acquisition company and former President Trump's social media business, known as Truth Social, according to a Monday morning filing with the SEC.
Elizabeth Wolfe / CNN:
The 31 people arrested in Idaho have ties to a White nationalist group and planned to riot at a Pride event, police say. Here's what we know — Video shows arrest of White nationalist-affiliated group near Pride parade — (CNN)After an alarmed 911 caller reported a group dressed like a …
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Media Matters for America, Raw Story, The Root, KXLY-TV, LGBTQ Nation, CBS News, UPI, WBBH-TV and ABC News
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Thomas Lecaque / The Bulwark:
Patriot Front and the Next Stage of the Culture War
Patriot Front and the Next Stage of the Culture War
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The Western Journal, Idaho Capital Sun, Townhall and Raw Story
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.
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 …
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New York Post, Al Jazeera, The Daily Beast, Fox News, The Hill, CBS News, Common Dreams and Associated Press
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.
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, USA Today, The Newsletter, Mediaite, New York Post and Common Dreams
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.
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Breitbart, Mediaite, Newsbusters, The Daily Wire, OutKick and Twitchy
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.
War on the Rocks:
The Most Dangerous Phase for Ukraine? — This is not an optimistic episode. Michael Kofman speculates that the war might be in its most dangerous phase. Why is that? Ukraine's casualties and shortages in munitions are beginning to show as Russia is gaining some operational advantages in the Donbass.
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