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2:25 AM ET, June 15, 2022

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump team descends into infighting over Jan. 6  —  We've seen just two relatively brief hearings of the House Jan. 6 committee.  Yet already members of Donald Trump's inner circle are accusing one another of lying under oath, taking bribes from Democrats, shilling for Marxists and being past their primes.
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Washington Post:
Publix heiress paid Kimberly Guilfoyle's $60,000 speaking fee on Jan. 6  —  The funds were directed to Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancee through Turning Point Action, a nonprofit run by Charlie Kirk  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle, a fundraiser for former president Donald Trump and the fiancee of his eldest son …
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
The Future Criminal Case Against Donald Trump  —  Congress and the Justice Department now find themselves in a complex dance, set to the tempo of the Jan. 6 hearings.  The House select committee has already uncovered evidence suggesting that former President Donald Trump committed serious federal crimes.
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
New details emerge of Oval Office confrontation three days before Jan. 6  —  Jeffrey Clark, a mid-level Justice Department official, wanted Trump to name him attorney general in a plan aimed at potentially overturning the election  —  Three days before Congress was slated to certify …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
In South Carolina, a Republican congressman who voted to impeach Trump loses his primary to a Trump-backed rival.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Leave Joe Biden Alone  —  Biden's been a good president, but Republicans want to impeach him and some Democrats want to replace him.  —  Every administration has its ups and downs; today I examine why the Biden White House is taking more than its fair share of hits.
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The Daily Caller:
We Asked All 50 Democratic Senators If They Would Endorse Biden In 2024. Only 5 Said ‘Yes’
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: Keisha Lance Bottoms to join White House  —  President Biden is tapping former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to replace Cedric Richmond as one of his most senior aides, bringing a Democratic rising star and former VP contender into the White House at a critical juncture, Axios has learned.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Herschel Walker Says He's a Model Dad.  He Has a Secret Son.  —  The GOP Senate hopeful, who has bemoaned “fatherless households,” was named in a paternity case. … For years, former football star turned Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker has expressed an enormous pride …
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote  —  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Votes in a New Mexico community are at risk of not counting after a Republican-led commission refused to approve primary election results over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines.
Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Republican Mayra Flores wins South Texas House seat long a Democratic stronghold  —  Rising Republican star Mayra Flores beat out Democratic challenger Dan Sanchez on Tuesday in a special election to finish Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela's current term in South Texas, a competitive congressional seat …
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Mayra Flores / New York Times:
Texas 34th Congressional District Special Election Results  —  In a special election to replace former Representative Filemon Vela, a Democrat who resigned from Congress in March, Republicans are trying to flip the South Texas seat.  If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, there will be a runoff election in August.
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Wind and solar power are ‘bailing out’ Texas amid record heat and energy demand  —  (CNN)Texans are cranking on the air conditioning this week amid an unusually early heat wave, setting new records for electricity demand in the state, which surpassed 75 gigawatts on Sunday and smashed the 2019 record.
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Evan Halper / Washington Post:
Why an energy crisis and $5 gas aren't spurring a green revolution
Discussion: The Equation
Jim Saunders / Miami Herald:
South Florida synagogue sues over Florida's new 15-week abortion ban  —  BY JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA  —  A South Florida Jewish congregation has challenged a new state law that blocks abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, contending the measure violates privacy and religious-freedom rights.
Discussion: Reuters
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Photos capture election-night tension at White House as Trump family, aides watch lead fade away  —  They reflect what advisers told the Jan. 6 committee despite Trump's claims.  —  A series of photos taken on election night 2020 inside the Trump White House captures the tension as Trump's family …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Politico:
How a centrist, a liberal and 2 conservatives achieved 4-part harmony on guns  —  One day after the mass shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Texas, Kyrsten Sinema held a rare off-the-cuff press gaggle where she vowed to talk to Republicans about a gun safety deal.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Wow: McConnell says he'll support Senate gun deal
Phillip W. Magness / Reason:
Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?  —  When former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke intimated in early 2017 that he would be joining Donald Trump's nascent administration, CNN obtained a copy of Clarke's master's thesis from the Naval Postgraduate School and revealed …
Ian James / Los Angeles Times:
Major water cutbacks loom as shrinking Colorado River nears ‘moment of reckoning’  —  As the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River's reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks …
Discussion: Idaho Capital Sun
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump's pick for Pa. governor says he sees ‘parallels’ to Hitler's power grab in Capitol riot  —  WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for governor in Pennsylvania compared the Jan. 6 attack to historical events staged by the Nazis, saying that he saw “parallels” …
Madison Muller / TIME:
WHO Will Rename Monkeypox Virus to Minimize Stigma and Racism  —  The World Health Organization will officially rename monkeypox, in light of concerns about stigma and racism surrounding the virus that has infected over 1,600 people in more than two dozen countries.
Washington Post:
White House has security concerns about any deal for NSO hacking tools  —  The Biden administration is warning that a potential deal between a major American defense firm and NSO Group, a blacklisted Israeli spyware company, to buy the Israeli firm's hacking tools would raise “serious” …
Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Bass has pulled ahead of Caruso.  She can thank those last-minute mail-in voters  —  Rep. Karen Bass pulled ahead of rival Rick Caruso in the primary election for Los Angeles mayor on Tuesday after a surge of vote-by-mail ballots boosted the congresswoman and several other progressive candidates.
WRAL-TV:
Beasley, Budd in close race for US Senate seat, WRAL News poll shows  —  Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd are locked in a tight race for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat, according to a WRAL News poll.  And stances on gun control in the wake of a deadly school shooting …
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Far-Right Influencers Hyped Coeur d'Alene Pride Before Patriot Front Showed Up  —  Right-wing influencers, including the pseudonymous, viral Twitter account “Libs of TikTok,” repeatedly drew negative attention to the Pride event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in its runup, setting the stage for white supremacists to target it.
Charles R. Davis / Insider:
Trump might have to be prosecuted to save American democracy, an expert on authoritarianism argues  — Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a history professor and expert on fascism at New York University.  — In 2020, she warned that authoritarian leaders, including Donald Trump, do not give up power easily.
Discussion: americamagazine.org and Lucid
New York Times:
Biden Weighs Tariff Rollback to Ease Inflation, Even a Little Bit  —  While lifting some levies on China is unlikely to put a large dent in inflation, administration officials concede they have few other options to address surging prices.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
CNN:
War in Ukraine reaches pivotal moment that could determine long-term outcome, intelligence officials say  —  Ukraine's military is burning through Soviet-era ammunition that fits older systems as the country pleads with the West to send more heavy weaponry and Russia amasses …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Joe Kahn is now editing the New York Times.  Don't expect a revolution.  —  In an interview, the new executive editor holds forth on labels, social media bubbles, threats to democracy and why not to expect big changes at the Times  —  Joe Kahn took over as executive editor of the New York Times on Tuesday …
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Fox News and Twitchy
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Police in the Dallas area kill a gunman who entered a summer camp for kids  —  A gunman opened fire inside a building where more than 250 kids and staff were starting a day of summer camp on Monday, setting off a panic that ended with a gunfight with police in Duncanville, Texas.
 
 
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Jonathan Larsen / TYT Network:
Democrats Eye Wall Street Rule to Fight Inflation
Richard Goldberg / New York Post:
The UN continues Israel-bashing after Biden promised to stop it
Michael Shellenberger:
Why The Biden Admin Wants Censorship Of Renewable Energy Critics
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Insider:
Two prominent Democratic lawmakers violated a federal conflicts-of-interest law. Again.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
House passes bill to extend security protections to families of Supreme Court justices
Wall Street Journal:
Mental-Health Startup Cerebral Investigated by FTC
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Alan Macleod / MintPress News:
“Top Gun: Maverick” is Military Propaganda. Official Documents Prove It
Discussion: Twitchy
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Cotton gathers big donors to talk 2024 presidential race
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
Roger Stone and Michael Flynn under fire over rallies ‘distorting Christianity’
Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
Officer Who Displayed Nazi Insignia Will Receive $1.5 Million to Resign
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Law & Crime
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