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Washington Post:
More than 100 GOP primary winners back Trump's false fraud claims — A Washington Post analysis shows the former president's election denialism has become a price of admission in many Republican primaries — J.R. Majewski marched to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and tweeted a photo with the caption: “It's going down on 1/6.”
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CNN and Election Law Blog
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
I thought the Jan. 6 committee wouldn't matter. I was wrong. — I admit to having been skeptical, ahead of time, of the hearings planned by the House select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021. What more is there to be said, I wondered? The evidence of Donald Trump's guilt …
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The Dispatch, New Republic, Mock Paper Scissors, Daily Kos and The Guardian
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
If Trump Wasn't Lying, That's Worse — A delusional president is far more dangerous than a mendacious one. — On Monday, the House January 6th Committee presented evidence that Donald Trump, after losing the 2020 election, promoted allegations of voter fraud that his own advisers had told him were false.
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CBS News, Fox News, The Hill, New York Post, The Dispatch, Truthout, Morning Shots and Raw Story
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
How prosecutors can sidestep the question of Trump's intent — Legal scholars have entertained the argument that defeated former president Donald Trump can avoid prosecution for his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election on the grounds that he was so nuts that he believed his own election lies.
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Mother Jones and Daily Kos
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Of Course Trump Is Responsible for His Lies
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Death threats and epithets: The lonely primary of one Republican who impeached Trump
Death threats and epithets: The lonely primary of one Republican who impeached Trump
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Insider, Fox News, Slate, Albuquerque Journal and Raw Story
CNN:
The January 6 committee is methodically building the case for a criminal conspiracy
The January 6 committee is methodically building the case for a criminal conspiracy
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The Hill, Voice of America, PolitiFact, Talking Points Memo and CBS News
New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Tracks How Trump Created and Spread Election Lies
Jan. 6 Panel Tracks How Trump Created and Spread Election Lies
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ABC News, CNN, Public Notice, Axios, News Café, The Nation, NewsHounds blog and Daily Kos
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside the explosive 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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Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Jan. 6 committee postpones Wednesday hearing — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has postponed its Wednesday hearing slated to review former President Trump's efforts to pressure the Justice Department to investigate his unfounded claims of election fraud.
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and NewsNation
NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee abruptly postpones Wednesday hearing — WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol announced in a statement Tuesday that it was postponing its public hearing that was scheduled for 10 a.m. ET Wednesday. — The next hearing will take place on Thursday instead.
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ABC News, CBS News, NPR, RedState, Roll Call, New York Times, Washington Times and Mediaite
NBC News:
The untold story of Ginni Thomas's anti-cult activism — after she was ‘deprogrammed’ — Ginni Thomas became an anti-cult activist after being pulled out of a self-help program in the 1980s, she said in a video obtained by NBC News. Several people who knew her then are surprised …
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Most Americans oppose trans athletes in female sports, poll finds — Even as an increasing share of Americans report familiarity with and tolerance for transgender people, most oppose allowing transgender female athletes to compete against other women at the professional, college and high school level …
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The Hill, HotAir, RedState, Washington Times, Townhall, National Review and The Daily Caller
Punchbowl News:
6/14/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM, — THERE ARE TWO DYNAMICS WE WANT TO REVIEW THIS MORNING, AND THEY'RE INTERCONNECTED. … WE CAUGHT UP WITH ALL OF THE KEY PLAYERS IN THE GUN-CONTROL DEBATE YESTERDAY, AND THERE WAS ONE CONSTANT - THEY RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION.
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Washington Examiner, HotAir, Politico, Fox News, The Dispatch, Washington Post and The Hill
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CNN:
Thompson's claim that Jan. 6 committee won't criminally refer Trump or others to DOJ meets resistance from committee
Thompson's claim that Jan. 6 committee won't criminally refer Trump or others to DOJ meets resistance from committee
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CNBC, New York Daily News, Washington Times, NBC News, The Carpentariat, Rolling Stone, Insider, NPR and RedState
The Coinbase Blog:
A message from Coinbase CEO and Cofounder, Brian Armstrong — Earlier today, I shared the following note with all Coinbase employees. — Team, — Today I am making the difficult decision to reduce the size of our team by about 18%, to ensure we stay healthy during this economic downturn.
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CBS News, The Hill, Engadget, CNBC, The Daily Wire, UPI, TechCrunch, Washington Examiner, New York Post, New York Times, Fortune and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
The Embassy of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
Saudi Arabia Looks Forward to Welcoming President Biden — Upon the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. of the United States of America will be conducting an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on July 15-16.
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Bloomberg
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The White House:
Statement by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on President Biden's Travel to Israel, the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia
Statement by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on President Biden's Travel to Israel, the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia
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Insider, CBS News, CNN, Washington Post, Fox News, The Times of Israel and The Daily Caller
Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
White House press secy laughs off question about Biden's health: ‘Not a question we should be asking’
White House press secy laughs off question about Biden's health: ‘Not a question we should be asking’
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RedState, IJR, Big League Politics, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, New York Post, National Review, BizPac Review, Sean Hannity, The Daily Wire and Mediaite
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Meltdowns Have Brought Progressive Advocacy Groups to a Standstill at a Critical Moment in World History — Everyone acknowledged that Zoom was less than ideal as a forum for a heartfelt conversation on systemic racism and policing. But the meeting was urgent, and, a little more than two months …
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The Connector, Reason, HotAir and Bad News
Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
Officer Who Displayed Nazi Insignia Will Receive $1.5 Million to Resign — Derek Kammerzell, an assistant police chief in Kent, Wash., was investigated and disciplined after he taped the insignia of an SS officer to his office door in September 2020. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Law & Crime
Andrew Kerr / Washington Examiner:
LISTEN: The moment Hunter Biden says his father will do anything he tells him to — Hunter Biden recorded himself boasting that his father will adopt political positions at his command, footage obtained from a copy of his abandoned laptop shows. — “He'll talk about anything that I want him to …
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Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, Twitchy, Louder With Crowder and RedState
Andrew Court / New York Post:
Secret emoji ‘slang’ teens are using to make drug deals revealed — Teenagers are buying deadly drugs from strangers on social media — and they don't even have to name the narcotic they're looking for. — According to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), tech-savvy teens simply message …
The Daily Beast:
‘Pack Your Stuff and Get Out of My House,’ Says Patriot Front Member's Mom — After anonymous donors bailed them out, Jared Boyce went to his mom's house and told her: “Don't believe the media, mom. We were just there because they're grooming kids.”
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, LGBTQ Nation and CBS News
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Why gas prices always end in 9/10 of a cent — New York (CNN Business)As gas prices continue to rise, drivers are angrily glaring up at pump price boards each time they fill up their tanks. — The average national price Tuesday was a little under $5.02 per gallon, according to AAA.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fired Fox News politics editor: Trump's ire at election night call led to ‘panic’ — The witness seemed to embrace the moment, offering answers with gusto. — Who won the November 2020 U.S. presidential elections? That was the question California lawmaker Zoe Lofgren asked Monday …
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The Daily Beast, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story and Mediaite
Ben S. Bernanke / New York Times:
Inflation Isn't Going to Bring Back the 1970s — We had another bad inflation report last week. — Inflation over the past 12 months exceeded 8 percent, a level that evokes memories of America's Great Inflation of the 1960s and '70s. From the beginning of 1966 through 1981 …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Daily Caller and The RL Report
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Gerontocracy of the Democratic Party Doesn't Understand That We're at the Brink — If you want a sense of what separates much of the leadership of the Democratic Party from many of its supporters — of what illustrates their profound disconnect from younger cohorts of liberal and progressive voters …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ed Shanahan / New York Times:
Happy the Elephant Isn't Legally a Person, Top New York Court Rules — An animal advocacy group had argued that the elephant was being illegally detained at the Bronx Zoo, in a case involving deep ethical questions about the basic rights of highly intelligent animals. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Politico, New York Post and ABC13
Molly Ball / TIME:
How the ‘MAGA Squad’ Is Building Power to Control the Next Congress — On a Tuesday afternoon in late April, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene walks into the seventh-floor congressional office belonging to Representative Matt Gaetz, settles into a high-backed black leather chair, and fits a pair of headphones over her blonde hair.
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Mediaite, The Hill and Mollyesque
Gallup:
Usual Midterm Indicators Very Unfavorable for Democrats — WASHINGTON, D.C. — With less than five months to go before voters elect all members of the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate, the current Democratic congressional majority is facing an extremely unfavorable election environment.
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Forbes and Opinion Today
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Starbucks Threatens Trans Benefits in Anti-Union Push, Staff Say — Starbucks Corp. managers in several states have told baristas that its vaunted transgender-inclusive health-care benefits could go away if they unionize, employees alleged in interviews and a new complaint filed with the US labor board.
Protect Democracy:
Fortifying Vulnerable Communities Against Disinformation … Press inquiries: — [email protected] — Jump to — Overview — The Nature of The Threat — Centering the Knowledge of Community Experts — Case Documents — Overview — Protect Democracy partnered …
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New York Times
Fortesa Latifi / Teen Vogue:
Bay Area Drag Queen Speaks Out Against Far-Right Extremists — In an interview with Teen Vogue, Kyle Chu, AKA Panda Dulce, talks about right-wing attacks on drag performers. — We're on track to see a record-breakingly bad year for anti-LGBTQ+ bills. This Pride month …
CNN:
Georgia investigators seek testimony from former Kanye West publicist who approached election worker — Investigators probing efforts to meddle with the 2020 election results in Georgia have sought testimony from a former publicist to R. Kelly and Kanye West who allegedly pressured a local election worker …
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Washington Examiner and The Root