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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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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, Daily Kos, Mock Paper Scissors, New Republic, Election Law Blog and New Yorker
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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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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The Status Kuo, Daily Kos and Mother Jones
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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New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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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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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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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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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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Washington Examiner, The Hill, RedState, Washington Times, National Review, Townhall, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, HotAir and Just The News
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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Emily Crane / New York Post:
Proud Boys storm San Francisco ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ for kids, shout slurs: cops — Authorities are investigating a possible hate crime after alleged members of the far-right group Proud Boys shouted anti-LGBTQ slurs during a “Drag Queen Story Hour” for young kids at a San Francisco library over the weekend.
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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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The Daily Caller and Law & Crime
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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Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
Georgia Gov. Kemp took $50,000 in donations from CEO of maker of Uvalde shooter's gun — Marty Daniel's donations to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp include $25,000 just before Kemp signed a bill weakening gun laws in the state. — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has received tens of thousands …
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 …
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.
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 and LGBTQ Nation
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 Daily Caller, The Hill and The RL Report
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, RedState, Twitchy and Louder With Crowder
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, Political Wire, HotAir and Bad News
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, Occupy Democrats, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story, Washington Post and Mediaite
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
Oded Yaron / Haaretz:
Iranian Hackers Broke Into Email Accounts of Senior Israeli Figures, Security Firm Says — Check Point attributes the attacks to a group of Iranian hackers known as Phosphorus APT, saying they targeted ex-foreign minister Tzipi Livni, an Israeli general, and other senior defense officials
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CNN:
Capitol Police say ‘there is no evidence’ of reconnaissance tour by GOP Rep. Loudermilk before January 6 — (CNN)US Capitol Police have concluded after reviewing security footage that “there is no evidence” GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk led a reconnaissance tour with Trump supporters trying …
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Associated Press, Florida Politics, The Atlantic, Raw Story, The Daily Wire and New York Times
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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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Death threats and epithets: The lonely primary of one Republican who impeached Trump — MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — GOP Rep. Tom Rice had barely ever criticized Donald Trump before he shocked just about everyone by voting to impeach him in January 2021. — His experience over the next 17 months …
Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner:
World Health Organization to consider whether monkeypox is next pandemic — The World Health Organization is looking into whether the breakout of monkeypox should be of international concern. — WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced during a Tuesday media briefing …
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Politico and World Health Organization
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
Libs of TikTok:
Leaked internal messages show Twitter employees debating whether to ban us — Conservative Twitter accounts are dropping like flies. Just today, Allie Stuckey was locked out for “hateful conduct.” Her crime? She criticized Fox News for celebrating a child's gender transition.
Washington Post:
Alleged Smithsburg gunman said, without evidence, that co-workers were ‘pedophiles,’ police say — The alleged gunman in last week's shooting at a Smithsburg factory told police that he fired on four co-workers because he believed they were “pedophiles,” according to an arrest warrant filed in court.
New York Times:
How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own — The nation's fourth-largest city hasn't solved homelessness, but its remarkable progress can suggest a way forward. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Written by Michael KimmelmanReported by Michael Kimmelman …
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
Roger Stone and Michael Flynn under fire over rallies ‘distorting Christianity’ — Prominent Christian leaders accuse Trump allies of spreading misinformation about 2020 election and Covid, while distorting Christian teachings at ReAwaken America events — A growing number …
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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