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4:20 PM ET, June 14, 2022

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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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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.”
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 …
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.
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.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:   Of Course Trump Is Responsible for His Lies
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The ugly truth about the right-wing grift machine has been revealed  —  In addition to building a damning case that Donald Trump and his co-conspirators hatched a premeditated scheme to steal a presidential election they knew he'd lost, the Jan. 6 committee has exposed the latest chapter in a story that's at least half a century old.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Hill and NPR
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
How prosecutors can sidestep the question of Trump's intent
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:   Trump's choices prove he knew the truth about the Big Lie
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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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Americans overwhelmingly oppose transgender athletes in female sports, poll shows
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Substack
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.
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: Twitchy
Alan Macleod / MintPress News:
“Top Gun: Maverick” is Military Propaganda.  Official Documents Prove It  —  BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF - “Top Gun: Maverick” is a box-office smash, a massive hit with both critics and the public alike.  Navy and Air Force units across the country have set up recruitment stalls inside movie halls …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Cotton gathers big donors to talk 2024 presidential race  —  Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton huddled with two dozen of his top donors Tuesday morning to describe his planning for a potential 2024 White House campaign, telling them a comeback bid by former President Donald Trump wouldn't deter him from running.
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
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Law & Crime
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.
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.
Discussion: Insider, The Hill, Mediaite and Mollyesque
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 …
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 …
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 …
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” …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Forbes and Opinion Today
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.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell says he will likely vote for gun safety bill  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday announced he supports a bipartisan framework on gun safety and will likely vote for legislation that reflects it.  —  “For myself, I'm comfortable with the framework …
ABC News:
Russian court extends detention for WNBA star Brittney Griner  —  Griner will stay in jail for at least another 18 days.  —  A court in Russia has extended the pre-trial detention for WNBA star Brittney Griner.  —  Griner, who was detained in February, will remain in custody at least through July 2 …
Ginevra Davis / Palladium:
Stanford's War on Social Life  —  JP's favorite college story is the night he built an island.  In the fall of 1993, JP was a junior in Stanford's chapter of Kappa Alpha.  The brothers were winding down from Kappa Alpha's annual Cabo-themed party on the house lawn.
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.”
Libby Emmons / The Post Millennial:
EXCLUSIVE: Gina Carano on her new Daily Wire film, ‘Terror on the Prairie’  —  “I have more confidence in myself.  It took having everything stripped away for me to have that confidence to stand up for myself to stand up for what I felt was right.  And it opened the door.”
Heather Stewart / The Guardian:
Stop calling me boring, Keir Starmer tells shadow cabinet  —  Labour leader urges colleagues to focus on returning to government, after a string of negative stories  —  Keir Starmer has urged his shadow cabinet to stop briefing the press that he is boring, warning them: “What's boring is being in opposition.”
Discussion: Harry Walker
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
The Target of the First Watergate Burglary Still Wonders: ‘Why Me?’  —  Before the infamous break-in, there was another.  A former DNC official ponders the wiretap that changed his life.  —  One day in the spring of 1973, Spencer Oliver — a self-assured though little-known Democratic political insider …
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 …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Two-Pronged Test That Could Put Trump in Prison  —  As the January 6th hearings unfold, a former U.S. Attorney discusses the possibility of criminally prosecuting the former President.  —  The House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 …
 
 
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