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Washington Post:
Ginni Thomas corresponded with John Eastman, sources in Jan. 6 House investigation say — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has obtained email correspondence between Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
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Trump Lawyer Cited ‘Heated Fight’ Among Justices Over Election Suits — In an email weeks after the election, another lawyer advising the Trump campaign responded that the prospect of “'wild' chaos” on Jan. 6 could lead the Supreme Court to take up a case. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Photos show Vice President Mike Pence, family in hiding on Jan. 6: ABC News Exclusive — They show Pence minutes after he was evacuated from the Senate floor. — New photos obtained exclusively by ABC News show former Vice President Mike Pence and his family in hiding after rioters broke …
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Robert Costa / CBS News:
Former federal Judge Michael Luttig has stark message for Jan. 6 committee — Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, a staunch conservative long admired by many Republicans, will testify before the House's Jan. 6 committee on Thursday with an urgent and stark message for the panel …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Third panel hearing will show Trump's pressure on Pence to overturn election
Third panel hearing will show Trump's pressure on Pence to overturn election
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Decoding Liz Cheney's big hint about John Eastman — and Donald Trump
Decoding Liz Cheney's big hint about John Eastman — and Donald Trump
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Associated Press, The Hill and NBC News
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Scoop: New CNN Boss Chris Licht Wants Staff to Stop Calling Trump's Election Claims ‘The Big Lie’ — New CNN president Chris Licht discouraged staff from using “the big lie” to refer to former President Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election, Mediaite has learned.
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Inside CNN, Lichtxiety Runs Amok — Facing a mandate to turn down the volume, CNN's most vocal anchors are anxiously navigating the reality that the same chest-thumping fulminations that drove ratings under Jeff Zucker may be a liability for his successor. — Tomorrow morning …
The White House:
Executive Order on Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: — Section 1. Policy.
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Politico:
Biden launches plan to protect transgender youths' health care — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will order his health agency to begin efforts to ban conversion therapy and expand access to gender-affirming treatment after a slew of state attempts to limit transgender health care, particularly for children.
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Mark Osborne / ABC News:
Dr. Anthony Fauci tests positive for COVID-19 — Fauci is a senior adviser to the president on COVID-19. — Dr. Anthony Fauci, a senior adviser to the president on the pandemic, has tested positive for COVID-19. — Fauci, 81, hasn't had recent close contact with President Joe Biden …
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Darleene Powells / CBS News:
Rep. Maxine Waters, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau positive for COVID-19 after Summit of the Americas
Rep. Maxine Waters, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau positive for COVID-19 after Summit of the Americas
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Wall Street Journal:
WWE Board Probes Secret $3 Million Hush Pact by CEO Vince McMahon, Sources Say — Company says relationship was consensual and is cooperating with the inquiry — The board of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. WWE 4.95%▲ is investigating a secret $3 million settlement …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Leader of Trump's Favorite 2020 Election “Audit” May Be Disbarred After Courtroom Meltdown — On Wednesday, Republicans' fake investigation into Wisconsin's 2020 election fell apart in the most spectacular manner possible. This implosion took the form of a stunning 25-page ruling …
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Bill Lueders / The Bulwark:
Fear and Loathing in Dane County
Fear and Loathing in Dane County
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Michael Wilner / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Every state but Florida pre-ordered COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 5 — Every state has placed an order with the federal government to ensure coronavirus vaccines for young children are delivered as soon as regulators authorize their use — except for one.
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Politico, WFLA-TV and Political Wire
Ann Coulter / UNSAFE:
Dinesh's Stupid Movie — And the grift goes on ... As much as I'm enjoying the January 6th committee's careful assembly of evidence proving former President Trump is a douchebag, I wasn't seeing much in the way of a criminal offense until this week's underreported story about how Trump used his …
Robert Legare / CBS News:
Before Jan. 6, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was given plans to occupy congressional buildings, Supreme Court — In the week leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio received a nine-page memo titled “1776 Returns” that laid out detailed plans …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Man who attacked Capitol was given tour of building by Republican day before riot
Man who attacked Capitol was given tour of building by Republican day before riot
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Law & Crime, Axios, Insider, World Socialist Web Site, Politico, American Greatness, The Hill and Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
House GOP welcomes a new Chamber, declares war against the old one — House Republicans welcomed to the Capitol on Wednesday a new self-described “anti-woke” business lobbying group, amplifying their hostility toward the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and broader “environmental, social and corporate governance” (ESG) movement.
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
House GOP calls on Garland to investigate attacks on anti-abortion groups as domestic terrorism
House GOP calls on Garland to investigate attacks on anti-abortion groups as domestic terrorism
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Houston Keene / Fox News:
Lauren Boebert taking legal action over Dem PAC's ‘false and disgusting claims’ that she was ‘paid escort’ — Boebert's attorney says he has ‘irrefutable evidence that each one of these statements is patently false’ — Fox News Flash top headlines for June 15
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: More voters put trust in Republicans to handle inflation, crime — Largest number in a decade rate the economy as poor — Fox News Flash top headlines for June 15 — A large majority of voters say the economy is in bad shape. Two-thirds are pessimistic about conditions.
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Igor Derysh / Salon:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on the Uvalde massacre: “God has a plan” — “Life is short no matter what,” muses Texas AG who backed Trump's coup and opposes any new gun regulation — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said recently that he would tell parents of young children killed …
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Lexi Churchill / The Texas Tribune:
Texas agencies resist releasing public records that could help clarify response to Uvalde school shooting
Texas agencies resist releasing public records that could help clarify response to Uvalde school shooting
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New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Accuses City Council Speaker of Playing ‘Dirty Politics’ — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Adrienne Adams, a fellow New York City Democrat, over her handling of budget negotiations. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Raises Rates By 0.75 Percentage Point, Largest Increase Since 1994 — Officials signaled a much more aggressive path of rate rises to combat inflation that is running at a 40-year high — The Federal Reserve approved the largest interest rate increase since 1994 and signaled …
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Caroline Downey / National Review:
‘Open Season’: Pro-Abortion Terrorist Group Vows to Ramp Up Violence against Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers — Pro-abortion terrorist group Jane's Revenge, which has claimed credit for a string of recent attacks on pregnancy centers across the country, on Tuesday declared “open season” …
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Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Wire:
White House Condemns Radical Missive Promising More Pro-Abortion Violence Against Pro-Life Organizations
White House Condemns Radical Missive Promising More Pro-Abortion Violence Against Pro-Life Organizations
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Mediaite, ABOLITION MEDIA and Washington Free Beacon
Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
Senate Feminist Spends Last Days of ‘Roe’ Shilling for Crypto Bros — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is teaming up with Republican Cynthia Lummis on a cryptocurrency bill that supporters and detractors alike see as mostly hands-off. — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) departs a vote at the U.S. Capitol, June 13, 2022.
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Mo Brooks: ‘Donald Trump has no loyalty’ — This is an opinion column. — In 2016, Mo Brooks said Donald Trump wasn't to be trusted — before he gave his loyalty over to the reality TV president. — Six years later, he's learned that lesson the hard way, having carried …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
On some PBS stations, Jan. 6 hearings can't dislodge ‘Curious George’ — Public television built its reputation for news on the Watergate hearings. But some affiliates have hesitations about these hearings. — Major broadcast and cable networks are carrying the House hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection live.
Jacob Siegel / The Scroll:
The Evil of Banality — Why do you care about thousands of children altering their gender? — An American who wants to understand how political change occurs in their country must study what I've come to think of as the “yawning” habit of sophisticated liberals.
Bloomberg:
US Faces a Fed-Triggered Recession That May Cost Biden a Second Term — Soaring prices are hurting Americans. The cure is going to hurt, too. It may take a recession to stamp out inflation — and it's likely to happen on President Joe Biden's watch. — A downturn by the start of 2024 …
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Insider:
Trump was ‘extremely disciplined in grifting’ and trying to use the presidency to make money, expert on fascism says — Former President Donald Trump tried to use the presidency to make money, a fascism expert said. — Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat told Insider that Trump is a “dedicated” and talented “grifter.”
New York Times:
Inside a Corporate Culture War Stoked by a Crypto C.E.O. — Jesse Powell, who leads the crypto exchange Kraken, has challenged the use of preferred pronouns, debated who can use racial slurs and called American women “brainwashed.” — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Texas Governor's Race Tightens In Wake Of School Mass Shooting, Quinnipiac University Texas Poll Finds; 61% Of Parents Concerned There Will Be A Shooting At Their Child's School — mail_outline — In the race for Texas governor, 48 percent of voters support Republican incumbent Greg Abbott …
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Aaron David Miller / Foreign Policy:
Why Biden Is Trying to Keep Naftali Bennett Afloat — The right-wing Israeli leader's fragile coalition is vastly preferable to a return of Netanyahu. — Days before the new Israeli government was inaugurated in June 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked in an interview …
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
New Mexico's Supreme Court orders county commission to certify vote — The order follows the commission's refusal to approve primary vote tallies, citing discredited concerns about Dominion machines — New Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the county commissioners in rural Otero County …
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Political Wire and CNN
Luke Barr / ABC News:
Encrypted planning, high-power firearms make extremist threat in US unique: DOJ official — A top DOJ official's comments come after two mass shootings in the U.S. — The United States is facing the most “complex” threat landscape in quite some time, a top Justice Department official told a conference in Washington, D.C., Wednesday.