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

Herschel Walker, Critic of Absentee Dads, Has Yet ANOTHER Secret Son—and a Daughter  —  It turns out that Herschel Walker doesn't have just one kid, or two kids, or even three kids.  He has four. … A day after The Daily Beast broke the news that Herschel Walker had a secret 10-year-old son …

Exclusive: Read Judge Luttig's statement to January 6 committee  —  CNN has obtained a statement from retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a Republican who is testifying at Thursday's January 6 committee hearing.  Luttig will provide a sharp condemnation of former President Donald Trump's attempts …

White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town.  Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.  —  Co-published with FRONTLINE … In April of 2021, Cecelia Lewis had just returned to Maryland from a house-hunting trip in Georgia when she received the first red flag about her new job.

Election deniers quiet on fraud claims after primary wins  —  Nevada Republican Jim Marchant insisted there hadn't been a legitimate election in his state in more than a decade.  All of Nevada's election winners since 2006, he said on a recent podcast, were “installed by the deep-state cabal.”

Why Biden Shouldn't Run in 2024  —  Let me put this bluntly: Joe Biden should not run for reelection in 2024.  He is too old.  —  Biden will turn 80 on November 20.  He will be 82 if and when he begins a second term.  The numbers just keep getting more ridiculous from there.

Free Press poll: Kelley leading GOP gubernatorial field after arrest  —  Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley's recent arrest by the FBI for his suspected involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol appears to have boosted his name recognition and favorability among GOP voters …

Insurrectionist Tells Judge Her Elite Credentials Should Keep Her Out of Prison  —  Update, June 16: Simone Gold was sentenced to 60 days in jail.  —  When Simone Gold was making her meteoric rise in the right-wing ecosphere, she never failed to mention in public appearances …

An Executive Order That Might Actually Stop Gun Violence  —  Congress, spurred by violent tragedies in Uvalde, Texas; Buffalo, New York; and elsewhere, may soon pass modest bipartisan gun-reform legislation.  The bill would bolster red-flag laws meant to prevent dangerous individuals from owning guns …

Migrant encounters at southern border hit another all-time high under Biden  —  The number of migrants encountered attempting to enter the United States illegally from Mexico rose in May, surpassing all previous records over the past century, an indication of the scale of the illegal immigration crisis at the border.

Politics on Twitter: One-Third of Tweets From U.S. Adults Are Political  —  Those ages 50 and older produce 78% of all political tweets from U.S. adults Those ages 50 and older produce 78% of all political tweets from U.S. adults  —  Pew Research Center conducted this study to gain insight …

When the Secretaries of Defense and State said publicly the U.S. wanted Ukraine to win, Biden said tone it down  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken had taken off on separate flights from Southeastern Poland after their risky, high-stakes visit to Kyiv …

Why Steve Bannon Is So Dangerous  —  Plus: Meltdown in Wisconsin  —  For his court hearing Wednesday, Steve Bannon chose a slightly less disheveled look: black jacket, untucked black shirt over a black t-shirt, which was, one supposes, a concession to the gravity of the proceedings …

Police Linked to Hacking Campaign to Frame Indian Activists  —  New details connect police in India to a plot to plant evidence on victims' computers that led to their arrest.  —  police forces around the world have increasingly used hacking tools to identify and track protesters …

A Fugitive Chinese Mogul Spent Big to Overturn the 2020 Election  —  A fugitive Chinese mogul who has worked closely with Steve Bannon—and who is under federal investigation for fraud—spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to support efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Convicted felon Corrine Brown running for Congress again  —  Former congresswoman pleaded guilty in May to tax fraud in federal case  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Convicted felon and former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown will be running for Congress again.  —  In a news release obtained Thursday by News4JAX …

The Hidden Driver of High Gas Prices  —  Reduced refinery capacity, in large part triggered by industry consolidation, has been a major factor.  —  Storage tanks at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Detroit, April 21, 2020  —  At this point, it is hard to disentangle overall inflation from surging gas prices.

Jim Chanos On Why Some of the Worst-Hit Stocks Still Have a Long Way Down  —  Despite the carnage we've seen across the stock market, valuations still have much further to fall.  —  That's the view of Jim Chanos, the president and founder of Chanos & Company LP, the hedge fund firm formerly known …

How a Religious Sect Landed Google in a Lawsuit  —  A video producer claims he was fired after he complained that an obscure group based in the Sierra foothills dominated a business unit at Google.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  OREGON HOUSE, Calif. — In a tiny town …

When, Exactly, Did Drag Queens in Schools Become a Thing?  —  The attorney general of Michigan is having a day:  —  My question is: How did we get here?  —  Seriously: How?  How did we reach the point at which drag queens in schools became a topic that is routinely debated in domestic American politics?

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 …

Pete Buttigieg's Day Job  —  The ambitious transportation secretary has the power to go after multiple abuses by the airlines and signal administration support for suffering consumers.  He's barely touched it.  —  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill, May 3, 2022.

The weird saga of Peter Navarro, from California environmentalist to Trump henchman  —  Peter Navarro wasn't always a sad, whiny insurrectionist.  There was a time the former White House trade advisor and Trump henchman was all bright, shiny promise.  —  In the early 1990s …

Turnout Myths Are the Democrats' Drug of Choice  —  Anything To Avoid Having To Actually Persuade Voters  —  Turnout myths die hard.  In fact they don't seem to die at all.  —  That is particularly the case in Democratic circles.  You don't have to talk to a typical Democrat for any length …

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 …