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New York Times:
When Pence finally drew the line with Trump, it wasn't pretty. — In the third hearing, the committee begins detailing the threats against Pence. — WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol laid out evidence on Thursday that former President Donald J. Trump …
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OMG, Mrs. Thomas asked me to give an update about election litigation to her group. Stop the Presses! — One wonders when the legacy media will quit allowing themselves to be played by false innuendo based on selective leaks from the January 6 Committee. Yesterday, the Washington Post ran …
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CNN and Balloon Juice
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Ginni Thomas Says She Looks ‘Forward To Talking To’ January 6 Committee, Wants To ‘Clear Up Misconceptions’ — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told the Daily Caller on Thursday that she “can't wait to clear up misconceptions” …
New York Times:
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
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Mike Pence Needs To Finish The Job And Testify Before The 1/6 Committee — America needs to hear from Trump's vice president. Under oath. — There was a lot of love for one Michael Richard Pence at Thursday's January 6th Select Committee hearing. — “We are fortunate …
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Overtime, PoliticusUSA, The Guardian, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Associated Press and Forbes
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
4 takeaways from the Jan. 6 committee's hearing on Pence — The third hearing of the Jan. 6 committee on Thursday centered on President Donald Trump's and his allies' pressure on Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election. — Testifying were Pence's general counsel, Greg Jacob …
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Politico, The Hill, littlegreenfootballs.com, The Federalist and Washington Times
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jan. 6 panel to seek testimony from Ginni Thomas — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack plans to seek testimony from conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the panel's chair said Thursday.
CNN:
Exclusive: Read Judge Luttig's statement to January 6 committee
Exclusive: Read Judge Luttig's statement to January 6 committee
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New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Political Wire
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Sotomayor praises Clarence Thomas: ‘He is a man who cares deeply about the court as an institution’
Sotomayor praises Clarence Thomas: ‘He is a man who cares deeply about the court as an institution’
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CNN, The Daily Caller and Washington Post
Politico:
Jan. 6 panel calls Ginni Thomas to testify
Jan. 6 panel calls Ginni Thomas to testify
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CNN:
Exclusive: Retired Republican judge says January 6 was ‘well-developed plan’ by Trump to cling to power
Exclusive: Retired Republican judge says January 6 was ‘well-developed plan’ by Trump to cling to power
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Washington Post:
Pro-Trump lawyer sought pardon after pushing plan to overturn election
Pro-Trump lawyer sought pardon after pushing plan to overturn election
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Vox, HuffPost, Insider, Associated Press, UPI, KTLA, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera and Political Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How a conservative judge's attack on the GOP could shift the debate
How a conservative judge's attack on the GOP could shift the debate
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CNN, NPR, Los Angeles Times, PBS NewsHour and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Andy Craig / The Daily Beast:
Mike Pence Could Have (And Should Have) Invoked the 25th Amendment on Jan. 6
Mike Pence Could Have (And Should Have) Invoked the 25th Amendment on Jan. 6
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Raw Story, KTLA, Washington Examiner and Associated Press
USA Today:
USA TODAY removed 23 stories from website, other platforms following audit of reporter's work — After receiving an external correction request, USA TODAY audited the reporting work of Gabriela Miranda. The audit revealed that some individuals quoted were not affiliated with the organizations claimed and appeared to be fabricated.
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New York Post, Instapundit, The Hill and Reason
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
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 …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
JUST IN: The Herschel Walker Secret Children Count is Now at Three
JUST IN: The Herschel Walker Secret Children Count is Now at Three
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PoliticusUSA, Mercury News and TheGrio
Nicole Carr / ProPublica:
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.
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Kudzu Rants … and The Root
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
As Montana reels from floods, no one is sure where Gov. Gianforte is — Montana National Guard soldiers are deployed around the Yellowstone region, where they say they have rescued dozens of people from this week's severe floods and ushered travelers along ravaged roads.
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NBC News, New York Post and Raw Story
J. Michael Luttig / The Bulwark:
On the Knife's Edge of Democracy — “The hour is late. God is watching us.” — Editor's note: The following is the statement of Judge Michael Luttig, submitted to the United States House Select Committee on the January 6, 2021, Attack on the United States Capitol on June 16, 2022, prior to Luttig's appearance before the Committee.
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ABC News, HotAir, CNN, The Guardian, Common Dreams, SGV Tribune and Raw Story
Loren Grush / The Verge:
SpaceX employees draft open letter to company executives denouncing Elon Musk's behavior — ‘Every Tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company’ — An open letter to SpaceX decrying CEO Elon Musk's recent behavior has sparked open discussion among the company's employees in an internal chat system.
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: Biden says recession is ‘not inevitable’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told The Associated Press on Thursday that the American people are “really, really down” after a tumultuous two years with the coronavirus pandemic, volatility in the economy …
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, Political Wire and РИА …
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Video Shows Customer's Racist Tirade Against Restaurant Worker — CAUGHT ON CAMERA — A woman went on a racist tirade against at an Orlando restaurant worker after she complained about the shrimp and crab meal she ate and was denied a refund. According to the King Cajun Crawfish Instagram page …
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Raw Story
Leighton Woodhouse / RealClearInvestigations:
The Criminal Order Beneath the ‘Chaos’ of San Francisco's Tenderloin — The epicenter of the political earthquakes rattling San Francisco's progressive establishment is a 30-square-block neighborhood in the center of downtown known as the Tenderloin. Adjacent to some of the city's …
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HotAir
Politico:
Tensions escalate as DOJ renews request for Jan. 6 panel transcripts — The Justice Department on Thursday revealed a deepening rift with the Jan. 6 House select committee, accusing the panel of a “failure” to share its 1,000 witness transcripts. — Department officials say those documents …
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Associated Press:
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.”
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The Daily Wire and Washington Examiner
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Bernie Sanders / The Guardian:
Democrats risk a crushing defeat this year. They must change course now
Democrats risk a crushing defeat this year. They must change course now
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Truthout, New York Times, The Daily Beast and Axios
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
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.
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Police group sues Biden administration over Border Patrol ‘whipping’ investigation — A national law enforcement organization has sued the Biden administration's top border officials for withholding information about how the White House handled a 2021 incident in which President Joe Biden …
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PR Newswire, Los Angeles Times and Townhall
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Double Standards: Princeton Turns Blind Eye To Plagiarism From Woke Professor — University's approach to Kevin Kruse provides stark contrast to its treatment of Joshua Katz — Princeton University learned in December about plagiarism allegations against one of its star progressive professors …
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National Review
Washington Post:
The political brawl over a Miami giant of Spanish talk radio — The sale of conservative Radio Mambí to Democratic owners has become a flash point in a debate about Spanish-language misinformation — MIAMI — Listeners calling into Radio Mambí, a popular Spanish-language talk radio station …
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The Brazilian Candidate: The Studious Cover Identity of an Alleged Russian Spy — On 16 June, Dutch intelligence (AIVD) published a press release detailing how it had disrupted an attempt by what it said was a Russian military intelligence (GRU) asset to gain “access as an intern to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague”.
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english.aivd.nl, UPI and Politico
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Key Democrat warns of major security risk if US firm acquires NSO hacking code — Ron Wyden says White House right to raise doubts about possible deal for contractor L3Harris to take over surveillance technology — An influential Democratic lawmaker has said any deal by a US company …
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Protocol
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
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 …