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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Jan. 6 Committee Ignores Clear Evidence Of Mass Illegal Voting, Systematically Broken Election Laws — The Jan. 6 Committee completely sidestepped the verifiable evidence of systemic violations of election law, illegal voting, and more. — In its attempt to blame former President Donald Trump …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Stunning Trump revelations raise fears of a dark, violent future — As extraordinary revelations pour forth about Donald Trump's plot to destroy our political order after the 2020 election, an unsettling question arises: What does it mean that for most elected Republicans …
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Raw Story, The Nation and The Guardian
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump and His Allies Will Repeat Jan. 6 If Necessary — Michael Luttig is a highly regarded former federal judge with rock-solid conservative bona fides. Appointed by former President George H.W. Bush, his former clerks include Senator Ted Cruz and John Eastman, the lawyer …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
What John Eastman and ‘the pardon list’ means — It's been reported on, whispered about and hinted at since the dust was still settling on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection: there was an effort afoot to pardon key players in the GOP effort to overturn the 2020 election.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, The Nation, The UnPopulist and littlegreenfootballs.com
George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
Jan. 6 hearings point up critical role of the 25th Amendment — The hearings of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection have prompted a great deal of discussion about whether Donald Trump should be criminally charged for his attempted self-coup.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
They Will Do It Again — Republicans have not been chastened by the revelations of the January 6 committee.
They Will Do It Again — Republicans have not been chastened by the revelations of the January 6 committee.
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The Guardian
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
A Fox host who apparently helped mastermind John Eastman's coup plot was the only one talking about it in prime time
A Fox host who apparently helped mastermind John Eastman's coup plot was the only one talking about it in prime time
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Townhall and Washington Post
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
What We Learned About Trump, Pence, and the January 6th Mob
What We Learned About Trump, Pence, and the January 6th Mob
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Ignoring the Jan. 6 hearings? Michael Luttig explains why you shouldn't.
Ignoring the Jan. 6 hearings? Michael Luttig explains why you shouldn't.
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The Guardian, Politico, ABC News and The Federalist
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence Plots 2024 Bid as Jan. 6 Hearings Remind Voters of His Break From Trump
Mike Pence Plots 2024 Bid as Jan. 6 Hearings Remind Voters of His Break From Trump
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New York Times:
Trump, Told It Was Illegal, Still Pressured Pence to Overturn His Loss
Trump, Told It Was Illegal, Still Pressured Pence to Overturn His Loss
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Newsy, Iowa Starting Line, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Today's Edition Newsletter and CBS News
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
SpaceX Said to Fire Employees Involved in Letter Rebuking Elon Musk — In an email, Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president, said the letter had made other employees “feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied.” — Give this article- - - Read in app — SpaceX, the private rocket company …
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Nico Grant / New York Times:
YouTube deleted a Jan. 6 committee video that included Trump's election lies. — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot has been trying to draw more eyes to its televised hearings by uploading clips of the proceedings online. But YouTube has removed one of those videos from its platform …
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Robby Soave / Reason:
YouTube Deleted a January 6th Committee Video for Spreading Election Misinformation — YouTube removed a video uploaded by the January 6th Committee that showed footage of former President Donald Trump contesting the results of the 2020 election. — Trump's false claim that voting machines erroneously …
Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News:
Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China — For years, TikTok has responded to data privacy concerns by promising that information gathered about users in the United States is stored in the United States, rather than China …
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Jason Del Rey / Vox:
Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire — Unions might not be the tech giant's biggest labor threat. — Amazon is facing a looming crisis: It could run out of people to hire in its US warehouses by 2024, according to leaked Amazon internal research from mid-2021 that Recode reviewed.
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Jason Koebler / VICE:
Uvalde Hires Private Law Firm to Argue It Doesn't Have to Release School Shooting Public Records — Some of the records relating to the Robb Elementary School shooting could be “highly embarrassing,” involve “emotional/mental distress,” and are “not of legitimate concern to the public,” the lawyers argued.
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Washington Post:
Soaring gas prices lead White House aides back to brainstorming — Administration officials look at fuel rebates, emergency powers if diesel shortages materialize — Senior White House aides have in recent days explored new ideas for responding to high gas prices and looked again …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Peter Navarro, former Trump adviser, pleads not guilty to contempt of Congress charges — (CNN)Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro pleaded not guilty to contempt of Congress charges on Friday after not cooperating with the House's ongoing January 6 investigation.
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Ex-Trump aide Navarro pleads not guilty to contempt charges
Ex-Trump aide Navarro pleads not guilty to contempt charges
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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Supreme Court says abortion protections not guaranteed under state constitution — Katie Akin William MorrisDes Moines Register — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday overruled a 2018 decision that protected abortion under the state constitution. — In a fractured decision that reverses …
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Walmart ‘Cancels’ Mike Lindell's MyPillow, Leaving Him Raging — OH, THE HUMANITY — Walmart has given MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's products the boot from its shelves nationwide. In a phone interview with The Daily Beast on Wednesday night, the pillow tycoon alleged that a Walmart executive …
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Kelly Tyko / Axios:
Walmart “canceling” MyPillow products from stores
Walmart “canceling” MyPillow products from stores
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Maritsa Georgiou / Newsy:
Montana Gov. Returning From Tuscany Vacation As Flood Disaster Grows — The governor's office confirmed he was out of the country when it was noticed his lieutenant governor signed a statewide emergency declaration. — As his home state suffers catastrophic flood damage …
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CNN:
Julian Assange's extradition to US approved by UK government — UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has signed an order to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces espionage charges, in a decision Wikileaks said marked a “dark day for press freedom.”
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Biden approval rating at 39% amid economic fears; 47% ‘strongly disapprove’: USA TODAY/Suffolk poll — President Joe Biden said Thursday Americans were “very, very down.” He's right about that. — A new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll shows the country in a funk, and one that sets …
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Punchbowl News:
6/17/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM. — FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN LAST WEEK IN THE WAKE OF SEVERAL HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTINGS, THERE ARE SERIOUS DOUBTS THAT A DEAL CAN BE REACHED BY SENS. CHRIS MURPHY (CONN.) AND JOHN CORNYN (TEXAS), THE LEAD DEMOCRATIC AND GOP NEGOTIATORS ON THE PACKAGE.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low — 81% believe in God, down from 87% in 2017 — Four in 10 believe God can intervene on people's behalf — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The vast majority of U.S. adults believe in God, but the 81% who do so is down six percentage points from 2017 and is the lowest in Gallup's trend.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Back burner no more: Dems set Manchin talks on party-line bill to simmer — Senate Democrats are preparing for possible summer action on their still-elusive climate, tax reform and prescription drugs bill, grinding behind the scenes on a new version during high-profile gun safety talks.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
While Roe Is Being Overturned, Feminists Fight Among Themselves — Give this article- - - Read in app — The Drift, a buzzy literary journal founded by Kiara Barrow and Rebecca Panovka, left-leaning women in their late 20s, published a series of short essays earlier this year under the rubric, “What to Do About Feminism.”
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New York Times:
How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol on Jan. 6: Rile Up the Normies — A Times investigation of court documents, text messages and hundreds of videos shows how the Proud Boys coordinated to instigate multiple breaches of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Democrats' New Spokesman in the Culture Wars — The left desperately needs someone to stand up to Republicans' rights rollback. Is Gavin Newsom up to the task? — On may 4, two days after Politico rocked Washington by revealing the draft of a Supreme Court decision to overturn …
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