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12:55 PM ET, June 17, 2022

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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 …
Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos
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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.
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 …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
What We Learned About Trump, Pence, and the January 6th Mob
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence Plots 2024 Bid as Jan. 6 Hearings Remind Voters of His Break From Trump
Discussion: The Nation, Breitbart and CBS News
John Nichols / The Nation:
Why the Hell Isn't Mike Pence Testifying at the January 6 Hearing?
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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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Elon Musk tells Twitter's employees he wants the service to ‘contribute to a better, long-lasting civilization.’
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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Insider and UPI
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Ex-Trump aide Navarro pleads not guilty to contempt charges
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Bloomberg and Mediaite
CBS News:
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro pleads not guilty, will fight contempt of Congress charges
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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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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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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 …
Discussion: TikTok
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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Washington Post:   A top GOP pollster's take on the gun debate
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 …
Discussion: HotAir, The Hill and Political Wire
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.
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Post
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.
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Biden says a recession is ‘not inevitable’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday the American people are “really, really down” after a tumultuous two years with the coronavirus pandemic, volatility in the economy and now surging gasoline prices that are slamming family budgets.
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.
Discussion: HotAir
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
They Will Do It Again  —  Republicans have not been chastened by the revelations of the January 6 committee.  —  The January 6 hearings are about the events of a single day, but they implicate a much broader phenomenon: the Republican Party's faltering commitment to democracy.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Guardian
Matthew Kitchen / Houston Chronicle:
‘Life is short’: Ken Paxton faces backlash for suggesting Uvalde massacre was part of God's plan  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made another in a string of tone deaf media appearances in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, this time telling conservative radio host Pastor Trey Graham …
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.
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.”
Discussion: Jill Filipovic
Orlando Sentinel:
GOP loves parental choice - unless parents choose drag queens  —  There was a time when the only places queer people could congregate, and drag queens could perform their female impersonations and lip syncing, were seedy bars and nightclubs on the margins of mainstream society.
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Twitchy
Fred Harter / The Guardian:
‘Marching towards starvation’: UN warns of hell on earth if Ukraine war goes on  —  Unprecedented food shortages could spark riots in dozens of countries as Black Sea blockade adds to pressures, says WFP chief  —  Dozens of countries risk protests, riots and political violence this year …
Washington Examiner:
The existential threat to the Jan. 6 committee's credibility  —  “January 6th and the lies that led to insurrection have put 2 1/2 centuries of constitutional democracy at risk,” House Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said in his opening statement last Thursday.
 
 
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Hannah Allam / Washington Post:
Pride events targeted in surge of anti-LGBTQ threats, violence
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and The 74
CNN:
Buffalo shooting suspect said he committed massacre ‘for the future of the White race’ in note apologizing to his family, affidavit says
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Herschel Walker says he didn't try to hide his other three children
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Daily Kos
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
U.S. border arrests rose to record high in May, data shows
Discussion: Associated Press
Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post:
Russian army ramps up recruitment as steep casualties thin the ranks
Discussion: HotAir
US Food and Drug Administration:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Down to 6 Months of Age
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Republicans Surf the Red Wave
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
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