memeorandum: What Watergate Highlights About the Jan. 6 Hearings (Robert Draper/New York Times)

9:20 PM ET, June 18, 2022

Top Items:

Despite Growing Evidence, a Prosecution of Trump Would Face Challenges — As House hearings highlighted testimony that could create more pressure to pursue a criminal case, the former president tried out a defense that strained credulity. — As new questions swirled this past week …

Discussion: The Hill, Florida Politics and Raw Story

Caleb Howe / Mediaite:

UPDATES: Dan Crenshaw & Staff Assaulted by Right Wingers Shouting ‘Eyepatch McCain’ and Saying He Should be ‘Hung for Treason’ — Rep. Dan Crenshaw and his staff were violently confronted at the Republican Party of Texas convention a short time ago, when far-right social media activist Alex Stein …

Discussion: TMZ.com, Raw Story, RedState, Occupy Democrats and Balloon Juice

Caitlin McFall / Fox News:

Biden falls off bike on Delaware ride with first lady, says 'I'm good' — Biden says 'I'm good' after taking a tumble from his bike in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware — President Biden took a tumble off his bike Saturday morning after he stopped by a group of reporters and members of the public …

Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze, Townhall, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Insider, WHDH-TV and The Daily Wire

Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Biden flubs bike dismount, falls, but uninjured

Discussion: Raw Story and New York Magazine

Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Joe Biden falls off bike as he rides near Delaware beach home

Discussion: Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, One America News Network, The Hill, Washington Times, The Western Journal and ABC13

Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
After about 10 seconds on the ground, Biden was able to hoist himself up, telling the crowd that his ‘foot got caught’

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and The Babylon Bee

Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Biden takes spill while getting off bike after beach ride

Discussion: ABC News and National Review

Kate Bennett / CNN:
As presidential cat, Willow Biden has privileges

Discussion: Twitchy, ABC News, New York Post and RedState

The Texas Tribune:

Texas Republican Convention calls Biden win illegitimate and rebukes Cornyn over gun talks — Some 5,100 delegates and alternates voted on a party platform that also calls for ending the federal income tax, requiring education about fetal gestation and limiting the Legislature's right to regulate guns.

Discussion: Raw Story, Breitbart, BizPac Review, The Truth About Guns, Political Wire, PoliticusUSA, NBC News, The Hill and RedState

Breitbart: Log Cabin Republicans Denied Booth at Texas GOP Convention

Brian Chasnoff / San Antonio Express-News:

Source: Police never tried to open door to classrooms where Uvalde gunman had kids trapped — Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate — Surveillance footage shows that police never tried to open a door to two classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in the 77 minutes between …

Discussion: Raw Story, The 74, Washington Examiner and New York Times

Politico:

Social conservative crowd cheers Herschel Walker after revelations of undiscussed kids — NASHVILLE — Herschel Walker received resounding applause from evangelical Christian activists on Saturday, following revelations he had fathered three children he had not previously discussed publicly.

Discussion: HuffPost

Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Herschel Walker says he ‘never denied’ having 4 children

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Slate

Politico:
How evangelical Christians are sizing up the 2024 GOP race for president

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Raw Story, Fox News and Washington Post

Ryan Goodman / Just Security:

8 Top Former Prosecutors, Senior DOJ Officials on Key New Evidence in Effort to Pressure Pence — I asked several former federal prosecutors and senior Justice Department officials their views on specific new evidence presented by the January 6 Select Committee. I asked each of them independently.

Discussion: Election Law Blog, The Mahablog and The Independent

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
All the Jan. 6 evidence that Trump and Co. knew their plot was corrupt

Discussion: Occupy Democrats

Clyde Haberman / New York Times:

Mark Shields, TV Pundit Known for His Sharp Wit, Dies at 85 — A former campaign strategist, he became a fixture in American political journalism and punditry and was seen on “PBS NewsHour” for 33 years. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Mark Shields, a piercing analyst …

Discussion: NBC News

Juliana Kim / NPR:
PBS NewsHour commentator Mark Shields dies at age 85

Discussion: Associated Press, CNN, Washington Post, Variety, New York Post and Deadline

New York Times:

‘Late Show’ Production Team Arrested at U.S. Capitol While Filming Television Stunt — The production team members had been recording interviews at the Capitol building for a comedy segment on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” They were charged with unlawful entry. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, HuffPost, Insider, The Daily Wire, UPI, New York Post and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Stephen Colbert staff members arrested for trespassing on Capitol Hill

Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY, USA Today, Law & Crime, The Western Journal, New York Post and National Review

New York Times:

Gun Sellers' Message to Americans: Man Up — The number of firearms in the U.S. is outpacing the country's population, as an emboldened gun industry and its allies target buyers with rhetoric of fear, machismo and defiance. — Last November, hours after a jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse …

Edward Luce / Financial Times:

Hillary Clinton: ‘We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy’ … Lunching with Hillary Clinton is no routine affair. When I arrive at Washington's sleek Park Hyatt hotel, the somewhat jittery manager steers me to a discreet side door to await her arrival.

Discussion: TheBlaze, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, HotAir, Fox News, Kara Dansky's Substack, The Hill, Daily Mail and РИА …

Nina Heller / Durango Herald:

Boebert seeks funding for Glenwood Springs bridge after voting against bill that would fund it — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is seeking funding from an infrastructure bill that she voted against in March. — Boebert wants $33.1 million for the South Bridge in Glenwood Springs, according to a newsletter from her office.

New York Times:

Apple Workers at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize, a First in the U.S. — Roughly two-thirds of employees at the store in Towson, Md., voted to join the union. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Apple employees at a Baltimore-area store have voted to unionize …

Discussion: Washington Post and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Greg Hilburn / The Daily Advertiser:

Federal judge will draw new Louisiana congressional map after Legislature fails to act — A federal judge will draw a new Louisiana congressional map with a second Black district after the Legislature failed to draw new boundaries of its own in a Special Session that ended Saturday without the passage of any bill.

Discussion: Louisiana Illuminator

CNBC:

Bitcoin dropped below $17,800 as sell-off accelerates — here's what happened — Bitcoin fell to about $17,749, and ether fell to about $897 on Saturday afternoon, as the sell-off in the crypto market accelerates. — The world's two most popular cryptocurrencies are down more than 35% …

Dhruv Khullar / New Yorker:

“We Have to Get Out of This Phase”: Ashish Jha on the Future of the Pandemic — President Biden's COVID czar talks about his public-health philosophy, his Twitter threads, his unlikely path to the White House, and where we go from here. — During the first year of the covid-19 pandemic …