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Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: The insurrection won't end until Trump is prosecuted and disqualified from future office — In a powerful warning Thursday, the patron saint of the conservative legal movement, former federal appellate Judge J. Michael Luttig, testified before the Jan. 6 Committee and pronounced former President Trump …
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Jack Goldsmith / New York Times:
Prosecute Trump? Put Yourself in Merrick Garland's Shoes — The evidence gathered by the Jan. 6 committee and in some of the federal cases against those involved in the Capitol attack pose for Attorney General Merrick Garland one of the most consequential questions that any attorney general has ever faced …
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National Review:
The January 6 Show — As has been true of so many things surrounding Donald Trump's career in politics, many more people have come out of the January 6 committee hearings looking worse than looking better. Most importantly, the whole tawdry spectacle reminds us: As many good things …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Texas's new secessionist platform exposes a big GOP scam — Of all the lies that Republicans have told about the 2020 election, one of the most insulting is the “election integrity” ruse. In this telling, GOP state legislatures passed restrictions on voting across the country not to make it harder …
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Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Texas Could Secede From U.S. in 2023 as GOP Pushes for Referendum
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' ‘RINO Hunting’ Ad Is a Dumb, Dangerous Troll
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Reuters:
Texas Republicans declare Biden election illegitimate, despite evidence
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Texas GOP approves measure declaring Biden ‘was not legitimately elected’
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Trump Knocks ‘Foolish’ Kevin McCarthy for Not Having Anyone on Jan 6 Committee: ‘Bad Decision Was Made’ — Former President Donald Trump called it a “bad decision” by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to completely withdraw from the January 6 Committee. — Trump railed against the …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
House Jan. 6 committee to reveal Meadows' pressure on Georgia election officials
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Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Can Ron DeSantis Displace Donald Trump as the G.O.P.'s Combatant-in-Chief? — A fervent opponent of mask mandates and “woke” ideology, the Florida governor channels the same rage as the former President, but with greater discipline. … One Sunday afternoon in September, 2020, Jay Bhattacharya …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court rushes to end a term like no other — (CNN)Because of a blockbuster docket, an unprecedented leak, a fraught political atmosphere and Covid, everything has changed at the Supreme Court. — Under normal circumstances on decision days at the end of June, the Supreme Court emerges …
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
“Bloody” protesters outside Amy Coney Barret's home
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TMZ.com:
Elon Musk's Transgender Daughter Files to Change Her Name, Dropping Musk — ELON MUSK DAUGHTER FILES TO CHANGE LAST NAME ... No Longer Wants to ‘Be Related’ to Him — EXCLUSIVE DETAILS — One of Elon Musk's children wants nothing to do with him, and has filed legal docs to drop his famous last name …
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New York Post, The Daily Caller, Jezebel and Mediaite
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden says he's nearing decisions on gas tax holiday and student loans as he tries to tame costs — Granholm: Biden evaluating whether to lift federal gas tax 02:19 — (CNN)President Joe Biden said Monday he hopes to decide soon whether to support a temporary pause in the federal gasoline tax …
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Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Despite Another Covid Surge, Deaths Stay Near Lows — Most Americans now carry some immune protection, experts said, whether from vaccines, infection or both. — For two years, the coronavirus killed Americans on a brutal, predictable schedule: A few weeks after infections climbed so did deaths …
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Common Dreams
Fred Lambert / Electrek:
Tesla lays off head of LGBTQ+ and diversity lead amid Musk's ‘woke mind virus’ concerns — Tesla has laid off both the president of its LGBTQ+ community and a lead involved in diversity and inclusivity programs at the company. — While they were let go as part of a broader wave of layoffs …
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The Daily Caller, Ace of Spades HQ and The Daily Wire
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
This Texas teen wanted an abortion. She now has twins. — Brooke Alexander found out she was pregnant 48 hours before the Texas abortion ban took effect — CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. — Brooke Alexander turned off her breast pump at 6:04 p.m. and brought two fresh bottles of milk over to the bed …
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Austin American-Statesman:
Exclusive: Officers arrived at Uvalde school with rifles, ballistic shield 19 minutes after gunman — Tony Plohetski Chuck LindellAustin American-Statesman — Multiple police officers stood in a hallway at Robb Elementary School armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes …
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David Reaboi / Late Republic Nonsense:
Why Did the Justice Department Cover Up John Allen's Illegal Lobbying for Qatar? — The DOJ seems irreparably corrupt and politicized. But the extent to which he's been protected—and the reasons why—can provide some lessons. — A few weeks ago, someone close to the Justice Department …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
The Mystery of Fleet Street: An Article on Boris Johnson Vanishes — What happened to a story published in The Times of London that was critical of Prime Minister Boris Johnson? The disappearance has London's media world guessing. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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The Guardian:
Russian emails appear to show ‘network’ holding $4.5bn assets linked to Putin — Exclusive: Questions over palaces, vineyards and yachts run by entities that appear to be part of a cooperative — Russian palaces, villas and yachts linked to Putin by email leak - in pictures, maps and video
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OCCRP and Hackwhackers
Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:
Self-proclaimed ‘sovereign citizens’ arrested in California after deputies allegedly find explosives — Three people claiming to be “sovereign citizens” were arrested Saturday morning after live ammunition and explosives were found in a vehicle they were driving and at their remote compound …
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HotAir, Los Angeles Times, San Bernardino Sun, UPI and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Wife of WNBA's Griner tells AP scheduled call never happened — WASHINGTON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on the couple's fourth anniversary Saturday, but they never connected since the phone line at the embassy …
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
Senators Want To Control Google Search Results About Abortion — Democrats ask Google to “limit the appearance” of anti-abortion clinic results. It would be good if people searching Google for information on abortion were presented with the most relevant and scientifically rigorous information …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump campaign documents show advisors knew fake-elector plan was baseless — A review of emails and memos shows that lawyers advising the former president knew the plan was baseless but pursued it anyway — The convening of the electoral college on Dec. 14, 2020, was supposed to mark the end of the wild …
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Frederic J. Frommer / Washington Post:
The 13th Amendment nearly preserved slavery — with Lincoln's support — In a last-ditch effort to prevent Southern states from seceding on the eve of Abraham Lincoln's presidential inauguration in 1861, Congress passed a constitutional amendment that would have prevented Congress …
Ian James / Los Angeles Times:
As water crisis worsens on Colorado River, an urgent call for Western states to ‘act now’ — With the Colorado River's depleted reservoirs continuing to drop to new lows, the federal government has taken the unprecedented step of telling the seven Western states that rely on the river …
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
The people can't be trusted to choose liberal democracy — Liberals must push them toward it. — Democracy, wow. I just don't know sometimes. This time last year, I thought we were heading in the right direction. The political energies of anti-racism and anti-Trumpism conjoined …
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