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8:40 PM ET, June 21, 2022

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ivanka Trump expressed a different view on the election to a filmmaker.  —  Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of former President Donald J. Trump, told a documentary film crew in the middle of December 2020 that her father should “continue to fight until every legal remedy is exhausted” …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Politico:
Ron Johnson tried to hand fake elector info to Mike Pence on Jan. 6, panel reveals  —  A top aide to Sen. Ron Johnson attempted to arrange a handoff of false, pro-Trump electors from the senator to Mike Pence just minutes before the then-vice president began to count electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Live Updates: Jan. 6 Panel Ties Trump to False Electors Plan  —  Jan. 6 panel reveals evidence that Trump was directly involved in a plan to put forward fake electors.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump was directly involved in a scheme to put forward slates of false pro-Trump electors …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The attempted revolution was televised — and recorded  —  At least three documentarians were at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021  —  The House select committee investigating the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, began its recent calendar of public hearings with two witnesses.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas unseen Trump tapes
CNN:
Frustrated with January 6 hearings, Trump turns ire toward his allies  —  (CNN)Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, riot as it lifts the curtain on some of its findings with public hearings that have garnered gavel-to-gavel cable coverage …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Triad:
Trump Proves the Jan. 6th Committee's Point  —  He's basically a witness against himself.  —  We're taking turns subbing for JVL while he is out, and I wanted to use my turn at bat to talk about something that struck me over the weekend: Former President Donald Trump is responding to the case …
CNN:
7 takeaways from the fourth day of the January 6 hearings  —  The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Mary Claire Patton / KSAT-TV:
Officer husband of slain Uvalde teacher was detained, had gun taken away after trying to save wife  —  Texas DPS director said Eva Mireles told her husband she ‘had been shot and was dying’  —  UVALDE, Texas - Shocking testimony from the Texas DPS director on Tuesday has revealed even more insight into the …
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Associated Press:
Texas top cop: Uvalde police response an ‘abject failure’  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they never checked a classroom door …
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Election workers describe ‘hateful’ threats after Trump's false claims  —  Shaye Moss's life forever changed on Dec. 10, 2020, when Rudy Giuliani, then President Donald Trump's top campaign lawyer, publicly claimed that she and her mother, a fellow poll worker in Fulton County, Ga., had rigged the outcome in her state.
Discussion: Vox, New York Times and Jezebel
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
'There's nowhere I feel safe': Georgia elections workers describe how Trump upended their lives
Discussion: HuffPost and The 19th
Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:   Live chat  —  Updates about tonight's races in Georgia  —  🌖Our chat has ended, but you can still read it back.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Georgia election worker Shaye Freeman Moss says Trump conspiracies ‘turned my life upside down’
NBC News:
Senators release text of bipartisan gun bill, seek final passage this week  —  WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators overcame some last-minute hurdles and released legislative text Tuesday on a narrow set of provisions to combat gun violence, including state funding to implement “red flag” laws and enhanced background checks.
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Senators say agreement on gun violence compromise is at hand
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Laurie McGinley / Washington Post:
Biden administration is expected to move to cut nicotine in cigarettes  —  The FDA is expected to say it will work on a proposal to lower nicotine to minimally or nonaddictive levels  —  The Biden administration is expected as soon as Tuesday to announce it intends to issue …
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New York Times:
F.D.A. Plans to Seek Lower Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
Discussion: Bloomberg
Jennifer Maloney / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Targets Removal of Most Nicotine From Cigarettes
Discussion: The Daily Wire and Washington Post
Will Hobson / Washington Post:
Document reveals details of 2009 sexual assault allegation against Daniel Snyder  —  An employee of Washington's NFL team accused owner Daniel Snyder of sexually harassing and assaulting her in April 2009, three months before the team agreed to pay the woman $1.6 million as part of a confidential settlement …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Katie Britt on cusp of comeback win vs. Mo Brooks in Alabama Senate GOP runoff  —  MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Katie Britt conceded that few Republicans thought she could win the Republican nomination for Senate in the ruby-red state of Alabama after former President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Mo Brooks early in the campaign.
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Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
Cuellar Defeats Cisneros In South Texas Primary Runoff, Recount Shows  —  Henry Cuellar, the embattled nine-term congressman from South Texas in the political fight of his career, won his Democratic primary runoff against a young progressive opponent, overcoming fierce attacks on his record …
Discussion: Axios, CNN, HuffPost, Insider and KXAN-TV
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chevron.com:
a letter to president biden from chevron CEO mike wirth  —  Dear Mr. President:  —  Thank you for your letter dated June 14, 2022.  As industry leaders, academic experts and numerous policy makers have pointed out, there are no easy fixes nor any short-term answers to the global supply …
ProPublica:
Meet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who's Gaming the Tax System  —  The Secret IRS Files … One day in July 1985, three young men from Philadelphia, their lawyer and a burly Pinkerton guard arrived at a horse track outside Chicago carrying a briefcase with $250,000 in cash.
Discussion: Truthout and Political Wire
Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
Killer South Dakota Attorney General Ousted and Banned from Office  —  After he ran over a man, the top law-enforcement official in the state was in trouble.  Now he's out of a job.  —  Jason Ravnsborg, the South Dakota attorney general who ran over and killed a man on a highway in 2020 …
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
The U.S. attorney general visits Ukraine and names a veteran prosecutor to help investigate Russian war crimes.  —  WASHINGTON — The United States attorney general, Merrick B. Garland, made a surprise trip to Ukraine on Tuesday and announced the appointment of a veteran prosecutor known …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Visits Ukraine, Reaffirms U.S. Commitment to Help Identify, Apprehend, and Prosecute Individuals Involved in War Crimes and Atrocities
David Gilbert / VICE:
American Grifters: Meet the MAGA Army Profiting Off Trump's Election Lies  —  A shadow army of grifters and hucksters is working tirelessly to substantiate his unfounded claims about election fraud—and make a few bucks doing it.  —  David Gilbert  —  The House select committee investigating …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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