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10:10 PM ET, June 21, 2022

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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Oz drops Trump branding in general election shift  —  Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, is quietly shifting his campaign messaging away from former President Trump as he transitions into what's likely to be one of the most hotly contested Senate elections of the midterms.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Rebuked again: Trump's picks for House seats in Georgia go bust  —  Georgia Republican voters rebuked Donald Trump for the second time in a month Tuesday by rejecting his picks for a pair of open U.S. House seats, another blow to the former president after his attempt to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp and other incumbents collapsed.
Discussion: Newsweek
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Katie Britt is projected to beat Mo Brooks in Alabama GOP Senate race
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Live results: Brooks's last stand?
Discussion: CNN and Alabama Daily News
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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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 …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas unseen Trump tapes
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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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 …
Politico:
Ron Johnson tried to hand fake elector info to Mike Pence on Jan. 6, panel reveals
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Alone in Washington, Rusty Bowers tells world what happened in Arizona  —  In refusing to help overturn the 2020 election, the Republican lawmaker was harassed and ostracized  —  Hours before Arizona House Speaker Russell “Rusty” Bowers (R) testified about how he refused to help Donald Trump overturn …
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and Daily Kos
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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.
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 …
Discussion: OutKick
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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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 …
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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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Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Rep. Henry Cuellar campaign says he won Texas Democratic primary runoff fight
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 …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Fox News parent must face defamation lawsuit over election coverage  —  A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected a motion by the parent of Fox News Network to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems Inc's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over the network's 2020 presidential election coverage.
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
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
New York Times:
F.D.A. Plans to Seek Lower Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes  —  The move would be an effort to further wean Americans from addictive tobacco products and reduce smoking-related illnesses.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The Food and Drug Administration is planning …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Post
 
 
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Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
School meal waivers expire in 9 days. After axing them, Congress may try to save them
Clyde McGrady / Washington Post:
A Black Republican tries to bring in Black voters to the GOP
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Germany's ‘Green’ Energy Disaster Is A Warning To The United States
Discussion: Energy Post and Breitbart
Matthew Hinton / ABC News:
Louisiana governor signs abortion bills imposing criminal penalties on providers
Discussion: HuffPost and Jezebel
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The defense of democracy depends on the power of honorable individuals
Discussion: HuffPost, Mother Jones and Raw Story
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Nina Jankowicz's fingerprints on report cited by Kamala Harris's online task force
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Hawaii governor signs transgender protections into law
Discussion: Townhall
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
Microsoft Plans to Eliminate Face Analysis Tools in Push for ‘Responsible A.I.’
Matthew Cunningham-Cook / The Lever:
Biden Taps Anti-Social Security Ideologue To Oversee Program
Tim Graham / Newsbusters:
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Jason Karaian / New York Times:
The Russian ruble keeps rising, hitting a seven-year high.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says Maine cannot deny tuition aid to religious schools
 

 
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