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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:

Cassidy Hutchinson Held Their Manhoods Cheap — They all knew. But only the 26-year-old staffer would testify about it under oath. — This afternoon a 26-year-old former assistant showed more courage and integrity than an entire administration full of grown-ass adults who were purportedly working …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Politico and Insider

John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:

Trump Is In Deep, Deep, Deep, Deep Trouble — The testimony this afternoon of Cassidy Hutchinson, the aide to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, cannot be dismissed. If what she has testified to, sworn under oath, is not countered or contradicted by Meadows or Trump's White House counsel Pat Cippolone …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Politico:

Former White House aide delivers shocking testimony about out-of-control Trump on Jan. 6 — Minutes before Donald Trump took the stage at an Ellipse rally on Jan. 6, 2021, he urged the Secret Service to remove security magnetometers to let in people with weapons because “they're not here to hurt me …

Gabby Orr / CNN:

‘This is a bombshell’: Trump aides left speechless by Hutchinson testimony — (CNN)Aides to former President Donald Trump were left speechless amid the first half of Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony on Tuesday, acknowledging to CNN that her testimony was “a bombshell” with potentially huge repercussions for Trump.

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Republicans Are Trying to Cover Up the Greatest Political Scandal in American History … The January 6 hearings have two basic functions. The first is to reveal, to the degree it is possible, as much as can be uncovered about Donald Trump's efforts to negate the 2020 election result and remain in office.

Discussion: Data For Progress

Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:

Hutchinson Puts Trump's Violence on Display — Who will stand by her? — Let's stipulate a few things that 26-year-old Cassidy Hutchinson testified to, under oath, before the House January 6th Committee: — President Donald Trump was warned that his supporters were armed before he gave his speech on Jan. 6th.

Discussion: NBC News, Florida Phoenix, Steady, CNN, CBS News, ABC News, Fox News, Nevada Current, Law & Crime and Overtime

Politico:

How the Jan. 6 panel's star witness drew a roadmap for Trump's culpability — The Jan. 6 select committee made a big bet on Cassidy Hutchinson. She delivered on Tuesday — and then some. — With what may prove the most damning testimony about a sitting president's actions in American history …

Discussion: Insider, HuffPost, The Hill, Washington Post, PolitiFact, Mother Jones, Breitbart, New York Times, Slate, Washington Times, Townhall, Common Dreams and MSNBC

Politico:

What would Doug Jones do? — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. — Former Sen. DOUG JONES, 'S attorney general","link":{"target":"NEW", “attributes”:[],"url":"https …

Amber Phillips / Washington Post:

All the bombshells Cassidy Hutchinson dropped about Trump and Jan. 6 — The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection held a surprise hearing Tuesday that featured a key witness: Cassidy Hutchinson, who was a top aide to former president Donald Trump's last chief of staff, Mark Meadows.

Discussion: Axios, Bloomberg, Insider, HuffPost, RADAR, Fox News, CBS News, New York Post, Iowa Starting Line, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Mahablog, The Guardian and Mediaite

Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Jan. 6 panel looks inside Trump White House with Cassidy Hutchinson testimony

Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Cassidy Hutchinson Shows Trump's Complicity in the Attack on the Capitol

Discussion: The Dispatch, Los Angeles Times, Insider, RedState, PBS NewsHour, Slate, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, Associated Press and Just The News

NBC News:
Jan. 6 hearing highlights: Cassidy Hutchinson gives explosive testimony about the Trump White House

Washington Post:
Trump lunged for steering wheel, Secret Service agent in bid to reach Capitol, former aide testifies

Discussion: The Hill, The Texas Tribune, Raw Story, Insider, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Just The News, Variety, Denver Post, Occupy Democrats, Newsy, Bloomberg, CNN, Common Dreams and UPI

Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
‘Our Own President Set Us Up’: Injured Capitol Police Officer Says Trump Betrayed Him

Discussion: Insider

Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Witness recalls being told Trump grabbed the wheel when he couldn't go to the Capitol

Discussion: New York Times, CNN and PoliticusUSA

Politico:
What the Jan. 6 committee's star witness knows

Discussion: Axios, Raw Story, New Republic, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, YouTube, Daily Mail, ABC News, Mediaite, Popular Information, USA Today, Washington Times, Vanity Fair, Raw Story and CNN

ABC News:
Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Witness: Irate Trump grabbed wheel, demanded to go to Capitol

Discussion: NBC News, Al Jazeera, Twitchy, Uniic Media, UPI, KSLTV.com, Daily Kos and CBS News

Washington Post:
Who is Cassidy Hutchinson? — Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Trump White House chief …

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Supreme Court Revives Republican-Drawn Voting Map in Louisiana — A federal judge had ordered lawmakers to redraw the state's six congressional districts to include two in which Black voters were in the majority. — Give this article- - - Read in app — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …

Discussion: The Hill, Reuters, Associated Press, UPI, NBC News, The Daily Caller, CNN, Louisiana Illuminator, KLFY-TV, Just The News and ArkansasTimes

Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
George Washington University rejects petition to fire Clarence Thomas over abortion ruling

Discussion: Politico, Change.org and The Federalist

Rasmussen Reports:
Abortion: Half of Voters Approve Supreme Court Ruling

Discussion: Power Line, Breitbart, LifeNews.com and Althouse

America First Legal:
AFL Applauds Outcome of SCOTUS Decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District

Discussion: Rolling Stone

Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:

Giuliani on Defensive After Uproar Over Assault Claim — Two days after Rudy Giuliani claimed a worker had assaulted him at a Staten Island supermarket, the once-vaunted former mayor was spending Tuesday morning like many men his age: complaining about his aches and pains.

Discussion: New York Post, Lede Progress, Politico and al.com

New York Post:

Eric Adams says Rudy Giuliani may have filed a phony report in SI ‘assault’ — ex-mayor responds: ‘go f-k’ yourself — MORE ON: — Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani should be investigated for filing a false police report over an alleged assault at a Staten Island supermarket …

Discussion: Mediaite, NBC New York, Politico and pjmedia.com

New York Times:
Giuliani at Center of Georgia's Trump Investigation

Discussion: Political Wire

Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:

Majority Disapprove of Reversing Roe — Only 1 in 10 back “no exception” bans and prosecuting out-of-state abortions — West Long Branch, NJ - Six in ten Americans disapprove - nearly all of them strongly - of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Discussion: CNN and Fox News

Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: Confidence in Supreme Court collapses as just 33% agree with decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

Discussion: Hackwhackers and New York Magazine

Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Abortions in Texas can temporarily resume, judge rules

Discussion: KHOU-TV, Townhall, Forbes and The Daily Caller

Samantha Ibrahim / New York Post:
Howard Stern wants to run for president to ‘overturn all this bulls-t’

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Conservative Brief, al.com, Fox News and The Hill

Shira Rubin / Washington Post:
Israel loosens abortion law restrictions after Roe v. Wade decision

Discussion: Townhall and ArkansasTimes

Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:

As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Plans a Vaccination Campaign — States will be given vaccine doses from the federal stockpile, but supplies of the safest type are limited. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Clinics nationwide will begin offering vaccinations against monkeypox to anyone …

Discussion: European Commission, The Hill and KSLTV.com

Presidentti:

Statement by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö on 28 June 2022 — Office of the President of the Republic of Finland — Press release 41/2022 — Today in Madrid, before the beginning of the NATO Summit, we had a thorough meeting with President …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Defense One, Euractiv, Politico and Foreign Policy

Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Inside Biden's successful six-month bid to expand NATO

Discussion: Fox News, CNBC, Fortune, The New Arab and The White House

New York Times:

Ghislaine Maxwell Receives 20 Years for Aiding Epstein in Sex Trafficking — Ms. Maxwell, who was convicted of conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to recruit, groom and abuse underage girls, will spend much of the rest of her life in prison. — Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison as Epstein Case Nears Its End

Discussion: Law & Crime, TheBlaze, BroBible, Insider, UPI, CNN, National Review, Associated Press, Variety, New York Post, IJR, Daily News, Metro.co.uk, Deseret News, Gawker, Straight Arrow News and The Daily Wire

Associated Press:
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison

Stephen Gutowski / The Reload:

Massive Trove of Gun Owners' Private Information Leaked by California Attorney General — California gun owners have been put at risk by the Attorney General's office after a new dashboard leaked their personal information. — The California Department of Justice's 2022 Firearms Dashboard Portal went live …

Discussion: TheBlaze, RedState, The Daily Caller, California Attorney … and Twitchy

Adela Suliman / Washington Post:

GOP Rep. Boebert: 'I'm tired of this separation of church and state junk' — Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), who faces a primary election Tuesday, says she is “tired” of the U.S. separation of church and state, a long-standing concept stemming only from a “stinking letter” penned by one of the Founding Fathers.

Discussion: The Hill, Deseret News and YouTube