Top Items:
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony against Trump Is Devastating — Things will not be the same after this. — Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, provided compelling testimony Tuesday that former president Donald Trump is singularly culpable for the Capitol riot.
Discussion:
Breitbart, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, New York Magazine, USA Today, Axios, The Federalist, NBC News, Raw Story, Washington Times, Rolling Stone, USA Today, Washington Post, HotAir, Raw Story, Mother Jones, NPR, Breitbart, CNBC, Fox News, Politico, The Guardian, Popular Information, CNN, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Insider, Florida Phoenix, New York Times, National Review, Twitchy, Mediaite, Axios, RedState, The Hill, Vox, Raw Story, HotAir, Politico, Washington Monthly, New York Times, Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, The Hill, NewsNation, NBC News, The Texas Tribune, Washington Times, Bulwark+, Talking Points Memo, HuffPost, MSNBC, New Yorker, Common Dreams, NewsNation, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, Washington Post, MSNBC, Salon, New York Times, The Atlantic, Crooks and Liars, ABC News, Poynter, New York Times, CNN, Yahoo News, Slate, Breitbart, New York Times, KVIA-TV, New York Post, Common Sense, Raw Story, Raw Story, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Oil City News, Raw Story, File411's Newsletter, Power Line, Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Public Notice, Latino Rebels, The Gateway Pundit, Fortune, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, Discourse Blog, Voice of America, CBS News, Metro.co.uk, Al Jazeera, Daily Kos, Slate, Forbes, ABC News, Associated Press, The Atlantic, THE FIRST LIGHT REPORT, Outside the Beltway, CBS News, Common Dreams, The Moderate Voice, Insider, Politico, Denver Post, Today's Edition Newsletter, The Gateway Pundit, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, al.com, CBS News, HuffPost, Townhall, PolitiFact, The Wildfire Newsletter, Fox News, TMZ.com, Nevada Current, Commentary Magazine and Washington Post
RELATED:
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A lawyer for Virginia Thomas said she would not testify to the House panel. — A lawyer for Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a supporter of President Donald J. Trump's efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election, told the House select committee investigating …
Discussion:
Forbes
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Kevin McCarthy, Have You No Sense of Decency? — In the last few minutes of today's January 6 committee hearing, Representative Liz Cheney presented evidence of possible witness intimidation. Several witnesses, she reported, had received messages from shadowy persons purportedly close …
ABC News:
Trump White House attorney disputes Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony about handwritten note — Hutchinson testified before the House Jan. 6 committee Tuesday. — Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann is claiming that a handwritten note regarding a potential statement …
CBS News:
Secret Service plans to respond to Jan. 6 committee regarding Trump's actions, after Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony — The U.S. Secret Service will have more to say to the Jan. 6 House select committee after former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony Tuesday regarding former …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Insider, The Daily Caller, Florida Phoenix, CNN, Mediaite, The Guardian, Reuters, National Review, Just The News, The Hill, The Dispatch, The Newsletter, Democracy Witness, Erick Erickson's Confessions …, Raw Story, Raw Story, The Daily Signal, Metro.co.uk, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Breitbart and The Moderate Voice
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump web raced to debunk Jan. 6 testimony. Then they got confused. — The former president's supporters quickly spun an online conspiracy theory that he couldn't have possibly lunged for his driver's steering wheel on Jan. 6, 2021. When evidence suggested otherwise, they tried other routes to distract from the truth.
Discussion:
pjmedia.com, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, CBS News, RADAR, Eschaton, ☕️ … and NewsNation
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Will the Jan. 6 Committee Finally Bring Down the Cult of Trump? — There's a saying among cult experts: Nobody ever joins a cult. — Of course, people join what, to outsiders, certainly appear to be cults — the Branch Davidians, the Moonies, the Peoples Temple and so on.
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Politico, Yahoo News, FreidomReport and Ringside at the Reckoning
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
The optimistic melancholy of Bennie G. Thompson — The witness called him “sir.” When Cassidy Hutchinson, the former White House aide, testified before the Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday afternoon, she addressed Chairman Bennie G. Thompson with a word that afforded him respect as a man, not merely as an official.
Discussion:
Fox News
New York Times:
Trump Aides Watch Testimony and Brace for Damage — A “stunning two hours” raises fears of political and legal consequences for the former president. — Give this article- - - Read in app — WASHINGTON — Devastating new testimony by a former White House aide describing …
Discussion:
Insider, Mediaite and PoliticusUSA
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Jan. 6 panel may have found its ‘smoking gun’
POLITICO Playbook: Jan. 6 panel may have found its ‘smoking gun’
Discussion:
Fox News, Insider, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Robert Reich, American Greatness, Letters from an American, The Nation, emptywheel, The Atlantic, BizPac Review, Twitchy, IJR, Fox News, Raw Story, CNBC, Common Dreams, New York Times, jihadwatch.org, Strangely Blogged, BizPac Review, Raw Story, CBS News, Washington Times, Uniic Media, Zandar Versus The Stupid, USA Today, Gizmodo and Big League Politics
David French / The Dispatch:
The Case for Prosecuting Donald Trump Just Got Much Stronger
The Case for Prosecuting Donald Trump Just Got Much Stronger
Discussion:
Daily Mail, Reason, Twitchy, The Hill, Washington Post, Newsy, Breitbart and New York Times
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Ginni Thomas Responds To Jan. 6 Committee's Official Request For Testimony
EXCLUSIVE: Ginni Thomas Responds To Jan. 6 Committee's Official Request For Testimony
Discussion:
Insider, Raw Story, The Federalist, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, The Hill, Politico and Washington Examiner
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
January 6 testimony puts Donald Trump in even greater legal peril
January 6 testimony puts Donald Trump in even greater legal peril
Discussion:
Vanity Fair, Raw Story, Lucian Truscott Newsletter, CBS News, GovExec.com, NBC Chicago and Daily Kos
Mike Allen / Axios:
Jan. 6 hearings deliver new template for digital-era dramatics
Jan. 6 hearings deliver new template for digital-era dramatics
Discussion:
New York Times, NPR and Plain Dealer
Wall Street Journal:
More Testimony on Trump's Jan. 6 Tirade
More Testimony on Trump's Jan. 6 Tirade
Discussion:
Raw Story, al.com, Washington Post, NBC News, Daily Kos, Washington Times and Insider
Washington Post:
Cassidy Hutchinson's path from trusted insider to explosive witness
Cassidy Hutchinson's path from trusted insider to explosive witness
Discussion:
UPI, NewsNation and New York Times
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
The Jan. 6 Committee Produces a Very Special Episode
The Jan. 6 Committee Produces a Very Special Episode
Discussion:
Washington Post, RedState, TheGrio, Columbia Journalism Review, al.com, BizPac Review, New York Post, The Full Belmonte, Breitbart, Japan Times, TheBlaze, CBS News and Axios
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Are Trying to Cover Up the Greatest Political Scandal in American History
Republicans Are Trying to Cover Up the Greatest Political Scandal in American History
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money
Charlie Duxbury / Politico:
Swedish and Finnish NATO deal with Turkey triggers fears over Kurdish deportations — Opponents of President Erdoğan in Sweden and Finland worry the deal will bolster efforts by Ankara to extradite them to Turkey — STOCKHOLM — Relief over Tuesday night's deal with Turkey unblocking …
RELATED:
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
In New Poll, 89% of Ukrainians Reject Ceding Land to Reach Peace With Russia — Ukrainians back Zelensky's position that peace talks can't grant Russia land it has seized, WSJ-NORC poll finds — An overwhelming share of Ukrainians—some 89%—say it would be unacceptable to reach a peace deal …
Discussion:
NATO, Politico and Denver Post
Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:
NATO poised to take historic action on strategy, enlargement, and Ukraine
NATO poised to take historic action on strategy, enlargement, and Ukraine
Discussion:
HotAir, Insider, Politico, Associated Press, NATO, National Review, GreekReporter.com, Bloomberg, Euractiv and Los Angeles Times
Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
GOP Election Denier Tina Peters Loses Colorado Secretary Of State Primary — The Mesa County clerk who was under indictment for tampering with voting machines lost to a Republican who acknowledged the 2020 vote was legitimate. — Pam Anderson, a Republican who acknowledged that Joe Biden …
RELATED:
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Rep. Sean Casten defeats AOC ally Rep. Marie Newman in Illinois Democratic congressional primary
Rep. Sean Casten defeats AOC ally Rep. Marie Newman in Illinois Democratic congressional primary
Discussion:
Politico, NBC Chicago, Vox, Townhall, National Review, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, The Hill, The Daily Beast, NBC Chicago, The Daily Caller and Roll Call
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Illinois Governor's Race Shows G.O.P.'s Lurch to Right (With Nudge From Left)
Illinois Governor's Race Shows G.O.P.'s Lurch to Right (With Nudge From Left)
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Washington Post, CBS News, Newsweek, Associated Press, RedState, NBC Chicago, New York Post, Fox News, Just The News and Politico
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Narrows Ruling for Tribes in Oklahoma — The decision followed a landmark 2020 ruling that said much of eastern Oklahoma falls within Indian reservation lands, limiting the authority of state prosecutors. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion:
The Daily Caller
RELATED:
New York Times:
The Vanishing Moderate Democrat — Their positions are popular. So why are they going extinct? — Early last year, as Democrats were preparing to control the White House and Congress for the first time in a decade, Josh Gottheimer met with Nancy Pelosi to discuss their party's message.
Discussion:
NRCC
Peter Canellos / Politico:
When the Supreme Court Makes a Mistake — What happens when the Supreme Court gets it wrong? — Misguided court decisions have altered the path of the nation in sadly demonstrable ways. And the question arises again from the series of sharply divisive rulings by the current court.
KSAT-TV:
Police arrest San Antonio man who threatened to commit a mass shooting — Rodolfo Valdivia Aceves, 19, is charged with terroristic threat — Julie Moreno, Executive Producer/Digital Content — SAN ANTONIO - Police arrested a man who told a coworker at an Amazon delivery facility that he planned to commit a mass shooting.
RELATED:
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Boebert says she is ‘tired’ of separation between church and state: ‘The church is supposed to direct the government’ — Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) says she is “tired” of the long-standing separation between church and state in the U.S., adding that she believes “the church is supposed to direct the government.”
Ariana Garcia / Houston Chronicle:
Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will defend Texas sodomy law if Supreme Court revisits Lawrence vs. Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week seemingly expressed support for the Supreme Court potentially overturning past rulings on cases involving the LGBTQ community following the downfall of Roe v. Wade on Friday.
Discussion:
Zandar Versus The Stupid
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 …
RELATED:
Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
Giuliani on Defensive After Uproar Over Assault Claim
Giuliani on Defensive After Uproar Over Assault Claim
Discussion:
New York Post and New York Daily News