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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 …
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David French / The Dispatch:
The Case for Prosecuting Donald Trump Just Got Much Stronger — New testimony may have produced a smoking gun. — I confess that I've been skeptical that the January 6 committee would produce evidence that Donald Trump was directly criminally responsible for the attack on the Capitol.
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony Should Be the End of Donald Trump — Regardless of the legal obstacles to convicting the former President, Hutchinson's testimony reconfirmed that he must never again be allowed anywhere near power. — On Tuesday morning, Hunter Biden started trending on social media …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Eastman drops bid to block phone records from Jan. 6 committee — John Eastman, an architect of Donald Trump's last-ditch bid to subvert the 2020 election, has dropped a lawsuit aimed at blocking the Jan. 6 select committee from obtaining his phone records.
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.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Most Damning January 6 Testimony Yet — Donald Trump knew the protesters marching on the Capitol on January 6 were armed. He knew they could do harm to someone. He wanted to go to the Capitol with them as they marched that afternoon. And he did nothing to stop them as they attacked.
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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.
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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 …
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 …
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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
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
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Wall Street Journal:
More Testimony on Trump's Jan. 6 Tirade
More Testimony on Trump's Jan. 6 Tirade
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Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
George Washington University rejects petition to fire Clarence Thomas over abortion ruling
George Washington University rejects petition to fire Clarence Thomas over abortion ruling
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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Attorney For Ginni Thomas Says There's No Reason For Her To Speak To Jan. 6 Panel
Washington Post:
Cassidy Hutchinson's path from trusted insider to explosive witness
Cassidy Hutchinson's path from trusted insider to explosive witness
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's had bad moments, but few worse than Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony
Trump's had bad moments, but few worse than Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony
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Washington Post:
Bombshell hearing raises a question: Why was Trump's lawyer terrified?
Bombshell hearing raises a question: Why was Trump's lawyer terrified?
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Hutchinson Puts Trump's Violence on Display
Hutchinson Puts Trump's Violence on Display
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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 …
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Live results: It's primary night in America
Live results: It's primary night in America
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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)
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Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Rep. Sean Casten defeats AOC ally Rep. Marie Newman in Illinois Democratic congressional primary — Illinois 6th District race pitted two sitting House Democrats against each other due to redistricting — Voter panel: Issues on the minds of voter before primary elections
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Trump-backed Rep. Mary Miller defeats Rep. Rodney Davis in new Illinois district
Trump-backed Rep. Mary Miller defeats Rep. Rodney Davis in new Illinois district
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Casten beats Newman in matchup of Dem incumbents in Illinois
Casten beats Newman in matchup of Dem incumbents in Illinois
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Dems' Rocky Mountain MAGA bet
Dems' Rocky Mountain MAGA bet
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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.
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Where Are The Men Who Should Be Held to Account? — Jeffrey Epstein may be dead, but the power structure that enabled him endures—and the 2022 Cannes Film Festival is Exhibit A that his activities continue without him — “Vicky Ward Investigates” is reader-funded and entirely ad-free.
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Tens of thousands of monkeypox vaccines rushed to clinics — White House pushes new strategy as cases climb — The Biden administration will begin sending out tens of thousands of vaccine doses to clinics nationwide in an effort to control a record U.S. monkeypox outbreak that many experts …
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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.
Scott Alexander / Astral Codex Ten:
What Caused The 2020 Homicide Spike? — In my review of San Fransicko, I mentioned that it was hard to separate the effect of San Francisco's local policies from the general 2020 spike in homicides, which I attributed to the Black Lives Matter protests and subsequent police pullback.
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: Confidence in Supreme Court collapses as just 33% agree with decision to overturn Roe v. Wade — A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that more than six in 10 Americans (61%) now have little or no confidence in the Supreme Court after its decision Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade …
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Majority Disapprove of Reversing Roe
Majority Disapprove of Reversing Roe
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