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CNN:
Accounts of Trump angrily demanding to go to Capitol on January 6 circulated in Secret Service over past year — Ex-aide was backstage with Trump at his Jan. 6 rally. Here's what she heard him say — (CNN)Then-President Donald Trump angrily demanded to go to the US Capitol on January 6 …
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Lawfare:
Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony Changed Our Minds About Indicting Donald Trump — Until Tuesday, we had both publicly stated that the Department of Justice had insufficient evidence to indict former President Trump for his conduct on Jan. 6. Our conclusion, which we each came to independently …
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Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Meadows intermediary may have tried to influence Hutchinson's testimony to January 6 committee, sources say — (CNN)One of people who may have been trying to influence Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony did so at the behest of former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows …
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NBC News, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Mediaite, New York Daily News, Election Systems …, Hackwhackers, Althouse, Talking Points Memo, Insider and The Onion
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Lock Her Up? Totally Not-Worried Trump Rants About Jailing Cassidy Hutchinson in Tweetstorm-esque Posts — Former President Donald Trump is so unconcerned by Cassidy Hutchinson testimony he insists is false, he went on a social media rant suggesting she be criminally prosecuted.
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PoliticusUSA and The Racket News
Annie Karni / New York Times:
The 20-Somethings Who Help the 70-Somethings Run Washington — The story of Cassidy Hutchinson, who became the first Trump White House aide to testify publicly in the Jan. 6 inquiry, showed the outsize influence of youngsters in the nation's capital. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times, The Asheville Citizen Times, El País, No Tribe, The Hill, Washington Post and Political Wire
Washington Post:
‘Take me up to the Capitol now’: How close Trump came to joining rioters
‘Take me up to the Capitol now’: How close Trump came to joining rioters
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HuffPost, The Liberty Loft, National Review, Progress Pond, Daily Kos, Raw Story, IJR, Insider, After all my years …, Press Watch and JONATHAN TURLEY
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Put a Fork in Donald Trump—the Ex-President Is Done
Put a Fork in Donald Trump—the Ex-President Is Done
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, Axios, Insider, Associated Press, NPR and Daily Kos
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Banks Demands White House Surveillance Logs To Vet Contested J6 Testimony
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Banks Demands White House Surveillance Logs To Vet Contested J6 Testimony
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The Gateway Pundit
Jeffrey C. Isaac / The Bulwark:
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Defeating Trumpism
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Defeating Trumpism
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Raw Story, Overtime, nationalinterest.org, Raw Story and The American Spectator
The Hill:
Pat Cipollone can aid or impede Jan. 6 Committee's search for truth
Pat Cipollone can aid or impede Jan. 6 Committee's search for truth
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Brass & Iron Newsletter and Reuters
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Cassidy Hutchinson and the all-knowing presence of Washington's aides
Cassidy Hutchinson and the all-knowing presence of Washington's aides
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Raw Story
Timothy Puko / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Seeks to Block New Offshore Drilling in Atlantic, Pacific — Five-year drilling plan could allow limited leasing off Alaska and in Gulf of Mexico; oil industry sought greater expansion — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans to block new offshore oil drilling in the Atlantic …
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The Daily Caller
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Biden Administration Offers an Offshore Drilling Plan. Likely Backers: Very Few. — The five-year plan for America's coastal waters, required by law, risks angering both the fossil fuel industry and environmentalists. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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CNN and The Daily Caller
Jeremy Beaman / Washington Examiner:
Interior proposes new offshore oil and gas lease sales in loss for green agenda
Interior proposes new offshore oil and gas lease sales in loss for green agenda
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Politico
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Biden-McConnell Deal to Make an Anti-Abortion Advocate a Federal Judge Is Still On — President Joe Biden struck a deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to nominate Chad Meredith, a Republican anti-abortion advocate, to a federal judgeship on the Eastern District of Kentucky, Slate has confirmed.
The White House:
President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom — WASHINGTON - Today, President Biden named seventeen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. — The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals …
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to McCain, Biles and more
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to McCain, Biles and more
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Associated Press, NBC News, New York Times, Vanity Fair, 6abc, Washington Post, Newsy, Politico and Hollywood Reporter
Ryan Faircloth / Star Tribune:
Edibles, beverages infused with cannabis ingredient THC become legal Friday in Minnesota — Industry advocates see law as an “oddity” allowing for recreational use while stopping just short of full marijuana legalization. — TEXT SIZE — MORE — Minnesotans who are 21 or older …
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HuffPost, Insider, Minnesota Reformer, The Why Axis, Marijuana Moment and CBS News
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Solveig Gold Is Proud to Be the Wife of a ‘Canceled’ Princeton Professor — But she also wants to be known as more. At dinner with the aspiring public intellectual and her “cabal.” — Give this article- - - Read in app — PRINCETON, N.J. — Solveig Lucia Gold was setting the table in her backyard …
Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
Prison doesn't give me many views of the sun — PRETRIAL DETENTION CENTER 5, Moscow — June is my favorite month in Moscow. Summer has finally arrived, but the heat is not as overwhelming as it can be in July or August. The days are long. And the Boulevard Ring …
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Evan Gershkovich / Wall Street Journal:
In Russia's Biggest Cities, Ukraine War Fades to Background Noise
In Russia's Biggest Cities, Ukraine War Fades to Background Noise
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New York Times, The Guardian, National Review and Politico
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
New York City ends its coronavirus alert system as cases hit high levels. — Mayor Eric Adams quietly removed the color-coded system that warned New Yorkers when they were at greater risk of catching the virus. — Give this article- - - Read in app — New York City suddenly removed …
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NBC New York, Bloomberg and Althouse
Jen Fitzpatrick / The Keyword:
Protecting people's privacy on health topics — J — Protecting our users' privacy and securing their data is core to Google's work. That's why we design products to help people keep their personal information private, safe, and secure — with easy-to-use tools and built-in protections.
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Politico, Bloomberg, Protocol, The Verge and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
The Baltimore Banner:
Baltimore records 41 homicides in June, most in a month since 2015 — A terrible 10-day stretch that saw an average of six people shot per day in Baltimore helped pushed the number of people killed in June to 41 victims, the first time the city has seen that many victims in a month since …
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Baltimore Sun, Washington Examiner and CBS Baltimore
Emerson Polling:
National Poll: Biden With Higher Approval Than US Congress & Supreme Court; Trump Leads GOP Nomination Contest — Home Blog National Poll: Biden With Higher Approval Than US Congress & Supreme Court; Trump Leads GOP Nomination Contest — The latest Emerson College Polling national survey …
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, The Hill, Ace of Spades HQ, The Daily Wire, Althouse, The Kitchen Pundit, Forbes, Associated Press and Opinion Today
Emily Hoeven / CalMatters:
Lanhee Chen comes clean on Trump, abortion — Note: The newsletter will pause until Tuesday due to the Fourth of July holiday. — Lanhee Chen has a few confessions to make. — The Republican candidate for California state controller, who will face off against Democrat Malia Cohen …
Yascha Mounk / Persuasion:
America Is Headed For Disaster — Donald Trump is on course to reconquer the White House. To save the republic, we need a radical change of direction. … Most of the time, politics is like a jumble of puzzle pieces. On any given day, there are hundreds of news stories, some promising, others ominous.
Billy Perrigo / TIME:
Facebook Asks Judge to ‘Crack the Whip’ in Attempt to Silence a Black Whistleblower — A lawyer representing Facebook's parent company Meta called on a judge to “crack the whip” against a Black South African whistleblower on Monday, requesting a gagging order to prevent him from speaking to the media.
Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:
Ohio state representative says she would consider banning birth control following abortion outlaw — CLEVELAND, Ohio — State Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Clermont County Republican, said during a radio interview this week that she would entertain a debate about outlawing birth control in the wake …
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CNN, Raw Story, Ohio Capital Journal and Political Wire
Susan Carroll / NBC News:
Voter fraud claims are heating up a battle for political control in an oil-rich Texas county — Eleven people are registered to vote at an old farm in Loving County, Texas. But the sheriff says no one lives there. — MENTONE, Texas — One of the worst-kept secrets in Loving County sits along …
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. subpoenas two Arizona state senators in Jan. 6 probe — The Justice Department has subpoenaed two Republican Arizona state senators for information tied to possible correspondence with President Donald Trump's attorneys as attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election were underway.
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KASW-TV
Nelba Márquez-Greene / New York Times:
Stop Asking Those Closest to Tragedy to Do the Heaviest Lifting — Nearly a decade has passed since my daughter, Ana Grace, was shot and killed along with 19 other children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. If you're looking for a family's “tragedy to triumph” …
Adela Suliman / Washington Post:
Texas education board rejects proposal to call slavery ‘involuntary relocation’ — A group of educators in Texas proposed referring to slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second-grade classes — before being rebuffed by the State Board of Education. — The nine educators …
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The Hill, RADAR, Washington Examiner, CBS News, TheGrio, New York Post, IJR, Mediaite, The Texas Tribune and Plain Dealer