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1:30 AM ET, July 2, 2022

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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 …

New York Times:

Trump Eyes Early 2024 Announcement as Jan. 6 Scrutiny Intensifies — Donald Trump has accelerated his campaign planning, hoping a White House bid will blunt a series of damaging revelations. Some Republicans are worried. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: CNN, NBC News, The Daily Beast, HotAir, Raw Story and Associated Press

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Press Watch

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 …

Discussion: New York Daily News, Raw Story, Mediaite, Election Systems …, Daily Kos, NBC News, Hackwhackers, Althouse, Talking Points Memo 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.

Discussion: The Independent, PoliticusUSA and The Racket News

Annie Karni / New York Times:
The 20-Somethings Who Help the 70-Somethings Run Washington

Discussion: El País, The Asheville Citizen Times and Political Wire

The Hill:
Pat Cipollone can aid or impede Jan. 6 Committee's search for truth

Discussion: Brass & Iron Newsletter

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The Jan. 6 committee charade

Discussion: Slate, Twitchy and Raw Story

Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Cassidy Hutchinson and the all-knowing presence of Washington's aides

Discussion: Raw Story

Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Banks Demands White House Surveillance Logs To Vet Contested J6 Testimony

Discussion: CBS News and The Gateway Pundit

New York Times:

New York Fights Back on Guns and Abortion After Supreme Court Rulings — Lawmakers passed measures that would prohibit concealed weapons in many public places, as well as an amendment that would initiate the process of enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution.

Discussion: Reason, Washington Post, CNN, priscil lari, RAPPLER, Newsy, Daily Kos and WCDC-TV

Marina Villeneuve / Associated Press:

Gun permit process in NY could include social media check — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would require people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify their “character and conduct” under a bill being considered Friday by the state Legislature.

Discussion: HotAir, WTOP News, nationalinterest.org and Crime Prevention …

Washington Post:
Democracy advocates raise alarm after Supreme Court takes election case

Discussion: Axios, Slender Threads and Thats Another Fine Mess

Cincinnati.com:

As Ohio restricts abortions, 10-year-old girl travels to Indiana for procedure — On Monday three days after the Supreme Court issued its groundbreaking decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, took a call from a colleague, a child abuse doctor in Ohio.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Insider

Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:
Ohio state representative says she would consider banning birth control following abortion outlaw

Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, Ohio Capital Journal and Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Biden Administration Offers an Offshore Drilling Plan. Likely Backers: Very Few.

Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller

Jeremy Beaman / Washington Examiner:
Interior proposes new offshore oil and gas lease sales in loss for green agenda

Discussion: Associated Press and Politico

Washington Post:
Biden opens door to more offshore drilling, despite earlier climate vow

Discussion: Grist, Wall Street Journal and IJR

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 …

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.

Discussion: Snopes.com, Talking Points Memo, Insider, Daily Kos, Forbes, The Turtle Diaries, Common Dreams, Law Dork, with Chris Geidner, IJR, Courier-Journal, Balloon Juice, CNN, 89.3 WFPL News Louisville and Townhall

Phillips Payson O'Brien / The Atlantic:

Ukraine Has Exposed Russia as a Not-So-Great Power — Kyiv's success against Moscow forces us to reexamine our assumptions about what it means to be powerful. — About the author: Phillips Payson O'Brien is a professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Discussion: Graham's Newsletter, Associated Press, Voice of America, nationalinterest.org and NPR

Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post: Prison doesn't give me many views of the sun

Francesca D'Annunzio / Dallas Morning News:

Feds show up at home of North Texas woman who posted angry tweets after Roe decision — Garland resident wrote, “Slaughter them all,” and called for burning down government buildings after the Supreme Court's abortion ruling. The Department of Homeland Security was not amused.

Discussion: WEB OF EVIL

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.

Discussion: Insider, Washington Examiner, The Verge, Bloomberg, Politico, Protocol and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: CBS News, Minnesota Reformer, HuffPost, Insider, Marijuana Moment and The Why Axis

Tim Miller / Politico:

There Are 11 Types of Donald Trump Enablers. Which One Are You? — This week, Cassidy Hutchinson demonstrated in front of the whole world how a political staffer can break free from the rationalizations that lead dwellers of the swamp to enable behaviors we know are evil.

Discussion: Morning Shots

Musa al-Gharbi / NBC News:

What the reactions to Clarence Thomas post-Roe reveal about white liberals — There were six Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade last week. The majority opinion was authored by Justice Samuel Alito. However, in the aftermath of the ruling, there has been an intense …

Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:

Trump Media is subpoenaed in federal inquiry of Truth Social deal. — The investigation threatens to delay a merger that would provide Trump Media and its platform, Truth Social, with up to $1.3 billion. — Give this article- - - Read in app — The investigation by federal prosecutors …

Discussion: Quartz, Washington Times, WTOP News and The Hill

Rebecca Perring / Daily Express:

Now ANOTHER crisis hits EU! Hundreds of tractors block the German/Netherlands border — FARMERS in the Netherlands have staged a huge protest with thousands of tractors lining up to block the German/Netherlands border in campaign against the government's controversial nitrogen policy.

Discussion: IJR, The Freedom Corner … and ArnGrimR

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 …

Reuters:

Trump hires former 9th Circuit judge Kozinski for Twitter court fight — A former California appeals court judge who retired in 2017 following allegations of sexual harassment is now representing former U.S. President Donald Trump in his legal battle with Twitter.

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” …

Katherine Knott / Daily Progress:

Youngkin appoints four new members to UVa's Board of Visitors — Four new individuals, including a vocal critic of the University of Virginia's current administration, are joining the university's Board of Visitors. — Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Thursday that he appointed Bert Ellis Jr. of Hilton Head …