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Sen. Lindsey Graham ordered to testify in front of special grand jury in Trump election probe — ATLANTA — A Fulton County judge has ordered U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in front of a special grand jury looking into possible election tampering by former President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.
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Senator Graham ordered to testify in front of grand jury in Trump election probe — A judge ordered U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to testify in front of a special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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Mediaite


Judge shreds Bannon defenses ahead of contempt trial — A federal judge on Monday eviscerated nearly all of Steve Bannon's defenses against a charge that he criminally defied a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee, leaving the longtime Donald Trump ally with few options to fight the contempt of Congress case against him.
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The Guardian, Insider and Courthouse News Service


Steve Bannon Has a Very Bad Day in Court — “What is the point of going to trial here if there are no defenses?” an attorney for Bannon demanded in the courtroom. — Steve Bannon just had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in court. — A Trump-appointed federal judge …
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NBC News, Associated Press and Just The News


Judge won't delay Steve Bannon's trial after his last-minute offer to cooperate with Jan. 6 panel — WASHINGTON — A judge said Monday that he would not delay the contempt of Congress trial of Steve Bannon, just one week before it is set to begin. — Bannon was indicted last year for refusing …
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Politico, Raw Story, Bloomberg, Mediaite, CNN, Political Wire, Insider and The Daily Beast


Judge rejects Bannon's bid to delay trial, executive-privilege claim
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Washington Examiner and RedState

Jan. 6 hearing expected to focus on link between militants, White House
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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Trump-appointed judge rejected Steve Bannon's request to delay his contempt of Congress trial and also severely limited his defense arguments
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NBC News, CBS News, Raw Story, UPI, Washington Examiner and Occupy Democrats

'What's the point in going to trial' | Judge blocks Steve Bannon from blaming Trump in contempt case
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Just The News, The Right Scoop and Raw Story

The dispute between Trump's and Bannon's legal teams
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The Hill and Occupy Democrats

Strongest Evidence of Guilt: Chart Tracking Trump's Knowledge and Intent in Efforts to Overturn the Election
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The Guardian, Mock Paper Scissors, Politico, The Mahablog, Raw Story, The Guardian and Washington Post

Merrick Garland Should Investigate Trump's 2020 Election Schemes as a ‘Hub and Spoke’ Conspiracy
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Insider, Raw Story and The Times of Israel


Scoop: How the Jan. 6 committee plans to tie Trump to extremist groups — The Jan. 6 select committee will present evidence at its hearing on Tuesday that a tweet by former President Trump prompted pro-Trump groups to change the date they planned to converge on D.C. to Jan. 6, Axios has learned.
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Oath Keepers lawyer says Stewart Rhodes wanted her Trump contacts before Jan. 6 Capitol attack — The Jan. 6 Committee will explore links between the Trump White House and right-wing militia groups on Tuesday. They've spoken to Kellye SoRelle, who might be a key.
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NPR, Raw Story and Washington Examiner

Accused Jan. 6 rioter who warned of possible ‘civil war’ expected to testify to House committee Tuesday
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The Hill

Trump 2024? Not just yet, some Republicans say
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We Love Trump and The Signorile Report

Ties between Trump allies and extremist groups to be focus of Jan. 6 panel hearing
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Los Angeles Times, HuffPost, CNN and Roll Call

Is the January 6 Committee Really Saving Democracy?
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Wired

Jan. 6 panel to hold hearing next week after Tuesday focus on extremist groups
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CBS News


Maybe Americans Should Stop Giving the Democrats What They Want — One wrinkle to the “Should the Democrats dump Biden in 2024?” talk that doesn't get enough attention: In early 2020, out of Democratic primary field which consisted of a small army of candidates, more than half …
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New York Times
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Progressive group to press Biden not to run in 2024
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HotAir, The Hill, Newsweek, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and Fox News

Biden's Approval Hits 33 Percent; Democrats Want 2024 Options, Poll Shows
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Biden's abortion response curbed by fears of another Supreme Court showdown
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New York Times, New Republic, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Acorn Archive

Democrats Prepare to Throw Biden Overboard
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New York Magazine, Fox News and RedState


Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child — Sir Mo Farah was brought to the UK illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant, he has revealed. — The Olympic star has told the BBC he was given the name Mohamed Farah by those who flew him over from Djibouti.
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The Hill and New York Times


Biden won't be shaking hands in Israel due to COVID surge — The White House has reportedly told Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office that due to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the US and Israel, the president will refrain from shaking hands. — There are surely a number of Israeli ministers …


Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’? — Well, here we go again. Once more, the ever-changing coronavirus behind COVID-19 is assaulting the United States in a new guise—BA.5, an offshoot of the Omicron variant that devastated the most recent winter. The new variant is spreading quickly …
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Chicago Sun-Times, Fortune, Alaska Public Media, Washington Examiner and 6abc


Trump rally in North Carolina canceled as former president summoned to court — Former President Donald Trump and a host of Republican personalities have canceled their scheduled appearances Friday in Greensboro. — News of the cancellation comes as Axios reports Trump, his son …
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Raw Story and PoliticusUSA


Beware Of The ‘Recent Monticello Visitor’ — Getting outraged over Fox News holds little allure these days, but occasionally the network will do something so quintessentially Fox News that you have to sit back and marvel at the layers of mendacity. — Today's little Fox News gem was a segment …
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RedState, Washington Examiner, Media Matters for America and HuffPost


I asked about abortion at a Texas gun show. The answer I got was grim. — Listen — Gift Article — DALLAS — Standing next to a display of military-grade weapons, I wondered aloud to the dealers at the gun-show booth if more women should get guns in Texas to protect themselves …


The New Trump Documentary Shows Us Exactly What He's So Good At — Spoilers first: When it comes to breaking news, “Unprecedented,” the new documentary series about the Trump family that's streaming on Discovery Plus, is kind of a nothingburger. Despite the hype about deep access to Donald Trump …
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Raw Story


Hutchinson Testimony Jolts Justice Dept. to Discuss Trump's Conduct More Openly — A key witness's account helped accelerate a shift in the agency's inquiry: Overt talk about Mr. Trump and his behavior had been rare, except as a motive for the actions of others. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Did President Biden read off directions from a teleprompter? — President Joe Biden signed an executive order July 8 aimed at protecting abortion rights nationwide following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. — In his remarks announcing the executive order …
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Conservative Brief, OutKick and The Daily Wire


Ron DeSantis Would Kill Democracy Slowly and Methodically … During the Donald Trump era, democracy itself has become the preeminent question of American politics. Yet Trump himself has played a paradoxical role in this development. While his overtly authoritarian personality brought …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Fox News, National Review, Washington Post, The Duckpin and Twitchy


Biden officials push to offer second booster shot to all adults — Plan would make coronavirus shots available to millions more amid rising cases, hospitalization — Listen — Gift Article … Biden administration officials are developing a plan to allow all adults to receive …
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Political Wire


Democrats are overreacting about the Supreme Court — Listen — Gift Article — Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, is a constitutional law attorney. — With the end of the Supreme Court's term, Democrats are denouncing the court as ideologically motivated, extreme, undemocratic, even destabilizing.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money


Trans woman returns to life as man and hits out at the ‘activist’ doctor who turned his life upside down — “Coming out of my transition was like leaving the twilight zone, but the rest of society is still in it.” — After living nearly a decade of his life as a transgender woman named Brianna …


Musk, Trump, and the Rule of Law — All of the systems are being tested. — 1. JVL Is Always Right — There's a reason we sell the shirt. … Here's your Bloomberg report from June 8: … Who am I kidding? Ain't no way I'm letting go of this mic.
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NPR, WFLA-TV, Bloomberg and The Big Picture


Mexican cartel smugglers nabbed with $1.2M worth of meth in NYC — then released thanks to lax bail laws: feds — A pair of suspected Mexican drug-cartel smugglers was busted with a $1.2 million stash of crystal meth — but had to be freed thanks to New York's lax bail laws, authorities said Monday.

Webb's First Deep Field Unveiled (NIRCam Image) — Read the Release: — 2022-038 — Permissions: — Content Use Policy — Download Options: — Full Res, 4537 X 4630, TIF (26.74 MB) — Full Res, 4537 X 4630, PNG (28.51 MB) — 1960 X 2000, PNG (5.52 MB) — Text description, PDF (80.29 KB)
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Wall Street Journal, Relativization and Gizmodo