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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump lawyer interviewed with FBI about Bannon contempt case — Former President Donald Trump's attorney Justin Clark interviewed with federal investigators two weeks ago, the Justice Department revealed in a court filing early Monday morning, a significant development that could reverberate …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC 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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wusa9.com:
'What's the point in going to trial' | Judge blocks Steve Bannon from blaming Trump in contempt case — Jury selection in the contempt of Congress case for former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign manager was set to begin Monday. — Author: wusa9.com
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Steve Bannon's ‘eleventh-hour’ reversal on Jan. 6 testimony is a stunt, DOJ says — Steve Bannon says he's now open to testify before Jan. 6 panel — WASHINGTON — One week ahead of jury selection in Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress trial, the Justice Department said the Trump associate's …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
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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Just Security:
Strongest Evidence of Guilt: Chart Tracking Trump's Knowledge and Intent in Efforts to Overturn the Election — The January 6th House Select Committee has produced substantial evidence about former President Donald Trump's knowledge and beliefs as he tried to overturn the 2020 election.
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Andrew Weissmann / New York Times:
Merrick Garland Should Investigate Trump's 2020 Election Schemes as a ‘Hub and Spoke’ Conspiracy — The tenacious work of the Jan. 6 committee has transformed how we think about the Jan. 6 rebellion. It should also transform the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden's Approval Hits 33 Percent; Democrats Want 2024 Options, Poll Shows — With the country gripped by a pervasive sense of pessimism, the president is hemorrhaging support. — President Biden is facing an alarming level of doubt from inside his own party, with 64 percent …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Dueling Weaknesses — The Times has released its first poll of the 2022 midterm cycle.
Dueling Weaknesses — The Times has released its first poll of the 2022 midterm cycle.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
As worries about Biden in 2024 grow, other Democrats aren't stepping forward to challenge him
As worries about Biden in 2024 grow, other Democrats aren't stepping forward to challenge him
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Reuters:
Abortion bans force U.S. students to rethink college plans — With its excellent academic and music programs, Oberlin College in Ohio seemed like a perfect fit for Nina Huang, a California high school student who plays flute and piano and hopes to eventually study medicine or law.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
States With Abortion Bans Risk Losing Their Economic Edge
States With Abortion Bans Risk Losing Their Economic Edge
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Democrats Schedule Votes on Abortion Access, but Lack a Legislative Path
Democrats Schedule Votes on Abortion Access, but Lack a Legislative Path
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
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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David Siders / Politico:
Progressive group to press Biden not to run in 2024
Progressive group to press Biden not to run in 2024
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Fox News:
Biden gun control speech interrupted by father of Parkland shooting victim — Biden told heckler to ‘sit down’ during gun control speech interruption and called for assault weapons ban — Fox News Flash top headlines for July 11 — The father of a child who died in a mass shooting at a Parkland …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
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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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
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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Roland Oliphant / Telegraph:
Russia suffers ‘wild shell hunger’ as Ukraine hits arms depots with long-range Western rockets — Vladimir Putin's forces face ‘out of the blue’ ammunition shortages as warehouses destroyed ‘one by one’ using Himar and MLRS weapons — Russia is running short of ammunition for its armies fighting …
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Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
Former Attorney General Bill Barr subpoenaed in Dominion 2020 election lawsuit — The subpoena has been issued in Dominion's defamation lawsuit against Fox News. — Attorney General Bill Barr holds a news conference at the Department of Justice December 21, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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ercot.com:
ERCOT Issues Conservation Appeal to Texans and Texas Businesses — With extreme hot weather driving record power demand across Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is issuing a Conservation Appeal, asking Texans and Texas businesses to voluntarily conserve electricity …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An expert in political violence urgently warns: The worst is coming — Listen — Gift Article — The Jan. 6 House select committee hearings this week are among the most important of all, because they will foreground a topic that many Americans ordinarily don't associate with their democracy …
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Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Cronies Told to Ditch Summer Vacation for Mystery ‘Emergency Meeting’ — Russian parliament members had just left for vacation when they were suddenly called back to attend the “extraordinary meeting” in a potentially ominous sign of Putin's next move.
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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Why BA.5 Feels Different — The latest wave of infections is a test of our pandemic priorities. — 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.
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New York Times:
New York's Top Judge Is Moving On: 'I've Made My Contribution' — Judge Janet DiFiore, after more than six years on the court, and whose legacy includes a sweeping opinion on gerrymandering, will leave her post at the end of August. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Thomas Wolf / The Atlantic:
The Case That Could Blow Up American Election Law — Members of the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just last week took the next step in a little-noticed, but extremely dangerous, project: attempting to jam into law a radical misinterpretation of the Constitution's elections and electors clauses …
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Sonja Sharp / Los Angeles Times:
Post-Roe, many autoimmune patients lose access to ‘gold standard’ drug — Six days after the Supreme Court struck down the right to abortion, lupus patient Becky Schwarz got an unexpected message from her rheumatologist. — “This is a notice to let you know that we are pausing all prescriptions …
Andrea Suozzo / ProPublica:
Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS — The FRC, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins a growing list of activist groups seeking church status, which allows organizations to shield themselves from financial scrutiny.
Curt Levey / Washington Post:
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.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Team Normal Is Doing It Again — When it feels icky they'll dish out another anonymous quote. — Herschel Walker is, by any measure, a flawed candidate. It's a fact readily observable to anyone with a basic familiarity with his confessed history of self-harm, acts of violence against others …
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The Guardian:
The Uber whistleblower: I'm exposing a system that sold people a lie — Exclusive: Mark MacGann says he has decided to speak out about firm to ‘right some fundamental wrongs’ — ark MacGann, a career lobbyist who led Uber's efforts to win over governments across Europe, the Middle East and Africa …
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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Is Investigating PGA Tour Over Potential Antitrust Violations in LIV Golf Battle — The probe shows that the DOJ is watching the PGA Tour's fight to retain players in the face of new competition from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit — The Department of Justice …
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Jennifer Orsi / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
From the editor: Guest column about Proud Boys did not meet our standards — To our readers: — The Herald-Tribune erred Sunday in publishing a guest column on our opinion page and website with the headline “Attacking Proud Boys does disservice to caring parents.”
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