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Twitter went easy on Trump because it ‘relished’ the power, ex-employee says — In testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, the unidentified former employee said they'd tried for months ‘to raise the reality that ... if we made no intervention into what I saw occurring, people were going to die.’
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Trump hid plan for Capitol march on day he marked as ‘wild’, panel says — New evidence and testimony showed the president's tweet promoting a protest on Jan. 6 united extremist groups and led to calls for violence — Gift Article — Donald Trump scrawled the words on Twitter …
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Is ‘convergence’ the new ‘collusion’? — With help from Alice Miranda Ollstein — CONSPIRACY (LEGAL) THEORY — Today's Jan. 6 committee hearing, led by committee members Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), was billed as the committee's effort to demonstrate …
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Jan. 6 panel escalates showdown with Trump over influencing witnesses
Jan. 6 panel escalates showdown with Trump over influencing witnesses
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
What the Jan. 6 Committee Needs to Ask in the Big Finale
What the Jan. 6 Committee Needs to Ask in the Big Finale
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ABC News:
Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Cipollone testifies about heated Dec. 18 White House meeting
Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Cipollone testifies about heated Dec. 18 White House meeting
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
‘He is not an impressionable child’: Cheney lays marker on Trump, crime
‘He is not an impressionable child’: Cheney lays marker on Trump, crime
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Jan. 6 Live Updates: Trump Planned a March to the Capitol, Committee Says
Jan. 6 Live Updates: Trump Planned a March to the Capitol, Committee Says
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Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
Exclusive: Watch Uvalde school shooting video obtained by Statesman showing response — Editor's note: The video footage, audio, and events described in this story are disturbing. Discretion is advised. This exclusive story and video are being made available free of charge as a public service.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Logs show 10 House Republicans attended White House meeting on pressuring Pence — Ten Republican members of Congress attended a Dec. 21 White House meeting focused on efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to help overturn the 2020 election, according to the Jan. 6 committee.
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds — Far from consolidating his support, the former president appears weakened in his party, especially with younger and college-educated Republicans. Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is the most popular alternative. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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NBC News:
Cipollone corroborated virtually everything from Hutchinson, Jan. 6 panel member says
Cipollone corroborated virtually everything from Hutchinson, Jan. 6 panel member says
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Shocking new Trump revelations may actually move a few GOP voters
Shocking new Trump revelations may actually move a few GOP voters
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why evidence that Trump planned a Capitol march is important
Why evidence that Trump planned a Capitol march is important
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump has never been held accountable for impeding inquiries. It shows.
Trump has never been held accountable for impeding inquiries. It shows.
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Trump tried to contact committee witness, an effort referred to Justice Department, Cheney says
Trump tried to contact committee witness, an effort referred to Justice Department, Cheney says
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Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Leaked Audio: Before Election Day, Bannon Said Trump Planned to Falsely Claim Victory — “That's our strategy. He's gonna declare himself a winner.” … On the evening of October 31, 2020, Steve Bannon told a group of associates that President Donald Trump had a plan to declare victory on election night—even if he was losing.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Gambit May Have Just Put Him in New Legal Jeopardy
Steve Bannon's Gambit May Have Just Put Him in New Legal Jeopardy
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Washington Post:
Twitter sues Elon Musk, setting stage for epic legal battle — The lawsuit is the first legal volley in what will likely be one of the most watched and contentious business trials in recent history — Listen — Gift Article — Twitter filed suit Tuesday against Elon Musk to force …
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Twitter Sues Elon Musk to Force Him to Complete $44 Billion Acquisition
Twitter Sues Elon Musk to Force Him to Complete $44 Billion Acquisition
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Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Professor Schools Sen. Josh Hawley For His Transphobic Questions In Abortion Hearing — Khiara M. Bridges, a Berkeley law professor, invited Hawley to join her class sometime because the anti-abortion senator “might learn a lot.” — A University of California, Berkeley School …
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Kiera Feldman / Los Angeles Times:
He worked from home and died suddenly. Five days passed before his body was found — Dominic Green signed out of work as he always did, exactly at 4:30 p.m. — “Good afternoon everyone, my shift has ended,” the 28-year-old emailed from his desk in the living room of his Los Angeles apartment on a winter Wednesday afternoon.
David French / The Atlantic:
The Constitution Isn't Working — On the last day of the Supreme Court's most recent term, the Court released two cases that highlight a challenge to American democracy—a challenge that is the direct result of one of the Founders' more consequential miscalculations.
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Joe Biden's Dobbs Response Has Been Breathtakingly Awful — Why can't the president show some fight? — This weekend, the Washington Post published an article that chronicled the lumbering strategy of Joe Biden's administration in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
What happened after Pete Buttigieg went on Fox News Sunday — Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg went on Fox News Sunday over the weekend and gave a good answer to a question he was asked about pro-choice protests against Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
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TMZ.com:
LeBron James Says He'd Question Returning To America If He Were Brittney Griner — LeBron James says Brittney Griner's been in captivity for way too long without the U.S. bringing her home, so if he were the WNBA star, he'd question returning to America. — Bron made the comments during …
Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times:
Man suspected of hate crime for allegedly threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal — A 48-year-old South Seattle man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of a hate crime for threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, according to King County prosecutors.
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Man accused of threatening to kill Jayapal outside her home
Man accused of threatening to kill Jayapal outside her home
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BBC:
Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country — Sri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country, the BBC has confirmed, following mass protests over the island's economic crisis. — The president had been in hiding after crowds stormed his palace on Saturday.
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Mehmet Oz bragged about hunting in Florida, but he's never held a license — He also claimed to own a hunting ranch in Florida. — Television personality Mehmet Oz spent months in a Pennsylvania Senate race touting a history of hunting in Florida. But the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission …
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Former senior U.S. official John Bolton admits to planning attempted foreign coups — John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security adviser, said on Tuesday that he had helped plan attempted coups in foreign countries.
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Raul A. Reyes / CNN:
These GOP Latina candidates are not the ‘real deal’ — Latinas are pushing for a Republican revolution in South Texas — Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and a member of the USA Today board of contributors. Follow him on Twitter @RaulAReyes. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
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