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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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Jan. 6 panel escalates showdown with Trump over influencing witnesses
Jan. 6 panel escalates showdown with Trump over influencing witnesses
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Politico:
‘His own choices’: Select panel says Trump — not his advisers — set Jan. 6 in motion
‘His own choices’: Select panel says Trump — not his advisers — set Jan. 6 in motion
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Manny Garcia / Austin American-Statesman:
Why the Austin American-Statesman chose to publish video from inside Robb Elementary — The American-Statesman is publishing a video account of the delayed police response at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after a gunman walked into two classrooms and killed 19 children and their two teachers.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Tears, Screaming and Insults: Inside an ‘Unhinged’ Meeting to Keep Trump in Power — Even by the standards of the Trump White House, a meeting on Dec. 18, 2020, that was highlighted Tuesday by the Jan. 6 committee was extreme. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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‘Unhinged’: The White House meeting that preceded Trump's ‘will be wild’ tweet — Gift Article — Late on a Friday night about six weeks after Donald Trump lost his reelection, a fistfight nearly broke out in the White House between the president's fired national security adviser and a top White House aide.
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CBS News:
Charges: Man lit his camper on fire, defaced own garage to appear targeted due to Trump flag — MINNEAPOLIS - A Brooklyn Center man faces federal charges after he lit his own camper on fire to make it look like a politically-motivated crime, and then allegedly filed several fraudulent insurance claims.
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
More than 200 congressional staffers urge Pelosi and Schumer to act on climate or risk dooming younger generations — “We've crafted the legislation necessary to avert climate catastrophe. It's time for you to pass it,” the staffers wrote in a letter, sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
House centrists mull Manchin counteroffer: No new taxes — Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) is gauging support among House centrists for a counteroffer to the emerging Senate reconciliation package, with one big clause: No new taxes. … That could deprive President Biden — and vulnerable lawmakers …
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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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Molly Jong-Fast / The Atlantic:
The Trump Enablers Truly in Contempt of Congress
The Trump Enablers Truly in Contempt of Congress
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
A Former Mueller Prosecutor Takes Merrick Garland to Task — Few people know complex federal criminal investigations as well as Andrew Weissmann does. — Over the course of his career, Weissmann has worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, as a deputy and eventually director …
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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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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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New York Times:
A Culture Warrior Goes Quiet: DeSantis Dodges Questions on Abortion Plans
A Culture Warrior Goes Quiet: DeSantis Dodges Questions on Abortion Plans
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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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Washington Post:
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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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 …
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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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.
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.
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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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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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Republicans threaten Wall Street over climate positions — BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase and other asset managers face complaints from the left — and threats from the right — Listen — Gift Article — Republican officials across the country, tearing a page from the ongoing culture wars …
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.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Senate confirms Steve Dettelbach to head ATF — The Senate voted 48-46 on Tuesday, mostly along party lines, to confirm President Biden's nomination of Steve Dettelbach to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). — Dettelbach will be the first Senate-confirmed director …
Anthony Robledo / USA Today:
Backlash continues as Dave Chappelle receives two Emmy nominations for controversial Netflix special — Even after receiving backlash for his transphobic commentary in “The Closer,” Dave Chappelle is still collecting accolades. — The Netflix comedy special received two Primetime Emmy nominations Tuesday …
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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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