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Congress asks Secret Service for an account of all contacts between agency, Oath Keepers up to and on Jan. 6, 2021  —  The House Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection has asked the Secret Service for records of all communications between the far-right Oath Keepers group …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Jan. 6 Capitol riot panel briefed on multiple calls between Secret Service and Oath Keepers, NBC News reports  — A member of the Secret Service had multiple phone calls in 2020 with members of the far-right militia group the Oath Keepers.  — The House select committee investigating …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Taylor Popielarz / Spectrum News 1 Ohio:
Fundraiser for Ohio GOP candidate JD Vance axed after Spectrum News asked questions about host  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A weekend fundraiser for Ohio U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance was abruptly canceled Friday after Spectrum News notified the Vance campaign it would report the host …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Creepy Joe strikes again!  Biden sneaks up behind girl, grabs her shoulders and tells her 'no serious guys until you're 30' - as the uncomfortable teen tries to laugh it off  — President Joe Biden was speaking at a community college in California on Friday when he was seen grabbing a girl by the shoulder as he gave dating advice
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Jan. 6 video undermines Trump's repeated efforts to blame Pelosi for Capitol security  —  Never-bef0re-seen video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other congressional leaders on Jan. 6, 2021 offers strikingly vivid evidence undermining former president Donald Trump's long-debunked claim …
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Washington Post:
Judge bucks Trump, orders Pence aide to testify to Jan. 6 grand jury
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:   Let Me Tell You What I Want  —  Cards on the table for the Republican party.
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Seeks Additional Information From Two Trump Aides About Mar-a-Lago Records  —  Aides are being asked about the treatment and moving of sensitive records at the Florida resort  —  Can Trump Declassify Documents?  It's Complicated  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
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CNN:
Justice Department formally appeals appointment of special master in Mar-a-Lago documents case
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Mark Carney: ‘Doubling down on inequality was a surprising choice’ … Mark Carney and I have been going back and forth for months to pin down a date — each of us having to cancel at least once.  Fate was guiding us.  The former governor of the Bank of England strolls into our New York venue …
Discussion: Bloomberg and NPR
Jeff Coltin / City & State New York:
Manhattan congressional candidate publishes a porn video to highlight his sex positive platform  —  Mike Itkis is running against Rep. Jerry Nadler, and wants to legalize sex work.  —  Independent candidate for Congress Mike Itkis, who is running against Jerry Nadler in Manhattan's 12th …
Alex Marshall / New York Times:
Climate Protesters Throw Soup Over van Gogh's ‘Sunflowers’  —  Two activists attacked the famous painting at the National Gallery, in London.  —  LONDON — Climate protesters across Europe have for months been gluing themselves to the frames of famous paintings in a series of attention-grabbing stunts.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Independent voters don't want mini-Trumps, are bored by Biden  —  Researchers who study independents advise ‘elections are won in the middle,’ even though many Republicans are not heeding the message  —  A critical group of swing voters was asked to give a brief, one-word description …
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
‘It Was a Massacre’: How Security Forces Cracked Down in Southeastern Iran  —  A New York Times analysis of witness testimony and videos reveals a bloody scene that unfolded last month in Zahedan during Friday Prayer, with mats as stretchers and bodies piled in cars.
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Student loan forgiveness applications now open through beta mode website, Biden administration says  —  The Biden administration has opened the application process for Americans seeking student debt relief in a beta period starting Friday evening, officials told CNN, allowing applicants …
David Moye / HuffPost:
Ted Cruz Falls For Fake News, Then Blames The Real Media For Calling Him Out  —  “It could easily have been real,” the Texas Republican finally admitted to journalists who pointed out he'd been suckered.  —  Sen. Ted Cruz's latest attempt at owning those danged libs failed miserably on Thursday …
Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
Arizona AG asks FBI, IRS to investigate election integrity watchdog True the Vote  —  Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich says True The Vote has never provided him with information on voter fraud, despite its public claims  —  Arizona AG Mark Brnovich: Drugs, criminals and illegal migrants …
Discussion: Politico, MyNorthwest.com and Raw Story
Miami Herald:
DeSantis migrant flights may continue, records suggest, including to Delaware and Illinois  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration may keep flying migrants from the border to Democratic states using Florida taxpayer money, according to newly released public records.
Discussion: CNN, Fox News, NewsNation and Raw Story
Don Thompson / Associated Press:
California governor blocks Charles Manson follower's parole  —  California's governor blocked the parole of Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel on Friday, more than five decades after she scrawled “Helter Skelter” on a wall using the blood of one of their victims.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Al Jazeera
NBC News:
Obama to campaign for Mandela Barnes in tough Wisconsin Senate race, sources say  —  Former President Barack Obama is heading to Wisconsin to help boost Senate candidate Mandela Barnes, a Democrat challenging GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News.
Discussion: ABC7 and The Hill
Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian:
Anger as DeSantis eases voting rules in Republican areas hit by hurricane  —  Executive order makes voting easier in Florida's Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota counties but not in Democratic Orange county  —  Governor Ron DeSantis has made voting easier in certain Florida counties battered by Hurricane Ian …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Washington Post
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Newspapers with a partisan aim filling the void of traditional media  —  As independent local papers collapse, a new industry is being fueled by ideological donors seeking to further political agendas.  —  Pennsylvania's most widely-circulated newspaper showed up, without fanfare or explanation …
New York Times:
How Republicans Cast Aside Concerns and Learned to Love Herschel Walker  —  The Senate candidate in Georgia has been slammed by allegations, but he should not have been surprised.  Republicans have been discussing the arrival of this moment for months.  —  Since Herschel Walker launched …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Judge drops 1 of 5 charges against Trump-Russia dossier source, in blow to special counsel Durham  —  The judge dropped one of the five charges against Igor Danchenko, specifically pertaining to the allegation that he lied to the FBI about speaking with a Democratic operative about the anti-Trump dossier.
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
District Attorney To Review All Cases Handled By Cop Who Planned Charlottesville Nazi Rally  —  The review is the result of a HuffPost exposé about Massachusetts officer John Donnelly's ties to the deadly rally and racist messages he posted online.  —  A Massachusetts prosecutor …
Discussion: Raw Story, Boston Herald and CBS News
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Luntz Raises Alarm About Election Losers Not Accepting Results  —  Pollster Frank Luntz predicted that Democrats would maintain control of the US Senate in the November midterm elections and that Republicans would win the House, but said he's really worried about candidates losing close races and not accepting their defeats.
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Andrew Perez / The Lever:
Dems Barely Messaging On Economic Issues
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
 
 
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