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9:30 PM ET, June 22, 2023

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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Navy Detected Titan Sub Implosion Days Ago  —  Underwater microphones designed to detect enemy submarines first detected Titan tragedy  —  WASHINGTON—A top secret U.S. Navy acoustic detection system designed to spot enemy submarines first heard the Titan sub implosion hours …
Johnny Rubin / House Committee on Ways and Means:
Smith: Testimony of IRS Employees Reveals Biden IRS, DOJ Interfered in Tax Investigation of Hunter Biden, Revealing Preferential Treatment for Wealthy and Politically Connected  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Ways and Means Committee executive meeting resulted in a vote to release …
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Washington Post:
IRS whistleblower says Justice Dept. slowed, stifled Hunter Biden case  —  Tax investigator says prosecutor decisions whittled down the case against the president's son  —  An IRS agent who supervised the investigation into President Biden's son Hunter told lawmakers that Justice Department officials slowed …
The Indianapolis Star:
Moms for Liberty's Hamilton County chapter apologizes for quoting Hitler in newsletter  —  The Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty, a national organization recently listed as an “extremist group” by a civil rights watchdog, apologized Thursday morning after it launched a newsletter called …
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Michael Mitsanas / NBC News:
Moms for Liberty chapter apologizes for quoting Adolf Hitler in newsletter  —  The Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty in Indiana placed the quote on the front page of its new newsletter.  —  A local Indiana chapter of Moms for Liberty, a national conservative parents organization …
Discussion: Political Wire
House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative George Santos  —  Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined on June 22, 2023, to release the following statement:
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ABC News:
George Santos' father and aunt guaranteed his $500K bond, court documents show
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:   Ethics panel expands Santos probe to include conduct covered in federal indictment
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Ethics Committee expands investigation into Santos
Discussion: Raw Story, Forbes and Political Wire
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Top GOP senators bristle at House impeachment efforts  —  Several members of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) leadership team on Thursday expressed reluctance about potentially being drawn into an impeachment trial. … - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas …
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Owen Tucker-Smith / Los Angeles Times:
House Republicans censured Adam Schiff. He couldn't be happier
Washington Post:
House Republicans largely agree on substance. Process is dividing them.
Discussion: Raw Story, Roll Call and IJR
New York Times:
Divided House Sidesteps Biden Impeachment Vote but Starts Inquiry
Julia Conley / Common Dreams:
‘Shady and Corrupt’: Add Barrett Real Estate Deal to List of Supreme Court Ethics Scandals  —  The right-wing justice sold a home to a religious freedom group that has filed numerous briefs in cases before the court.  —  Thursday reporting on a real estate deal made by U.S. Supreme Court …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Sam Alito's trip to Rome funded by group that has filed briefs before SCOTUS: CNN
New York Times:
Missing Titanic Sub: Search and Rescue Effort Is Vast.  Who Pays the Bill?  —  Coast Guard: Missing Submersible Experienced a ‘Catastrophic Implosion’  —  OceanGate Expeditions, the operator of the submersible, said it believed all five people on board “have sadly been lost.”
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump documents investigation examined New Jersey club from outset  —  Exclusive: Prosecutors developed evidence early on of classified documents at Trump's Bedminster golf club  —  Federal prosecutors investigating Donald Trump's retention of national security material were examining evidence within weeks …
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Melts Down as DOJ Turns Over Evidence It Plans to Use Against Him
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Stephen Richer / Arizona Republic:
Kari Lake continues to defame me.  Here's why I'm suing her for it  —  Opinion: Kari Lake and her campaign must be held accountable for their utter disregard for the truth and the harm their words have caused.  —  For the last seven months, a high-profile former statewide candidate for office …
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Senator Calls For Return of Old Mississippi Flag: ‘Our People Died Under That Flag’  —  Almost three years after both houses of the Mississippi Legislature overwhelmingly voted to retire the old Confederate-themed state flag, a state senator from Union County is calling for its return.
New York Times:
Senator Rick Scott Has Been Weighing a Presidential Run  —  If he runs, Mr. Scott would become the fourth Republican presidential candidate from Florida, joining Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Mayor Francis X. Suarez of Miami.  —  Senator Rick Scott of Florida is considering a late entry …
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Just Another RFK Jr. Lie.  I Know, Because It's About Me.  —  I edited Kennedy's error-ridden piece on a vaccine-autism link, which Salon later retracted.  We caved to the truth, not Big Pharma.  —  I've been doing my best to ignore the farcical presidential candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Beast, Mediaite and Raw Story
Census.gov:
America Is Getting Older  —  NOTE: Data will be available around 10 a.m. on public release day.  —  New Population Estimates Highlight Increase in National Median Age  —  JUNE 22, 2023 — The nation's median age increased by 0.2 years to 38.9 years between 2021 and 2022 …
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Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
The U.S. Population Is Older Than It Has Ever Been
Discussion: Bloomberg
NBC News:
Trump campaign's Election Day operations official appears before Jan. 6 grand jury  —  G. Michael Brown appeared as part of special counsel Jack Smith's probe into the “fake electors” scheme to stop the lawful transfer of power to Joe Biden after the 2020 election.
Mia Gingerich / Media Matters for America:
Fox News is altering language in AP and Reuters articles on anti-trans legislation — including a quote from an elected official  —  “Gender affirming care” was replaced with “sex change” or “sex reassignment” in at least 19 articles  —  In an abhorrent bid to further its demonization …
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Noah Rothman / National Review:
The Court's Conservatives Aren't Taking It Lying Down Anymore  —  Noah Rothman here with you for one last morning before I hand the stick back over to the talented Dominic Pino for tomorrow's edition.  Jim Geraghty, lord and master of the Morning Jolt, returns next week.
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux / FiveThirtyEight:
Dobbs Turned Abortion Into A Huge Liability For Republicans  —  Support for abortion rights is higher than it's been in decades.  —  By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux  —  Graphics by Humera Lodhi  —  Jun. 22, 2023, at 9:15 AM  —  When Theresa M. started attending a support group for breast cancer survivors …
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match … Here we go.  —  After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk's tweet with the caption “send me location.”
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: 61% of voters disapprove of Supreme Court decision overturning Roe  —  On the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, 53% say abortion access nationwide has become too difficult, a new NBC News poll finds.  —  NBC News poll finds 61% of voters disapprove of Dobbs abortion decision one year later
Bernd Debusmann Jr / BBC:
Titan sub debris field: Parts of missing sub's cover found, expert says  —  Debris has been found in the search for the missing Titan submersible, reportedly including parts of its outside cover.  —  Dive expert David Mearns told the BBC the president of the Explorers Club …
Arpan Lobo / Detroit Free Press:
Former GOP candidate Ryan Kelley will plead guilty to Jan. 6 attacks charge  —  Ryan Kelley, a real estate agent and conservative activist who sought to become governor of Michigan in 2022, will plead guilty next month to a misdemeanor charge stemming from his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Emine Yücel / Talking Points Memo:
Despite Repeated Vows Not To, House GOPers Are Again Proposing Social Security And Medicare Cuts  —  Over the past couple of months, Republicans claimed — over and over again — that they will not propose cuts to Social Security and Medicare.  But despite the promises, a new budget proposal …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Kentucky GOP Star Took Cash From Recovery Center He's Investigating  —  And he only recused himself when his office received a public records request about the investigation. … When Kentucky Attorney General turned Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron discovered …
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Narendra Modi denies religious discrimination exists in India  —  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi denied that discrimination against minorities existed under his government during a press conference with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday, even as rights groups and the State Department …
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Russia Acted In ‘Good Faith’ In Ukraine Invasion  —  “I think we're the ones who have not been acting in good faith,” the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate said.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he believes Russia acted in “good faith” …
 
 
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Amy Hawkins / The Guardian:
China is state most dangerous to its own citizens' civil rights, report finds
Angry White Men:
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Dan Stillman / Washington Post:
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How Chicago Broke the Neoliberal Fever
New York Times:
Trump Trial Setting Could Provide Conservative Jury Pool
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Are Torching Democracy to Deny Women Abortions
Discussion: NBC News and Daily Kos
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
House clerk who oversaw McCarthy's Speaker fight resigns
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Jacques Berlinerblau / Salon:
Who was the mystery MAGA rabbi who prayed with Trump? We found him — but big questions remain
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
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