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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
McConnell calls Jan. 6 a ‘violent insurrection,’ breaking with RNC  —  McConnell: January 6 was ‘violent insurrection’ after a legitimate election  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell disagreed Tuesday with the Republican National Committee's recent censure of two GOP lawmakers …
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New York Times:
McConnell Denounces R.N.C. Censure of Jan. 6 Panel Members  —  Senator Mitch McConnell joined a chorus of Republicans distancing themselves from the committee's action, describing the Capitol riot as “a violent insurrection.”  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader …
Ronna McDaniel / Townhall:
The Media Is Distorting Republican Censure of Cheney, Kinzinger  —  If corporate news media wants to know why Americans don't trust it anymore, they should look no further than the shameful, outrageous, and patently false coverage of the resolution adopted by the RNC to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.
Discussion: The Hill and UPI
Associated Press:
AP source: GOP Maryland Gov. Hogan won't run for Senate
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell breaks with RNC: Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’
Aram Roston / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE FBI probes pre-Capitol riot meeting of far-right groups … The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a meeting in a downtown DC garage the day before the January 6 Capitol Hill riot between the then-leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, the now-indicted leader …
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Bradley Jones / Pew Research Center:
Fewer Americans now say Trump bears a lot of responsibility for the Jan. 6 riot
Discussion: The Hill and Nicholas Grossman
Ben Collins / NBC News:   Before the Riot: Jan. 6 committee looking back at how extremists came together
Sarah Emerson / BuzzFeed News:
A Woman Accused Of A $4.5 Billion Cryptocurrency Laundering Scheme Has Moonlighted As A Rapper And Forbes Writer  —  A husband and wife were arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency.  In an announcement, the Department …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Stolen Cryptocurrency
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Rep. Cori Bush isn't backing down on “defund the police” slogan  —  Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) says she's not going to stop using the slogan “defund the police” ahead of this fall's midterms — even though some of her colleagues have made that request.  —  Why it matters: Progressives …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Kipp Jones / Mediaite:   Chris Cuomo Reportedly Seeking as Much as $60 Million From CNN: ‘He Wants Megyn Kelly Money’
Bobby Burack / OutKick:
More Unreleased Stacey Abrams Maskless School Photos  —  Stacey Abrams' recent visit to an elementary school is more cringeworthy than we thought.  —  OutKick has obtained more photos from Abrams' visit to Glennwood Elementary School last week, showing how Abrams spent the entire day maskless while the children remained masked up.
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
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New York Times:
New York joins several other U.S. states in rolling back mask mandates as infections fall.  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul will drop New York's stringent indoor mask mandate on Wednesday, ending a requirement that businesses ask customers for proof of full vaccination or require mask-wearing at all times …
Carlos Frías / Miami Herald:
New York's Cafe Habana removes info about Che and Fidel from website  —  HOME THINGS TO DO FOOD CLUB + BARS MORE  —  A Mexican hangout where the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Che Guevara plotted the Cuban revolution is the inspiration behind a New York City restaurant opening a location soon in downtown Miami.
Discussion: Instapundit and The Daily Caller
Steve Reilly / Grid News:
The hacked account and suspicious donations behind the Canadian trucker protests  —  The jumble of misinformation, online fundraising groups and amplification from right-wing political figures suggests there's more to these protests than meets the eye.  —  Hundreds of people have been camped …
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Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
‘Full blown’ pandemic phase of Covid nearly over in US, declares Fauci  —  Biden's top medical adviser says Americans will soon make ‘own decisions’ on dealing with virus  —  The US is heading out of the “full blown” pandemic phase of Covid-19, the president's chief medical adviser said …
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker apologizes to CBC chair for allegedly telling her to ‘kiss my a—’  —  Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) apologized to Congressional Black Caucus chair Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) after he allegedly told her to “kiss my a—” in response to her request for him to wear a mask before taking a train inside Capitol Hill.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Emily Peck / Axios:
Male economists are freaking out over a NYT profile  —  A handful of prominent male economists, including former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, are freaking out — mostly on Twitter — about a weekend New York Times profile of economist Stephanie Kelton, known for her work on Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT.
Dan Margolies / KCUR 89.3:
Missouri Supreme Court disciplines St. Louis lawyers who waved guns at BLM protesters  —  The McCloskeys drew national headlines when they confronted a group of mostly Black protesters who had entered their gated community en route to demonstrate in front of the nearby home of a former St. Louis mayor in June 2020.
Discussion: Associated Press
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court  —  The court's decision to let Alabama's new redistricting map remain in place opens the door to a season of racist gerrymandering.  —  I honestly do not know what kind of attack a state would have to launch against the voting rights …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Washington Post
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Steve Vladeck / MSNBC:   Supreme Court's Alabama travesty and its worn-out ‘shadow docket’ defense
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Didn't Vanity Fair Break the Jeffrey Epstein Story?  —  The former editor Graydon Carter and a journalist, Vicky Ward, give conflicting accounts of why the magazine didn't publish sexual-abuse allegations in 2003.  —  “Ghislaine Maxwell is arguably the most hated woman in the world.
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Dear White Staffers: It's Time We Listened  —  The Instagram account that shines a light on why working on Capitol Hill can be so disheartening.  —  (SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  Judged by the demographics of the senators and representatives, the 117th Congress may be the most diverse in our nation's history.
Discussion: Overtime and The Independent
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Washington Post:
Virginia Senate Democrats join GOP on amendment to allow parents to opt out of school mask mandates  —  RICHMOND — Senate Democrats who have been howling over Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order making masks optional in K-12 schools got on board with the idea Tuesday …
Chad P. Bown / PIIE:
China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal  —  Image credit: Oriental Image via Reuters Connect/Li Xiaofei  —  Yilin Wang provided outstanding data assistance, and Nia Kitchin, Melina Kolb, and Oliver Ward assisted with graphics.
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Oregon GOP gubernatorial candidate admits he and wife belonged to swingers group  —  A top candidate in the Republican primary for Oregon governor has admitted that he and his wife had explored a swinging lifestyle before deciding that swapping partners wasn't for them, according to a report.
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Feds Arrest Capitol Rioter Who Allegedly Shouted 'Let's Go!'  While Fighting ‘the Commies’  —  FIGHTING THE BAD FIGHT  —  The Justice Department announced the arrest of the latest Capitol rioter Tuesday: Eric Gerwatowski, 31, of New Hyde Park, New York.  He's been charged with civil disorder …
David Wallace-Wells / Vulture:
Lived Through This … In his new collection, The Nineties: A Book, the critic Chuck Klosterman works ground up from culture to build a sort of mood-board history of a decade that floats a little out of focus in the national memory: close enough to feel familiar, far away enough to feel weird.
Leana S. Wen / Washington Post:
In this next phase of the pandemic, beware of the extremes  —  Once again, the United States is at a turning point in the covid-19 pandemic.  As infections fall, local and state officials are lifting mask mandates, and a bipartisan group of governors is calling on President Biden to “move away” …
Discussion: Commentary Magazine and RedState
New York Times:
Europeans Pursue Diplomacy Amid Mixed Signals on Russian Aims in Ukraine  —  President Emmanuel Macron of France said time was needed to solve the crisis, as the Kremlin refuted reports that he and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had made progress toward de-escalation.  —  Here's what you need to know:
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Doug Emhoff, husband of vice president, evacuated from D.C. school after bomb threat  —  Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Harris, was evacuated from a D.C. public school on Tuesday afternoon after a bomb threat, officials said.  —  A Secret Service agent told Emhoff “we have to go” …
 
 
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Americans Are Frustrated With the Pandemic. These Polls Show How Much.
Discussion: Axios
Los Angeles Times:
How Jose Huizar's lavish Las Vegas jaunts tripped alarms for FBI in L.A. bribe case
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
What about Black students' ‘discomfort’?
Lowkell / Blue Virginia:
Audio: At Fundraiser in May 2019, Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R) - Who Just Voted for 20-Week Abortion Ban - Discusses Her Convoluted, Self-Contradictory, Factually Incorrect Views on This Topic
Washington Free Beacon:
State Department Impeding Investigation Into Hunter Biden, GOP Senators Claim
Insider:
Chuck Schumer says he supports banning lawmakers from trading stocks: ‘I would like to see it done’
Discussion: Alternet.org
 Earlier Items: 
Bernie Sanders / The Guardian:
We must do everything possible to avoid an enormously destructive war in Ukraine
OCCRP:
Boss Babies: The Children Who Own Hundreds of Luxembourg Corporations
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
The New USPS Trucks Would Probably Be Illegal If They Weighed One Pound Less
Discussion: Gizmodo, UPI and The Daily Caller
Emily Peck / Axios:
Jaw-dropping gender gap in jobs