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U.S. Department of Justice:
Peter Navarro Indicted for Contempt of Congress  —  Two Charges Filed for Defaulting on House Subpoena From Select Committee Investigating Jan. 6 Capitol Breach  —  WASHINGTON - Former White House advisor Peter K. Navarro has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt …
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Axios:
Scoop: Trumpworld plots Jan. 6 counterprogramming blitz  —  Former President Trump and his allies, in conjunction with top House GOP leadership and conservative groups, have begun pulling documents and coordinating a behind-the-scenes effort to counterprogram the Jan. 6 committee's televised hearings this month, Axios has learned.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro charged with contempt of Congress  —  Navarro, like former Trump advisor Stephen Bannon, was indicted after refusing to comply with Jan. 6 committee subpoena  —  Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been indicted on two counts …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro indicted on contempt of Congress charges
Discussion: The Guardian and Reuters
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Putin thinks West will blink first in war of attrition, Russian elites say  —  The Kremlin is seeking to ramp up economic pressure to erode foreign support for Ukraine  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is digging in for a long war of attrition over Ukraine and will be relentless in trying …
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Washington Post:
Beijing chafes at Moscow's requests for support, Chinese officials say  —  China's leadership wants to expand assistance for Russia without running afoul of Western sanctions and has set limits on what it will do  —  Russian officials have raised increasingly frustrated requests …
Reuters:
Russia summons heads of U.S. media outlets, warns of ‘stringent measures’  —  Russia's Foreign Ministry said it was summoning the heads of U.S. media outlets in Moscow to a meeting next Monday to notify them of tough measures in response to U.S. restrictions against Russian media.
BBC:
The Russian soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Des Moines Register:
A man shot, killed 2 church members, then himself, outside of Ames' Cornerstone Church, sheriff says  —  A man shot and killed two female victims, then killed himself, in a parking lot outside Ames' Cornerstone Church Thursday night, according to police and officials at the church.
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Journal Times:
Multiple people shot at Graceland Cemetery; Ascension All Saints Hospital on lockdown
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Opinion A Democratic ‘Contract With America’ for 2022  —  Ahead of November's midterm elections, Democrats should offer a straightforward, comprehensive agenda and commit to passing it if they keep control of Congress (or, in the case of the Senate, gain true control).
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Voters Say They Want Gun Control.  Their Votes Say Something Different.  —  Broad public support on the issue may not be as broad as polling shows or as Democrats hope.  —  It's one of the most puzzling questions for Democrats in American politics: Why is the political system so unresponsive to gun violence?
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Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:   Little Martyrs  —  A nihilistic religion worships the gun.  —  When I was 11 years old, I thought I was going to be a martyr.
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Two states aim to arm teachers despite opposition from educators and experts
Discussion: HotAir
Patrick Skinner / Washington Post:   Our ‘best case scenario’ in school shootings is badly misguided
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Uvalde Police Scandal  —  Students inside were calling 911 and begging for help.  The officers stayed outside for almost an hour during the mass shooting.  —  1x  —  The great sin in what happened in Texas is that an 18-year-old with murder in his heart walked into a public school and shot to death 19 kids and two teachers.
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David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
How New York's Redistricting Became a Civil War for Democrats  —  “It was mass hysteria.  Everyone assumed the whole thing was a plot.”  —  Bill de Blasio was having lunch at Caffè Reggio in the West Village on the third Monday in May, sinking in to what he assumed would be a post-mayoral life …
Talmon Joseph Smith / New York Times:
The key numbers in the jobs report and how to interpret them.  —  The number of people working or looking for work rose, while wage gains eased slightly — two encouraging signs as the Federal Reserve tries to combat stubbornly high inflation.  —  RIGHT NOW The key numbers in the jobs report and how to interpret them.
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Unemployment rate stays steady at pandemic low of 3.6 percent
Discussion: HotAir and Breitbart
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
House Democratic campaign arm rolls out first round of TV ad reservations  —  House Democrats' campaign arm rolled out its first round of television ad buys Friday as the party braces for a grueling attempt to retain its majority — or minimize losses — in the lower chamber.
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:   GOP launches first attack on Fetterman
Jake Bittle / Grist:
Is Nebraska building a $500 million ‘canal to nowhere’ just to own the libs?  —  Earlier this spring, Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill authorizing construction of a canal that would siphon water from neighboring Colorado, igniting a war of words between the two states' leaders.
Reuters:
Elon Musk has ‘super bad feeling’ about economy, wants to slash Tesla jobs  —  San Francisco, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the economy and wants to cut about 10% of jobs at the electric carmaker, he said in an email to executives on Thursday seen by Reuters.
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CNN:
NY prosecutors are moving closer to charging Steve Bannon in border wall effort Trump pardoned him for  —  (CNN)Several close allies of Steve Bannon have been subpoenaed to testify before a New York state grand jury investigating his fundraising for a private border wall effort, people familiar with the investigation tell CNN.
Rolling Stone:
How Trump's Team Conned Susan Collins Into Dooming Roe v. Wade  —  Trump officials privately mocked the Maine Republican in the run-up to Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing, predicting it'd be easy to get the pro-choice senator to vote for a seemingly anti-choice nominee
Bill Lueders / The Bulwark:
My Friend, Donald Trump  —  What it's like being so special to the former president that he constantly reaches out to you for help.  —  Donald Trump writes to me often, usually several times a day.  The president, as he calls himself—none of that “former” business—wants me to know how much he values me as a “trusted ally.”
Discussion: Raw Story
James Risen / The Intercept:
The FBI Tried to Ambush My Source.  Now I'm Telling the Whole Story. … FBI agent Grayden Ridd had a confidential message for his informant.  An FBI team had been given the green light by the Justice Department to ambush and derail a planned meeting between a reporter and a source …
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Many Reporters Think Kevin McCarthy Is Dumb.  Why Can't They Say So?  —  Is Kevin McCarthy a great big dummy?  —  That's not a rhetorical question.  Read between the lines of some of the coverage during McCarthy's 15 years in Congress and you start to suspect that many folks who pay close attention …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta  —  One of the world's most powerful executives became increasingly burned out and disconnected from the mega-business she was instrumental in building.  That dovetailed with a company investigation into her activities.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Gaetz says he supports voters arming themselves at polls  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday said he supports voters arming themselves when headed to the polls in an effort to protect against intimidation.  —  “I sort of like [Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas] Massie's legislation …
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Democrats Face Pressure on Crime From a New Front: Their Base  —  Not long ago, the party was focused on police reform, but rising fears of violence, especially among communities of color, have led candidates to change course.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: HotAir
 
 
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Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
Gender identity lessons, banned in some schools, are rising in others
Discussion: Althouse
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Barry Sussman, Washington Post editor who oversaw Watergate reporting, dies at 87
Yuval Levin / New York Times:
Why We Need Middle-Aged Leaders to Replace Baby Boomers
Discussion: Althouse
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For decades, Republican consultants spent big to promote leftist candidates, now they've started creating fake ones
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
DeSantis moves to ban transition care for transgender youths, Medicaid recipients