memeorandum: Judge sends another trove of Eastman emails to Jan. 6 committee (Kyle Cheney/Politico)

12:35 PM ET, June 8, 2022

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Man with weapon detained near Brett Kavanaugh's home — The man allegedly told police he wanted to kill the Supreme Court justice, according to people familiar with the investigation — A California man carrying at least one weapon near Brett M. Kavanaugh's Maryland home has been taken …

NBC News:

Man with gun, knife arrested near Justice Kavanaugh's residence — WASHINGTON — Law enforcement officials say an armed man was arrested overnight near the home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. — Officials say he was armed with a handgun, a knife, and pepper spray.

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CNBC:

Armed man who sought to kill Brett Kavanaugh arrested near Supreme Court justice's home — A man armed with a handgun, knife, and pepper spray was arrested by police near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, authorities said. — The man told police …

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Associated Press: Court: Armed man arrested near Kavanaugh's house

Nina Totenberg / NPR: After the leak, the Supreme Court seethes with resentment and fear behind the scenes

Jackson Richman / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Man With Gun Arrested Outside Kavanaugh's Home, Told Police He Wanted to Assassinate Supreme Court Justice

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Fox News:
Armed California man arrested by Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh's Maryland home

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Nellie Bowles / The Atlantic:

How San Francisco Became a Failed City — San Francisco was conquered by the United States in 1846, and two years later, the Americans discovered gold. That's about when my ancestors came—my German great-great-great-grandfather worked at a butcher shop on Jackson Street.

Discussion: New York Times

San Francisco Chronicle:

Chesa Boudin Recall Election Results — Live San Francisco election results for the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin, including vote breakdown by district. — The S.F. Department of Elections is not yet reporting results for this election. The department will start publishing data at around 8:45 p.m. on June 7.

Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
The Broken Windows Election

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Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
Chesa Boudin blamed the recall on the right wing. But S.F. voters who ousted him just want a city that works

Discussion: San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, Breitbart and Reason

James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Opinion Boudin's recall proves Democrats have lost the public's trust on crime

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
California Sends Democrats and the Nation a Message on Crime

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Mission Local:
Recall election: Analysis and results

Discussion: San Francisco Chronicle

Peter Baker / New York Times:

How Jared Kushner Washed His Hands of Donald Trump Before Jan. 6 — Mr. Kushner's role in the final months of the Trump White House could come into sharp relief once the committee investigating the attack on the Capitol opens hearings. — Give this article- - - Read in app

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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:

Mark Meadows Was Trump's “Matador” for His Fake Election Lies — Without the former President's fourth and final White House chief of staff, January 6th might never have happened. — When the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol begins its long-awaited hearings …

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ABC News:
Top Trump White House lawyer in active talks with Jan. 6 committee to testify publicly

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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:

How to Think About the January 6th Hearings — In its primetime meetings, which start this week, the House committee is providing an active threat assessment. — As you watch the House January 6th Committee's primetime hearings, keep the following top of mind: The committee is not just examining the past.

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge sends another trove of Eastman emails to Jan. 6 committee

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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Inaugural January 6 hearing to track activities of Proud Boys during Capitol attack

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Democrats fret as Garland's January 6 investigation creeps closer to pre-midterm deadline

Discussion: New Republic and Political Wire

Jordain Carney / Politico:
The latest House-Senate GOP split: How to respond to Jan. 6 hearings

Discussion: Associated Press, Rolling Stone and Washington Examiner

Herb Scribner / Axios:
Majority of Proud Boys indicted for sedition were U.S. military veterans

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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:

DeSantis spokeswoman belatedly registers as agent of foreign politician — Christina Pushaw's disclosure of work for Mikheil Saakashvili came after contact from the Justice Department, her attorney said — A spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) this week registered as a foreign agent …

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Associated Press:

FBI seizes retired general's data related to Qatar lobbying — The FBI has seized the electronic data of a retired four-star general who authorities say made false statements and withheld “incriminating” documents about his role in an illegal foreign lobbying campaign on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar.

Discussion: nationalinterest.org, New York Times, New York Post and The Daily Wire

David Siders / Politico:

Trump hits another snag: 6 takeaways from a big primary night — Another round of Republicans on Donald Trump's hit list survived on Tuesday, while in San Francisco, a progressive prosecutor didn't. But that's not all we learned from Tuesday's primaries in California, Iowa, Mississippi …

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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:

How Much Damage Have Marjorie Taylor Greene and the ‘Bullies’ Done to the G.O.P.? — Curious to know how the two more extreme wings of the Democrats and Republicans in the House differ, I asked a high-ranking Republican staff member with decades of government experience …

Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:

Raisman, Biles, Maroney among 90 women asking FBI for $1 billion for mishandling Larry Nassar sex abuse case — Larry Nassar victims seek $1 billion from FBI — A group representing 90 young women — including U.S. Olympic team gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman …

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Insider:

Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn failed to properly disclose up to $950,000 in cryptocurrency trades, including 'Let's Go Brandon' coin, bitcoin, and ethereum — Rep. Madison Cawthorn already faces an ethics complaint over past crypto trades. — Cawthorn appears to have again violated the STOCK Act's disclosure provisions.

Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:

Moderna says new trial results show that a revised vaccine works better against Omicron. — The findings indicate that the updated vaccine produced a significantly stronger immune response against Omicron, but it is unclear how it will fare against future versions of the virus.

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Washington Post:

Another 2020 election denier will be on November's ballot — Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born on this day in 1867. If you're in the D.C. area, the Fallingwater house in southwest Pennsylvania that he designed is a wonderful day trip.

Discussion: VICE and Raw Story

Jill Lawrence / USA Today: Trump's reckless election liars are on 2022 ballots. Here's how Democrats can stop them.

Annie Karni / New York Times:

Live Updates: House Holds Hearing on Gun Violence — An 11-year-old who survived the Uvalde massacre addressed Congress on gun violence. — WASHINGTON — Two weeks after surviving a mass shooting by smearing herself in a classmate's blood and pretending to be dead, Miah Cerrillo …

Discussion: NBC News

Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Uvalde, Buffalo shooting victims testify at gun hearing before Congress

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Kelsey Piper / Vox:

Stop telling kids that climate change will destroy their world — Some “climate anxiety” is the product of telling kids — falsely — that they have no future. — My 5-year-old daughter is now old enough to read a lot of books and magazines aimed at children, and it's given me a whole …

Discussion: Fox News