memeorandum: GOP governor says Trump is ‘politically, morally responsible’ for Jan. 6 (Brad Dress/The Hill)

12:25 PM ET, June 12, 2022

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Senators strike bipartisan gun deal, heralding potential breakthrough — A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators is set to announce Sunday that it reached a tentative agreement on legislation that would pair modest new gun restrictions with significant new mental health and school security investments …

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Politico:

Senators strike bipartisan gun safety agreement — Senators are preparing to release a bipartisan gun safety framework on Sunday, according to multiple people familiar with the negotiations. It would mark a significant breakthrough in Congress' attempts to address recent back-to-back mass shootings.

CNN:

Bipartisan group of senators announce agreement on gun control — (CNN)A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement on principle for gun safety legislation Sunday, which includes “needed mental health resources, improves school safety and support for students, and helps ensure dangerous criminals …

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Martha Bellisle / Associated Press:

31 Patriot Front members arrested near Idaho pride event — Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. — The men were standing inside …

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Daniel Walters / New York Times:

Dozens of White Supremacists Arrested in Idaho Had Planned to Riot, Authorities Say — Members of the right-wing group Patriot Front who were charged on Saturday were preparing to disrupt a nearby Pride event, according to the police. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Vincent Saglimbeni / KXLY-TV:

Police: 31 members of white nationalist group arrested near Coeur d'Alene pride event — COEUR D'ALENE, ID. — Thirty-one people affiliated with the white nationalist group “Patriot Front” were arrested in downtown Coeur d'Alene Saturday. — Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White …

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Alan Halaly / The Daily Beast:
‘Losers!’: Mob of White Supremacists Busted Near Idaho Pride Event

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Josh Lyle / KREM-TV:
‘They came to riot downtown’ | Police arrest 31 people with ties to hate group, found inside U-haul

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NBC News:
31 linked to white nationalist group arrested near Pride event in Idaho

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Brad Dress / The Hill:

GOP governor says Trump is ‘politically, morally responsible’ for Jan. 6 — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Sunday said former President Trump is “politically, morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 riot last year and called for Republicans to do some “soul-searching” after the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:

Capitol attack pardon revelations could spell doom for Trump and allies — Disclosure that many House Republicans sought presidential pardon may show they believed election fraud claim was false — he House select committee investigating the Capitol attack revealed at its inaugural hearing …

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Daniella Diaz / CNN:

Raskin says Garland knows 'what's at stake' on possible Justice Department indictment of Trump — Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat who is on the January 6 House select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, said he believes Attorney General Merrick Garland knows …

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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:

The town crier — Deepening suspicions. A parallel voting system. Dumpster diving for documents. In northwest Georgia, a woman known as ‘Burnitdown’ portends what the Trump movement is becoming. — In ROME, Ga. — The dumpster was at the end of a parking lot alongside the county election office.

Discussion: Althouse and Raw Story

Anchorage Daily News:

Palin, Begich, Gross and Peltola are early frontrunners in Alaska's special U.S. House primary — Early results in Alaska's 48-candidate special primary election for U.S. House Saturday showed Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III taking the lead, followed by independent Al Gross.

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Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:

How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet — An influential system overseen by retailers and clothing makers ranks petroleum-based synthetics like “vegan leather” as more environmentally sound than natural fibers. — Give this article- - - Read in app — It's soft. It's vegan.

Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:

DeSantis raises another $10.2 million in May, bringing total to $124 million — Gov. Ron DeSantis's fundraising continued at a torrid pace in May, allowing the governor to put more distance between himself and his Democratic rivals. — DeSantis raised another $10.2 million …

Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:

The Secret Pentagon Photos of the First Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay — GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — For 20 years, the United States military has tightly controlled what the world can see of the detainees at Guantánamo Bay. — No images of prisoners struggling with guards.