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11:40 PM ET, June 16, 2022

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New York Times:
When Pence finally drew the line with Trump, it wasn't pretty.  —  In the third hearing, the committee begins detailing the threats against Pence.  —  WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol laid out evidence on Thursday that former President Donald J. Trump …
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The Economist:
The criminal case against Donald Trump  —  The January 6th committee is doing the Department of Justice's work for it  —  The house's January 6th committee has a few aims for its public hearings this month.  Some of its nine members speak of leaving a historical record of Donald Trump's attempted election heist.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Mike Pence Needs To Finish The Job And Testify Before The 1/6 Committee  —  America needs to hear from Trump's vice president.  Under oath.  —  There was a lot of love for one Michael Richard Pence at Thursday's January 6th Select Committee hearing.  —  “We are fortunate …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
4 takeaways from the Jan. 6 committee's hearing on Pence  —  The third hearing of the Jan. 6 committee on Thursday centered on President Donald Trump's and his allies' pressure on Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election.  —  Testifying were Pence's general counsel, Greg Jacob …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
What We Learned About Trump, Pence, and the January 6th Mob
Washington Post:
Trump aides told him that using Pence to overturn election was illegal
John Eastman:
OMG, Mrs. Thomas asked me to give an update about election litigation to her group.  Stop the Presses!  —  One wonders when the legacy media will quit allowing themselves to be played by false innuendo based on selective leaks from the January 6 Committee.  Yesterday, the Washington Post ran …
Discussion: CNN and Balloon Juice
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Washington Post:
Ginni Thomas's emails with Trump lawyer add to tumult at Supreme Court  —  It's hard to imagine an uglier scenario for the justices of the Supreme Court as they move toward the conclusion of their remarkably controversial term.  —  A California man has been indicted on charges he planned to kill one of them.
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Sotomayor praises Clarence Thomas: ‘He is a man who cares deeply about the court as an institution’  —  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke highly of colleague Justice Clarence Thomas during an event on Thursday, saying, “He is a man who cares deeply about the court as an institution.”
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Ginni Thomas Says She Looks ‘Forward To Talking To’ January 6 Committee, Wants To ‘Clear Up Misconceptions’  —  Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told the Daily Caller on Thursday that she “can't wait to clear up misconceptions” …
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller:   January 6 Committee Sends Letter To Ginni Thomas Requesting Meeting In Early July
Washington Post:
John Eastman says Ginni Thomas invited him to speak on ‘election litigation’
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jan. 6 panel to seek testimony from Ginni Thomas
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Associated Press:
Transcript of AP interview with President Joe Biden
Discussion: Breitbart
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Alabama church, police say  —  One person is dead and two others were injured in a shooting at a church in the Birmingham, Alabama, area on Thursday, police said.  —  The suspect in the shooting at the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills is in custody, police said.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. secures first guilty plea for threats to election workers  —  Travis Ford, 42, of Lincoln, Neb., posted multiple hostile messages on an Instagram page associated with the official, authorities said  —  A Nebraska man pleaded guilty Thursday on charges that he threatened …
Discussion: NBC News and Denver Post
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Election Official
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
USA Today:
USA TODAY removed 23 stories from website, other platforms following audit of reporter's work  —  After receiving an external correction request, USA TODAY audited the reporting work of Gabriela Miranda.  The audit revealed that some individuals quoted were not affiliated with the organizations claimed and appeared to be fabricated.
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Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
As Montana reels from floods, no one is sure where Gov. Gianforte is  —  Montana National Guard soldiers are deployed around the Yellowstone region, where they say they have rescued dozens of people from this week's severe floods and ushered travelers along ravaged roads.
Loren Grush / The Verge:
SpaceX employees draft open letter to company executives denouncing Elon Musk's behavior  —  ‘Every Tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company’  —  An open letter to SpaceX decrying CEO Elon Musk's recent behavior has sparked open discussion among the company's employees in an internal chat system.
Axios:
Scoop: Conservative backlash builds against Cornyn's gun talks  —  Frustration inside the Senate GOP conference is boiling among conservatives at the way Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is handling the bipartisan gun reform negotiations — putting the man who aspires to succeed Mitch McConnell as Republican leader in a political jam.
Discussion: Mediaite, Reuters, RedState and Raw Story
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Walmart pulls MyPillow products from stores  —  Walmart said it pulled MyPillow products from its stores as the pillow company's founder and CEO Mike Lindell continues to falsely claim the 2020 presidential election was rigged against former President Trump.
J. Michael Luttig / The Bulwark:
On the Knife's Edge of Democracy  —  “The hour is late.  God is watching us.”  —  Editor's note: The following is the statement of Judge Michael Luttig, submitted to the United States House Select Committee on the January 6, 2021, Attack on the United States Capitol on June 16, 2022, prior to Luttig's appearance before the Committee.
Nicole Carr / ProPublica:
White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town.  Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.  —  Co-published with FRONTLINE … In April of 2021, Cecelia Lewis had just returned to Maryland from a house-hunting trip in Georgia when she received the first red flag about her new job.
Discussion: The Root and Kudzu Rants …
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Video Shows Customer's Racist Tirade Against Restaurant Worker  —  CAUGHT ON CAMERA  —  A woman went on a racist tirade against at an Orlando restaurant worker after she complained about the shrimp and crab meal she ate and was denied a refund.  According to the King Cajun Crawfish Instagram page …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lucy Williamson / BBC:
France gears up for new battle: Macron v Mélenchon  —  There were times, during the elections here five years ago, when President Emmanuel Macron would sound almost messianic about the potential of his political party and his project for France.  —  This time around …
Leighton Woodhouse / RealClearInvestigations:
The Criminal Order Beneath the ‘Chaos’ of San Francisco's Tenderloin  —  The epicenter of the political earthquakes rattling San Francisco's progressive establishment is a 30-square-block neighborhood in the center of downtown known as the Tenderloin.  Adjacent to some of the city's …
Discussion: HotAir
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Double Standards: Princeton Turns Blind Eye To Plagiarism From Woke Professor  —  Princeton University learned in December about plagiarism allegations against one of its star progressive professors, emails obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show, but it does not appear to have taken action against him in the intervening six months.
Discussion: National Review
Piper French / Bolts:
Oakland's Sheriff Is Ousted After a Long Tenure Leading Deadly Jail  —  Voters in Alameda County, the East Bay county that's home to Oakland, have decisively fired their sheriff.  Gregory Ahern conceded on Wednesday to challenger Yesenia Sanchez, a sheriff's commander who ran on promises to reform the department.
Politico:
Tensions escalate as DOJ renews request for Jan. 6 panel transcripts  —  The Justice Department on Thursday revealed a deepening rift with the Jan. 6 House select committee, accusing the panel of a “failure” to share its 1,000 witness transcripts.  —  Department officials say those documents …
bellingcat:
The Brazilian Candidate: The Studious Cover Identity of an Alleged Russian Spy  —  On 16 June, Dutch intelligence (AIVD) published a press release detailing how it had disrupted an attempt by what it said was a Russian military intelligence (GRU) asset to gain “access as an intern to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague”.
Discussion: english.aivd.nl, UPI and Politico
 
 
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