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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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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: Washington Post, CNN and Balloon Juice
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” …
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 …
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
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee reveals new details about Pence's terrifying day  —  Threatened by a mob, and allegedly called a “wimp” by Trump, the former vice president spent much of his time during the riot sheltering in an underground parking garage in the Capitol.  —  Before heading to the U.S. Capitol …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jan. 6 panel to seek testimony from Ginni Thomas  —  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack plans to seek testimony from conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the panel's chair said Thursday.
Washington Post:   Ginni Thomas's emails with Trump lawyer add to tumult at Supreme Court
New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Cited ‘Heated Fight’ Among Justices Over Election Suits
Washington Post:
Pro-Trump lawyer sought pardon after pushing plan to overturn election
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.
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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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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: Biden says recession is ‘not inevitable’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told The Associated Press on Thursday that the American people are “really, really down” after a tumultuous two years with the coronavirus pandemic, volatility in the economy …
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: Kudzu Rants … and The Root
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.
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.
Discussion: NBC News, New York Post and Raw Story
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
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The GOP's electoral trajectory is unaffected by Jan. 6 developments
Discussion: SGV Tribune and Twitchy
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Herschel Walker, Critic of Absentee Dads, Has Yet ANOTHER Secret Son—and a Daughter  —  It turns out that Herschel Walker doesn't have just one kid, or two kids, or even three kids.  He has four. … A day after The Daily Beast broke the news that Herschel Walker had a secret 10-year-old son …
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
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
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
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: Reuters, Raw Story and RedState
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Why Biden Shouldn't Run in 2024  —  Let me put this bluntly: Joe Biden should not run for reelection in 2024.  He is too old.  —  Biden will turn 80 on November 20.  He will be 82 if and when he begins a second term.  The numbers just keep getting more ridiculous from there.
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Police group sues Biden administration over Border Patrol ‘whipping’ investigation  —  A national law enforcement organization has sued the Biden administration's top border officials for withholding information about how the White House handled a 2021 incident in which President Joe Biden …
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.
Washington Post:
The political brawl over a Miami giant of Spanish talk radio  —  The sale of conservative Radio Mambí to Democratic owners has become a flash point in a debate about Spanish-language misinformation  —  MIAMI — Listeners calling into Radio Mambí, a popular Spanish-language talk radio station …
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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