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Washington Post:
Twitter went easy on Trump because it ‘relished’ the power, ex-employee says  —  In testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, the unidentified former employee said they'd tried for months ‘to raise the reality that ... if we made no intervention into what I saw occurring, people were going to die.’
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds  —  Far from consolidating his support, the former president appears weakened in his party, especially with younger and college-educated Republicans.  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is the most popular alternative.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Washington Post:
Trump hid plan for Capitol march on day he marked as ‘wild’, panel says  —  New evidence and testimony showed the president's tweet promoting a protest on Jan. 6 united extremist groups and led to calls for violence  —  Gift Article  —  Donald Trump scrawled the words on Twitter …
NBC News:
Cipollone corroborated virtually everything from Hutchinson, Jan. 6 panel member says  —  WASHINGTON — Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone corroborated virtually all of the revelations from previous witnesses, including former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, in lengthy testimony …
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 panel escalates showdown with Trump over influencing witnesses
Ankush Khardori / Politico:   Is ‘convergence’ the new ‘collusion’?  —  With help from Alice Miranda Ollstein
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Shocking new Trump revelations may actually move a few GOP voters
Discussion: Good Faith, CNN and Raw Story
ABC News:
Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Cipollone testifies about heated Dec. 18 White House meeting
New York Times:   A Culture Warrior Goes Quiet: DeSantis Dodges Questions on Abortion Plans
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump has never been held accountable for impeding inquiries. It shows.
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
‘He is not an impressionable child’: Cheney lays marker on Trump, crime
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Jan. 6 panel zeroes in on Trump tweet
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Jan. 6 Live Updates: Trump Planned a March to the Capitol, Committee Says
Washington Examiner:
Jan. 6 hearing live: Seventh hearing held by committee on Trump's links to extremist groups
Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
Exclusive: Watch Uvalde school shooting video obtained by Statesman showing response  —  Editor's note: The video footage, audio, and events described in this story are disturbing.  Discretion is advised.  This exclusive story and video are being made available free of charge as a public service.
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NBC News:
Uvalde school's classrooms lacked a basic security feature — and it's missing across America
Discussion: Raw Story and KXAN-TV
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Leaked Audio: Before Election Day, Bannon Said Trump Planned to Falsely Claim Victory  —  “That's our strategy.  He's gonna declare himself a winner.” … On the evening of October 31, 2020, Steve Bannon told a group of associates that President Donald Trump had a plan to declare victory on election night—even if he was losing.
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Atlantic:
The Trump Enablers Truly in Contempt of Congress
Discussion: CNBC, CNN and Politico
Washington Post:
Twitter sues Elon Musk, setting stage for epic legal battle  —  The lawsuit is the first legal volley in what will likely be one of the most watched and contentious business trials in recent history  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Twitter filed suit Tuesday against Elon Musk to force …
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New York Times:
Twitter Sues Elon Musk to Force Him to Complete $44 Billion Acquisition
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Professor Schools Sen. Josh Hawley For His Transphobic Questions In Abortion Hearing  —  Khiara M. Bridges, a Berkeley law professor, invited Hawley to join her class sometime because the anti-abortion senator “might learn a lot.”  —  A University of California, Berkeley School …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Hawley, law prof clash in heated exchange over who can get pregnant: ‘Is this how you run your classroom?’
Kiera Feldman / Los Angeles Times:
He worked from home and died suddenly.  Five days passed before his body was found  —  Dominic Green signed out of work as he always did, exactly at 4:30 p.m.  —  “Good afternoon everyone, my shift has ended,” the 28-year-old emailed from his desk in the living room of his Los Angeles apartment on a winter Wednesday afternoon.
David French / The Atlantic:
The Constitution Isn't Working  —  On the last day of the Supreme Court's most recent term, the Court released two cases that highlight a challenge to American democracy—a challenge that is the direct result of one of the Founders' more consequential miscalculations.
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
What happened after Pete Buttigieg went on Fox News Sunday  —  Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg went on Fox News Sunday over the weekend and gave a good answer to a question he was asked about pro-choice protests against Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Joe Biden's Dobbs Response Has Been Breathtakingly Awful  —  Why can't the president show some fight?  —  This weekend, the Washington Post published an article that chronicled the lumbering strategy of Joe Biden's administration in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
TMZ.com:
LeBron James Says He'd Question Returning To America If He Were Brittney Griner  —  LeBron James says Brittney Griner's been in captivity for way too long without the U.S. bringing her home, so if he were the WNBA star, he'd question returning to America.  —  Bron made the comments during …
Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times:
Man suspected of hate crime for allegedly threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal  —  A 48-year-old South Seattle man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of a hate crime for threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, according to King County prosecutors.
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Man accused of threatening to kill Jayapal outside her home
Discussion: Axios, Insider and The Daily Caller
BBC:
Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country  —  Sri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country, the BBC has confirmed, following mass protests over the island's economic crisis.  —  The president had been in hiding after crowds stormed his palace on Saturday.
Discussion: UPI and Bloomberg
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Mehmet Oz bragged about hunting in Florida, but he's never held a license  —  He also claimed to own a hunting ranch in Florida.  —  Television personality Mehmet Oz spent months in a Pennsylvania Senate race touting a history of hunting in Florida.  But the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission …
Wall Street Journal:
New York's Top Judge Resigns Amid Misconduct Proceeding  —  Attorney for Court of Appeals Judge Janet DiFiore said her resignation wasn't related to a claim that she improperly attempted to influence a disciplinary hearing  —  New York's top judge announced her resignation …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Former senior U.S. official John Bolton admits to planning attempted foreign coups  —  John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security adviser, said on Tuesday that he had helped plan attempted coups in foreign countries.
Raul A. Reyes / CNN:
These GOP Latina candidates are not the ‘real deal’  —  Latinas are pushing for a Republican revolution in South Texas  —  Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and a member of the USA Today board of contributors.  Follow him on Twitter @RaulAReyes.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Putin set to visit Iran next week  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week, the Kremlin said Tuesday, a day after the U.S. warned that Tehran could provide Moscow with drones for its action in Ukraine.  —  During a trip to Tehran next Tuesday …
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Politico:
‘Even if it hurts’: Biden's Middle East trip could bring short-term pain for long-term gain
 
 
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Megan Fox / pjmedia.com:
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Reproductive Rights Task Force
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
ICE Says Immigrant Women in Custody Still Entitled to Abortion Services
Samuel Benson / Deseret News:
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Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
New York Times:
4,000 Beagles Are Being Rescued From a Virginia Facility. Now They Need New Homes.
Discussion: The Hill
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