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8:15 PM ET, June 19, 2021

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Washington Post:
Leader of companies that pushed ‘Italygate’ election conspiracy theory falsely claimed $30 million mansion was her home  —  Late last December, as President Donald Trump pressed senior officials to find proof of election fraud, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows emailed acting attorney …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
ItalyGate Is The Crown Jewel Of Big Lie Conspiracies.  And It Just Got A Lot Wilder.  —  For those ready to believe that President Trump really won re-election, there's one particularly fantastical conspiracy theory to hang your hat on.  —  It's called ItalyGate, and it offers a simple …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
New York Times:
How Republican States Are Expanding Their Power Over Elections  —  In Georgia, Republicans are removing Democrats of color from local boards.  In Arkansas, they have stripped election control from county authorities.  And they are expanding their election power in many other states.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Georgia Republicans purging Black election officials as they eye 2022 midterms: report
Discussion: HotAir
Hunter Walker / New York Magazine:
A Very Late Night With the Yangs The former frontrunner and his wife vent about Eric Adams, the media, and much more.  —  “I have a pet peeve I want to share with you,” Andrew Yang declared immediately after we were introduced on Zoom late Thursday night.  —  The emotional toll of a series …
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New York Times:   ‘Keep an Eye on This Guy’: Inside Eric Adams's Complicated Police Career
Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
Crist calls for bipartisan state commission to investigate Florida links to Capitol siege  —  With Florida tied for the most arrests stemming from the siege on the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist joined with Hillsborough County's top prosecutor Friday in calling for a bipartisan commission …
Discussion: Raw Story, Tampa Bay Times and Insider
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Simple Remedy for Jan. 6 Trutherism
Lizzie Widdicombe / New Yorker:
What Is Going On at Yale Law School?  —  The prestigious institution has tied itself in knots over a dispute involving one of its most popular—and controversial—professors, Amy Chua.  —  A decade ago, back when we talked about things besides new coronavirus strains and vaccination rates …
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Is U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley now ‘vincible’?  In new Iowa Poll, nearly two-thirds say it's time for someone new  —  Fewer than a third of Iowa's likely voters say they would vote to reelect Republican Chuck Grassley if the U.S. Senate elections were held today, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan D. Salant / New Jersey Online:
How much did you pay to cover Trump visits to his N.J. golf club as president?  We added it up.  —  Donald Trump's trips to his Bedminster golf club as president cost U.S. taxpayers more than $2.4 million, according to U.S. Secret Service records obtained by NJ Advance Media.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Manhattan City Council candidate caught with dominatrix in leaked video … It's a late-breaking case of electoral bondage.  —  Zack Weiner, 26, a City Council candidate running in Manhattan, has found his campaign tied up after video of him enjoying a sadomasochism session found its way onto Twitter.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Olivia Solon / NBC News:
Drought-stricken communities push back against data centers  —  On May 17, the City Council of Mesa, Arizona, approved the $800 million development of an enormous data center — a warehouse filled with computers storing all of the photos, documents and other information we store “in the cloud” …
Michael Hauser Tov / Haaretz:
Prime Minister's Office to Investigate Whether Netanyahu Shredded Documents Before Bennett Took Office  —  On Thursday, Haaretz reported that documents stored in safes in the Prime Minister's Office were shredded in violation of the law, shortly before Bennett took office
Leonard Pitts Jr / Miami Herald:
That ‘well-regulated militia?’  It was originally created to quell rebellions of the enslaved, prof says  —  Conservatives have a special purgatory for uppity black women who dare question America's founding myths.  —  New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones — her Pulitzer Prize-winning …
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump Commerce Boss Wilbur Ross Hoovered Up $53 Million While In Public Office  —  Then he slipped out of public life and into a business he set up in the Cayman Islands while reportedly still commerce secretary.  —  Donald Trump's commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, earned at least $53 million …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
The World Relies on One Chip Maker in Taiwan, Leaving Everyone Vulnerable  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s dominance poses risks to the global economy, amid geopolitical tensions and a major chip shortage  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. 's chips are everywhere, though most consumers don't know it.
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
Don't Ban CRT.  Expose It.  —  There's a liberal way to fight illiberalism.  And it's beginning to work.  —  17 hr ago  —  The stories in the mainstream media this past week about the broadening campaign to ban critical race theory in public schools have been fascinating — and particularly in how they describe what CRT is.
Washington Post:
Severe heat and drought the hallmarks of a changing west  —  Farmers, regulators and politicians facing the consequences of historic water shortages  —  LAKE OROVILLE, Calif. - The work had to be done quickly as water vanished to vapor in the early summer heat.
Agence France-Presse:
Not on brand!  Liberal soccer star Megan Rapinoe under fire for ‘Asian eyes’ tweet about ex-teammate one day after being named face of newly woke Victoria's Secret  — Liberal soccer star Megan Rapinoe has come under fire after a tweet she made more than 10 years was revealed
Discussion: Fox News and The Western Journal
Cassandra Pollock / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes funding for Texas Legislature and its staff as punishment for Democrats' walkout on elections bill  —  The governor's move comes after House Democrats led a walkout in the final days of the regular legislative session to block passage of Senate Bill 7 …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
The Spectacular Failure of the MyPillow Guy's Mask Operation  —  MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell decided to retrofit his factories to make masks instead at the start of the pandemic.  Now, after losing millions, he hates masks and wants to burn them.  —  MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's charity …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Biden struggles to sell democracy abroad when it faces challenges at home  —  GENEVA — Standing under the wing of Air Force One in Geneva on Wednesday — after a week-long trip abroad in which he repeatedly extolled the virtues of democracy over autocracy — President Biden seemed briefly to knock his own product.
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Senators Cruz, Graham and Rubio and Representative Cawthorn Remarks at Faith and Freedom Conference
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Juneteenth forces U.S. to confront lasting impact of slavery economy
Discussion: Raw Story
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Civil rights leaders to Biden: less bipartisanship, more action
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
Moral Panic Attack
Washington Examiner:
A small win for the free exercise of religion
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Voting debate roils Washington but leaves many voters cold
Discussion: HotAir
Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
Critical race theory becomes a top issue in Virginia governor's race
Discussion: Poynter
Barton Swaim / Wall Street Journal:
Why Shutdowns and Masks Suit the Elite
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Macy Gray / MarketWatch:
For Juneteenth, America needs a new flag that all of us can honor
 

 
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