Top Items:
Annie Karni / New York Times:
The 20-Somethings Who Help the 70-Somethings Run Washington — The story of Cassidy Hutchinson, who became the first Trump White House aide to testify publicly in the Jan. 6 inquiry, showed the outsize influence of youngsters in the nation's capital. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion:
The Hill, No Tribe and Washington Post
RELATED:
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Put a Fork in Donald Trump—the Ex-President Is Done — As bad as his political position looks today, it is only likely to get worse—and his imminent announcement of a presidential campaign is just another sign of his collapse. … Mark it on your calendars.
Discussion:
American Greatness, Raw Story, Axios, Daily Kos, NPR and Washington Post
Washington Post:
‘Take me up to the Capitol now’: How close Trump came to joining rioters — Trump's demands to lead a march to Capitol Hill sheds new light on his mindset as the siege began. — Toward the end of 2020, then-President Donald Trump began raising a new idea with aides: that he would personally lead …
Discussion:
The Liberty Loft, Progress Pond, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Press Watch, JONATHAN TURLEY, Insider and IJR
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Cassidy Hutchinson and the all-knowing presence of Washington's aides — The former West Wing insider testified to the latent power of multitasking assistants. — Washington is run by aides, or at least it runs on the work of aides: the gophers, the schedulers, the advisers, the consiglieres …
Discussion:
Raw Story
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Rudy Giuliani Deletes Tweet Insisting Cassidy Hutchinson Was Not Present When He Asked for a Pardon — Rudy Giuliani insisted on Twitter that Cassidy Hutchinson was “never present” when he asked former President Donald Trump when he asked for a pardon, and then deleted it.
Discussion:
Snopes.com
Politico:
New details of Jan. 6 panel's mystery messages emerge — The Jan. 6 select committee publicly pointed to two communications this week as potential evidence of Trump World's efforts to influence witness testimony — without revealing their origin. Both were detailed to the panel by Cassidy Hutchinson …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, Washington Post, Fox News, The American Spectator, CNN, Election Systems …, Althouse, Insider, Talking Points Memo, New Yorker, Slate, Wall Street Journal, The Racket News, Daily Kos, emptywheel, Washington Examiner, Townhall, Bark Bark Woof Woof, PoliticusUSA, Mediaite, Washington Times, Raw Story, RedState, Washington Post and The Hill
ABC News:
Hutchinson's testimony raises fresh questions about Secret Service's handling of Jan. 6 — The testimony “raises highly disconcerting questions,” says an ex-DHS official. — 7:4 — A video of President Trump's motorcade leaving the January 6th rally on the Ellipse is displayed as Cassidy Hutchinson …
Discussion:
Washington Times, National Review, Fox News, CNN, The Daily Caller, Steve Bannon's War Room and Raw Story
Joel Burgess / The Asheville Citizen Times:
On Hutchinson's Jan. 6 bombshell: Local Dems opine, while GOP members silent
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Mark Meadows' associate threatened ex-White House aide before her testimony
Mark Meadows' associate threatened ex-White House aide before her testimony
Jeffrey C. Isaac / The Bulwark:
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Defeating Trumpism
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Defeating Trumpism
Discussion:
Washington Times, nationalinterest.org and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump's vulnerabilities for 2024 mount after new testimony
Trump's vulnerabilities for 2024 mount after new testimony
Discussion:
New York Post
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is Biden Handling Putin Better Than He's Handling Trump?
Is Biden Handling Putin Better Than He's Handling Trump?
Discussion:
Financial Times
The White House:
President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom — WASHINGTON - Today, President Biden named seventeen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. — The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals …
Discussion:
Bloomberg, HuffPost, BuzzFeed News, CBS News, al.com, Deadline, Mediaite, americamagazine.org, Daily News, MacRumors, The Verge, TechCrunch, Gizmodo and AppleInsider, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to McCain, Biles and more
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to McCain, Biles and more
Discussion:
Associated Press, NBC News, Washington Post, Vanity Fair and Hollywood Reporter
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Who's In Charge? — “Which way am I going?” asked President Biden when he ended Thursday's …
Who's In Charge? — “Which way am I going?” asked President Biden when he ended Thursday's …
Discussion:
Mediaite, The Atlantic and Truth and Consequences
Emerson Polling:
National Poll: Biden With Higher Approval Than US Congress & Supreme Court; Trump Leads GOP Nomination Contest — Home Blog National Poll: Biden With Higher Approval Than US Congress & Supreme Court; Trump Leads GOP Nomination Contest — The latest Emerson College Polling national survey …
Discussion:
RedState, Forbes, Althouse, The Daily Wire, The Hill, Ace of Spades HQ and Mediaite
RELATED:
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Abortion, women's rights grow as priorities: AP-NORC poll
Abortion, women's rights grow as priorities: AP-NORC poll
Discussion:
The Hill, AP-NORC, Althouse, Opinion Today and The Daily Caller
G. Elliott Morris / Democracy:
An analysis claiming one million voters switched to the GOP last year was fatally flawed
An analysis claiming one million voters switched to the GOP last year was fatally flawed
Discussion:
Catalist
Evan Gershkovich / Wall Street Journal:
In Russia's Biggest Cities, Ukraine War Fades to Background Noise — Bars are packed out, film and jazz festivals are sold out and Moscow's police officers are busier handing out fines for public drinking than putting down dissent — MOSCOW—Dima Karmanovsky had just finished his second DJ set …
Discussion:
The Guardian and New York Times
RELATED:
New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Missile Strikes Hit Near Odesa; Brittney Griner's Trial in Russia Is Adjourned
Ukraine Live Updates: Missile Strikes Hit Near Odesa; Brittney Griner's Trial in Russia Is Adjourned
Discussion:
Associated Press, Reuters, CBS News, Al Jazeera and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
Luanna Muniz / Politico:
Von der Leyen lays out ‘hard work’ needed from Ukraine to join EU
Von der Leyen lays out ‘hard work’ needed from Ukraine to join EU
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, National Review and The Guardian
Joe Sonka / Courier-Journal:
Kentucky federal judge to step down, opening seat for Biden's anti-abortion GOP nominee — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A longtime Kentucky federal judge has announced she will step down, clearing a path for President Joe Biden's controversial nomination of an anti-abortion Republican to replace her.
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
McDonald's Dollar Drinks Deal Fades in the Face of Inflation — More restaurants remove any-size-soda-for-a-buck promotion as the company recommends keeping it to drive traffic — Inflation is coming for McDonald's MCD 1.51%▲ dollar drinks. — Some McDonald's Corp. locations …
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Neo-Nazi publisher Andrew Anglin gives ‘forceful endorsement’ of Blake Masters' Senate bid — The move by The Daily Stormer publisher is a play to try to exert influence in a GOP moving to the right, experts in extremism contend — Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi publisher of The Daily Stormer …
Discussion:
Raw Story
All:
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn Railed Against Brooklyn's Democratic Machine. Then She Became It. — The borough's political players hoped the Assemblymember would unite the party. Instead, as Democrats head into a vulnerable midterm election, New York's biggest local political organization is in free fall.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
The Sleeper ‘Wire Fraud’ Scheme That Could Nail Trumpworld — The Jan. 6 committee has already laid out a convincing case of wire fraud against the Trump campaign. — the day television networks called the election for Joe Biden—then-President Donald Trump's campaign manager was trying …
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Federalist and Raw Story
Neda Toloui-Semnani / VICE:
'It's Scary': Students Fear Going to College in Red States After Roe — “Location has never before been more important to me,” said Ashley Huynh, 17, a rising high school senior in Montgomery County, Maryland. — NT — TORONTO, CA — AU — When Sasha Rosenfeld walked onto …
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
White House sparks backlash after saying high gas prices guard ‘liberal world order’ — The White House's messaging on elevated gas prices continues to provoke frustration from consumers. — National Economic Council Chairman Brian Deese spoke with CNN Thursday afternoon just hours …
Discussion:
HotAir, MAGA Underground, National Review, The Federalist, Conservative Brief, BizPac Review, RedState and Twitchy
Josh Hammer / Newsweek:
After Dobbs, What Comes Next for the Conservative Legal Project? — , NEWSWEEK OPINION EDITOR AND HOST, “THE JOSH HAMMER SHOW” — This past week and a half has been truly remarkable. From a conservative perspective, and a legal conservative perspective more specifically …
Kathryn Joyce / Salon:
School's out forever: Arizona moves “to kill public education” with new universal voucher law — Families who bail on public school will get $7,000 per kid in GOP's new scheme: “Every red state” urged to follow — Last Friday, while the country reeled from the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
When Private Jets Ferry Billionaires to Small-Town Idaho — Every July, as the elite Sun Valley conference kicks off, one man shepherds multimillion-dollar private planes and some of the world's most powerful people. — HAILEY, Idaho — Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, flies in a Gulfstream G650.