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CNN:

Accounts of Trump angrily demanding to go to Capitol on January 6 circulated in Secret Service over past year — Ex-aide was backstage with Trump at his Jan. 6 rally. Here's what she heard him say — (CNN)Then-President Donald Trump angrily demanded to go to the US Capitol on January 6 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Insider, HotAir, Washington Post, Mediaite, Rolling Stone, Raw Story, Richard's Almanac, The Independent, Fox News, Washington Times, Politico, RADAR, Political Wire and ABC News

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 Asheville Citizen Times, The Hill, El País, Washington Post, No Tribe, Political Wire and The Guardian

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: No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, Insider, Associated Press, Axios, American Greatness, Daily Kos, NPR and Washington Post

CNN:

Meadows intermediary may have tried to influence Hutchinson's testimony to January 6 committee, sources say — (CNN)One of people who may have been trying to influence Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony did so at the behest of former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, NBC News, New York Daily News, Raw Story, Election Systems …, Talking Points Memo and The Onion

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

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, National Review, Raw Story, Progress Pond, Daily Kos, IJR, Insider, After all my years …, The Racket News, Press Watch and JONATHAN TURLEY

Tristan Justice / The Federalist: EXCLUSIVE: Jim Banks Demands White House Surveillance Logs To Vet Contested J6 Testimony

Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Cassidy Hutchinson and the all-knowing presence of Washington's aides

Discussion: Raw Story

ABC News:
Hutchinson's testimony raises fresh questions about Secret Service's handling of Jan. 6

Discussion: The American Spectator, National Review, Washington Times, Slate, The Daily Caller, Voice of America, Fox News, Steve Bannon's War Room, The Guardian, CNN and Raw Story

The Hill:
Pat Cipollone can aid or impede Jan. 6 Committee's search for truth

Discussion: Brass & Iron Newsletter and Reuters

Jeffrey C. Isaac / The Bulwark:
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Defeating Trumpism

Discussion: Raw Story, Slate, nationalinterest.org and Raw Story

Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:

The Biden-McConnell Deal to Make an Anti-Abortion Advocate a Federal Judge Is Still On — President Joe Biden struck a deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to nominate Chad Meredith, a Republican anti-abortion advocate, to a federal judgeship on the Eastern District of Kentucky, Slate has confirmed.

Discussion: Common Dreams, Law Dork, with Chris Geidner, Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, RADAR, Twitchy, HuffPost and Political Wire

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.

Discussion: Insider, Forbes, Daily Kos, The Turtle Diaries, IJR, United States Courts, Reuters, CNN, 89.3 WFPL News Louisville, Law Dork, with Chris Geidner and Townhall

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 …

Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to McCain, Biles and more

Discussion: New York Times, Associated Press, NBC News, Politico, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Newsy 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 …

Discussion: HotAir and Mediaite

Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Congress has let the Supreme Court run amok

Discussion: Insider, NBC News and Jezebel

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, Politico, National Review and New York Times

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:

Justice Dept. subpoenas two Arizona state senators in Jan. 6 probe — The Justice Department has subpoenaed two Republican Arizona state senators for information tied to possible correspondence with President Donald Trump's attorneys as attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election were underway.

Discussion: KASW-TV and Arizona Mirror

Adela Suliman / Washington Post:

Texas education board rejects proposal to call slavery ‘involuntary relocation’ — A group of educators in Texas proposed referring to slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second-grade classes — before being rebuffed by the State Board of Education. — The nine educators …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner, CBS News, TheGrio, New York Post, Mediaite, The Texas Tribune and Plain Dealer

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: The Hill, Associated Press, RedState, The Daily Wire, Ace of Spades HQ, Althouse, Forbes, Mediaite, Opinion Today and Democracy

Yascha Mounk / Persuasion:

America Is Headed For Disaster — Donald Trump is on course to reconquer the White House. To save the republic, we need a radical change of direction. … Most of the time, politics is like a jumble of puzzle pieces. On any given day, there are hundreds of news stories, some promising, others ominous.

Discussion: Apt. 11D

Emily Hoeven / CalMatters:

Lanhee Chen comes clean on Trump, abortion — Note: The newsletter will pause until Tuesday due to the Fourth of July holiday. — Lanhee Chen has a few confessions to make. — The Republican candidate for California state controller, who will face off against Democrat Malia Cohen …

Washington Post:

Biden opens door to more offshore drilling, despite earlier climate vow — The move, aimed in part to win over Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), moves the United States further away from its global climate pledge — President Biden's administration opened the door Friday to offshore oil …

Billy Perrigo / TIME:

Facebook Asks Judge to ‘Crack the Whip’ in Attempt to Silence a Black Whistleblower — A lawyer representing Facebook's parent company Meta called on a judge to “crack the whip” against a Black South African whistleblower on Monday, requesting a gagging order to prevent him from speaking to the media.

Jen Fitzpatrick / The Keyword:

Protecting people's privacy on health topics — J — Protecting our users' privacy and securing their data is core to Google's work. That's why we design products to help people keep their personal information private, safe, and secure — with easy-to-use tools and built-in protections.

Discussion: The Verge, more at Techmeme »

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

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 …

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 …

Susan Carroll / NBC News:

Voter fraud claims are heating up a battle for political control in an oil-rich Texas county — Eleven people are registered to vote at an old farm in Loving County, Texas. But the sheriff says no one lives there. — MENTONE, Texas — One of the worst-kept secrets in Loving County sits along …

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 …