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9:01 PM ET, July 1, 2022

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

Lawfare:

Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony Changed Our Minds About Indicting Donald Trump — Until Tuesday, we had both publicly stated that the Department of Justice had insufficient evidence to indict former President Trump for his conduct on Jan. 6. Our conclusion, which we each came to independently …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

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: NBC News, Raw Story, Mediaite, Daily Kos, New York Daily News, Election Systems …, Hackwhackers, Althouse, Talking Points Memo, Insider and The Onion

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Lock Her Up? Totally Not-Worried Trump Rants About Jailing Cassidy Hutchinson in Tweetstorm-esque Posts — Former President Donald Trump is so unconcerned by Cassidy Hutchinson testimony he insists is false, he went on a social media rant suggesting she be criminally prosecuted.

Discussion: The Independent, PoliticusUSA and The Racket 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: El País, The Asheville Citizen Times, No Tribe, The Hill, Washington Post and Political Wire

New York Times:

Trump Eyes Early 2024 Announcement as Jan. 6 Scrutiny Intensifies — Donald Trump has accelerated his campaign planning, hoping a White House bid will blunt a series of damaging revelations. Some Republicans are worried. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: NBC News and HotAir

Washington Post:
‘Take me up to the Capitol now’: How close Trump came to joining rioters

Discussion: HuffPost, The Liberty Loft, National Review, Progress Pond, Daily Kos, Raw Story, IJR, Insider, After all my years …, Press Watch and JONATHAN TURLEY

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The Jan. 6 committee charade

Discussion: Slate, Twitchy and Raw Story

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

Discussion: Raw Story

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

Discussion: Brass & Iron Newsletter and Reuters

David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Put a Fork in Donald Trump—the Ex-President Is Done

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, Axios, Insider, Associated Press, NPR and Daily Kos

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

Discussion: CBS News and The Gateway Pundit

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

Discussion: Raw Story, Overtime, nationalinterest.org, Raw Story and The American Spectator

Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Rudy Giuliani Deletes Tweet Insisting Cassidy Hutchinson Was Not Present When He Asked for a Pardon

Discussion: Snopes.com

New York Times:

New York Fights Back on Guns and Abortion After Supreme Court Rulings — Lawmakers passed measures that would prohibit concealed weapons in a number of public places. It is also poised to move forward on a bill to protect abortion rights. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: Newsy, Daily Kos and WCDC-TV

Marina Villeneuve / Associated Press:

Gun permit process in NY could include social media check — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would require people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify their “character and conduct” under a bill being considered Friday by the state Legislature.

Discussion: HotAir, nationalinterest.org, WTOP News, abc7NY and Crime Prevention …

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: Snopes.com, Courier-Journal, Forbes, Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Law Dork, with Chris Geidner, The Turtle Diaries, Insider, IJR, Balloon Juice, CNN, 89.3 WFPL News Louisville, Townhall, Twitchy and RADAR

Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:

Solveig Gold Is Proud to Be the Wife of a ‘Canceled’ Princeton Professor — But she also wants to be known as more. At dinner with the aspiring public intellectual and her “cabal.” — Give this article- - - Read in app — PRINCETON, N.J. — Solveig Lucia Gold was setting the table in her backyard …

Timothy Puko / Wall Street Journal:

Biden Seeks to Block New Offshore Drilling in Atlantic, Pacific — Five-year drilling plan could allow limited leasing off Alaska and in Gulf of Mexico; oil industry sought greater expansion — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans to block new offshore oil drilling in the Atlantic …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Biden Administration Offers an Offshore Drilling Plan. Likely Backers: Very Few.

Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller

Phillips Payson O'Brien / The Atlantic:

Ukraine Has Exposed Russia as a Not-So-Great Power — Kyiv's success against Moscow forces us to reexamine our assumptions about what it means to be powerful. — About the author: Phillips Payson O'Brien is a professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Discussion: nationalinterest.org, NPR and Washington Post

Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post: Prison doesn't give me many views of the sun

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 …

Cincinnati.com:

As Ohio restricts abortions, 10-year-old girl travels to Indiana for procedure — On Monday three days after the Supreme Court issued its groundbreaking decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, took a call from a colleague, a child abuse doctor in Ohio.

Ryan Faircloth / Star Tribune:

Edibles, beverages infused with cannabis ingredient THC become legal Friday in Minnesota — Industry advocates see law as an “oddity” allowing for recreational use while stopping just short of full marijuana legalization. — TEXT SIZE — MORE — Minnesotans who are 21 or older …

Discussion: HuffPost, Insider, Minnesota Reformer, The Why Axis, Marijuana Moment and CBS News

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: Washington Examiner, Politico, Protocol, Bloomberg, TechCrunch and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Tim Miller / Politico:

There Are 11 Types of Donald Trump Enablers. Which One Are You? — This week, Cassidy Hutchinson demonstrated in front of the whole world how a political staffer can break free from the rationalizations that lead dwellers of the swamp to enable behaviors we know are evil.

Discussion: Morning Shots

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: RedState, The Hill, RADAR, CBS News, New York Post, TheGrio, Althouse, Mediaite, IJR, 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: Power Line, Mediaite, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Ace of Spades HQ, The Daily Wire, Althouse, The Kitchen Pundit, Forbes, Associated Press and Opinion Today

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.

Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:

Ohio state representative says she would consider banning birth control following abortion outlaw — CLEVELAND, Ohio — State Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Clermont County Republican, said during a radio interview this week that she would entertain a debate about outlawing birth control in the wake …

Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, Ohio Capital Journal and Political Wire

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 …

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 …

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

Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:

New York City ends its coronavirus alert system as cases hit high levels. — Mayor Eric Adams quietly removed the color-coded system that warned New Yorkers when they were at greater risk of catching the virus. — Give this article- - - Read in app — New York City suddenly removed …

Discussion: NBC New York, Bloomberg and Althouse

Rebecca Perring / Daily Express:

Now ANOTHER crisis hits EU! Hundreds of tractors block the German/Netherlands border — FARMERS in the Netherlands have staged a huge protest with thousands of tractors lining up to block the German/Netherlands border in campaign against the government's controversial nitrogen policy.

Discussion: ArnGrimR, IJR and The Freedom Corner …