The Continuing Crisis
- Lauren Boebert Accused of ‘Seducing’ Married Man With ‘Money and Gifts’ Leading to Restraining Order Drama (msn.com)
- Supreme Court unexpectedly upholds Voting Rights Act provision prohibiting racial gerrymandering (npr.org)
- These academics studied falsehoods spread by Trump. Now the GOP
is systematically harassing themwants so-called ‘answers’. (washingtonpost.com)
- Alarm at rightwing push to reverse clean-energy (theguardian.com)
- DeSantis Defends Migrant Flights and Takes a Swipe at California (nytimes.com)With Migrant Flights, DeSantis Shows Stoking Outrage Is the Point (nytimes.com)
- Biden vetoes GOP bill seeking to block student loan forgiveness plan (nbcnews.com)
- Comer Cancels Wray Contempt Vote as F.B.I. Agrees to Share Document (nytimes.com)
- GOP warns of pushback ahead of looming Trump indictment (thehill.com)
- 5 Takeaways From Mike Pence’s CNN Town Hall (nytimes.com)
- Brutal Ad from Pro-Pence Super PAC Hits Trump Over Jan. 6, Abortion, Putin: ‘A Weak Man’ (mediaite.com)
- The Dark Money Behind Kansas’ Misleading Anti-Abortion Campaign (levernews.com)
- $1 Billion Federal Agency Seeks a Boss Who Will Show Up for Work (nytimes.com)
- Thom Hartmann: It’s Time to Investigate Ginni Thomas (hartmannreport.com)
- Mega-donor faces new Senate subpoena threat over gifts to Clarence Thomas (theguardian.com)
- Chris Christie Goes After Ivanka and Jared Kushner: ‘The Grift From This Family Is Breathtaking’ (mediaite.com)
- Hard Right Grinds House to a Halt, Rebuking McCarthy for the Debt Deal (nytimes.com)
More News
- Canada wildfires smoke could linger over parts of US for days, officials warn (theguardian.com)
- To fill offices, Google issues ultimatum while Salesforce tries charity (washingtonpost.com)
- Texas Pulls Funding for Child ID Kits After Investigation Finds Little Evidence of Their Effectiveness (propublica.org)
- Amanda Gorman says banning books ‘encroaches on our freedom’ after poem restricted in school (usatoday.com)
- The subtle morality of kissing the as*es of rich as*holes: Leon Botstein thought Jeffrey Epstein was just a ‘normal’ sex offender (robertreich.substack.com)
- The Rest Of the Story: The Overlooked Saudi Sand Trap Behind the Golf Treaty (Saudi money is not as limitless as it may seem.) (chiefexecutive.net)
- Murray Waas: Mark Meadows removed over a thousand classified documents from the White House the last night of Donald Trump’s presidency (murraywaas.substack.com)Prosecutors ready to ask for Trump indictment on obstruction and Espionage Act charges; Mark Meadows is cooperating with prosecutors (independent.co.uk)David Kurtz: Wow, What A Week In The Mar-a-Lago Investigation (talkingpointsmemo.com)Trump's team thought they were in the clear in classified docs case — here's why: Kaitlan Collins (rawstory.com)Kirsten Holmes: Trump allies fear more indictments than just Trump (youtube.com)Brian Karem: Donald Trump has fallen, and he can't get up (salon.com)Watch Chris Christie Blow Off a Fox 'News' [sic] Host's Biden 'Double Standard' Complaint To Torch Trump on Classified Docs (mediaite.com)
- How to Clear 500,000 Feral Cats From New York’s Streets (nytimes.com)
- KABOOM DAY 2! Trump ally Steve Bannon subpoenaed in special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 grand jury probe (nbcnews.com)Trump’s lawyers told Trump is target in Mar-a-Lago documents investigation (theguardian.com)Justice Department informs Trump he is target in classified documents probe, sources say (cnn.com)
- Crypto Firms Start Looking Abroad as U.S. Cracks Down (nytimes.com)
- Pope Francis to have intestinal surgery, Vatican says (washingtonpost.com)
- How Sam Altman Stormed Washington to Set the A.I. Agenda (nytimes.com)
- Natalee Holloway disappearance suspect Joran van der Sloot loses appeal, will be extradited to U.S. (nydailynews.com)
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- Joe Scarborough Goes Off on PGA Deal with Saudis: Like ‘If the NFL Accused the AFL of Being Responsible for Pearl Harbor’ (mediaite.com)
- Turf war: Las Vegas goes to war against lawns in move to conserve water, but it won’t work. Here’s why… (projects.propublica.org)
- Two dead, five others wounded in shooting at Richmond, Va., high school graduation (nydailynews.com)
Media Mess
- Exploitative Christofascist “pastor” Pat Robertson dead, burning in hell (nytimes.com)Robertson personified the angry, bigoted, compassion-free American 'Christian' (huffpost.com)Watch CNN's BRUTAL Obit After Pat Robertson Passes Away at 93 (mediaite.com)
- Twitter admits that appointment of new CEO Linda Yaccarino “will not result in a different content-moderation strategy” (mediamatters.org)
- Does CNN’s Turmoil Mean There’s No Room on Cable for Independent News? (nytimes.com)Dan Abrams: Turning CNN Into a Non-Partisan Network ‘Isn’t Going to Be Easy With the Staff They Currently Have’ (mediaite.com)
- 200+ things that Fox News has labeled “woke” (mediamatters.org)
- Fox News says Tucker Carlson breached his contract – and threatens to sue (axios.com)
- Chris Licht Out at CNN (puck.news)Taking the fall for John Malone, David Zaslav: CNN’s disastrous Trump town hall was exactly what its leaders want (mediamatters.org)
- Media conservatives attack special counsel Jack Smith as evidence builds against Trump (mediamatters.org)
- CNN’s Oliver Darcy Flames His Boss: ‘Alienated Much of the Employee Base’ (mediaite.com)
Wide World of War
- Ukraine launches counteroffensive against Russia (washingtonpost.com)U.S. Official Says Ukrainian Attack in South Appears to Be a Main Thrust of Counteroffensive (nytimes.com)
- Flood Rescuers Press On in Southern Ukraine After Dam Disaster (nytimes.com)
- Thousands flee homes in Ukraine as collapse of dam is blamed on Russian forces (theguardian.com)Nova Kakhovka Dam Loss Makes Ukraine River Offensive 'Impossible': Adviser (newsweek.com)Ukraine Dam Disaster: What We Know (nytimes.com)
- Ukraine Intensifies Attacks on Russian Frontline Positions (nytimes.com)Defend ‘every inch’ of NATO territory? New strategy is a work in progress. (washingtonpost.com)Wagner detains Russian officer over 'drunk' attack (bbc.com)Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History (nytimes.com)
- Showtime Dumps ‘Vice’ Documentary on Ron DeSantis Shortly Before Air Date Without Explanation (huffpost.com)
- Explosions Hit Southern Ukraine as Both Sides Brace for Counteroffensive (nytimes.com)NATO-trained units will serve as tip of spear in Ukraine’s counteroffensive (washingtonpost.com)
Insurrection Watch
- Pennsylvania man sentenced to 4 years for Jan. 6 involvement at U.S. Capitol (abc27.com)New Jersey Man and Oath Keeper Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Congress Related to Jan. 6 Capitol Breach (justice.gov)
- Stewart Rhodes forced his child to guard the family home with a rifle and body armor (rawstory.com)
- Right-wing review of January 6 Capitol riot footage isn’t exonerating the rioters (washingtonpost.com)
- KABOOM! Mark Meadows Has Testified to Grand Jury in Special Counsel Investigation of Trump (nytimes.com)MORE: Dozens of Secret Service agents have been subpoenaed or appeared before grand jury in Trump docs probe (nbcnews.com)Involvement of top prosecutor Jay Bratt in the Florida grand jury hints at probe of Espionage Act violations (theguardian.com)
- Trump-funded ‘studies’ disputing election fraud are focus in two probes (washingtonpost.com)
- New Hampshire veteran accused of calling in threat to kill sitting US senator (cnn.com)
