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- National Review
Macron Overheard Breaking Some Bad News to Biden on G7 Sidelines
Macron told Biden that the United Arab Emirates’ ruler informed him that OPEC’s top oil exporters were already at their production maximum.
- MarketWatch
California is sending ‘inflation relief’ checks up to $1,050 — here’s who qualifies
If you’re a California taxpayer being hurt by inflation, you may be getting some financial relief. The state is sending 23 million residents “inflation relief” checks of up to $1,050 this fall to help ease the financial burden that the highest inflation in 40 years has placed on Americans. “California’s budget addresses the state’s most pressing needs,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a joint statement with state lawmakers on Sunday, “and prioritizes getting dollars back into the pockets of millions of Californians who are grappling with global inflation and rising prices of everything from gas to groceries.”
- The Daily Beast
Fox News Anchor Martha MacCallum Defends Trump Smashing Lunch Against the Wall: ‘Not Wholly Out of Character’
Immediately following the first hour of Tuesday’s last minute bombshell testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, to the January 6th Committee, Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier said in no uncertain the revelations about Donald Trump’s actions on that day in 2021 were both “stunning” and “compe“All of this is firsthand, so it’s from her listening to it,” Baier added. “That’s why it’s so compelling. And that’s perhaps why we had this heari
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Former Trump aide who testified to Jan. 6 Committee says Marjorie Taylor Greene asked for pardon
A former assistant to former President Donald Trump gave blockbuster testimony in a surprise hearing held by the January 6th Committee on Tuesday.
- LA Times
Trump attacked Secret Service agent in attempt to reach Capitol on Jan. 6, aide testifies
President Trump tried to grab the wheel of his limo and assaulted a Secret Service agent in an attempt to reach the Capitol on Jan. 6, aide testifies.
- Rolling Stone
Even Fox News Is Calling Cassidy Hutchinson’s Jan. 6 Testimony ‘Devastating’
"I don't think there has been testimony like this — that is kind of jaw-dropping, in a way — on the inside workings of a White House ... since Watergate," anchor Bret Baier said
- Rolling Stone
Trump Throws New Tantrum After Former Aide Exposes Jan. 6 Tantrum
The former president lashed out at former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson, even describing her handwriting as "that of a Whacko"
- Bloomberg
Russian Industry Faces Code Crisis as IT Providers Pull Out
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A former Trump White House chief of staff says the latest January 6 hearing provided 'stunning' new evidence of potential criminality
Mick Mulvaney, who resigned a day after the January 6 insurrection, said the new evidence presented was a "serious problem" for Trump.
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Liz Cheney offers evidence of January 6 witnesses tampering from Trumpworld
The Jan. 6 panel's GOP vice-chair shared two messages that witnesses said they received ahead of depositions encouraging them to stay loyal to Trump.
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‘Ketchup Dripping Down the Wall’: Bombshell After Bombshell at Jan. 6 Hearing
POOLIt was billed as a surprise hearing with a surprise witness to hear surprising testimony, and within the first few minutes of the Jan. 6 Committee’s hearing Tuesday, it had already lived up to the expectations.Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified about a number of previously undisclosed items Tuesday, including plans to have President Donald Trump march up to the Capitol on Jan. 6, concerns at the highest levels of the White House that the day could turn violent, Trump’s awar
- Ukrayinska Pravda
The media receive copies of intercepted conversations between the Russian pilots who launched missiles on Ukraine on 25 June
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- The Fiscal Times
Social Security Benefits Set for a Huge Boost in 2023: Analysis
Social Security’s annual cost of living adjustment for 2023 will be the highest in four decades, according to projections from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. While benefits this year were boosted by 5.9%, the adjustment for next year is projected to be between 7.3% and 10.8%, depending on the path of inflation. The final number is likely to be somewhere in the middle, and could be one of the highest increases ever. Social Security bases its cost of living adjustments on changes
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23 million Californians to get 'inflation relief' payments after budget deal struck, state leaders say
Millions of California taxpayers will get “inflation relief” tax rebate payments after lawmakers have reached an agreement on the framework of the 2022-23 budget. The deal also suspends the state's sales tax on diesel. “The centerpiece of the agreement, a $17 billion inflation relief package, will offer tax refunds to millions of working Californians," said a joint statement from Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on Sunday night.
- Rolling Stone
Trump Told Meadows to Call Roger Stone and Michael Flynn Day Before Capitol Attack … For Some Strange Reason
Stone, a former Trump adviser, has ties to the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, extremist groups who were present during the Capitol attack
- Charlotte Observer
NC Republican hits a shameful low in justifying Supreme Court abortion ruling
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Top White House lawyer warned 'we're going to be charged with every crime imaginable' if Trump went to the Capitol on January 6, ex-White House aide testifies
Cassidy Hutchinson testified that White House counsel Pat Cipollone was worried that it would like Trump might be inciting a riot at the Capitol.
- The Hill
Hillary Clinton: Clarence Thomas has always been ‘a person of grievance’
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is slamming conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, whom she described as a “person of grievance” in an interview on Tuesday. “I went to law school with him. He’s been a person of grievance for as long as I have known him,” Clinton said in an interview with Gayle…
- The Daily Beast
Trump-Endorsed Candidate ‘Appalled’ When Fox News Host Mentions Drag Queen Story
Fox NewsKari Lake, the Trump-endorsed candidate for Arizona governor, was far from happy on Monday when Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked her about a report that linked her to drag queens.The interview, which was fairly tame on Baier’s end, began with Lake falsely claiming that the 2020 election was “fraudulent” and that President Joe Biden is “illegitimate.” Baier responded by playing a tape of Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers testifying before the House Jan. 6 committee last week that the ele