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First prime-time January 6 hearing is critical moment of account for Trump’s assault on American democracy
The House select committee on the Capitol insurrection has a duty far beyond investigating one of the most traumatic days in US history.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/09/politics/jan-6-hearings-donald-trump-democracy/index.html
Osprey with five Marines on board crashes in Southern California desert
The status of those aboard the tiltrotor military aircraft, based at Camp Pendleton, wasn’t immediately clear.
Denver Broncos to be sold to Walmart heir Rob Walton for record $4.65 billion, per report
Rob Walton, the eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, is poised to become the new owner of the Denver Broncos after the team announced Tuesday night that it had entered into a purchase agreement with him, his daughter.
As the lawsuits mount, do the Browns believe Deshaun Watson?
Do Cleveland believe more than 20 women are lying? It’s something that the team that handed him the richest contract in NFL history has yet to answer
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/06/deshaun-watson-suspension-investigation
America’s deadly weekend of more mass shootings raise stakes for Senate gun talks
In South Carolina and Texas, victims were shot at a high school graduation party. In Kentucky, funeral goers were hit outside a church. Multiple shooters sprayed a crowd with bullets in Philadelphia. In Chattanooga, Tennessee, shots rang out at a nightclub.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/06/politics/senate-gun-control-negotiations/index.html
US Women’s Open: Minjee Lee cruises to four-shot victory in North Carolina
Australia’s Minjee Lee claimed her second major and the biggest purse in women’s golf with a four-stroke victory in the US Women’s Open at Pine Needles.
Top Gun betrays Hollywood’s weakness in China
June 9, 2022
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Daniel Jenkins
Some are cheering the release of Tom Gun: Maverick – an action thriller – for supposedly “standing up to China”. That misses the point, writes Isaac Stone Fish.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61710500