NEW: Violent rioters supporting then-President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Capitol Police had seen information from a pro-Trump website that encouraged demonstrators to bring guns to subdue members of Congress and police. https://t.co/2R9o40p9Iq
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 8, 2021
Analysis: We got our first major report Tuesday on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But it’s in large part a report that raises more questions than it fully answers. https://t.co/04vdAuJyNQ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 8, 2021
New reporting:
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) June 8, 2021
The new Senate report on Jan 6 security failures was carefully negotiated to win GOP buy-in, which required minimizing the importance of Trump's lies about the election and the real motive of the rioters, a Dem aide tells me.
Details here:https://t.co/zlCMEZoV20
Obama on Jan. 6 and The Big Lie: "The base believed it. The base believed it because this had been told to them not just by the president but by the media that they watch. And nobody stood up and said 'Stop. This is enough. This is not true.'" pic.twitter.com/r1Zfm7n9WC
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 8, 2021
I wonder why old Mo was so upset about being served after ducking this for months? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/Z2ynExmR1q
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 8, 2021
Brian Williams trolls Fox News by airing the Trump insurrection commercial they don’t want you to see https://t.co/EwtkvIz8Xs
— The Independent (@Independent) June 8, 2021
No way!
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) June 8, 2021
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Routes Money To Donald Trump Via Gubernatorial Campaign https://t.co/NbON5S10u4
A Pennsylvania man allegedly pretended to be former Pres. Trump or a member of his family in order to defraud hundreds of victims across the country, federal prosecutors say. https://t.co/79ESz0ACgY
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) June 8, 2021
Reuters: U.S. SENATOR CAPITO SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS ENDED INFRASTRCTURE NEGOTIATIONS WITH REPUBLICANS
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 8, 2021
“The era of bipartisanship is over,” scoffs the leader of the party that couldn’t even manage bipartisanship on a bill investigating an attack on their own lives. https://t.co/HHjA7UTS0y
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) June 8, 2021
Biden spoke with Sinema, Cassidy, and Manchin today, WH says. But also: “The President also spoke with Senate Majority Leader Schumer to discuss the need to commence work on the budget resolution process” for Senate floor action next month. Translation: Reconcilation.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 8, 2021
'The political advocacy group backed by billionaire Charles Koch has been pressuring Sen. Joe Manchin to oppose key parts of the Democratic agenda, including filibuster reform and voting rights legislation.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) June 8, 2021
That lobbying effort appears to be paying off."https://t.co/Fg9P1i5Whx
Joe Manchin calls right to vote "fundamental" but is going to allow Republicans to enact greatest assault on voting rights since end of Reconstruction with no consequences. He's now solely responsible for failing to stop Jim Crow 2.0 https://t.co/M90lUM2fLP
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 8, 2021
On voting rights, Dem aides sound bleak. One aide tells us *no* major voting provision can get 60 Senate votes. So if you put redistricting commissions in John Lewis Act it would still fail as long as Manchin won't end filibuster.@paulwaldman1 and me:https://t.co/f62PFa8Jtk
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) June 8, 2021
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ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND
This is superb from Gareth Southgate. @borisJohnson @OliverDowden @nigelFarage and all those columnists who divide and polarise for a very good living should have a little read in a quiet corner. He writes better than them too. https://t.co/hZsVfRWXKB
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) June 8, 2021
Boris Johnson faces a life-or-death decision. In the next few days, the British prime minister must decide whether to fully reopen society as a new and highly infectious coronavirus variant surges. https://t.co/12mzxg7zuy
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 8, 2021
1/6 Who is Boris Johnson, really—and what does he stand for? Here’s what the prime minister had to say to @tommctague in a profile his then-director of communications advised him not to do: https://t.co/87wyfdSxM8
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) June 8, 2021
The grin of self-congratulation has already turned into a frown. https://t.co/3heC6MKp05
— stefanstern (@stefanstern) June 8, 2021
The Government's 'strategy' on Northern Ireland is either bad faith or rank incompetence and part of a pattern of behaviour which continues to threaten stability and the fragile peace process.
— Louise Haigh (@LouHaigh) June 8, 2021
My piece for the @Independent https://t.co/cyL3VpiGrl
HMG's propaganda machine goes into hysterical megadrive over NI Protocol. For people so obsessed with borders, they have a dull grasp of how borders work. It's very easy, little Brexit fanatics: you proposed it, you signed it, you approved it, you lauded it, now you implement it.
— Michael Dougan (@mdouganlpool) June 8, 2021
Nobody forced the UK to sign the deal. We were even told it was the result of a negotiating triumph. So, suddenly it is not convenient and must be changed. Which version are we to believe? Or does signing an international treaty have no meaning? https://t.co/b7T05Pgdu8
— David O'Sullivan (@D0Sullivan) June 8, 2021
Meanwhile…
All the energy of a last dying breath.pic.twitter.com/p1PpbeMFan
— alt – DUP (@dup_online) June 8, 2021
Paul Givan is confirmed as Stormont's new First Minister as DUP leader Edwin Poots completes his @niexecutive and @niassembly team reshuffle.
— Brendan Hughes (@brendanhughes64) June 8, 2021
Changes to take effect from Monday. Here's the final line-up of comings and goings 👇 pic.twitter.com/P75Reqs5H3
I give up
— Planet Belfast 🇪🇺 (@Planet_Belfast) June 8, 2021
The appointment of Givan is the final straw for unionism and Northern Ireland
Game over
We all lose pic.twitter.com/XdXB1HHKAM
#PaulGivan always reminded the teacher that they’d forgotten to give the class homework for the weekend
— Dli O’Doir (@dli_odoir) June 8, 2021
If the DUP arent going to reach out to the DUP what hope is there for every one else?
— Andrée Murphy (@andreemurphy) June 8, 2021
The Overnight Note 