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Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg Expected to Be Charged Thursday  —  The Manhattan district attorney's first charges in three-year probe will focus on alleged tax-related crimes at former president's company  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office is expected to charge …
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New York Times:
The N.Y.C. Elections Board Is a Disaster.  This Is the Last Straw.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.  —  New Yorkers have endured the incompetence …
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Associated Press:
Error mars vote count in NYC mayoral primary
NBC News:
New York's election debacle gives an opening to 2020 deniers
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Politico and UPI
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Washington lawmaker wears yellow Star of David, evoking Nazi persecution, to protest COVID vaccine mandates  —  A Washington state lawmaker critical of COVID-19 vaccine mandates wore a yellow Star of David at a speech over the weekend — a symbol the Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust.
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Two Mississippi Reps Vote To Keep White Supremacist Statues In U.S. Capitol  —  U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Black Democrat, was the lone Mississippi member to vote in favor of removing monuments devoted to white supremacists from the halls of the nation's Capitol today.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
The House Votes To Remove Confederate Statues In The U.S. Capitol
Allahpundit / HotAir:
House votes to purge Confederate statues from Capitol
Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill and KRDO
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Votes to Purge Confederate Statues From the Capitol
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Stephen Breyer, and why Thursday is a huge day for the future of the Supreme Court  —  Relatively few people are talking about it right now, but Thursday (and perhaps the days to come) could be one of the most pivotal moments in recent Supreme Court history.
Discussion: CNN
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Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Supreme Court allows eviction ban to remain in place
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Billionaire GOP megadonor funding South Dakota's troop deployment to border  —  The Oklahoma-born Johnson is estimated to be worth $2.2 billion, per Forbes.
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Auto Scrap Billionaire Who Paid To Send National Guard To Southern Border Sounds Off On Why He Did It
New York Times:
Day of Rage: An In-Depth Look at How a Mob Stormed the Capitol  —  “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”  [cheering] They came from all 50 states …
Discussion: NBC News and Just Security
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Member Of The Alleged Oath Keepers Conspiracy Will Admit To Stashing Guns Outside DC For Jan. 6
Discussion: HuffPost
Christina Vazquez / WPLG-TV:
‘Something inside me said run’: Surfside survivor describes escaping as building came down  —  SURFSIDE, Fla. - It's an unbelievable story of survival.  —  For 64-year-old Iliana Monteagudo it's as if a supernatural force she said woke her up and guided her from her sixth floor unit at Champlain Towers South.
Discussion: CNN, KRDO and WSVN-TV
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Tucker Carlson doubles down on NSA spy claim after agency denial  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday again insisted that he is being spied on by the federal government despite the nation's leading intelligence agency refuting his claim earlier the same day.  —  “Did the Biden administration read my personal emails?
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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Pro-Israel House Democrats endorse Shontel Brown in heated Ohio race  —  With progressives backing Nina Turner, the primary will underscore the deep schisms in the party as Israel emerging as a key issue  —  Four pro-Israel House Democrats are collectively endorsing Shontel Brown …
Discussion: The Hill
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Politico:
The most influential think tank of the Biden era has a new leader  —  Patrick Gaspard, a longtime Democratic operative who served most recently as president of the George Soros-run Open Society Foundations, will take over as president and CEO of the Center for American Progress.
Politico:
Dems fret that GOP could tap pro-Trump chaos agents for Jan. 6 probe  —  Democrats wanted a panel of outside experts to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection.  Instead they might have to deal with the Trump wing of the House GOP.  —  The House is set to vote Wednesday to create a new committee …
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Our Endless Dinner With Robin DiAngelo  —  Suburban America's self-proclaimed racial oracle returns with a monumentally oblivious sequel to “White Fragility” … Nice Racism, the booklike product released this week by the “Vanilla Ice of Antiracism,” Robin DiAngelo, begins with an anecdote from the author's past.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Nutso in New York  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  POLITICO New York's Joe Anuta and David Giambusso, in a story that posted at 11:31 p.m.: “Tallies released Tuesday afternoon indicated that KATHRYN GARCIA had come within 2.2 points of leading Democratic candidate ERIC ADAMS after ranked-choice tabulations were processed.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Murkowski has the moxie to take on Trump.  Will she?  —  Lisa Murkowski has an ice-cold review of the Donald Trump-backed conservative who's vowing to topple her in Alaska's Senate race next year.  —  “It doesn't surprise me.  The president has said, you know, that he's gonna endorse anybody …
Washington Post:
Video, images and interviews deepen questions about role of pool deck in condo collapse  —  Your browser does not support the video element.  —  A Washington Post examination of video and images from the deadly collapse of a high-rise apartment building outside Miami …
David Crowther / Latest Newsletters:
The House Price Surge  —  3 charts for you today:  — House prices.  House prices are surging, pretty much everywhere.  — Just do it, direct.  Nike's latest numbers reveal how its direct-to-consumer strategy is progressing.  — The Trump bump.  The Trump bump is fading for media companies.
Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
Masks Again?  Delta Variant's Spread Prompts Reconsideration of Precautions.  —  Los Angeles County and the W.H.O. warned that even immunized people should wear masks indoors.  Some scientists agreed, but urged a localized approach.  —  Throughout the pandemic, masks have ranked among …
Discussion: HotAir and Los Angeles Times
Wall Street Journal:
Democratic-Leaning Suburbs Pose Redistricting Challenge for GOP  —  Republicans pursuing a House majority have upper hand in drawing favorable seats, but some districts are changing rapidly  —  GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga.—When Republicans were carving up the state into congressional districts a decade ago …
Jonathan Zittrain / The Atlantic:
The Internet Is Rotting  —  Sixty years ago the futurist Arthur C. Clarke observed that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.  The internet—how we both communicate with one another and together preserve the intellectual products of human civilization—fits Clarke's observation well.
Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Seeks Recusal of FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan in Antitrust Investigations of Company  —  Online giant questions Lina Khan's ability to be impartial in light of her repeated criticisms of Amazon  —  WASHINGTON— Amazon.com Inc. filed a request with the Federal Trade Commission seeking …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
‘I want to cry’: House Republicans take emotional trip to the border  —  LA JOYA, Texas — They kept coming throughout the night.  Clusters of migrant children, some with their mothers, others who made the 1,500-mile journey from Central America by themselves, surrendering to U.S. border patrol agents …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Former Atlanta mayor may have violated campaign laws  —  By Dan Klepal - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wilborn P. Nobles III - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Bill Rankin - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  AJC EXCLUSIVE: Kasim Reed allegedly used funds for personal use
Discussion: Political Wire
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Omar blasted for remarks about Jews in Congress: ‘This is what a modern day Muslim Supremacist looks like’  —  Kevin McCarthy slams Ilhan Omar as ‘anti-Semitic’ and ‘anti-American’  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar's latest remarks about Israel and Jewish members of Congress have sparked backlash …
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Targets Fox News Fans in Bid to Become the World's Anti-Woke Capital  —  GREENER GRASS  —  The Kremlin and its staunchest loyalists are touting Russia as a politically incorrect utopia—something they think Western conservatives can't resist.  —  Galvanized by the results …
Discussion: Raw Story and PinkNews
 
 
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Police “reform” bill negotiations teetering on edge of collapse
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and NBC News
New York Times:
‘A Form of Brainwashing’: China Remakes Hong Kong
Discussion: CBS News and NPR
Lydia DePillis / ProPublica:
This Company Got a $10 Million PPP Loan, Then Closed Its Plant and Moved Manufacturing Jobs to Mexico
New York Times:
Tribunal Convicts Former Serbian Officials of Crimes in the Balkans
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Support for Biden erodes among Democrats as U.S. looks past pandemic: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
I Write About the Law. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner?
James Pindell Globe / The Boston Globe:
N.H.'s Sununu, the GOP's top Senate recruit for 2022, may have just created a big political problem over abortion
Phil Mattingly / CNN:
Biden to announce 5th wave of judicial nominees as Democrats aim to maintain quick pace of confirmations to federal bench
Max Eden / RealClearPolicy:
Stop Gaslighting Parents on Critical Race Theory
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