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NBC10 Philadelphia:
Tensions Flare as White Supremacists March in Front of Philly City Hall — A group of white supremacists marched in front of Philadelphia City Hall Saturday night, drawing jeers from onlookers, as well as small scuffles. — Approximately 200 members of the group Patriot Front wore white face coverings …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, 6abc, Slate, The Root, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
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Jessica Griffin / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
White supremacy protest in Philadelphia on the eve of July 4th
White supremacy protest in Philadelphia on the eve of July 4th
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Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
‘We are in a race’: GOP governors implore residents to overcome vaccine hesitancy as delta variant rises — GOP governors implored their residents on Sunday to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, as polling shows that vaccine hesitancy has been driven by Republicans and as the virus's new …
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Balloon Juice, Slate, The Hill and The Guardian
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New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: France Reports Promising Vaccine Protocol for Immunocompromised
Covid Live Updates: France Reports Promising Vaccine Protocol for Immunocompromised
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Common Dreams
Lauren Lantry / ABC News:
Vaccine hesitant are in ‘death lottery,’ W.Va. governor says
Vaccine hesitant are in ‘death lottery,’ W.Va. governor says
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The Hill, Mediaite, UPI and Crooks and Liars
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Allen West announces he is running against Gov. Greg Abbott in Republican primary — The Texas GOP chairman made his campaign official Sunday. — Copy link — Texas GOP Chairman Allen West announced Sunday he is running for governor, challenging fellow Republican Greg Abbott.
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David Cohen / Politico:
Allen West running for governor of Texas — Allen West, who recently announced his resignation as the chair of the Texas Republican Party, said Sunday he is running for governor of the state. — West's candidacy puts him on a collision course against incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott, a fellow Republican.
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New York Post
Daniel Shaviro / Just Security:
The Weisselberg Indictment Is Not A “Fringe Benefits” Case — Grasping the Full Scope of the Alleged Criminal Scheme — In the days before the July 1, 2021 issuance of the Manhattan District Attorney's Weisselberg-Trump Organization indictment, public anticipation was positively underwhelming.
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Raw Story
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Michael J. Stern / USA Today:
Trump meets his match in Manhattan DA. Tax fraud charges show accountability is coming.
Trump meets his match in Manhattan DA. Tax fraud charges show accountability is coming.
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Washington Post
CNN:
New Woodward book to cover last days of Trump presidency — (CNN)Legendary investigative journalist Bob Woodward has already covered fear and rage within the Trump White House, and soon, he will release a third book on Donald Trump's final days in office. — The title of the book has not yet …
Kevin Draper / New York Times:
A Disparaging Video Prompts Explosive Fallout Within ESPN — In comments still rippling through the network, the reporter Rachel Nichols, who is white, said Maria Taylor, who is Black, earned the job to host 2020 N.B.A. finals coverage because ESPN was “feeling pressure” on diversity.
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Breitbart, CNBC, TheGrio, Fox News, TMZ.com and Larry Brown Sports, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Fraud Claims, Unproved, Delay Peru's Election Result and Energize the Right — A month after polls closed, officials have yet to declare a victor in the presidential vote, as they consider Keiko Fujimori's demand that ballots be thrown out. — LIMA, Peru — They showed up for the rally …
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The Record
T. Greer / The Scholar's Stage:
Culture Wars are Long Wars … We are told that conservatives “lost the culture war.” I dissent from this view: American conservatives never waged a culture war. Conservatives certainly fought, there is no denying that. They fought with every bit of obstruction and scandal their operatives could muster.
Stephanie Armour / Wall Street Journal:
Barbershops and Hair Salons Are Enlisted in Covid-19 Vaccine Push — Biden administration hopes to reach Black Americans who have declined to get vaccinated — Some customers at the barbershop Mike Brown manages in Hyattsville, Md., say they don't plan to get a coronavirus vaccine.
us-cert.cisa.gov:
CISA-FBI Guidance for MSPs and their Customers Affected by the Kaseya VSA Supply-Chain Ransomware Attack — CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continue to respond to the recent supply-chain ransomware attack leveraging a vulnerability in Kaseya VSA software …
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DIVD CSIRT, Federal Bureau …, TRUESEC, Bloomberg and The White House, more at Techmeme »
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Debra J. Saunders / The Latest from Debra J. Saunders:
In defense of Biden ice cream questions — There is no Pulitzer for pooling — Welcome to another weekend of snarky social media slamming the White House press corps for asking President Joe Biden about his ice cream order. — Like this tweet — Following Biden around discussing ice cream flavors …
Caroline Melear / The Daily Caller:
Trump Says One Of His Greatest Accomplishments Was Exposing The ‘Fake News Media’ — Former President Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Sarasota, Florida, Saturday where he said one of his greatest accomplishments was exposing the “fake news media.” — “I think one of my greatest achievements …
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RealClearPolitics and RedState
Plain Dealer:
Nina Turner in the Democratic primary for the 11th Congressional District — The pioneering civil rights legacy of the late U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes of Cleveland — who spent 30 years representing Ohio's 11th Congressional District and its predecessor, the 21st Congressional District — still burns brightly for many in his district.
Wall Street Journal:
Delta Variant Fuels Missouri's Covid-19 Uptick — Spread prompts calls for more people to get vaccinated — The highly contagious Delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 is prompting a surge of coronavirus cases in Missouri, a warning sign of what may happen this summer in other areas …
New York Times:
How Do Risks of Covid Vaccination Compare to Covid-19 for Kids? — Dr. Faust and Dr. Mayes are emergency medicine physicians at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Gounder is an epidemiologist who served on the Biden transition Covid advisory board. — The world got lucky …
Bloomberg:
Moet to Label Its Champagne Sparkling Wine in Russia to Meet Law — The Champagne houses of Moet Hennessy will soon include a “sparkling wine” mention on their bottles shipped to Russia to respect a new law that reserves the name of the French region for bubbly wines made in the former Soviet country.
Washington Examiner:
Happy birthday to a great and good nation, the USA — As this great nation celebrates its 245th birthday, it is time to fight back, hard, against the critical race theory and 1619 Project lies claiming that the founding was motivated largely by racism and slavery.
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The Moderate Voice
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Virus lab leak theory dogs Democrats eager to keep focus on Trump's Covid failings — Congressional Democrats are having to balance escalating calls to investigate whether Covid-19 escaped from a lab in China with their efforts to highlight the Trump administration's response to the pandemic and the ongoing push to stamp out the virus.