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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump told chief of staff Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’, book says  — Remark shocked John Kelly, author Michael Bender reports  — Book details former president's ‘stunning disregard for history’  —  On a visit to Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Trump to sue Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey  —  Former President Donald Trump, who has complained about censorship by social media giants, plans to announce class action lawsuits today against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, sources tell Axios.
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Associated Press:
Trump files suit against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has filed suit against three of the country's biggest tech companies, claiming he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored.  —  Trump announced the action against Facebook …
Associated Press:
Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home  —  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, according to a statement from the country's interim prime minister, who called the killing a …
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
U.S. condemns ‘heinous’ assassination of Haitian leader, assessing attack
Varad Mehta / Arc Digital:
Liz Cheney Fell in a Forest  —  No one heard her  —  Eight weeks ago, Liz Cheney's colleagues struck her down—and made her more powerful than they could have possibly imagined.  They did so, if the media was to be believed, by inadvertently thrusting into her hands a new megaphone to broadcast her anti-Trump message.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's struggles over the Jan. 6 committee reveal a dark GOP truth
Discussion: Politico
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Sober inquiry or slash-and-burn? McCarthy at a Jan. 6 crossroads
Discussion: Political Wire
Ben Collins / NBC News:
QAnon' new ‘plan’?  Run for school board  —  Drake Wuertz came to the school board meeting in Seminole County, Florida, in late June with a message familiar to those who had heard him speak at previous meetings: America's children are at risk of systemic abuse.  —  And the way to stop it is to run for local office.
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
A Planned Biden Order Aims to Tilt the Job Market Toward Workers  —  Noncompete clauses, licensing requirements and corporate mergers have tended to strengthen the hand of business.  —  According to an increasingly influential school of thought in left-of-center economic circles …
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New York Times:   Biden is preparing an executive order targeting noncompete clauses for workers.
Sarah Brown / Chronicle of Higher Education:
‘A Place That Was Built For Us’: How Howard U. Landed Nikole Hannah-Jones  —  In mid-May, the fraught fight over Nikole Hannah-Jones's tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spilled into public view.  Shortly after that, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist …
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Matt Ford / New Republic:
Samuel Alito's Boundless Contempt for Democracy  —  I spent my Fourth of July holiday this year like most others did: spending time with friends and family, eating hot dogs and hamburgers, and setting off fireworks.  It's one of my favorite holidays—partly because of my affection for this country …
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Debra Nussbaum Cohen / The Forward:
Max Solomon Lewis, 20, killed by stray bullet in Chicago  —  Max Solomon Lewis, a 20-year-old University of Chicago student, was commuting home from his summer internship last Thursday evening when a stray bullet pierced the window of his train car and hit him in the back of the neck.
Gallup:
Americans' Life Ratings Reach Record High  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of Americans who evaluate their lives well enough to be considered “thriving” on Gallup's Live Evaluation Index reached 59.2% in June, the highest in over 13 years of ongoing measurement and exceeding the previous high of 57.3% from September 2017.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Steven Lubet / American Prospect:
The Supreme Court's Inadequate Recusal Policy  —  Justice Amy Coney Barrett declined to recuse herself in a case involving a nonprofit that spent over $1 million getting her confirmed to the Supreme Court.  —  Then-nominee to the Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Josh Blackman / Newsweek:
Conservative Justices Warn Kavanaugh and Barrett Lack ‘Fortitude’
Discussion: Politico and Reason
Paul Blest / VICE:
Tucker Carlson Wants Body Cameras for Teachers to Stop Critical Race Theory  —  “How widespread is it?  Well, we can't really be sure until we finally get cameras in the classroom, as we put them on the chests of police officers.”  —  PB  —  Tucker Carlson thinks the renegade teaching …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and New York Post
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Tucker Carlson / Fox News:   If you question critical race theory, crazed ideologues will attack you and hurt your children
Washington Post:
All Marylanders who died of covid in June were unvaccinated, data shows  —  Unvaccinated people made up all of Maryland's reported coronavirus deaths last month, as well as the vast majority of new cases and hospitalizations, the state reported Tuesday — data that public health officials say demonstrates the effectiveness of vaccines.
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Trump's Election Lies Are Taking Over Republican Senate Races  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  As President Trump wailed that the 2020 election was being stolen from him last winter, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt sprang into action to back up his wild claims.
CNN:
FBI infiltrates group whose members wanted to test homemade bombs, surveil Capitol, secede from US, court records show  —  Dramatic Capitol riot videos used in court tell a harrowing story  —  (CNN)The FBI has infiltrated a “Bible study” group in Virginia that after the January 6 riot …
David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump golf club to pay penalty after customer's fatal car crash  —  One of former president Donald Trump's golf clubs on Wednesday agreed to pay a $400,000 penalty to the state of New Jersey for overserving alcohol to a customer who later caused a fatal car crash, according to settlement documents released by the state.
USA Today:
USA TODAY launches subscriber model for premium journalism, but many stories remain free.  Here's what you need to know.  —  Maribel Perez Wadsworth Nicole CarrollUSA TODAY  —  When major news breaks anywhere in the country, our journalists are on the scene quickly.
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
A Generation of Afghan Professionals Flees Ahead of Taliban Advance  —  Many of Afghanistan's most successful men and women in careers that flourished under the protection of the U.S. military see their lives in peril  —  KABUL—Afghanistan's professional class of men and women …
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
What New York City Taught Us About Ranked Choice Voting and the Democratic Party  —  The Eric Adams victory has lessons for how candidates can win under the system.  Hint: Running in tandem with others is overrated.  —  After two weeks of jarring uncertainty and speculative mathematical permutations …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden's Covid vaccine push crashes into reality  —  CHICAGO — Buzzing razors collided with roaring laughter that collectively rose and fell as James Brown screeched in the backdrop.  It's so loud at the “It's Official Barbershop” that it's hard to hear the reply from Mark Harmon …
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Riot Leader Had ‘Fully Constructed U.S. Capitol Lego Set’ at Home, FBI Says  —  PLAYING SOLDIER  —  Federal investigators seized an unusual piece of evidence from a Pennsylvania man indicted last month for his role in the Capitol riot—a Lego replica of the building he allegedly stormed.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Toyota vies to become Official Car of Insurrectionists.  Will Oath Keepers swear their brand loyalty?  —  Oh, what a feeling!  (And it isn't a good one.)  —  Approaching Tuesday's six-month anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, the liberal watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics …
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Colby would be official Wisconsin cheese under bill  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In cheese-obsessed Wisconsin, which proudly touts itself as America's Dairyland, the dairy cow is the official domestic animal, milk is the official state beverage and cheese is the official dairy product.
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
North Carolina's lieutenant governor backs anti-CRT effort: Kids should understand ‘greatness of this nation’  —  ‘We want to make sure that our children understand the greatness of this nation,’ Robinson said  —  Critical race theory is ‘designed to divide’: Douglas Murray
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Nikhel Sus / CREW:
Pompeo's Madison Dinners cost taxpayers nearly $65,000
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Insider:
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Philip Kiefer / The Lens:
Tulane School of Medicine placed on probation by accreditor amid allegations of racism, lack of diversity
Discussion: The Root
Ana Monteiro / Bloomberg:
GOP Senator Scoffs at Trump Auto-Tariff Report as Secrecy Ends
Discussion: Reason
Jessica Campisi / CNN:
West Virginia GOP governor: 'If you're not vaccinated, you're part of the problem'
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's very stubborn vaccine skepticism
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Code in huge ransomware attack written to avoid computers that use Russian, says new report
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Country Rejects Vaccines Despite Growing Delta Threat
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Charlie Duxbury / Politico:
Sweden's Stefan Löfven narrowly wins vote to return as PM
Discussion: Jacobin, Al Jazeera and MyNorthwest.com
Wall Street Journal:
Air Force Found Largely Responsible for Texas Church Shooting
Henry Fountain / New York Times:
North America Has Its Hottest June on Record
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Weeks after Holocaust Museum visit, Rep. Greene makes new Nazi-era comparison in opposing vaccination push
 

 
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