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12:50 PM ET, July 13, 2021

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump unloads on Kavanaugh in new Michael Wolff book  —  Former President Donald Trump, in a book out Tuesday by Michael Wolff, says he is “very disappointed” in votes by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, his own hard-won nominee, and that he “hasn't had the courage you need to be a great justice.”
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Marc Pitzke / Spiegel Online:
“There Was No Plan.  He Is Deranged”  —  During the reporting of his latest book on the attack …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Yes, Tomorrow Will Be Worse—Because of Journalism Like This
Discussion: The Present Age
Washington Post:
‘I Alone Can Fix It’ book excerpt: Inside Trump's Election Day and the birth of the ‘big lie’ … Finally, Election Day had arrived.  The morning of Nov. 3, 2020, President Trump was upbeat.  The mood in the West Wing was good.  Some aides talked giddily of a landslide.
Politico:
‘Get on the team or shut up’: How Trump created an army of GOP enforcers  —  From the earliest days of his presidency Donald Trump and his political team worked to re-engineer the infrastructure of the Republican Party, installing allies in top leadership posts in key states.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Cheney fundraising surge continues, as Wyoming congresswoman sets second straight record  —  Cheney, who was ousted as House Republican Conference Chair in May, hauls in nearly $1.9M in past three months  —  Liz Cheney speaks out after being ousted by Republican Party
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Cheney tops Stefanik in fundraising  —  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who was ousted from her leadership role in the House Republican caucus, topped her replacement, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), by about $400,000 in fundraising last quarter.  —  Cheney raised $1.88 million in the second quarter of 2021 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Prices jumped 5.4 percent in June, the biggest rise since 2008.  —  A key measure of inflation jumped sharply in June, a gain that is sure to keep concerns over rising prices front and center at the White House and Federal Reserve.  —  The Consumer Price Index climbed by 5.4 percent …
Discussion: Sacramento Bee
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Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
June Consumer Prices Climbed Sharply Again as Economy Rebounded
Discussion: Twitchy and New York Post
Olivia Rockeman / Bloomberg:
U.S. Consumer Prices Jump Most Since 2008, Topping All Estimates
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation climbs higher than expected in June as price index rises 5.4%
Discussion: UPI, NPR and Townhall
The Tennessean:
Tennessee's former top vaccine official: ‘I am afraid for my state’  —  Editor's note: On Monday, July 12, the Tennessee Department of Health fired Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the top vaccine official in the Tennessee state government.  Fiscus said she was scapegoated to appease Republican state lawmakers …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Insider
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The obscure foundation funding “Critical Race Theory” hysteria  —  Critical Race Theory (CRT), once a little-known academic concept, is now at the center of the national political discussion.  CRT is discussed incessantly on Fox News.  It is featured in campaign advertisements.
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Justin Haskins / Washington Examiner:
Teaching critical race theory isn't just wrong. It might be illegal
Discussion: RedState, Yahoo News and Townhall
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Newsom won't be listed as a Democrat on recall ballot, judge says  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom cannot identify himself as a Democrat on the September recall ballot because he missed the deadline to designate his party affiliation, a superior court judge in Sacramento ruled Monday.
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The Daily Beast:
Bill O'Reilly's Accuser Finally Breaks Her Silence  —  HER STORY … In an exclusive interview, Andrea Mackris reveals the full scope of Bill O'Reilly's alleged harassment of her—and why she doesn't care if telling all means blowing up her NDA. … New York litigator David Ratner shouted at his client …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump May Already Be Violating Campaign Laws
Discussion: Raw Story
Laura K. Field / The Bulwark:
What the Hell Happened to the Claremont Institute?  —  [A printable PDF of this article is available here.]  —  Just before 11 o'clock on the morning of January 6—an hour before President Donald Trump began riling up his “Save America” rally in front of the White House …
Discussion: Bulwark+
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Youngkin to skip marquee debate over moderator's donation to Clinton Bush Haiti Fund  —  RICHMOND — Republican Glenn Youngkin will skip what is typically the premier debate of the Virginia governor's race, saying he objects to the moderator, PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff …
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and NBC News
KVUE-TV:
‘They will be arrested.’ Gov. Abbott responds to Texas Democrats' flight to Washington, D.C.  —  The Texas Legislature's special session started on July 8.  Among the issues that lawmakers are expected to address are bail reform and “election integrity.”  —  AUSTIN, Texas …
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Darragh Roche / Newsweek:
Greg Abbott Says Fleeing Texas Democrats ‘Will Be Arrested’ When They Return to State
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
The Atlantic thrived through Trump and the pandemic.  The future is harder.  —  Nicholas Thompson, the chief executive of The Atlantic, gave a presentation to employees last month in which he disclosed some uncomfortable truths about the state of the magazine.
New York Times:
A surge in appointments follows the issuing of new vaccination rules in France.  —  More than 1.3 million people in France were reported to have booked appointments for coronavirus shots within hours of President Emmanuel Macron's announcement of new vaccination requirements as the authorities scrambled …
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Biden to pick former West Virginia health official as nation's drug czar  —  Rahul Gupta, ally of Manchin, would oversee drug policy strategy if confirmed  —  President Biden has selected a former West Virginia health official as the nation's top drug policy official, according …
Discussion: Politico
Bill McMorris / RealClearInvestigations:
Unions' Focus on Woke Over Work Rankles Rank and File  —  Los Angeles school teacher Glenn Laird has been a union stalwart for almost four decades.  He served as a co-chair of his school's delegation to United Teachers Los Angeles and proudly wore union purple on the picket line.  —  Pride at Work
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Evan Perez / CNN:
Several tied to Haiti assassination plot were previously US law enforcement informants  —  Several of the men involved in the operation that killed Haiti's president previously worked as US law enforcement informants, according to people briefed on the matter, as US investigators grapple …
Bari Weiss / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
A Witch Trial at the Legal Aid Society  —  Maud Maron was a model public defender.  Then she was forced out of her job because of her political views and her race.  —  12 hr ago  —  If you google “bleeding heart liberal,” Maud Maron might well turn up as the first hit.
Discussion: New York Post
Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Lawsuit targets Texas abortion law deputizing citizens to enforce six-week ban  —  Abortion rights advocates and providers filed a federal lawsuit in Texas on Tuesday seeking to block a new state law empowering individuals to sue anyone assisting a woman with getting an abortion …
Discussion: RedState and New Republic
Julia Azari / FiveThirtyEight:
Presidents Used To Be The Faces Of Their Political Parties.  Is That No Longer The Case?  —  In our polarized political era, presidents have increasingly become the faces of their parties, operating as symbols of what their parties value — and what the opposing party rejects.
Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
There's Just One Problem With Biden's Executive Order Spree  —  The administration's staffing deficiencies could imperil the entire agenda.  —  President Biden hands out a pen after signing an executive order aimed at promoting competition in the economy, in the State Dining Room of the White House, July 9, 2021.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and New Yorker
Bill Press / The Hill:
Ice cream's back — thank you, Joe!  —  On the official schedule, it was just another vaccination push.  On Tuesday, July 6, first lady Jill Biden jetted to Savannah, Ga., in yet one more valiant attempt to convince Americans not yet vaccinated to step up and do the right thing.
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Taliban surge in north Afghanistan sends thousands fleeing  —  CAMP ISTIQLAL, Afghanistan (AP) — Sakina, who is 11, maybe 12, walked with her family for 10 days after the Taliban seized her village in northern Afghanistan and burned down the local school.  —  They are now among around 50 …
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
The Republican Party's top lawyer called election fraud arguments by Trump's lawyers a ‘joke’ that could mislead millions  —  The Republican Party's top lawyer warned in November against continuing to push false claims that the presidential election was stolen, calling efforts …
Laura Baxter / The Federalist:
Thanks To Neil Gorsuch, The Biden Administration Is Forcing Employers Everywhere To End Free Speech And Put Men In Women's Bathrooms  —  Thanks to Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, the EEOC has declared war on people who hold traditional views on sex, women who value their safety and privacy, and people who simply believe in science.
CNN:
Taliban fighters execute 22 Afghan commandos as they try to surrender  —  Dawlat Abad, Afghanistan (CNN)Over clear but unsteady video, the words ring out: “Surrender, commandos, surrender.”  Several men emerge from a building; they are clearly unarmed.  —  Gunfire erupts.
Discussion: Insider
Washington Post:
Why Facebook really, really doesn't want to discourage extremism  —  Our research finds that outrage is what goes viral — and that makes money.  —  Last year, the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook executives allegedly shut down internal research showing that the platform increased …
 
 
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
GOP anti-vaxxers are sacrificing citizens' lives for political gain
Michael Casey / Associated Press:
Black female WWII unit hoping to get congressional honor
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Jewish Electorate Institute:
July 2021 National Survey of Jewish Voters
BuzzFeed News:
The FBI Allegedly Used At Least 12 Informants In The Michigan Kidnapping Case
Discussion: Page Array
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
PA state Sen. Doug Mastriano promoted QAnon on Twitter over 50 times
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Hard to feel safe’: Rep. Porter says town hall altercation erodes sense of security
Discussion: The Hill and MSNBC
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
America Only Punishes a Certain Kind of Rebel
Discussion: CNN and Vanity Fair
 Earlier Items: 
Zaid Jilani / The American Mind:
Conserving Collapse  —  The Republican Old Guard needs to adopt new tactics to deal with a rapidly changing society.
Christopher Robbins / New York Magazine:
The Plight of the Violence Interruptors One of the deadliest summers in recent memory tests the alternative to police.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump getting tougher for Senate GOP to ignore
CNN:
Biden's bipartisan infrastructure deal could face key Senate GOP defections
Ben Conarck / Miami Herald:
Amid Florida COVID spike, Miami hospital's virus patients are younger, unvaccinated
Washington Post:
Trump Organization removes indicted top finance officer Allen Weisselberg from leadership roles at dozens of subsidiaries
 

 
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

 
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