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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 on the Capitol on Jan. 6, “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff says he got an invitation to meet the former president at Mar-a-Lago.  In an interview, he tells DER SPIEGEL what ensued.
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
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: Insider
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Paulina Villegas / Washington Post:
Health official fired in retaliation for coronavirus vaccine guidance for teens, she says
Discussion: Associated Press
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, Townhall and NPR
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
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
Karoli Kuns / Crooks and Liars:
HEROES: Texas Democrats Flee The State To Stop Voting Bill
Jake Dima / Washington Examiner:
Newsom will not be listed as Democrat on recall ballot after missing registration deadline  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom will not be listed as a Democrat on a recall ballot slated for September after he failed to meet a deadline to register his party affiliation, a judge ruled Monday.
Discussion: Politico
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Laura K. Field / The Bulwark:
What the Hell Happened to the Claremont Institute?  —  How the once-distinguished conservative think tank plunged into Trumpism, illiberalism, and lying about the election.  —  [A PDF of this article for printing is available here.]  —  Just before 11 o'clock on the morning of January 6 …
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
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 …
Discussion: France 24, NPR, The Verge and The Guardian
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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 …
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
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
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.
Discussion: Boston Herald
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
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 …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump May Already Be Violating Campaign Laws  —  Even before Trump is an actual candidate, his games over running could run afoul of election laws, experts say.  —  In his latest round of will-he-or-won't-he, Donald Trump on Sunday got closer than ever to indicating he will run for president again …
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
PA state Sen. Doug Mastriano promoted QAnon on Twitter over 50 times  —  Mastriano is leading a sham “forensic investigation” of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania and is likely running for governor  —  Right-wing commentator and Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, a likely candidate …
 
 
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Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
There's Just One Problem With Biden's Executive Order Spree
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and New Yorker
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Hard to feel safe’: Rep. Porter says town hall altercation erodes sense of security
Rep. Adriano Espaillat / The Hill:
Budget reconciliation is clearest path for immigration reform we've had in decades
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
America Only Punishes a Certain Kind of Rebel
Discussion: CNN and Vanity Fair
New York Times:
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Zaid Jilani / The American Mind:
Conserving Collapse  —  The Republican Old Guard needs to adopt new tactics to deal with a rapidly changing society.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump getting tougher for Senate GOP to ignore
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“They Think Very Highly of Nikki”: The Kushner Family Is Cozying Up to Nikki Haley
CNN:
Biden's bipartisan infrastructure deal could face key Senate GOP defections
Ben Conarck / Miami Herald:
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