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Arizona Republic:
Biden names Arizona Republican Jeff Flake as his ambassador pick for Turkey — Ronald J. Hansen Yvonne Wingett SanchezArizona Republic — President Joe Biden intends to nominate former Sen. Jeff Flake as ambassador to Turkey, putting the Arizona Republican on the front lines diplomatically …
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Jeff Flake / Medium:
Nomination to be U.S. Ambassador to The Republic of Turkey — Given the strategic importance of the United States' relationship with our long-time NATO Ally, the Republic of Turkey, I am honored and humbled by the trust President Biden has placed in me with this ambassadorial nomination.
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden to nominate former GOP senator Flake to be ambassador to Turkey — President Biden will nominate former senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to serve as ambassador to Turkey, the White House announced Tuesday. — Flake, who served in Congress for 18 years, became a vocal critic …
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Biden nominates ex-GOP Sen. Jeff Flake as ambassador to Turkey
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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Biden taps GOP former Sen. Jeff Flake for Turkey ambassador
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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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Judi Hershman:
Ken Starr, Brett Kavanaugh, Jeffrey Epstein and Me — As a former professional partisan, I never thought I'd look back decades to my political beginnings and find the map that points to our current moment, when there is serious doubt whether the democracy we took for granted at the time will continue to exist.
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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 …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Texas House Republicans vote to track down absent Democrats and arrest them if necessary — The procedural move carries little apparent weight since the Democrats who fled the state to break quorum are beyond the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement. — Copy link
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Grace Panetta / Insider:
What's in the GOP voting bills that Texas Democrats fled their state to block
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Texas House votes to have law enforcement track down absent Democrats
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Darragh Roche / Newsweek:
Greg Abbott Says Fleeing Texas Democrats ‘Will Be Arrested’ When They Return to State
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Washington Post:
William Barr clashes with former Trump appointee from Pa. over handling of election-fraud claims — A war of words broke out Tuesday among former senior Justice Department officials over Pennsylvania politics and the aftermath of the 2020 election, fueled by former president Donald Trump's release …
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Trump said whoever ‘leaked’ info on his White House bunker stay should be ‘executed,’ new book claims — Then-President Donald Trump told a number of his advisers in 2020 that whoever leaked information about his stay in the White House bunker during protests last June had committed treason …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
QAnon-backing Capitol rioter granted release because he mistakenly thought he was storming the White House — A U.S. Capitol rioter who was diverted away from the Senate chamber will be released from jail while he awaits charges. — Doug Jensen, who was wearing a QAnon T-shirt …
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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.
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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.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
There's a Word for What Trumpism Is Becoming — “I became worse.” That's how double impeachment changed him, Donald Trump told a conservative audience in Dallas last weekend, without a trace of a smile. This was not Trump the insult comic talking. This was the deepest Trump self.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin draws red line in infrastructure talks — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) warned on Tuesday that he wants both a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a separate Democratic-only bill to be fully paid for. — “I think everything should be paid for. We've put enough free money out,” Manchin told reporters.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Republicans hope to scam Democrats into committing political suicide
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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 …
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 …
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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
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Asma Khalid / NPR:
Vice President Harris Hints That She Has Discussed Filibuster Changes With Senators — With voting rights legislation stalled in the Senate because of Republican opposition, Vice President Harris suggested that she has talked to senators about exceptions to the legislative filibuster …
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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 …
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Caroline Downey / National Review:
Inflation Surged to 5.4 Percent in June in Biggest Jump Since 2008
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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 …
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Scott Cohn / CNBC:
Virginia is back as America's Top State for Business in 2021
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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.
Cortney O'Brien / Fox News:
Greenwald hammers media on Avenatti: ‘Utter bulls—t’ to claim they couldn't have known he was a crook — 'If you can't recognize what Avenatti is, you can't see anything' — Journalist Glenn Greenwald blasted the media Tuesday for their coverage of disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
REvil, Hacking Group Behind Major Ransomware Attack, Disappears — Just days after President Biden called President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and demanded that he act to shut down ransomware groups that are attacking American targets, the biggest of them has gone off-line. The mystery is who made that happen.
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Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Survey: A quarter of US Jews agree that Israel ‘is an apartheid state’ — (JTA) — A survey of U.S. Jewish voters taken after the Israel-Gaza conflict finds that a sizable minority believe some of the harshest criticisms of Israel, including that it is committing genocide and apartheid.
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Jeremy Duda / Arizona Mirror:
Scottsdale woman indicted for casting dead mother's ballot — A grand jury has indicted a Scottsdale Republican woman for allegedly casting her dead mother's early ballot in the November election in a rare prosecution for voter fraud in Arizona. — Tracey Kay McKee, 63 …
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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.
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Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Gun laws barring sales to people under 21 are unconstitutional, appeals court rules — Laws preventing firearms dealers from selling handguns to anyone under age 21 are unconstitutional and violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court said Tuesday in a ruling that could have implications …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
A bank executive is convicted of loaning Paul Manafort money to obtain a job with the Trump administration. — A former Chicago bank executive was convicted on Tuesday of financial crimes related to his facilitation of millions of dollars in high-risk loans to Paul Manafort …
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Impasse over Capitol Police funding continues as officers face cash crunch — As the Capitol Police inch closer to running out of money for salaries, leaders in both parties acknowledged the gravity of the problem but remain no closer to finding a solution.
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
For white evangelical Protestants, the degradation of democracy is not regrettable. It's desirable — The point is rule by God's chosen. — 3 hr ago — Members of the pundit corps seem to believe white evangelical Protestants (WEPs) have politicized their faith.
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
US's largest registered nurses union calls on CDC to bring back universal mask guidelines — The largest union for registered nurses in the U.S. called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to bring back recommendations for universal masking in public regardless of people's vaccination status.
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