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11:25 AM ET, July 15, 2021

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The Guardian:
Kremlin papers appear to show Putin's plot to put Trump in White House  —  Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy  —  Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a “mentally unstable” …
CNN:
'They're not going to f**king succeed': Top generals feared Trump would attempt a coup after election, according to new book  —  Washington (CNN)The top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt …
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Reis Thebault / Washington Post:
Joint Chiefs chairman feared potential ‘Reichstag moment’ aimed at keeping Trump in power  —  In the waning weeks of Donald Trump's term, the country's top military leader repeatedly worried about what the president might do to maintain power after losing reelection, comparing his rhetoric …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Cheney reportedly told Jim Jordan ‘you f—  did this’ during Jan. 6 riot  —  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) told Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that he was responsible for the Capitol riot while the scene was evolving on Jan. 6, according to a new book.  —  In “I Alone Can Fix It,” …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., CNN, Insider, IJR and Political Wire
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Top U.S. General Said Trump Preached ‘Gospel of the Führer’  —  General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, likened Donald Trump's effort to hold on to power after the 2020 election to Adolf Hitler, saying the president was preaching “the gospel of the Führer” …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Gen. Milley's terror of a Trump ‘coup’ should prompt Democrats to act — now
Discussion: HotAir and Mediaite
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
New Trump revelations underscore his undimmed danger
Discussion: USA Today and Insider
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   ‘This is a Reichstag moment’: General Milley legitimately feared Trump would launch a ‘coup’
CNN:
Exclusive: Stephen Breyer says he hasn't decided his retirement plans and is happy as the Supreme Court's top liberal  —  Plainfield, New Hampshire (CNN)Justice Stephen Breyer has not decided when he will retire and is especially gratified with his new role as the senior liberal on the bench …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
IRS begins sending monthly checks to millions of American parents in crucial test for Biden  —  The Biden administration has launched the biggest U.S. anti-poverty program since Lyndon Johnson's ‘war on poverty’ in the 1960s.  —  The Biden administration on Thursday is launching …
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and NBC News
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
‘Faster, Harder, Louder’: Rolling Stone Hires Daily Beast Editor  —  Noah Shachtman, an experienced online journalist with a newsy sensibility, will lead the pop music bible founded in 1967.  —  Rolling Stone has chosen Noah Shachtman, a veteran of the news site The Daily Beast …
Washington Post:
Vaccine hesitancy morphs into hostility, as opposition to shots hardens  —  On July Fourth, President Biden celebrated dramatic progress in the war on the coronavirus, with more than 150 million adults fully vaccinated and infections plunging 93 percent since Inauguration Day.
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill and Raw Story
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:   Luntz advised Biden's COVID-19 team
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
GOP messaging guru Luntz advised Biden's Covid task force
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Good question: Where is the outrage over Biden rejecting Cuban refugees  —  Conditions in Cuba have deteriorated precipitously over the past two years.  Economic hardships, complicated by the pandemic and the inability of Cuba to produce its own vaccine have led to people taking to the streets in protest.
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Tyler O'Neil / pjmedia.com:   Communism Solved Racism in Cuba, 1619 Project Founder Claimed
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump rages over post-presidential books he did interviews for  —  He knew it was coming.  But former President Donald Trump still was not pleased.  —  He had read a new book excerpt—one of many about his presidency in the last few weeks—that described him telling his former chief …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis' tryst with Democrats is done  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' brief moment of unity with Democrats is over.  —  The Republican governor set aside his attacks on Democrats amid the crisis in Surfside, where more than 90 people were killed after a condominium collapse.
Discussion: Townhall
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Poll: Without Trump in the race, DeSantis dominates 2024 GOP White House hopefuls
Discussion: HotAir
Washington Examiner:   Bidenflation is real, and Democrats will make it worse
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Republicans center campaigns on false claims of election fraud  —  ROME — The organizers at the door handed out soft-pink “Trump Won” signs to each attendee.  An out-of-state radio host spouted far-right conspiracies.  Speaker after speaker insisted that Joe Biden couldn't have won …
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Politico:
Pigs fly: McConnell weighs giving Biden a bipartisan win  —  Something strange is happening in Washington: Mitch McConnell might go along with a central piece of Joe Biden's agenda.  —  The self-appointed “Grim Reaper” of the Senate, a minority leader who said just two months ago that …
Discussion: NPR and Just The News
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
U.S. military once trained Colombians implicated in Haiti assassination plot, Pentagon says  —  Some of the former Colombian servicemen arrested after last week's assassination of Haiti's president previously received U.S. military training, according to the Pentagon, raising fresh questions …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and New York Times
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New York Times:
Suspects in Haitian President's Killing Met to Plan a Future Without Him
Discussion: Insider, TIME, Political Wire and CNN
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Media hail runaway Texas Democrats for blocking action on voting  —  If ever there was a story that dramatized how the political press takes sides, it is the spectacle of Texas Democratic lawmakers  —  Texas state Democrats digging in with escape to DC  —  They are being portrayed as heroes for furtively leaving their states.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Wishes He'd Lowered the Flag for Slain Rioter  —  Trump's private comments about Ashli Babbitt mark the latest of his attempts to rewrite the history of Jan. 6.  —  Former President Donald Trump has spent the last few weeks full of regret about Jan. 6—but not because of the riot he inspired.
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Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An ‘Urgent Threat’  —  With about a third of adults in the U.S. still completely unvaccinated, and cases of COVID-19 on the rise, the U.S. Surgeon General is calling for a war against “health misinformation.”
United States Department of State:
Rewards for Justice - Reward Offer for Information on Foreign Malicious Cyber Activity Against U.S. Critical Infrastructure  —  The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $10 million …
Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County will spend millions to replace voting machines turned over to the Arizona Senate for audit  —  Lacey Latch Mary Jo PitzlArizona Republic  —  Maricopa County will spend nearly $3 million to replace voting equipment that officials say was permanently tainted by the Arizona Senate's election review.
Discussion: Insider
Lorie Konish / CNBC:
Inflation could prompt largest Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in decades.  Why there's a push to change the way it's calculated  — Seniors could see a much bigger bump to their Social Security benefits next year.  — There could be as much as a 6.1% cost-of-living adjustment next year …
Tess Owen / VICE:
American Dental Association Pressured to Extract Itself From Paul Gosar  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  America's dentists have their man in Washington.  His name is Paul Gosar.  And these days, Gosar's open fraternization with known white nationalists …
 
 
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic
Discussion: HotAir
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
It Seems Odd That We Would Just Let the World Burn
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rep. Clyburn's false claim that ‘no Democrat’ has opposed voter ID laws
Discussion: Townhall
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Timothy Noah / Washington Monthly:
How to Get Labor Law Reforms Past the Filibuster
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William Bredderman / The Daily Beast:
The Billionaire Behind Bannon's Fake Chinese Embassy
Discussion: Raw Story
Ellen Carmichael / National Review:
The Inhumanity of Joe Biden's Travel Ban
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘It will be remembered’: Trump allies cross him in special election
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Ron Kind Rented Property to Masseuse Suspected of Prostitution, Human Trafficking
Jacqueline Feldscher / Defense One:
A US-German ‘Window of Opportunity’ Is Closing, Experts Warn
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and ABC News
Precious Fondren / New York Times:
Have You Herd? The Goats Are Back at Riverside Park.
Antonio García Martínez / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
The Real Cuba Isn't a Potemkin Airbnb
Discussion: NPR and The Western Journal
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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