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State Senate to seek more election material from Maricopa County; door-to-door questioning recommended — Andrew Oxford Mary Jo PitzlArizona Republic — Senate President Karen Fann said the Legislature needs more materials and data from Maricopa County for an unprecedented and controversial review …
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The Daily Signal, Arizona Mirror and Mock Paper Scissors
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Court Denies Republican Request to Dismiss Arizona Audit Case — WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, the Arizona Superior Court in Maricopa County denied the state Senate's request to dismiss a case seeking records of the Republican-led ‘audit’ of the 2020 election.
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Arizona election audit reports ‘inconsistencies’; judge rules records must be public — The outside contractors conducting the Senate's audit of the 2020 election told GOP lawmakers Thursday they already identified a series of inconsistencies between information Maricopa County reported and what they've found.
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Washington Examiner and KTAR.com
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Here's What the Arizona Audit Is Really All About
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RealClearPolitics
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“You're Gonna Have a Fucking War”: Mark Milley's Fight to Stop Trump from Striking Iran — Inside the extraordinary final-days conflict between the former President and his chairman of the Joint Chiefs. — The last time that General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff …
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Two Accounts of Donald Trump's Final Year in Office, One More Vivid and Apt Than the Other — Two new books about the final year of Donald J. Trump's presidency are entering the cultural bloodstream. The first, “Landslide,” by the gadfly journalist Michael Wolff, is the one to leap upon …
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
Wake Up, Democrats, You're Fighting the Last War
Wake Up, Democrats, You're Fighting the Last War
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New York Daily News, PolitiFact and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Gen. Milley's terror of a Trump ‘coup’ should prompt Democrats to act — now
Gen. Milley's terror of a Trump ‘coup’ should prompt Democrats to act — now
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Truth and Consequences, CNN, claytoonz, HotAir, The Daily Caller and IJR
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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” …
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Talking With Tucker Carlson, the Most Powerful Conservative in America — On a Thursday afternoon in June, five months after Inauguration Day, I asked Tucker Carlson whether Joe Biden was the legitimately elected President of the United States. — This was halfway through a meandering phone conversation …
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Matt Gaetz hired legal firm used by Jeffrey Epstein and El Chapo, campaign report shows — Gaetz's campaign has spent $135,000 on legal expenses in the past year as his troubles have mounted. — Updated Just now — With his legal troubles still looming over him, U.S …
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POLITICUSUSA
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Matt Gaetz's campaign paid $25K to a Manhattan criminal defense lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein, new records show
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Raw Story
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Matt Gaetz's campaign paid $25,000 to lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein
Matt Gaetz's campaign paid $25,000 to lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein
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Breaking News USA
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‘I Alone Can Fix It’ book excerpt: The inside story of Trump's defiance and inaction on Jan. 6 … As the sun rose over Washington on Jan. 6, electricity hung in the air. The big day had come. Thousands of President Trump's supporters began gathering on the Ellipse to stake out a good spot …
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Mark Meadows desperately begged ‘stable pony’ Ivanka to convince Trump to stop Jan. 6 insurrection: book
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Insider, Washington Post and Daily Kos
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'I'm Here, Mom!': FBI Arrests Man Who Wore Roman Gladiator Costume To Capitol Riot — Nathan Wayne Entrekin was talking to his mother during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. — Nathan Wayne Entrekin, a man who wore a Roman gladiator costume to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in support …
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Five members of one Texas family charged in Capitol riot case
Five members of one Texas family charged in Capitol riot case
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The Hill, Washington Post and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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MAGA World's ‘Freedom Phone’ Actually Budget Chinese Phone — MAGA Influencers are pushing a phone preloaded with apps like Parler and Rumble that appears to be a vastly more expensive version of a phone made in China. — The pro-Trump internet went wild on Wednesday for the Freedom Phone …
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Raw Story
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Kevin McCarthy Rolls Over for Donald Trump, Like a Dog — HEEL … The meeting itself, at Trump's golf course, of course, was a show of dominance from the party's real leader to its House “leader.” — So Kevin McCarthy met with Donald Trump ("Much to discuss!), and I'm struggling to come …
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Raw Story
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Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy to meet on Thursday as 1/6 committee hearing looms
Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy to meet on Thursday as 1/6 committee hearing looms
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L.A. County will require masks indoors amid alarming rise in coronavirus cases — Just a month ago, Los Angeles County and the rest of California celebrated a long-awaited reopening, marking the tremendous progress made in the battle against COVID-19 by lifting virtually all restrictions on businesses and other public spaces.
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Cuomo to Be Questioned in Sexual Harassment Inquiry — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to face investigators on Saturday in a sign that the attorney general's inquiry may be nearing its final stages. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to be questioned on Saturday by investigators …
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Report: Cuomo to be deposed by AG's investigators on Saturday
Report: Cuomo to be deposed by AG's investigators on Saturday
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Washington Post and New York Post
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WHO chief says it was ‘premature’ to rule out COVID lab leak — BERLIN (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak, and he said Thursday he is asking China to be more transparent …
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Floods in Germany and Other Parts of Western Europe Leave at Least 45 Dead — Strong rains caused rivers to burst their banks, overloaded sewage systems and washed away buildings in Germany and Belgium. Homes and streets in the Netherlands and Switzerland also flooded.
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Another Mercenary Spyware Vendor Comes into Focus — Summary — Candiru is a secretive Israel-based company that sells spyware exclusively to governments. Reportedly, their spyware can infect and monitor iPhones, Androids, Macs, PCs, and cloud accounts.
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GOP fumes over Schumer hardball strategy — Republicans are bristling over Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer's (D-N.Y.) hardball strategy to try to force them to finalize a bipartisan infrastructure deal in a matter of days. — Republican negotiators and members of leadership believe Schumer …
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Jeff Bezos Picks 18-Year-Old Dutch Student for Blue Origin Rocket Launch — Oliver Daemen will fly to the edge of space after another passenger who paid $28 million for the seat had a scheduling conflict. — Someone paid $28 million to not go to space with Jeff Bezos next week.
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The delta variant is ravaging this Missouri city. Many residents are still wary of vaccines. — SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The worst of the pandemic seemed behind Mercy Hospital, those weeks last winter when the coronavirus wards were full of people struggling to breathe.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, The Mahablog and Raw Story
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Sailor becomes first woman to complete Naval Special Warfare training — A sailor in the U.S. Navy made history this week by becoming the first woman to complete the service's rigorous, monthslong training for prospective Naval Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen.
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Jen Psaki Just Escalated the Conservative War with Big Tech — Whether or not she intended to, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has escalated the conservative war with Big Tech. — During the Thursday press briefing, Psaki said regarding COVID-19 messaging that “we're flagging problematic posts …
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Townhall and Patterico's Pontifications
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Covid-19's global spread is a test for America — South Africa is the first country where covid-19 has contributed to serious social disorder (if you don't count the United States). One of Africa's wealthiest nations is beset by inequality, corruption, political strife and now a health system that is …
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Forbes and New York Times
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Porsches, Gucci rings, and billions of robocalls: Inside the PAC operation that raised millions by impersonating Donald Trump — (CNN)At first glance, “Matte Nox” looks like your typical thirty-something wannabe Internet influencer, flaunting a lavish lifestyle on his public Instagram and TikTok accounts.
Senator Chuck Grassley:
Grassley And Johnson Request More Information From Justice Department About Special Counsel Mueller Team's Missing Phones — WASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are asking the Justice Department for more information and records after learning that the department …
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Washington Examiner and The Federalist
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'The screen door slams, Mary's dress...' waves? Sways? An investigation into The Boss' mystery verb — The internet doesn't seem to know the correct lyrics to Bruce Springsteen's “Thunder Road.” It's possible Springsteen doesn't know either. — The latest niche Twitter controversy began on July 3 …
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Fox News Guest Says Kamala Harris Slept Her Way to the Top: 'She Started Out Her Political Career as Willie Brown's Bratwurst Bun' — On Thursday, Jesse Kelly said on Fox News that “Kamala Harris will do anything to get ahead,” including sleeping around. — In the early 1990s …
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‘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 …
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