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Arizona Republic:
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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Arizona Mirror, The Daily Signal and Mock Paper Scissors
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Democracy Docket:
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.
Howard Fischer Capitol / Arizona Daily Star:
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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KTAR.com and Washington Examiner
Kira Davis / RedState:
Here's What the Arizona Audit Is Really All About
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RealClearPolitics
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“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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The Times of Israel and HotAir
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Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Two Accounts of Donald Trump's Final Year in Office, One More Vivid and Apt Than the Other
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Ross Douthat's Populist Dream World
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CNN, KRDO and Informed Comment
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
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, POLITICUSUSA and Washington Times
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Mark Meadows desperately begged ‘stable pony’ Ivanka to convince Trump to stop Jan. 6 insurrection: book
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Washington Post, Insider and Daily Kos
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
American Airlines, other companies resume donations to Republicans who objected to election results
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Power Line
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
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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Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Power Line, UPROXX, Raw Story, Insider, The Hill, Mediaite, TVNewser and Crooks and Liars
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
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 …
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
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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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Matt Gaetz's campaign paid $25,000 to lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein
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Breaking News USA
Robin Bravender / Insider:
Matt Gaetz's campaign paid $25K to a Manhattan criminal defense lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein, new records show
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The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Luke Money / Los Angeles Times:
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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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
'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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The Daily Beast, Insider, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Five members of one Texas family charged in Capitol riot case
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The Hill
Rob Tannenbaum / Los Angeles Times:
'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 …
New York Times:
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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Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Report: Cuomo to be deposed by AG's investigators on Saturday
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Washington Post and New York Post
Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
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.
Orlando Sentinel:
Windermere police officer arrested in Capitol riot along with ex-Apopka cop son — A Windermere Police Department officer resigned and was arrested Thursday on charges that he participated in the January riot at the U.S. Capitol — the first member of Central Florida law enforcement to face charges in the attempted insurrection.
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Raw Story and Florida Politics
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
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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CNBC, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, UPROXX, New York Post, KRDO, GeekWire and One America News Network
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
Associated Press:
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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Washington Post, Sky News Australia, RedState, TheBlaze, HotAir, National Review, Forbes and Sputnik News
Jeremy Beaman / Washington Examiner:
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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Associated Press, Fox News and TheBlaze
Mississippi Free Press:
Young Black Activists Helped Change The State Flag. They Intend To Change The State. — Maisie Brown has heard people argue that removing an emblem of the Confederacy from Mississippi's state flag meant little—that, in a state still rife with systemic racism, it was nothing more than a symbolic change with no substance.
The Citizen Lab:
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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Microsoft On the Issues, Associated Press, Financial Times, Bloomberg and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
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 …
Philip Klein / National Review:
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
Max Hauptman / Washington Post:
Alabama military base is first in the U.S. to require vaccination proof amid rising covid-19 rates — An Alabama military base is taking increased actions to combat the ongoing prevalence of coronavirus infections, authorizing leaders to ask for proof of vaccination of service members not wearing a mask while on duty.
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