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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” …
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Reported Kremlin Leak Appears to Confirm Existence of Trump ‘Kompromat’
Reported Kremlin Leak Appears to Confirm Existence of Trump ‘Kompromat’
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Ross Douthat's Populist Dream World — True nationalist populism has never been tried! — 1 hr ago — Tonight is TNB! Come hang out with me, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, and our guest Laura Field to talk about the descent of the Claremont Institute, the East Coast / West Coast Straussian beef …
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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 — 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 …
Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy to meet on Thursday as 1/6 committee hearing looms — (CNN)House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy is expected to meet with former President Donald Trump on Thursday, as the California Republican is considering which members of his conference to appoint …
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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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Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Cheney reportedly told Jim Jordan ‘you f— did this’ during Jan. 6 riot
Cheney reportedly told Jim Jordan ‘you f— did this’ during Jan. 6 riot
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
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 Daily Beast:
Trump Wishes He'd Lowered the Flag for Slain Rioter
Trump Wishes He'd Lowered the Flag for Slain Rioter
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CNN:
'They're not going to f**king succeed': Top generals feared Trump would attempt a coup after election, according to new book
'They're not going to f**king succeed': Top generals feared Trump would attempt a coup after election, according to new book
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
New Trump revelations underscore his undimmed danger
New Trump revelations underscore his undimmed danger
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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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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 …
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Michelle Singletary / Washington Post:
Monthly child tax credit payments start hitting bank accounts this week. Here's what you need to know if you're eligible.
Monthly child tax credit payments start hitting bank accounts this week. Here's what you need to know if you're eligible.
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury and IRS Announce Families of Nearly 60 Million Children Receive $15 Billion Dollars in First Payments of Expanded and Newly Advanceable Child Tax Credit
Treasury and IRS Announce Families of Nearly 60 Million Children Receive $15 Billion Dollars in First Payments of Expanded and Newly Advanceable Child Tax Credit
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Carmen Reinicke / CNBC:
35.2 million families just got the first monthly child tax credit payment
35.2 million families just got the first monthly child tax credit payment
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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 …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
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 …
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Says House Will Tweak Senate's $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan
Pelosi Says House Will Tweak Senate's $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan
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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 …
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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 …
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CNN:
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.
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.”
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Washington Post:
‘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 …
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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Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
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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Power Line:
What the Hell Happened to Bill Kristol? — Greetings from Budapest, where I'll be hanging out a lot at Cafe Roger Scruton at 10 Zoltan Street over the next several days, and giving a lecture for the Danube Institute next Monday evening on the topic, “What Is Going on in America?”
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Sam Ro / Axios:
CEOs sound the alarm on inflation — CEOs are speaking up about what we've seen in the government data: inflation. And some of them warn elevated levels of inflation could persist. — Why it matters: Prices for goods and services have been rising at a historic pace …
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Robin Bravender / Insider:
Matt Gaetz's campaign paid $25K to a Manhattan criminal defense lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein, new records show — Rep. Matt Gaetz paid a criminal defense attorney $25K as he faced a sex trafficking investigation. — The attorney has represented Jeffrey Epstein and alleged crime bosses.
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.
Chad Pergram / Fox News:
The irony in Texas Democrats' ‘cut and run’ tactics — Democratic lawmakers complain, ‘We have no input’ — Dan Patrick: Texas Dems can't hold out forever — The grounds surrounding the U.S. Capitol had only been open for a few days on Monday. So it was no surprise to see some tourists …
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Media hail runaway Texas Democrats for blocking action on voting
Media hail runaway Texas Democrats for blocking action on voting
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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 …
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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 …
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Vivienne Clarke / The Irish Times:
Ireland cannot be part of current global tax reform proposals, Donohoe says — Minister says he is committed to finding an agreement on corporation tax reform — about 12 hours ago Updated: about 11 hours ago — Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that Ireland cannot be part …
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CNN:
Democrats look to infrastructure as last chance on immigration reform — Harris draws criticism from all sides during her first foreign trip — (CNN)After months of fruitless bipartisan talks, Democrats are turning their last hopes for immigration reform to an infrastructure bill …
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Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia:
New Emojis in 2021-2022 — A saluting face, biting lip, coral and a low battery are among the emojis up for approval later in the year. These are currently draft candidates for the next emoji release versioned Emoji 14.0. — Other inclusions on the draft list are consistent gender options …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
American Airlines, other companies resume donations to Republicans who objected to election results — The flow of money is a sign that corporate America's promises were temporary, especially in light of razor-thin Democratic majorities. — More companies that pledged to pause …