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6:00 PM 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” …
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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 …
Discussion: HotAir, Townhall and CNN
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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  —  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 to a special committee tasked …
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Cheney reportedly told Jim Jordan ‘you f— did this’ during Jan. 6 riot
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
New Trump revelations underscore his undimmed danger
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 …
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
Discussion: HuffPost and Bloomberg
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Says House Will Tweak Senate's $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan
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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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 …
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 …
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:
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issues advisory on dangers of health misinformation amid rise in covid-19 cases
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Kira Davis / RedState:
Here's What the Arizona Audit Is Really All About  —  You know the election audits are over the target when Democrats are screaming about them being a waste of time.  As the Arizona audits continue and audits in Georgia show significant discrepancies, the left wing politicos have dropped …
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Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County will spend millions to replace voting machines turned over to the Arizona Senate for audit
Discussion: Daily Kos and Insider
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.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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?”
Discussion: Washington Post and Instapundit
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 …
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.
Tom Winter / NBC News:
16 members of Florida white supremacist gang charged in sweeping indictment  —  Sixteen members of a Florida-based white supremacist group - who went by names such as Shrek, Pretty Boy and Scumbag - have been charged in a 12-count racketeering indictment accusing them of engaging in acts of murder, kidnapping and other offenses.
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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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 …
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 …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Five members of one Texas family charged in Capitol riot case  —  WASHINGTON — Five members of a family from the Texas Panhandle were arrested Tuesday, becoming the largest group of relatives charged in connection with the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Discussion: Washington Post
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: DW.COM, National Review and CNBC
 
 
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Kelvin Chan / Associated Press:
What pairs with beetle? Startups seek to make bugs tasty
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
Covid's high toll: Over half of Latinos had someone close die or be hospitalized
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Biden administration proposes sweeping protections for Alaska's Tongass National Forest
Discussion: New York Times and Common Dreams
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
American Airlines, other companies resume donations to Republicans who objected to election results
Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
Sarah Sanders raises $4.2M for Arkansas governor bid
Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller and KARK-TV
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Rupert Murdoch-funded Fox Corp. PAC contributes to Democrat Joe Manchin's campaign
Jeff Dunetz / The Lid:
MSNBC's Joy Reid Claims Republicans Are Neo-Nazis
Discussion: Instapundit
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
Un Herd:
Video15:00 Wikipedia co-founder: I no longer trust the website I created
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
It Seems Odd That We Would Just Let the World Burn
Discussion: The Federalist and Slate
Yair Rosenberg / Yair's Newsletter:
Q&A with Adam Serwer  —  “The news is what people have forgotten, not just what people don't know yet.”
 

 
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The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions

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