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12:15 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” …
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: IJR and 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,” …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Gen. Milley's terror of a Trump ‘coup’ should prompt Democrats to act — now  —  The news that the top U.S. military leader took extensive actions amid fears that Donald Trump would stage a coup to remain president is shocking and unsettling — but it also risks imparting exactly the wrong lesson.
Discussion: 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 …
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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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.
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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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.
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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
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: Insider and Raw Story
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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
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Black Lives Matter blames US, praises Cuban regime, social media erupts  —  The BLM tweet was sent out at about the time Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel admitted that his government's failures played a role in the protests  —  Sen. Cruz: Cubans are the only immigrants the Biden admin doesn't want
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Good question: Where is the outrage over Biden rejecting Cuban refugees
Tyler O'Neil / pjmedia.com:   Communism Solved Racism in Cuba, 1619 Project Founder Claimed
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.”
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 …
Un Herd:
Video15:00 Wikipedia co-founder: I no longer trust the website I created  —  Freddie Sayers spoke to Larry Sanger about why he left  —  Chances are, if you've ever been on the internet, you've visited Wikipedia.  It is the world's fifth largest website, pulling in an estimated 6.1 billion …
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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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: Washington Examiner and Townhall
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Poll: Without Trump in the race, DeSantis dominates 2024 GOP White House hopefuls
Discussion: HotAir
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
It Seems Odd That We Would Just Let the World Burn  —  I spent the weekend reading a book I wasn't entirely comfortable being seen with in public.  Andreas Malm's “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is only slightly inaptly named.  You won't find, anywhere inside, instructions on sabotaging energy infrastructure.
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 …
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
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 …
 
 
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
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Rep. Clyburn's false claim that ‘no Democrat’ has opposed voter ID laws
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The Inhumanity of Joe Biden's Travel Ban
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Jacqueline Feldscher / Defense One:
A US-German ‘Window of Opportunity’ Is Closing, Experts Warn
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and ABC News
T.A. Frank / New York Magazine:
‘The Steele Dossier Was a Case Study in How Reporters Get Manipulated’
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Antonio García Martínez / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
The Real Cuba Isn't a Potemkin Airbnb
Discussion: The Western Journal and NPR