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12:50 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, The Guardian and Raw Story
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, claytoonz and Mediaite
Washington Post:   ‘I Alone Can Fix It’ book excerpt: The inside story of Trump's defiance and inaction on Jan. 6
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 …
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
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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 …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
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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
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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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.”
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
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 …
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 …
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.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Biden Is Speaking to an America That Doesn't Exist  —  Joe Biden is not known as a fiery orator, but the president was riled up yesterday.  —  Biden spoke in Philadelphia about voting rights, calling a current round of state laws and bills, plus rhetoric emanating from Donald Trump and others …
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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
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: Marijuana legalization will be a Senate priority  —  Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday announced on the floor that he will use his clout to make legislation ending the federal prohibition on marijuana a top priority.  —  Marijuana is currently listed …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and New York Times
Jeff Dunetz / The Lid:
MSNBC's Joy Reid Claims Republicans Are Neo-Nazis  —  In a recent edition of “ReidOut,” MSNBC all-around bigot Joy Reid went on an unhinged rant painting all Republicans as Neo-Nazis, and domestic terrorists bent on creating a dictatorship. … HOW DARE SJE!!!!
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.”  —  12 hr ago … I often get asked who I read and why.  It's a good question, especially with so much material out there competing for attention.  My answer is this …
 
 
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Reuters:
Cuba lifts food, medicine customs restrictions after protests
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic
Discussion: HotAir
Tess Owen / VICE:
American Dental Association Pressured to Extract Itself From Paul Gosar
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rep. Clyburn's false claim that ‘no Democrat’ has opposed voter ID laws
Discussion: Townhall
United States Department of State:
Rewards for Justice - Reward Offer for Information on Foreign Malicious Cyber Activity Against U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Good question: Where is the outrage over Biden rejecting Cuban refugees
Timothy Noah / Washington Monthly:
How to Get Labor Law Reforms Past the Filibuster
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William Bredderman / The Daily Beast:
The Billionaire Behind Bannon's Fake Chinese Embassy
Discussion: The Uprising and Raw Story
Ellen Carmichael / National Review:
The Inhumanity of Joe Biden's Travel Ban
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘It will be remembered’: Trump allies cross him in special election
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Ron Kind Rented Property to Masseuse Suspected of Prostitution, Human Trafficking
T.A. Frank / New York Magazine:
‘The Steele Dossier Was a Case Study in How Reporters Get Manipulated’