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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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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.
Discussion: KTAR.com and Washington Examiner
Kira Davis / RedState:
Here's What the Arizona Audit Is Really All About
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: The Times of Israel and HotAir
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Caitlyn Jenner's reality TV campaign  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PARLIAMENTARY GAMES — A pair of stories up from CNN and POLITICO spotlight Democrats' upcoming gambit to back-door immigration reform through the reconciliation process — Senate parliamentarian be damned.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Ross Douthat's Populist Dream World
Discussion: Military Times, New Republic and CNN
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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Dwight Garner / New York Times:   Two Accounts of Donald Trump's Final Year in Office, One More Vivid and Apt Than the Other
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 …
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 …
Discussion: UPROXX and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Matt Gaetz's campaign paid $25,000 to lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein
Discussion: 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
Discussion: 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.
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 …
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
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: CNN, Insider and NPR
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Explosive Interview Directly Implicates Trump in Tax Scheme  —  As investigators look into a scheme at the Trump Organization to avoid paying taxes on employee benefits, one witness has set the scene to show Trump was involved.  —  A witness in the New York investigation against the Trump Organization …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: 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.
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 …
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.
Washington Post:
Iran's plot to kidnap a dissident in New York is a warning to Biden  —  A host of authoritarian regimes have tried to silence exiled dissidents and other foreign critics in recent years with tactics ranging from holding family members hostage to kidnapping and murder.
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
 
 
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Noel King / NPR:
Families Are Receiving A Child Tax Credit. Janet Yellen Says It Should Be Permanent
Discussion: Breitbart and NBC Boston
Brian C. Joondeph / American Thinker:
Hey! Fauci! Leave Them Kids Alone!
Discussion: Instapundit
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Of course the GOP is spreading COVID-19 for political gain — it's been their playbook for decades
Discussion: The Guardian
Lauren White / CREW:
Secret Service dismissed warning signs of violence at Capitol before January 6th
Discussion: CNN
Jason Parham / Wired:
A People's History of Black Twitter, Part I
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Covid-19's global spread is a test for America
Discussion: Forbes and New York Times
Sam Ro / Axios:
CEOs sound the alarm on inflation
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Vivienne Clarke / The Irish Times:
Ireland cannot be part of current global tax reform proposals, Donohoe says
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
American Airlines, other companies resume donations to Republicans who objected to election results
Discussion: Power Line
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