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Vanity Fair:
“I'm Getting the Word Out”: Inside the Feverish Mind of Donald Trump Two Months After Leaving the White House — In an hours-long interview with Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker from his Mar-a-Lago throne, the former president repeated his election lies, bashed Mitch McConnell ("he's a stupid person"), and teased a triumphant comeback.
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David Siders / Politico:
Pence flatlines as 2024 field takes shape — DES MOINES, Iowa — Mike Pence was met by a respectful, even warm, crowd in his first trip back to Iowa since the election. Republicans at a picnic in the northwestern corner of the state stood and clapped for him on Friday.
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
First US Capitol rioter convicted of a felony gets 8 months in prison — (CNN)A man who pleaded guilty to breaching the Senate chamber during the US Capitol insurrection was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison in a closely watched case that could influence how hundreds of other rioters charged with the same felony are punished.
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Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
Man faces 1st sentencing for felony in riot at US Capitol — CHICAGO (AP) — A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag is scheduled to become the first Jan. 6 rioter sentenced for a felony, in a hearing that will help set a benchmark for punishment in similar cases.
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Florida man gets 1st felony sentence for role in Capitol riot
Florida man gets 1st felony sentence for role in Capitol riot
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CNBC:
Sell-off intensifies as the Dow tumbles more than 900 points amid pandemic fears — What experts are saying as stocks drop amid Delta variant concerns — U.S. stocks fell aggressively Monday on concern a rebound in Covid cases would slow global economic growth.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Steve Doocy Implores Fox & Friends Viewers to Get the Covid Vaccine: ‘Get the Shot. It Will Save Your Life’ — Steve Doocy dismissed absurd anti-vax conspiracy theories that have gone viral among the vaccine-hesitant set and implored viewers of Fox & Friends to get the Covid-19 vaccine because it “will save your life.”
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
A federal judge upholds Indiana University's vaccination requirement for students. — In what appeared to be the first ruling upholding a coronavirus vaccine mandate by a university, a federal judge affirmed on Monday that Indiana University could require that its students be vaccinated against the virus.
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NBC News:
Eight weeks out, California recall lacks the buzz of 2003 contest — WASHINGTON — With 57 days to go until the election and with the official list of replacement candidates now complete, it's safe to say that the 2021 California gubernatorial recall bears no resemblance whatsoever to its 2003 predecessor.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A vile new Trump-GOP claim about vaccines suggests trouble ahead — It was only a matter of time until Donald Trump converted the debate over covid-19 vaccines into an occasion for his supporters to show their loyalty to him — and even worse, to the “big lie” that his 2020 loss was illegitimate.
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Sam Baker / Axios:
“A pandemic of the unvaccinated” — Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths are back on the rise in the U.S. as the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads across the country. — The big picture: This is happening almost exclusively to people who aren't vaccinated …
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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Statistics show the stark risks of not getting vaccinated against COVID-19
Statistics show the stark risks of not getting vaccinated against COVID-19
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump's Business Hauled In $2.4 Billion During The Four Years He Served As President — Forbes estimates the pandemic helped wipe about $200 million off Trump's top line last year. — In April 2017, Press Secretary Sean Spicer took the podium in the White House briefing room and announced …
Washington Post:
Despite the hype, iPhone security no match for NSO spyware … The text delivered last month to the iPhone 11 of Claude Mangin, the French wife of a political activist jailed in Morocco, made no sound. It produced no image. It offered no warning of any kind as an iMessage from somebody …
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Telling His Dinner Pals He's Planning to Run for President in 2024 — In conversations with at least 3 people, a top GOP source says, Trump has said he wants another run at the White House — WASHINGTON — Brace yourself: Donald Trump plans to run for president again.
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Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
DOJ won't prosecute ex-Trump Commerce chief Ross for misleading Congress on census question … WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will not prosecute former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for misrepresenting the rationale for a proposed citizenship question in last year's census …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Agency watchdog: Trump cabinet chief provided false testimony
Agency watchdog: Trump cabinet chief provided false testimony
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Insider:
Trump aide says they paid actors to appear at his 2016 presidential campaign announcement — Corey Lewandowski previously denied that Trump paid actors to appear at his 2015 campaign announcement. — Yet the first Trump 2016 campaign manager recently told Insider the opposite.
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Raw Story
Rachel Monahan / Willamette Week:
New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Is Exploring a Run for Oregon Governor — Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer winner, grew up on a Yamhill County farm. — Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer winning columnist for the New York Times, is considering a run for Oregon governor.
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Laurence H. Tribe / The Boston Globe:
Merrick Garland's insurrection ruling and democracy's destiny — The attorney general should not let Mo Brooks off the hook for his role in the insurrection. — Attorney General Merrick Garland confronts a choice that is more than just career-defining. He must answer a question arising …
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David Montgomery / Washington Post:
Merrick Garland will not deliver your catharsis
American Greatness:
The American Descent into Madness — America went from the freest country in the world in December 2019 to a repressive and frightening place by July 2021. How did that happen? — Nations have often gone mad in a matter of months. The French abandoned their supposedly idealistic revolutionary project …
YouTube:
Ryan Grim: Fox News Workers Have Their Own Corporate Vaccine Passport — Ryan Grim discusses the discrepancy between Fox News anchors' coverage of the COVID vaccines and their personal opinions on them.About Rising: Rising is a we...
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Miles Parks / NPR:
Outrage As A Business Model: How Ben Shapiro Is Using Facebook To Build An Empire — In 2021, Ben Shapiro rules Facebook. — The conservative podcast host and author's personal Facebook page has more followers than The Washington Post, and he drives an engagement machine unparalleled …
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David R. Eichenthal / New Republic:
A Surprising Potential Swing Vote: Pro-Democracy Republicans — Political pundits seem united in their belief that Democrats will struggle to hold the House of Representatives in 2022. — The historical precedent that the party out of power in the White House always gains in the midterms …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP says Schumer vote will fail — Senate Republicans are signaling they're not going to agree to move forward on a scaled-down bipartisan infrastructure package if Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) goes ahead with his plan to force a vote Wednesday.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN announces CNN+, ‘most important launch for network since Ted Turner’ — New York (CNN Business)CNN is hiring hundreds of people and developing dozens of programs for a subscription streaming service that will launch early next year. — The new venture, called CNN+, was formally announced on Monday morning.
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Kate Ackley / Roll Call:
Rep. Michelle Steel reported $7,900 donation from woman who'd died months earlier — A joint fundraising committee controlled by Rep. Michelle Steel disclosed a donation of $7,900 earlier this year. The only problem: The reported donor had been dead for seven months.
Brennan Center for Justice:
Indiana NAACP and League of Women Voters of Indiana v. Lawson … The Brennan Center filed a lawsuit against the State of Indiana on behalf of the Indiana NAACP and the League of Women Voters of Indiana, challenging Indiana's voter purge statute. Federal courts preliminarily enjoined a 2017 version of Indiana law.
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Branding the U.S. left: AOC makes a push into political merchandise — U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became one of America's most prominent progressive Democrats with her calls to tax the wealthy and spend heavily to fight climate change. — Now she is investing heavily …
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Politico:
'It's ceding a lot of terrain to us': Biden goes populist with little pushback — When President Joe Biden unveiled a series of sweeping executive orders to combat monopoly power, the response from Republicans was notable — because there was barely one at all.
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Hunter Walker / New Yorker:
Bill de Blasio's Wet Hot Valedictory Summer — The lame-duck mayor, who has cut loose like a second-semester senior, plays cornhole and soaks up the rays at a pool in Bushwick as part of his late-term pursuit of authenticity. — A couple of Saturdays before Biblical-scale flooding turned …
Amanda Coletta / Washington Post:
Canada to open border to fully vaccinated U.S. citizens on Aug. 9 — TORONTO — Canada on Monday said it would begin to ease pandemic restrictions at the U.S.-Canada border next month, allowing U.S. citizens and permanent residents in the United States who are fully vaccinated …
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