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Annie Grayer / CNN:
House Republicans pull out of another key select committee in a sign of 1/6 panel fallout — (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has pulled out all six Republicans designated to serve on a key select committee on the economy, three sources tell CNN, a sign of the fallout among House Republicans …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
What will Republicans defend if not themselves, the Constitution and Capitol? … WASHINGTON — Aquilino Gonell, a sergeant with the U.S. Capitol Police force, testified Tuesday that he put his duty to the Constitution ahead of the interests of his wife and son when he fought rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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The Western Journal, The Hill and Forbes
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Capitol police testimony blunts GOP's law-and-order message — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party's self-portrayal as champions of law and order collided with searing testimony Tuesday from police officers themselves. Officers described in vivid, personal terms the terror of defending …
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Washington Post, Media Matters for America and Greensburg Tribune-Review
CNN:
Read: Rep. Liz Cheney's opening statement before the January 6 select committee
Read: Rep. Liz Cheney's opening statement before the January 6 select committee
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NBC News, CNBC, Raw Story, National Review and HotAir
Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
Cheney and Kinzinger call out GOP leaders at first Capitol riot hearing
Cheney and Kinzinger call out GOP leaders at first Capitol riot hearing
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CNN:
Read: Rep. Adam Kinzinger's opening remarks at first hearing for select committee on Jan. 6
Read: Rep. Adam Kinzinger's opening remarks at first hearing for select committee on Jan. 6
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Insider
Grace Segers / New Republic:
Police Officers Give Congress a Front-Row Seat to the Trauma of Our Politics
Police Officers Give Congress a Front-Row Seat to the Trauma of Our Politics
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Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon:
Democrats have a massive opportunity with Capitol riot committee: Shove it down the GOP's throat
Democrats have a massive opportunity with Capitol riot committee: Shove it down the GOP's throat
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CNN
CNN:
Biden will announce vaccination requirement across federal government on Thursday — Mandatory vaccines? The V.A., New York City, and California roll out new vaccine mandates for government employees, health care workers — (CNN)President Joe Biden will announce on Thursday a requirement …
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Biden says White House exploring vaccine mandate for federal employees
Biden says White House exploring vaccine mandate for federal employees
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New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Vanity Fair and Wall Street Journal
Juliet Macur / New York Times:
Simone Biles Says She Wasn't Right Mentally During Olympic Final — Biles left the women's gymnastics final at the Tokyo Games because she was afraid she would be injured if she continued in a rattled state of mind. It is not clear whether she will compete in her individual events. — Key Updates:
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
Sorry, Simone Biles, The Olympics Isn't About You, It's About Winning For America — I always thought the Olympics was supposed to be about competing, and winning, for your country. As an American, the Olympic Games always felt like a unique opportunity to utterly defeat other countries and prove …
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Matthew Smith / YouGov:
The most and least popular US presidents, according to Americans — YouGov ranks all US presidents according to how the US public feels about them — The respective excellence of US presidents is always being debated. Many academics have put together rankings over the years to demonstrate …
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Mediaite
U.S. Department of Justice:
United States Sells Unique Wu-Tang Clan Album Forfeited by Convicted Hedge Fund Manager Martin Shkreli — Defendant Forfeited His Interest in the Album, “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” Following Conviction for Engaging in Securities Fraud Schemes — Proceeds from the Sale Will be Applied to Forfeiture Money Judgment Against Shkreli
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Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Sells Unique Wu-Tang Clan Album Owned by Martin Shkreli
U.S. Sells Unique Wu-Tang Clan Album Owned by Martin Shkreli
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Law & Crime, The Daily Caller, Vanity Fair, Insider and Page Six
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The C.D.C. will recommend that some vaccinated people wear masks indoors again. — Reversing a decision made just two months ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to recommend on Tuesday that people vaccinated for the coronavirus resume wearing masks indoors in certain areas of the country.
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Aaron E. Carroll / New York Times:
Vaccination Helps Avoid the Delta Variant and Breakthroughs
Vaccination Helps Avoid the Delta Variant and Breakthroughs
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HotAir, CNN, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and MIT Technology Review
Fox News:
Gov. Newsom pulls son from summer camp after maskless photos surface — California announced earlier this month that all students will wear masks when they return to the classroom — Fox News Flash top headlines for July 27 — Gov. Gavin Newsom removed his children from a summer camp …
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Washington Examiner, RedState, Sacramento Bee and The Daily Caller
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Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:
Newsom pulls kids from summer camp with no mask requirement
Newsom pulls kids from summer camp with no mask requirement
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RedState, New York Post and CBS Sacramento
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Likely California voters now almost evenly split on Newsom recall, poll finds — Californians who say they expect to vote in the September recall election are almost evenly divided over whether to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, evidence of how pivotal voter turnout will be in deciding …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Polls show California recall gaining steam
Polls show California recall gaining steam
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National Review, Los Angeles Times, Human Events, Politico and Elect Elder
Los Angeles Times:
Ed Buck convicted in meth overdose deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean — Ed Buck, a longtime fixture of West Hollywood politics, was convicted Tuesday of charges that he supplied the methamphetamine that killed two men during “party-and-play” encounters at his apartment.
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
The Vaccine Aristocrats — Covid-19 cases are rising, but the “Pandemic of the Unvaccinated” blame-game campaign is the worst way to address the problem — Then there was the educated Texan from Texas who looked like someone in Technicolor and felt, patriotically, that people of means …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: 50,000 migrants released; few report to ICE — About 50,000 migrants who crossed the southern border illegally have now been released in the United States without a court date. Although they are told to report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office instead, just 13% have shown up so far, Axios has learned.
Michael Wilson / New York Times:
How a Respected N.Y.P.D. Officer Became the Accused Capitol Riot #EyeGouger — Thomas Webster once was part of Mayor Bloomberg's security detail. On Jan. 6, the retired cop found himself on the other side of the law. — The F.B.I. agents showed Thomas Webster a wanted flier …
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Debunked claims Officer Sicknick died from Capitol riot injuries reemerge at Day One hearing
Debunked claims Officer Sicknick died from Capitol riot injuries reemerge at Day One hearing
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C-SPAN.org, HuffPost, RedState, The Western Journal and Twitchy
Katie Herzog / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Med Schools Are Now Denying Biological Sex — Professors are apologizing for saying ‘male’ and ‘female.’ Students are policing teachers. This is what it looks like when activism takes over medicine. — 1 hr ago … During a recent endocrinology course at a top medical school …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Democratic Leaders Are Betraying Black Voters — Democratic leaders have a plan for overcoming the Republican Party's attempts to restrict the franchise: Just vote harder. — Civil-rights leaders expressed their frustrations to The New York Times last week, telling the outlet that …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Chuck Todd on why Meet the Press can't survive on just one platform … This week, I'm talking to Chuck Todd, the political director at NBC News and moderator of Meet The Press, the longest-running television show in the country. Seriously: Meet the Press started in 1946, and Chuck is only the 12th moderator the show's ever had.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Rare Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Portion of Epic of Gilgamesh Forfeited to United States — Auction House Sold the “Gilgamesh Dream Tablet” to Hobby Lobby Using a False Provenance — The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered the forfeiture of a rare cuneiform tablet bearing …
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CBS News, Law & Crime, Forbes and Insider
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Trump officials can testify in inquiries into efforts to subvert election outcome and Jan. 6 riot, Justice Dept. says. — The Justice Department notified former officials this week that they could testify to the various committees investigating the Trump administration's efforts to subvert …
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Politico, NPR, CNN, The Nation, CBS News, USA Today, NBC News, Just Security, Washington Times, The Signorile Report, IJR, Axios, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and HotAir
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
‘They Have My Sister’: As Uyghurs Speak Out, China Targets Their Families — Activists overseas who denounce China's repression in Xinjiang have found that relatives back home were imprisoned, or worse. — She was a gifted agricultural scientist educated at prestigious universities in Shanghai and Tokyo.
Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter Permanently Suspended Eight Accounts That Had Been Promoting Pro-Trump “Audits” Of The 2020 Election — Twitter has permanently suspended eight accounts that spread former president Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election and pushed for partisan “audits” to find evidence to support …
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'What's Covid?' Why People at America's Hardest-Partying Lake Are Not About to Get Vaccinated — OSAGE BEACH, Mo.— The petite blonde bartender in ripped jean shorts bounced to each side of a square-shaped bar as women in bikinis and shirtless men lined up on a sweltering afternoon …
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Washington Post
Jessica Huseman / Texas Monthly:
The Texas Election Bill Contains a New Obstacle to Voting That Almost No One Is Talking About — There's a problem buried inside Texas's latest election bill, and it's not one of the headline-grabbing restrictions that have torn the Legislature apart during the special session.
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Off the Kuff
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Israel launches maximum pressure campaign against Ben & Jerry's — The Israeli government has formed a special task force to pressure Ben & Jerry's ice cream and its parent company Unilever to reverse their decision to boycott Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Israeli officials tell me.
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Insider, New York Times, Algemeiner.com, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Informed Comment
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Every Dem senator votes to advance eco-terrorist-linked nominee who endorsed population control — The Senate could vote to confirm Stone-Manning as soon as Monday
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The Daily Caller
Marc J. Spears / ESPN:
Former President Barack Obama to join NBA Africa as strategic partner, minority owner — Former President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner and minority owner, the NBA announced Tuesday. — NBA Africa conducts the league's business on that continent …
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CBS News and One America News Network
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Louise Story, a top editor at The Wall Street Journal, is leaving. — Louise Story, who oversaw digital strategy and technology at The Wall Street Journal, has decided to leave the paper after less than three years. — Her departure was announced on Tuesday by Matt Murray, the editor in chief …