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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Chart: Less than 0.1% of vaccinated Americans infected with COVID-19 — Of the 164 million vaccinated Americans, less than 0.1% have been infected with the coronavirus, and 0.001% have died, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Daily Herald, Townhall and Washington Post
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CNN:
White House blasts Covid coverage — The White House is frustrated with what it views as alarmist, and in some instances flat-out misleading, news coverage about the Delta variant. That's according to two senior Biden administration officials I spoke with Friday, both of whom requested anonymity …
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Slate, BizPac Review, Louder With Crowder, Mediaite, The US Sun, New York Times, Althouse and Fox News, more at Mediagazer »
Axios:
1 big thing: Biden's quick-trigger COVID problem — The Biden administration's handling of the Delta surge has left Americans confused and frustrated, fueling media overreaction and political manipulation. — Why it matters: The past year and a half have left Americans cynical …
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Breitbart, American Council … and NBC Boston
Politico:
CDC under fire for decision to limit tracking of Covid-19 cases in vaccinated people
CDC under fire for decision to limit tracking of Covid-19 cases in vaccinated people
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New York Times, CNN and HotAir
Houston Keene / Fox News:
White House walks back previous statement on possibility of new COVID lockdowns
White House walks back previous statement on possibility of new COVID lockdowns
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Page Array
Michael Wilner / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
CDC director blames setbacks in mask policy on unvaccinated
CDC director blames setbacks in mask policy on unvaccinated
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Salon
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
WATCH: Mark Meadows Says Trump Meeting with ‘Cabinet Members’ at Jersey Golf Club About ‘Moving Forward in a Real Way’ — Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said that former President Donald Trump has been meeting with “cabinet members” at his New Jersey golf resort …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative — In the Republicans' disinformation campaign, the arrested Capitol rioters are political prisoners and Speaker Nancy Pelosi is to blame for the attack. — In the hours and days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …
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Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Times, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee faces unprecedented choice of whether to call Republican lawmakers to testify
Jan. 6 committee faces unprecedented choice of whether to call Republican lawmakers to testify
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Daily Kos, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
David Marcus / New York Post:
Support for Jan. 6 Capitol riot probe slips after cops' emotional testimony: poll
Support for Jan. 6 Capitol riot probe slips after cops' emotional testimony: poll
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RedState, HotAir, Lucianne and Page Array
Joel Burgess / Asheville Citizen Times:
Rep. Madison Cawthorn tried to board plane with gun; could face fine, status loss — ASHEVILLE - U.S. House member Madison Cawthorn had his gun taken by airport police and will likely face a federal fine and loss of a special security status, local and federal officials said.
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Insider
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Cawthorn vs. McKinley: Another intra-GOP spat breaks out on House floor — “I said, ‘Your district will remember that,’” the North Carolina conservative freshman recalled telling his West Virginia Republican colleague. — Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) speaks during the Conservative …
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Salon, New York Post and Raw Story
Brian Murphy / Raleigh News & Observer:
Madison Cawthorn gun/plane incident: Stopped by airport security
Madison Cawthorn gun/plane incident: Stopped by airport security
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HuffPost, Law & Crime, Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
‘A rush to get shots’ — Vaccine holdouts in coronavirus hot spots including Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri are rolling up their sleeves as the delta variant hits home. — They were unmoved by the urgings of President Biden to get vaccinated. They've spurned calls from the nation's leading doctors …
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The Guardian, HotAir and Wall Street Journal
Caroline Anders / Washington Post:
A lawyer hoped history books would help her Capitol riot clients grow. She was called a traitor — and worse. — Defense attorney Heather Shaner said her first client from Jan. 6 wanted to invoke “the Constitution from 1776.″ When she tried to explain that the document was ratified years later …
Abby Luby / The Examiner News:
Local Outrage at Trump Winged Foot Gala Goes National — Protests Expected Over Westchester Golf Club Flap — Larchmont resident Jenny Geer may see a security detail of cars snaking its way past her house heading to the nearby Winged Foot Golf course next Wednesday, August 4.
Matt Mcnulty / Daily Mail:
Biden appoints Muslim Gold Star father to religious freedom post after he gave speech to Dems about his dead Army Captain son and Trump attacked him — Biden announced Friday the appointment the Muslim father of a Gold Star veteran whose son died while fighting in Iraq to a religious freedom post
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The Gateway Pundit
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Activist Shaun King lives lavishly in lakefront New Jersey home — Shaun King has built his image on being a champion of the poor and disenfranchised, but the controversial civil rights activist lives like a one-percenter in a sprawling lakefront home, records show.
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BizPac Review
Zaid Jilani / MSN:
Progressives' New Racialism Isn't Just Repulsive. It's Dangerous — This week, a bipartisan group of Senators came to an agreement over a new infrastructure bill that totals $550 billion, offering some hope to Americans that excessive partisanship won't doom the legislation America needs …
Associated Press:
Justice Department says Russians hacked federal prosecutors — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Russian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign broke into the email accounts some of the most prominent federal prosecutors' offices around the country last year, the Justice Department said Friday.
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Politico:
McConnell stirs GOP intrigue with support for Biden's infrastructure bill — Moments before the Senate took a pivotal vote on its bipartisan infrastructure deal, negotiators zeroed in on the most important undecided member: Mitch McConnell. — The Senate minority leader stayed quiet …
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Raw Story
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Maher: Maybe the “woke Olympics” shouldn't have taken its cues from the Oscars — Is that why the ratings for this Summer Olympiad have fallen to nearly half of those for the Rio Olympics in 2016? Bill Maher diagnoses wokery as the culprit, but he has a tough slog bringing his audience along on the argument.
Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Eviction moratorium expires as renters face rising covid cases and lack of aid — Moody's data shows there are still well over 6 million renters behind on payments — The federal ban on evictions expires Saturday, marking a new, worrisome phase in the race to keep people in their homes amid …
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Politico, New York Times, Mother Jones, Insider, Hackwhackers and Bangor Daily News
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Require the vaccine. It's time to stop coddling the reckless. — Pay people to get vaccinated, no matter whether that is unfair to those who didn't receive checks for jabs. Require them to do so as a condition of going to work or enrolling in school. Do whatever it takes — and …
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Vox
Will Wright / The Charlotte Observer:
Trump's candidate lost a Texas special election. NC political operatives were watching. — The loss of a Donald Trump-backed candidate in a Texas special election is giving pause to some political operatives in North Carolina's Senate race. — On Tuesday, a Navy veteran supported …
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Raw Story and Washington Examiner
American Greatness:
‘Unprecedented, Unreasonable, Unconstitutional, and Wrong’ — The Justice Department won't have January 6 evidence ready until 2022. — During a status hearing Friday afternoon for Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an Army reservist arrested on January 15 for his involvement in the January 6 protest in Washington …
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The Gateway Pundit
David Sacks / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Get Ready for the ‘No-Buy’ List — First Big Tech censored speech. Now they want to shut deplorables out of the financial system. — 8 hr ago … When I helped create PayPal in 1999, it was in furtherance of a revolutionary idea. No longer would ordinary people be dependent on large financial institutions to start a business.
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Instapundit