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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Big Money Behind the Big Lie — Donald Trump's attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win at all costs. … It was tempting to dismiss the show unfolding inside the Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, as an unintended comedy.
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Crooks and Liars, The Nation, Associated Press, ArkansasTimes and Election Law Blog
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The route to stealing the 2024 election begins with a simple step — It seems increasingly plausible that we'll see an effort to steal the 2024 presidential election if the Democratic candidate wins by a margin close enough to permit it. Indeed, whether this effort does or does not end up happening …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's $100 million threat to democracy
Trump's $100 million threat to democracy
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Fox News, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, Crooked Media, Daily Kos and The Western Journal
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump to Fight Release of Tax Returns, His Lawyer Says — Attorney for former president objects to Treasury Department's intention to turn over tax records to congressional committee — WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump will fight any move by the Treasury Department to turn …
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Washington Examiner, New York Times, The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Washington Times
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Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Trump to object to release of tax returns -lawyer — Former U.S. President Donald Trump will challenge a recent U.S. Justice Department order that his tax returns should be turned over to a House of Representatives committee, one of his personal lawyers signaled on Monday.
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Raw Story
Whitney Wild / CNN:
Officer who responded to January 6 attack is third to die by suicide — (CNN)A DC police officer who responded to the US Capitol insurrection has died by suicide, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. — “Officer Gunther Hashida, assigned to the Emergency Response Team within …
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Insider, National Review, UPI, Talking Points Memo, USA Today, Forbes, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and New York Post
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As Florida's COVID crisis intensifies, DeSantis' response falters — In mid-March, Politico published a report under text that read, “How Ron DeSantis won the pandemic.” As we've discussed, the evidence to bolster the claim was dubious, but the report nevertheless featured Florida's Republican governor …
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New York Times, Vanity Fair and Daily Kos
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CNN:
Top RNC official in Florida spreads Covid-19 conspiracies, calling vaccines the ‘mark of the beast’ — (CNN)Amid recent surging coronavirus cases in Florida, a top Republican National Committee official in the state has spread anti-vaccine rhetoric and misinformation, comparing …
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Raw Story
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
New congressional report says covid-19 likely emerged in Wuhan months earlier than originally thought — Nineteen months after the start of the pandemic, the Chinese government continues to actively thwart a real investigation into the origins of covid-19. Now, a new GOP congressional report alleges …
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Insider and New York Post
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Jake Dima / Washington Examiner:
Andrew Napolitano out at Fox after sexual harassment allegations — Judge Andrew Napolitano, a longtime analyst at Fox News, “parted ways” with the network following allegations of sexual harassment. — A producer who works on the Kudlow show, hosted by Larry Kudlow on Fox Business …
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Law & Crime, Ace of Spades HQ and The Hill
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Fox Business Employee Sues Network, Alleging Larry Kudlow Made Racist and Sexist Remarks
Fox Business Employee Sues Network, Alleging Larry Kudlow Made Racist and Sexist Remarks
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Political Flare
Graham Gremore / Queerty:
broke as a joke Rudy Giuliani's bank account is almost empty and guess who's totally iced him out — As the summer drags on, things only seem to be getting worse for Rudy Giuliani. — In addition to being ensnared in multiple lawsuits and a federal investigation that is reportedly costing …
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Vanity Fair, Eschaton and POLITICUSUSA
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Tucker Carlson Summers With Viktor Orban, Touted As Speaker At Budapest Far-right Gathering — Fox News host Tucker Carlson is billed as a speaker at a far-right conference in Hungary on Saturday, according to a flier for the event. The appearance will come days after the Fox host met …
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The Daily Beast and mccfeszt.hu
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Schumer weaponizes August recess to advance Biden agenda — Chuck Schumer doesn't have to be the bad guy in the Senate's infrastructure debate. The calendar is doing that job for him. — With the upper chamber closing in on President Joe Biden's long-sought, $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure plan …
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National Review, Washington Examiner, WINK NEWS and West Hawaii Today
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New York Times:
Cuomo Grilled for 11 Hours in Sexual Harassment Inquiry — The investigation by the New York State attorney general's office could determine Gov. Andrew Cuomo's political future. — For Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the setting and even the circumstances were familiar.
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The Hill, Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Forbes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
CDC Extends Order at the Southern and Northern Land Borders — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an order under Sections 362 and 365 of the Public Health Service Act, and associated implementing regulations, that temporarily suspends the introduction …
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New York Times, Associated Press, National Review, The Hill, KTLA and Politico
Jay Greene / Washington Post:
Amazon union election results should be scrapped over improprieties, NLRB officer recommends — The union that lost the initial vote said the recommendation comes in a decision from a National Labor Relations Board hearing officer, who wrote that Amazon's tactics improperly skewed union election results.
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Politico, NPR, Financial Times, Mercury News, Forbes, WTOP, The Verge and The Daily Caller
Phillip Nieto / The Spectator World:
College Republicans rocked by fake sexual assault allegations scandal — Two women say a senior College Republican asked them to falsely accuse a male student of misconduct — What would you be prepared to do in pursuit of political power? — Two women are accusing senior members …
Justin Fox / Bloomberg:
GDP Growth Under Trump Was the Worst Since Hoover — The pandemic was partly to blame, and there are some measures that make his record look better. But it was not a stellar performance. — It was the whopping-yet-still-disappointing 6.5% annualized growth number for the second quarter …
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National Review, The Mahablog, Raw Story and The Federalist
Maya Pottiger / Washingtonian:
Mayor Muriel Bowser Under Fire for Allegedly Violating Her Indoor Mask Mandate at a Wedding — The Washington Examiner writer on the story was not invited to the wedding, an organizer says. — Mayor Muriel Bowser made headlines this weekend when the Washington Examiner posted photos …
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Breitbart, Human Events, Townhall, Ace of Spades HQ, BizPac Review, The Daily Signal, Politico and Twitchy
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Jim Treacher / Who the Hell Is Jim Treacher?:
Democrats Don't Need Masks Because They're Better Than You
Democrats Don't Need Masks Because They're Better Than You
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Fox News, Instapundit, The Daily Caller and The Political Insider
Jen Fifield / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County and Dominion won't comply with new subpoenas issued by Arizona Senate — Maricopa County supervisors and Dominion Voting Systems refused to produce additional election material on Monday in response to new subpoenas filed by the Arizona Senate.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Western Journal, Lead Stories and Political Wire
WDSU-TV:
COVID-19 vaccine required for all New Orleans deputy constables ahead of heavy eviction workload — WDSU Digital Team — Hide Transcript Show Transcript — The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. — Submit — Privacy Notice — NEW ORLEANS —
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Congress Is Slashing a $30 Billion Plan to Fight the Next Pandemic — President Joe Biden campaigned as America's pandemic fighter. So it will be strange, to say the least, if his infrastructure bill fails to significantly increase the country's pandemic-preparedness budget. — But it could happen.
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Washington Post
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Jenner campaign in debt as California recall hits homestretch — OAKLAND — Caitlyn Jenner's gubernatorial campaign has piled up debt, filings show, as the celebrity and former Olympian struggles to make headway in California's recall race. — From the launch of Jenner's candidacy through the end of July …
Politico:
Jihadists flood pro-Trump social network with propaganda — Just weeks after its launch, the pro-Trump social network GETTR is inundated with terrorist propaganda spread by supporters of Islamic State, according to a POLITICO review of online activity on the fledgling platform.
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Mike Ferrara / NBC News:
Prosecuting Trump for role in Jan. 6 riot got easier thanks to Capitol officers' testimony … “All of them - all of them were telling us, 'Trump sent us.” In harrowing, heart-wrenching testimony before a House select committee established to investigate the events of Jan. 6 …
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans' Optimism About COVID-19 Dashed as Cases Surge — WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a dramatic shift from last month, more Americans now say the coronavirus situation in the U.S. is getting worse (45%) rather than better (40%). In June, a record 89% said the situation was getting better, while only 3% said it was getting worse.
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Rasmussen Reports, Forbes, Washington Examiner, The Hill, CNN and HotAir
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP scamming of rural Trump voters continues. A new study shows the latest. — It has long been central to Republican mythology that Democrats have nothing but seething contempt for the rural and small-town inhabitants of the Real American Heartland. Republicans sometimes pair …
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RedState and POLITICUSUSA
Joe Cunningham / RedState:
Kamala Harris Is Turning Out to Be Joe Biden's Biggest Mistake — As of right now, the Republican Party seems to be primed to take back at least part of Congress in 2022. They barely have a lead in the House and they must rely on Kamala Harris to break any tie in the Senate.
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Fox News, CNBC, Insider and Ace of Spades HQ
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Jesse Jackson arrested at DC protest — This was the latest arrest for Jackson, who joined protesters in support of the election reform bill — Jesse Jackson: Must be ‘consequences’ for police shootings — The Rev. Jesse Jackson was arrested in Washington, D.C. by Capitol Police on Monday …
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Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Mary Trump Calls Out Meghan McCain: She Doesn't Have the ‘Courage’ to Face Me — The former president's niece publicly called out Meghan McCain for ducking her appearance on “The View.” — On her final Monday as host of The View, Meghan McCain was conspicuously absent from the show's big interview with Mary Trump.
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POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, Deadline, Queerty, Political Flare, Decider, The Political Insider and TMZ.com
Andrea Mitchell / MSNBC:
Secy. Mayorkas: Domestic extremism ‘the greatest terrorist related threat we have in the homeland’ — Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security tells Andrea Mitchell that domestic extremism is “the greatest terrorist related threat we have in the homeland,” shares how the Department …