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5:35 AM ET, August 3, 2021

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Mike Valerio / wusa9.com:
Fourth officer who responded to the US Capitol on January 6 dies by suicide  —  MPD confirmed Officer Kyle DeFreytag died by suicide, hours after the department confirmed Ofc.  Gunther Hashida died by suicide.  Both defended the Capitol on Jan. 6.  —  WASHINGTON — Four law enforcement officers …
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CNN:
Four officers who responded to January 6 attack have died by suicide  —  (CNN)Two DC police officers who responded to the US Capitol insurrection have died by suicide, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.  —  “Officer Gunther Hashida, assigned to the Emergency Response Team within …
Leonard Greene / New York Daily News:
Larry Kudlow accused of racist, sexist remarks in Fox Business producer's suit; Andrew Napolitano accused of harassment  —  Fox Business host Larry Kudlow repeatedly made racist and sexist remarks during staff meetings and even blocked an on-air appearance by a Florida congressman because he is Black, according to a new lawsuit.
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Judge Andrew Napolitano Is Out at Fox News Following Sexual Harassment Allegation
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Fox Business Employee Sues Network, Alleging Larry Kudlow Made Racist and Sexist Remarks
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and USA Today
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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Conservative Brief
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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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson to Speak at Far-Right Conference in Hungary After Meeting With Orban  —  The Fox News host's talk at the far-right gathering in Budapest comes after he met with the country's authoritarian leader—and as he broadcasts his show from the city.  —  Tucker Carlson is will deliver a speech …
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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Washington Post:
Liberals erupt in fury at White House over end of eviction moratorium  —  Tensions escalated sharply Monday between liberal Democrats and President Biden, as disputes over the end of an eviction moratorium and the fate of the Democrats' social agenda threatened to upend the Democrats' delicate center-left alliance.
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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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Committee on Foreign Affairs:
McCaul Releases Addendum to Origins of COVID-19 Report
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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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 …
Allahpundit / HotAir:
CNN wonders: Did D.C.'s mayor really do anything wrong by violating her own mask mandate?  —  I mean, I'd say yes, by definition.  Especially since Muriel Bowser bent/broke the mask rules twice this weekend, not once.  First was when she threw herself a maskless birthday party on Friday …
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Washington Post:   D.C. Council moves to scale back Bowser's request to hire 170 more police officers
Perry Bacon / Washington Post:
The Democratic establishment's attacks on progressives are counterproductive.  There's a better way forward.  —  The Democratic establishment and more center-left elements in the party want to stem the growing power of the party's progressive left.  That makes sense — party factions always want to dominate rival factions.
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Nina Turner Leans Into Establishment Criticism: ‘I Want Them To Be Uncomfortable’
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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CNN:
Lindsey Graham tests positive for Covid-19 and has had ‘flu-like symptoms’ despite being vaccinated
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Optimism grows that infrastructure deal will get to Biden's desk
Discussion: Breitbart
BBC:
IOC launches investigation into Belarus sprinter case  —  The International Olympic Committee has launched a formal investigation into allegations that Belarus attempted to force an athlete to return home.  —  “We need to establish the full facts, that can take time,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.
Discussion: Insider, Al Jazeera and Japan Times
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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CBC News:
Should British Columbia change its name? As we reckon with history, some say it's time
Benjamin Wermund / Houston Chronicle:
Over 65% of Texans support vaccine mandates, poll says
Your Side / WFLA-TV:
‘What are you waiting for?’: Nikki Fried says Gov. DeSantis needs to issue an emergency order for COVID-19
Peter Beinart / The Beinart Notebook:
The Double Standards Fallacy
Andrea Mitchell / MSNBC:
Secy. Mayorkas: Domestic extremism ‘the greatest terrorist related threat we have in the homeland’
WDSU-TV:
COVID-19 vaccine required for all New Orleans deputy constables ahead of heavy eviction workload
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Phillip Nieto / The Spectator World:
College Republicans rocked by fake sexual assault allegations scandal
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Jesse Jackson arrested at DC protest
Jay Greene / Washington Post:
Amazon union election results should be scrapped over improprieties, NLRB officer recommends
Graham Gremore / Queerty:
Rudy Giuliani's bank account is almost empty and guess who's totally iced him out
Discussion: HuffPost, Daily Kos and Vanity Fair
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Congress Is Slashing a $30 Billion Plan to Fight the Next Pandemic
Discussion: Washington Post
Liz Peek / Fox News:
Biden's great slip and slide — Americans now doubt his honesty, empathy and leadership
Discussion: RedState and Ace of Spades HQ
 

 
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Apple removes RFE/RL's Svoboda app from the Russian App Store at the demand of Roskomnadzor; Apple also removed recent podcasts by Ekho Moskvy and others

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