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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Former Acting Attorney General Testifies About Trump's Efforts to Subvert Election  —  The testimony highlights the former president's desire to batter the Justice Department into advancing his personal agenda.  —  WASHINGTON — Jeffrey A. Rosen, who was acting attorney general during …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Democratic leaders are increasingly at odds with their own voters  —  Even as Democratic moderates cheer Shontel Brown's upset victory in Ohio, they're still being held hostage to the Squad's demands.  —  Democrats are a Shontel Brown party stuck in a Cori Bush world.
Discussion: New Republic
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New York Times:
As Democrats Seethed, White House Struggled to Contain Eviction Fallout  —  The president was surprised by the reaction to the White House's decision to ask Congress to extend an eviction ban, leading to a 36-hour scramble to keep people in their homes.  —  WASHINGTON — By the time President …
Discussion: Politico, Reason and The Boston Globe
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:   Canceling the Constitution: Biden hailed for violating rule of law to extend eviction moratorium
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
What the left doesn't want to face about the eviction moratorium
Discussion: Althouse
CNN:
Vindman: Tucker Carlson is ‘hating the US’ with rhetoric  —  Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness to President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry, tells CNN's Jim Acosta about his bond with Capitol police officers who responded during the January 6 insurrection.
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   Jim Acosta returns from vacation to blast Fox News host: ‘Sounds like Tucker hates America’
YouTube:   The world according to Tucker Carlson @ #MCCFESZT2021 in Esztergom, Hungary 🇭🇺
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The deplorable treatment of Michael Fanone and the heroes of Jan. 6  —  The violent scene on the west front of the Capitol captured in a photo taken on Jan. 6 by Shannon Stapleton of Reuters is haunting.  In it you see the anguished face of D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone …
Discussion: USA Today
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Marilyn Parker / WJXT-TV:
In 10 days, 6 members of Jacksonville church die from COVID-19, pastor says  —  Pastor: Four members who died were under the age of 35, all of them healthy  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Jacksonville church pastor said in the last 10 days, six of his church members have died from COVID-19 …
Discussion: Bloomberg
CNN:
Jim Acosta: People shouldn't have to die so some politicians can ‘own the libs’ - CNN Video  —  CNN's Jim Acosta calls out GOP members' reluctance to push their supporters to get vaccinated as vaccination rates stall and the Delta variant continues to cause coronavirus cases to surge.
Discussion: Insider and The Hill
New York Times:
The Taliban seize Kunduz, a major city in northern Afghanistan.  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban seized the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said.  It is the first major city to be overtaken by the insurgents since they began their sweeping military offensive in May.
Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
DJ posts stealth pics of Obama's ‘epic’ birthday party — before being forced to delete them  —  A performer at former President Barack Obama's birthday party managed to take stealth pictures of the opulent Martha's Vineyard event and share them with Instagram followers.
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Supreme Court decision could set off gerrymandering ‘arms race’  —  Federal judges will no longer play the role of referee when the intensely partisan, once-per-decade fight over congressional mapmaking gets underway this year.  —  As a result of decisions by the Roberts Court …
Discussion: Political Wire
Alyssa Lukpat / New York Times:
New data shows a mass exodus from U.S. public schools, especially kindergarten.  —  As the pandemic upended life in the United States, more than one million children who had been expected to enroll in public schools did not show up, either in person or online.
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Wall Street Journal:
Highly Vaccinated States Keep Worst Covid-19 Outcomes in Check as Delta Spreads, WSJ Analysis Shows  —  Variant has driven up U.S. cases, but hospitalizations and deaths have risen more slowly in areas with more vaccinations  —  Every state with a higher hospitalization rate than the country overall has a lower vaccination rate.
Discussion: HotAir
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
‘Like a Mob’: Prosecutors Look at Trump's Ice Rink Man  —  Investigators say they have proof that Barry Weisselberg did the same thing that got his dad indicted: receiving rent-free luxury apartments without paying taxes.  —  Ever since New York prosecutors hit the Trump Organization …
Discussion: Raw Story
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Vax Radio Host Who Called Fauci a ‘Power Tripping Lying Freak’ Dies of COVID  —  On his deathbed, Dick Farrel changed his tune, telling his friends to get vaccinated.  —  A anti-vaccine right-wing radio host in West Palm Beach, Florida died Wednesday from COVID-19 complications.
ABC News:
Vaccine mandates would make a difference: NIH director  —  NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins appeared on ABC's “This Week” Sunday.  —  National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins said he believes vaccine mandates could make a difference in slowing the rapid spread of COVID-19 Sunday.
Discussion: Politico
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Sunday morning talking heads  —  Will public schools reopen on schedule?  That's the hot topic on this morning's Sunday shows as education secretary Miguel Cardona chats with “Face the Nation” about the threat to kids and their parents from the Delta variant.
Discussion: ABC News
Washington Post:
In public, Cuomo cast himself as an advocate of women.  In private, women say, he was harassing them at the same time.  —  On Aug. 12, 2019, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a law that made it easier for women in his state to win claims of sexual harassment at work, a problem he described as an …
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:   How Cuomo went from #MeToo ally to a one-man battle to discredit women
New York Times:   How Cuomo Took Advantage of #MeToo
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senator vows to slow-walk $1T infrastructure bill, sparking standoff  —  A standoff over the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill is poised to drag out the Senate's debate for days, with GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty (Tenn.) vowing he will block attempts to speed up passage of the legislation.
Discussion: The Guardian, Roll Call and UPI
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Andrew Court / Daily Mail:
Runaway Texas Democrats file lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott for ‘damaging their reputations’ and causing them ‘anxiety, discomfort and distress’ after he threatened to arrest them upon their return to the state  — More than 50 Texas Democrats fled the state on July 12 to block Republican voting reform bills
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Associated Press:
Texas Democrats continue holdout, don't show for new session
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
Democrats who fled Texas sue Gov. Greg Abbott, Speaker Dade Phelan, saying efforts to force their return violate their civil rights
 
 
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Why the Border Crisis Is Here to Stay
Discussion: Power Line and HotAir
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Cuomo follows well-used playbook by scandal-plagued politicians: deny wrongdoing, wait it out
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Laura Nahmias / New York Magazine:
The Worry in Albany Democrats confess they need a perfect impeachment to get rid of Cuomo.
BBC:
Cuba allows small and medium-sized private businesses
Wall Street Journal:
College Was Supposed to Close the Wealth Gap for Black Americans. The Opposite Happened.
 Earlier Items: 
Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept:
Secret Donors to Nonprofit Pushing Trump's “Big Lie” Election Conspiracy Revealed
Discussion: Daily Kos
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Rebekah Jones, Propaganda Tool of the Chinese Communist Party
Discussion: globaltimes.cn
Chuck Culpepper / Washington Post:
With 1.3 billion people and 35 medals ever, India remains an Olympic mystery
Elizabeth Weise / USA Today:
Dr. Anthony Fauci: Expect ‘a flood’ of COVID-19 vaccine mandates after full FDA approval
 

 
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