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1:50 PM ET, July 11, 2022

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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Oath Keepers lawyer says Stewart Rhodes wanted her Trump contacts before Jan. 6 Capitol attack  —  The Jan. 6 Committee will explore links between the Trump White House and right-wing militia groups on Tuesday.  They've spoken to Kellye SoRelle, who might be a key.
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Just Security:
Strongest Evidence of Guilt: Chart Tracking Trump's Knowledge and Intent in Efforts to Overturn the Election  —  The January 6th House Select Committee has produced substantial evidence about former President Donald Trump's knowledge and beliefs as he tried to overturn the 2020 election.
Andrew Weissmann / New York Times:
Merrick Garland Should Investigate Trump's 2020 Election Schemes as a ‘Hub and Spoke’ Conspiracy  —  The tenacious work of the Jan. 6 committee has transformed how we think about the Jan. 6 rebellion.  It should also transform the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden's Approval Hits 33 Percent; Democrats Want 2024 Options, Poll Shows  —  With the country gripped by a pervasive sense of pessimism, the president is hemorrhaging support.  —  President Biden is facing an alarming level of doubt from inside his own party, with 64 percent …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Dueling Weaknesses  —  The Times has released its first poll of the 2022 midterm cycle.
Discussion: IJR and The Hill
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Voters' Eagerness to Reelect Incumbents Near Lows
Discussion: The Hill and The Welcome Party
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump lawyer interviewed with FBI about Bannon contempt case  —  Former President Donald Trump's attorney Justin Clark interviewed with federal investigators two weeks ago, the Justice Department revealed in a court filing early Monday morning, a significant development that could reverberate …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Steve Bannon's ‘eleventh-hour’ reversal on Jan. 6 testimony is a stunt, DOJ says  —  Steve Bannon says he's now open to testify before Jan. 6 panel  —  WASHINGTON — One week ahead of jury selection in Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress trial, the Justice Department said the Trump associate's …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's lawyer is talking to the feds
Brett Samuels / The Hill:   New faces begin to surface as possible Trump 2024 key players
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
State-level abortion laws threaten to split Republicans and boost Democrats  —  The opposition to abortion that unified Republicans for a generation is poised to disintegrate, with internecine battles arising over how far the party should go with laws affecting when a woman could terminate her pregnancy.
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Reuters:   Abortion bans force U.S. students to rethink college plans
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
States With Abortion Bans Risk Losing Their Economic Edge
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Misty Severi / Washington Examiner:
Future college students rethink schools in states banning abortions
Discussion: Fox News and Just The News
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Team Normal Is Doing It Again  —  When it feels icky they'll dish out another anonymous quote.  —  Herschel Walker is, by any measure, a flawed candidate.  It's a fact readily observable to anyone with a basic familiarity with his confessed history of self-harm, acts of violence against others …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ron DeSantis Would Kill Democracy Slowly and Methodically … During the Donald Trump era, democracy itself has become the preeminent question of American politics.  Yet Trump himself has played a paradoxical role in this development.  While his overtly authoritarian personality brought …
Jennifer Orsi / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
From the editor: Guest column about Proud Boys did not meet our standards  —  To our readers:  —  The Herald-Tribune erred Sunday in publishing a guest column on our opinion page and website with the headline “Attacking Proud Boys does disservice to caring parents.”
The Guardian:
The Uber whistleblower: I'm exposing a system that sold people a lie  —  Exclusive: Mark MacGann says he has decided to speak out about firm to ‘right some fundamental wrongs’  —  ark MacGann, a career lobbyist who led Uber's efforts to win over governments across Europe, the Middle East and Africa …
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New York Times:
New York's Top Judge Is Moving On: 'I've Made My Contribution'  —  Judge Janet DiFiore, after more than six years on the court, and whose legacy includes a sweeping opinion on gerrymandering, will leave her post at the end of August.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: City & State New York
Ned Foley / Election Law Blog:
The Independent State Legislature Doctrine and Election Subversion: Avoiding Misunderstanding  —  Dan linked to Jessica Levinson's MSNBC's opinion piece with the unfortunate title How the Supreme Court could make it legal to steal the next presidential election.
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Is Investigating PGA Tour Over Potential Antitrust Violations in LIV Golf Battle  —  The probe shows that the DOJ is watching the PGA Tour's fight to retain players in the face of new competition from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit  —  The Department of Justice …
Discussion: Fox News and Politique Republic
Andrea Suozzo / ProPublica:
Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS  —  The FRC, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins a growing list of activist groups seeking church status, which allows organizations to shield themselves from financial scrutiny.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Are We Looking At Another Civil War?  —  Consider the logic of the left and it's no wonder that many people are considering the unspeakable - whether America will devolve into actual violent conflict.  But I dare speak about it at length in my brand-new book We'll Be Back: The Fall and Rise of America …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Democrats Schedule Votes on Abortion Access, but Lack a Legislative Path  —  Under pressure to act, Democrats have scheduled votes on bills to preserve abortion access.  But with Republicans and at least one Democrat opposed, they lack the support to succeed.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Fox News and Sree's Sunday Note
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Democrat Tim Ryan chases after Fox News viewers in Ohio Senate race  —  Rep. Tim Ryan — a Democrat angling to flip what many believed would be a safe Republican Senate seat in increasingly red Ohio — is unsubtly ratcheting up his efforts to woo GOP voters.
Discussion: New York Post
Slate:
How Americans Became Convinced Divorce Is Bad for Kids  —  Welcome to State of Mind, a new section from Slate and Arizona State University dedicated to exploring mental health.  Follow us on Twitter.  —  Many Americans think it's a shame that only 70 percent of children in the U.S. live …
Discussion: National Review
Elizabeth Kim / Gothamist:
Affordable housing in one of NYC's most expensive neighborhoods becomes litmus test in competitive congressional race  —  The idea seemed like a pipe dream.  —  But in the highly competitive race for the open 10th Congressional District seat, a grassroots advocacy campaign calling …
Rolling Stone:
MAGA Preacher Sean Feucht Scored Millions From His Trump-Loving Flock  —  He's also pulling in millions for his ministry — and recently bought houses in Southern California and Montana  —  As the Supreme Court was handing down its decision to end a constitutional right to abortion …
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Paul Ryan was ‘sobbing’ as he watched the US Capitol attack unfold, new book says  —  Washington (CNN)Former House Speaker Paul Ryan was “sobbing” as he watched the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol unfold on television, a new book reports.  —  Ryan, who has criticized former President Donald Trump …
 
 
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Washington Post:
EPA needs a Senate-confirmed enforcement chief, groups say
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An expert in political violence urgently warns: The worst is coming
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Michigan activists submit signatures to put abortion rights on the ballot in November
Discussion: CBS News and WTOP News
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Wall Street Journal:
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Leonora Cravotta / The American Spectator:
Liberals Support Diversity Everywhere Except the Newsroom — Can Journalism Be Saved?
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban To Speak At CPAC In Texas
Discussion: National Review
Politico:
House GOP marches into deeper blue terrain as Dem prospects fade
Discussion: The Guardian
Reuters:
Exclusive: Binance served crypto traders in Iran despite U.S. sanctions, clients say
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
The RNC is promoting Trump and his business, raising fresh concerns about its neutrality
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Cassidy Hutchinson: Why the Jan. 6 Committee Rushed Her Testimony