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2:10 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
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  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING — “Former President DONALD TRUMP's attorney JUSTIN CLARK interviewed with federal investigators two weeks ago, the Justice Department revealed …
Reuters:
Abortion bans force U.S. students to rethink college plans  —  With its excellent academic and music programs, Oberlin College in Ohio seemed like a perfect fit for Nina Huang, a California high school student who plays flute and piano and hopes to eventually study medicine or law.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Democrats Schedule Votes on Abortion Access, but Lack a Legislative Path
Discussion: Fox News and Sree's Sunday Note
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 …
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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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.”
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
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An expert in political violence urgently warns: The worst is coming  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  The Jan. 6 House select committee hearings this week are among the most important of all, because they will foreground a topic that many Americans ordinarily don't associate with their democracy …
Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
Former Attorney General Bill Barr subpoenaed in Dominion 2020 election lawsuit  —  The subpoena has been issued in Dominion's defamation lawsuit against Fox News.  —  Attorney General Bill Barr holds a news conference at the Department of Justice December 21, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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 …
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Jewish liberal groups urge Biden to stop eviction of Palestinians from their homes in villages near Hebron  —  The letter echoes one sent to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken signed by 81 members of Congress in May  —  Prominent liberal Jewish groups sent a letter to President Joe Biden ahead …
NBC News:
1 year later, Biden administration braces for spotlight on chaotic Afghanistan exit  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration recently began discussing how to handle the anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan next month to avoid missteps that could add to President Joe Biden's political woes …
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 …
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
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
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 …
Fox News:
Biden gun control speech interrupted by father of Parkland shooting victim  —  Biden told heckler to ‘sit down’ during gun control speech interruption and called for assault weapons ban  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for July 11  —  The father of a child who died in a mass shooting at a Parkland …
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
 
 
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Washington Post:
EPA needs a Senate-confirmed enforcement chief, groups say
Discussion: The Hill
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Michigan activists submit signatures to put abortion rights on the ballot in November
Discussion: CBS News and WTOP News
Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Harvey's Biographer Tells All
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
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Moira Donegan / Not the Fun Kind:
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Darrell / United States Department of State:
The United States Supports Canada's Decision to Return Turbine to Germany
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban To Speak At CPAC In Texas
Discussion: National Review
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
New faces begin to surface as possible Trump 2024 key players
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