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3:00 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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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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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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
States With Abortion Bans Risk Losing Their Economic Edge
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Democrats Schedule Votes on Abortion Access, but Lack a Legislative Path
Discussion: Fox News and Sree's Sunday Note
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 …
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden's abortion response curbed by fears of another Supreme Court showdown
Insider:
Biden told the father of a Parkland shooting victim to ‘sit down’ as he heckled the president during a gun law speech
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
ercot.com:
ERCOT Issues Conservation Appeal to Texans and Texas Businesses  —  With extreme hot weather driving record power demand across Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is issuing a Conservation Appeal, asking Texans and Texas businesses to voluntarily conserve electricity …
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
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.”
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 …
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.
The Atlantic:
The Case That Could Blow Up American Election Law  —  A radical and baseless legal theory could upend the country's most essential democratic process.  —  About the authors: Thomas Wolf is the deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. …
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 …
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.
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Announces Extension of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela  —  WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas is extending the designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months.  —  “As one of my first actions as Secretary, I designated Venezuela for TPS,” said Secretary Mayorkas.
Discussion: FWD.us
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.
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
Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Cronies Told to Ditch Summer Vacation for Mystery ‘Emergency Meeting’  —  Russian parliament members had just left for vacation when they were suddenly called back to attend the “extraordinary meeting” in a potentially ominous sign of Putin's next move.
Discussion: Reuters
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Francis X. Clines, Lyrical Writer for The Times, Dies at 84  —  He brought a literary sensibility to his widely admired work as a reporter, columnist and editorial writer, whether covering the streets of New York or the Troubles of Northern Ireland.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
 
 
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
American firm drops bid for Israeli spyware following U.S. concerns
Roland Oliphant / Telegraph:
Russia suffers ‘wild shell hunger’ as Ukraine hits arms depots with long-range Western rockets
Discussion: NPR and National Review
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Jewish liberal groups urge Biden to stop eviction of Palestinians from their homes in villages near Hebron
Slate:
How Americans Became Convinced Divorce Is Bad for Kids
Discussion: National Review
Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Harvey's Biographer Tells All
Elizabeth Kim / Gothamist:
Affordable housing in one of NYC's most expensive neighborhoods becomes litmus test in competitive congressional race
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
For Uvalde Families, a Call for Answers Grows Louder
Moira Donegan / Not the Fun Kind:
Potemkin Feminism  —  We were told the big battles had been won.  They hadn't.
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Is the Biggest Musk Loser
Darrell / United States Department of State:
The United States Supports Canada's Decision to Return Turbine to Germany
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Are We Looking At Another Civil War?
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban To Speak At CPAC In Texas
Discussion: National Review
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Democrat Tim Ryan chases after Fox News viewers in Ohio Senate race
Discussion: New York Post
Politico:
House GOP marches into deeper blue terrain as Dem prospects fade
Discussion: The Guardian
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Paul Ryan was ‘sobbing’ as he watched the US Capitol attack unfold, new book says
 

 
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Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Wall Street Journal:
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