memeorandum: Sen. Lindsey Graham ordered to testify in front of special grand jury in Trump election probe (WSB-TV)

10:50 PM ET, July 11, 2022

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Andrew Solender / Axios:

Scoop: How the Jan. 6 committee plans to tie Trump to extremist groups — The Jan. 6 select committee will present evidence at its hearing on Tuesday that a tweet by former President Trump prompted pro-Trump groups to change the date they planned to converge on D.C. to Jan. 6, Axios has learned.

Discussion: Baltimore Sun, The Hill, Raw Story, USA Today and CNN

Politico:

Judge shreds Bannon defenses ahead of contempt trial — A federal judge on Monday eviscerated nearly all of Steve Bannon's defenses against a charge that he criminally defied a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee, leaving the longtime Donald Trump ally with few options to fight the contempt of Congress case against him.

Discussion: The Guardian, Insider and Courthouse News Service

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.

Discussion: NPR, Raw Story and Washington Examiner

AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:

Steve Bannon Has a Very Bad Day in Court — “What is the point of going to trial here if there are no defenses?” an attorney for Bannon demanded in the courtroom. — Steve Bannon just had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in court. — A Trump-appointed federal judge …

Discussion: NBC News, Associated Press and Just The News

Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:

Judge won't delay Steve Bannon's trial after his last-minute offer to cooperate with Jan. 6 panel — WASHINGTON — A judge said Monday that he would not delay the contempt of Congress trial of Steve Bannon, just one week before it is set to begin. — Bannon was indicted last year for refusing …

Discussion: Politico, Raw Story, Bloomberg, Political Wire, Mediaite, CNN, Insider and The Daily Beast

ABC News:

Accused Jan. 6 rioter who warned of possible ‘civil war’ expected to testify to House committee Tuesday — Tuesday's Jan. 6 hearing is expected to focus on the rise of radical extremism. — Stephen Ayres, who pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegally entering the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is seen in an updated photo.

Discussion: The Hill

NBC News: Jan. 6 defendant expected to testify before panel posted Trump's ‘will be wild’ tweet

Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge rejects Bannon's bid to delay trial, executive-privilege claim

Discussion: Washington Examiner and RedState

Scott Wong / NBC News:
Ties between Trump allies and extremist groups to be focus of Jan. 6 panel hearing

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, CNN, HuffPost and Roll Call

Washington Post:
Jan. 6 hearing expected to focus on link between militants, White House

Discussion: New York Times, Insider and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Politico:
Trump 2024? Not just yet, some Republicans say

Discussion: The Signorile Report and We Love Trump

wusa9.com:
'What's the point in going to trial' | Judge blocks Steve Bannon from blaming Trump in contempt case

Discussion: Just The News, The Right Scoop and Raw Story

C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
Trump-appointed judge rejected Steve Bannon's request to delay his contempt of Congress trial and also severely limited his defense arguments

Discussion: NBC News, CBS News, Raw Story, UPI, Occupy Democrats and Washington Examiner

Juliegrace Brufke / Washington Examiner:
Jan. 6 panel to hold hearing next week after Tuesday focus on extremist groups

Discussion: CBS News

Sam Adler-Bell / New York Magazine:
Is the January 6 Committee Really Saving Democracy?

Discussion: Wired

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The dispute between Trump's and Bannon's legal teams

Discussion: The Hill and Occupy Democrats

Just Security:
Strongest Evidence of Guilt: Chart Tracking Trump's Knowledge and Intent in Efforts to Overturn the Election

Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story, Mock Paper Scissors, The Mahablog, Politico, The Guardian, The Guardian, The Times of Israel and Washington Post

Ashitha Nagesh / BBC:

Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child — Sir Mo Farah was brought to the UK illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant, he has revealed. — The Olympic star has told the BBC he was given the name Mohamed Farah by those who flew him over from Djibouti.

Discussion: The Hill and New York Times

WSB-TV:

Sen. Lindsey Graham ordered to testify in front of special grand jury in Trump election probe — ATLANTA — A Fulton County judge has ordered U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in front of a special grand jury looking into possible election tampering by former President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.

Discussion: Reuters, Raw Story and Mediaite

David Siders / Politico:

Progressive group to press Biden not to run in 2024 — A left-wing group that worked in 2020 to persuade progressives to support President Joe Biden is now preparing to turn on him, organizers told POLITICO, with plans to launch a public pressure campaign to block his renomination in 2024.

Discussion: HotAir, The Hill, Fox News, We Love Trump, The Daily Wire, Newsweek, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, Political Wire, IJR and Washington Examiner

Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Maybe Americans Should Stop Giving the Democrats What They Want

Discussion: New York Times and The Hill

Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden's abortion response curbed by fears of another Supreme Court showdown

Discussion: New York Times, New Republic, The Daily Caller, Acorn Archive and Raw Story

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:

Beware Of The ‘Recent Monticello Visitor’ — Getting outraged over Fox News holds little allure these days, but occasionally the network will do something so quintessentially Fox News that you have to sit back and marvel at the layers of mendacity. — Today's little Fox News gem was a segment …

Discussion: RedState, Washington Examiner, Media Matters for America and HuffPost

Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden could face prostitution charges for transporting hookers across state lines and disguising checks to them as payments for ‘medical services.’ First Son spent $30k in five months on ‘the girlfriend experience’ — Documents, texts and videos obtained …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, RedState, RADAR and New York Post

NBC News:
Secret Service says it's ‘aware’ of alleged Hunter Biden iCloud hack

Discussion: Snopes.com, Big League Politics and Twitchy

Emily Jacobs / Washington Examiner:
4chan users claim to have cracked Hunter Biden's iPhone account

Discussion: VICE and National Review

Danielle Battaglia / Raleigh News & Observer:

Trump rally in North Carolina canceled as former president summoned to court — Former President Donald Trump and a host of Republican personalities have canceled their scheduled appearances Friday in Greensboro. — News of the cancellation comes as Axios reports Trump, his son …

Discussion: Raw Story and PoliticusUSA

Karen Attiah / Washington Post:

I asked about abortion at a Texas gun show. The answer I got was grim. — Listen — Gift Article — DALLAS — Standing next to a display of military-grade weapons, I wondered aloud to the dealers at the gun-show booth if more women should get guns in Texas to protect themselves …

Ed Yong / The Atlantic:

Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’? — Well, here we go again. Once more, the ever-changing coronavirus behind COVID-19 is assaulting the United States in a new guise—BA.5, an offshoot of the Omicron variant that devastated the most recent winter. The new variant is spreading quickly …

Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times, Fortune, Alaska Public Media, Washington Examiner and 6abc

New York Times:

Hutchinson Testimony Jolts Justice Dept. to Discuss Trump's Conduct More Openly — A key witness's account helped accelerate a shift in the agency's inquiry: Overt talk about Mr. Trump and his behavior had been rare, except as a motive for the actions of others. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: Lawfare

Maxim Tucker / The Times:

Ukraine has one million ready for fightback to recapture south — Ukraine is massing a million-strong fighting force equipped with western weapons to recover its southern territory from Russia, the nation's defence minister has revealed to The Times. — In his first interview …

Discussion: BBC, Washington Examiner, nationalinterest.org, 19FortyFive, The Guardian and rbc.ru

WebbTelescope.org:

Webb's First Deep Field Unveiled (NIRCam Image) — Read the Release: — 2022-038 — Permissions: — Content Use Policy — Download Options: — Full Res, 4537 X 4630, TIF (26.74 MB) — Full Res, 4537 X 4630, PNG (28.51 MB) — 1960 X 2000, PNG (5.52 MB) — Text description, PDF (80.29 KB)

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Relativization and Gizmodo

Washington Post:

Biden officials push to offer second booster shot to all adults — Plan would make coronavirus shots available to millions more amid rising cases, hospitalization — Listen — Gift Article … Biden administration officials are developing a plan to allow all adults to receive …

Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire

Joanna Weiss / Politico:

The New Trump Documentary Shows Us Exactly What He's So Good At — Spoilers first: When it comes to breaking news, “Unprecedented,” the new documentary series about the Trump family that's streaming on Discovery Plus, is kind of a nothingburger. Despite the hype about deep access to Donald Trump …

Discussion: Raw Story

Jerusalem Post:

Biden won't be shaking hands in Israel due to COVID surge — The White House has reportedly told Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office that due to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the US and Israel, the president will refrain from shaking hands. — There are surely a number of Israeli ministers …

Louis Jacobson / PolitiFact:

Did President Biden read off directions from a teleprompter? — President Joe Biden signed an executive order July 8 aimed at protecting abortion rights nationwide following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. — In his remarks announcing the executive order …

Discussion: Conservative Brief, OutKick and The Daily Wire

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 …

Discussion: Fox News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, National Review, Washington Post, The Duckpin and Twitchy

Curt Levey / Washington Post:

Democrats are overreacting about the Supreme Court — Listen — Gift Article — Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, is a constitutional law attorney. — With the end of the Supreme Court's term, Democrats are denouncing the court as ideologically motivated, extreme, undemocratic, even destabilizing.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Rikki Schlott / New York Post:

Trans woman returns to life as man and hits out at the ‘activist’ doctor who turned his life upside down — “Coming out of my transition was like leaving the twilight zone, but the rest of society is still in it.” — After living nearly a decade of his life as a transgender woman named Brianna …

New York Post:

Mexican cartel smugglers nabbed with $1.2M worth of meth in NYC — then released thanks to lax bail laws: feds — A pair of suspected Mexican drug-cartel smugglers was busted with a $1.2 million stash of crystal meth — but had to be freed thanks to New York's lax bail laws, authorities said Monday.