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10:50 PM ET, July 12, 2022

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Washington Post:
Trump hid plan for Capitol march on day he marked as ‘wild’, panel says  —  New evidence and testimony showed the president's tweet promoting a protest on Jan. 6 united extremist groups and led to calls for violence  —  Gift Article  —  Donald Trump scrawled the words on Twitter …
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 panel escalates showdown with Trump over influencing witnesses  —  Rep. Liz Cheney put Trump allies on notice for witness tampering.  Then Trump allegedly made a call himself.  —  Gift Article  —  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) ended Tuesday's hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
‘He is not an impressionable child’: Cheney lays marker on Trump, crime
NBC News:
Cipollone corroborated virtually everything from Hutchinson, Jan. 6 panel member says
NBC News:
Takeaways from Day 7 of the Jan. 6 panel: Trump can't be ‘willfully blind’ in defending assembling the mob
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump has never been held accountable for impeding inquiries. It shows.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
Exclusive: Watch Uvalde school shooting video obtained by Statesman showing response  —  Editor's note: The video footage, audio, and events described in this story are disturbing.  Discretion is advised.  This exclusive story and video are being made available free of charge as a public service.
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Manny Garcia / Austin American-Statesman:
Why the Austin American-Statesman chose to publish video from inside Robb Elementary  —  The American-Statesman is publishing a video account of the delayed police response at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after a gunman walked into two classrooms and killed 19 children and their two teachers.
NBC News:
Uvalde school's classrooms lacked a basic security feature — and it's missing across America
Discussion: Raw Story and KXAN-TV
Washington Post:
‘Unhinged’: The White House meeting that preceded Trump's ‘will be wild’ tweet  —  Gift Article  —  Late on a Friday night about six weeks after Donald Trump lost his reelection, a fistfight nearly broke out in the White House between the president's fired national security adviser and a top White House aide.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Tears, Screaming and Insults: Inside an ‘Unhinged’ Meeting to Keep Trump in Power  —  Even by the standards of the Trump White House, a meeting on Dec. 18, 2020, that was highlighted Tuesday by the Jan. 6 committee was extreme.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Bloomberg
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Leaked Audio: Before Election Day, Bannon Said Trump Planned to Falsely Claim Victory  —  “That's our strategy.  He's gonna declare himself a winner.” … On the evening of October 31, 2020, Steve Bannon told a group of associates that President Donald Trump had a plan to declare victory on election night—even if he was losing.
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Atlantic:
The Trump Enablers Truly in Contempt of Congress
Discussion: CNBC, CNN, Washington Examiner and Politico
Hans Nichols / Axios:
House centrists mull Manchin counteroffer: No new taxes  —  Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) is gauging support among House centrists for a counteroffer to the emerging Senate reconciliation package, with one big clause: No new taxes. … That could deprive President Biden — and vulnerable lawmakers …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Ella Nilsen / CNN:   More than 200 congressional staffers urge Pelosi and Schumer to act on climate or risk dooming younger generations
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Is ‘convergence’ the new ‘collusion’?  —  With help from Alice Miranda Ollstein  —  CONSPIRACY (LEGAL) THEORY — Today's Jan. 6 committee hearing, led by committee members Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), was billed as the committee's effort to demonstrate …
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
A Former Mueller Prosecutor Takes Merrick Garland to Task  —  Few people know complex federal criminal investigations as well as Andrew Weissmann does.  —  Over the course of his career, Weissmann has worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, as a deputy and eventually director …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds  —  Far from consolidating his support, the former president appears weakened in his party, especially with younger and college-educated Republicans.  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is the most popular alternative.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times:
A Culture Warrior Goes Quiet: DeSantis Dodges Questions on Abortion Plans
Discussion: HotAir
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Shocking new Trump revelations may actually move a few GOP voters
Discussion: Good Faith, CNN and Raw Story
CBS News:
Charges: Man lit his camper on fire, defaced own garage to appear targeted due to Trump flag  —  MINNEAPOLIS - A Brooklyn Center man faces federal charges after he lit his own camper on fire to make it look like a politically-motivated crime, and then allegedly filed several fraudulent insurance claims.
Discussion: Patch and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Twitter sues Elon Musk, setting stage for epic legal battle  —  The lawsuit is the first legal volley in what will likely be one of the most watched and contentious business trials in recent history  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Twitter filed suit Tuesday against Elon Musk to force …
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New York Times:
Twitter Sues Elon Musk to Force Him to Complete $44 Billion Acquisition
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Professor Schools Sen. Josh Hawley For His Transphobic Questions In Abortion Hearing  —  Khiara M. Bridges, a Berkeley law professor, invited Hawley to join her class sometime because the anti-abortion senator “might learn a lot.”  —  A University of California, Berkeley School …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Logs show 10 House Republicans attended White House meeting on pressuring Pence  —  Ten Republican members of Congress attended a Dec. 21 White House meeting focused on efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to help overturn the 2020 election, according to the Jan. 6 committee.
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Mehmet Oz bragged about hunting in Florida, but he's never held a license  —  He also claimed to own a hunting ranch in Florida.  —  Television personality Mehmet Oz spent months in a Pennsylvania Senate race touting a history of hunting in Florida.  But the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission …
Kiera Feldman / Los Angeles Times:
He worked from home and died suddenly.  Five days passed before his body was found  —  Dominic Green signed out of work as he always did, exactly at 4:30 p.m.  —  “Good afternoon everyone, my shift has ended,” the 28-year-old emailed from his desk in the living room of his Los Angeles apartment on a winter Wednesday afternoon.
David French / The Atlantic:
The Constitution Isn't Working  —  On the last day of the Supreme Court's most recent term, the Court released two cases that highlight a challenge to American democracy—a challenge that is the direct result of one of the Founders' more consequential miscalculations.
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Former senior U.S. official John Bolton admits to planning attempted foreign coups  —  John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security adviser, said on Tuesday that he had helped plan attempted coups in foreign countries.
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
What happened after Pete Buttigieg went on Fox News Sunday  —  Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg went on Fox News Sunday over the weekend and gave a good answer to a question he was asked about pro-choice protests against Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
BBC:
Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country  —  Sri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country, the BBC has confirmed, following mass protests over the island's economic crisis.  —  The president had been in hiding after crowds stormed his palace on Saturday.
Discussion: UPI and Bloomberg
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Joe Biden's Dobbs Response Has Been Breathtakingly Awful  —  Why can't the president show some fight?  —  This weekend, the Washington Post published an article that chronicled the lumbering strategy of Joe Biden's administration in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Anthony Robledo / USA Today:
Backlash continues as Dave Chappelle receives two Emmy nominations for controversial Netflix special  —  Even after receiving backlash for his transphobic commentary in “The Closer,” Dave Chappelle is still collecting accolades.  —  The Netflix comedy special received two Primetime Emmy nominations Tuesday …
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Republicans threaten Wall Street over climate positions  —  BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase and other asset managers face complaints from the left — and threats from the right  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Republican officials across the country, tearing a page from the ongoing culture wars …
 
 
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New York Times:
As Sixth Covid Wave Hits, Many New Yorkers Shrug It Off
Julia Fanzeres / Bloomberg:
Oil Falls to Three-Month Low as Recession Fears Spook Market
Wall Street Journal:
New York's Top Judge Resigns Amid Misconduct Proceeding
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Megan Fox / pjmedia.com:
Ohio Attorney General Throws Cold Water on ‘10-Year-Old Rape Victim’ Story: ‘There Is No Case’
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Reproductive Rights Task Force
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Joshua Jamerson / Wall Street Journal:
Some Consumers Are Giving Inflation the Bird—With a Whole Chicken
TMZ.com:
LeBron James Says He'd Question Returning To America If He Were Brittney Griner
Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times:
Man suspected of hate crime for allegedly threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal
New York Times:
4,000 Beagles Are Being Rescued From a Virginia Facility. Now They Need New Homes.
Discussion: The Hill
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Putin set to visit Iran next week
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Starbucks Closing Some Stores, Citing Safety Concerns in Certain Cafes
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming service launched in 2019 under the IMDb brand, and plans to move the content to Prime Video

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Perplexity says it will begin experimenting with ads on its platform in the US starting this week; ads will be formatted as “sponsored follow-up questions”

 
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