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9:30 AM ET, July 12, 2022

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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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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Joe Biden Is Too Old to Be President Again  —  I can't help feeling very sorry for Joe Biden.  He's wanted to be president for most of his life, first running 34 years ago.  Had his son Beau not died in 2015, Biden might have entered the Democratic primary then; as vice president …
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump and the Midterms  —  Democrats want the former President front and center in the election, and he agrees.  —  1x  —  Donald Trump's whisperers are saying he may soon announce his plans to run for President in 2024, and Democrats are keeping their fingers crossed that he does.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
More Americans are opposed to Joe Biden running for president in 2024 than Trump, poll finds
Discussion: The Hill, National Review and RedState
David Siders / Politico:
Progressive group to press Biden not to run in 2024
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Jan. 6 panel zeroes in on Trump tweet  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  PHOTO OF THE DAY  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE TWEET DRIVING TODAY'S BIGGEST STORY — Today at 1 p.m. Eastern, the House Jan. 6 committee “plans to make its most complex case yet,” …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Gambit May Have Just Put Him in New Legal Jeopardy  —  The former Trump strategist thought he had a winning move.  It turned out to be a blunder.  —  What started as a Steve Bannon public relations stunt may have just ended as a spectacular self-own.
Discussion: Raw Story, Law & Crime, The Bulwark and CNBC
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Ties between Trump allies and extremist groups to be focus of Jan. 6 panel hearing
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge rejects Bannon's bid to delay trial, executive-privilege claim
NBC News:
Cipollone corroborated virtually everything from Hutchinson, Jan. 6 panel member says  —  WASHINGTON — Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone corroborated virtually all of the revelations from previous witnesses, including former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, in lengthy testimony …
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Jamie Gangel / CNN:
Exclusive: Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne to meet with January 6 investigators
Discussion: NewsNation and Raw Story
Rob Garner / NASA:
NASA's Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet  —  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date.  Known as Webb's First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail.
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Politico:
‘Even if it hurts’: Biden's Middle East trip could bring short-term pain for long-term gain  —  President Joe Biden had different plans for engaging the Middle East.  But the world has a way of intervening.  —  Biden had spent the last 18 months mainly ignoring the region …
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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 …
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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 …
Felicity Lawrence / The Guardian:
Uber paid academics six-figure sums for research to feed to the media  —  High-profile professors in Europe and the US were engaged as part of lobbying campaign, leak shows  —  Uber paid high-profile academics in Europe and the US hundreds of thousands of dollars to produce reports …
New York Times:
How Elon Musk Damaged Twitter and Left It Worse Off  —  Mr. Musk swooped in and exposed Twitter's lack of business and financial prospects.  After criticizing the company's weaknesses, he now wants to back out of buying it.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Musk, Trump, and the Rule of Law
Discussion: NPR, New York Post and Bloomberg
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Starbucks Closing Some Stores, Citing Safety Concerns in Certain Cafes  —  Coffee chain said it is permanently closing 16 cafes after workers reported drug use by members of the public and crime concerns  —  Starbucks Corp. said Monday that it is closing 16 U.S. stores after workers reported …
Axios:
News engagement plummets as Americans tune out  —  Engagement with news content has plunged during the first half of this year compared to the first half of 2021 and in some cases has fallen below pre-pandemic levels. … Despite a slew of major stories, readers have retrenched further in 2022.
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.
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 …
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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 …
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman's fund-raising broke a record as he won the nomination for U.S. Senate  —  John Fetterman's cash machine is still rolling — and gaining speed.The lieutenant governor raised $8.3 million for his U.S. Senate campaign between his Democratic primary win and the end of June …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
If Herschel Walker wins in Georgia, America will have lost its mind  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  It's not yet clear who will be the weirdest and most unfit Republican Senate candidate in November.  But my early pick is Herschel Walker in Georgia.  If he wins — and he could — this nation has truly lost its mind.
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.
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Biden admin looks to protect doctors providing emergency abortions, and warn those who don't  —  The Biden administration released updated guidance on Monday, reminding doctors around the country that they're protected by federal law if they terminate a patient's pregnancy as part of treatment …
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden admin: Docs must offer abortion if mom's life at risk
 
 
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Bob Christie / Associated Press:
Federal judge blocks Arizona's ‘personhood’ abortion law
Discussion: Raw Story and Al Jazeera
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
The Case Against Judicial Review
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Wokeness Is Putin's Weapon
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
An Anti-Trump Republican Group Is Back for the Midterms
New York Post:
Mexican cartel smugglers nabbed with $1.2M worth of meth in NYC — then released thanks to lax bail laws: feds
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Jerusalem Post:
Biden won't be shaking hands in Israel due to COVID surge
Politico:
Trump 2024? Not just yet, some Republicans say
 Earlier Items: 
Louis Jacobson / PolitiFact:
Did President Biden read off directions from a teleprompter?
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
Kira Davis / RedState:
Exclusive: CA First-Grader Disciplined, Harassed By School Officials For Writing ‘Any Lives’ Matter on BLM Drawing
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
Joanna Weiss / Politico:
The New Trump Documentary Shows Us Exactly What He's So Good At
Discussion: Raw Story
Dusan Stojanovic / Associated Press:
US rejects ‘Serbian world’ advocated by Serbian minister
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
I asked about abortion at a Texas gun show. The answer I got was grim.
Curt Levey / Washington Post:
Democrats are overreacting about the Supreme Court
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