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11:45 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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
‘He is not an impressionable child’: Cheney lays marker on Trump, crime
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump has never been held accountable for impeding inquiries. It shows.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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
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
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
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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.
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
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
More than 200 congressional staffers urge Pelosi and Schumer to act on climate or risk dooming younger generations  —  “We've crafted the legislation necessary to avert climate catastrophe.  It's time for you to pass it,” the staffers wrote in a letter, sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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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
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
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
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:   Is ‘convergence’ the new ‘collusion’?  —  With help from Alice Miranda Ollstein
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
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
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Senate confirms Steve Dettelbach to head ATF  —  The Senate voted 48-46 on Tuesday, mostly along party lines, to confirm President Biden's nomination of Steve Dettelbach to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).  —  Dettelbach will be the first Senate-confirmed director …
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 …
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.
 
 
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Cassidy Hutchinson Begged Senior Trump Officials For ‘Financial Assistance’ After Being Subpoenaed By J6 Committee
New York Times:
As Sixth Covid Wave Hits, Many New Yorkers Shrug It Off
Wall Street Journal:
New York's Top Judge Resigns Amid Misconduct Proceeding
Discussion: Reason and 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
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Professor Schools Sen. Josh Hawley For His Transphobic Questions In Abortion Hearing
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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
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