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Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Trump's Lawyers Think Mark Meadows Is Going Down — The Jan. 6 Committee is probing the former chief of staff's finances, Rolling Stone has learned, adding to a long list of legal headaches — As she opened the House Jan. 6 committee hearing Tuesday, Republican …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
'It's Just Been Hell:' Life as the Victim of a Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory — Ray Epps became the unwitting face of an attempt by pro-Trump forces to promote the baseless idea that the F.B.I. was behind the attack on the Capitol. — IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS — Up a winding country road …
Washington Post:
Dramatic moments from deprogrammed right-wingers indict the whole GOP — Listen — Gift Article — Amid the parade of awful revelations unearthed by the House select committee examining the Jan. 6 insurrection, one area of immense culpability still needs further fleshing out.
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Proof: Trump Planned the Mob's March to the Capitol — The January 6th Committee just proved it was deliberate strategy. — Donald Trump's defenders can finally drop the idea that he just happened to extemporaneously order the mob that he knew was armed to march to the Capitol in the course of his speech on January 6, 2021.
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The Jan. 6 hearing showed how lies can kill
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Washington Post:
Trump hid plan for Capitol march on day he marked as ‘wild’, panel says
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Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Seismic shift … - Democrats are becoming the party of upscale voters concerned more about issues like gun control and abortion rights. — Republicans are quietly building a multiracial coalition of working-class voters, with inflation as an accelerant.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Poll Shows Tight Race for Control of Congress as Class Divide Widens — Nonwhite and working-class Democrats worry more about the economy, while white college graduates focus more on cultural issues like abortion rights and guns. — With President Biden's approval rating mired in the 30s …
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Inflation continues to blow past expectations because interest rates are still negative — Just one month after inflation blew past “expert” expectations that inflation had already peaked and instead hit a new 40-year high, inflation has now hit a 41-year high.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected, as price pressures intensify
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Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Inflation Reached Highest Rate in Nearly 41 Years in June
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
June inflation soared 9.1 percent amid high gas prices
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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.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Tears, Screaming and Insults: Inside an ‘Unhinged’ Meeting to Keep Trump in Power
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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 …
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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.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Fan Accused of Setting Fire to His Own Van After Blaming Biden Supporters and Black Lives Matter
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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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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Trump lashes out at Elon Musk, says he could have made the billionaire ‘beg’ — Musk previously said the former president should ‘sail into the sunset’ — Coming up on Wednesday, July 13 edition of ‘Special Report’ — Former President Donald Trump continued his war of words …
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Bloomberg:
Biden's Fist Bump Fiasco Muddles Bid to Avoid MBS Handshake — A glowing orb, a back-slapping embrace, a formal handshake, or a cool, Covid-appropriate fist bump? For all the talk of oil, the most pressing decision for President Joe Biden this week could come down to choosing …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Adopts ‘No Handshake’ Covid Policy, but Not For Long
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Kate Ahlborn / Fox News:
Exclusive: Read the private email Obama sent his former doc after he questioned Biden's cognitive health — Obama told Jackson, who was the doctor for three presidents, that criticizing Biden's mental state was ‘unprofessional’ — Hegseth on media, Democrats turning on President Biden: He is ‘persona non grata’
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David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
Introducing the 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠) — Now that all 50 states have finalized new lines for the 2022 elections, the Cook Political Report is pleased to introduce the 25th Anniversary edition of the Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠) …
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Spencer Brown / Townhall:
Rising Crime Forces Starbucks to Shutter 16 Locations in Lawless Cities — Just how bad are America's cities doing under the watch of their Democrat leaders? Even ultra-woke Starbucks is pulling up stakes in Democrat-run cities where drug use, homelessness, and crime have made staying in business untenable.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Allegations of Manosphere Pastor's Gay Past Roil Macho Men — Jesse Lee Peterson has emerged as one of the right's most vocal anti-gay figures, but his one-time friends now allege that the pastor has had many same-sex relationships. — In the hyper-masculine right-wing internet community known as the …
Reuters:
Fact Check-U.S. Supreme Court has not voted to overturn 2020 presidential election result — The U.S. Supreme Court has not voted to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, despite claims made online. Legal professors told Reuters that no such decision was made …
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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 — The Jan. 6 Committee's key witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, asked former Senior Trump officials for financial assistance and legal help in February after she was subpoenaed …
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Whitmer's leads over GOP rivals raising doubts about red wave, poll finds — Lansing — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has leads over all five of her potential GOP challengers less than four months before Election Day, raising doubts about whether a Republican wave will make landfall in Michigan.
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Trump hosts controversial Saudi-funded golf tournament as he mulls 2024 bid — Money. Revenge. Disruption. International intrigue. — These hallmarks of Donald Trump's business brand are all colliding in his latest political controversy involving the world of professional golf.
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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
The man who has Putin's ear — and may want his job — Russian security chief Nikolai Patrushev is one of the Russian president's few close advisers — Listen — Gift Article — When Russian President Vladimir Putin held the final meeting of his Security Council before launching …
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Israel's Ben Gurion Airport welcomes Biden, Air Force One upon arrival — Biden says U.S., Israel connection is ‘bone-deep’ — Crenshaw: Biden's trip to Middle East marks ‘drastic change’ from Trump approach — Audio has emerged Wednesday of Ben Gurion Airport in Israel welcoming President Joe Biden …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Russia's War Against Ukraine Has Turned Into Terrorism — Red Cross packages are lined up along the sidewalk in Serhiivka, a small town in the southwestern corner of Ukraine. A man is unloading plastic bags stamped World Central Kitchen from a truck whose front windshield has been completely shattered.
Jonathan M. Katz / The Racket:
‘As somebody who has helped plan coups ...’ — Today's hearing of the Jan. 6 committee was another revelatory affair, added damning details to the already comprehensive picture of how high-level strategists, motivated paramilitaries, and ordinary partisans worked together to try …
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