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9:55 AM ET, July 16, 2022

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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Steps Up Jan. 6 Probe of Those in Trump's Orbit  —  DOJ commits more resources to pursue evidence of criminal involvement as House hearings reveal activities of Trump and his circle before and during Capitol attack  —  WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is adding prosecutors …
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Politico:
Trump campaign operative who delivered Jan. 6 false elector lists is identified  —  A little-known Donald Trump campaign operative delivered lists of false electors to Capitol Hill in a bid to get them to Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to two people familiar with the episode.
Discussion: PoliticsPA, The Hill and Raw Story
Politico:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service amid text message controversy  —  The Jan. 6 select committee has subpoenaed the Secret Service following a string of conflicts with the agency and revelations that a large swath of text messages sent by agents on the day of the Capitol attack have been erased.
Politico:
Justice Dept. backs House over Jan. 6 subpoena to Meadows  —  The Justice Department declared Friday that the Jan. 6 select committee has adequately justified its subpoena for testimony and documents from Mark Meadows, a former chief of staff in Donald Trump's White House.
Discussion: Insider, CNN and Washington Examiner
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Steve Bannon admitted Trump ‘would lie about anything’, new book says  —  Bannon, according to Jonathan Lemire's Big Lie, said Trump lies ‘to win whatever exchange he [is] having at that moment’  —  The former White House strategist Steve Bannon has publicly claimed Donald Trump does not lie.
Discussion: Insider
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NBC News:
DeSantis' education message is winning in battleground states, teacher union poll finds  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Before a friendly audience of conservative moms, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday excoriated political opponents of wanting to “sexualize” children and warp kids' understanding of race and history.
Reuters:
U.S. lawyer who represented Khashoggi is detained in UAE, rights group says  —  United Arab Emirates authorities have detained Asim Ghafoor, a U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney who previously served as a lawyer for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said U.S.-based rights group DAWN of whose board Ghafoor is a member.
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DAWN:   UAE: Immediately Release Asim Ghafoor, Former Lawyer for Jamal Khashoggi and DAWN Board Member
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Biden Drops Plan to Name Anti-Abortion Lawyer Backed by McConnell as Judge  —  The White House quietly agreed with the Senate Republican leader to nominate Chad Meredith for a federal judgeship, but opposition from his fellow Kentuckian Rand Paul scuttled the deal.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
White House Drops Plan To Nominate Anti-Abortion Lawyer For Judgeship In Kentucky
Discussion: Reuters, Lawyers, Guns & Money and CNN
Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
The poll results are in: Hageman holds commanding lead over Cheney … Former President Donald Trump's pick to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney in the race for Wyoming's lone House seat holds a commanding 22-point lead with a month until the primary, a new Casper Star-Tribune poll shows.
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Joe Sonka / Courier-Journal:
Social media post from Kentucky county GOP about ‘Jewish junta’ draws criticism  —  A Facebook post by the Bracken County Republican Party attacking the new director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as being part of the “Jewish junta” drew criticism Friday from Jewish leaders in Kentucky.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Joe Sonka / Courier-Journal:
New voter registration totals make Kentucky political history, as GOP dominance continues
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
MAGA rioters ‘both wept’ as they were sentenced to over 3 years in prison for J6 violence: report  —  Two supporters of Donald Trump cried in court on Friday as they were sentenced for their role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  —  “Two New York state men who led a mob …
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Daughter of doctor who gave 10-year-old an abortion faced kidnapping threat  —  Caitlin Bernard of Indiana is named on an extreme anti-abortion website linked to Amy Coney Barrett  —  The Indiana doctor who recently provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim whose story …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Doctor who treated 10-year-old rape victim sends Indiana AG cease and desist letter
Oscar Lopez / New York Times:
Mexico Captures Notorious Drug Kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero  —  Rafael Caro Quintero, an accused drug cartel leader, was convicted of killing Enrique Camarena, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, and was wanted by the F.BI.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why you're hearing so much about fentanyl these days
Discussion: New York Post
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Mexico arrests drug lord wanted by U.S. in death of DEA agent: Source
Discussion: Bloomberg
Chris Dickerson / West Virginia Record:
Attorney says circuit judge pointed gun at her from bench during hearing … NEW MARTINSVILLE - A circuit court judge allegedly brandished a handgun during a hearing earlier this year, leaving it pointed at an attorney from Texas during the proceedings.  —  Second Judicial Circuit Judge David Hummel …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
TMZ.com:
VP Kamala Harris' Husband's Ex Granted TRO Against Alleged Stalker  —  KAMALA HARRIS HUSBAND'S EX GRANTED TRO ... Alleged Stalker Giving Bunch Of Letters, Packages For VP  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The mother of Kamala Harris' stepdaughter has been granted a temporary restraining order that protects …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Kamala Harris' chief speechwriter is departing
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats vent their fury as Joe Manchin shelves action on climate change  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats are sounding dire warnings after Sen. Joe Manchin tanked their hopes of acting on climate change.  —  “We're all going to die,” House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky. …
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Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Exclusive: Russians have visited Iran at least twice in last month to examine weapons-capable drones  —  (CNN)A Russian delegation has visited an airfield in central Iran at least twice in the last month to examine weapons-capable drones, according to national security adviser Jake Sullivan …
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Top Ga. Republicans informed they're targets of Fulton DA probe
Discussion: Daily Kos
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Results of Bilateral Meeting Between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  —  Today, President Biden met in Jeddah with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, our hosts for the upcoming Summit with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Council (GCC) countries plus Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan.
 
 
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Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
The DeSantis Dilemma  —  Is he the only politician who can save us from a second Trump term?
Discussion: HotAir
Panyi Szabolcs / Direkt36:
Western allies puzzled by Hungary's mild reaction to Russian hacking
Rachel Treisman / NPR:
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Cayla Bamberger / New York Post:
NYC projects enrollment losses of another 30,000 students this fall
Washington Post:
Trump's fundraising dips, trailing DeSantis
Discussion: Axios
 Earlier Items: 
James Wagner / New York Times:
In M.L.B.'s Labor Talks, Latino Voices Are Few and Far Between
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Don't Fall into the Collusion Trap on Trump and January 6
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal:
Two Books Decry the Uyghur Tragedy in China
Davis Winkie / Army Times:
Soldier on Texas border mission dies of suspected blood clot after security shift
CNN:
First on CNN: DHS inspector general told Jan. 6 panel he went to Mayorkas about Secret Service cooperation
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
‘Sneaky’ Personhood? Wicker, Hyde-Smith Sponsor Unborn Child Support Act
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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