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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
How media coverage drove Biden's political plunge — Listen — Gift Article — The mainstream media has played a huge, underappreciated role in President Biden's declining support over the past year. Its flawed coverage model of politics and government is bad for more than just Biden …
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HotAir and National Review
Associated Press:
Chief: 3 dead in Indiana mall shooting; witness kills gunman — GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Three people were fatally shot and two were injured Sunday evening at an Indiana mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed him, police said.
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4 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Greenwood Park Mall; police said ‘good Samaritan’ shot and killed shooter — The Johnson County coroner said Monday that three males, including the shooter, and one female were killed. — GREENWOOD, Ind. — Police are investigating a shooting at Greenwood Park Mall that happened around 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Andrea Widburg / American Thinker:
A good guy with a gun stopped an armed bad guy on a murderous rampage
A good guy with a gun stopped an armed bad guy on a murderous rampage
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BizPac Review, The Western Journal and Fox 59
Rolling Stone:
Trump Tells Team He Needs to Be President Again to Save Himself from Criminal Probes — The former president is planning on running for the White House — and away from the law — When Donald Trump formally declares his 2024 candidacy, he won't just be running for another term in the White House.
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Washington Post, Reflections in the Frame, Insider, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
Anthony Fauci wants to put Covid's politicization behind him — The most famous scientist in America is facing retirement. — After more than five decades of federal service under seven presidents, Anthony Fauci says he's leaving by the end of President Joe Biden's term.
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Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
For Monkeypox Patients, Excruciating Symptoms and a Struggle for Care — As New York City and the federal government strain to supply enough vaccines, patients face a private battle to find treatment and relief from serious symptoms. — Although he was covered with lesions …
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CBS News, Florida Phoenix, WISH-TV, The Signorile Report, UPI and CNN
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A clever plan to foil a 2024 coup attempt quietly advances — Listen — Gift Article — It may seem improbable, given adamant Republican opposition to legislation protecting voting rights, but a bipartisan group of senators is close to agreement on a separate, crucial way to protect our democracy …
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Election Law Blog
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
U.K. braces for record temperatures as ‘heat apocalypse’ hits Europe — Listen — Gift Article — PARIS — Britain on Monday braced for what could become its hottest day on record, as French authorities warned of a “heat apocalypse” and emergency services across Europe confronted spreading wildfires and rising death tolls.
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BBC, Axios, The Verge, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Cyprus Mail, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Guardian, FIRST DRAFT, Agence France-Presse and The Times of Israel
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Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
Jordan Peterson's Pro-Putin Punditry — The Canadian pop-psychologist's descent into tired and predictable right-wing rhetoric continues apace. — Jordan Peterson, the Canadian psychologist and “anti-woke” crusader who has stirred controversy and garnered praise, opprobrium …
William Bender / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Doug Mastriano is deleting his videos from Facebook as he runs for Pa. governor — In early April, Doug Mastriano was recording a Facebook Live video on his phone after a legislative session in Harrisburg when he segued into his thoughts on global warming.The state senator from south-central Pennsylvania …
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Raw Story
Peter Yankowski / New Haven Register:
Man drew gun after women didn't thank him for holding door in Hamden, police say — HAMDEN — Police arrested a New Haven man after they say he was reported to have drawn a gun Saturday over two women not thanking him for holding a door open for them. — Hamden police said 25-year-old Joshua Murray …
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Tess Owen / VICE:
Christian Nationalism Drove These People Out of Their Churches — Christians from around the country who spoke to VICE News said they've witnessed their congregations lose focus and slide into Christian nationalism. — TO — Pastor Ron Tucker took the stage one weekend in early July …
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Raw Story
Julia Payne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Russia's Gazprom tells Europe gas halt beyond its control — Russia's Gazprom has told customers in Europe it cannot guarantee gas supplies because of ‘extraordinary’ circumstances, according to a letter seen by Reuters, upping the ante in an economic tit-for-tat with the West over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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The Guardian, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Cyprus Mail and Financial Times
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia congressman fights subpoena from Fulton grand jury — U.S. Rep. Jody Hice on Monday became the second member of Congress to challenge a subpoena issued by the Fulton County special grand jury examining Georgia's 2020 elections. — But unlike U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. …
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CNN, Associated Press, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, PoliticusUSA and Law & Crime
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
GOP May Nominate a Pro-Secession Christian Nationalist for Maryland Attorney General — Michael Peroutka believes public education is a communist plot, abortion and gay marriage violate God's law, and the concept of separation of church and state is a “great lie.” — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US
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Raw Story
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Impossible, Inevitable Survival of the Trump Tax Cuts — How Democrats went from unanimous opposition to an unpopular policy to doing nothing about it in the five years since it became law. — President Donald Trump shakes hands with then-House Speaker Paul Ryan during an event …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Carolyn Maloney Uses Personal Fortune in Primary Against Jerrold Nadler — The New York congresswoman lent her campaign $900,000, according to new filings released late Friday. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Representative Carolyn Maloney of New York holds …
Matt Goodwin / Matt Goodwin's Substack:
Who IS Penny Mordaunt? — She could soon be our next Prime Minister. And that should worry the Tories. — The Conservative Party is in freefall. It is getting smashed in the polls. Labour is averaging a 10 point lead —not far off what it needs for a majority.
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The Guardian, spiked and Conservative Home
Ashley Mackin-Solomon / La Jolla Light:
Lawsuit alleges racial discrimination in incident at Fleming's steakhouse in La Jolla — A server at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar in La Jolla is being sued on allegations of racial discrimination after an exchange with a Black patron at the restaurant in May. The business also is a defendant in the case.
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Raw Story
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Media Confidence Ratings at Record Lows — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' confidence in two facets of the news media — newspapers and television news — has fallen to all-time low points. Just 16% of U.S. adults now say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in newspapers and 11% in television news.
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Streiff / RedState:
Former Trump COVID Honcho Birx Admits to Deceiving the White House and Just Making Stuff up to Push Her Personal Agenda — Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator for President Trump, launched her book about her one-person attack on our form of government and our economy under …
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Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Wire and BizPac Review
Derek Saul / Forbes:
CEOs Made 324 Times More Than Their Median Workers In 2021, Union Report Finds — Chief executives at S&P 500 companies made 324 times more than the median workers at their companies in 2021 on average, according to an annual report from the U.S.' largest labor union federation AFL-CIO released Monday morning …
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
US scraps lengthy piece of paperwork for Afghan allies left behind — President Joe Biden's administration has eliminated a lengthy visa application form for Afghan allies seeking resettlement in the United States since the Taliban's return to power. — “The elimination of this 19-page form …
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Fox News, CNN and Washington Times
Washington Post:
Abortion fight moves to terrain least favorable to Republicans — Gift Article — Good Monday morning, where we're hoping you're finding ways to beat the heat. Send your coolest tips to rachel.roubein@washpost.com. — Today's edition: The Senate parliamentarian is expected to hold …
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Common Dreams, Fox News, HuffPost, Insider and The Hartmann Report
Meghan Brink / Inside Higher Ed:
Harvard Lobbies Congress to Cut Endowment Tax — Harvard is pushing Senate Democrats to consider reducing the controversial tax that draws an estimated $50 million annually from its $39 billion endowment. Many wealthy private universities want the tax eliminated.
Tatiana Stanovaya / New York Times:
Putin's Delusional Aims in Russia's War on Ukraine — Ms. Stanovaya is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She writes about Russian domestic politics and foreign policy. — Everything is going according to plan. — That's the line from President Vladimir Putin.
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