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9:40 PM ET, July 19, 2022

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Secret Service cannot recover texts; no new details for Jan. 6 committee — Listen — Gift Article — The U.S. Secret Service has determined it has no new texts to provide Congress relevant to its Jan. 6 investigation, and that any other texts its agents exchanged around …

NBC News:

Steve Bannon thought he was ‘above the law,’ prosecutors say in contempt trial — “It wasn't optional. It wasn't a request, and it wasn't an invitation. It was mandatory,” a federal prosecutor said of the Jan. 6 committee's subpoena to Bannon during opening statements.

Discussion: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Politico, Insider, Courthouse News Service and Bloomberg

CNN:

Secret Service hands over thousands of documents — The US Secret Service produced an “initial set of documents” to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection on Tuesday, in response to a subpoena last week that was issued amid reports of potentially missing text messages …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, GloriaChristieReports …, NPR and The Hill

CNN:
Ex-Trump aide tied to ‘unhinged’ December 2020 White House meeting speaks with January 6 committee

Discussion: Insider, Politico, New York Post, MyNorthwest.com, The Hill and WGN-TV

New York Times:
Secret Service Says Some Missing Jan. 6 Texts Are Unlikely to Be Recovered

Discussion: The Hill, OpenSecrets.org, PoliticusUSA, Occupy Democrats, CBS News and Wall Street Journal

Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:

Alan Dershowitz's Martha's Vineyard Cancellation — Recently, the emeritus Harvard law professor has felt shunned at his usual haunts. Is it “cancel culture,” or something else? — Alan Dershowitz became one of the most famous lawyers in America by representing high-profile clients …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Mychael Schnell / The Hill:

House passes bill protecting marriage equality, with 47 GOP members voting ‘yes’ — The House passed a bill on Tuesday to protect marriage equality, a direct response to an opinion from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last month that called for reversing multiple decisions that enshrined LGBTQ rights.

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ABC News:
Ocasio-Cortez, other House Democrats arrested in abortion rights protest at the Supreme Court

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Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP faces conscience vote on marriage equality

Discussion: The Hill, HotAir, Wall Street Journal, National Review, New Republic, UPI, The Dispatch and Associated Press

NBC News:
House votes to protect same-sex marriage in case the Supreme Court rescinds it

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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:

Sen. Lindsey Graham agrees to accept subpoena in Trump election meddling case — Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina will accept a subpoena for his testimony issued by a Georgia grand jury investigating possible election meddling in the 2020 presidential election by then-President Donald Trump.

Discussion: UPI and Raw Story

Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: More sham Georgia GOP electors face potential charges in Fulton probe

Discussion: Slate and Raw Story

CNN:
Georgia prosecutors say all 16 fake Trump electors are targets in criminal probe

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Just The News and The Mezzroll Report

NBC News:

White House begins the search for fresh communications team — Longtime Biden adviser Anita Dunn is interviewing candidates to replace departing top communications members. — The White House is considering a major overhaul of its press and communications shop in the coming weeks …

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg and E&E

NBC News:
Man arrested near Jill Biden's motorcade

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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Bidens welcome Ukrainian first lady to the White House

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Axios:

White House holds out hope for Manchin climate deal — The White House and some Senate Democrats aren't giving up on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) just yet — and are leaving the door open to pursuing climate legislation in a potential second reconciliation package, Axios has learned.

Discussion: The Hill, Reason, Commentary Magazine and The Western Journal

Associated Press:
AP source: Biden holds off on climate emergency declaration

Discussion: Bloomberg Law, The Left Place, The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist, The Hill, Political Wire and Common Dreams

Politico:
Biden to announce climate actions but not yet declare an ‘emergency’

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal and RedState

Billy Binion / Reason:

Manhattan DA Drops Murder Charge Against Jose Alba. It Never Should Have Been Filed. — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has dropped a murder charge against a bodega worker who stabbed a customer during a highly publicized altercation that reinvigorated a debate around self-defense and victimization.

Discussion: New York Post, New York Times, New York Daily News, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and The Last Refuge

Zach Montellaro / Politico:

Hogan-Trump proxy war and crowded Democratic governor fight on display in Maryland — Democrats and Republicans are shaping the future of their parties in Maryland Tuesday, as they choose their nominees for governor and for a pair of key congressional seats outside Washington.

Discussion: Washington Post, Decision Desk HQ, Washington Examiner, Townhall, WTOP News, RedState and Daily Kos

Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Profile of a GOP voter: Meddling Dems target hunters, country music lovers

Discussion: Washington Post and New York Post

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

McConnell: Trump will face ‘crowded’ GOP field if he runs for president — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says former President Trump will face a lot of competition in a Republican primary if he runs for president in 2024. — McConnell, who usually avoids commenting …

Discussion: CNN

NBC News:
Senators are advancing a computer chips bill. They don't know what's in it yet.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Jacob Silverman / The Baffler:

Elon's doomed-to-succeed Twitter buy … In May, the world's richest troll questioned Twitter's reporting on spambot numbers and generally poo-pooed his potential investment, declaring that his takeover of the company was “temporarily on hold.” Whether he wants to scrap the deal entirely …

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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:

Matt Hilburn, who fought to ‘Unsuck’ Metro, dies at 54 — His social media accounts, called Unsuck DC Metro, were among the most tartly entertaining and avidly followed by competitors — Listen — Gift Article — Matt Hilburn, a journalist and communications specialist best-known …

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Sophia Cai / Axios:

Scoop: GOP's oil reserve amnesia — The Trump administration sold oil from the U.S. strategic reserves to China's largest oil producer in 2017, according to government data reviewed by Axios. … - Former President Trump and conservative media personalities have also criticized the sale …

Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:

Lia Thomas is not a woman and should not be honored as one — Years from now, people will look back at the left-wing elite that sought to dictate to everyone else that men can be women just by wanting to. Unfortunately, we live in the present, in perilous times, when radical left-wing elitists …

Discussion: National Review and Fox News

Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:

Facing Tepid Support, Bill de Blasio Drops N.Y. House Bid — Polls showed Mr. de Blasio, the former mayor of New York City who also prematurely ended a 2020 presidential bid, trailing in a crowded Democratic primary. — Bill de Blasio, the former mayor of New York City …

Discussion: All, Hamodia and HuffPost

Theodore Schleifer / Puck:

DeSantis Plays the Silicon Valley Money Machine — Ron (and Casey) DeSantis have been spending some time with the Thiels and Musks of the world as the tech industry rallies around a potential new 2024 favorite. — A great fiction about the 2024 election season is that it hasn't yet begun …

Discussion: Sun-Sentinel and National Review

Alec MacGillis / The Atlantic:

The Cause of the Crime Wave Is Hiding in Plain Sight — This article is a collaboration between The Atlantic and ProPublica. — On December 31, 2020, a 40-year-old man named Leon Casiquito walked into Kelly Liquors on Route 66 in Albuquerque and tried to shoplift a bottle of tequila.

Discussion: HotAir

Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:

Top spokeswoman for Nevada Republican Senate nominee marched on Jan. 6 with Oath Keepers, including one charged with sedition — Courtney Holland, sixth from left behind the man in the hat, can be seen walking toward the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. — (CNN)The new communications director …

Discussion: Political Wire

Insider:

US military leaders followed the January 6 attack through news reports and journalists' tweets, according to new Pentagon emails released to Insider under the Freedom of Information Act — Insider obtained 48 pages of internal emails from the Department of Defense.

Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire

Maya King / New York Times:

Amid Campaign Revamp, Herschel Walker Stumps Without a Stumble — OCILLA, Ga. — Herschel Walker, Georgia's Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, gave a 10-minute stump speech on Tuesday in which he told no new whoppers, made no obvious mistakes and allowed reporters to witness the whole thing.

Discussion: Washington Examiner

CNN:

Why the January 6 hearings could be a game changer — Former AG Barr slams Trump's election fraud claims — Katherine Clayton is a PhD candidate in political science at Stanford University. Her research focuses on public opinion about democracy in the US and abroad.

Discussion: HotAir and FiveThirtyEight

The White House:

Statement by President Joe Biden on FDA and CDC Authorizing Novavax's COVID-19 Vaccine for Adults — Today is another step forward in our nation's fight against the virus. Following an independent scientific review by the Food and Drug Administration last week and today by the Centers …

Discussion: Centers for Disease Control … and The Hill

New York Times:

After Indiana Mall Shooting, One Hero but No Lasting Solution — When a bystander fatally shot an assailant at an Indiana mall, the country again debated the wisdom of easier access to guns. — Give this article- - - Read in app — It was an act of pluck and composure worthy of a scene in the movies.

Discussion: WGN-TV, TheGrio, Wall Street Journal and Reason