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10:05 PM ET, July 19, 2022

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Washington Post:
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 …
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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 …
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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Jessie Balmert / The Columbus Dispatch:
Redistricting: Ohio Supreme Court rejects congressional map used in May, orders new one
Discussion: Plain Dealer and Insider
Mason Leib / ABC News:
House Democrats prepare to pass bill codifying same-sex marriage right, with some Republicans joining
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
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: More sham Georgia GOP electors face potential charges in Fulton probe
Discussion: Slate and Raw Story
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: Hamodia, HuffPost and New York Post
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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.
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New York Post:
DA Alvin Bragg drops murder charge against bodega worker Jose Alba  —  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finally dropped the controversial murder charge against bodega worker Jose Alba on Tuesday — with his office conceding there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute the case that sparked widespread outrage.
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 …
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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 …
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.
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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
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NBC News:
Senators are advancing a computer chips bill. They don't know what's in it yet.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Profile of a GOP voter: Meddling Dems target hunters, country music lovers
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Post
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 …
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
Callie Patteson / New York Post:
AOC fakes being handcuffed after arrest at abortion rights protest  —  Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was roundly mocked on social media Tuesday after she put her arms behind her back to imitate being handcuffed following her arrest at a pro-abortion demonstration outside the Supreme Court.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Democrats including Pressley, Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib arrested at abortion rights rally outside Supreme Court
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
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
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
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
 
 
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on FDA and CDC Authorizing Novavax's COVID-19 Vaccine for Adults
Maya King / New York Times:
Amid Campaign Revamp, Herschel Walker Stumps Without a Stumble
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Shifts Resources From News to Focus on Creator Economy
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
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