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11:10 AM ET, July 20, 2022

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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
The GOP Just Nominated a ‘QAnon Whackjob’ and a ‘True Confederate’ in Maryland  —  A guy who tried to impeach Maryland's GOP governor was just nominated to replace him—and he's not even the most extreme candidate who won on Tuesday.  —  Cameron Joseph  —  WASHINGTON, US
Discussion: HuffPost
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Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Maryland GOP Throws It All Away  —  Republicans turned their backs on their popular two-term governor, Larry Hogan, by elevating a crank over his chosen moderate successor.  —  Back in April, I introduced readers to Dan Cox, a far-right kook and Maryland state legislator running for governor.
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Trump wins proxy war with Hogan in Maryland primary — boosted by Democrats
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Trump-backed election denier Dan Cox wins Maryland's GOP primary for governor
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Documents show the secret strategy behind Trump's census citizenship question push  —  Former President Donald Trump's administration spent years trying to add a census citizenship question as part of a secret strategy for altering the population numbers used to divide up seats in Congress …
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
New Findings Detail Trump Plan to Use Census for Partisan Gain  —  A new trove of memos and emails suggest that the plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census aimed to cause an undercount that would favor Republicans.  —  A new stash of documents obtained by Congress has confirmed …
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
Live Ukraine Updates: U.S. Official Compares Russia's Plans to Its Crimea Playbook  —  Warning of possible further disruptions to Russian fuel exports, including “a complete stop of Russian gas deliveries,” the European Commission is asking E.U. member states to adopt a strict energy consumption plan.
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Alex Rogers / CNN:
Trump-backed Arizona Senate candidate escalates election fears ahead of GOP primary  —  (CNN)Arizona Republican Blake Masters, who earned Donald Trump's endorsement for the Senate race by embracing the former President's lies that he won the 2020 election, has turned to questioning whether …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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CD Media:   CD Media Big Data Poll: Blake Masters Holds 11-Point Lead In Arizona Republican Primary For U.S. Senate
Washington Post:
Arizona Senate candidate embraces Trump's extreme style
Discussion: FOX News Radio
David Siders / Politico:
'It's the accumulation': The Jan. 6 hearings are wounding Trump, after all  —  The conventional wisdom about the Jan. 6 committee hearings was that no single revelation was going to change Republican minds about Donald Trump.  —  What happened instead, a slow drip of negative coverage, may be just as damaging to the former president.
James Rogan / Washington Examiner:
Why a climate national emergency declaration is ill-advised  —  At the heart of the climate emergency discussion is the National Emergencies Act of 1976.  It's a statute that delegates broad authorities to the president to declare a national emergency.  —  The NEA reads: “With respect …
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Okay, but Cassandra cannot possibly be right *again*  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  I hear what you are saying.  And, yes, the data is compelling.  Cassandra has been right literally every time she has made a prediction.  War.  Famine.  Rights rollbacks.
Eric Connor / Post and Courier:
US Rep. Timmons deflects affair, abuse of power allegations on Upstate SC radio  —  GREENVILLE — U.S. Rep. William Timmons went on conservative talk radio to address rumors circling for weeks that he had an extramarital affair and abused his power as a congressman to further it.
Jamie Gangel / CNN:
Secret Service provided a single text exchange to IG after request for many records  —  (CNN)The Secret Service was only able to provide a single text exchange to the DHS inspector general who had requested a month's worth of records for 24 Secret Service personnel, according to a letter …
Aubrie Spady / Fox News:
Trump-backed Kari Lake shared anti-Trump ‘not my president’ meme on Facebook days before 2017 inauguration  —  Former VP Pence and Gov. Ducey both recently endorsed Lake's primary opponent Karrin Taylor Robson.  —  Republican Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona speaks on Trump's impact on the primaries
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
FiveThirtyEight:
The Abortion Vote In Kansas Looks Like It's Going To Be Close  —  On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority overturned the constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, saying they were sending the issue of abortion back to the voters.
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Senate advances more than $50 billion bill to boost U.S. semiconductor production  — The Senate on Tuesday voted to advance a slimmed-down version of its bill designed to boost U.S. semiconductor competition with China.  — The legislation, which would provide about $50 billion …
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
GOP's grassroots money problem  —  Democrats across the 10 most competitive Senate races are out-raising Republicans by more than $75 million among small-dollar donors — those giving less than $200 — according to an Axios analysis of Federal Election Commission records.
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump's choices set nation on path to Jan. 6 violence, committee shows  —  Across seven hearings, the panel's findings have illustrated how the president repeatedly escalated tensions following his election defeat  —  Gift Article  —  Donald Trump had already been told by his campaign manager …
Discussion: Words & Deeds
Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh's neighbors: For abortion rights but tired of protests  —  Weekly demonstrations on their street prompt increased noise complaints; police warn of possible arrests  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  On paper at least, Emily Strulson might seem a welcoming host …
Discussion: HotAir, Townhall and Althouse
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John Solomon / Just The News:
Colbert crew's behavior in Capitol complex caused Democrat staffer to call for emergency help  —  Stephen Colbert's comedy crew was warned “several times” it could not trespass on Capitol grounds, and its behavior in a congressional office building during an unauthorized nighttime visit …
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
After 246 years, Marines set for their first Black four-star general … Listen  —  Gift Article  —  In the late 1980s, Maj. Ronald Bailey met a young Marine he knew had promise.  Michael E. Langley was a powerlifter who dominated flag football games, an intellectual who set records …
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 …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
You Trust the Media More Than You Say You Do  —  If you follow the trendline of plummeting trust in newspapers, as just updated by Gallup, you could make an argument that by the year 2030 or so, 0 percent of respondents will say they have any “confidence” in newspapers and TV news.
Discussion: TheBlaze, Washington Post and Breitbart
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Ohio Republicans want more action, effort from JD Vance in key fall Senate race  —  Complaints about JD Vance and his Senate campaign are rising among Ohio Republicans after the conservative populist posted an anemic second-quarter fundraising report.  —  Vance entered July with $628,804 …
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Republicans Have Created a Pro-Life Dystopia  —  And they're not going to do anything to fix it  —  Roe v. Wade Protest  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is arrested during a sit-in outside of the Supreme Court to protest the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on July 19, 2022.
 
 
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The Hill:
Democrats want Biden to go scorched-earth on GOP
Discussion: Bloomberg, Vox and HotAir
Paul Hannon / Wall Street Journal:
U.K. Inflation Hits 9.4%, a New 40-Year High
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
Covid cases are skyrocketing again. States have no new plans.
Jerusalem Demsas / The Atlantic:
U.S. Messaging on Monkeypox Is Deeply Flawed
Discussion: TheGrio, eugyppius and New York Times
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Doctor who treated 10-year-old rape victim moves to sue state AG for defamation
BBC:
Mission largely accomplished, says Johnson in final PMQs
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Pediatric Gender Medicine and the Moral Panic Over Suicide
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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
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Trump Electors Targeted in Georgia Criminal Inquiry
New York Post:
DA Alvin Bragg drops murder charge against bodega worker Jose Alba
Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Matt Hilburn, who fought to ‘Unsuck’ Metro, dies at 54
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Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
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