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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senators announce bipartisan bills to stop candidates from stealing elections — WASHINGTON — After months of negotiating, a group of senators announced two proposals Wednesday designed to close gaps in federal law and prevent future candidates from stealing elections.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Senators finalize bipartisan proposal designed to prevent another Jan. 6 — A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday finalized a deal to reform a 135-year-old law that governs the peaceful transition of power, hoping to pass it before the end of the year.
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Ned Foley / Election Law Blog:
Why Congress should swiftly enact the Senate's bipartisan ECA reform bill — This post is jointly authored by Ned Foley, Michael McConnell, Derek Muller, Rick Pildes, and Brad Smith. — The bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senators Collins and Manchin, have released a draft bill for a revised Electoral Count Act (ECA).
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Bipartisan Senate Group Strikes Deal to Rewrite Electoral Count Act
Bipartisan Senate Group Strikes Deal to Rewrite Electoral Count Act
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Associated Press, The Guardian and Just The News
Leigh Ann Caldwell / Washington Post:
Trump wanted Pence to reject votes for Biden. A new bill would prevent that.
Trump wanted Pence to reject votes for Biden. A new bill would prevent that.
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NBC News:
In Harvard study of Jan. 6 rioters, top motivation is clear: Trump — Researchers at Harvard University who conducted the largest study yet of what motivated Jan. 6 rioters say the data is clear: The most common responses focused on former President Donald Trump and his lies about the election.
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David Siders / Politico:
'It's the accumulation': The Jan. 6 hearings are wounding Trump, after all
'It's the accumulation': The Jan. 6 hearings are wounding Trump, after all
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Merrick Garland: Nothing to prevent investigating Trump or anyone else for Jan. 6 attack
Merrick Garland: Nothing to prevent investigating Trump or anyone else for Jan. 6 attack
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
In Defense of the Justice Department
In Defense of the Justice Department
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump's choices escalated tensions and set U.S. on path to Jan. 6, panel finds
Trump's choices escalated tensions and set U.S. on path to Jan. 6, panel finds
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Al Jazeera, Florida Politics and Words & Deeds
CNN:
Former Trump White House aide who met with January 6 panel attacks witnesses, lawmakers in profane and sexist rant — (CNN)A former Trump White House aide who met with the January 6 committee earlier this week went on a profane and sexist rant on a livestream after his testimony …
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Jordan Green / Raw Story:
Witness Garrett Ziegler lashes out at J6 committee in white nationalist grievance rant — After invoking the Fifth Amendment and executive privilege more than 100 times to refuse to answer questions from the January 6th Committee on Tuesday, former White House aide Garrett Ziegler opened …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP freezes up on same-sex marriage — Mitt Romney doesn't think it's necessary. Richard Burr hasn't read it. And Todd Young is “fixated” on microchips. — Those are some of the answers Republicans gave Wednesday on whether they'd back legislation writing same-sex marriage into law.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Once Hysterical on Gay Marriage, Conservatives Are Now Incoherent
Once Hysterical on Gay Marriage, Conservatives Are Now Incoherent
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CNN:
Senators expect GOP support to grow for same-sex marriage bill in bid to overcome filibuster
Senators expect GOP support to grow for same-sex marriage bill in bid to overcome filibuster
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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Republicans Have Created a Pro-Life Dystopia
Republicans Have Created a Pro-Life Dystopia
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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
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Cook Political Report:
Maryland Goes MAGA
Maryland Goes MAGA
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Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Maryland GOP Throws It All Away
Maryland GOP Throws It All Away
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Biden Approval Hits New Low Amid Public Discontent With Both Parties, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly Half Of Americans Worry About Being Mass Shooting Victim — mail_outline — One and a half years since President Joe Biden took office, Americans give President Biden …
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Documents detail 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 …
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
New Findings Detail Trump Plan to Use Census for Partisan Gain
New Findings Detail Trump Plan to Use Census for Partisan Gain
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Julian Routh / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
John Fetterman, in first interview since stroke, talks recovery and return to U.S. Senate campaign trail — This story will be updated. — In his first media interview since suffering a stroke days before the May primary election, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman …
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CNN:
Federal investigation of Hunter Biden reaches critical juncture, sources say — The federal investigation into Hunter Biden's business activities is nearing a critical juncture as investigators weigh possible charges and prosecutors confront Justice Department guidelines …
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Judge orders Giuliani to testify before Fulton grand jury — Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's personal attorney, is being ordered to appear in front of a Fulton County special grand jury next month after failing to attend a hearing in New York to challenge a recent subpoena.
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NBC News:
Judge orders Rudy Giuliani to testify before grand jury in Trump election probe
Judge orders Rudy Giuliani to testify before grand jury in Trump election probe
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Confessions of a Conservative Apostate — What does it mean to be a conservative now? … For weeks I've been watching a parade of Republican officials describe how they worked inside a Republican administration under Donald Trump as the GOP fell to a bunch of kooks, opportunists, racists, and aspiring fascists.
Alice Kantor / Bloomberg:
Americans Who Can't Afford Homes Are Moving to Europe Instead — More Americans are relocating to Europe, driven across the Atlantic by the rising cost of living, inflated house prices, a surging dollar and political rancor at home. — Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece and France are among the most popular destinations.
Tess Owen / VICE:
Indiana Mall Gunman Appears to Have Posted Plans on 4chan — Police have told VICE News they are familiar with the posts and are investigating. — TO — TORONTO, CA — Hours before a 20-year-old gunman opened fire on a food court in a suburban mall near Indianapolis on Sunday …
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
Endemic Covid-19 Looks Pretty Brutal — It may surprise you to learn, given the mood of the country — and indeed the world — about the pandemic that probably half of all Covid infections have happened this calendar year — and it's only July. By December, the figure could be 80 percent or more.
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
How a fight over Trump's endorsement, white nationalist online trolls, and a Holocaust denier has upended an Arizona GOP state Senate primary — Kelly Townsend and Wendy Rogers, two far-right Arizona state senators, are facing off in a GOP primary. — Rogers has been endorsed by Trump …
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Alex Rogers / CNN:
Trump-backed Arizona Senate candidate escalates election fears ahead of GOP primary
Trump-backed Arizona Senate candidate escalates election fears ahead of GOP primary
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DSCC, The Hill, Washington Post, DownWithTyranny!, Raw Story and Citizen News
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Secret Service was told at least once before Jan. 6, 2021, to preserve texts — A senior Secret Service official said agency employees received two emails — at least one prior to Jan. 6, 2021 — reminding them to preserve records on their cellphones, including text messages …
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Washington Examiner and CNBC
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Joe Biden says he has cancer in possible gaffe — President Biden said Wednesday that he has cancer — making either a gaffe or a stunningly casual health announcement during a speech about global warming in Massachusetts. — Biden was describing the health effects of emissions …
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Washington Times, Just The News and Ace of Spades HQ
John Solomon / Just The News:
Mystery solved: DOJ secretly thwarted release of Russia documents declassified by Trump — In the final hours of the Trump presidency, the U.S. Justice Department raised privacy concerns to thwart the release of hundreds of pages of documents that Donald Trump had declassified …
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Scott Tobias / The Reveal:
The case of the disappearing blockbuster: James Cameron's ‘True Lies’ — The first $100 million movie is simultaneously retrograde, forward-looking and completely of its time. — Last week on Facebook, Jamie Lee Curtis shared a fond memory about a stunt she did for James Cameron's 1994 …
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Two GOP primary losers in Colorado fail to pay for recounts — DENVER (AP) — Colorado's secretary of state's office on Wednesday said it has told two candidates who lost their Republican primary races last month that it will not conduct a recount of those races because they failed to pay the required amount by the deadline.