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11:45 AM ET, July 22, 2022

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
A radical plan for Trump's second term … The impact could go well beyond typical conservative targets such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Internal Revenue Service.  Trump allies are working on plans that would potentially strip layers at the Justice Department …
Discussion: HotAir, Insider, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Politico:
GOP leaders won't get in the way of Trump 2024  —  Congressional Republican leaders have no apparent plans to keep Donald Trump from a third presidential run.  Some are even encouraging it.  —  “I support President Trump running in 2024,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 House Republican …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Insider, Raw Story and Fox News
Damon Linker / Eyes on the Right:
What the Hell Is Going On at the Secret Service?  —  It sure doesn't look good  —  I am reflexively averse to conspiracy theories.  —  The reflex comes from a deeply ingrained habit of attempting to apply skepticism judiciously—to ideas resting on faith, but also to those hatched by overactive reasoning …
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New York Times:
Service Service Asked to Stop Investigating Jan. 6 Texts Amid Criminal Inquiry  —  The Homeland Security Department's inspector general told the Secret Service to halt its internal investigation into how phone records from around Jan. 6 were purged.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Alleged Lee Zeldin attempted attacker charged with felony, immediately released just as congressman predicted  —  Rep. Zeldin took to Twitter to say be believed his suspected attacker would be 'instantly released under NY's laws'  —  Rep. Lee Zeldin attacked at campaign rally
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RochesterFirst:
Rep. Lee Zeldin attacked at Perinton campaign stop, suspect charged
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Reforms to the Electoral Count Act Miss the Mark  —  Let's begin with the obvious.  The Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA) is outdated and needs reform.  It is an archaic law that sets the rules for how presidential electors are certified and counted by Congress.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
There's a Reason Trump Could Try to Overturn the Results of the 2020 Election  —  Sometimes, it seems, the Senate isn't entirely useless.  —  On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of 16 senators, led by Susan Collins of Maine and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, released the text of a new bill intended …
Charlie Sykes / The Bulwark:
Adam Kinzinger: We're Going to Prove What Trump Knew during Those 187 Minutes  —  Trump was aware of what was happening in real time on January 6 and the committee is going to prove it.  And while Rome burned, he sat there and did nothing in violation of his oath of office.
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Five takeaways from the eighth hearing of the Jan. 6 committee.
Bonchie / RedState:
The January 6th Committee Has Hit Rock Bottom
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Liz Cheney, Front and Center in the Jan. 6 Hearings, Pursues a Mission
Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Georgia Governors Race Shifts From Toss Up To Lean Republican  —  At the outset of the 2022 cycle, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp looked like the most vulnerable Republican incumbent on the map.  He was staring down a bruising primary challenge, egged on by former President Donald Trump …
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Inside the Woke Meltdown at One Domestic Violence Organization  —  Women Against Abuse discouraged black domestic abuse victims from calling the police.  Yes, you read that right.  —  It was just two months after the death of George Floyd that one of the largest domestic violence nonprofits …
Emerson Polling:
Midterm Ballot Tightens As Abortion Access Motivates Voters; Plurality of Voters Disapprove of Biden's Handling of Brittney Griner Detainment  —  Home Polls Midterm Ballot Tightens As Abortion Access Motivates Voters; Plurality of Voters Disapprove of Biden's Handling of Brittney Griner Detainment
Discussion: The Hill
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
After Roe, Republicans Sharpen Attacks on Gay and Transgender Rights  —  Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, anti-gay rhetoric and calls to roll back L.G.B.T.Q. rights have grown bolder among Republican elected officials and candidates.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Los Angeles Blade
Manu Raju / CNN:
Tammy Baldwin, who is gay, confronted Marco Rubio about calling same-sex marriage vote a ‘stupid waste of time’  —  (CNN)As he was walking on an elevator on Wednesday, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida told CNN that a vote on a bill to codify same-sex marriage was a “stupid waste of time.”
Discussion: Insider, The Hill and Political Wire
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
GOP Support Among Seniors, a Key Trump Base, Drops Dramatically: Poll  —  The Republican Party has suffered a heavy loss of support from senior voters in recent months, a key demographic for the party in November's midterms and for Donald Trump's presidential ambitions, according to polls.
Discussion: Webb Chatham Report
Politico:
White House clash with Pelosi over Taiwan spills into the open  —  The Biden administration's dispute with Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her planned trip to Taiwan next month spilled into public view this week when the president himself asserted that the military “thinks it's not a good idea right now.”
Matthew Cunningham-Cook / The Lever:
Amazon Joins The Medicare Privatization Spree  —  The retail behemoth has acquired One Medical, which is in the Medicare privatization business.  —  Amazon, the $1.25 trillion company founded and led by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, has announced that it is acquiring One Medical …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Texan politicians won't say this, but solar is saving their tushies right now  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Solar power is saving Texan tushies right now.  German ones, too.  And perhaps, one day, tushies 'round the world.  —  The heat waves searing the United States and Europe …
The American Mind:
Prohibit DEI Statements for College Faculty  —  Universities must not set speech codes in the name of tolerance.  —  At least one out of five job candidates in academia are formally evaluated based on their commitment to “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI).
Claire Fahy / New York Times:
Trees Dedicated to Holocaust Victims Are Destroyed at Buchenwald  —  Seven trees near the former concentration camp in Germany were chopped down in what the International Committee of Buchenwald Dora said was a “horrible act of vandalism.”  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: CBS News
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom goes after Abbott in Texas on guns and abortion  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom is running full-page ads in Texas newspapers Friday trolling Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to highlight a new California gun law modeled on the Lone Star State's restrictive abortion law.
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Holds Off on Sending Long-Range Armed Drones to Ukraine  —  Arms transfer has been delayed over concerns about training, escalation and the potential that advanced technology could fall into Russian hands  —  Watch: Ukrainian First Lady Asks for More Weapons in Address to Congress
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Times of Israel:
UN nuclear chief: Iran's program advancing at a gallop, we have little visibility  —  Rafael Grossi says project ‘has grown enormously, far beyond what it was in 2015,’ as Tehran creates new difficulties and negotiations remains stalled  —  The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Friday …
 
 
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Crist stripped of personal pen, fan before Fried debate faceoff
San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. Mayor Breed vetoes law to end single-family zoning, arguing it will actually hurt housing production
Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:
Twitter says it bans using ‘groomer’ as an anti-LGTBQ slur—but its enforcement is lacking (updated)
Discussion: The Daily Caller
William Bender / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A Jewish Republican group is denouncing Doug Mastriano's links to an extremist social-media site
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Biden's bout with covid tests his return-to-normal strategy
Washington Post:
Kagan says questions of legitimacy risky for Supreme Court
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Why you shouldn't underestimate Kamala Harris in all the speculation about a post-Biden 2024
Discussion: Wide World of News
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Education Board Removes Ban On Guns in K-12 Schools, Citing State Law
Discussion: WREG-TV and WGN-TV
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Fox News ‘fails to adhere to basic journalistic standards’, says credibility rater Newsguard
Bianca Fortis / ProPublica:
A Government Official Helped Them Register. Now They've Been Charged With Voter Fraud.
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:
Corporate Carbon Offset Company Accidentally Starts Devastating Wildfire
Discussion: Gizmodo
Rob Wile / NBC News:
A Walgreens employee refused to sell condoms to a couple on religious grounds
Discussion: HotAir, New York Post and Raw Story
Nicole Froio / Dame Magazine:
Police Are Being Removed From Schools for Sexual Assault
Kelsey Butler / Bloomberg:
'I'm Calling About Your Auto Warranty': FCC Says No More, Orders Spam Block
Discussion: The Hill