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10:30 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: Insider and Raw Story
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Where Was Kevin McCarthy?  —  The GOP leader was MIA from critical discussion as the Capitol was under siege and VP Pence was giving “unambiguous orders.”  —  Around 4 p.m. on January 6, 2021, staffers inside the White House were “emotionally drained,” according to new testimony revealed by the House Jan. 6th Committee.
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ABC News:
Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Trump ‘chose not to act’ as mob attacked, committee says  —  The committee said he did nothing to stop the Capitol assault for 187 minutes.  —  The focus of the House Jan. 6 committee's second prime-time hearing is what it says was then-President Donald Trump's …
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 and Fox News
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Five takeaways from the eighth hearing of the Jan. 6 committee.  —  At the eighth in a series of public hearings held by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, the panel accused former President Donald J. Trump of dereliction of duty for failing to act to stop the assault on the Capitol that was carried out in his name.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Liz Cheney, Front and Center in the Jan. 6 Hearings, Pursues a Mission  —  “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”  [cheering] They came from all 50 states …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Melania Trump says she was ‘fulfilling’ official duties as first lady on Jan. 6: ‘I always condemn violence’
Politico:
The Jan. 6 committee makes Jan. 7 — and beyond — matter
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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Lee Zeldin, GOP nominee for NY governor, attacked at rally  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of attacking U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, at an upstate event by apparently trying to stab the congressman was arrested and charged with attempted assault.
Discussion: PIX11, abc7NY and Washington Times
RochesterFirst:
Rep. Lee Zeldin attacked at Perinton campaign stop, suspect charged
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 …
Discussion: NPR, Insider and CBS News
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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
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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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: Political Wire
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
After Roe, Republicans Sharpen Attacks on Gay and Transgender Rights
Discussion: Los Angeles Blade
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 …
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
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 …
Camille Mumford / 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
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.”
San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. Mayor Breed vetoes law to end single-family zoning, arguing it will actually hurt housing production  —  Mayor London Breed vetoed legislation that would have eliminated single-family zoning in San Francisco to allow fourplexes everywhere and six-unit homes on all corner lots …
 
 
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Claire Fahy / New York Times:
Trees Dedicated to Holocaust Victims Are Destroyed at Buchenwald
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom goes after Abbott in Texas on guns and abortion
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Crist stripped of personal pen, fan before Fried debate faceoff
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
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
Miami-Dade School Board Rejects New Textbooks With Sex Education Curriculum
Discussion: Miami Herald and Politico
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Biden's bout with covid tests his return-to-normal strategy
 Earlier Items: 
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
The Jan. 6 committee's season finale
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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
Bianca Fortis / ProPublica:
A Government Official Helped Them Register. Now They've Been Charged With Voter Fraud.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Lucky for Democrats, Democrats love Democrats
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
PLOS:
Have beliefs in conspiracy theories increased over time?
Discussion: Forbes
 

 
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Memo: Business Insider founder Henry Blodget says he is leaving BI's board, will remain an adviser and contribute occasional columns, and plans to write a novel

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers

 
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