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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 …
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New York Times:
Bannon Is Convicted in Contempt Case Related to Capitol Riot Inquiry — He is the first close aide to former President Donald J. Trump to be convicted as a result of one of the investigations into the Jan. 6 attack, although it amounted to a low-level process crime. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Politico:
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon found guilty for refusing to testify to Jan. 6 panel — Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon has been convicted for refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Steve Bannon found guilty in Jan. 6 contempt of Congress trial
Steve Bannon found guilty in Jan. 6 contempt of Congress trial
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Trump Indictment in Georgia Expected Before DOJ Charges: Legal Expert — Laurence Tribe, professor emeritus of constitutional law at Harvard University, predicted that former President Donald Trump will face an indictment in Georgia before he is potentially charged with a crime by the Justice Department.
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Paul Hockenos / CNN:
A very European answer to air conditioning — Hear why officials are urging people to take heatwave seriously — Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer focusing on renewable energy in Europe. He is the author of four books on European issues, most recently “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump aides at heart of explosive Jan. 6 claims have hired private lawyers, committee member says — Presidential security officials at the center of an explosive allegation about Trump's demand to go to the Capitol on Jan. 6 have retained private counsel, a select committee member said.
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CNN:
First on CNN: Secret Service identified potential missing text messages on phones of 10 individuals — (CNN)Secret Service investigators were scrutinizing the phones of 10 Secret Service personnel that contained metadata showing text messages were sent and received around January 6, 2021, but were not retained, two sources told CNN.
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Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and Today's Edition Newsletter
Damon Linker / Eyes on the Right:
What the Hell Is Going On at the Secret Service?
What the Hell Is Going On at the Secret Service?
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James Dator / SBNation.com:
Josh Hawley ran 7.2 in the 40 at the January 6 combine — Calculating Hawley's 40 time using science. — Weird things happen when you've covered sports for a long time. It frames your life differently, your world view, and sometimes it even means seeing a man running in a suit and wondering …
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Vanity Fair, CNN, Associated Press and RedState
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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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.
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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
There's a Reason Trump Could Try to Overturn the Results of the 2020 Election
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Election Law Blog, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and The National Interest
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 …
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Townhall, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Twitchy
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Assembly elections panel chair calls for voiding 2020 results — Constitutional scholars and GOP legislative leaders say doing so is legally impossible — Listen — Gift Article — MADISON, Wis. — The leader of the Wisconsin Assembly's elections committee called Friday …
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Daily News and New York Magazine
Reuters:
Exclusive: Hyundai subsidiary has used child labor at Alabama factory — A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of three underage workers …
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The Daily Caller
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Inside the Woke Meltdown at One Domestic Violence Organization — It was just two months after the death of George Floyd that one of the largest domestic violence nonprofits in the United States, Women Against Abuse, brought in several diversity consultants to conduct a racial-equity audit.
NBC News:
Pete Buttigieg faces crisis and opportunity as airline cancellations mount — WASHINGTON — Air travel stinks right now, creating just the kind of crisis that a politically adept and ambitious Transportation secretary might turn to his advantage. — Americans want someone — anyone …
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New York Magazine
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
July FEC Numbers: Battle for the House Enters a Critical Phase — House Republicans' midterm structural advantages are conspicuous as ever: President Biden's approval rating is at 38%, and the GOP's leading Super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, ended June with $130 million on hand …
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
The One Time Trump Couldn't Lie His Way Out of a Crisis — Donald Trump couldn't sleep. — It was afternoon in Washington when Larry Kudlow's cell phone buzzed; it was the middle of the night where the call was coming from. But that didn't matter to Kudlow, a former CNBC presence …
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Insider
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Russia and Ukraine agree to release blockaded grain exports — Listen — Gift Article — ISTANBUL — Russia and Ukraine agreed Friday to restart shipments of blockaded grain, in a step toward easing a global crisis that has exposed tens of millions of people, especially in Africa and the Middle East …
Charles Piller / publication:
BLOTS ON A FIELD? — A neuroscience image sleuth finds signs of fabrication in scores of Alzheimer's articles, threatening a reigning theory of the disease — Neuroscientist and physician Matthew Schrag found suspect images in dozens of papers involving Alzheimer's disease, including Western blots …
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.”
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Washington Examiner, Financial Times, Washington Post, QTR's Fringe Finance, Eunomia, Bloomberg, UPI, RedState and CNN
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 …
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