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11:20 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, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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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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.
ABC News:
Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Trump ‘chose not to act’ as mob attacked, committee says
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Liz Cheney, Front and Center in the Jan. 6 Hearings, Pursues a Mission
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Melania Trump says she was ‘fulfilling’ official duties as first lady on Jan. 6: ‘I always condemn violence’
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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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.
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
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 and 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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Chloe Folmar / The Hill:
Kagan warns that Supreme Court legitimacy at risk if it strays too far from public sentiment  —  Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said on Thursday at a conference that the legitimacy of the Supreme Court is tied to its conformity to public opinion, Reuters first reported.
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Bonchie / RedState:
The January 6th Committee Has Hit Rock Bottom  —  The January 6th committee held another “primetime” hearing on Thursday evening, an event I was admittedly unaware of until I started seeing people comment on social media about it.  These things are becoming less and less newsworthy …
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 …
Discussion: Jacobin and American Economic …
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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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Holds Off on Sending Long-Range Armed Drones to Ukraine
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Times of Israel:
UN nuclear chief: Iran's program advancing at a gallop, we have little visibility
The American Mind:
Prohibit DEI Statements for College Faculty
Claire Fahy / New York Times:
Trees Dedicated to Holocaust Victims Are Destroyed at Buchenwald
Discussion: CBS News
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Texan politicians won't say this, but solar is saving their tushies right now
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom goes after Abbott in Texas on guns and abortion
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Midterm Ballot Tightens As Abortion Access Motivates Voters; Plurality of Voters Disapprove of Biden's Handling of Brittney Griner Detainment
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Crist stripped of personal pen, fan before Fried debate faceoff
 Earlier Items: 
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
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
The Jan. 6 committee's season finale
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Bianca Fortis / ProPublica:
A Government Official Helped Them Register. Now They've Been Charged With Voter Fraud.
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