memeorandum: Trump returns to D.C. this week. These former advisers are plotting the comeback. (Meridith McGraw/Politico)

12:50 PM ET, July 25, 2022

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Eugene Daniels / Politico:

Harris plots her next, more aggressive, volley in the abortion fights — Vice President Kamala Harris and her team plan to hit the campaign and fundraising circuit in an aggressive bid to elevate Democratic state legislators and governors on the abortion rights frontlines.

Discussion: New York Post, LifeNews.com, The Federalist and Fox News

Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Revolving door creates questions and complications for Kamala Harris

Discussion: HotAir

Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
GOP plots Fauci probe after midterms

Discussion: HotAir

Jeffrey Frank / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Is Stuck

Discussion: National Review, Althouse and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Brandon Smith / NPR:
Indiana may soon ban abortion if Republican lawmakers can agree on how far to go

Discussion: Townhall, Jezebel, The 19th and Fox 59

Susie Blann / Associated Press:

Lavrov says Russian goal to oust Ukraine's president — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to topple President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government, expressing the Kremlin's war aims in some of the bluntest terms yet as its forces pummel …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Guardian, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Washington Post and Associated Press

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:

Trump: ‘Fox & Friends’ has gone to the ‘dark side’ — Former President Trump tore into Fox News' flagship morning program on Monday, lashing out at its hosts for their coverage of his polling as he eyes another run for president in 2024. — “Fox and Freinds] just really botched my poll numbers …

Discussion: Raw Story, Crooks and Liars, The Daily Caller and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
No, the Murdochs haven't turned on Trump

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Mediaite and New Republic, more at Mediagazer »

Richard L. Hasen / Slate:

What the Critics Get Incredibly Wrong about the Colins-Manchin Election Bill — Last week's announcement by a bipartisan group of senators proposing reforms to the poorly written 1887 law that governs Congress' counting of the Electoral College votes is a good half-loaf measure against election subversion.

Washington Post:
Why two Democratic lawyers are concerned about the Electoral Count bill

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Election Law Blog and Conservative Guardian

Cameron Joseph / VICE:

JD Vance Suggests People in ‘Violent’ Marriages Shouldn't Get Divorced — The Ohio Republican Senate nominee claimed people “shift spouses like they change their underwear,” and that it had damaged a generation of children. — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US

Popular Information:

Coachella's parent company is donating major cash to an anti-abortion political organization — This story is being published in partnership with Rolling Stone. Subscribe to get its biggest stories on music, culture, politics, and entertainment. — June 24, the day the Supreme Court …

Rolling Stone: Coachella's Parent Company Is Donating Major Cash to a Political Organization Pushing Anti-Abortion Agenda

Elizabeth Warren / Wall Street Journal:

Jerome Powell's Fed Pursues a Painful and Ineffective Inflation Cure — More aggressive interest-rate hikes will cost millions of jobs and won't address the causes of high prices. — 1x — Even as the pandemic continues to take its toll, the U.S. has experienced a surprisingly strong economic recovery.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Times and The Hill

Victoria Guida / Politico: Mass confusion impedes Fed attempts to prevent recession

Devan Markham / NewsNation:

Neighborhoods hire off-duty officers through ‘crowdfunding’ — (NewsNation) — Crime has become a major concern around the country, including in Minneapolis. Over the past year, the Minneapolis Police Department crime data report reflects that burglaries are up 6%, thefts are up 31% and carjacking are up 14%.

Los Angeles Times:

LAPD seeks suspects after 2 killed, 5 injured in shooting at crowded San Pedro park — Police were searching for suspects aftet two people were killed and five wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon at a crowded San Pedro oark — Police said there were approximately 500 people at Peck Park …

Discussion: CBS News, Associated Press, WGN-TV, Daily News, WTOP News, ABC7 and Fox News

Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Judge blocks Fulton DA from questioning GOP senator in Trump probe — Another office will be appointed to handle inquiry into lieutenant gov. nominee Burt Jones — A Fulton County judge is disqualifying District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from questioning state Sen. Burt Jones …

Hayes Brown / MSNBC:

John Fetterman's trolling could win him a seat in the U.S. Senate — How John Fetterman is out-memeing New Jersey's Dr. Oz — Months ago, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman was forced off the campaign trail in his race for the U.S. Senate after he had a stroke and underwent surgery to install a pacemaker.

Michael Scherer / Washington Post:

Dems fume at Disney's Hulu for blocking ads on abortion, guns, Jan. 6 — Listen — Gift Article — The Disney-backed streaming service Hulu is refusing to run political ads on central themes of Democratic midterm campaigns, including abortion, guns and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Verge and The Daily Caller

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Samantha Bee's ‘Full Frontal’ Canceled in Latest Late-Night Cutback … “As we continue to shape our new programming strategy, we've made some difficult, business-based decisions,” TBS said in a statement. “We are proud to have been the home to “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” and thank Sam …

Discussion: Deadline

STAT:

White House to launch effort to develop next generation of Covid vaccines — The Biden administration is preparing a sweeping initiative to develop a next generation of Covid-19 immunizations that would thwart future coronavirus variants and dramatically reduce rates of coronavirus infection or transmission …

Discussion: The Verge and New York Times

Bill Glauber / Journal Sentinel:

Tom Nelson drops out of Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate primary, throws support to Mandela Barnes — Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson's long run for the U.S. Senate is over. — Nelson announced Monday that he was ending his Democratic primary campaign and throwing his support to Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.

Discussion: WTOP News

Meridith McGraw / Politico:

Trump returns to D.C. this week. These former advisers are plotting the comeback. — At the beginning of 2020, a small group of President Donald Trump's top advisers huddled at the White House to craft a second-term policy agenda for the next administration.

Discussion: Raw Story

Finn McRedmond / UnHerd:

News09:22 Ukraine Government issues blacklist of ‘Russian propagandists’ — The list includes a number of prominent Western intellectuals — The Government of Ukraine has issued a blacklist of individuals who they judge to be “promoting Russian propaganda” — including a number of prominent Western intellectuals.

Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:

TPUSA's Student Action Summit was the WrestleMania of crude misogyny — Unpacking a weekend that served as a disturbing reminder of what the GOP is all about. — I wasn't planning to spend most of my weekend clipping and posting videos, until I briefly dipped into the Turning Point USA …

Sarah Posner / New Republic:

How Did Maryland Republicans Nominate Two Extremist Screwballs for Statewide Office? — Last Tuesday, Republican primary voters in Maryland picked two radical extremists as their nominees in November's race for governor and attorney general. In electing Dan Cox as their gubernatorial candidate …

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Biden Feeling Better as He Seeks to Show He Is Still Working With Covid — The president's symptoms “have now almost completely resolved,” the White House physician reported. Mr. Biden will hold two virtual meetings from isolation on Monday. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: NBC News, CBS News, USA Today, Bloomberg, Associated Press, UPI and Bangor Daily News

Jeffrey C. Isaac / The Indianapolis Star:

Op/Ed: IU's silence regarding Dr. Caitlin Bernard hasn't gone unnoticed — Indiana and Indiana University are in the news, thanks to the courage and professionalism of Dr. Caitlin Bernard and the outrageous behavior of right-wing Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita.