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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why the right-wing media is fracturing in its defense of Trump — Listen — Gift Article — The Jan. 6 House select committee's revelations have grown so overwhelmingly powerful that even some right-wing media figures have begun acknowledging their seriousness.
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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 …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
No, the Murdochs haven't turned on Trump
No, the Murdochs haven't turned on Trump
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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 …
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Washington Post:
Tensions high between Israel, Russia over looming ban of Jewish Agency — Listen — Gift Article — JERUSALEM — The Israeli government is pushing back against moves by Moscow to outlaw the private agency that helps Russian Jews immigrate to Israel, ramping up tensions that have worsened between …
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Washington Examiner, Haaretz, TASS and The Times of Israel
Jeffrey Frank / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Is Stuck — Just months after being sworn in as president in 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower gave an unusual task to his vice president, Richard Nixon. — Years earlier, when Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in World War II, he had been distressed …
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Harris plots her next, more aggressive, volley in the abortion fights
Harris plots her next, more aggressive, volley in the abortion fights
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Lisa Murkowski Experiences a Rarity for Senators: A Mid-Campaign Approval Bump — Alaskan's net approval rating is up 22 points during Biden's presidency — 46% of Alaska voters approve and 39% disapprove of Sen. Lisa Murkowski's job performance ahead of her Aug. 16 primary.
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David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Why Republicans Stopped Talking to the Press — “I just don't see the point,” said an adviser to a GOP presidential aspirant. — When Fox News host Tucker Carlson appeared last week at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa — an annual cattle call for Republican would-be presidential contenders …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
What's the Downside for Humoring Him . . . Until He Dies? — Republicans have their strategy all set. — We are all, by now, familiar with the most appalling, “boy did that age poorly” anonymous quote in the history of American politics, published by the Washington Post less than two months …
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Mass confusion impedes Fed attempts to prevent recession — Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell has vowed to follow the data in deciding how high to crank up interest rates to crush the worst inflation surge in four decades. — But Powell and other Fed policymakers are making …
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Elizabeth Warren / Wall Street Journal:
Jerome Powell's Fed Pursues a Painful and Ineffective Inflation Cure
Jerome Powell's Fed Pursues a Painful and Ineffective Inflation Cure
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, Common Dreams and The Hill
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
Press Release SEC Charges Former Indiana Congressman with Insider Trading — Stephen Buyer allegedly used inside information to buy $1.5 million in stocks — The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against Stephen Buyer, a former U.S. Representative for Indiana's 4th Congressional District.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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The National Interest, The Verge and Fox News
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 …
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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 …
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.
Giulia Carbonaro / Newsweek:
Josh Hawley's Humiliation by Jan. 6 Committee ‘Unconstitutional’—Mark Levin — Is it unconstitutional to embarrass a politician simply by presenting evidence of their own contradictory behavior? That is what Fox News host Mark Levin is claiming, accusing the Jan. 6 committee of violating Article 1 …
Christopher Hope / Telegraph:
Boris Johnson tells friend: I don't want to resign and will stay on if Tory members back me — Premier would ‘wipe away everything that stops me being PM in a second’ as he says unequivocally that he wishes to carry on — Boris Johnson has told a former treasurer campaigning to keep him in office that he …
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Tim Marchman / VICE:
ICE Agent in Sex-Trafficking Unit Donated to GOP and Days Later Investigated Hunter Biden — It is unclear what connection the New Jersey agent had to the case involving Biden's laptop that was being pushed by Donald Trump's acolytes in the latter days of the 2020 campaign. — TM
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.
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Politico, Occupy Democrats and WTOP News
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%.
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Sixth Teenager Charged in Central Park Jogger Case Is Exonerated — Steven Lopez had a robbery charge linked to the 1989 attack cleared from his record. — A forgotten co-defendant of the Central Park Five, who, like them, was charged with the rape of a jogger in a case that shook …
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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 …
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