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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. investigating Trump's actions in Jan. 6 criminal probe — People familiar with the probe said investigators are examining the former president's conversations and have seized phone records of top aides — The Justice Department is investigating President Donald Trump's actions …
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Annie Grayer / CNN:
Trump's defense secretary denies there were orders to have 10K troops ready to deploy on January 6 — (CNN)Former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller told the House select committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection that former President Donald Trump never gave him a formal order …
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Asking Witnesses About Trump in Its Jan. 6 Investigation — Federal prosecutors sought information about the former president's role in the efforts to overturn the election as the inquiry accelerates. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Thats Another Fine Mess, Breaking News USA and Washington Post
Media Matters for America:
The View's hiring of serial liar and Trump propagandist Alyssa Farah Griffin is a huge mistake — This post has been adapted from an earlier version related to Farah Griffin's hiring at CNN; that post can be found here. — Variety has followed various tabloids in reporting that The View …
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Variety, Washington Examiner, Politico, Gawker and The Dispatch
NBC News:
Merrick Garland does not rule out prosecuting Trump over Jan. 6 — AG Garland pressed on Trump and Jan. 6: ‘We pursue justice without fear or favor’ — Attorney General Merrick Garland left open the possibility that former President Donald Trump could be prosecuted in connection with inciting the Jan. 6 …
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The Hill, Insider, CNN, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, USA Today, The Guardian, Washington Times, Axios, Washington Examiner and NBC4 Washington
Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
DOJ investigating Trump in Jan. 6 investigation: Report
DOJ investigating Trump in Jan. 6 investigation: Report
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RedState, Little Green Footballs and Raw Story
Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Pence tries to look forward in Washington speech amid Jan. 6 tension with Trump
Pence tries to look forward in Washington speech amid Jan. 6 tension with Trump
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Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, Insider and New York Times
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ urges judge to reject delay in Oath Keepers trial
DOJ urges judge to reject delay in Oath Keepers trial
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Washington Examiner
New York Times:
‘Kind of Wild/Creative’: Emails Shed Light on Trump Fake Electors Plan — Previously undisclosed communications among Trump campaign aides and outside advisers provide new insight into their efforts to overturn the election in the weeks leading to Jan. 6. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Washington Post, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Insider, Mediaite and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Allan Smith / NBC News:
The Jan. 6 hearings are breaking through in key battleground states. Partisan rifts remain. — More than a dozen voters interviewed by NBC News say they're paying attention. Few say it's going to have an impact on their vote in November. — PITTSBURGH — The House Jan. 6 committee hearings appear …
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Bloomberg
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CNN:
CNN Poll: January 6 hearings haven't changed opinions much, but most agree Trump acted unethically — (CNN)After the eight public hearings held by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the American public's views on the state of democracy …
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PoliticusUSA and Political Wire
Mike Stunson / Yahoo News:
‘Night of terror’: Female inmates raped when male detainees bribed guard, lawsuit says — Female inmates at an Indiana jail were subjected to a “night of terror” when male detainees gained access to their cells, the women allege in a lawsuit. — The lawsuit was filed Friday, July 22 …
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Jezebel
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Lili Bayer / Politico:
‘Nazi’ talk: Orbán adviser trashes ‘mixed race’ speech in dramatic exit — Barbed warnings of “Nazi” rhetoric went flying Tuesday as the controversy over Viktor Orbán's “mixed race” remarks breached rare territory — the Hungarian prime minister's own circle.
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hvg.hu, The Guardian, About Hungary, Political Wire and The Hill
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David Lat / Original Jurisdiction:
My Latest Theory About The SCOTUS Leaker — Is it possible that even the Politico reporters who published the Dobbs draft don't know the identity of their source? … The Supreme Court Term is over. The justices have scattered to the winds. And by the end of this month …
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National Review, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Reason and Patterico's Pontifications
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CNN:
The inside story of how John Roberts failed to save abortion rights — (CNN)Chief Justice John Roberts privately lobbied fellow conservatives to save the constitutional right to abortion down to the bitter end, but May's unprecedented leak of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade made the effort …
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Insider, Rolling Stone, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Blue State Conservative, The Daily Wire, The Mahablog, StephenKMackSD's Newsletter, The Daily Caller, Uniic Media, The Gateway Pundit, Lawyers, Guns & Money, PoliticusUSA, TheBlaze, Mediaite, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, HotAir, SCOTUSblog and Balloon Juice
The Federalist:
Exclusive: In Private, Cassidy Hutchinson Joked About Riot, Called J6 Committee ‘Phony,’ Praised Trump Before Changing Story — Hutchinson commiserated with other targets of the probe about how little information she had about any wrongdoing on Jan. 6. — Nearly 18 months of private chats …
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The Western Journal
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Spencer Brown / Townhall:
'I'm an Insurrectionist': Cassidy Hutchinson's Texts Nuke Her J6 Committee Testimony
'I'm an Insurrectionist': Cassidy Hutchinson's Texts Nuke Her J6 Committee Testimony
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RedState and Ace of Spades HQ
Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Neo-Nazi Marine Plotted Mass Murder, Rape Campaigns with Group, Feds Say — While tasked with protecting the nation, Matthew Belanger was plotting a killing spree against minorities and to rape “white women to increase the production of white children,” according to federal prosecutors
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Raw Story
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
The Sad, Quiet Vanishing of Josh Hawley — The eight hearings held by the January 6 committee this summer have been many things—often enlightening, sometimes terrifying, they have provided the clearest portrait yet of what led to rioters storming the U.S. Capitol last year. They have, however, seldom been funny.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Insider and Raw Story
Washington Post:
As Trump speaks in Washington, his allies prepare for a second term — A constellation of think tanks, political committees and other Trump supporters are already working on a government-in-waiting if he wins reelection in 2024 — Former president Donald Trump returned to Washington Tuesday …
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American Greatness, Mediaite, CNN and Ace of Spades HQ
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Trump, in return to D.C., hints at 2024 while rehashing 2020
Trump, in return to D.C., hints at 2024 while rehashing 2020
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Washington Times, CNN and NPR
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
CNN Poll: 75% of Democratic voters want someone other than Biden in 2024 — A new CNN poll finds 75% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters want the party to nominate someone other than President Joe Biden in the 2024 election, a sharp increase from earlier this year.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Political Wire
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man's 63-month prison term matches longest for Capitol riot — A man who attacked police officers with poles during the riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than five years in prison, matching the longest term of imprisonment so far among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions.
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CNN, Press Herald and WITF
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
China threat: Military 'won't sit idly by' if Pelosi visits Taiwan — China has threatened to initiate an “extremely serious” standoff with the U.S. military over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) prospective trip to Taiwan. — “The U.S. ... must not arrange for Pelosi to visit the Taiwan region …
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Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:
Biden Will Speak With Xi on Thursday as US-China Ties Worsen
Biden Will Speak With Xi on Thursday as US-China Ties Worsen
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Axios, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Reuters, Financial Times, HotAir, Washington Examiner and Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Biden Considers New Pause on Paying Back Student Loans, $10,000 Relief — President Joe Biden is considering extending a pause on student loan repayments for several more months, as well as forgiving $10,000 in student loan debt per borrower, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Politico, Forbes, Talking Points Memo and Wall Street Journal
Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News:
TikTok Owner ByteDance Used A News App On Millions Of Phones To Push Pro-China Messages, Ex-Employees Say — Former employees claim the company placed pieces of pro-China content in its now-defunct US news app, TopBuzz, and censored negative stories about the Chinese government.
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Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
News, Riverfront Times:
Eric Schmitt Filmed Ad at Kirkwood Restaurant Without Permission — Spencer's Grill owner says lookalike posed as a restaurant employee after he refused to participate … A Kirkwood breakfast and lunch mainstay is speaking out on social media this morning after what they say was Senate …
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Raw Story and The Missouri Times
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
After court ruling, activists push prayer into schools — They say church and state are already too separate — A Michigan superintendent is pondering whether coaches should lead students in pre-game prayer. A school board member in Florida wants her district to teach students about prayer and offer religious studies.
The Verge:
Zuck turns up the heat — As Meta's growth slows, Mark Zuckerberg is pushing even harder. Will his employees melt under the pressure? — Since Facebook started, he'd made a habit of frankly addressing employees directly at a weekly Q&A. Almost no topic was off-limits.
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New York Times, New York Post and Wired, more at Techmeme »
Claudia Aoraha / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: It's Alyssa! ABC is set to name Trump's WH comms director Alyssa Farah Griffin as Meghan McCain's replacement on The View and will join the panel full time in September for show's 26th season — Alyssa Farah Griffin, 33, will be the new permanent conservative co-host on The View, DailyMail.com can reveal
NBC News:
AG Garland says Trump's potential 2024 candidacy will not impact Jan. 6 investigation — In an exclusive interview, Attorney General Merrick Garland responded to questions of whether former President Trump's potential candidacy would impact the Department of Justice's Jan. 6 investigation.
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Raw Story, Fox News, New York Post and Breitbart
Fox News:
Top Senate Democratic candidates refuse to say whether men can get pregnant, or define the word ‘woman’ — Several Democrats have started defending the notion that men have the ability to get pregnant — Sen. Hawley responds to viral moment with Berkeley professor regarding term ‘woman’
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The Gateway Pundit
Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
How Every State Pro-Life Law Handles Ectopic Pregnancy and Miscarriage — Cutting through the rampant misinformation — Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, supporters of legal abortion have leveled the false accusation that pro-life laws threaten pregnant mothers facing medical emergencies.
NewsNation:
‘We need insurgent media:’ Chris Cuomo to join NewsNation — (NewsNation) — Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo took swipes at America's divided “binary” media and pledged to “try very hard to be fair” on his new prime-time talk show on NewsNation that will premiere in the fall.
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The Hill, Los Angeles Times, Business Wire, The Daily Beast, New York Post, Fox News, Variety, OutKick, The Wrap, The Daily Caller, RedState and PIX11, more at Mediagazer »
Roll Call:
Climate protesters will risk arrest at Congressional Baseball Game — They hope to shut it down, or at least cause disruption — As lawmakers squeeze in their last practices before Thursday night's Congressional Baseball Game, climate protesters are finalizing their own plans.