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6:00 PM ET, July 29, 2022

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U.S. Department of Justice:
Russian National Charged with Conspiring to Have U.S. Citizens Act as Illegal Agents of the Russian Government  —  An indictment was unsealed today in Tampa, Florida, charging a Russian national, working on behalf of the Russian government and in conjunction with the Russian Federal Security Service …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Russian national charged with U.S. political influence operation  —  Florida activist group was used to sow discord and spread pro-Russian propaganda, Justice Dept. says  —  Federal authorities charged a Russian man Friday with a years-long malign influence campaign targeting American politics …
Dan Sullivan / Tampa Bay Times:
FBI investigating Russian interference possibly linked to St. Petersburg Uhuru Movement  —  The search warrants appear to be related to an indictment that was unsealed Friday against a Russian national.  —  Federal law enforcement officials appear to be investigating members of the Uhuru Movement …
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Atlanta group implicated in Russian influence scheme
Discussion: HotAir
CNN:
Exclusive: DHS inspector general knew of missing Secret Service texts months earlier than previously known  —  Washington (CNN)The embattled inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security first learned of missing Secret Service text messages in May 2021 — months earlier …
Discussion: The Hill, Political Wire and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 texts missing for Trump Homeland Security's Wolf and Cuccinelli  —  DHS watchdog was alerted in February to unavailable records of top officials, but did nothing to alert or investigate  —  Text messages for former President Donald Trump's acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf …
Washington Post:   Secret Service's ‘ludicrous’ deletion of Jan. 6 phone data baffles experts
Politico:
Pelosi to leave for Asia amid Chinese threats over Taiwan stop  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to leave this weekend on a trip that includes Singapore, Japan and South Korea — and possibly Taiwan — even as a Chinese state media commentator suggested Friday that Beijing could shoot down any U.S. military plane she takes to Taipei.
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CNN:
Pelosi departing for Asia on Friday, but Taiwan stop still uncertain
John F. Harris / Politico:
Wait, Is Biden a Better President Than People Thought?  —  Many progressives have spent the Biden years in a mood of rising despair and even rage about the prospects for achieving the kind of fundamental change they believe the country and world urgently need.  They wish Joe Manchin was a different kind of senator.
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Wall Street Journal:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Critical Vote on Manchin-Schumer Climate and Tax Deal
Discussion: Townhall and Progress Pond
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Russian officials requested adding convicted murderer to Griner/Whelan prisoner swap  —  (CNN)Russian government officials requested that a former colonel from the country's domestic spy agency who was convicted of murder in Germany last year be added to the US' proposed swap …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Pro-Trump influencer upset after documents detailing ‘substantial’ cooperation with FBI are released  —  WASHINGTON — A pro-Trump social media influencer who was convicted of disorderly and disruptive conduct on Capitol grounds for his actions on Jan. 6 is upset over the release of court filings …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer in U.S. Supreme Court case to federal judgeship  —  President Joe Biden on Friday nominated a lawyer who represented the Mississippi clinic at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision to become a federal appeals court judge.
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The White House:
President Biden Names Twenty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees
Discussion: USA Today and Los Angeles Times
Casey Newton / Platformer:
🚨 Instagram walks back its changes  —  Say goodbye to the full-screen feed, and at least some of those recommendations — for now.  Adam Mosseri explains why  —  Instagram will walk back some recent changes to the product following a week of mounting criticism, the company said today.
Bloomberg:
Fear of Rampant Crime Is Derailing New York City's Recovery … Incidents of violent crime remain at historic lows in New York City.  But people's views on guns and crime are often more influenced by what they see and hear, rather than by hard numbers.  While homicide is the most high-profile type …
Robby Soave / Reason:
Facebook, Instagram Posts Flagged as False for Rejecting Biden's Recession Wordplay  —  “The fact-checking industry has become a partisan arbiter of political disputes,” notes Phil Magness.  —  Meta's third-party fact-checkers have flagged as “false information” posts on Instagram …
Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
Improvement or Illusion?  —  Over the last couple of weeks, there's been a shift in opinion among many political professionals about Democrats' chances in the midterm campaign.  They point in particular to improvement for Democrats in the generic ballot poll question (which party …
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
First on CNN: Jared Kushner details West Wing ‘war’ with ‘toxic’ Steve Bannon in new book  —  (CNN)Jared Kushner details his clashes with Steve Bannon in his new book, describing a “toxic” West Wing presence who accused him of “undermining the President's agenda” and threatened to break him “in half” if Kushner turned on him.
Discussion: Insider, Mediaite and Raw Story
Ana Radelat / MinnPost:
Phillips: Democrats need ‘new generation’ of leadership, not Biden in 2024  —  In an interview on the Chad Hartman radio show on WCCO-AM, Phillips, who represents Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District, said he wants to see “a new generation of compelling, well-prepared, dynamic Democrats who step up.”
Yahoo News:
Horrifying footage appears to show Russian captors castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war  —  A horrific video posted online on Thursday appears to show a Ukrainian prisoner of war being castrated by his Russian captors.  —  While Yahoo News cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video …
Rachel Leingang / Arizona Agenda:
“I can't believe I even survived that job.”  —  Staffers fleeing Katie Hobbs' campaign question her ability to lead Arizona.  —  In the past five months, two-thirds of Democrat Katie Hobbs' gubernatorial campaign staff have left, and several describe the campaign as an emotionally abusive atmosphere …
Reese Gorman / The Frontier:
Sen. Jim Inhofe has a strained relationship with the man favored to succeed him  —  The retiring senator says he and Markwayne Mullin ‘have problems.’  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe's relationship with U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin hit a low point after Mullin's unauthorized attempt to visit Afghanistan last year.
Robert T. Garrett / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stayed at fundraiser for hours after Uvalde shooting, records show  —  Finance, flight-tracking documents show the governor stayed in Huntsville longer than he implied.  —  AUSTIN — After the Uvalde school shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott spent nearly three hours in Huntsville …
Reuters:
Inside one far-right sheriff's crusade to prove Trump's bogus voter-fraud claims  —  In rural Michigan, county Sheriff Dar Leaf has teamed with a Trump-camp lawyer to chase the former president's outlandish rigged-election theories.  A member of a radical group of “constitutional sheriffs,” he's now under investigation himself.
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Democrats Beat Republicans for Control of Congress in 4 Polls in Past Week  —  Four national polls from the past week have shown Democrats favored by more voters to control Congress compared to Republicans, as many analysts and GOP leaders continue to express confidence that the liberal party …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why Andrew Yang's New Third Party Is Bound to Fail  —  Let's not mince words.  The new Forward Party announced by the former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and former Representative David Jolly is doomed to failure.  The odds that it will attract …
Bolts:
North Texas Conservatives Police High Turnout and Close Races as “Anomalies” Suggesting Fraud  —  Election deniers nationwide are twisting civic engagement and results they don't like into evidence of rigged elections.  —  At a January presentation, a speaker lists election figures he coniders to be “anomalies.”
Discussion: The Guardian
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Facebook Approved Pro-Genocide Ads in Kenya After Claiming to Foster ‘Safe and Secure’ Elections  —  Kenya's national cohesion watchdog threatened to suspend Facebook from the country Friday if it doesn't mitigate hate speech ahead of the country's general elections next month.
Discussion: Voice of America
Los Angeles Times:
'I don't agree with her on anything,' California Democrats say of Liz Cheney — as they donate to her race  —  Californians have contributed more to Republican Rep. Liz Cheney than donors from any other state, including her Wyoming home, as the outspoken Trump critic faces an increasingly perilous reelection bid.
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
So You Want To Start a Third Party?  —  Then tell me how you are going to attract real-world Trump voters.  —  Starting a new third party is all the rage these days, especially out here in Never Trumpistan.  —  The Yang Gang is teaming up with some future former Republicans for the Forward Party.
Discussion: Overtime
Umar A Farooq / Middle East Eye:
US court finds Libya's Khalifa Haftar liable for war crimes  —  Federal judge issues default judgement against Libyan commander and paves the way for plaintiffs to seek monetary compensation  —  A federal US judge on Friday issued a default judgement against Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar …
Wilson Ring / Associated Press:
Passenger rail return to Vermont city took vision, decades  —  Amtrak-Expansion-Vermont  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — After a nearly 70-year absence, a passenger train running from Vermont's revitalized Burlington train station to New York City headed south Friday as part of a nationwide renewal of interest in rail travel.
Discussion: Eschaton
 
 
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Despite Biden's Success on Judges, Progressives Demand a Faster Pace
Discussion: Reuters and Commentary Magazine
C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
Justice Department staffs up team investigating efforts to overturn Trump's loss by adding a top public corruption prosecutor who worked on the Steve Bannon and Roger Stone cases
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Nicholas Riccardi / Washington Post:
Colorado clerk gets primary recount after raising $250,000
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Sharp / The Independent:
Trump plasters presidential seal across golf club during Saudi-backed LIV tournament despite complaints
Discussion: UPI and Insider
The Economist:
Vladimir Putin is in thrall to a distinctive brand of Russian fascism
Zachary D. Carter / In The Long Run:
On Economics And Democracy  —  High unemployment is extremely dangerous.