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3:00 PM ET, July 10, 2023

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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Old yeller: Biden's private fury  —  In public, President Biden likes to whisper to make a point.  In private, he's prone to yelling.  — Behind closed doors, Biden has such a quick-trigger temper that some aides try to avoid meeting alone with him.
Reuters:
Putin held post-mutiny talks with Wagner leader Prigozhin and his fighters - Kremlin  —  President Vladimir Putin has held Kremlin talks with Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders to discuss the armed mutiny Wagner attempted to mount against the army's top brass, Putin's spokesman said on Monday.
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Christine Emba / Washington Post:
Men are lost.  Here's a map out of the wilderness.  —  I started noticing it a few years ago.  Men, especially young men, were getting weird.  —  It might have been the “incels” who first caught my attention, spewing self-pitying venom online, sometimes venturing out to attack the women they believed had done them wrong.
Discussion: Althouse and gregfallis.com
New York Times:
The New York Times to Disband Its Sports Department  —  Coverage of games, players and leagues will now primarily come from The Athletic, the sports website that the company bought last year.  —  The New York Times said on Monday that it would disband its sports department and rely on coverage …
Politico:
Playbook: A new way to make Biden officials pay  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE WEEK — Today: President JOE BIDEN meets with British PM RISHI SUNAK and KING CHARLES III in London.  The Senate returns from July Fourth recess. ...
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Washington Post:
Congress returns with lots to do but little time to do it
Eli Okun / Politico:
Playbook PM: 8 new swing-seat campaigns to know
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
San Francisco Chronicle:
This is the hometown of San Francisco's drug dealers  —  SIRIA VALLEY, HONDURAS — Thirty-five hundred miles southeast of San Francisco, a dirt road in Honduras shared by pickup trucks and oxcarts cuts through mostly abandoned farmland.  On the outskirts of a small village …
Associated Press:
Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison: AP sources  —  Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida.
Craig Silverman / ProPublica:
Right-Wing Websites Connected to Former Trump Lawyer Are Scamming Loyal Followers With Phony Celebrity Pitches  —  A mysterious network called AdStyle is placing ads with fake endorsements from celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Elon Musk on conservative sites based in the U.S. and abroad.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Ex-CNN Reporter Suing Network for Racial Discrimination, Unfair Dismissal  —  ‘RISKED MY LIFE’  —  A former CNN journalist is suing the network claiming unfair dismissal and racial discrimination after she was left disabled during an assignment.  British-Pakistani foreign correspondent Saima Mohsin …
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
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Megan Barth / Nevada Globe:
The Globe Interview: President Donald J Trump  —  Trump: 'All Democrats do is disinformation and hoaxes..they're destroying our country'  —  The Nevada Globe (TNG), had the opportunity for a one-on-one interview with former President Donald J. Trump during his first 2024 presidential campaign stop in Las Vegas.
ABC News:
US Attorney David Weiss says he has not asked for special counsel status in Hunter Biden investigation  —  The president's son agreed to a plea deal in June, potentially ending the probe.  —  David Weiss, the U.S. attorney leading the investigation into Hunter Biden, on Monday directly …
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Erdogan Makes Turkey's E.U. Bid a Condition of Supporting Sweden's NATO Membership  —  The Turkish president's surprising new demand was bound to frustrate other leaders in the military alliance one day before a high-profile summit.  —  ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey …
Axios:
Scoop: GOP plan targets foreign dark money for 2024  —  House Republicans are working on new legislation to prevent foreign nationals from influencing America's political process, Axios has learned. … - Now House Republicans are trying to flip to script and draw attention to foreign donations …
emptywheel:
The Blind Squirrel's Nut: Chuck Grassley Unwittingly Debunks Bill Barr  —  Last month, Bill Barr got Federalist Faceplant Margot Cleveland to claim that Jamie Raskin was lying when he said that the lead from an informant claiming that Joe Biden had been bribed was assessed by Pittsburgh US Attorney Scott Brady and then shut down.
Discussion: HotAir and The Federalist
Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
Hill Harper, ‘Good Doctor’ Actor, Enters Senate Race in Michigan  —  Mr. Harper is challenging Representative Elissa Slotkin from the left and will have an uphill climb in a heated Democratic primary race in a 2024 presidential swing state.  —  Hill Harper, an author and actor …
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New York Times:
The Case That Could Be Fox's Next Dominion  —  Tucker Carlson, before he was sidelined by Fox, repeatedly endorsed a conspiracy theory about an Arizona man, who may sue for defamation.  Legal experts say it would be a viable case.  —  Of all the distortions and paranoia that Tucker Carlson promoted …
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement … Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, as well as authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey — are suing OpenAI and Meta each in a US District Court over dual claims of copyright infringement.
Joe Scarborough / The Atlantic:
America Is Doing Just Fine  —  The United States deserves a robust defense.  —  As Americans celebrated the Fourth of July by watching baseball, fireworks, and Joey Chestnut hammering home his 16th win in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, poor Uncle Sam labored through …
Discussion: Twitchy
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Steve Bannon ordered to pay nearly $500,000 in legal fees to firm that represented him in subpoena fight  —  A New York judge has ordered Steve Bannon to pay his former attorneys nearly $500,000 in unpaid legal fees for work on various legal matters, including his fight against a subpoena …
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill, CNBC and The Messenger
The Independent:
Trump wanted to tap phones of White House aides, new book claims  —  Mr Trump also wanted to use the IRS to target critics  —  ‘What the hell is a Blizzard?’:  Trump reveals he's never been to a Dairy Queen … Donald Trump wanted to “tap the phones” of White House aides who he suspected …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Democratic state senator launches challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas  —  Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez entered the state's US Senate race on Monday, becoming the second high-profile Democrat vying to take on Republican Sen. Ted Cruz next fall.  —  Gutierrez, a long-time state lawmaker …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
What Do Bidenomics and the President's Grandchild Have to Do with Each Other?  Everything.  —  Joe Biden recently unveiled the term “Bidenomics” to express and encompass the positive economic news—and there's a lot of it—that he hopes will lift him to reelection.
Discussion: IJR
Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
‘A deranged ploy’: how Republicans are fueling the disinformation wars  —  Several actions by the far right in the last month could result in a flood of conspiracy theories before the 2024 election  —  federal judge in Louisiana ruled last week that a wide range of Biden administration officials …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tess Owen / VICE:
Liberal LA Has Become an Epicenter of Violent Culture Wars.  Here's How.  —  Last month, three separate protests outside LA-area schools against “grooming” turned violent as newly radicalized parents joined forces with a familiar group of culture war extremists.
Bonnie Kristian / The Daily Beast:
The Republican Party's Debate Rules Make It Impossible for Trump to Lose  —  From polling minimums, loyalty pledges, and the GOP's refusal to cooperate with the Commission for Presidential Debates—every scenario looks rosy for the ex-president. … Appearing in the Republican presidential primary debates is no small feat.
Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
 
 
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Washington Free Beacon:
Documents Provide Rare Glimpse Into How Arabella Advisors Exerts Centralized Control Over a Vast Left-Wing Advocacy Network
Janaki Chadha / Politico:
Central Park Five member's landslide City Council win represents power shift in Harlem
Josh Miller / The Florida Standard:
Democrat Strategist: “We Know Biden Would Beat Trump”
Joe Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Illinois City Pays Reparations to Black Residents in a ‘Test Run for the Whole Country’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
Biden's Unheralded War on Poverty
Discussion: Louisiana Illuminator
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
She performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim. The right vilified her
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Pride and prejudice  —  Last week, seven Republican state attorneys general sent a letter …
Politico:
House Republicans move to silence Wall Street in climate fight
Discussion: Reuters, CNBC and Political Wire