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8:05 AM ET, July 12, 2023

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Rolling Stone:
Murdochs Start to Sour on DeSantis: ‘They Can Smell a Loser’  —  The conservative media kingmakers' preferred candidate to knock off Donald Trump is not meeting expectations, and the family's patriarch is getting tired of waiting … But in recent weeks, the Murdochs have grown increasingly displeased …
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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis says he wouldn't be Trump's running mate: 'I'm not a No. 2 guy'  —  The Florida Republican said the vice president “doesn't really have any authority.”  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he would not be former President Donald Trump's running mate if given the opportunity to join him on the ticket.
New York Times:
DeSantis Confronts a Murdoch Empire No Longer Quite So Supportive  —  The Florida governor has faced tough questions and critical coverage lately from Fox News and other conservative outlets, in a sign of growing skepticism.  —  Nicholas Nehamas reported from Miami, and Maggie Haberman from New York.
Discussion: Politico
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Backed Him on Hunter Biden Claims.  Now He Has Been Indicted.  —  Gal Luft, promoted by House Republicans as possessing evidence of corruption by the Biden family, was charged by federal prosecutors with lobbying and sanctions violations and with brokering arms deals with China and Iran.
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Wall Street Journal:
Indictment of Gal Luft, Called Key Witness by GOP, Clouds Biden Probe
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans say they would like to call witness despite criminal indictment
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sen. Tommy Tuberville relents and says white nationalists are racist  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), facing a barrage of criticism over a Monday night television interview in which he refused to say white nationalists are racists, relented Tuesday afternoon, acknowledging to reporters on Capitol Hill that they in fact are.
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Politico:   Biden vs. Coach: White House relishes matchup against Tuberville
CNN:
Tommy Tuberville now says ‘White nationalists are racists’ after refusing to denounce them
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Democratic Senator Joe Manchin to headline third party No Labels event in New Hampshire next week in push to give Americans a candidate other than Biden or Trump  — Manchin will be in New Hampshire on Monday, July 17th with No Labels  — Group holding an event as it seeks …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Former lawmakers plan new group to stop No Labels presidential bid  —  The bipartisan effort is aimed at stopping a third-party push that many Democrats fear would hurt Biden and help Trump  —  Former House Democratic leader Richard A. Gephardt is planning to launch a new bipartisan group next week …
Daniel Lewis / New York Times:
Milan Kundera, Literary Star and Communist Party Outcast, Dies at 94  —  Mr. Kundera, the author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” was known for sexually charged novels that captured the suffocating absurdity of life in his native Czechoslovakia.  —  Milan Kundera, a Communist Party outcast …
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Executed Russian sub commander may have been tracked on a fitness app  —  As with any news coming out of Russia, there's almost no telling what is true and what is not.  What we do know for certain is that a former Naval officer and sub commander who Ukraine had accused of war crimes was killed …
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Hollywood Studios' WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall  —  EXCLUSIVE: Regardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the studios have no intention of sitting down with the Writers Guild for several more months.
Wall Street Journal:
A Glass House for Elon Musk Sparks Internal Tesla Probe  —  Plans for Tesla's secret ‘Project 42’ called for an unusual-looking glass structure in the Austin, Texas, area  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Inside Tesla , it was known as “Project 42,” and the plans called for a dramatic glass-walled building …
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
McCarthy defends Marjorie Taylor Greene amid Freedom Caucus drama  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) backed up Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) following news that she's been voted out of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. … - “I think Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the best members we have …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
DOJ no longer believes Trump should have immunity from E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit  —  The Justice Department has reversed course and said it no longer believes that Donald Trump should be entitled to immunity for his response to E. Jean Carroll's accusation of sexual assault …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Justice Department takes unusual step to try to protect Trump from testifying in lawsuit over FBI firing
Discussion: NBC News
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Thiel, Brock & a Gutter Oppo Campaign for Our Times  —  When Peter Thiel emerged as the right's potential heir to Sheldon Adelson during the '22 midterms, a highly connected Democratic operative launched a guerilla opposition research campaign to chill his political influence.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo  —  Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him  —  Several lawyers who have had business before the supreme court …
Mike Stunson / Kansas City Star:
Owner bans some LGBTQ customers from Michigan hair salon over pronouns.  ‘Not welcome’  —  The owner of a Michigan hair salon said she is refusing service to some members of the LGBTQ+ community.  —  Christine Geiger, who owns Studio 8 Hair Lab in Traverse City, said in a Facebook post …
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
F.T.C.'s Lina Khan Faces Fresh Questions After Microsoft Ruling  —  Lina Khan has said a fear of defeat should not deter the agency from suing big tech companies.  But after Microsoft won a ruling this week, her critics say that strategy is flawed.  —  Reporting from Washington
New York Times:
Trump Lashes Out at Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa  —  The former president snubbed one influential Iowa leader and attacked another, testing his immunity to traditional political pitfalls in a crucial state.  —  Iowa may be the most important state on Donald J. Trump's early 2024 political calendar …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Roseanne Barr Screams at Piers Morgan That Zelensky Isn't a ‘Good’ Jew  —  The controversy-courting comic was back at it this week when she yelled that Ukraine is full of Nazis while dismissing the Ukrainian president's Jewish heritage.  —  Roseanne Barr is back at it.
Brian Fung / CNN:
Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds  —  Some of the nation's largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans' sensitive financial data with tech titans including Meta and Google in a potential violation of federal law …
Irina Ivanova / CBS News:
Farmers Insurance pulls out of Florida, affecting 100,000 policies  —  Farmers Insurance said Tuesday that it will no longer offer coverage in Florida, ending home, auto and others policies in the state in a move that will affect tens of thousands of residents.
Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
Texas A&M recruited a UT professor to revive its journalism program, then watered down the offer after “DEI hysteria”  —  The university celebrated its decision to hire Kathleen McElroy to revive its journalism program.  She says she's staying at UT after she felt judged because of her gender.
Washington Post:
House GOP election bill expands dark money and curtails D.C. autonomy  —  House Republicans have unveiled a bill that would open up the spigots of dark money nationwide and make voting more difficult, especially in D.C. What they are calling the American Confidence in Elections Act integrates …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Iowa Republicans pass a new 6-week abortion ban  —  Passage capped a marathon one-day special legislative session.  It now goes to Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature.  —  Iowa Republicans passed a bill late Tuesday to ban most abortions after six weeks — a restrictive measure …
Associated Press:
Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, released from California prison  —  Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving 53 years of a life sentence for her participation in two infamous murders.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
This Is One Republican Strategy That Isn't Paying Off  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  In 2011, determined to push back the ascendant Democratic coalition that elected America's first Black president …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Rep. Mainor switches to GOP after school voucher vote  —  X  —  She says Democrats attacked her over bucking the party line on key votes  —  Georgia state Rep. Mesha Mainor switched political parties Tuesday, joining Republicans after saying she faced “harassment and intimidation” …
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Boiling the Ocean  —  Between record-setting heat and warming ocean water, this summer feels like the start of an unsettling new era.  —  Did you think it would all happen this fast?  The heat domes, the thousand-year floods, the apocalyptic wildfires, that horrific orange sky?
Discussion: Washington Post and KTVZ-TV
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump probe: Grand jurors likely to weigh charges against former president selected  —  X  —  ‘It is a public service’  —  Fulton County court officials selected two grand juries Tuesday, one of which is expected to decide whether to hand up an indictment against former President Donald Trump …
Jeannine Mancini / Yahoo Finance:
Bud Light Plummets To 14th Place Among Beers As Anheuser-Busch CEO Pleads For Consumers To Think Of The 65,000 Employees Impacted By Boycotts  —  As Bud Light, once a beloved contender among the country's favorite beers, spirals down to the 14th spot, the repercussions resonate far beyond the brand itself.
Sheluyang Peng / Tablet Magazine:
How False History Is Used to Justify Discrimination Against Asian Americans  —  The Civil Rights Movement didn't pave the way for Asian American success in America.  A Jewish immigration activist did.  —  On June 29, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) …
Politico:
McCarthy summons GOP factions to counter threat of a new conservative rebellion  —  But several hard-right Republicans left the speaker's meeting less than satisfied, with several must-pass bills hanging in the balance.  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy is working furiously to prevent another House floor takeover …
 
 
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Vishal Shankar / Revolving Door Project:
Trump's CFPB Saboteurs Tell The Supreme Court To Finish The Job
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Vermont Floods Show Limits of America's Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change
Discussion: VTDigger
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Bipartisan push forms in Congress to deny Ukraine cluster bombs
Discussion: Punchbowl News, The Dispatch and IJR
E&E:
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Jennifer Cohn / Bucks County Beacon:
Pennsylvania's Prayer Warrior: Abby Abildness and Her Dominionist Crusade in the Commonwealth
Fortune:
‘The Feckless 400’: These companies are still doing business in Russia-and funding Putin's war
Miami New Times:
Justice Clarence Thomas' Florida Trips Dredged Up Amid Ethics Questions
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Teacher Accused of Mailing Afro Wig, White Face Paint to Mixed-Race 2nd-Grader
Discussion: Raw Story
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Montana GOP Senate candidate's old Facebook includes lewd photos of women, racist costumes, and homoerotic jokes
Discussion: Political Wire and Fox News
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
State GOP party has just $53 in the bank with $334,000 in debt: FEC filing
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Mike Lindell Floats Nutty ‘My Cousin Vinny’ Scenario Where He Beats Dominion
Mack Lamoureux / VICE:
Conspiracy Theorists (and Elon Musk) Falsely Accuse Student of Being ‘Fed’ Posing as Neo-Nazi
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Post