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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Indictment Mystery: Did Someone Spill About the Trump-McCarthy Jan. 6 Call?  —  It's one of the more intriguing mysteries about the new Trump indictment: Why are details about Trump's call with McCarthy on Jan. 6 unsourced?  What could it mean?  —  The 45-page federal indictment …
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
‘So Sad!’  Trumpworld Delights That This Aide May Be in Legal Trouble  —  Trump's aides maintain that the former president is totally innocent and the latest indictment is a witch hunt.  They're also happy to see one aide potentially in trouble. … When the latest indictment of Donald Trump came …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump's Threat to Democracy Is Now Systemic  —  Each time GOP leaders have had the opportunity to move away from Trump, the party has sped past the off-ramp.  —  The long-awaited federal indictment of Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election may be necessary to contain …
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Newly Revealed Text Messages Show GOP Officials At Ground Zero Of Election Conspiracy Outlined By Trump Indictment  —  Special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of former President Donald Trump details a sweeping criminal conspiracy to reverse his loss in the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Election Charges Set Up Clash of Lies Versus Free Speech  —  The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump over his efforts to retain power accuses him of conspiracies built on knowing falsehoods.  His supporters say he is protected by the First Amendment.
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Trump, Five Lawyers and Their Conspiracy Against Our Democracy  —  Former President Donald Trump has again been indicted by a federal grand jury.  The four-count indictment lays out how Trump refused to accept that he lost the 2020 election.  It describes how he contested the election in court and …
Washington Post:
Special counsel asks if Nauta's attorney has too many Mar-a-Lago clients  —  Special counsel Jack Smith has asked Judge Aileen M. Cannon for a hearing to discuss whether the lawyer who represents one of Donald Trump's co-defendants in the classified documents case has too many conflicts to provide adequate legal advice to his client.
Jonathan Turley / The Daily Beast:
Trump Was Indicted for Being Wrong—Which Is Not a Crime  —  The special counsel's latest indictment of the former president, over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, is an assault on the First Amendment. … In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde wrote “the only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
New York Times:
Trump 2024: Running for President, and to Beat the Rap
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump Prepares to Make Familiar Trip to Courthouse, This Time in Washington
Politico:
Trump's indictment for Jan. 6 turns Mike Pence into a litmus test
New York Times:
From Right-Hand Man to Critical Witness: Pence at Heart of Trump Prosecution
New York Times:
Messages Point to Identity of Co-Conspirator 6 in Trump Indictment
Rolling Stone:
Trump Extremists Make New Calls to Hang Mike Pence: ‘Watch His Toes Dangle’
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Finally. The Coup Indictment.
C. Douglas Golden / The Western Journal:
Trump Could Face Death Penalty Over Charge Brought by Jack Smith
CNN:
CNN Poll: Percentage of Republicans who think Biden's 2020 win was illegitimate ticks back up near 70%  —  The share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who believe that President Joe Biden's 2020 election win was not legitimate has ticked back up, according to a new CNN poll fielded throughout July.
Discussion: The Hill and The Messenger
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Half of Americans think the economy is getting worse, despite months of stronger economic news  —  Despite months of increasingly positive economic indicators, the American public remains negative about the state of the nation's economy, with 51% saying they think the economy is still …
Politico:
Biden world eyes Cornel West and No Labels as potential obstacles for his reelection campaign
Discussion: Washington Post, HuffPost and El País
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Obama warns of Trump's political strengths in private talk with Biden
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Rudy Giuliani in Vile New Audio Transcripts: ‘Jewish Men Have Small Cocks’  —  The transcripts were filed on Tuesday by Noelle Dunphy, who is suing the former Trump lawyer for sexual harassment  —  RUDY GIULIANI WAS sued for sexual harassment earlier this year by Noelle Dunphy, a former staffer at his firm.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Ron DeSantis agrees to debate Gavin Newsom on Fox News  —  The California governor has been trying to get his Florida Republican counterpart to engage.  On Wednesday, he got it.  —  Govs. Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom have tentatively agreed to debate — one hosted by Fox News.
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New York Times:
Trump Dines With Fox News Executives After Learning of Third Indictment
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who Tucker Carlson guest said was a fed is arrested by the FBI  —  Rally Runner, an amateur mascot who runs around St. Louis Cardinals stadium, was charged in connection with the Capitol attack.  —  WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump fan who participated in the Jan. 6 attack …
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Gay Louisiana doctor says he's leaving the state over its ‘discriminatory’ legislation  —  Dr. Jake Kleinmahon, who is just one of three pediatric heart surgeons in Louisiana, said he feels like the state has targeted families like his.  —  Heart doctor leaves Louisiana over state's anti-LGBTQ laws
Discussion: WDSU-TV
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Ramaswamy: I 'don't believe' the 9/11 Commission report  —  The GOP candidate went on to insist he was expressing doubts about the Saudi government's explanation for the attacks.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy cast doubt on the veracity of the government's explanation of the Sept. 11, 2001 …
Leah Remini / Leah's Substack:
I am suing Scientology and David Miscavige  —  After 17 years of harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and defamation, I am filing a lawsuit against Scientology and David Miscavige.  —  While advocating for victims of Scientology has significantly impacted my life and career …
CNN:
Disney's governing district in Florida slashes all DEI programs  —  In the ongoing battle between Walt Disney World and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Disney's governing district - whose current board was hand-picked by DeSantis and took control of the district in February - abolished all of its diversity …
Discussion: USA Today and The Federalist
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Arizona Republicans wanted to hand-count ballots.  Then they saw the price tag — and the errors.  —  Election workers spent three days counting 850 ballots in Mohave County.  They made errors in 46 races.  —  An Arizona county has decided not to hand-count its ballots in next year's elections …
Discussion: Salon
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Biden beefs up his finance team with 3 senior hires  —  The president's reelection campaign has turned to seasoned hands at the DNC for some help raking in the dough.  —  President Joe Biden is beefing up his fundraising team, bringing on three top aides to help rake in the historic funds …
 
 
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Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
The hard left took over American institutions. It doesn't have to last.
Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
US sees price cap on Russian oil working despite upturn in prices
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
Rightwing Dreams of American Reconquista
Maia Pandey / NBC News:
Toxic bacteria detected in several of Zion National Park's waterways
Olivia Rinaldi / CBS News:
Mike Pence seeks to assure donors he will qualify for RNC debates
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Scott Walker says if Trump is culpable, so are Schumer, Sanders
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Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Wife Sophie Grégoire Announce Their Separation
Mary Yang / The Guardian:
Robert F Kennedy Jr's campaign bankrolled by Republican mega-donor
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Politico:
‘Everything has fallen off a cliff’: Battleground state GOPs nosedive in Trump era
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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