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Axios:
Boring news cycle deals blow to partisan media  —  In the months since former President Donald Trump left office, media companies' readership numbers are plunging — and publishers that rely on partisan, ideological warfare have taken an especially big hit.  —  Why it matters …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Arizona ballot audit shows signs of backfiring on GOP  —  When Arizona Republicans first pushed for a partisan audit of the 2020 presidential ballots cast in the Phoenix metropolitan area, they argued that they needed to know if any irregularities or fraud caused President Trump to lose this rapidly evolving swing state.
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Desmond Butler / Washington Post:
The land was worth millions.  A Big Ag corporation sold it to Sonny Perdue's company for $250,000.  —  It was a curious time for Sonny Perdue to close a real estate deal.  —  In February 2017, weeks after President Donald Trump selected him to be agriculture secretary …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Pelosi's new Jan. 6 select committee is about to collide with ‘white rage’  —  For nearly a week, the far right has raged at Gen. Mark A. Milley for declaring a desire to “understand white rage.”  But Milley didn't allude to “white rage” in a vacuum.  Milley said he wants to understand …
The Columbus Dispatch:
Josh Mandel's staff quit campaign because of toxic work environment created by staffer in relationship with Mandel, sources say  —  Laura A. Bischoff Haley BeMillerThe Columbus Dispatch  —  At least two of the three fundraisers who quit Josh Mandel's U.S. Senate campaign in recent months …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
GOP Rep. Paul Gosar appears to ally with white nationalists — again  —  For years, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) was a thorn in the side of the GOP, lodging extreme remarks on race and immigration that often flew beneath the radar because of his status as a backbencher, but put his party in an uncomfortable spot.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Agrees to $1 Million Fine for Violating Human Rights Law  —  Fox News effectively admitted to a pattern of misconduct and has agreed to pay a civil penalty in New York. … Despite Fox News' claims to have repaired the company's toxic workplace culture since the firing of founder …
Jonathan Van Meter / Vogue:
A First Lady for All of Us: On the Road with Dr. Jill Biden  —  To listen to this profile, click the play button below:  —  When Jill Biden visits community colleges, which is a lot these days, she is received in highly choreographed settings by a governor, say, or members of the public as the nation's first lady.
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
A New Darkness Falls on the Trump Movement  —  It was 6 a.m. in Cleveland.  I had spent the night trying to sleep stretched out across three chairs in the baggage claim at the airport and was wearing the same sweaty, grass-stained sundress I'd worn at the Donald Trump rally from the night before …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin says he's on board with Democratic-only infrastructure bill  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Tuesday that he's supportive of going forward with a larger, Democratic-only infrastructure bill, but that it shouldn't be linked to a separate bipartisan framework.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell has tough choices to make on deal
Discussion: The Message Box and Breitbart
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
The Voting Rights Package That Can Pass the Senate
Discussion: NPR
Rowan Jacobsen / MIT Technology Review:
Inside the risky bat-virus engineering that links America to Wuhan  —  In 2013, the American virologist Ralph Baric approached Zhengli Shi at a meeting.  Baric was a top expert in coronaviruses, with hundreds of papers to his credit, and Shi, along with her team at the Wuhan Institute of Virology …
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Lindsay Beyerstein / New Republic:
The Case Against the Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory
Discussion: RedState and HotAir
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Several longtime Kamala Harris associates shut out as VP's chief of staff keeps tight control over access  — Kamala Harris' chief of staff has effectively shut out several longtime political and business world allies of the vice president, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Christina Greer / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Isn't Being Helped by Joe Biden
Discussion: National Review and Althouse
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Campus ‘Red Scare’ takes Florida back to the '50s  —  The Will Bunch Newsletter is back from its hiatus and for the rest of 2021 it's going to be bolder and better than ever.  Since you asked, the reason for the break was my 2022 book about the modern American way of college and its outsized role …
Discussion: National Review
Emma Ockerman / VICE:
A Teen Was Having Car Trouble.  A Sheriff's Deputy Shot and Killed Him.  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  During a traffic stop last week, an Arkansas sheriff's deputy shot and killed a teenage boy who was only armed with a neon-blue jug of antifreeze, family members told VICE News.
Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal:
Miami-Area Condo Board President Warned of Need for Repairs in April Letter  —  ‘The concrete deterioration is accelerating.  The roof situation got much worse,’ condo board leader told residents  —  SURFSIDE, Fla.—The president of the Champlain South Towers condo association told residents …
Rana Ayyub / Washington Post:
The Indian government continues to harass journalists.  I'm facing prison over a tweet.  —  During the virtual Group of Seven summit a couple of weeks ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed a joint statement to promote “freedom of expression, both online and offline …
Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Republican Rep. Pat Fallon failed to properly disclose more than 90 stock transactions worth as much as $17.53 million in apparent violation of federal law  — Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas disclosed some stock trades up to nearly four months late.  — Tardy stock disclosures can open up members of Congress to investigations and fines.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Demands One More Thing From Some Vendors: a Piece of Their Company  —  Certain suppliers are asked to give Amazon the right to buy shares at potentially lower-than-market rates as part of their contract  —  Suppliers that want to land Amazon.com Inc. as a client for their goods …
Will Feuer / New York Post:
Gas prices hit 7-year high as stations run low on fuel ahead of July 4  —  Gas stations across the country are facing fuel shortages, driving prices to a seven-year high as more than 40 million Americans prepare to hit the road for the Fourth of July weekend.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The truth about many in the GOP base: They prefer authoritarianism to democracy  —  We want to believe that goodwill can foster a return to less contentious and hyperpartisan times.  But what if one side adopts noxious views antithetical to democracy — and, worse, rejects the basic premise of America?
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Online activism is spilling into the streets of Southern California, sparking a post-Trump movement  —  Leaders with ties to the Capitol riot have shut down a local vaccine site and paused plans for vaccine passports.  —  SANTA ANA, Calif. — A week before California reopened its economy …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
'It's a daydream:' Questions emerge about financing plans for bipartisan infrastructure deal  —  Offsetting $500 billion in new spending without raising taxes or adding to the deficit requires some creative math  —  To pay for their proposed infrastructure package, the White House …
Discussion: Politico and Common Dreams
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Democrats launch new ‘coming back’ push to tout Biden agenda  —  WASHINGTON — Covid-19 kept candidate Joe Biden off the campaign trail last July Fourth.  But this year, the White House and the Democratic National Committee are launching a campaign-style blitz as Americans get set …
Discussion: Democrats, Daily Kos, The Hill and YouTube
New York Times:
What to Expect as Early Ranked-Choice Results Are Released in New York  —  Absentee ballots won't be included, but data to be released Tuesday could signal the way vote totals will shift as the field is officially winnowed.  —  New Yorkers will get one step closer on Tuesday to learning who their next mayor is likely to be.
Discussion: National Review and THE CITY
The Daily Beast:
Jared Kushner Really Did Make the Pandemic Worse  —  “Washington Post” reporters Yasmine Abutaleb and Damien Paletta discuss terrifying details from their book “Nightmare Scenario,” which recounts how the Trump admin handled COVID.  —  Jared Kushner is the epitome of the fuckup trope in every movie ever.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Raw Story
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
Man who jumped from a moving plane at LAX tells FBI he bought ‘a lot’ of crystal meth before the flight  —  As United Airlines Flight 5365 was readying to take off from Los Angeles International Airport on Friday evening, 33-year-old Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez of La Paz, Mexico …
Discussion: Insider, KTLA, CBS News and New York Post
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Navy will not pursue action against Gallagher after comments on murdered captive  —  The Navy will not pursue further action against retired SEAL Eddie Gallagher after he appeared on a podcast that aired in May and said “we killed that guy” when referring to an Islamic State captive.
Associated Press:
California bans state travel to Florida, 4 other states  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California added five more states, including Florida, to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned because of laws that discriminate against members of the LGBTQ community, the state attorney general announced Monday.
Adam Leith Gollner / Vanity Fair:
The Secret History of Gavin McInnes  —  In the '90s, he played punk rock and helped create Vice magazine.  Five years ago, he founded a very different organization: the Proud Boys, the far-right group that came to personify the vilest tendencies of Trump's America.
Joel Kotkin / The American Mind:
Fully Oligarchic Luxury Californication  —  The tech elite have joined forces with progressive visionaries to establish a model of America's feudal future.  —  What happens in California matters well beyond its borders.  The Golden State's cultural and technological influence on America …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The continuing GOP fiction that President Biden supports defunding police  —  “Biden releases 5-point anti-crime plan ... 2) abolish the police.”  — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), in a Twitter thread, June 23 … — Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), in a tweet, June 23
Joyce White Vance / Washington Post:
The Justice Department is suing Georgia.  Don't expect Garland to end there.  —  With a carefully chosen lawsuit, DOJ sets the stage for a broad defense of voting rights  —  Last Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered on his promise to use all his statutory authority to protect …
Bloomberg:
Rudy Giuliani Facing Inquiry Into Whether He Lobbied Trump for Turkey  — DOJ inquiry is separate from criminal probe of Ukraine work  — U.S. could order ex-NYC mayor to register as foreign lobbyist  —  Rudy Giuliani is the subject of a Justice Department inquiry into possible foreign lobbying …
 
 
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