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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Trump lawyer: Manhattan DA won't charge former president  —  Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has indicated he does not currently plan to charge the Trump Organization with crimes related to allegations of “hush money” payments and real estate value manipulations, according to a personal lawyer for Donald Trump.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Lawyers Make Last-Ditch Effort to Avoid New York Charges  —  The company's lawyers told the Manhattan district attorney's office it is being unfairly targeted in an investigation that could result in charges this week  —  Lawyers representing the Trump Organization …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
Trump's Lawyers Make Late Bid to Fend Off Charges Against His Business  —  An indictment against the business, the Trump Organization, and a top executive, Allen Weisselberg, could come as soon as this week in Manhattan.  —  Lawyers for Donald J. Trump's family business mounted a last-ditch effort …
Discussion: Reuters, Raw Story and CNN
Amy Graff / SFGATE:
It's so hot in the Pacific Northwest that roads are buckling  —  It's so hot in the Pacific Northwest that roads are buckling.  —  Asphalt and concrete roadways are expanding and cracking and even Interstate 5 has been impacted amid a heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels.
Discussion: Washington Post and HuffPost
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Andrew Freedman / Axios:
Pacific Northwest heat wave reaches astonishing peak on Monday
Discussion: KRDO
Joe Biden / Yahoo News:
Americans can be proud of the infrastructure deal  —  I have always believed that there is nothing our nation can't do when we decide to do it together.  Last week, we began to write a new chapter in that story.  —  After weeks of negotiations, a bipartisan group of United States senators forged …
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CNN:
How Biden and his team rushed to save him from his infrastructure blunder
Discussion: Daily Herald
Miami Herald:
Two days before condo collapse, a pool contractor photographed this damage in garage  —  There was nothing unusual about the lobby and pool area at Champlain Towers South condo, which looked clean and well maintained to a commercial pool contractor who visited the building last Tuesday …
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Miami Herald:
Death toll hits 11 in Champlain condo collapse on fifth day of search for 150 missing  —  The fifth day of an unprecedented international rescue effort brought only grim news: Two more bodies were pulled from the twisted metal-and-concrete ruins of Champlain Towers South …
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.
Discussion: CNN
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
House GOP bristles as a Jan. 6 investigation lands in its lap  —  In the days after the deadly Capitol attack on Jan. 6, tension among House Republicans was so high that one of them privately suggested some GOP colleagues be punished for their roles in encouraging the riot.
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Republicans are terrified of Capitol attack truths and Democrats must find out why
Luke Money / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County urges everyone to wear masks indoors as Delta variant spreads  —  With the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus continuing to spread statewide, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is recommending that all residents wear masks in public indoor spaces …
Jen Fifield / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County won't reuse voting equipment that was with Cyber Ninjas for audit  —  Maricopa County will not reuse most of its voting equipment after it has been with Arizona Senate contractors for its audit of November election results, the county announced Monday.  —  The potential cost to taxpayers is so far unknown.
Discussion: The Hill and Maricopa County
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Roland Li / San Francisco Chronicle:
Californians are fueling Austin's housing frenzy: 'We've never seen migration like this'  —  AUSTIN, Texas — The metro area of this capital city grows by around 180 people every day, a boom that's made it the country's fastest-growing major region for the past decade.
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
Jeffrey Sachs / Arc Digital:
Laws Aimed at Banning Critical Race Theory in K-12 Schools Are a Poorly Written, Misguided Mess  —  Even if you agree with the intention, these laws are a mistake  —  This is the year of the anti-Critical Race Theory bill.  Back in February, I warned of the threat these bills pose …
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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:   McAuliffe Calls Critical Race Theory a ‘Right-Wing Conspiracy.’ His Union Ally Says It's Needed to ‘Teach the Truth’
The Criterion Collection:
The Criterion Channel's July 2021 Lineup  —  Next month brings a bevy of femmes fatales, gumshoes, crooks, and con artists to the Channel with a twenty-seven-film spotlight on the neonoir thrillers that updated one of Hollywood's richest genres for the post-studio-system era.
Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Giuliani's suspension from the law is unconstitutional  —  Rudy Giuliani has been suspended from the practice of law without a hearing, based largely on First Amendment-protected statements he made outside of any court of law.  A panel of the Appellate Division of New York suspended …
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Book bombshells reveal depths of Trump's 2020 delusions  —  Washington (CNN)Excerpts from three upcoming books revealed previously unknown efforts by then-President Donald Trump to abuse the powers of his office to overturn the 2020 election, deploy the military against racial justice protests and prosecute his political opponents.
Nick Cahill / Courthouse News Service:
Newsom Sues Elections Chief to Get Party Preference on Recall Ballot  —  Months before the pending recall, the Democratic governor of California is at risk of being designated without a party preference on ballots destined for millions of voters.  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) …
Daniel Hill / News Blog, Riverfront Times:
Inside Gun-Surrendering Criminal Mark McCloskey's Very Sad St. Louis Rally  — They were at least kind enough to wear their signature outfits, which is good because no one would recognize or care about them otherwise.  —  Noted local criminal Mark McCloskey played host to a barbecue/political rally …
CNN:
Moderate House Democrats are uneasy over Pelosi's infrastructure strategy  —  Mitt Romney on infrastructure: ‘I do trust the president’ - first full block  —  (CNN)Speaker Nancy Pelosi's vow to hold up a bipartisan infrastructure deal until the Senate approves a larger Democratic bill …
John Nichols / The Nation:
Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent  —  Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.  He never stopped battling war and secrecy.  Gravel died on Saturday.  —  Mike Gravel was a two-term …
Discussion: Jacobin
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
Michelle Brutlag Hosick / NCAA.org:
DI Council recommends DI Board adopt name, image and likeness policy  —  Policy preserves rules against pay-for-play and recruiting inducements  —  The Division I Council voted to recommend the Division I Board of Directors adopt an interim policy that would suspend amateurism rules related to name, image and likeness.
Julia Preston / Politico:
They Were Deported by Trump.  Now Biden Wants to Bring Them Back.  —  Jason Rochester tried everything he could to persuade the Trump administration to allow his wife Cecilia, who is Mexican, to come back to their home in the United States.  —  A truck driver from Georgia …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Democracies Don't Try to Make Everyone Agree  —  “I've read Karl Marx.  I've read Lenin.  That doesn't make me a Communist.”  — General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaking to the House Armed Services Committee last Thursday  —  “He's not just a pig—he's stupid.”
Danielle E. Gaines / Maryland Matters:
‘Guardians of the First Amendment’ Memorial Dedicated in Annapolis  —  A crowd of hundreds gathered in Annapolis on Monday — declared as Freedom of the Press Day in Maryland — for the dedication of a memorial to five slain Capital Gazette employees.  —  Survivors and friends shared memories …
Discussion: WBAL
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Chris Christie's book ‘Republican Rescue’ coming this fall  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The next book by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is addressed to his fellow Republicans.  —  “Republican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden” …
 
 
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Leslie Eastman / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Biden Administration: Our 90-Day Covid-19 Origins Review May Not Be Definitive
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
The Daily Beast:
Jared Kushner Really Did Make the Pandemic Worse
Discussion: Raw Story
Courtney Fischer / ABC7:
Man cuts power to ex's home, breaks in, shoots her 4 times on day of child custody hearing: Deputies
Joe Concha / The Hill:
US just finished dead last among 46 countries in media trust — here's why
Discussion: The Daily Caller and OutKick
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Al Gore on CNN: Republicans are putting out “artificial insanity” on 2020 election
Discussion: UPROXX and MSN
Mary Spicuzza / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
95% of those who've died from COVID-19 in Wisconsin since March weren't vaccinated or fully vaccinated, officials say
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Tim Mak / NPR:
Some Proud Boys Are Moving To Local Politics As Scrutiny Of Far-Right Group Ramps Up
Discussion: Raw Story
David Agren / The Guardian:
Mexico supreme court strikes down laws that ban use of recreational marijuana
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Pence faces fierce resistance from GOP's pro-Trump base
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Robert J. McCarthy / Buffalo News:
Brown launches write-in campaign for mayor as others eye the race
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Facebook Antitrust Cases Brought by FTC and States Are Thrown Out
The Daily Beast:
YouTube Bans and Then Unbans Right Wing Watch, a Media Watchdog Devoted to Exposing Right-Wing Conspiracies
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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New York Times:
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