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4:00 PM ET, July 1, 2021

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Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court upholds GOP voting restrictions in Arizona  —  The Supreme Court today upheld a pair of voting restrictions in Arizona, likely paving the way for new limitations across the country.  —  Why it matters: It's the court's biggest voting rights decision in several years.
Discussion: IJR
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee  —  I am deeply disappointed in today's decision by the United States Supreme Court that undercuts the Voting Rights Act, and upholds what Justice Kagan called …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions  —  The decision, a test of what remains of the Voting Rights Act, suggested that challenges to many new measures making it harder to vote may not be successful.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld voting restrictions …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court upholds restrictive Arizona voting laws in test of Voting Rights Act
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court leaves the Voting Rights Act alive — but only barely
Discussion: Arizona Mirror and ABC17NEWS
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
The Supreme Court Throws Out A State Law Requiring Nonprofits To Name Rich Donors
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Supreme Court says that California can't require all nonprofits to disclose their donors
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Kinzinger on McCarthy's Jan. 6 investigation threat: ‘Who gives a s—?’  —  Rep. Adam Kinzinger knows GOP leaders wanted to scare him away from serving on the Democrat-led panel investigating the Capitol riot.  And he doesn't care one bit.  —  “Who gives a shit?” the Illinois Republican …
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Ryan Nobles / CNN:
House Democrats call on McCarthy to ‘take immediate action’ to address Greene's behavior  —  (CNN)Nearly 40 House Democrats are demanding House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy take what they call “immediate action” to address the behavior of GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia …
Jamie Gangel / CNN:
McCarthy threatens to strip GOP members of committee assignments if they accept an offer from Pelosi to serve on 1/6 commission  —  Pelosi announces House will establish January 6 insurrection probe  —  (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday issued a blanket threat during …
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Which Republicans Should Be Put on the January 6 Committee?  —  The committee is too partisan, moans Kevin McCarthy.  Gee, who's to blame for that?  —  Let's get Kevin McCarthy's record straight:  — The House Republican leader supported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's bogus lawsuit …
Politico:
Cheney joins Dems on Jan. 6 probe, defying McCarthy threat
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
So much for ‘action’: McCarthy dials back early pledge to rein in Republicans who cross the line as Gosar, others go unpunished
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
New York Times:
Top Trump Executive, Allen Weisselberg, Surrenders to Face Charges  —  The Trump Organization and Mr. Weisselberg have been indicted in connection with a tax investigation and are expected to appear in court Thursday.  —  Donald J. Trump's long-serving chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump aide: Ex-prez emboldened by indictment news  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TRUMP ORG INDICTMENT DAY — “New York grand jury returns criminal indictments against Trump's company and its CFO, the first from prosecutors probing the former president's business dealings,” …
Washington Post:
Trump Organization charged with 15-year ‘scheme to defraud’ government; chief financial officer charged with grand larceny, tax fraud
Associated Press:
Trump Organization, CFO indicted on tax fraud charges
CNN:
Prosecutors charge Trump Organization with a 15-year tax scheme
Politico:
Team Trump quietly launches new social media platform  —  Former President Donald Trump's team quietly launched a new social media platform on Thursday, billing it as an alternative to Big Tech sites.  —  The platform, called GETTR, advertised its mission statement as “fighting cancel culture …
Joanne Rosa / ABC News:
Meghan McCain announces departure from ‘The View’  —  McCain joined the Emmy Award-winning daytime talk show in October 2017.  —  After four seasons on “The View,” Meghan McCain announced Thursday that she's leaving at the end the season.  —  “I am just going to rip the band-aid off.
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Julie Gordon / Page Six:
Meghan McCain to announce she's leaving ‘The View’
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Judge Denies Britney Spears' Request to Remove Father From Conservatorship Again … New court documents that were filed by the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday show that the judge has denied the request by Spears' attorney, Samuel Ingham III, to remove her father, Jamie Spears, as her sole conservator.
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Joe Rogan Is Too Big to Cancel  —  He's now one of the most consumed media products on the planet.  His Spotify deal, estimated at $100 million, speaks to the allure of making audiences feel they're in on something subversive.  —  The other comics called him “Little Ball of Anger” …
Joe Sonka / USA Today:
Charles Booker makes it official, announces run for US Senate seat held by Rand Paul  —  LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Almost exactly one year after his bid for U.S. Senate came up just short in the Democratic primary, Charles Booker formally launched his new candidacy for the office Thursday …
George Packer / The Atlantic:
How Rumsfeld Deserves to Be Remembered  —  In 2006, soon after I returned from my fifth reporting trip to Iraq for The New Yorker, a pair of top aides in the George W. Bush White House invited me to lunch to discuss the war.  This was a first; until then, no one close to the president would talk to me …
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
The 3 Simple Rules That Underscore the Danger of Delta  —  Fifteen months after the novel coronavirus shut down much of the world, the pandemic is still raging.  Few experts guessed that by this point, the world would have not one vaccine but many, with 3 billion doses already delivered.
Discussion: WSVN-TV
Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:
Kansas groups halt voter registration drives to avoid being jailed under new law  —  TOPEKA — The League of Women Voters of Kansas and other nonprofits are suspending voter registration drives for fear of criminal prosecution under a new state law.  —  The groups filed a lawsuit …
Jeff Brady / NPR:
Exxon Lobbyist Caught On Video Talking About Undermining Biden's Climate Push  —  Indiscreet comments made by an Exxon Mobil lobbyist to undercover activists may figure prominently in upcoming congressional hearings about the role of oil companies in the battle against climate change.
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Iconic American Magazine Fails To Disclose CCP Funding in Latest Print Edition  —  Time magazine failed to disclose Chinese government funding for content published in its most recent print edition.  —  The magazine's June 21-28 double issue included an insert from China Daily, a media outlet controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
Discussion: Twitchy
CBC News:
Village of Lytton, B.C., evacuated as mayor says ‘the whole town is on fire’  —  Several out-of-control wildfires burning in other parts of province after heat wave  —  A small B.C. village that endured the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Canada for days on end this week was engulfed …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and CBS News
Ryan Randazzo / Arizona Republic:
Republic takes Senate, Cyber Ninjas to court for audit records  —  The Arizona Republic has gone to court to demand records from the state Senate and one of its contractors to shed light on the audit of 2020 election results.  —  The news organization on Wednesday filed a special action …
Discussion: The Hill
Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Biden's Chief of Staff Is Worried About ‘Everything.’ Except the Midterms.  —  (SINGING) When you walk in the room, do you have sway?  —  I'm Kara Swisher, and you're listening to “Sway.”  My guest today is Ron Klain, the White House chief of staff.  He's one of the most powerful people in America.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:
FBI, NSA: Russian military cyber-unit behind large-scale brute-force attacks  —  US and UK cybersecurity agencies said today that a Russian military cyber unit has been behind a series of brute-force attacks that have targeted the cloud IT resources of government and private sector companies across the world.
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
New York election fiasco spurs Republican push for voting legislation  —  Former President Donald Trump took a victory lap after a discrepancy over test ballots threw New York City's Democratic primary for mayor into disarray.  —  “Watch the mess you are about to see in New York City …
Discussion: CNN and Conservative Brief
 
 
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Kathleen Brush / Washington Examiner:
Wokery's war on reality
Discussion: spiked
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Progressives Don't Need to Downplay Rising Homicides
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Tucker Carlson told associates he voted for Kanye, not Trump
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Kean will run for Congress in 2022 in rematch with Malinowski
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Allahpundit / HotAir:
“The easiest way to make the Delta variant go away is to turn off CNN”
Discussion: Politico and Yahoo News
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell has laid a trap for Democrats. Here's how they can avoid it.
Discussion: Daily Kos, CNN and National Review
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
After Biden Meets Putin, U.S. Exposes Details of Russian Hacking Campaign
Laura Weiss / New Republic:
Who Gets Left Behind as We “Return to Normal”?
Discussion: The Guardian
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Most Complete Picture Yet of America's Changing Electorate
Los Angeles Times:
17 hurt in huge blast during LAPD detonation of explosive devices
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden reprises role as consoler-in-chief during South Florida visit
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Ten Things We Now Know About the Nonwhite Working Class Vote in 2020