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Washington Post:
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Ta-Nehisi Coates to join Howard University faculty  —  Hannah-Jones said she would not join faculty of UNC-Chapel Hill after tenure controversy  —  Journalists Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates are joining Howard University's faculty, school officials announced Tuesday …
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
‘So, So Angry’: Reporters Who Survived the Capitol Riot Are Still Struggling  —  The reporters who survived the insurrection are still covering Congress.  But things don't feel normal.  —  CJ  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.
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HuffPost:
6 Months Later, Republicans Have A New Jan. 6 Message: Insurrection? What Insurrection?
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Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
US left Afghan airfield at night, didn't tell new commander  —  BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base's new Afghan commander …
The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Just Might Flip on Her Dad, Mary Trump Says  —  “She's much less likely to stay loyal than Allen Weisselberg.”  —  The Trump Organization is now feeling the heat, with its CFO under indictment for grand larceny.  Prosecutors are clearing to get that money man, Allen Weisselberg, to flip on his boss.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Ivanka Trump is the next place the district attorney will likely look: Former federal prosecutor
Discussion: Insider
Joe Trippi / USA Today:
I'm joining the Lincoln Project to make sure Republicans don't win Congress in 2022  —  Donald Trump is fueling an authoritarian movement abetted by far too many Republican senators and House members.  We must unite to preserve democracy.  —  America is exhausted.
Discussion: The Hill and Twitchy
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
We Still Won't Admit Why So Many People Believe the Big Lie  —  CLUELESS … Six months after the insurrection it triggered, it's clear that the stolen-election nonsense is just a drop in a tidal wave of bullshit.  —  How could so many Americans believe in “the Big Lie?”  We see the numbers and we shake our heads.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
CNN:
At least 150 people fatally shot in more than 400 shootings over the Fourth of July weekend  —  (CNN)At least 150 people were killed by gun violence in more than 400 shootings across the country during the Fourth of July weekend as major cities nationwide confront a surge in violent crime …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Republicans weigh ‘cracking’ cities to doom Democrats  —  Kentucky's GOP congressional delegation entered the redistricting cycle with an unusual request for their state legislative counterparts: leave Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth alone.  —  The group, which includes Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …
Discussion: CBS News
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Democrats plan to zero out wall funding and reduce Border Patrol money amid historic surge  —  House Democrats eliminated funding for a southern border wall and denied extra money for Border Patrol officers in a 2022 spending bill unveiled recently that comes amid a massive influx of illegal immigration.
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Politico:
Biden allies brace for GOP attacks when southern border reopens
Discussion: CNN and Forbes
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Meet the Republicans who want to stop the next attempt to steal an election  —  As we hit the six-month anniversary of Jan. 6, the GOP's radicalization against democracy continues to hurtle forward.  And very few prominent Republicans will stand athwart that radicalization and yell, “Stop!”
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
The Senate's Grim Reaper  —  To visit Mitch McConnell at his office in the Capitol, you must first pass through a faded world that he has meticulously preserved.  A fireplace in the reception room still bears a crack left by a fire British soldiers set during the War of 1812.
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Nicole Russell / Washington Examiner:
No, children don't need to see kink at Pride parades  —  If I didn't know better, I'd think a post titled, “Yes, kink belongs at Pride.  And I want my kids to see it,” was such an outrageous invitation to spar in the public square that it was not worthy of a response.
Discussion: Front Page Magazine and Townhall
Blake Douglas / Tulsa World:
Sen. Lankford responds to ‘unheard of’ lack of neutrality from state GOP chairman  —  In addition to challengers in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate next year, incumbent Sen. James Lankford said he is contending with opposition from a high-ranking member of his own party.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump sees Walker as ‘unstoppable’ candidate, but many in GOP are wary  —  Herschel Walker hasn't lived in Georgia for decades.  He's never held public office, doesn't attend the sort of Republican events that are mainstays on the political calendar and has bypassed the backslapping fundraising circuit …
Discussion: Fox News
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox's New Channel Changes the Climate for Weather TV  —  As viewers tune out cable news, Rupert Murdoch is preparing the debut of Fox Weather, a potentially powerful new player in a sphere long dominated by the Weather Channel.  —  Weather is taking the media industry by storm.
Tim Lister / CNN:
An American lawyer went on a lunch date in Moscow.  Now he's languishing in a jail cell in Belarus  —  (CNN)When Youras Ziankovich, a lawyer with American citizenship, returned to his Moscow hotel after a lunch date with a friend in April, he found four men waiting for him in the street.
Gary Ginsberg / The Daily Beast:
When Bill Clinton's Veep Vetting Process Revealed That Al Gore Had No Friends  —  “Senator, who are your friends... the people you most like, relax with, travel with, drink with.  Your friends.”  —  I was in the third grade when I saw Abraham Lincoln assassinated.
Discussion: Hachette Book Group
Jessica Glenza / The Guardian:
‘It shakes you to your core’: the anti-abortion extremists gaining ground on the right  —  Operation Save America opposes Covid vaccination, women in power and same-sex marriage - and allies are making inroads among legislators  —  undreds of anti-abortion protesters lined blocks along …
German Lopez / Vox:
How political polarization broke America's vaccine campaign  —  The US's partisan divides have left much of the country vulnerable to Covid-19 — leading to unnecessary deaths.  —  The Covid-19 epidemic in the United States risks becoming a tale of “two Americas,” as Anthony Fauci warned in June …
Discussion: CNN
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Bipartisan House Group Backs Biden-Senate Infrastructure Deal  — Problem Solvers Caucus calls for standalone vote in House  — Pelosi has linked $579 billion deal to larger budget bill  —  A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Tuesday publicly endorsed President Joe Biden's $579 …
Andrew Murray / Fox News:
Some RNC staffers did not vote for Trump amid 2020 campaign power struggle, new book claims  —  New book spotlights alleged infighting between top Trump campaign and GOP officials during 2020 election  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for July 6  —  Some Republican National Committee (RNC) …
Discussion: Insider, BizPac Review and POLITICUSUSA
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
As coronavirus probe deepens, Bolsonaro increasingly threatened by a corruption scandal  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — For months, the congressional probe into Brazil's lax coronavirus response has been seen as politics as usual.  Inside a hearing room, lawmakers had retreated to their standard political positions …
American Prospect:
Meet the Consulting Firm That's Staffing the Biden Administration  —  WestExec represented major corporations throughout the Trump years.  Now it's in the White House.  —  This piece has been co-published with The Intercept  —  From its headquarters just blocks from the White House …
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Critical race theory uproar sparks a new wave of school board recalls  —  Efforts to recall school board members are surging around the U.S. — and especially in California — amid Republican efforts to quash teaching about institutional racism.  —  Why it matters: Coordinated efforts …
Discussion: Political Wire
Neal E. Boudette / New York Times:
Tesla Says Autopilot Makes Its Cars Safer.  Crash Victims Say It Kills.  —  A California family that lost a 15-year-old boy when a Tesla hit its pickup truck is suing the company, claiming its Autopilot system was partly responsible.  —  Benjamin Maldonado and his teenage son were driving …
Discussion: Eschaton
Wall Street Journal:
Bitcoin Draws More Scrutiny From Regulators Worried About Fraud  —  SEC's Gary Gensler has told lawmakers that investor protection rules should apply to crypto exchanges  —  Regulators are signaling they want more control over an expanded cryptocurrency universe that has pushed further …
 
 
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Jeremy Fassler / New York Times:
A Call to Diversify Those Calling the Cues
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
DNC launches organizing program ahead of midterms
Discussion: Political Wire
Nick R. Martin / The Informant:
Rep. Paul Gosar's history of extremism
Discussion: New York Times
Nick Perry / Associated Press:
Twitter restricts account of expert who mocked China leader
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Surging global food prices put staple meals out of reach, from Nigerian jollof rice to Russian pasta and Argentine steak
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
It's Morning in Joe Biden's America
Discussion: The Dispatch and Fox News
Alex Rogers / CNN:
Republicans consider dividing up Nashville district to gain US House seat
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
GOP Lawmaker Recalls Exact Moment He Realized His Party Was Capitulating To Trump
Glenn Greenwald:
An Ugly War Among Leftist YouTubers Shows Two Common, Toxic Pathologies Plaguing U.S. Politics
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
What's keeping democracy experts up most at night? An overturned election
Discussion: Outside the Beltway