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9:05 AM ET, July 6, 2021

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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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Philip Lewis / HuffPost:
Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC Tenure Offer, Will Teach At Howard University Instead  —  Ta-Nehisi Coates will join the Pulitzer​-winning journalist and creator of the “1619 Project” at the historically Black university as faculty.  —  Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer​ …
Discussion: CNN
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 …
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Find New Revenues as They Seize Afghanistan's U.S.-Built Border Gateway
Discussion: Insider and BBC
Wall Street Journal:   After U.S.'s Bagram Exit, Afghans Face the Taliban Alone
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Ivanka Trump is the next place the district attorney will likely look: Former federal prosecutor  —  Former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne told MSNBC viewers Monday that the next person that the Manhattan District Attorney's office will likely look to is Ivanka Trump.
Discussion: Salon
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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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
J.D. Vance says he regrets since-deleted tweets criticizing Trump  —  J.D. Vance, the bestselling author and a Republican Senate hopeful, said on Monday that he regretted his since-deleted Twitter posts that criticized Donald Trump, amid accusations of flip-flopping as he vies for a seat in Ohio.
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.
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. Recalls Exact Moment He Realized Party Was Capitulating To Trump  —  “That's the moment when I realized, ‘Oh, man, this is a problem,’” said Illinois Republican Adam Kinzinger.  —  Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) says the GOP's capitulation to Donald Trump finally became clear …
Discussion: Political Wire
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David Marchese / New York Times:
Rep. Adam Kinzinger on the Moral Failure of Republicans and the Big Lie
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:
Pence got 10 minutes to talk about ‘how hard he was working’ during weekly lunches before Trump turned on the TV and began complaining, book says  — Former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence met weekly for lunch.  — The lunches were a chance for Pence to tell Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Bill Bostock / Insider:
Trump has cut off Rudy Giuliani, and is annoyed that he asked to be paid for his work on challenging the election, book says
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
What's keeping democracy experts up most at night?  An overturned election … WASHINGTON — Congress is just beginning a new investigation into the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, but the movement behind it remains as active as ever.  Former President Donald Trump is frequently repeating false claims …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
New Jersey man's racist rant dared neighbor to ‘come see me.’ On Monday, dozens did.  —  While a Mount Laurel man verbally attacked a neighbor with racist rants on Friday, he challenged his target to “come see me” and gave his address.His conduct and the challenge were captured on video and went viral.
Discussion: Raw Story, New York Post and Fox News
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
Glenn Greenwald:
An Ugly War Among Leftist YouTubers Shows Two Common, Toxic Pathologies Plaguing U.S. Politics  —  Baselessly accusing people of being Russian agents and weaponizing accusations of sexual misconduct are reputation-destroying cancers at the heart of liberal discourse.  —  7 hr ago
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
It's Morning in Joe Biden's America  —  Last Tuesday President Biden's Council of Economic Advisers published a blog post warning everyone not to make too much of any one month's employment report.  It presumably released this in advance of Friday's report to fend off possible accusations …
Discussion: The Dispatch and Fox News
David Badash / Raw Story:
‘We are an army for everything that Jesus has purchased for us’: Lauren Boebert at Freedom rally  —  Wearing her usual holstered firearm U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Independence Day injected a heavy dose of Christian nationalism into her speech in Mesa County, Colorado.
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
New York Post:
Maniac punches carriage horse, attacks two others in Central Park: driver  —  His name may not be Mongo but a shirtless maniac stole a page from “Blazing Saddles” on Monday — punching, and also kicking, three carriage horses in Central Park before claiming he had a knife, witnesses said.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Surging global food prices put staple meals out of reach, from Nigerian jollof rice to Russian pasta and Argentine steak  —  A year of coronavirus pandemic saw a pot of jollof rice grow steadily more expensive in the Nigerian suburb of Nyanya.  —  At Nyanya Market, near Abuja, Nigeria's capital …
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.
The Guardian:
‘Killing spree’: Wisconsin's wolf population plunges after protections removed, study finds  —  Researchers blame poaching and hunting far beyond quotas after species dropped from endangered list  —  As many as one-third of Wisconsin's gray wolves probably died at the hands of humans …
Discussion: WTOP
Associated Press:
Demolition widens search at condo site, but storms threaten  —  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers searched through fresh rubble Monday after the last of the collapsed Florida condo building was demolished, which allowed crews into previously inaccessible places, including bedrooms where people …
Washington Post:
Hackers demand $70 million to unlock businesses hit by sprawling ransomware attack  —  Cybercriminals involved in a widespread attack said they would release their victims' files for a ransom of $70 million  —  A hacking group that experts said was behind the sprawling ransomware attack …
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Kevin Collier / NBC News:
Hackers behind holiday crime spree demand $70 million, say they locked 1 million devices
Discussion: Lawfare and Quartz
Alexey Kovalev / Foreign Policy:
The Shocking Enormity of Russia's Botched Pandemic Response  —  A massive third wave is spreading unchecked, anti-vaxxers are rampant, and the Kremlin's vaccine diplomacy has failed.  —  MOSCOW—As I write this, Russia is firmly in the grip of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
 
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Fears arise that Lambda COVID-19 variant from Peru may be resistant to vaccines
Discussion: The Star and Twitchy
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Republicans weigh ‘cracking’ cities to doom Democrats
Fred Fleitz / The Federalist:
The NSA Does Not Deny Reading Tucker Carlson's Emails
Discussion: Power Line
Alex Rogers / CNN:
Republicans consider dividing up Nashville district to gain US House seat
Politico:
Biden allies brace for GOP attacks when southern border reopens
Discussion: CNN and Forbes
Michael Hauser Tov / Haaretz:
In Blow to Bennett, Knesset Votes Down Extending Citizenship Law
Discussion: Informed Comment and Al Jazeera
Sen. Roger Marshall / Washington Examiner:
Democrats' calls to defund the police are dangerous
David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
Conservatives Have No Plan To Win the Culture War. They Intend to Rule Anyway.
 Earlier Items: 
Ian Talley / Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Temper U.S. Use of Sanctions Weapons, Officials Say
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Progressives ramp up Medicare expansion push in Congress
Discussion: Breitbart
Victoria Bekiempis / New York Magazine:
What Alvin Bragg Plans to Do With Cy Vance's Troubled Sex Crimes Unit
John Schindler / TOP SECRET UMBRA:
Counterintelligence is as American as Apple Pie
David Gilbert / VICE:
Trump Just Got Even Cozier With QAnon
Discussion: Raw Story
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Far-Right Extremist Finds an Ally in an Arizona Congressman
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
They Were the Nice, Older Couple Next Door. Then the First Body Turned Up.
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The White House says “no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made” and it is exploring options for “Making Hollywood Great Again”

Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Apple TV+ has gained critical acclaim as a creative haven for filmmakers trying to sell original ideas, but one analyst estimates it has just 57M subscribers

The Guardian:
How Ethiopia, host of the 2019 World Press Freedom Day, became one of the most repressive countries for media after the war in the Tigray region began in 2020
 
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