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1:30 PM ET, July 13, 2021

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump unloads on Kavanaugh in new Michael Wolff book  —  Former President Donald Trump, in a book out Tuesday by Michael Wolff, says he is “very disappointed” in votes by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, his own hard-won nominee, and that he “hasn't had the courage you need to be a great justice.”
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Marc Pitzke / Spiegel Online:
“There Was No Plan.  He Is Deranged”  —  During the reporting of his latest book on the attack …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Yes, Tomorrow Will Be Worse—Because of Journalism Like This
Discussion: The Present Age
Washington Post:
‘I Alone Can Fix It’ book excerpt: Inside Trump's Election Day and the birth of the ‘big lie’ … Finally, Election Day had arrived.  The morning of Nov. 3, 2020, President Trump was upbeat.  The mood in the West Wing was good.  Some aides talked giddily of a landslide.
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Biden to call for ‘a new coalition’ to defend voting rights  —  In a high-profile voting rights speech Tuesday, President Joe Biden plans to “blast the denial of the right to vote as grounded in autocracy, undemocratic, un-American, and unpatriotic,” a White House official shared with POLITICO.
KVUE-TV:
‘They will be arrested.’ Gov. Abbott responds to Texas Democrats' flight to Washington, D.C.
Darragh Roche / Newsweek:
Greg Abbott Says Fleeing Texas Democrats ‘Will Be Arrested’ When They Return to State
Karoli Kuns / Crooks and Liars:
HEROES: Texas Democrats Flee The State To Stop Voting Bill
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Cheney fundraising surge continues, as Wyoming congresswoman sets second straight record  —  Cheney, who was ousted as House Republican Conference Chair in May, hauls in nearly $1.9M in past three months  —  Liz Cheney speaks out after being ousted by Republican Party
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Politico:
‘Get on the team or shut up’: How Trump created an army of GOP enforcers  —  From the earliest days of his presidency Donald Trump and his political team worked to re-engineer the infrastructure of the Republican Party, installing allies in top leadership posts in key states.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Cheney tops Stefanik in fundraising
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
The Tennessean:
Tennessee's former top vaccine official: ‘I am afraid for my state’  —  Editor's note: On Monday, July 12, the Tennessee Department of Health fired Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the top vaccine official in the Tennessee state government.  Fiscus said she was scapegoated to appease Republican state lawmakers …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Insider
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Prices jumped 5.4 percent in June, the biggest rise since 2008.  —  A key measure of inflation jumped sharply in June, a gain that is sure to keep concerns over rising prices front and center at the White House and Federal Reserve.  —  The Consumer Price Index climbed by 5.4 percent …
Discussion: Sacramento Bee
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Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
June Consumer Prices Climbed Sharply Again as Economy Rebounded
Discussion: Twitchy and New York Post
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The obscure foundation funding “Critical Race Theory” hysteria  —  Critical Race Theory (CRT), once a little-known academic concept, is now at the center of the national political discussion.  CRT is discussed incessantly on Fox News.  It is featured in campaign advertisements.
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Justin Haskins / Washington Examiner:
Teaching critical race theory isn't just wrong. It might be illegal
Discussion: RedState, Yahoo News and Townhall
The Daily Beast:
Bill O'Reilly's Accuser Finally Breaks Her Silence  —  HER STORY … In an exclusive interview, Andrea Mackris reveals the full scope of Bill O'Reilly's alleged harassment of her—and why she doesn't care if telling all means blowing up her NDA. … New York litigator David Ratner shouted at his client …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump May Already Be Violating Campaign Laws
Discussion: Raw Story
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Youngkin to skip marquee debate over moderator's donation to Clinton Bush Haiti Fund  —  RICHMOND — Republican Glenn Youngkin will skip what is typically the premier debate of the Virginia governor's race, saying he objects to the moderator, PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff …
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and NBC News
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Scott Cohn / CNBC:
Virginia is back as America's Top State for Business in 2021
Discussion: The Daily Caller and ARLnow.com
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Newsom won't be listed as a Democrat on recall ballot, judge says  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom cannot identify himself as a Democrat on the September recall ballot because he missed the deadline to designate his party affiliation, a superior court judge in Sacramento ruled Monday.
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Laura K. Field / The Bulwark:
What the Hell Happened to the Claremont Institute?  —  [A printable PDF of this article is available here.]  —  Just before 11 o'clock on the morning of January 6—an hour before President Donald Trump began riling up his “Save America” rally in front of the White House …
Discussion: Bulwark+
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
The Atlantic thrived through Trump and the pandemic.  The future is harder.  —  Nicholas Thompson, the chief executive of The Atlantic, gave a presentation to employees last month in which he disclosed some uncomfortable truths about the state of the magazine.
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Biden to pick former West Virginia health official as nation's drug czar  —  Rahul Gupta, ally of Manchin, would oversee drug policy strategy if confirmed  —  President Biden has selected a former West Virginia health official as the nation's top drug policy official, according …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill, CNN and STAT
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Fired and defiant, former Social Security chief is cut off from agency computers  —  Ousted Social Security commissioner Andrew Saul, the Trump appointee who declared Friday he would defy his firing by President Biden, on Monday found his access to agency computers cut off, even as his acting replacement moved to undo his policies.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
REvil, Hacking Group Behind Major Ransomware Attack, Disappears  —  Just days after President Biden called President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and demanded that he act to shut down ransomware groups that are attacking American targets, the biggest of them has gone off-line.  The mystery is who made that happen.
Bill McMorris / RealClearInvestigations:
Unions' Focus on Woke Over Work Rankles Rank and File  —  Los Angeles school teacher Glenn Laird has been a union stalwart for almost four decades.  He served as a co-chair of his school's delegation to United Teachers Los Angeles and proudly wore union purple on the picket line.  —  Pride at Work
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
CNN:
Taliban fighters execute 22 Afghan commandos as they try to surrender  —  Dawlat Abad, Afghanistan (CNN)Over clear but unsteady video, the words ring out: “Surrender, commandos, surrender.”  Several men emerge from a building; they are clearly unarmed.  —  Gunfire erupts.
Discussion: Insider and New York Post
Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Lawsuit targets Texas abortion law deputizing citizens to enforce six-week ban  —  Abortion rights advocates and providers filed a federal lawsuit in Texas on Tuesday seeking to block a new state law empowering individuals to sue anyone assisting a woman with getting an abortion …
Discussion: New Republic and RedState
Evan Perez / CNN:
Several tied to Haiti assassination plot were previously US law enforcement informants  —  Several of the men involved in the operation that killed Haiti's president previously worked as US law enforcement informants, according to people briefed on the matter, as US investigators grapple …
Bari Weiss / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
A Witch Trial at the Legal Aid Society  —  Maud Maron was a model public defender.  Then she was forced out of her job because of her political views and her race.  —  12 hr ago  —  If you google “bleeding heart liberal,” Maud Maron might well turn up as the first hit.
Discussion: New York Post
Julia Azari / FiveThirtyEight:
Presidents Used To Be The Faces Of Their Political Parties.  Is That No Longer The Case?  —  In our polarized political era, presidents have increasingly become the faces of their parties, operating as symbols of what their parties value — and what the opposing party rejects.
Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
There's Just One Problem With Biden's Executive Order Spree  —  The administration's staffing deficiencies could imperil the entire agenda.  —  President Biden hands out a pen after signing an executive order aimed at promoting competition in the economy, in the State Dining Room of the White House, July 9, 2021.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and New Yorker
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
PA state Sen. Doug Mastriano promoted QAnon on Twitter over 50 times  —  Mastriano is leading a sham “forensic investigation” of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania and is likely running for governor  —  Right-wing commentator and Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, a likely candidate …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Marcy Nicholson / Bloomberg:
Lumber Wipes Out 2021 Gain With Demand Ebbing After Record Boom
Cammy Pedroja / Newsweek:
Megyn Kelly Says Media Hyped up Capitol Riot to Make It Look ‘Worse than It Actually Was’
Discussion: Raw Story and IJR
Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
GOP anti-vaxxers are sacrificing citizens' lives for political gain
Jewish Electorate Institute:
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BuzzFeed News:
The FBI Allegedly Used At Least 12 Informants In The Michigan Kidnapping Case
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Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Taliban surge in north Afghanistan sends thousands fleeing
 Earlier Items: 
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Hard to feel safe’: Rep. Porter says town hall altercation erodes sense of security
Discussion: The Hill and MSNBC
Laura Baxter / The Federalist:
Thanks To Neil Gorsuch, The Biden Administration Is Forcing Employers Everywhere To End Free Speech And Put Men In Women's Bathrooms
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
America Only Punishes a Certain Kind of Rebel
Discussion: Vox, NBC News, CNN and Vanity Fair
Zaid Jilani / The American Mind:
Conserving Collapse  —  The Republican Old Guard needs to adopt new tactics to deal with a rapidly changing society.
Washington Post:
Why Facebook really, really doesn't want to discourage extremism
Bill Press / The Hill:
Ice cream's back — thank you, Joe!
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
The Republican Party's top lawyer called election fraud arguments by Trump's lawyers a ‘joke’ that could mislead millions