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2:15 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
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.
Devan Cole / CNN:
Trump said whoever ‘leaked’ info on his White House bunker stay should be ‘executed,’ new book claims  —  Then-President Donald Trump told a number of his advisers in 2020 that whoever leaked information about his stay in the White House bunker during protests last June had committed treason …
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Yes, Tomorrow Will Be Worse—Because of Journalism Like This
Discussion: The Present Age
KVUE-TV:
‘They will be arrested.’ Gov. Abbott responds to Texas Democrats' flight to Washington, D.C.  —  The Texas Legislature's special session started on July 8.  Among the issues that lawmakers are expected to address are bail reform and “election integrity.”  —  AUSTIN, Texas …
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Politico:
Texas Dems urge voting rights action in D.C. amid threats of arrest for skipping town  —  Texas state House Democrats who fled the state to block a Republican elections bill pleaded with Congress to act on voting rights at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday morning.  —  Scores of Democratic state …
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
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 …
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Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
June Consumer Prices Climbed Sharply Again as Economy Rebounded
Discussion: Twitchy and New York Post
Olivia Rockeman / Bloomberg:
U.S. Consumer Prices Jump Most Since 2008, Topping All Estimates
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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, The Federalist 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
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.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin draws red line in infrastructure talks  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) warned on Tuesday that he wants both a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a separate Democratic-only bill to be fully paid for.  —  “I think everything should be paid for.  We've put enough free money out,” Manchin told reporters.
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Biden to call for ‘a new coalition’ to defend voting rights
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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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+
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
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.
Marcy Nicholson / Bloomberg:
Lumber Wipes Out 2021 Gain With Demand Ebbing After Record Boom  — Wood prices often drift lower in the summer, rise in September  — Lumber futures still at historically elevated prices  —  Lumber, which at one point was among the world's best-performing commodities …
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.
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
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: Insider, RedState and New Republic
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
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: HotAir and New York Post
 
 
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Jonathan Tirone / Bloomberg:
Iran Talks Seen Withering Until August as Oil Market Heats Up
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:
Interview: Matt Yglesias, author and blogger
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
GOP anti-vaxxers are sacrificing citizens' lives for political gain
Jewish Electorate Institute:
July 2021 National Survey of Jewish Voters
BuzzFeed News:
The FBI Allegedly Used At Least 12 Informants In The Michigan Kidnapping Case
Discussion: Page Array
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
PA state Sen. Doug Mastriano promoted QAnon on Twitter over 50 times
Discussion: Washington Post
Julia Azari / FiveThirtyEight:
Presidents Used To Be The Faces Of Their Political Parties. Is That No Longer The Case?
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
There's Just One Problem With Biden's Executive Order Spree
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and New Yorker
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
Washington Post:
Why Facebook really, really doesn't want to discourage extremism
Bill Press / The Hill:
Ice cream's back — thank you, Joe!
Evan Perez / CNN:
Several tied to Haiti assassination plot were previously US law enforcement informants