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8:25 PM ET, July 15, 2021

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The Guardian:
Kremlin papers appear to show Putin's plot to put Trump in White House  —  Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy  —  Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a “mentally unstable” …
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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Talking With Tucker Carlson, the Most Powerful Conservative in America  —  On a Thursday afternoon in June, five months after Inauguration Day, I asked Tucker Carlson whether Joe Biden was the legitimately elected President of the United States.  —  This was halfway through a meandering phone conversation …
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Ross Douthat's Populist Dream World  —  True nationalist populism has never been tried!  —  1 hr ago  —  Tonight is TNB!  Come hang out with me, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, and our guest Laura Field to talk about the descent of the Claremont Institute, the East Coast / West Coast Straussian beef …
Discussion: HotAir, Townhall and CNN
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Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Two Accounts of Donald Trump's Final Year in Office, One More Vivid and Apt Than the Other  —  Two new books about the final year of Donald J. Trump's presidency are entering the cultural bloodstream.  The first, “Landslide,” by the gadfly journalist Michael Wolff, is the one to leap upon …
Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy to meet on Thursday as 1/6 committee hearing looms
Arizona Republic:
State Senate to seek more election material from Maricopa County; door-to-door questioning recommended  —  Andrew Oxford Mary Jo PitzlArizona Republic  —  Senate President Karen Fann said the Legislature needs more materials and data from Maricopa County for an unprecedented and controversial review …
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Democracy Docket:   Court Denies Republican Request to Dismiss Arizona Audit Case
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
'I'm Here, Mom!':  FBI Arrests Man Who Wore Roman Gladiator Costume To Capitol Riot  —  Nathan Wayne Entrekin was talking to his mother during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.  —  Nathan Wayne Entrekin, a man who wore a Roman gladiator costume to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in support …
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Five members of one Texas family charged in Capitol riot case
Discussion: Washington Post
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Cheney reportedly told Jim Jordan ‘you f— did this’ during Jan. 6 riot
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Matt Gaetz hired legal firm used by Jeffrey Epstein and El Chapo, campaign report shows  —  Gaetz's campaign has spent $135,000 on legal expenses in the past year as his troubles have mounted.  —  Updated Just now  —  With his legal troubles still looming over him, U.S …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Robin Bravender / Insider:
Matt Gaetz's campaign paid $25K to a Manhattan criminal defense lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein, new records show
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
Wake Up, Democrats, You're Fighting the Last War  —  The biggest threat to American democracy is what happens after elections, not before  —  Let's face some difficult facts:  —  Trump tried to steal the election, which culminated in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.  It may have been a crazy long shot, but it wasn't a joke.
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Politico:
Pigs fly: McConnell weighs giving Biden a bipartisan win  —  Something strange is happening in Washington: Mitch McConnell might go along with a central piece of Joe Biden's agenda.  —  The self-appointed “Grim Reaper” of the Senate, a minority leader who said just two months ago that …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP fumes over Schumer hardball strategy
Discussion: Bloomberg and HuffPost
CNN:
Exclusive: Stephen Breyer says he hasn't decided his retirement plans and is happy as the Supreme Court's top liberal  —  Plainfield, New Hampshire (CNN)Justice Stephen Breyer has not decided when he will retire and is especially gratified with his new role as the senior liberal on the bench …
The Citizen Lab:
Another Mercenary Spyware Vendor Comes into Focus  —  Summary  — Candiru is a secretive Israel-based company that sells spyware exclusively to governments.  Reportedly, their spyware can infect and monitor iPhones, Androids, Macs, PCs, and cloud accounts.
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
‘Faster, Harder, Louder’: Rolling Stone Hires Daily Beast Editor  —  Noah Shachtman, an experienced online journalist with a newsy sensibility, will lead the pop music bible founded in 1967.  —  Rolling Stone has chosen Noah Shachtman, a veteran of the news site The Daily Beast …
Washington Post:
‘I Alone Can Fix It’ book excerpt: The inside story of Trump's defiance and inaction on Jan. 6 … As the sun rose over Washington on Jan. 6, electricity hung in the air.  The big day had come.  Thousands of President Trump's supporters began gathering on the Ellipse to stake out a good spot …
Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
The delta variant is ravaging this Missouri city.  Many residents are still wary of vaccines.  —  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The worst of the pandemic seemed behind Mercy Hospital, those weeks last winter when the coronavirus wards were full of people struggling to breathe.
Discussion: The Mahablog and Raw Story
CNN:
Porsches, Gucci rings, and billions of robocalls: Inside the PAC operation that raised millions by impersonating Donald Trump  —  (CNN)At first glance, “Matte Nox” looks like your typical thirty-something wannabe Internet influencer, flaunting a lavish lifestyle on his public Instagram and TikTok accounts.
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Report: Cuomo to be deposed by AG's investigators on Saturday  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be interviewed on Saturday as part of state Attorney General Tish James' investigation into various allegations against him, according to a report from the New York Times.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
IRS begins sending monthly checks to millions of American parents in crucial test for Biden  —  The Biden administration has launched the biggest U.S. anti-poverty program since Lyndon Johnson's ‘war on poverty’ in the 1960s.  —  The Biden administration on Thursday is launching …
Sam Ro / Axios:
CEOs sound the alarm on inflation  —  CEOs are speaking up about what we've seen in the government data: inflation.  And some of them warn elevated levels of inflation could persist.  —  Why it matters: Prices for goods and services have been rising at a historic pace …
Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An ‘Urgent Threat’  —  With about a third of adults in the U.S. still completely unvaccinated, and cases of COVID-19 on the rise, the U.S. Surgeon General is calling for a war against “health misinformation.”
Philip Klein / National Review:
Jen Psaki Just Escalated the Conservative War with Big Tech  —  Whether or not she intended to, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has escalated the conservative war with Big Tech.  —  During the Thursday press briefing, Psaki said regarding COVID-19 messaging that “we're flagging problematic posts …
Jeremy Beaman / Washington Examiner:
Sailor becomes first woman to complete Naval Special Warfare training  —  A sailor in the U.S. Navy made history this week by becoming the first woman to complete the service's rigorous, monthslong training for prospective Naval Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen.
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox News
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Covid-19's global spread is a test for America  —  South Africa is the first country where covid-19 has contributed to serious social disorder (if you don't count the United States).  One of Africa's wealthiest nations is beset by inequality, corruption, political strife and now a health system that is …
Discussion: Forbes and New York Times
Jake Dima / Washington Examiner:
Brad Raffensperger demands firing of Fulton County, Georgia, election officials after double-counted ballots  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger demanded the firing of two high-profile election officials in Fulton County, Georgia, on Thursday after it was revealed a number …
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
Jeff Bezos Picks 18-Year-Old Dutch Student for Blue Origin Rocket Launch  —  Oliver Daemen will fly to the edge of space after another passenger who paid $28 million for the seat had a scheduling conflict.  —  Someone paid $28 million to not go to space with Jeff Bezos next week.
Max Hauptman / Washington Post:
Alabama military base is first in the U.S. to require vaccination proof amid rising covid-19 rates  —  An Alabama military base is taking increased actions to combat the ongoing prevalence of coronavirus infections, authorizing leaders to ask for proof of vaccination of service members not wearing a mask while on duty.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
MAGA World's ‘Freedom Phone’ Actually Budget Chinese Phone  —  MAGA Influencers are pushing a phone preloaded with apps like Parler and Rumble that appears to be a vastly more expensive version of a phone made in China.  —  The pro-Trump internet went wild on Wednesday for the Freedom Phone …
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Kevin McCarthy Rolls Over for Donald Trump, Like a Dog  —  HEEL … The meeting itself, at Trump's golf course, of course, was a show of dominance from the party's real leader to its House “leader.”  —  So Kevin McCarthy met with Donald Trump ("Much to discuss!), and I'm struggling to come …
Discussion: Raw Story
Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
Floods in Germany and Other Parts of Western Europe Leave at Least 45 Dead  —  Strong rains caused rivers to burst their banks, overloaded sewage systems and washed away buildings in Germany and Belgium.  Homes and streets in the Netherlands and Switzerland also flooded.
Discussion: NPR
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
American Airlines, other companies resume donations to Republicans who objected to election results  —  The flow of money is a sign that corporate America's promises were temporary, especially in light of razor-thin Democratic majorities.  —  More companies that pledged to pause …
Tom Winter / NBC News:
16 members of Florida white supremacist gang charged in sweeping indictment  —  Sixteen members of a Florida-based white supremacist group - who went by names such as Shrek, Pretty Boy and Scumbag - have been charged in a 12-count racketeering indictment accusing them of engaging in acts of murder, kidnapping and other offenses.
 
 
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Ireland cannot be part of current global tax reform proposals, Donohoe says
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
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Power Line:
What the Hell Happened to Bill Kristol?
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Un Herd:
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U.S. military once trained Colombians implicated in Haiti assassination plot, Pentagon says
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