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5:45 PM ET, July 25, 2021

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Maura Gillespie / Congressman Adam Kinzinger:
Kinzinger on January 6th Commission: When Duty Calls, I Will Answer  —  f t # e  —  Washington, DC - Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) released the following statement after being asked to serve on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol:
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CNN:
Pelosi appoints Kinzinger to 1/6 House select committee  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Sunday she has appointed GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger to the House select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.  —  “Today, I am announcing the appointment …
NBC News:
Liz Cheney's role on Jan. 6 committee grows after GOP pulls participation  —  WASHINGTON — In May, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., was stripped of her role as the third-ranking Republican in the House by fellow party members who said they had tired of her frequent and vocal opposition …
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
‘Expect endless retaliation’: House riot committee provokes partisan war
Discussion: ABC News
Sarah Huckabee Sanders / Arkansas Online:
The reasoning behind getting vaccinated  —  A few months ago, I decided to take advantage of President Trump's Operation Warp Speed and get vaccinated.  —  Like many of you, I have had a lot of misinformation thrown at me by politicians and the media during the pandemic.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The Delta Variant Is the Symptom of a Bigger Threat: Vaccine Refusal  —  There are almost as many reasons for vaccine hesitancy and refusal as there are unvaccinated Americans.  But this problem, not the variant, lies at the root of rising infection rates.  —  After an all too brief respite …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
‘Sore loser’ Trump reaps fruits of election lies in Arizona  —  (CNN)Ex-President Donald Trump's big lie came full circle on Saturday as he traveled to Arizona to dangerously seize on the false fruits of a sham election “audit” precipitated by his own discredited claims the 2020 election was stolen.
Discussion: Insider, Raw Story and Townhall
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Timothy Noah / Washington Monthly:
What Ken Starr's Alleged Affair Means for Republicans  —  How can you wage culture war when your warriors are hypocrites and reprobates? … — Judi Hershman, former public relations adviser to Starr during the Clinton impeachment, on Medium, July 12.  —  After four years of unapologetic immorality …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
BBC:
LA man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines dies of virus  —  A California man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines on social media has died after a month-long battle with the virus.  —  Stephen Harmon, a member of the Hillsong megachurch, had been a vocal opponent of vaccines, making a series of jokes about not having the vaccine.
Erin Banco / Politico:
In Alabama and Louisiana, partisan opposition to vaccine surges alongside Delta variant  —  SHEFFIELD, Ala. — George Grabryan and Mike Melton have been helping people here on the bank of the Tennessee River survive devastating tornadoes, floods and other disasters for decades.
Discussion: Progress Pond
New York Times:
Bob Moses, Crusader for Civil Rights and Math Education, Dies at 86  —  Mr. Moses developed a reputation for extraordinary calm in the face of violence as he helped to register thousands of voters and trained a generation of activists in Mississippi in the early 1960s.
Discussion: CNN
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox News hosts discuss how to ban ‘childless’ liberals from voting  —  Fox News hosts on Sunday promoted the idea that “childless” Americans should not be allowed to participate in society by voting.  —  The idea was recently floated by Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance.
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Spencer Lindquist / The Federalist:
Senate Candidate Blasts ‘Childless Left’ Who Have ‘No Physical Commitment To The Future Of This Country’
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and New York Post
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Americans' optimism about country's direction over next year drops nearly 20 points since May: POLL  —  In May, a little more than a third were pessimistic.  Now, it is a majority.  —  As President Joe Biden completed 100 days in office, the country was optimistic about the coming year …
Douglas E. Schoen / The Hill:
Six months in, two challenges could define Biden's presidency  —  Six months into his first term, President Biden is finding himself faced with two major domestic challenges: getting both parts of his infrastructure plan passed and handling the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wall Street Journal:   Senators Scramble to Finalize Deal on Infrastructure Package
Washington Post:
A Catholic newsletter promised investigative journalism.  Then it outed a priest using Grindr data.  —  In January, when Ed Condon and JD Flynn broke off from their jobs at a long-standing Catholic news agency, they promised readers of their new newsletter that they would deliver reporting without an agenda, or a foregone conclusion.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
Greg Price / The Daily Caller:
‘Settle Down, Son’: Tucker Carlson Laughs In Face Of Heckler Who Calls Him ‘Worst Human Being’  —  Tucker Carlson was confronted on Friday by a heckler named Dan Bailey, who confronted him at a fly fishing shop to tell him that he is the “worst human being known to mankind.”
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Fauci: New masking guidelines for vaccinated Americans under “active consideration”  —  NIAID director Anthony Fauci told CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that health officials are considering revising masking guidelines for vaccinated Americans.  —  Why it matters: Fauci said that the United States is …
Discussion: HotAir, Slate, CNN, New York Post and Breitbart
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Cleveland Indians name change to Guardians profoundly stupid, unnecessary  —  “Can anybody believe that the Cleveland Indians, a storied and cherished baseball franchise since taking the name in 1915, are changing their name to the Guardians?  Such a disgrace, and I guarantee that the people …
Discussion: Fox News, Boing Boing and Breitbart
 
 
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Redfield & Wilton Strategies:
Plurality of Britons Would Support Government Censorship of Sexist, Homophobic, or Racist Books
American Greatness:
Critical Witchcraft Theory
Discussion: National Review
Anna Gronewold / Politico:
Cuomo said AG probe would clear him. Now his aides say it's political.
Harry Enten / CNN:
How Fox News viewers are less likely to get vaccinated
Discussion: BizPac Review
Brian Windhorst / ESPN:
Team USA falls to France at Tokyo Games for first Olympic men's basketball loss since 2004
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Sen. Tim Scott warns of the ‘one thing you cannot do’ in passing police reform
Discussion: Townhall
 Earlier Items: 
Marissa Martinez / Politico:
Trump's impact on the line in Texas special election
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Examiner:
Fire Fauci  —  Credibility is an essential component of any successful public health campaign.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Grassley pressured to run as Democrats set sights on Iowa
USA Today:
Exclusive poll finds Detroit residents far more worried about public safety than police reform
Discussion: Twitchy and Detroit Free Press
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Nancy Mace Called Herself a ‘New Voice’ for the G.O.P. Then She Pivoted.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
 

 
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

 
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