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11:10 AM ET, August 1, 2021

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Craig Howie / Politico:
Kinzinger: ‘Significant amount’ of subpoenas likely in Jan. 6 probe  —  “It's going to be a thorough investigation for sure,” the Illinois Republican said on ABC's “This Week.”  —  Rep. Adam Kinzinger, left, leaves after the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27.
Discussion: National Review
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Jeremy Beaman / Washington Examiner:
Former RNC chairman to Jim Jordan on Jan. 6: ‘You know, b****, what time you called the president’  —  Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele called Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan a “son of a b****” for his recent remarks that he wasn't certain whether he spoke to former President Donald Trump on Jan. 6.
Washington Post:
Trump has more than $100 million in political cash after first six months of 2021
Discussion: The Hill
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Eric Swalwell Nails It And Explains Why Jim Jordan And Kevin McCarthy Are Running Scared
Discussion: Raw Story
Gabrielle Tétrault-farber / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Belarusian sprinter says she won't return home  —  A Belarusian sprinter said she was taken to the airport against her wishes on Sunday to board a flight back home after she complained about national coaches at the Tokyo Olympics.  —  Krystsina Tsimanouskaya …
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new COVID cases  —  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state's highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday, as its theme park resorts again started asking visitors to wear masks indoors.
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Ian Fisher / Bloomberg:   Florida Daily Covid Cases Hit Record, Becomes U.S. Epicenter
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
The rent is now due, America  —  (CNN)It's like Democrats in the White House and Congress forgot the date.  —  Now it's the first of the month and rent — and back rent — is suddenly due for millions of Americans who have been shielded from eviction during the pandemic.
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CNN:
Less than 0.001% of fully vaccinated Americans died after a Covid-19 breakthrough case, CDC data shows  —  Nurse: Some Covid-19 patients think I'm lying about diagnosis  —  (CNN)Less than .004% of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 experienced a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization …
Discussion: Insider and Fox News
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New York Times:
'It's Nowhere Near Over': A Beach Town's Gust of Freedom, Then a U-turn  —  Provincetown, Mass., the quirky community at the tip of Cape Cod, thought it was safe to return to prepandemic partying.  It wasn't.  —  PROVINCETOWN, Mass. — By the Fourth of July, Provincetown's tourist season had built to a prepandemic thrum.
Discussion: HotAir and TheBlaze
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New York Times:
Who Are the Unvaccinated in America? There's No One Answer.
Discussion: UPI and Trending Politics
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Biden, Republicans and the Pandemic Blame Game
Discussion: Raw Story
Olivia Solon / NBC News:
‘I will not be silenced’: Women targeted in hack-and-leak attacks speak out about spyware  —  Ghada Oueiss, a Lebanese broadcast journalist at Al-Jazeera, was eating dinner at home with her husband last June when she received a message from a colleague telling her to check Twitter.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How Strong Is Trump's Grip on the G.O.P.?  —  This was a week of setbacks for Donald Trump in his attempt to maintain a firm hold on the Republican Party till 2024 and beyond.  —  In Texas, one of his endorsed candidates lost a special election runoff to a rival Republican.
Discussion: The Political Insider
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Why Trust Is in Short Supply on Capitol Hill  —  Suspicion and skepticism among lawmakers complicates deal-making.  —  WASHINGTON — Congress is running a serious trust deficit.  —  While a bipartisan group of centrist senators was able to strike a rare accord on infrastructure …
Discussion: Reuters
Paul A. London / The Hill:
The war against cities  —  The Republican Party is waging a war against cities, especially those in the Northeast and on the West Coast that vote for Democrats and have large minority populations.  The GOP gleefully rammed through provisions in its 2017 tax bill that limited federal deductions …
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Fauci warns ‘things are going to get worse’ with COVID  —  He doesn't believe lockdowns aren't likely to return, however.  —  As the country grapples with a surge in the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, Dr. Anthony Fauci believes that lockdowns the country saw last year are not likely to return …
Discussion: The Hill
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Tunisia's President Holds Forth on Freedoms After Seizing Power  —  “'Why do you think that, at 67, I would start a career as a dictator?'”  President Kais Saied said in a meeting with The New York Times, quoting Charles de Gaulle.  He vowed to preserve hard-fought rights.
CNN:
Attendee at St. Louis County Council vote to overturn mask mandate tests positive for Covid-19  —  Health official describes racist attack after council meeting on masks  —  (CNN)A person who attended a St. Louis County Council meeting last week where officials voted to overturn a mask mandate …
Scott Mcfetridge / Associated Press:
Bacon may disappear in California as pig rules take effect  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic.  —  That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears …
Politico:
Trump political groups have over $100M in the bank  —  Former President Donald Trump's political committees brought in $82 million during the first half of 2021 and have $102 million in the bank, according to federal filings made public Saturday evening.  —  The figures, shared first with POLITICO …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Has $102 Million in Political Cash as GOP Eyes Midterm Elections
Discussion: New York Post
 
 
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Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
Vaccinated people are ready for normalcy — and angry at the unvaccinated getting in their way
Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
FDA Under Pressure to Grant Full Approval to Covid-19 Vaccines
Discussion: National Review
Washington Post:
When will the summer coronavirus surge peak? It will get worse before it gets better, experts predict.
Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill:
Biden hits resistance from unions on vaccine requirement
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
An Uncertain New Phase of the Pandemic, in Which Cases Surge But Deaths Do Not
New York Times:
Biden Promised to Restore the Iran Nuclear Deal. Now It Risks Derailment.
Human Rights Watch:
Myanmar: Coup Leads to Crimes Against Humanity
David P. Goldman / Asia Times:
Will China bail out Biden?
Discussion: Power Line
 Earlier Items: 
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Murder Trial in Sweden Could Shine Unsavory Light on Iran's New President
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Sarah Palin teases 2022 Senate run in Alaska
Discussion: The Guardian and DeadState
Valerie Gonzalez / MyRGV.com:
Source: Mexico not taking certain migrant families; RGV feeling impact with over 10,000 in custody
Sarah Kliff / New York Times:
New Rule Raises Question: Who'll Pay for All the Covid Tests?
Tara Todd / WVIR-TV:
Augusta County School Board votes against VDoE transgender model policies
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Townhall
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
Body of Reuters Photographer Was Mutilated in Taliban Custody, Officials Say
Discussion: The Guardian
 

 
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