memeorandum: Inside the Biden family business (Scott Johnson/Power Line)

1:00 PM ET, July 3, 2022

Top Items:

The Far Right and Far Left Agree on One Thing: Women Don't Count — Perhaps it makes sense that women — those supposedly compliant and agreeable, self-sacrificing and everything-nice creatures — were the ones to finally bring our polarized country together.

Discussion: The Mourning

ABC News:

Not prosecuting Trump for Jan. 6 would fuel a ‘much graver threat,’ Liz Cheney says — A criminal case could be “difficult” but necessary, Cheney said on “This Week.” — ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl interviews Congresswoman Liz Cheney at The Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif. June 29, 2022.

Discussion: Fox News, CBS News, Insider, CNN, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, KSLTV.com, The Guardian, Washington Times and Raw Story

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

Why Glenn Youngkin — or someone like him — must run in 2024 — Virginia's new Republican governor is seriously thinking of running for president in 2024. And that's good news. — My Richmond-based Post colleagues Laura Vozzella and Gregory S. Schneider wrote last week of the telltale clues …

Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:

Liz Cheney warns GOP 'can't survive' if Trump becomes 2024 nominee — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) issued a dire warning to the Republican Party if it rallies behind former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. — “It can't survive if he's our nominee,” Cheney said on ABC News's This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

Discussion: ABC News, CBS News, AFP and NOQ Report

Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:

Can Ukraine Win? — A Ukrainian soldier shows off a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher - part of the package of US military aid (Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images) — ‘Despise the enemy strategically, but respect him tactically’

Discussion: Washington Post

Washington Post:
As Ukraine war bogs down, U.S. assessments face scrutiny

Discussion: Sylvain Saurel's Newsletter, Dr A.J. Aberfeldy and Xavier's Newsletter

Scott Johnson / Power Line:

Inside the Biden family business — The New York Post continues to mine the contents of Hunter Biden's infamous laptop. Via Miranda Devine's Twitter feed we are alerted to Jon Levine's story “Hunter Biden's laptop had contacts for Google execs, US officials for China policy.”

Jon Levine / New York Post:
Hunter Biden's laptop had contacts for Google execs, US officials for China policy

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and RedState

Washington Post:

With Roe overturned, Democrats present a patchwork of countermeasures — The ruling created a new rallying cry for Democrats, but also revealed some divergences in the party and unsettled questions about the path forward — On Capitol Hill, House Democratic leaders are discussing ways …

Discussion: BizPac Review and Reason to Believe

Douglas E. Schoen / The Hill:
Now more than ever, Democrats need Hillary Clinton

Discussion: Newsweek

CNN:

Gavin Newsom goes on the air against Ron DeSantis as political rivalry grows — (CNN)Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis aren't just avatars for the different futures of their parties, but also for the separate realities blue and red Americans are living in — two people of opposing viewpoints looking …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times and Twitchy

Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:

Hope and despair: Kathy Gannon on 35 years in Afghanistan — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan policeman opened fire on us with his AK-47, emptying 26 bullets into the back of the car. Seven slammed into me, and at least as many into my colleague, Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus.

David French / The Dispatch:

This July Fourth, Meet Three Americas — The red, the blue, and the tired. — I think I released my book about 18 months too early. I was talking about dangerous American divisions well before it was cool. In the last 10 days we've seen two stories go wildly viral …

CNN:

Trump-backed Michigan secretary of state nominee said abortion is ‘child sacrifice’ — (CNN)Before becoming the Trump-backed Republican nominee for Michigan secretary of state, Kristina Karamo said that abortion is “child sacrifice” and a “satanic practice.” — “Abortion is really nothing new.

Discussion: Insider

Ruth Graham / New York Times:

‘The Pro-Life Generation’: Young Women Fight Against Abortion Rights — Many American women mourned the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe, but for others it is a moment of triumph and a matter of human rights. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo

Mike McIntire / New York Times:

An American's Murky Path From Russian Propagandist to Jan. 6 — Charles Bausman, a former financial executive who runs websites that promote far-right views, recorded footage in the Capitol for a Russian television producer. Soon after, he fled to Moscow as a “political refugee.”

Boston Herald:

Boston mayor condemns ‘white supremacist’ march through city — A group of about 100 marchers identifying themselves by flyers as belonging to the white nationalist group the Patriot Front, cut through the heart of downtown Saturday sparking a confrontation.

Discussion: New York Post, CNN, CBS News, BizPac Review, The Boston Globe, Washington Examiner, HuffPost and Mediaite

John Ismay / New York Times:

How a Military Base in Illinois Helps Keep Weapons Flowing to Ukraine — Thousands of logisticians are responsible for making sure that U.S. military aid reaches its destination, on planes, trains and ships. — Give this article- - - Read in app — SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. …