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9:40 AM ET, July 5, 2022

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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Chicago shooting person of interest left online trail of violent imagery  —  Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, the person of interest identified by police after Monday's shooting in a Chicago suburb left 6 dead and 38 hurt, left a long trail of tributes to mass shootings and public killings …
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
GOP Guv Candidate Darren Bailey Says 'Let's Move On' After Parade Shooting  —  SAY WHAT?  —  Following the mass shooting at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois, a Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate bluntly urged the community to “move on.”  Standing next to supporters at a different parade …
Ben Bradley / WGN-TV:
Highland Park shooting suspect was ‘known to law enforcement’  —  Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, the suspect in the Highland Park parade shooting Monday was taken into custody around Monday evening.  —  WGN Investigates looked into Crimo's background.  —  Crimo was a prolific poster online …
Washington Post:
As gunfire explodes in Chicago suburb, ‘nowhere is safe’  —  HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — At first, Gabriela Martinez-Vicencio thought the “pop-pop-pop” sound was fireworks.  —  She and her 9-year-old daughter were standing along a downtown street in this leafy Chicago suburb, watching a Fourth of July parade on Monday when they heard it.
New York Times:
Portrait of a victim: a 76-year-old grandfather who hadn't wanted to attend the parade.
Noah Kirsch / The Daily Beast:
Doc Who Helped Parade Vics: ‘Horrific, Devastating Injuries’
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS News
Chicago Sun Times:
Horror on the Fourth: Suspect in custody after 6 killed, dozens wounded at Highland Park Fourth of July parade
The White House:
Statement from President Biden on the Shooting in Highland Park, Illinois
Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
Democrats look to raise $10M for key governors' races with abortion access fund  —  “The power does rest with the states,” said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul debates in the race for governor in New York, June 16, 2022.  —  Pool via Getty Images, FILE
Discussion: The Federalist
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Doug Mastriano's Election-Takeover Plan  —  Stop the Steal is only a pretense for seizing control.  —  By now, political junkies are familiar with the rucksack of election-denying baggage that Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano schleps around: He organized …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
T.J. Quinn / ESPN:
WNBA star Brittney Griner makes direct appeal to President Biden for her freedom, asks in letter to 'please don't forget about me'  —  Brittney Griner made a direct appeal to President Joe Biden for her freedom Monday in a letter passed on through her representatives, writing, “I'm terrified I might be here forever.”
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
'I'm terrified': Brittney Griner sends Biden handwritten letter amid trial in Russia
Doug Feinberg / Associated Press:   Griner sends letter to President Biden pleading for his help
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
With pressures mounting, Biden thinks GOP will make his midterm case for him  —  Little is going President Joe Biden's way as the summer lull sets in before the crush of midterm elections.  —  Gas prices are up; his approval rating is down.  A conservative Supreme Court majority is hacking away …
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Christopher Kang / Slate:   Democrats Are Headed for a Disaster with Unfilled Judicial Vacancies
Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
Interest in vasectomies surges after fall of Roe v. Wade  —  Doctors across the United States are reporting sharp rises in men seeking vasectomies following last week's Supreme Court decision that eliminated the constitutional right to abortion.  —  Urologists told the Washington Post …
Discussion: National Review and The Federalist
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Confidence in U.S. Institutions Down; Average at New Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are less confident in major U.S. institutions than they were a year ago, with significant declines for 11 of the 16 institutions tested and no improvements for any.  The largest declines in confidence …
Discussion: The Hill, Opinion Today and Townhall
Politico:
New Jan. 6 Trump documentary footage revealed  —  POLITICO has exclusively obtained a trailer for Alex Holder's “Unprecedented,” the British filmmaker's upcoming Discovery+ docuseries about the Trump family.  —  The two-minute-plus trailer was included among the hours of footage that Holder turned …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Steve Contorno / CNN:
Ron DeSantis has raised more than $100 million for his reelection bid.  Could he use that money in a presidential race?  —  (CNN)Few people noticed when the Federal Election Commission deadlocked last month over whether US Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida in 2020 had broken a law intended …
Discussion: The Wrap
Ivan Penn / New York Times:
Nuclear Power Gets New Push in U.S., Winning Converts  —  With challenges in meeting clean energy goals and new electricity demands, politicians in both parties seek to prolong and even expand reactor use.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Driven by the difficulty …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Abortion fight strains Democratic alliance with Gen Z  —  A debate is raging inside the Democratic Party about whether it's giving its base — especially those under 30, the generation that most strongly supports abortion rights — enough motivation to keep voting for the party …
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
Forcing 10-year-old rape victims to give birth isn't moral, just or ‘pro-life’  —  In a post-Roe America, anti-abortion forces are proving it was never about standing up for women  —  For the first decades after Roe v. Wade was decided, anti-abortion forces made the case that they were the real pro-women movement.
 
 
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Kendall Ross / ABC News:
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
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Adam Solomons / Daily Mail:
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