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7:55 PM ET, July 11, 2022

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WSB-TV:
Sen. Lindsey Graham ordered to testify in front of special grand jury in Trump election probe  —  ATLANTA — A Fulton County judge has ordered U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in front of a special grand jury looking into possible election tampering by former President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Senator Graham ordered to testify in front of grand jury in Trump election probe  —  A judge ordered U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to testify in front of a special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Discussion: Mediaite
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Judge won't delay Steve Bannon's trial after his last-minute offer to cooperate with Jan. 6 panel  —  WASHINGTON — A judge said Monday that he would not delay the contempt of Congress trial of Steve Bannon, just one week before it is set to begin.  —  Bannon was indicted last year for refusing …
Politico:
Judge shreds Bannon defenses ahead of contempt trial  —  A federal judge on Monday eviscerated nearly all of Steve Bannon's defenses against a charge that he criminally defied a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee, leaving the longtime Donald Trump ally with few options to fight the contempt of Congress case against him.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump lawyer interviewed with FBI about Bannon contempt case  —  Former President Donald Trump's attorney Justin Clark interviewed with federal investigators two weeks ago, the Justice Department revealed in a court filing early Monday morning, a significant development that could reverberate …
wusa9.com:
'What's the point in going to trial' | Judge blocks Steve Bannon from blaming Trump in contempt case
Discussion: Just The News and The Right Scoop
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The dispute between Trump's and Bannon's legal teams
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and The Hill
Ashitha Nagesh / BBC:
Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child  —  Sir Mo Farah was brought to the UK illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant, he has revealed.  —  The Olympic star has told the BBC he was given the name Mohamed Farah by those who flew him over from Djibouti.
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Maybe Americans Should Stop Giving the Democrats What They Want  —  One wrinkle to the “Should the Democrats dump Biden in 2024?” talk that doesn't get enough attention: In early 2020, out of Democratic primary field which consisted of a small army of candidates, more than half …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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David Siders / Politico:
Progressive group to press Biden not to run in 2024
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden's Approval Hits 33 Percent; Democrats Want 2024 Options, Poll Shows  —  With the country gripped by a pervasive sense of pessimism, the president is hemorrhaging support.  —  President Biden is facing an alarming level of doubt from inside his own party, with 64 percent …
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’?  —  Well, here we go again.  Once more, the ever-changing coronavirus behind COVID-19 is assaulting the United States in a new guise—BA.5, an offshoot of the Omicron variant that devastated the most recent winter.  The new variant is spreading quickly …
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Is Investigating PGA Tour Over Potential Antitrust Violations in LIV Golf Battle  —  The probe shows that the DOJ is watching the PGA Tour's fight to retain players in the face of new competition from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit  —  The Department of Justice …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
PGA Tour under DOJ investigation over potential antitrust violations
Discussion: Insider and Fox News
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Oath Keepers lawyer says Stewart Rhodes wanted her Trump contacts before Jan. 6 Capitol attack  —  The Jan. 6 Committee will explore links between the Trump White House and right-wing militia groups on Tuesday.  They've spoken to Kellye SoRelle, who might be a key.
Discussion: NPR, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Joanna Weiss / Politico:
The New Trump Documentary Shows Us Exactly What He's So Good At  —  Spoilers first: When it comes to breaking news, “Unprecedented,” the new documentary series about the Trump family that's streaming on Discovery Plus, is kind of a nothingburger.  Despite the hype about deep access to Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
I asked about abortion at a Texas gun show.  The answer I got was grim.  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  DALLAS — Standing next to a display of military-grade weapons, I wondered aloud to the dealers at the gun-show booth if more women should get guns in Texas to protect themselves …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ron DeSantis Would Kill Democracy Slowly and Methodically … During the Donald Trump era, democracy itself has become the preeminent question of American politics.  Yet Trump himself has played a paradoxical role in this development.  While his overtly authoritarian personality brought …
Reuters:
Abortion bans force U.S. students to rethink college plans  —  With its excellent academic and music programs, Oberlin College in Ohio seemed like a perfect fit for Nina Huang, a California high school student who plays flute and piano and hopes to eventually study medicine or law.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
States With Abortion Bans Risk Losing Their Economic Edge
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors and Politico
Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
Former Attorney General Bill Barr subpoenaed in Dominion 2020 election lawsuit  —  The subpoena has been issued in Dominion's defamation lawsuit against Fox News.  —  Attorney General Bill Barr holds a news conference at the Department of Justice December 21, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Dusan Stojanovic / Associated Press:
US rejects ‘Serbian world’ advocated by Serbian minister  —  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A senior Serbian minister on Monday advocated the creation of a “Serbian world” that would unite all Serbs in the Balkans into a single state, rejecting a U.S. warning that such calls could fuel tensions …
Curt Levey / Washington Post:
Democrats are overreacting about the Supreme Court  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, is a constitutional law attorney.  —  With the end of the Supreme Court's term, Democrats are denouncing the court as ideologically motivated, extreme, undemocratic, even destabilizing.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Roland Oliphant / Telegraph:
Russia suffers ‘wild shell hunger’ as Ukraine hits arms depots with long-range Western rockets  —  Vladimir Putin's forces face ‘out of the blue’ ammunition shortages as warehouses destroyed ‘one by one’ using Himar and MLRS weapons  —  Russia is running short of ammunition for its armies fighting …
Discussion: HotAir, MSN, NPR and National Review
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Musk, Trump, and the Rule of Law  —  All of the systems are being tested.  —  1. JVL Is Always Right  —  There's a reason we sell the shirt. … Here's your Bloomberg report from June 8: … Who am I kidding?  Ain't no way I'm letting go of this mic.
Discussion: NPR, Bloomberg and The Big Picture
Thomas Wolf / The Atlantic:
The Case That Could Blow Up American Election Law  —  Members of the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just last week took the next step in a little-noticed, but extremely dangerous, project: attempting to jam into law a radical misinterpretation of the Constitution's elections and electors clauses …
New York Times:
Hutchinson Testimony Jolts Justice Dept. to Discuss Trump's Conduct More Openly  —  A key witness's account helped accelerate a shift in the agency's inquiry: Overt talk about Mr. Trump and his behavior had been rare, except as a motive for the actions of others.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Lawfare
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An expert in political violence urgently warns: The worst is coming  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  The Jan. 6 House select committee hearings this week are among the most important of all, because they will foreground a topic that many Americans ordinarily don't associate with their democracy …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sonja Sharp / Los Angeles Times:
Post-Roe, many autoimmune patients lose access to ‘gold standard’ drug  —  Six days after the Supreme Court struck down the right to abortion, lupus patient Becky Schwarz got an unexpected message from her rheumatologist.  —  “This is a notice to let you know that we are pausing all prescriptions …
Danielle Battaglia / Raleigh News & Observer:
Trump rally in North Carolina canceled as former president summoned to court  —  Former President Donald Trump and a host of Republican personalities have canceled their scheduled appearances Friday in Greensboro.  —  News of the cancellation comes as Axios reports Trump, his son …
Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
George W. Bush told Mitt Romney that Rick Perry was dumber than he was: book  — George W. Bush told Mitt Romney that he thought Rick Perry was dumber than he was.  — “People thought I was dumb,” Bush said.  “Well, wait till you get a load of this guy.”
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Kira Davis / RedState:
Exclusive: CA First-Grader Disciplined, Harassed By School Officials For Writing ‘Any Lives’ Matter on BLM Drawing
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Sam Adler-Bell / New York Magazine:
Is the January 6 Committee Really Saving Democracy?
Discussion: Wired
Politico:
Finnish ambassador: Russia can keep fighting for a ‘very long time’
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Senate Absences Snarl Democrats' Plans for a Quick Return to Business
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NBC News:
1 year later, Biden administration braces for spotlight on chaotic Afghanistan exit
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Tom McArthur / BBC:
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