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11:40 PM ET, July 11, 2022

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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.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge rejects Bannon's bid to delay trial, executive-privilege claim  —  The former Trump adviser offered to testify before Jan. 6 House committee days before his trial on charges of criminal contempt of Congress  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  A federal judge on Monday refused …
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Ties between Trump allies and extremist groups to be focus of Jan. 6 panel hearing  —  The Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday plans to demonstrate how right-wing militia groups that led the assault on the U.S. Capitol were connected to key Trump allies, including Roger Stone and Michael Flynn …
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.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The dispute between Trump's and Bannon's legal teams
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
David Siders / Politico:
Progressive group to press Biden not to run in 2024  —  A left-wing group that worked in 2020 to persuade progressives to support President Joe Biden is now preparing to turn on him, organizers told POLITICO, with plans to launch a public pressure campaign to block his renomination in 2024.
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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 …
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CNN:
US officials working on a plan to allow second Covid-19 boosters for all adults  —  US health officials are urgently working on a plan to allow second Covid-19 boosters for all adults, a senior White House official confirmed to CNN on Monday.  —  The US Food and Drug Administration is making it a high priority, the official said.
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
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
WebbTelescope.org:
Webb's First Deep Field Unveiled (NIRCam Image)  —  Read the Release:  —  2022-038  —  Permissions:  —  Content Use Policy  —  Download Options:  —  Full Res, 4537 X 4630, TIF (26.74 MB)  —  Full Res, 4537 X 4630, PNG (28.51 MB)  —  1960 X 2000, PNG (5.52 MB)  —  Text description, PDF (80.29 KB)
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo and UPI
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Rob Garner / NASA:
NASA's Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Beware Of The ‘Recent Monticello Visitor’  —  Getting outraged over Fox News holds little allure these days, but occasionally the network will do something so quintessentially Fox News that you have to sit back and marvel at the layers of mendacity.  —  Today's little Fox News gem was a segment …
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.
Maxim Tucker / The Times:
Ukraine has one million ready for fightback to recapture south  —  Ukraine is massing a million-strong fighting force equipped with western weapons to recover its southern territory from Russia, the nation's defence minister has revealed to The Times.  —  In his first interview …
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Politico:
Finnish ambassador: Russia can keep fighting for a ‘very long time’
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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
NBC News:
Secret Service says it's ‘aware’ of alleged Hunter Biden iCloud hack  —  The Secret Service said Monday it's “aware” of a potential hack of an iCloud owned by Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, after some of its alleged contents were posted to the online forum 4Chan.
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Biden admin looks to protect doctors providing emergency abortions, and warn those who don't  —  The Biden administration released updated guidance on Monday, reminding doctors around the country that they're protected by federal law if they terminate a patient's pregnancy as part of treatment …
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden admin: Docs must offer abortion if mom's life at risk
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
If Herschel Walker wins in Georgia, America will have lost its mind  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  It's not yet clear who will be the weirdest and most unfit Republican Senate candidate in November.  But my early pick is Herschel Walker in Georgia.  If he wins — and he could — this nation has truly lost its mind.
Rikki Schlott / New York Post:
Trans woman returns to life as man and hits out at the ‘activist’ doctor who turned his life upside down  —  “Coming out of my transition was like leaving the twilight zone, but the rest of society is still in it.”  —  After living nearly a decade of his life as a transgender woman named Brianna …
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden could face prostitution charges for transporting hookers across state lines and disguising checks to them as payments for ‘medical services.’ First Son spent $30k in five months on ‘the girlfriend experience’  — Documents, texts and videos obtained …
Discussion: Washington Examiner, RedState and RADAR
Louis Jacobson / PolitiFact:
Did President Biden read off directions from a teleprompter?  —  President Joe Biden signed an executive order July 8 aimed at protecting abortion rights nationwide following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.  —  In his remarks announcing the executive order …
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
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
An Anti-Trump Republican Group Is Back for the Midterms  —  The group, the Republican Accountability PAC, plans to spend at least $10 million to beat candidates who embrace Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Jerusalem Post:
Biden won't be shaking hands in Israel due to COVID surge  —  The White House has reportedly told Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office that due to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the US and Israel, the president will refrain from shaking hands.  —  There are surely a number of Israeli ministers …
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: The Hill
New York Post:
Mexican cartel smugglers nabbed with $1.2M worth of meth in NYC — then released thanks to lax bail laws: feds  —  A pair of suspected Mexican drug-cartel smugglers was busted with a $1.2 million stash of crystal meth — but had to be freed thanks to New York's lax bail laws, authorities said Monday.
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: WFLA-TV, NPR, Bloomberg and The Big Picture
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
 
 
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