memeorandum: There's a Reason Trump Could Try to Overturn the Results of the 2020 Election (Jamelle Bouie/New York Times)

9:45 AM ET, July 22, 2022

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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:

Where Was Kevin McCarthy? — The GOP leader was MIA from critical discussion as the Capitol was under siege and VP Pence was giving “unambiguous orders.” — Around 4 p.m. on January 6, 2021, staffers inside the White House were “emotionally drained,” according to new testimony revealed by the House Jan. 6th Committee.

Discussion: Washington Times, Morning Shots, Jonathan's Newsletter, Daily Kos, Axios and The Hill

ABC News:

Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Trump ‘chose not to act’ as mob attacked, committee says — The committee said he did nothing to stop the Capitol assault for 187 minutes. — The focus of the House Jan. 6 committee's second prime-time hearing is what it says was then-President Donald Trump's …

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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:

Liz Cheney, Front and Center in the Jan. 6 Hearings, Pursues a Mission — “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” [cheering] They came from all 50 states …

Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News, CNN, HuffPost, Reason, Insider, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, New Republic, Political Wire and Raw Story

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Hawley's effort to reap political rewards from Jan. 6 scampers off — Listen — Gift Article — Given everything that's happened since, it's easy to forget the role that Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) played in validating Donald Trump's effort to undermine the 2020 election results.

Discussion: HuffPost, New York Times, Yahoo News, New York Magazine, Insider, Just The News, Mother Jones and The Guardian

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:

Five takeaways from the eighth hearing of the Jan. 6 committee. — At the eighth in a series of public hearings held by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, the panel accused former President Donald J. Trump of dereliction of duty for failing to act to stop the assault on the Capitol that was carried out in his name.

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, WGN-TV and Wall Street Journal

Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Melania Trump says she was ‘fulfilling’ official duties as first lady on Jan. 6: ‘I always condemn violence’

Adam Kinzinger / The Bulwark:
Jan. 6th Committee Corroborates Trump's SUV Outburst

Discussion: Associated Press, Raw Story, New York Times, HuffPost, Washington Times, CNN, Voice of America, Bloomberg and Washington Examiner

New York Times:
A Jan. 6 Mystery: Why Did It Take So Long to Deploy the National Guard?

Discussion: RedState, The Guardian, BizPac Review, Common Dreams, New Republic, Election Law Blog and Metro.co.uk

Politico:
The Jan. 6 committee makes Jan. 7 — and beyond — matter

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, Slate, Common Dreams, New York Times, Mother Jones, The Guardian, The Hill and Metro.co.uk

Charlie Sykes / The Bulwark:
Adam Kinzinger: We're Going to Prove What Trump Knew during Those 187 Minutes

Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story, HuffPost and Insider

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

A radical plan for Trump's second term … The impact could go well beyond typical conservative targets such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Internal Revenue Service. Trump allies are working on plans that would potentially strip layers at the Justice Department …

Discussion: Insider and Raw Story

Brie Stimson / Fox News:

Alleged Lee Zeldin attempted attacker charged with felony, immediately released just as congressman predicted — Rep. Zeldin took to Twitter to say be believed his suspected attacker would be 'instantly released under NY's laws' — Rep. Lee Zeldin attacked at campaign rally

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and The Stream

RochesterFirst:
Rep. Lee Zeldin attacked at Perinton campaign stop, suspect charged

Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin continues New York gubernatorial campaign event after attack

Discussion: Associated Press, ABC News and The Daily Beast

David Propper / New York Post:
NY GOP gubernatorial nominee Lee Zeldin attacked on stage during campaign stop near Rochester

Discussion: RedState, Townhall, UPI, The Daily Caller and CBS News

New York Times:

Service Service Asked to Stop Investigating Jan. 6 Texts Amid Criminal Inquiry — The Homeland Security Department's inspector general told the Secret Service to halt its internal investigation into how phone records from around Jan. 6 were purged. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Damon Linker / Eyes on the Right:

What the Hell Is Going On at the Secret Service? — It sure doesn't look good — I am reflexively averse to conspiracy theories. — The reflex comes from a deeply ingrained habit of attempting to apply skepticism judiciously—to ideas resting on faith, but also to those hatched by overactive reasoning …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, TMZ.com, NPR and CBS News

Manu Raju / CNN:

Tammy Baldwin, who is gay, confronted Marco Rubio about calling same-sex marriage vote a ‘stupid waste of time’ — (CNN)As he was walking on an elevator on Wednesday, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida told CNN that a vote on a bill to codify same-sex marriage was a “stupid waste of time.”

Discussion: Political Wire

Trip Gabriel / New York Times: After Roe, Republicans Sharpen Attacks on Gay and Transgender Rights

Bill Glauber / Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson signals support for Respect for Marriage Act to codify same-sex marriage

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Mediaite, HotAir, ACLU, The Hill and Slate

National Review:
Republicans Should Reject the Gay-Marriage Bill

Discussion: Common Sense, The American Conservative and Very Serious

Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:

There's a Reason Trump Could Try to Overturn the Results of the 2020 Election — Sometimes, it seems, the Senate isn't entirely useless. — On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of 16 senators, led by Susan Collins of Maine and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, released the text of a new bill intended …

Discussion: Election Law Blog, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and The National Interest

Marc Elias / Democracy Docket: Reforms to the Electoral Count Act Miss the Mark

Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:

Georgia Governors Race Shifts From Toss Up To Lean Republican — At the outset of the 2022 cycle, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp looked like the most vulnerable Republican incumbent on the map. He was staring down a bruising primary challenge, egged on by former President Donald Trump …

Discussion: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:

GOP Support Among Seniors, a Key Trump Base, Drops Dramatically: Poll — The Republican Party has suffered a heavy loss of support from senior voters in recent months, a key demographic for the party in November's midterms and for Donald Trump's presidential ambitions, according to polls.

Politico:

GOP leaders won't get in the way of Trump 2024 — Congressional Republican leaders have no apparent plans to keep Donald Trump from a third presidential run. Some are even encouraging it. — “I support President Trump running in 2024,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 House Republican …

Discussion: Bloomberg and Fox News

Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:

Midterm Ballot Tightens As Abortion Access Motivates Voters; Plurality of Voters Disapprove of Biden's Handling of Brittney Griner Detainment — Home Polls Midterm Ballot Tightens As Abortion Access Motivates Voters; Plurality of Voters Disapprove of Biden's Handling of Brittney Griner Detainment

Politico:

White House clash with Pelosi over Taiwan spills into the open — The Biden administration's dispute with Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her planned trip to Taiwan next month spilled into public view this week when the president himself asserted that the military “thinks it's not a good idea right now.”

Discussion: Bloomberg, QTR's Fringe Finance, CNN, UPI and RedState

Marc Caputo / NBC News:

Crist stripped of personal pen, fan before Fried debate faceoff — Personal fan and Sharpie pen were not allowed in Thursday's Democratic gubernatorial debate in Florida. — Before the Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary debate even started Thursday, Rep. Charlie Crist already lost ... his pen and personal fan, that is.

San Francisco Chronicle:

S.F. Mayor Breed vetoes law to end single-family zoning, arguing it will actually hurt housing production — Mayor London Breed vetoed legislation that would have eliminated single-family zoning in San Francisco to allow fourplexes everywhere and six-unit homes on all corner lots …

Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:

Inside the Woke Meltdown at One Domestic Violence Organization — Women Against Abuse discouraged black domestic abuse victims from calling the police. Yes, you read that right. — It was just two months after the death of George Floyd that one of the largest domestic violence nonprofits …