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2:40 PM ET, July 22, 2022

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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 …
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Trump Indictment in Georgia Expected Before DOJ Charges: Legal Expert  —  Laurence Tribe, professor emeritus of constitutional law at Harvard University, predicted that former President Donald Trump will face an indictment in Georgia before he is potentially charged with a crime by the Justice Department.
Discussion: The Root and New Republic
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Jeffrey Clark, Trump's Man at the DOJ, Now Faces Ethics Charges for ‘False Statements’ in Draft Letter on Election Outcome  —  An environmental lawyer with no experience in criminal or election law who rose to national recognition because of his apparent willingness to pursue Donald Trump's …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:   Ex-Trump Justice official Clark faces legal disciplinary charges
Paul Hockenos / CNN:
A very European answer to air conditioning  —  Hear why officials are urging people to take heatwave seriously  —  Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer focusing on renewable energy in Europe.  He is the author of four books on European issues, most recently “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy …
Discussion: Twitchy
James Dator / SBNation.com:
Josh Hawley ran 7.2 in the 40 at the January 6 combine  —  Calculating Hawley's 40 time using science.  —  Weird things happen when you've covered sports for a long time.  It frames your life differently, your world view, and sometimes it even means seeing a man running in a suit and wondering …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump aides at heart of explosive Jan. 6 claims have hired private lawyers, committee member says  — Presidential security officials at the center of an explosive allegation about Trump's demand to go to the Capitol on Jan. 6 have retained private counsel, a select committee member said.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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New York Times:
Service Service Asked to Stop Investigating Jan. 6 Texts Amid Criminal Inquiry
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
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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Reforms to the Electoral Count Act Miss the Mark  —  Let's begin with the obvious.  The Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA) is outdated and needs reform.  It is an archaic law that sets the rules for how presidential electors are certified and counted by Congress.
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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 …
NBC News:
Pete Buttigieg faces crisis and opportunity as airline cancellations mount  —  WASHINGTON — Air travel stinks right now, creating just the kind of crisis that a politically adept and ambitious Transportation secretary might turn to his advantage.  —  Americans want someone — anyone …
Discussion: New York Magazine
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
July FEC Numbers: Battle for the House Enters a Critical Phase  —  House Republicans' midterm structural advantages are conspicuous as ever: President Biden's approval rating is at 38%, and the GOP's leading Super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, ended June with $130 million on hand …
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Inside the Woke Meltdown at One Domestic Violence Organization  —  It was just two months after the death of George Floyd that one of the largest domestic violence nonprofits in the United States, Women Against Abuse, brought in several diversity consultants to conduct a racial-equity audit.
Discussion: HotAir and PLURIBUS
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Russia and Ukraine agree to release blockaded grain exports  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  ISTANBUL — Russia and Ukraine agreed Friday to restart shipments of blockaded grain, in a step toward easing a global crisis that has exposed tens of millions of people, especially in Africa and the Middle East …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Hyundai subsidiary has used child labor at Alabama factory  —  A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of three underage workers …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Politico:
Jury begins deliberations in contempt of Congress case against Bannon  —  Jurors began deliberating Friday in the case of former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, who is charged with contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee.
Charles Piller / publication:
BLOTS ON A FIELD?  —  A neuroscience image sleuth finds signs of fabrication in scores of Alzheimer's articles, threatening a reigning theory of the disease  —  Neuroscientist and physician Matthew Schrag found suspect images in dozens of papers involving Alzheimer's disease, including Western blots …
Discussion: UPI
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Assembly elections panel chair calls for voiding 2020 results  —  Constitutional scholars and GOP legislative leaders say doing so is legally impossible  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  MADISON, Wis. — The leader of the Wisconsin Assembly's elections committee called Friday …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump slams McConnell as ‘disloyal’ amid Jan. 6 hearings  —  Former President Trump on Thursday vented his anger with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during the House select Jan. 6 committee's hearing, slamming him as a “disloyal sleazebag” despite the recent victories McConnell helped secure for Trump's legacy.
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
After Roe, Republicans Sharpen Attacks on Gay and Transgender Rights  —  Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, anti-gay rhetoric and calls to roll back L.G.B.T.Q. rights have grown bolder among Republican elected officials and candidates.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Los Angeles Blade
Matthew Cunningham-Cook / The Lever:
Amazon Joins The Medicare Privatization Spree  —  The retail behemoth has acquired One Medical, which is in the Medicare privatization business.  —  Amazon, the $1.25 trillion company founded and led by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, has announced that it is acquiring One Medical …
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
Discussion: The Hill
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom goes after Abbott in Texas on guns and abortion  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom is running full-page ads in Texas newspapers Friday trolling Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to highlight a new California gun law modeled on the Lone Star State's restrictive abortion law.
 
 
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
The One Time Trump Couldn't Lie His Way Out of a Crisis
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Third Way:
Democrats' BIF Opportunity: Selling the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal to American Voters
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Washington Post:
The job market is beginning to show cracks
Discussion: HotAir
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Holds Off on Sending Long-Range Armed Drones to Ukraine
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Times of Israel:
UN nuclear chief: Iran's program advancing at a gallop, we have little visibility
Discussion: Reuters
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The American Mind:
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Claire Fahy / New York Times:
Trees Dedicated to Holocaust Victims Are Destroyed at Buchenwald
Discussion: CBS News
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Texan politicians won't say this, but solar is saving their tushies right now
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
GOP Support Among Seniors, a Key Trump Base, Drops Dramatically: Poll
Discussion: Webb Chatham Report
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Crist stripped of personal pen, fan before Fried debate faceoff
San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. Mayor Breed vetoes law to end single-family zoning, arguing it will actually hurt housing production