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5:45 PM ET, July 26, 2022

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New York Times:
‘Kind of Wild/Creative’: Emails Shed Light on Trump Fake Electors Plan  —  Previously undisclosed communications among Trump campaign aides and outside advisers provide new insight into their efforts to overturn the election in the weeks leading to Jan. 6.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
CNN:
The inside story of how John Roberts failed to save abortion rights  —  (CNN)Chief Justice John Roberts privately lobbied fellow conservatives to save the constitutional right to abortion down to the bitter end, but May's unprecedented leak of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade made the effort …
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David Lat / Original Jurisdiction:
My Latest Theory About The SCOTUS Leaker  —  Is it possible that even the Politico reporters who published the Dobbs draft don't know the identity of their source? … The Supreme Court Term is over.  The justices have scattered to the winds.  And by the end of this month …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
John Roberts Was Lobbying Kavanaugh to Save Roe. Then the Draft Opinion Leaked
Discussion: Daily News and RedState
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:   Sam Alito leaked his own Dobbs draft
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Ex-VP Chief Marc Short: ‘There Would Have Been A Massacre In The Capitol That Day’ If Rioters Had Gotten Closer to Pence  —  Former VP Chief of Staff Marc Short said if rioters had gotten any closer to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6 “there would have been a massacre that day in the Capitol.”
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The Verge:
Zuck turns up the heat  —  As Meta's growth slows, Mark Zuckerberg is pushing even harder.  Will his employees melt under the pressure?  —  Since Facebook started, he'd made a habit of frankly addressing employees directly at a weekly Q&A. Almost no topic was off-limits.
Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Biden Considers New Pause on Paying Back Student Loans, $10,000 Relief  —  President Joe Biden is considering extending a pause on student loan repayments for several more months, as well as forgiving $10,000 in student loan debt per borrower, according to people familiar with the matter …
Carrie Feibel / NPR:
Because of Texas abortion law, her wanted pregnancy became a medical nightmare  —  New, untested abortion bans have made doctors unsure about treating some pregnancy complications, which has led to life-threatening delays and trapped families in a limbo of grief and helplessness.
CNN:
CNN Poll: January 6 hearings haven't changed opinions much, but most agree Trump acted unethically  —  (CNN)After the eight public hearings held by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the American public's views on the state of democracy …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
CNN Poll: 75% of Democratic voters want someone other than Biden in 2024
Discussion: Political Wire
The Federalist:
Exclusive: In Private, Cassidy Hutchinson Joked About Riot, Called J6 Committee ‘Phony,’ Praised Trump Before Changing Story  —  Hutchinson commiserated with other targets of the probe about how little information she had about any wrongdoing on Jan. 6.  —  Nearly 18 months of private chats …
Discussion: Townhall
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ABC News:
House Jan. 6 committee in discussions with Mike Pompeo for testimony, sources say
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Post
NBC News:
Merrick Garland does not rule out prosecuting Trump over Jan. 6  —  AG Garland pressed on Trump and Jan. 6: ‘We pursue justice without fear or favor’  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland left open the possibility that former President Donald Trump could be prosecuted in connection with inciting the Jan. 6 …
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
Listen To The Speech A Republican Lawmaker Gave At His Gay Son's Wedding Days After Voting Against Marriage Equality  —  “We're just blessed, and we just want to say thank you to everyone here as part of the celebration,” said Rep. Glenn Thompson, three days after voting against codifying marriage equality in federal law.
Claudia Aoraha / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: It's Alyssa!  ABC is set to name Trump's WH comms director Alyssa Farah Griffin as Meghan McCain's replacement on The View and will join the panel full time in September for show's 26th season  — Alyssa Farah Griffin, 33, will be the new permanent conservative co-host on The View, DailyMail.com can reveal
Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Neo-Nazi Marine Plotted Mass Murder, Rape Campaigns with Group, Feds Say  —  While tasked with protecting the nation, Matthew Belanger was plotting a killing spree against minorities and to rape “white women to increase the production of white children,” according to federal prosecutors
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: How do we know when a recession has begun?  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — By one common definition, the U.S. economy is on the cusp of a recession.  Yet that definition isn't the one that counts.  —  On Thursday, when the government estimates the gross domestic product for the April-June period …
Discussion: Associated Press
Molly Beck / Journal Sentinel:
Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley involved in fatal car crash that killed a mother and her 5-year-old daughter  —  MADISON - Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley was involved in a fatal car crash Friday that left a mother and her 5-year-old daughter dead.  —  Bewley, a Democrat who represents …
Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post:
Russia to withdraw from International Space Station  —  Russia on Tuesday announced it will withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) project after 2024, signaling an end of an era in one of the last remaining areas of cooperation between Russia and the United States.
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New York Times:
Russia Says It Will Quit the International Space Station After 2024
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man's 63-month prison term matches longest for Capitol riot  —  A man who attacked police officers with poles during the riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than five years in prison, matching the longest term of imprisonment so far among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A repulsive new breed of Trumpist candidates poses a fresh threat  —  Donald Trump is delivering a speech Tuesday in which he proclaims to be for law and order.  He is doing this half a mile from the Capitol, where he incited numerous crimes on his behalf amid an extraordinarily corrupt …
Discussion: CNN
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What Bennie Thompson did on Jan. 6, 2005  —  WHAT BENNIE THOMPSON DID ON JAN. 6, 2005.  The 2004 presidential election was a relatively close one.  Republican President George W. Bush won reelection with 286 electoral votes to Democratic challenger John Kerry's 251.  (No, that does not add up to 538.
Joshua Solomon / Albany Times Union:
District attorney behind charges in Zeldin incident scrutinized for campaign ties  —  Also: State data shows charged offense in case of candidate's would-be attacker was rare, only filed once in Monroe County in 2021  —  Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate
Damon Young / Washington Post:
Someone gave our daughter a White doll.  How do we, um, ‘disappear’ it?  —  We still don't know how it got into our house.  Maybe it was a present from my mother-in-law.  (She regularly sneaks toys and snacks to our kids like they're prisoners and Cheetos gets them phone card minutes.)
Discussion: Twitchy and Althouse
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump in DC speech calls for death penalty for convicted drug dealers  —  Former President Trump on Tuesday voiced support for imposing the death penalty as punishment for convicted drug dealers as part of a speech in which he laid out a series of drastic measures to curb crime.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Will Republicans Shut Out the Press in 2024?  —  GOP politicians are increasingly shirking sit-down interviews, barring journalists from 2022 events, and skipping debates—an aversion to media scrutiny that could upend how the next presidential election cycle is covered.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ urges judge to reject delay in Oath Keepers trial  —  The Justice Department on Tuesday urged a federal judge to reject efforts by leaders of the Oath Keepers — several of whom are facing seditious conspiracy charges for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — to delay their September trial.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Voter vs. voter: Georgia conservatives target thousands for cancellation  —  Georgia election law empowers residents to challenge voter eligibility  —  Bearing long lists of voters' names, a determined group of Republicans is asking local election boards to cancel thousands of Georgia voter registrations …
Discussion: The Root
Mike Allen / Associated Press:
Lemire book: Trump election denial was years in the making  —  Fiona Hill, the senior Russia expert on the National Security Council, who was sitting one row in front of me, later told me that she considered doing something, anything — including faking a heart attack — to disrupt the proceedings and get Trump to stop talking.
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
Saying Goodbye to My Father from Half a World Away  —  When my father passed away last week in Gorgan, Iran, I had not seen him for eight years.  If I had known during our last visit that I would not see him again, I would not have said goodbye.  But he didn't regret our long separation at the end of his life.
BBC:
Sunak tweets support to Kate McCann  —  Rishi Sunak has tweeted his best wishes to TalkTV presenter Kate McCann after she fainted while hosting the debate.  —  TalkTV called off the debate but said “she is fine”. … Who is Kate McCann?  —  Kate McCann - who fainted …
Kate Bennett / CNN:
First on CNN: Jill Biden's press secretary leaving White House  —  (CNN)Michael LaRosa, the press secretary for first lady Dr. Jill Biden, is departing the White House, a White House official told CNN.  —  LaRosa began serving as Biden's spokesperson in 2019 during the presidential campaign …
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
What in the World Happened to Elise Stefanik?  —  There was a time in 2016 when Elise Stefanik, now the third-ranking Republican in the House, was so disgusted by Donald Trump, she would barely mention his name.  Today he proudly refers to her as “one of my killers.”  —  She proved that again last month.
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Kraken, a U.S. Crypto Exchange, Is Suspected of Violating Sanctions  —  The Treasury Department is investigating whether the crypto exchange allowed users in Iran to buy and sell digital tokens, said people with knowledge of the matter.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
 
 
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Discussion: CNN
John Haltiwanger / Insider:
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Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
CNN:
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