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7:25 PM ET, August 3, 2022

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Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Jan. 6 Committee Prepares to Subpoena Alex Jones' Texts, Emails  —  The committee would like to know more about any contacts with Donald Trump's team regarding the Jan. 6 Capitol attack  —  The January 6th House committee is preparing to request the trove of Alex Jones's text messages …
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NBC News:
After Alex Jones' lawyers accidentally leak years of emails, Infowars financial documents are revealed in court  —  Lawyers for Alex Jones appeared to have accidentally sent over the entire contents of the Infowars founder's phone to the lawyers for the plaintiffs in his defamation trial, according to court proceedings Wednesday.
Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified Wednesday that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was “100% real.”
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Good, Bad, and Very Ugly  —  Breaking down last night's elections.  —  My colleague, Bill Kristol, weighs in on the last 24 hours: … Happy Wednesday.  —  Join  —  Team Bulwark was up late last night, digging through the rubble of Tuesday's election results.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
What Are YOU Doing To Protect “Good Republicans” From Their Voters?
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Dems Gain Slightly in Congress Support
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and Political Wire
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Democrats Might Avoid a Midterm Wipeout
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
The U.S. Senate is poised to vote to accept Sweden and Finland into NATO.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate was expected to give final approval on Wednesday to a treaty that would expand NATO to include Finland and Sweden, with Republicans and Democrats linking arms for one of the most significant expansions …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Sinema eyes changes to tax, climate portions of reconciliation bill  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is eyeing changes to Democrats' $740 billion reconciliation bill — specifically increasing climate funding and restructuring the tax provisions — as the Senate moves rapidly toward final passage …
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Bloomberg:
Sinema Seeks to Retain Private Equity Break, Curb Corporate Tax  —  Senator Kyrsten Sinema is seeking to preserve a tax break for investment managers and narrow a levy hike on large corporations in the economic package Democrats want to pass as soon as this week, people familiar with the discussions said.
Discussion: Washington Post
CNN:
Sinema inquires about Democrats' proposed tax hike on companies as lobbying intensifies for her vote  —  (CNN)Republican senators and the business community are mounting a full-court press on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to sink — or substantially change — the Democrats' economic package …
Discussion: National Review and New York Post
New York Times:
Giuliani Is Unlikely to Face Criminal Charges in Lobbying Inquiry  —  A federal investigation into Donald Trump's former lawyer over his work in Ukraine during the 2020 campaign is winding down with no indictment expected.  —  As Rudolph W. Giuliani comes under intensifying scrutiny …
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
Kansas Votes to Preserve Abortion Rights Protections in Its Constitution  —  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Kansas voters resoundingly decided against removing the right to abortion from the State Constitution, according to The Associated Press, a major victory for the abortion rights movement in one of America's reliably conservative states.
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Sarah Smarsh / New York Times:
We Held the Line in Kansas
Washington Post:
Democrats emboldened after Kansas abortion vote, as they eye fall campaign
New York Times:
Kansas Abortion Amendment Election Results
New York Times:
Here's how abortion rights supporters won in conservative Kansas.
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski killed in a car accident  —  Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., was killed in a car accident on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed in a tweet.  She was 58.  —  McCarthy said that Walorski's husband, Dean Swihart, was informed of her death …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
GOP Rep. Jackie Walorski killed in car crash, sheriff says
Discussion: HuffPost and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
A Cynical Low for the Democratic Party  —  The editorial board is a group of Opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.  —  On the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attacks at the U.S. Capitol …
Discussion: Progress Pond, HotAir and CNN
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Democrats face blowback after boosting far-right Michigan candidate  —  The party's congressional campaign arm spent $435,000 in a GOP primary to promote a candidate challenging Rep. Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach Trump  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democrats faced a backlash Wednesday …
CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: Former Deputy White House counsel subpoenaed in January 6 probe  —  The former deputy counsel to President Donald Trump has been subpoenaed in the federal criminal probe of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
Discussion: National Review, ABC News and Insider
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump faces new danger in DOJ's surprise subpoena of Pat Cipollone
New York Times:
In 4 Swing States, G.O.P. Election Deniers Could Oversee Voting  —  PHOENIX — With Tuesday's primary victories in Arizona and Michigan added to those in Nevada and Pennsylvania, Republicans who have disputed the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and who pose a threat to subvert …
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Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman's parents gave him money into his 40s.  Republicans say that undercuts his blue collar image.  —  In his ads, and much of the public imagination, John Fetterman is a tattooed everyman from a rugged steel city outside Pittsburgh.The phrase “blue collar tough guy” …
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Tonga's volcano sent tons of water into the stratosphere.  That could warm the Earth  —  The violent eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano injected an unprecedented amount of water directly into the stratosphere — and the vapor will stay there for years …
Discussion: Sputnik News, UPI and KDFX-TV
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Trump ally Navarro sued for alleged unofficial email account  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday against Peter Navarro, claiming the former adviser to Donald Trump used an unofficial email account while working in the White House and wrongfully retained presidential records.
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Warren says she's a ‘no’ on bipartisan bill that would protect abortion access  —  Warren called the bill “not an obvious improvement over where we stand now.”  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren told NBC News Tuesday night that she will not vote for a newly-introduced bipartisan bill …
New York Times:
U.S. Could Have Had Many More Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine This Year  —  The Department of Health and Human Services delayed asking the manufacturer to process the bulk vaccine the government already owned into vials.  —  WASHINGTON — The shortage of vaccines to combat a fast-growing monkeypox outbreak …
Discussion: KTVX-TV and 6abc
 
 
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