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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Senate Ratifies Adding Finland and Sweden to NATO  —  Resolution passed 95-1 as senators emphasize the expansion's importance to American security worldwide  —  Watch: Senate Votes to Add Finland and Sweden to NATO … The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly ratified the addition of Finland …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Hawley is only senator to vote against Finland, Sweden NATO membership  —  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) was the only senator to vote against a resolution on Wednesday backing Finland's and Sweden's entry to NATO.  —  The Senate approved the resolution in a 95-1 vote.  One senator, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), voted present.
John F. Harris / Politico:
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Have The Last Laugh on Samuel Alito  —  Justice Samuel Alito, in drafting Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, said he and the other justices who joined him in ending a constitutional right to abortion had no ability to foresee what the political implications would be.
Discussion: Althouse
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden and Democrats falter in efforts to capitalize on Kansas abortion vote
New York Times:
‘Your Bedroom Is on the Ballot’: How Democrats See Abortion Politics After Kansas
David Siders / Politico:
Republican ‘doomsday ticket’ ready for November  —  LURCHING RIGHT — Even before Donald Trump, Arizona Republicans had a soft spot for hard-liners.  Think Evan Mecham and Joe Arpaio, or the party's pre-Trump censuring of the late Sen. John McCain.  —  But what may soon be different …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Trump's pandora's box  —  A growing number of Republican candidates this cycle are refusing to concede elections they indisputably lost, promoting conspiracy theories about the results and engaging in local battles over certification.  —  Why it matters: The undercurrent of election denialism pervading …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP is sick. It didn't start with Trump — and won't end with him.
Discussion: The Bulwark
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.
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 …
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Punchbowl News:
8/4/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER ISN'T GIVING ANY SIGN YET ON WHEN HE HOPES TO BEGIN DEBATE ON THE MASSIVE $740 BILLION RECONCILIATION PACKAGE.  DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AND SENIOR AIDES SAY THE PACKAGE IS STILL UNDERGOING A “BYRD BATH” …
Discussion: HotAir
Min Joo Kim / Washington Post:
South Korea's president skips Nancy Pelosi meeting due to staycation  —  SEOUL — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met leaders of Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan in her closely-watched tour this week — but not the South Korean president.  The official reason: He was on a staycation.
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Rhoda Kwan / NBC News:
China begins live-fire military drills around Taiwan
New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Proposed Challenging Georgia Senate Elections in Search of Fraud  —  On the day of President Biden's inauguration, John Eastman suggested looking for voting irregularities in Georgia — and asked for help being paid the $270,000 he billed the Trump campaign.
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
‘Never seen it this bad’: America faces catastrophic teacher shortage  —  Rural school districts in Texas are switching to four-day weeks this fall due to lack of staff.  Florida is asking veterans with no teaching background to enter classrooms.  Arizona is allowing college students to step in and instruct children.
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
‘Social contagion’ isn't causing more youths to be transgender, study finds  —  “Social contagion” is not driving an increasing number of adolescents to come out as transgender, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics.  —  The study also found that the proportion …
Washington Post:
Homeland Security watchdog previously accused of misleading investigators, report says  —  The Homeland Security watchdog now under scrutiny for his handling of deleted Secret Service text messages from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack previously was accused of misleading Justice Department investigators and running …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Michael Rezendes / Associated Press:
Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen  —  BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was sexually abusing her.  —  The father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints …
Discussion: Associated Press
Politico:
Trump faces uphill fight on executive privilege in DOJ probe  —  Donald Trump's camp has yet to say whether he'll try to use executive privilege to disrupt the Justice Department's grand jury investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 election.  But if he does, it could be a very short fight.
Discussion: CNN and Wall Street Journal
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
WH chief John Kelly was secretly ‘listening to all’ of Trump's calls: Jared Kushner  —  John Kelly was secretly “listening to all” of President Donald Trump's conversations without telling him, first son-in-law Jared Kushner reveals in his forthcoming book.  —  Kushner writes that Trump …
Discussion: Insider, Mediaite and Raw Story
Laina G. Stebbins / Michigan Advance:
Kelley says there were ‘unprecedented oddities’ in Tuesday's GOP gov. primary election  —  Ryan Kelley participates in a GOP gubernatorial debate on WKAR's Off the Record, July 15, 2022 |  After coming in fourth place in the GOP gubernatorial primary Tuesday and refusing to concede to nominee Tudor Dixon …
Discussion: Mediaite, MLive.com and Raw Story
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50,000 to Appear on Popular Shows  —  People will confess all sorts of things to podcasters, from their unpopular political beliefs or embarrassing romantic mishaps to their worst fears.  But there's one revelation certain guests will never disclose—namely …
more at Mediagazer »
Michael Warren / CNN:
Trump and Orban set to take stage in Texas as activists gather for conservative confab  —  Dallas (CNN)Former President Donald Trump, who is weighing when to announce his expected third run for the Republican presidential nomination, will address a gathering of conservative activists here this weekend.
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
After a deadly 2009 attack, the CIA's hunt for Zawahiri became personal  —  Years before the CIA strike that ended his life, Zawahiri played a key part in the deaths of American operatives  —  It was one of the darkest days in CIA history: Seven operatives killed after being lured by a rogue informant into a deadly trap.
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
In boosting Trump acolytes, Democrats become what they once condemned  —  Tuesday's primary in Michigan's 3rd Congressional District was a miniature referendum on Donald Trump and the future of the Republican Party.  On one side was Rep. Peter Meijer, one of only 10 Republican congressmen …
NBC News:
Fearing looters, Kentucky flood victims refuse to leave wrecked homes  —  “A lot of people are going primitive,” a survivor said.  “They're just sitting on their porch, hoping somebody's coming to save them.”  —  KNOTT COUNTY, Ky. — First came the floods, then came the vultures.
 
 
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Discussion: Gizmodo
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
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New York Times:
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Discussion: The Hill
Ron French / Bridge Michigan:
Upset over LGBTQ books, a Michigan town defunds its library in tax vote
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
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CNN:
Justice Department sues former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for emails from his private account
Laura Llach / euronews:
Europe's energy crisis: Controversy as Spain bans air conditioning from dropping below 27°C
Discussion: Townhall and Summit News
Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Mark McCloskey, Who Aimed Gun at BLM Protest, Faces Heavy Defeat in Primary
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