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12:55 PM ET, July 18, 2021

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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
In Undervaccinated Arkansas, Covid Upends Life All Over Again  —  While much of the nation tiptoes toward normalcy, the coronavirus is again swamping hospitals in places like Mountain Home, in a rural county where fewer than one-third of residents are vaccinated.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Twitchy
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Nationals Game in Washington Is Halted After Shooting Outside Stadium  —  Fans poured out of Nationals Park in a scene of fear and confusion.  The police said three people had been injured in a shootout.  —  Three people were shot outside of Nationals Park in Washington on Saturday night during …
CBS News:
Biden nets positive marks for handling pandemic, but vaccine resistance, Delta concern remains - CBS News poll  —  Six months into President Biden's administration, Americans are less apprehensive about the year than they were at the start of it.  —  They think the battle against the pandemic …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Haaretz:
Project Pegasus: A new investigation by Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International together with 17 news outlets reveals how Israel's NSO's cyber spy tech is used against journalists Credit: Forbidden Stories  —  Khadija Ismayilova's home in Baku had become like a prison.
Discussion: The Guardian
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Can the Southwest Survive With Less Water?  —  Sometime next month, for the first time, the federal government is likely to declare a water shortage at Lake Mead.  —  This vast turquoise reservoir, formed in 1935 when the Hoover Dam corked the Colorado River in Arizona and Nevada …
Associated Press:
Sorting out Trump's comments on the Arizona audit  —  PHOENIX — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizona's electoral votes.  —  Trump relied on comments made Thursday by contractors hired …
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Facebook Tells Biden: ‘Facebook Is Not the Reason’ Vaccination Goal Was Missed  —  The social network hit back at the president's criticism of social media for spreading vaccine misinformation.  —  WASHINGTON — Facebook pushed back on Saturday against the Biden administration's denouncing …
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Guy Rosen / About Facebook:
Moving Past the Finger Pointing
Jorge Felipe Gonzalez / The Atlantic:
Black Lives Matter Misses the Point About Cuba  —  Last Sunday, Cubans in a small town 16 miles from Havana filled the streets to demonstrate against the government.  The unrest quickly spread on social media, igniting protests across the island, marking the first such nationwide wave of protest in the communist country in decades.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Washington Examiner:   Biden team fumbled early response to Cuban unrest
Isaac Schorr / National Review:
College Republicans Poised for Splinter after ‘Stolen’ Election  —  The election is over, but the stakes are still quite high.  —  Courtney Britt, the candidate who incumbent College Republican National Committee Chairman Chandler Thornton hoped would succeed him, triumphed today over Judah Waxelbaum.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
‘Shadow State’: Embracing corporate governance to escape constitutional limits  —  Teddy Roosevelt gave a speech in 1902, “The Control of Corporations,” which warned of the danger of corporate power over citizens' lives.  Calling corporations “creatures of the state,” he said they must be controlled by …
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Pennsylvania election audit gets GOP campaign trail embrace  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election have been debunked by the courts, his own Justice Department and scores of recounts.  —  But in the battleground state of Pennsylvania …
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Washington Post:
Police search for killer of 6-year-old girl remembered for her energy and smile  —  She liked to mimic her grandmother, so a week ago, Nyiah Courtney got her hair braided.  —  “We twins now,” the smiling 6-year-old told Andrea Courtney.  —  It was one of the last times the two talked.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Hits Highest Number of Daily New Coronavirus Cases in the World Again: Nearly 80,000  —  FEELS FAMILIAR  —  The United States recorded 79,310 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University.  The number is the highest in the world, exceeding recorded totals from Indonesia …
Jasper Scherer / Houston Chronicle:
3 Texas House Democrats test positive for COVID-19 in D.C.  —  Three Democratic state lawmakers who left the state for Washington, D.C., this week have tested positive for COVID-19, the Texas House Democratic Caucus announced Saturday.  —  All three members are fully vaccinated …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Democrats are making headlines on voting rights, but little more to counter restrictive efforts by Republicans
Discussion: Vox
Austin American-Statesman:
3 Texas Democrats test positive for COVID-19 in Washington, D.C.
Financial Times:
Delta variant takes hold in developing world as infections soar  —  Poorer countries with low vaccination rates face surge in Covid cases and deaths  —  The Delta coronavirus variant that has rapidly become dominant across much of the world is exacting a grim toll on dozens of developing countries …
The Hill:
Death of a legend: Louisiana's Edwin Edwards didn't stoop to racism  —  There may be no Southern politician who was more colorful, controversial and consequential than Edwin Edwards, who dominated Louisiana politics for more than three decades.  —  Everything about Edwards, who died this week at 93 …
 
 
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The Economist:
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Spotify is paying hundreds of millions for audiobooks annually; US audiobook users average five more hours on the app in the 60 days after starting a book

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Five ex-Pitchfork journalists launch online music outlet Hearing Things, aiming to capture Pitchfork's independent spirit; subscriptions start at $70 per year

Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Kansas City's news nonprofit The Beacon is shutting down its Wichita newsroom, three years after its launch with support from the Wichita Foundation

 
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