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Vanity Fair:
“I'm Getting the Word Out”: Inside the Feverish Mind of Donald Trump Two Months After Leaving the White House  —  In an hours-long interview with Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker from his Mar-a-Lago throne, the former president repeated his election lies, bashed Mitch McConnell ("he's a stupid person"), and teased a triumphant comeback.
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David Siders / Politico:
Pence flatlines as 2024 field takes shape  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Mike Pence was met by a respectful, even warm, crowd in his first trip back to Iowa since the election.  Republicans at a picnic in the northwestern corner of the state stood and clapped for him on Friday.
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
First US Capitol rioter convicted of a felony gets 8 months in prison  —  (CNN)A man who pleaded guilty to breaching the Senate chamber during the US Capitol insurrection was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison in a closely watched case that could influence how hundreds of other rioters charged with the same felony are punished.
Discussion: Washington Post and UPI
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Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
Man faces 1st sentencing for felony in riot at US Capitol  —  CHICAGO (AP) — A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag is scheduled to become the first Jan. 6 rioter sentenced for a felony, in a hearing that will help set a benchmark for punishment in similar cases.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Capitol Rioter Who Made It Onto The Senate Floor Was Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison
Discussion: USA Today and The Guardian
Rachel Monahan / Willamette Week:
New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Is Exploring a Run for Oregon Governor  —  Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer winner, grew up on a Yamhill County farm.  —  Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer winning columnist for the New York Times, is considering a run for Oregon governor.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Schumer channels his inner McConnell
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:   Nicholas Kristof, a Times columnist, is weighing a bid for Oregon governor.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Pollsters: ‘Impossible’ to say why 2020 polls were wrong  —  A new, highly anticipated report from the leading association of pollsters confirms just how wrong the 2020 election polls were.  But nine months after that closer-than-expected contest, the people asking why are still looking for answers.
Discussion: UPI, Breitbart, Bloomberg, CNN and HotAir
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NBC News:
Eight weeks out, California recall lacks the buzz of 2003 contest
Sam Baker / Axios:
“A pandemic of the unvaccinated”  —  Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths are back on the rise in the U.S. as the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads across the country.  —  The big picture: This is happening almost exclusively to people who aren't vaccinated …
Discussion: NBC News
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CNBC:
Sell-off intensifies as the Dow tumbles more than 900 points amid pandemic fears  —  What experts are saying as stocks drop amid Delta variant concerns  —  U.S. stocks fell aggressively Monday on concern a rebound in Covid cases would slow global economic growth.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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Wall Street Journal:   Dow Falls 800 Points, Oil Drops as Delta Variant Sends Investors Into Bonds
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A vile new Trump-GOP claim about vaccines suggests trouble ahead  —  It was only a matter of time until Donald Trump converted the debate over covid-19 vaccines into an occasion for his supporters to show their loyalty to him — and even worse, to the “big lie” that his 2020 loss was illegitimate.
Washington Post:
Despite the hype, iPhone security no match for NSO spyware … The text delivered last month to the iPhone 11 of Claude Mangin, the French wife of a political activist jailed in Morocco, made no sound.  It produced no image.  It offered no warning of any kind as an iMessage from somebody …
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Olivier Knox / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Nearly 30 groups urge Facebook, Instagram, Twitter to take down vaccine disinformation
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden walks back criticism: 'Facebook isn't killing people'  —  President Biden on Monday softened his criticism that platforms like Facebook are “killing people” with misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, saying he wishes the company would do more to stop the spread of inaccurate information.
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden tries to clarify comment that Facebook is ‘killing people’
American Greatness:
The American Descent into Madness  —  America went from the freest country in the world in December 2019 to a repressive and frightening place by July 2021.  How did that happen?  —  Nations have often gone mad in a matter of months.  The French abandoned their supposedly idealistic revolutionary project …
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Telling His Dinner Pals He's Planning to Run for President in 2024  —  In conversations with at least 3 people, a top GOP source says, Trump has said he wants another run at the White House  —  WASHINGTON — Brace yourself: Donald Trump plans to run for president again.
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Insider:
Trump aide says they paid actors to appear at his 2016 presidential campaign announcement  — Corey Lewandowski previously denied that Trump paid actors to appear at his 2015 campaign announcement.  — Yet the first Trump 2016 campaign manager recently told Insider the opposite.
Discussion: Raw Story
Miles Parks / NPR:
Outrage As A Business Model: How Ben Shapiro Is Using Facebook To Build An Empire  —  In 2021, Ben Shapiro rules Facebook.  —  The conservative podcast host and author's personal Facebook page has more followers than The Washington Post, and he drives an engagement machine unparalleled …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN announces CNN+, ‘most important launch for network since Ted Turner’  —  New York (CNN Business)CNN is hiring hundreds of people and developing dozens of programs for a subscription streaming service that will launch early next year.  —  The new venture, called CNN+, was formally announced on Monday morning.
Politico:
'It's ceding a lot of terrain to us': Biden goes populist with little pushback  —  When President Joe Biden unveiled a series of sweeping executive orders to combat monopoly power, the response from Republicans was notable — because there was barely one at all.
Amanda Coletta / Washington Post:
Canada to open border to fully vaccinated U.S. citizens on Aug. 9  —  TORONTO — Canada on Monday said it would begin to ease pandemic restrictions at the U.S.-Canada border next month, allowing U.S. citizens and permanent residents in the United States who are fully vaccinated …
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump's Business Hauled In $2.4 Billion During The Four Years He Served As President  —  Forbes estimates the pandemic helped wipe about $200 million off Trump's top line last year.  —  In April 2017, Press Secretary Sean Spicer took the podium in the White House briefing room and announced …
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
A federal judge upholds Indiana University's vaccination requirement for students.  —  In what appeared to be the first ruling upholding a coronavirus vaccine mandate by a university, a federal judge affirmed on Monday that Indiana University could require that its students be vaccinated against the virus.
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
YouTube:
Ryan Grim: Fox News Workers Have Their Own Corporate Vaccine Passport  —  Ryan Grim discusses the discrepancy between Fox News anchors' coverage of the COVID vaccines and their personal opinions on them.About Rising: Rising is a we...
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Trump's 2020 loss gave the GOP the last key to ‘win’ the midterms  —  There was a time in the not too distant past when the Republican Party was known for its sneakiness, a product of the underhanded tricks of operatives like Lee Atwater and his protégés.
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Branding the U.S. left: AOC makes a push into political merchandise  —  U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became one of America's most prominent progressive Democrats with her calls to tax the wealthy and spend heavily to fight climate change.  —  Now she is investing heavily …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jamie Hopkins / Center for Public Integrity:
Paul Cheung named CEO of the Center for Public Integrity  —  Paul Cheung, a veteran journalist and leading advocate for innovative change in media, has been named chief executive officer of the Center for Public Integrity.  —  He'll lead one of the nation's oldest nonprofit investigative news organizations …
 
 
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Philip Caldwell / Washington Free Beacon:
Poll: Majority of Americans Not Confident Kamala Harris Is Ready for Presidency
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Power Line
David R. Eichenthal / New Republic:
A Surprising Potential Swing Vote: Pro-Democracy Republicans
Discussion: Associated Press
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Christie nabs role courting big donors for Republican governors group
Discussion: The Hill
Reuters:
Russia says it successfully tested hypersonic missile praised by Putin
Hunter Walker / New Yorker:
Bill de Blasio's Wet Hot Valedictory Summer
Mike Rothschild / NBC News:
QAnon fanatics are rebranding their ‘secret war.’ And it could work.
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Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Haiti's acting prime minister Claude Joseph says he will step down amid leadership dispute
The Bulwark:
Nina Turner Wants to Be the Squad's Nick Naylor
The White House:
The United States, Joined by Allies and Partners, Attributes Malicious Cyber Activity and Irresponsible State Behavior to the People's Republic of China
New York Times:
Biden Administration Transfers Its First Detainee From Guantánamo Bay
 

 
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