memeorandum: Hope and despair: Kathy Gannon on 35 years in Afghanistan (Kathy Gannon/Associated Press)

12:20 PM ET, July 3, 2022

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The Far Right and Far Left Agree on One Thing: Women Don't Count — Perhaps it makes sense that women — those supposedly compliant and agreeable, self-sacrificing and everything-nice creatures — were the ones to finally bring our polarized country together.

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ABC News:

Not prosecuting Trump for Jan. 6 would fuel a ‘much graver threat,’ Liz Cheney says — A criminal case could be “difficult” but necessary, Cheney said on “This Week.” — ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl interviews Congresswoman Liz Cheney at The Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif. June 29, 2022.

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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:

Liz Cheney warns GOP 'can't survive' if Trump becomes 2024 nominee — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) issued a dire warning to the Republican Party if it rallies behind former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. — “It can't survive if he's our nominee,” Cheney said on ABC News's This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

Why Glenn Youngkin — or someone like him — must run in 2024 — Virginia's new Republican governor is seriously thinking of running for president in 2024. And that's good news. — My Richmond-based Post colleagues Laura Vozzella and Gregory S. Schneider wrote last week of the telltale clues …

Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:

Can Ukraine Win? — A Ukrainian soldier shows off a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher - part of the package of US military aid (Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images) — ‘Despise the enemy strategically, but respect him tactically’

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Washington Post:
As Ukraine war bogs down, U.S. assessments face scrutiny

Discussion: Dr A.J. Aberfeldy, Sylvain Saurel's Newsletter and Xavier's Newsletter

Douglas E. Schoen / The Hill:

Now more than ever, Democrats need Hillary Clinton — THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — Earlier this year, I co-authored a piece for The Wall Street Journal that argued that a perfect storm in the Democratic Party is making a once unfathomable scenario …

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Washington Post:

With Roe overturned, Democrats present a patchwork of countermeasures — The ruling created a new rallying cry for Democrats, but also revealed some divergences in the party and unsettled questions about the path forward — On Capitol Hill, House Democratic leaders are discussing ways …

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CNN:

Gavin Newsom goes on the air against Ron DeSantis as political rivalry grows — (CNN)Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis aren't just avatars for the different futures of their parties, but also for the separate realities blue and red Americans are living in — two people of opposing viewpoints looking …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Twitchy

Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:

Hope and despair: Kathy Gannon on 35 years in Afghanistan — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan policeman opened fire on us with his AK-47, emptying 26 bullets into the back of the car. Seven slammed into me, and at least as many into my colleague, Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus.

Mike McIntire / New York Times:

An American's Murky Path From Russian Propagandist to Jan. 6 — Charles Bausman, a former financial executive who runs websites that promote far-right views, recorded footage in the Capitol for a Russian television producer. Soon after, he fled to Moscow as a “political refugee.”

Boston Herald:

Boston mayor condemns ‘white supremacist’ march through city — A group of about 100 marchers identifying themselves by flyers as belonging to the white nationalist group the Patriot Front, cut through the heart of downtown Saturday sparking a confrontation.

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David French / The Dispatch:

This July Fourth, Meet Three Americas — The red, the blue, and the tired. — I think I released my book about 18 months too early. I was talking about dangerous American divisions well before it was cool. In the last 10 days we've seen two stories go wildly viral …

John Ismay / New York Times:

How a Military Base in Illinois Helps Keep Weapons Flowing to Ukraine — Thousands of logisticians are responsible for making sure that U.S. military aid reaches its destination, on planes, trains and ships. — Give this article- - - Read in app — SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. …

CNN:

Trump-backed Michigan secretary of state nominee said abortion is ‘child sacrifice’ — (CNN)Before becoming the Trump-backed Republican nominee for Michigan secretary of state, Kristina Karamo said that abortion is “child sacrifice” and a “satanic practice.” — “Abortion is really nothing new.

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Pete Williams / NBC News:

Supreme Court asks Maryland officials to stop people picketing at justices' houses — WASHINGTON — Gail Curley, the Supreme Court's marshal, has written to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and the top official in Montgomery County, just outside Washington, asking them both to enforce state …

Discussion: Political Wire