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11:30 AM ET, July 5, 2022

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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Chicago shooting person of interest left online trail of violent imagery  —  Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, the person of interest identified by police after Monday's shooting in a Chicago suburb left 6 dead and 38 hurt, left a long trail of tributes to mass shootings and public killings …
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Ben Bradley / WGN-TV:
Highland Park shooting suspect was ‘known to law enforcement’  —  Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, the suspect in the Highland Park parade shooting Monday was taken into custody around Monday evening.  —  WGN Investigates looked into Crimo's background.  —  Crimo was a prolific poster online …
New York Times:
Portrait of a victim: a 76-year-old grandfather who hadn't wanted to attend the parade.
Politico:
New Jan. 6 Trump documentary footage revealed  —  POLITICO has exclusively obtained a trailer for Alex Holder's “Unprecedented,” the British filmmaker's upcoming Discovery+ docuseries about the Trump family.  —  The two-minute-plus trailer was included among the hours of footage that Holder turned …
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Doug Mastriano's Election-Takeover Plan  —  Stop the Steal is only a pretense for seizing control.  —  By now, political junkies are familiar with the rucksack of election-denying baggage that Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano schleps around: He organized …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
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Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
Democrats look to raise $10M for key governors' races with abortion access fund
Discussion: The Federalist
Christopher Kang / Slate:
Democrats Are Headed for a Disaster With Unfilled Judicial Vacancies  —  At the end of his first year in office, President Joe Biden's staff rightly trumpeted the fact that he had nominated and confirmed a historic number of judges at the start of his first term in office.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Confidence in U.S. Institutions Down; Average at New Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are less confident in major U.S. institutions than they were a year ago, with significant declines for 11 of the 16 institutions tested and no improvements for any.  The largest declines in confidence …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Republican states are trying to use federal covid aid to cut taxes  —  In Florida and elsewhere, GOP leaders have sued to tap pandemic funds for tax cuts, defying the Biden administration  —  As gas prices climbed toward record highs this May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Abortion fight strains Democratic alliance with Gen Z  —  A debate is raging inside the Democratic Party about whether it's giving its base — especially those under 30, the generation that most strongly supports abortion rights — enough motivation to keep voting for the party …
Discussion: HotAir
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
'I'm terrified': Brittney Griner sends Biden handwritten letter amid trial in Russia  —  WNBA star Brittney Griner asked President Joe Biden to bring her home from detention in Russia, where she is being tried on drug smuggling charges, telling the president in a handwritten letter: “I'm terrified.”
Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times:
Crypto collapse reverberates widely among black American investors  —  Higher exposure to digital assets leaves owners vulnerable to downturn  —  The widespread losses caused by the cryptocurrency crash are even broader among black investors.  —  A quarter of black American investors owned cryptocurrencies …
Katherine Stewart / New York Times:
Christian Nationalists Are Excited About What Comes Next  —  Ms. Stewart has reported on the religious right for more than a decade.  She is the author of “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism.”  —  The shape of the Christian nationalist movement …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Washington Examiner:
While consumers and travelers suffer, Buttigieg focuses on ‘racist’ roads  —  A gallon of gas is almost $5, hundreds of airline flights are being canceled every day, and a possible strike by West Coast port unions is threatening to make an already unreliable supply chain even worse.
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
On Conservative Radio, Misleading Message Is Clear: ‘Democrats Cheat’  —  Election fraud claims from 2020 are widespread on talk radio, contributing to the belief that the midterm results cannot be trusted.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Stuart Thompson writes about online information flows.
Rudy Chinchilla / NBC10 Philadelphia:
2 Officers Shot, Hundreds Flee During July 4th Fireworks in Philly  —  Lee esta historia en español aquí.  —  Two police officers were shot near Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway as thousands attended a Fourth of July concert and fireworks show Monday night, leading to crowds scattering from the scene.
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Fox News Potentially Facing Major Financial Damage In Dogged Suit Over Election Lies  —  Discovery in the case could reveal bombshell messages among the Trump White House, Fox personalities, and even Rupert Murdoch.  —  A massive $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by a voting machine company …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Russians Fear Commanders Are Selling Their Own Troops' Locations for Cash  —  An intercepted phone call reveals that Russians believe their own commanders are selling out troops for cash, according to the Ukrainian intelligence agencies.  —  A Russian colonel was accused of selling information …
Discussion: Raw Story
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Health experts see rise in maternal mortality post-Roe … Each had “trigger” laws, or abortion bans that took effect in the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court eliminating a federal right to the procedure.  — Maternal death rates in states with “trigger” laws are on average almost …
Discussion: Raw Story and Bangor Daily News
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Despite rebukes, Trump's legal brigade is thriving  —  Juli Haller was part of Donald Trump's legal brigade in Michigan, filing a lawsuit alongside the ubiquitous Sidney Powell that claimed absentee vote counts were likely manipulated by a computer algorithm developed by allies of deceased Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Nazi Tapes Provide a Chilling Sequel to the Eichmann Trial
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Alexa Mills / Washington Post:
Clifford Alexander Jr., first Black secretary of Army, dies at 88
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
The lore of ‘CODELs’: How foreign travel helps Congress at home
Aaron Kliegman / Just The News:
Biden to allow some migrants with terrorist ties into country, raising security concerns
Discussion: American Greatness
Vatican News:
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Discussion: Fox News, IJR, National Review and Reuters
Washington Post:
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
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Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
Forcing 10-year-old rape victims to give birth isn't moral, just or ‘pro-life’
 Earlier Items: 
Steve Contorno / CNN:
Ron DeSantis has raised more than $100 million for his reelection bid. Could he use that money in a presidential race?
Discussion: The Wrap
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin expands political operation as 2024 speculation grows
Tom Huddleston Jr / CNBC:
Bill Nye says the main thing you can do about climate change isn't recycling—it's voting
Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
Interest in vasectomies surges after fall of Roe v. Wade
Discussion: National Review and The Federalist
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Veterans of Carter-Era Inflation Warn That Biden Has Few Tools to Tame Prices
Ivan Penn / New York Times:
Nuclear Power Gets New Push in U.S., Winning Converts
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
A Clunky Mask May Be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
 

 
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Liam Scott / Voice of America:
RSF says 23 journalists were jailed in Syria and 10 others were missing as of December 9; press freedom groups call for accountability for Assad's government

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
The WGA demands studios take “immediate legal action” against companies that used writers' work to train AI, in a letter to CEOs of Disney, Netflix, and others

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. Discovery has decided not to renew its deal for new episodes of Sesame Street, though it will continue licensing library episodes through 2027

 
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