Andrew Kreig

 

Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative July, 2021 news and views.

 

July 3

Top Headlines

• Washington Post, U.S. military vacates main air base in Afghanistan, underscoring withdrawal expected within days
• New York Times, As Afghan Forces Crumble, an Air of Unreality Grips the Capital
• Washington Post, Massive ransomware attack on widely used IT tool hits hundreds of companies

 

Trump Probes, Jan. 6 Insurrection 

• Washington Post, Trump’s company cloaked him in gilded fame. Now it faces felony charges, debt and a tainted brand
• Washington Post, Alleged Oath Keeper arrested in Capitol riot turned over firearm
• Washington Post, Trump seeks to use indictments as a political rallying cry as he tries to survive latest legal threat
• New York Times, Editorial: The Supreme Court Abandons Voting Rights
• Washington Post, Opinion: Nancy Pelosi has backed Kevin McCarthy into a corner, Greg Sargent
• Washington Post, As prosecutors indict the Trump Organization, Trump indicts himself, Dana Milbank
• Washington Post, Opinion: The Trump case may be unusual. But if true, it’s brazen tax fraud, Ruth Marcus

 

Virus Victims, Responses, Jobs 

• Washington Post, Facing the delta variant wave with few vaccine doses, African countries suffer — and bristle with anger
• Washington Post, Johnson & Johnson says its coronavirus vaccine is effective against delta variant
• Washington Post, 181.7 million U.S. vaccinated
• Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals, U.S. Deaths: 621,161
• Washington Post, Pay goes up as employers eye smaller pool of workers
• Washington Post, U.S. economy added 850,000 jobs in June as labor market showed renewed strength
• New York Times, Opinion: Only the Incompetent Need Apply, Paul Krugman

 

U.S. Governance, Politics, Elections

• Washington Post, Editorial: The Roberts court systematically dismantles the Voting Rights Act
• Washington Post, Opinion: Rumsfeld seized the wheel of power — and steered us terribly into war, David Von Drehle
• Washington Post, Ballots and voting equipment are moved again as review of 2020 election drags on in Arizona’s Maricopa County

 

Heat Wave, Climate Change

• Washington Post, An Exxon lobbyist thought he was in a job interview. Instead, it was a secretly recorded Zoom call
• Washington Post, Firefighters are tackling three major wildfires in California in worrying sign as summer begins
• Washington Post, Historic heat wave in Pacific Northwest has killed hundreds in U.S. and Canada over the past week
• Washington Post, ‘Hard to comprehend’: Experts react to record 121 degrees in Canada
• Washington Post, Opinion: No one was prepared for the Northwest heat wave — especially not the animals, Tove Danovich

 

Condo Collapse Follow-ups 

• Washington Post, Florida condo miles from Surfside collapse deemed unsafe, residents ordered to evacuate
• Washington Post, Investigation: Developer of luxury condos offered next-door Surfside building $400,000 amid complaints over construction, documents show

 

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