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John Light is TPM's managing editor, based in New York. He previously worked as a producer for Bill Moyers and WNYC and has written for The Atlantic, Slate, Reuters and Grist.

Cruz Goes On Tucker To Beg For Forgiveness After Calling Jan. 6 A ‘Violent Terrorist Attack’
INSIDE: SCOTUS ... Cyber Ninjas ... DeSantis ... Pompeo
Many Staffers In Pence’s Office Have Spoken To Jan. 6 Committee. Will The Former VP?
INSIDE: Jimmy Carter ... Karl Rove ... A 'Rebuttal' From Gaetz And Greene
Harry Reid, Cutting Through Crap Prime Badge

Earlier today, we published a moving tribute to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid by his onetime deputy chief of staff, Bill Dauster.

I spoke with another former Reid aide and friend of TPM this afternoon, Jim Manley. A veteran Senate staffer, Manley had worked as a spokesperson and senior communications advisor for Reid while Reid was Senate Majority Leader.

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Michael Gableman Wisconsin GOP’s Election Investigator Calls On Republican Who Criticized Him To Resign
Manchin Says He Cannot Support Build Back Better Act In Most Definitive Statement To Date
House Sends Criminal Contempt Referral Against Meadows To DOJ
Another Loss For Trump

Late last night, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan denied Trump’s emergency motion to block the Jan. 6 panel’s subpoena from going into effect while the former president appealed her earlier decision that the subpoena was valid.

The National Archives are due to start providing the material Trump claims is privileged on Friday, meaning he has just a few business hours left to stop those materials from winding up in the committee’s hands.

How might this play out? Josh Kovensky delved into some of those eventualities yesterday.

Ron DeSantis Florida University Blocks Professors From Testifying Against DeSantis’ Prized Voter-Suppression Law
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Texas’ SB 8 Heads To The Supreme Court

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the way in which Texas’ draconian new abortion law, SB-8, is enforced. This morning, read Kate Riga on the impact that law is having on neighboring states.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 26: U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is followed by a swarm of reporters as he leaves a meeting between a group of bipartisan Senators in the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building on July 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. The group of Senators are trying to come to an agreement on the Infrastructure Bill before Congress heads into their August recess after the initial agreement fell apart. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Joe Manchin Where Things Stand: Schrödinger’s Sinemanchin Prime Badge
This is your TPM evening briefing.

A lot happened today, and, at the end of it, it’s not clear how far we’ve come from where we were when we started.

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