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Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch. Brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Friday,

July 8th,

2022. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines at the day. Number one,

it's a jobs day and what that means for a big month for Democrats. Number two, former White

House Chief Counsel Pat Cipioni is testifying today before the January 6th committee.

And number three, a Friday look at which polls are headed to Sun Valley.

All right, Jake, let's get into it.

Before we get into the number one story of the morning, just a note on some bad news this morning from Japan.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shizzo Abe has died after being shot Friday.

He was 67.

The longest serving prime minister in Japanese history was giving a speech in NARA

on behalf of the Liberal Democratic Party candidates for Sunday's election when he was shot,

according to Japanese news.

This is, he was taken away, but has now been pronounced dead.

Yeah, Abe is the, I mean, observers of modern politics, global politics, and American politics, remember

Shinzo Abe, who served from the Obama administration through the Trump administration

was a relatively, I would say, a prominent figure in the in the Trump years. President Donald Trump, former

President Donald Trump, had forged a pretty strong relationship with Abe. He resigned just a couple

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