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10:25 AM ET, June 18, 2017

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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Help wanted: Why Republicans won't work for the Trump administration  —  The array of legal and political threats hanging over the Trump presidency have compounded the White House's struggles to fill out the top ranks of the government.  —  Trump's firing of FBI Director James B. Comey …
Discussion: Raw Story and Booman Tribune
Thomas Healy / The Atlantic:
Who's Afraid of Free Speech?  —  Middlebury College's decision to discipline 67 students who participated in a raucous and violent demonstration against conservative author Charles Murray brings closure to one of several disturbing incidents that took place on college campuses this semester.
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Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
If You Think Campus Free Speech Is No Big Deal, Watch This Shocking Vice News Report From Evergreen State College  —  Are you one of those people who suspects that all the brouhaha over campus free speech outrages, no matter how individually insane the stories, might be exaggerated …
Ken White / Popehat:
Free Speech, The Goose, And The Gander
Discussion: New York Times and Instapundit
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Ex-Bush ethics lawyer: Pence will soon become the president if Trump fires Mueller  —  The top ethics lawyer to former President George W. Bush warned on Saturday that if President Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller, Vice President Pence “will soon become the 46th President.”
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Trump Attorney: The President Is Not Under Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — An attorney for President Trump was adamant on Sunday that the president is not under investigation, despite the president's tweets this week referring to one as a “witch hunt.”  —  “Let me be clear here,” …
Associated Press:
Trump tweets his frustration with Russia investigation  —  President Donald Trump is beginning his day with a stream of tweets defending his record and lashing out at the investigation into Russian interference in the election.  —  In a two-part tweet posted before 7 a.m. Sunday, Trump wrote …
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
High-Stakes Referendum on Trump Takes Shape in a Georgia Special Election  —  ATLANTA — Taking the stage in a half-filled airplane hangar to rally supporters of Republican candidate Karen Handel, Health Secretary Tom Price could not help but point to the record-shattering surge of liberal money …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish  —  As the most expensive House race in history rushes toward the finish line Tuesday, the latest public polls are unanimous: The Georgia special election between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel is too close to call.
Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine and WSB-TV
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP shifts focus to Lynch  —  Senate Republicans are clamoring to hear from Loretta Lynch after former FBI Director James Comey raised concerns about her involvement in the Hillary Clinton  —  email investigation.  —  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are seizing …
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet:
USS Fitzgerald Collision Update (10:33am JST June 18, 2017)  —  YOKOSUKA, Japan — A number of Sailors that were missing from the collision between USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and a merchant ship have been found.  As search and rescue crews gained access to the spaces that were damaged during …
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Wall Street Journal:
Seven U.S. Sailors Confirmed Dead After Collision With Cargo Ship  —  The bodies of the seven sailors were recovered from inside the USS Fitzgerald as the investigation into what caused the collision off the coast of Japan continues.
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke rescinds acceptance of Homeland Security post  —  Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has withdrawn his name from consideration for an assistant secretary position at the Department of Homeland Security, an adviser to Clarke confirmed to The Washington Post on Saturday.
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Got Their Blood, Will It Be Enough?  —  When I wrote two weeks ago about how liberals would not stop until someone got killed, I was hoping it was more of a warning than a prophecy.  Unfortunately, it was not.  —  But the actions and words of leftists in the wake of the attempted slaughter …
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Six People Have Resigned From Trump's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council Because He “Doesn't Care”  —  “We have dedicated our lives to combating this disease and no longer feel we can do so effectively within the confines of an advisory body to a president who simply does not care.”
Discussion: Political Wire
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Scott A. Schoettes / Newsweek:
Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here
ABC News:
Book excerpt: Newt Gingrich's ‘Understanding Trump’  —  Excerpted from UNDERSTANDING TRUMP by Newt Gingrich by arrangement with Center Street Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group (USA), Inc., Copyright © Newt Gingrich 2017.  —  INTRODUCTION  —  WHY THIS BOOK?
Discussion: Raw Story
David French / National Review:
The Philando Castile Verdict Was a Miscarriage of Justice  —  Yesterday, a Minnesota jury acquitted St. Anthony, Minnesota, police officer Jeronimo Yanez of second-degree manslaughter charges in the shooting of Philando Castile.  In considering the rightness of the verdict, pay close attention to the transcript of the fatal encounter.
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Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Two Protesters Disrupt ‘Julius Caesar’ in Central Park  —  A production of “Julius Caesar” in Central Park was disrupted on Friday evening by two protesters who objected to the bloody scene in which the title character, played by an actor costumed and styled to resemble President Trump, is knifed to death.
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Malcolm Gay / BostonGlobe.com:
Knives are out for theaters that bear the name ‘Shakespeare’
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
 
 
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Poll of rural Americans shows deep cultural divide with urban centers
Discussion: Axios
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Swedish Police Attacked By 100 Masked Migrant Youths
miamiherald:
‘We are better than this,’ impassioned Biden tells Florida Democrats
Discussion: Political Wire
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Trump's silence on Russian hacking hands Democrats new weapon
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Only Mass Deportation Can Save America
Discussion: Instapundit and Balloon Juice
Fox News:
Megyn Kelly and Alex Jones: NBC News under fire for ‘botched’ rollout of Kelly on eve of interview
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Cerebral Palsy Didn't Stop This College Junior. Obamacare Repeal Might.
Discussion: The Hill and Hullabaloo
 Earlier Items: 
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Hospital says Scalise showing ‘signs of improvement’ after additional surgery
Discussion: ABC News
Adam Edelman / New York Daily News:
Trump's tough-talking outside counsel Mark Kasowitz may do him more harm than good
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Matt Bruenig:
If fireproofing is a waste for the poor, it is also a waste for the rich
CNN:
Senate Democrats weigh blockade to protest GOP health care plan
Philip Galanes / New York Times:
Al Franken and Olivia Wilde: Calling a Lie a Lie
Discussion: Raw Story
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Trump's Business Ties in the Gulf Raise Questions About His Allegiances
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours

 
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