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Mtait / Lawfare:
The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians — View of the Kremlin from the Bolshoy Kammeny Bridge (Alexander Gusev) — I read the Wall Street Journal's article yesterday on attempts by a GOP operative to recover missing Hillary Clinton emails with more than usual interest.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Activist Who Sought Clinton Emails Cited Trump Campaign Officials — Peter W. Smith listed Bannon, Conway and Clovis, besides Flynn, in a recruiting document; his purpose isn't clear and there's no indication he asked for or received any coordination with them.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Now We Have a Roadmap to the Trump Campaign's Collusion with Russia — Most of the commentary surrounding the Russia scandal has treated the possibility that Donald Trump's campaign deliberately colluded with Moscow as remote, unfounded speculation. The new reporting that has broken …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Still No Collusion Evidence — The latest ‘bombshell’ tells us more about media bias than about election meddling — So here's the latest big “collusion” story that has been, er, broken by the Wall Street Journal. — About ten days before he died in mid-May, an 81-year-old man …
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Power Line, New York Post and IJR
New York Times:
President Trump, Melting Under Criticism — Maybe we should all take a moment to feel a little sorry for Donald Trump, who reacted to criticism on Thursday by tweeting a stream of coarse insults at the television journalist Mika Brzezinski. — After all, he so clearly lacks the toughness …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
‘Morning Joe’ Row Is Fresh Sign of TV's Iron Grip on Trump
‘Morning Joe’ Row Is Fresh Sign of TV's Iron Grip on Trump
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Bloomberg:
Jared Kushner Almost Bought the National Enquirer Three Years Ago
Jared Kushner Almost Bought the National Enquirer Three Years Ago
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Matthew Sheffield / Salon:
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are angry at Donald Trump now — but they've never apologized for promoting him
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are angry at Donald Trump now — but they've never apologized for promoting him
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CBS News:
Science division of White House office left empty as last staffers depart — WASHINGTON — The science division of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was unstaffed as of Friday as the three remaining employees departed this week, sources tell CBS News.
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
GOP senators to McConnell: Cancel August recess — GOP delays health care vote amid opposition — (CNN)A group of Republican senators are requesting August recess be canceled or shortened to give the party more time to make progress on its legislative agenda.
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Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
The Republican Plot to Kill Obamacare Isn't as Dead as It Seems
The Republican Plot to Kill Obamacare Isn't as Dead as It Seems
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The Hill:
24 states refusing to provide voter data to Trump election panel — At least 24 states are pushing back or outright refusing to comply with the Trump administration's request for voter registration data. — The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, formed by President Trump …
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James Fanelli / New York Daily News:
Bronx hospital shooter sent chilling email rant to Daily News two hours before fatal rampage — Just twohours before his deadly rampage at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, shooter Henry Bello ranted to the Daily News in an email — blaming the medical center for ruining his dreams of furthering his career.
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Bill to create panel that could remove Trump from office quietly picks up Democratic support — For months, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders have privately counseled their more militant members to forswear talk of impeaching President Trump …
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Oli Coleman / Page Six:
CNN screws up — again … Let's call this one “'F***!' news.” — We're told CNN flew into a panic on Friday after it accidentally aired a fake National Enquirer cover during Jake Tapper's broadcast. — Tapper did a segment on his “The Lead” show about Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's claim …
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Kate Morrissey / Los Angeles Times:
An Oceanside minister supported Trump. Now, he's getting deported — Jorge Ramirez, second from left,and his family, from left: daughters Betsabe Ramirez and Abisag Ramirez, wife Silvia, and son Caleb Ramirez. (San Diego Union-Tribune) — Jorge Ramirez, an Oceanside minister and immigrant …
CNN:
28 people injured in Arkansas club shooting, police say — (CNN)Twenty-eight people were wounded early Saturday as gunfire rang out at nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, police said. — Twenty-five people were shot and three others sustained related injuries at the Ultra Power Lounge in the Arkansas capital.
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Ellen Cagle / Kansas City Star:
Kansas universities, students express preparedness for guns on campus starting Saturday — Starting Saturday, Kansas colleges will allow guns on campus. And students, though some are lukewarm about the idea, are ready. — “A couple of my friends decided that they were going to go somewhere else …
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Randy Ludlow / The Columbus Dispatch:
Statehouse showdown: Kasich vetoes lawmakers' Medicaid freeze — Gov. John Kasich is welcoming a showdown with fellow Republicans in the General Assembly over his decision to expand Medicaid health-care coverage to low-income Ohioans. — Kasich used his line-item veto late Friday to kill …
Sean Illing / Vox:
I think health care is a right. I asked an expert to tell me why I'm wrong. — “You've got to be willing to accept that there's a trade-off here.” —Craig Garthwaite — “I believe that health care should be regarded as a public good, not a marketplace commodity. Tell me why I'm wrong.”
Justice News:
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Individual For Defrauding Investors In Digital Media Company — William McFarland Made False Representations to Investors in Fyre Media LLC and the Fyre Festival — Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York …
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Washington Post, Engadget, AOL and The FADER
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New York Times:
Fyre Festival Organizer Charged With Wire Fraud
Fyre Festival Organizer Charged With Wire Fraud
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Balloon Juice, Gizmodo and NPR
Los Angeles Times:
On the eve of Garcetti's inauguration, soaring ambition meets a sober reality — Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti after participating in a discussion Wednesday at Creative Artists Agency on the implications of the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Tillerson argued with a second White House aide — The secretary of state, who blew up at Trump's personnel chief over the slow pace of filling political posts, also had a West Wing dispute with senior aide Stephen Miller. — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson argued with senior White House …
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