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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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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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Hullabaloo and Mediaite
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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Fusion, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Still No Collusion Evidence
Still No Collusion Evidence
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neo-neocon, New York Post and Power Line
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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CNNMoney, Washington Monthly and New York Magazine
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump proves to be an unreliable ally to Republicans in the health-care fight
Trump proves to be an unreliable ally to Republicans in the health-care fight
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Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Trump voter-fraud panel's data request a gold mine for hackers, experts warn — Cybersecurity specialists are warning that President Donald Trump's voter-fraud commission may unintentionally expose voter data to even more hacking and digital manipulation. — Their concerns stem from a letter …
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Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog, RedState, Snopes.com, New York Times, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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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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Mediaite, IJR and The Last Tradition, more at Mediagazer »
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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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NewsBusters, Breitbart, The Hill, IJR, Mediaite, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, ABC News, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Tom Liddy / ABC News:
25 shot, 3 others injured at Little Rock nightclub; no apparent connection to terror — At least 25 people were shot in a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, early Saturday morning and three others suffered unrelated injuries, police said. — One of the injured was initially listed in critical condition …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, CBS New York, IJR and The Week
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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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Washington Post, Gizmodo, Talking Points Memo and Friendly Atheist
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 …
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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Associated Press, CBS New York, New York Times, New York's PIX11, The Daily Caller, Gothamist and The Week
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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Business Insider, MichelleMalkin.com, Axios, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Liberal Values, TheBlaze, Washington Free Beacon, CNN, Political Wire and AOL
Naaman Zhou / The Guardian:
Volvo admits its self-driving cars are confused by kangaroos — Swedish company's animal detection system can identify and avoid deer, elk and caribou, but is yet to work against the marsupials' movements — Volvo's self-driving car is unable to detect kangaroos because hopping confounds its systems, the Swedish carmaker says.
Darren Boyle / Daily Mail:
Salford student union president calls for Islamic takeover — A Muslim student union leader has claimed she would like to ‘oppress white people’ and has suggested there would be an Islamic takeover if more people read the Koran. — Zamzam Ibrahim, who was elected President …
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
‘I Want This to Get Over’: After Congressional Shooting, Complex Grief for a Gunman's Widow — BELLEVILLE, Ill. — He flung dishes at his wife, roared at the television, erupted during an outing at a local brewery. Suzanne Hodgkinson became so concerned with her husband's growing anger that she wrote to his doctor asking for help.
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Business Insider and Mediaite
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 …
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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Washington Post, Business Insider, The Week and Talking Points Memo
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 …
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.
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland. — REYDARFJORDUR, Iceland — Where did the United States' aluminum smelters go? — More than 30 of the giant factories once dotted the American landscape, sucking down huge amounts of electricity to produce the metal for car parts, beer cans and aluminum foil.
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Washington Post