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3:40 PM ET, July 9, 2017

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Associated Press:
Trump says it's ‘time to move forward’ with Russia  —  President Donald Trump said Sunday that “it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia” after his lengthy meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany.  But he is still avoiding the question of whether …
Discussion: ABC News, Axios and Politico
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Vlad, the Trump Impaler  —  What light from yonder West Wing window breaks.  A bright idea has somehow emerged from the dysfunctional, dystopian Trump White House.  —  And from the Grim Reaper, no less.  —  Steve Bannon has not been partying in the Hamptons with Jared, Ivanka and Kellyanne.
Discussion: Business Insider
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
WikiLeaks proposes Assange to lead Trump's US-Russia cyber security unit
David Cohen / Politico:
Trump vows ‘to move forward’ with Putin
Discussion: Axios, The Hill, RedState and The Week
Jen Psaki / CNN:
Putin set a trap and Trump fell into it
Discussion: New York Magazine and Raw Story
circa.com:
Donald Trump Jr. gathered members of campaign for meeting with Russian lawyer before election  —  Shortly before his father was formally nominated for president last summer, Donald Trump Jr. was approached by a Russian lawyer who set up a meeting to discuss a Russian policy, according to interviews with Trump family lawyers.
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David Morgan / Reuters:   Trump Jr., Kushner met with Russian lawyer: New York Times
Masha Gessen / New York Times:   Trump Gave Putin Exactly What He Wanted
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Why People Hate The Media, Chapter MDCXIII  —  I had dinner tonight with a friend who knows Congressman Steve Scalise, the Republican from Louisiana who was critically injured in last month's assassination attempt.  He told me a story that's personal, that almost nobody knows, but that reflects very well on Scalise's character.
Discussion: IJR
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Glum House leaders begin search for fallbacks  —  House Republican leaders are beginning to give significant thought to what their exit-for-August bills look like if they don't have healthcare to leave on.  — What we're hearing: House members are super-anxious about health care …
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
At Private Dinners, Pence Quietly Courts Big Donors and Corporate Executives  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence has been courting scores of the country's most influential donors, corporate executives and conservative political leaders over the past several months in a series of private gatherings and one-on-one conversations.
Reuters:
Senator McCain says Republican healthcare bill likely dead  —  A senior U.S. Republican senator predicted on Sunday that the Republican bill to roll back Obamacare would likely fail, adding to growing signs that the bill is in trouble.  —  “My view is that it's probably going to be dead,” …
Discussion: Political Wire
Red Painter / Crooks and Liars:
BRUTAL: Australian Journalist Sums Up Trump's G20 Visit In 2 Minutes  —  This is the most brutal and succinct analysis of Donald Trump, the man and the scripted, fake President*, I have seen since election day.  Take 2 minutes and watch this.  Then, pick your jaw up and wipe your tears.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S. officials say Russian government hackers have penetrated energy and nuclear company business networks  —  Russian government hackers were behind recent cyber-intrusions into the business systems of U.S. nuclear power and other energy companies in what appears to be an effort to assess their networks …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The New York Times Is In Trouble  —  We have noted here and elsewhere Sarah Palin's libel case against the New York Times.  In a June 14 editorial, the Times accused Palin of being responsible for Jared Loughner's murder of six people in Tucson, Arizona.  Since then, the Times has issued two corrections to the editorial.
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Kaja Whitehouse / New York Post:   NY Times says blaming Palin for shooting was ‘an honest mistake’
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
The Congressional War on Expertise  —  Talk about a lousy recess.  —  Even as members of Congress were sprinting out of town for the July 4th holiday, the hard-working nerds at the Congressional Budget Office were handed the number-crunching equivalent of a colonoscopy …
New York Times:
Iraqi Prime Minister Arrives in Mosul to Declare Victory Over ISIS  —  MOSUL, Iraq — Dressed in a military uniform, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived here in Mosul on Sunday to congratulate Iraq's armed forces on its victory over the Islamic State and mark the formal end of a bloody campaign …
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Muslim leaders begin European bus tour against terrorism in the name of Islam  —  The tour, involving around 60 imams, will visit the sites of terror attacks by Islamist extremists.  —  Muslim leaders launched a European bus tour in Paris on Saturday to express opposition to terrorism in the name of Islam.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Graham Ambrose / Denver Post:
These Coloradans say Earth is flat.  And gravity's a hoax.  Now, they're being persecuted.  —  The Flat Earth movement is growing in Colorado, thanks to technology and skepticism about science … Every Tuesday at 6 p.m., three dozen Coloradans from every corner of the state assemble …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Fox News Insider:
Senate Cancel August Recess Alabama GOP Asks Leaders ObamaCare Tax Work  —  A freshman Republican senator said he sent a letter to GOP leadership asking them to cancel the annual August recess because there is a lot left to do on Capitol Hill.  —  “We need to work as hard as President Trump is working …
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
 
 
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Joseph Nasr / Reuters:
Hamburg's G20 rioters are ‘crazy’ in the eyes of Arab refugees
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Wall Street Journal:
FBI Nominee Christopher Wray Known as Workhorse Who Eschews Spotlight
Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Bevin revises Medicaid plan, seeks to reduce Kentucky's rolls by another 9,000 people
Discussion: Political Wire
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Tillerson launches personal diplomacy in Persian Gulf dispute
Jennifer Van Laar / Townhall.com:
California Dems Suing College Republicans in Latest Temper Tantrum
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton looks for her role in midterms
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Marco Rubio Is Tweeting the Most Republican Part of the Bible
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans increasingly uncertain of a legislative victory before August
Discussion: The Hill
Reuters:
Hungarian far right launches new political party
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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