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5:25 PM ET, July 11, 2017

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Russian Dirt on Clinton? ‘I Love It,’ Donald Trump Jr. Said — The June 3, 2016, email sent to Donald Trump Jr. could hardly have been more explicit: One of his father's former Russian business partners had been contacted by a senior Russian government official and was offering to provide …

The Daily Beast:

Trump Aides Freaking Out Over Don Jr.'s Russia Email: The ‘Sum Of All Fears’ … President Donald Trump's son, his former campaign chairman, and his son-in-law were all told that the opposition research they were soliciting on campaign rival Hillary Clinton was coming from the Russian government …

Discussion: Vox, Raw Story, Washington Post and The Daily Caller

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

Trump Jr. delivers ‘smoking gun’ to Mueller — Donald Trump Jr. may have just given Robert Mueller “smoking gun” evidence signaling his father's presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election, according to veteran prosecutors and white-collar defense attorneys experienced in Washington scandals.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and Daily Kos

NBC News:

Russian Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr.: I Didn't Have Clinton Info They Wanted — MOSCOW — The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the presidential campaign denied in an exclusive interview with NBC News that she had any connection to the Kremlin and insists she met …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, Vox, ThinkProgress, CNBC, Mother Jones, Business Insider, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, NBC News, The Root, Daily Wire, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, IJR, CNN, Raw Story and Fusion

New York Times:

Russian Government Sought to Aid Trump's Candidacy, According to Email — WASHINGTON — Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material …

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Inside the White House scramble on the Trump Jr. emails — The general view of the Donald Trump Jr. email bombshell, according to sources within and close to the White House: no crime, all perception. They know it was politically awful, but have decided there was no real crime.

Ezra Klein / Vox:

We are past the point of innocent explanations on Trump and Russia — Imagine if the Clintons had done what the Trumps did on Russia. — Imagine the names were different. — Imagine Chelsea Clinton had taken Bill Clinton and campaign chair John Podesta to a meeting set …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Axios, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Daily Wire and New York Magazine

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Trump Jr. Releases Emails; They Support His Account — Earlier this morning, Donald Trump, Jr. released the email threads relating to his meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya in June 2016. The emails support his account of the meeting. Here they are, with the earlier ones first.

Fox News:

Donald Trump Jr. releases ‘entire email chain’ regarding Russian meeting — Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday released what he said was the “entire email chain” of his conversations setting up a disputed meeting with a Russian attorney, showing what appeared to be an offer to provide information that would …

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:

Trust Nothing, Defend Nothing — I don't write or even tweet about the Russia investigation much. I think the most I've written is that I think it probably won't pan out and if it does, it'll be Paul Manafort or Roger Stone or some other expendable type who'll end up getting to know the underside of a bus.

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications

Ezra Klein / Vox:

GOP senator on Russia emails: “I don't think this is relevant to the Trump administration” — It is difficult to defend the indefensible. Take Sen. Orrin Hatch's response to Donald Trump Jr.'s emails revealing that the top echelons of the Trump campaign were trying to collude with the Russian government to win the election.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Washington Post and The Atlantic

Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Donald Trump Jr. Emails Paint Serious Case of Campaign Finance Violations

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Vox, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Week, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Axios, The Atlantic, Raw Story, Mashable, Jamie Dupree - AJC, IJR, Daily Kos, FOX6Now.com, twitchy.com, CNBC and Shakesville

Amy Zegart / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails Vindicate the Intelligence Community

Discussion: New York Times

Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Whatever Trump Jr. did, it's not treason

Discussion: Vox, Daily Wire and The Week

Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The White House knows the Trump Jr. story is bad news

Discussion: Daily Kos

Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
This law might explain why a Russian lawyer wanted to meet with Trump

Discussion: CNBC, Politico, Business Insider, Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo

Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Buzzword emerges as Trump Jr. Russia scandal deepens: Treason

Discussion: BuzzFeed, RedState and NPR

Mike Allen / Axios:
3 days, 3 Don Jr. shocks to West Wing

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, TheBlaze, The Atlantic, Vox, ThinkProgress, ABC News, Politico, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller and IJR

Carly Sitrin / Vox:
Vox poll: before the Trump Jr. emails, Republicans thought the Russia question was a distraction

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Media Matters for America and The Guardian

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr.'s full emails about meeting a ‘Russian government attorney,’ annotated

Discussion: ThinkProgress, CNN, Washington Monthly, Vox, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and The Gateway Pundit

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Look At The Timeline

Discussion: The Smoking Gun

Rolf Mowatt-Larssen / Just Security:
The Media Is Not Asking the Right Questions on Trump Jr. Emails and Meeting with the “Russian Government Lawyer”

Discussion: Lawfare and Political Wire

Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The media's mass hysteria over ‘collusion’ is out of control

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, CNN, Associated Press, Business Insider, CNBC, The Daily Caller and The Week

Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Jr. Releases ‘Russia Email’ Chain

Discussion: Vox, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, IJR, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Root, Reuters and Washington Times

Weekly Standard:
The Trump Administration Has Forfeited the Right to be Trusted on Russia

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Associated Press

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's fishy behavior on Russia is bigger than possible email collusion

Discussion: Politico

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Clinton running mate: Russian probe moving into ‘potentially treason’

Discussion: Politico and Refinery29

David Brooks / New York Times:

How We Are Ruining America — Over the past generation, members of the college-educated class have become amazingly good at making sure their children retain their privileged status. They have also become devastatingly good at making sure the children of other classes have limited chances to join their ranks.

Discussion: RedState, MichelleMalkin.com, The American Conservative, Washington Post, Fusion, Vox, twitchy.com, alicublog, Daily Wire, NewsCut, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite

Politico:

Senate GOP ‘very pessimistic’ on Obamacare repeal — A push by Ted Cruz and Mike Lee to pull the bill to the right is dividing the caucus and complicating Republicans' already-beleaguered effort. — Tensions are rising between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's leadership team …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, ACASignups.net and Daily Kos

David Nather / Axios:
What's next if the Senate health bill fails

Discussion: Vox, CNN, cms.gov, Politico, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway and Shakesville

Austin Wright / Politico:
Graham drafting alternative heath care plan

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Eryn Dion / Northwest Florida Daily News:

Amazing human chain formed to rescue drowning family in PCB — “I honestly thought I was going to lose my family that day,” Roberta Ursrey said. “It was like, 'Oh God, this is how I'm going.' ” — PANAMA CITY BEACH — It was supposed to just be a quick trip to the beach …

Discussion: The Guardian

Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
A riptide swept away a Florida family. Then beachgoers formed a human chain.

Discussion: USA Today, IJR, Alabama Today and Shakesville

Mark Leibovich / New York Times:

This Town Melts Down — A veteran political reporter takes stock of how Washington has — and hasn't — changed in the time of Trump. — Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, was running late and “tied up in the Oval,” an assistant explained. It was late on a Thursday afternoon in June …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, New York Magazine and AOL

Mercatus Center:

Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition 2017 Edition — All States — KEY MATERIALS — The fiscal health of America's states affects all its citizens. Indicators of fiscal health come in a variety of forms—from a state's ability to attract businesses and how much it taxes to what services …

Discussion: Instapundit

John Merline / Investor's Business Daily: Best-Run States Are Low-Tax Republican, Worst-Run Are High-Tax Democratic, Study Finds

Terry Jones / Investor's Business Daily:

Mystery Solved: Now We Know Why Comey Did Nothing About Hillary — Russia Scandal: No wonder former FBI Director James Comey refused to press charges last summer against Hillary Clinton for her egregious security breaches: It turns out, he may have been guilty of the same thing.

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post and Power Line

Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Addresses False Comey Memo Report: ‘We Were Mistaken’

Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week

The Hill:

Senate GOP outlines revised health bill — Republican leaders on Tuesday outlined a revised ObamaCare replacement bill that will be unveiled on Thursday ahead of a planned vote next week. — The revisions are aimed at winning over additional support, but it remains deeply in doubt whether the bill can get 50 votes.

Discussion: Balloon Juice