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8:40 PM ET, July 11, 2017

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New York Times:
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 …
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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: Mediaite, Washington Post and Raw Story
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr. tells Sean Hannity: ‘In retrospect I probably would have done things a little differently’  —  Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged in an exclusive interview with Fox News' “Hannity” Tuesday night that he “probably would have done things a little differently” when he met …
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.
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Pro-Trump media scrambles to react to bombshell emails  —  Donald Trump Jr. released emails moments before N.Y. Times report  —  Raheem Kassam, editor-in-chief of Breitbart London, reacted to the story of Donald J. Trump's newly-released emails in a way that wouldn't typically be expected …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
New details emerge on Moscow real estate deal that led to the Trump-Kremlin alliance … While in Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant in November 2013, Donald Trump entered into a formal business deal with Aras Agalarov, a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, to construct a Trump Tower in the Russian capital.
Discussion: Mother Jones, Forbes, ThinkProgress and AOL
CNN:
Source: Justice Dept. probe will look at Trump Jr.'s disclosed emails, meeting  —  (CNN)Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators plan to examine the meeting and email exchanges disclosed by Donald Trump Jr. as part of the broader Russian-meddling investigation, according to a US official briefed on the matter.
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.
New York Post:
Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot  —  We see one truly solid takeaway from the story of the day: Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot.  —  SEE ALSO  —  In the heat of your father's presidential campaign, a bozo British publicist e-mails you to set up a sitdown with a “Russian government attorney” …
Discussion: Reuters
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Conspiracy of Dunces  —  Here is a good rule of thumb for dealing with Donald Trump: Everyone who gives him the benefit of the doubt eventually regrets it.  —  This was true of clients and contractors and creditors throughout his business career.  It was true of the sycophants and opportunists …
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 …
Kayleigh McEnany / The Hill:
OPINION |  Forget Don Jr.'s email — it's Hillary Clinton who ‘colluded’ with Russia  —  The effort to prove collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government has proven to be little more than a conspiracy theory desperately in search of evidence.  With only “rumors... newspapers stories...
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Tested by the many chapters of the Russia story, Republicans stand by Trump  —  Their TVs screens screamed out the headlines.  The news alerts rattled their phones.  As Republican senators moved around the Capitol on Tuesday, they were asked again and again whether emails released …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A revelation unlike any other in the Russia investigation
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
Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr. releases ‘entire email chain’ regarding Russian meeting
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Jr. Releases Emails; They Support His Account
Discussion: National Review
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Donald Trump Jr. Emails Paint Serious Case of Campaign Finance Violations
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Five key facts about Donald Trump Jr.'s just-released explosive email exchange
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
This law might explain why a Russian lawyer wanted to meet with Trump
Discussion: CNBC and Politico
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
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Look At The Timeline
Discussion: The Smoking Gun
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Blackburn: Maybe Trump Jr. Got ‘Duped’
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ezra Klein / Vox:
GOP senator on Russia emails: “I don't think this is relevant to the Trump administration”
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
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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.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Report: Hundreds of NYPD cops turn backs to de Blasio at funeral  —  Hundreds of New York Police Department officers turned their backs to Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) at the Tuesday funeral for slain Officer Miosotis Familia, The New York Daily News reported.  —  The backlash stems …
Discussion: RedState
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Best-Run States Are Low-Tax Republican, Worst-Run Are High-Tax Democratic, Study Finds  —  Several states, including Republican states, have decided to raise taxes this year to cover budget shortfalls.  But a new study suggests that the states might find themselves in worse financial shape after the money starts rolling in.
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Mercatus Center:
Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition 2017 Edition
Discussion: Instapundit
Eric Geller / Politico:
Trump administration restricts popular Russian security software  —  The Trump administration has discouraged government agencies from using a leading Russian cybersecurity firm's software amid fears that the firm's products could serve as a Trojan horse for the Kremlin's hackers.
Discussion: Business Insider, ABC News and Mediaite
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Bloomberg:
Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working With Russian Intelligence
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 …
 
 
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