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2:15 PM ET, July 17, 2017

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New York Times:
Outgoing Ethics Chief: U.S. Is ‘Close to a Laughingstock’  —  WASHINGTON — Actions by President Trump and his administration have created a historic ethics crisis, the departing head of the Office of Government Ethics said.  He called for major changes in federal law to expand the power …
Joe Biden / Washington Post:
Americans decided health care is for all.  The GOP wants to roll that back.  —  Their plan would once again make it a privilege for the wealthy.  —  As vice president, I met with Americans all across our country.  What they told me over and over is that the Affordable Care Act gave them peace of mind …
Discussion: Politico, The Daily Caller, CNN, AOL and Axios
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David Nather / Axios:
Now that they have a health care extension ...
Discussion: Daily Kos
Los Angeles Times:
An overdose, a young companion, drug-fueled parties: The secret life of USC med school dean  —  In USC's lecture halls, labs and executive offices, Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito was a towering figure.  The dean of the Keck School of Medicine was a renowned eye surgeon whose skill in the operating room …
Discussion: Instapundit
Burgess Everett / Politico:
How the White House and Republicans underestimated Obamacare repeal  —  The longer Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare flounder, the clearer it becomes that President Donald Trump's team and many in Congress dramatically underestimated the challenge of rolling back former President Barack Obama's signature achievement.
Discussion: New York Times
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Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:   Republicans Aren't Team Players
Dylan Scott / Vox:
The 7 steps ahead for Senate Republicans to pass their health care bill
Discussion: Axios
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump is killing the Republican Party  —  I did not leave the Republican Party.  The Republican Party left its senses.  The political movement that once stood athwart history resisting bloated government and military adventurism has been reduced to an amalgam of talk-radio resentments.
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Jim DeRogatis / BuzzFeed:
R. Kelly Is Holding Women Against Their Will In A “Cult,” Parents Told Police  —  As the R&B legend tours the country this summer, parents have told police that R. Kelly is running an abusive “cult” that's tearing families apart.  Three former members of Kelly's inner circle told BuzzFeed News similar stories.
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Six Months In, Trump Is Historically Unpopular  —  On Thursday, President Trump will officially have been in office for six months, and his term so far has included a few victories (the nomination and confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court), plenty of frustrations …
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: As independents sour on Trump, disapproval rating tops 50%
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What campaign wouldn't seek motherlode of Clinton emails?  —  The public learned on March 10, 2015 that Hillary Clinton had more than 60,000 emails on her private email system, and that she had turned over “about half” of them to the State Department and destroyed the rest, which she said were …
Discussion: Althouse
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Miles Parks / NPR:   Timeline Of Trump And Russia In Mid-2016: A Series Of Coincidences Or Something More?
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Vice chair of Trump's voter fraud commission wants to change federal law to add new requirements for voting, email shows  —  The day after Donald Trump was elected president, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, now the vice-chair of Donald Trump's commission on voter fraud …
Bryan Friesen / LASVEGASNOW:
Break in at Sen. Heller's Las Vegas office  —  LAS VEGAS - A threatening note was left for Senator Dean Heller after someone broke into his Las Vegas office Saturday morning, according to an 8 News NOW source close to the story.  —  The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirms …
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Max Michor / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Police investigating break-in at Dean Heller's Las Vegas office
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Trump Rating Holds Steady Despite Campaign's 2016 Russia Meeting  —  4-in-10 support impeachment, higher than for Nixon at start of Watergate  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Donald Trump's approval rating has held fairly steady since …
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New York Times:
McCain's Surgery May Be More Serious Than Thought, Experts Say  —  The condition for which Senator John McCain had surgery on Friday may be more serious than initial descriptions have implied, and it may delay his return to Washington by at least a week or two, medical experts said on Sunday.
Samuel Oakford / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Air War Has Already Killed More Than 2,000 Civilians … Civilian casualties from the U.S.-led war against the so-called Islamic State are on pace to double under President Donald Trump, according to an Airwars investigation for The Daily Beast.  —  Airwars researchers estimate …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
White House squeezes Jeff Flake  —  The White House has met with at least three actual or prospective primary challengers to Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in recent weeks, a reflection of Donald Trump's strained relations with the senator and the latest sign of the president's willingness …
Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Martin Landau, Oscar Winner for ‘Ed Wood,’ Dies at 89  —  His résumé includes ‘Mission: Impossible,’ ‘Tucker: The Man and His Dream’ and ‘North by Northwest.’ It does not, however, include ‘Star Trek.’  —  Martin Landau, the all-purpose actor who showcased his versatility …
The White House:
Made in America  —  Today, President Donald J. Trump will host companies from across the country at the White House for the Made in America Product Showcase.  The White House is highlighting and celebrating each state's effort and commitment to American made products by bringing …
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Carter Page Is Trying To Shop A Book Around  —  The former Trump adviser said his book will “prove infinitely more accurate, exciting and insightful” than James Comey's.  —  A former Trump campaign adviser is trying to sell his insider account of the controversy surrounding Russia's role in the 2016 election.
Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed:
Top Republicans Aren't Signing Up For Trump's War With The Media  —  “I love the media,” said the Freedom Caucus chairman.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC … You've read a lot about the Republican war on what Donald Trump calls fake news.  But here's the thing: For many Republicans, it's a phony war too.
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Foreign-born recruits, promised citizenship by the Pentagon, flee the country to avoid deportation  —  Frustrated by delayed promises from the U.S. military for citizenship, and in fear of the Islamic State if he were deported back to Iraq, Ranj Rafeeq has given up the American Dream for a Canadian one.
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW to get Mar-a-Lago visitor records  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington, D.C.—As part of ongoing litigation brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), the National Security Archive (NSA) and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, NPR and IJR
Fox News:
‘I need to work’: Texas veteran says he was fired from Home Depot after confronting shoplifters  —  A 70-year-old veteran says he's out of a job after he tried to stop some thieves from leaving the Home Depot store where he worked.  It appears what he saw as doing the right thing was against company policy.
Discussion: IJR
 
 
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Gore: US going through a ‘challenging time’
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
With New D.C. Policy Group, Dems Continue to Rehabilitate and Unify With Bush-Era Neocons
CNN:
No red carpet for Trump, says London's Khan
Tom Porter / Newsweek:
WHO IS BRAD PARSCALE? TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN DIGITAL CHIEF EMERGES AS KEY FIGURE IN RUSSIA INVESTIGATION
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Caitlyn Jenner considering a bid for U.S. Senate in California
Nick Roll / Inside Higher Ed:
Correcting Jeff Sessions
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
The Hill:
Questions grow over Kushner's security clearances
Discussion: RedState
Lawrence Ware / New York Times:
Why I'm Leaving the Southern Baptist Convention
 Earlier Items: 
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
A basic income really could end poverty forever
Discussion: Mother Jones and Dissent
Norm Ornstein / The Atlantic:
The Disturbing Process Behind Trumpcare
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GOP rep: Get rid of ‘stupid’ Senate rules
Discussion: Raw Story
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Public to Trump: Lay off the Twitter (POLL)
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Don't Compare Trump to Nixon. It's Unfair to Nixon.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How ‘Neoliberalism’ Became the Left's Favorite Insult of Liberals
 

 
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: ~100 NYT Tech Guild members cross the picket line to work on Election Day; NYT engineer and union steward Benjamin Harnett says the figure is under 50

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

 
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