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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lawmaker Got Direction From Moscow, Took It Back to D.C. … Members of the team of Russians who secured a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner also attempted to stage a show trial of anti-Putin campaigner Bill Browder on Capitol Hill.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Atlantic
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / USA Today:
Donald Trump Jr. and the whiff of treason: Morally, he's in deep.  —  Treason is not just a legal term.  It encompasses disloyalty to the country and betrayal of its basic principles and interests.  —  “This is moving into perjury, false statements and even into potentially treason,” …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Bombshell report: Kremlin directed GOP congressman to stage pro-Putin ‘show trial’ on the House floor  —  A bombshell report claims that Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), who has long been described as “Putin's favorite congressman,” was given explicit instructions by the Kremlin for how to attack sanctions against Russia last year.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Report: Donald Trump Jr. ‘miserable’
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow  —  President Trump has decided to end the CIA's covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move long sought by Russia, according to U.S. officials.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban enforcement, but says it must allow broader exemptions for relatives  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to enforce its refu­gee ban for now, but said it must allow broader exemptions to the president's travel ban for family members, including grandparents.
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg.com:
Trump Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court on Reach of Travel Ban
Merrit Kennedy / NPR:
Supreme Court Allows ‘Grandparent’ Exemption To Trump Travel Ban
Discussion: TalkLeft and KQED News
Adam Liptak / New York Times:   Trump Refugee Restrictions Allowed for Now; Ban on Grandparents Rejected
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. top court rejects Trump bid to include grandparents in travel ban
Discussion: The Week
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Lewandowski: The President Is Going To Close The Deal On O'care Repeal Today  —  President Donald Trump's former campaign manager thinks the President will probably “close the deal today” on an Obamacare repeal bill because Trump is “a great dealmaker.”  —  Appearing on “Fox and Friends” …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump to GOP senators: Cancel your recess
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump calls Mike Lee in attempt to revive Senate healthcare bill
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
This poll should be a warning sign for Democrats  —  History suggests the 2018 election will almost surely be a bad one for Republicans.  Midterms are generally considered a referendum on the president, and the results are almost always bad for said president.
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Sofi Sinozich / ABC News:
A midterm preference for Democrats, but without anti-Trump motivation (POLL)
Discussion: The Week
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Voters Cool on Trump-Russia Meeting, but Resist Impeachment Calls
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
ANOTHER pivot: tax reform and infrastructure, but Trump needs to BEWARE …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New Jersey Online:
Criticize Trump at your peril, Republican candidates.  Just ask Kim Guadagno.  —  Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno.  —  NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  —  TRENTON — Already trailing badly in the polls, Republican New Jersey governor candidate Kim Guadagno has been hit with another devastating 1-2 punch …
Discussion: The Hill, Political Wire and Shareblue
Vanita Gupta / New York Times:
The Voter Purges Are Coming  —  The Trump administration's election-integrity commission will have its first meeting on Wednesday to map out how the president will strip the right to vote from millions of Americans.  It hasn't gotten off to the strongest start: Its astonishing request …
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The Hill:
Trump: Voter fraud panel will find ‘full truth’
Discussion: RedState
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump stokes voter fraud fears as commission convenes
Discussion: ABC News, Associated Press and Axios
Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
This Shocking Video Appears To Show Baltimore Police Planting Drugs At A Crime Scene  —  The defendant charged in the case involving the drugs shown in the video was scheduled to go to trial this week.  The case has been dropped.  —  Shocking footage from a Baltimore police officer's body …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun and The Daily Caller
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WBFF-TV:
Baltimore police camera shows officer may have manipulated evidence
Discussion: Vox and Fusion
The Intercept:
U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel  —  The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west.  In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing t-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel.
Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:
The President's Base vs. the Republican Party  —  Trump voters care more about having a leader who understands them than about quick policy wins.  —  The GOP's inability to scrap ObamaCare this week means, among other things, that President Trump will end his first six months in office without a major legislative accomplishment.
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Kelly Swanson / Vox:   A new poll finds even Trump supporters are wavering on his scandals
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
HHS analysis finds Cruz amendment lowers premiums, boosts enrollment  —  Sen. Ted Cruz plans to unveil to Senators at a White House meeting on Wednesday an analysis from the Department of Health and Human Services showing his healthcare Consumer Freedom amendment would lower costs …
Discussion: Politico, Axios and ACASignups.net
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump can't make a health care deal because he doesn't understand health care  —  Trump is uninformed, underprepared, and unclear — and this is is the result.  —  The blame in the Senate's health care omnishambles is attaching to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and understandably so …
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
It Has Only Been Six Months Since Trump Became President.  Feels Like an Eternity.  —  Editor's Note: You know, I had it originally as six months, but then as I was clicking “publish” the first time, I thought it had to be seven since it is July.  But it really has only been six months.  Good grief.
Daily Mail:
Charlie Gard is given legal permanent residence in US by Congress so ‘he can fly to the States for world class treatment’  —  Charlie Gard is being given legal and permanent residence in the US by Congress in order to allow him to fly to America for treatment.
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror  —  The producers of children's television know the key to holding a distractible audience's attention: interactivity.  —  Dora the Explorer asks kids to repeat after her ("Swiper, no swiping!").  Mister Rogers broke the fourth wall to welcome them to his neighborhood.
Indianapolis Star:
Carrier lays off first 300 employees on 6-month anniversary of Trump's presidency  —  President-elect Donald Trump gave one number on the amount of jobs that would be saved and a union president, another.  So which is it?  Nate Chute/IndyStar  —  CONNECT
Discussion: The Week
Haley Byrd / IJR:
Mulvaney to Insurers on Trump Plans if Health Bill Fails: 'You Probably Won't Like It That Much'  —  Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told attendees of a Bloomberg Government dinner Tuesday night that a long-term commitment from the Trump administration …
Discussion: Bloomberg, HuffPost and New York Times
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
USPS broke law in allowing workers to boost Clinton campaign, watchdog says  —  The United States Postal Service violated federal law by letting employees do union-funded work for Hillary Clinton's campaign and other Democratic candidates while on leave from the agency, according to an Office …
 
 
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CBS News:
Sessions reinstates asset forfeiture policy at Justice Department
Randall Mell / Golf Channel:
LPGA only receives attention when controversy involved?
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Sami Aboudi / Reuters:
Saudi-led coalition blocks U.N. aid staff flight carrying journalists to Yemen
Discussion: ThinkProgress and HuffPost
Niv Elis / The Hill:
House bill includes funds for just 28 miles of Trump border wall
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Bryce Covert / New Republic:
Back to Work  —  How Democrats can win over Americans left behind in the new economy.
Courier-Journal:
White nationalist pleads guilty to disorderly conduct at Trump rally in Louisville
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Media Matters for America:
NRA's media outlet fearmongers about Black Lives Matter committing mass violence against whites
Discussion: Raw Story
The Guardian:
Poland may be stripped of EU voting rights over judicial independence
Discussion: Associated Press and The Week
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The Dirtbag Left and the Problem of Dominance Politics
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Bloomberg:
Tillerson to Shut Cyber Office in State Department Reorganization
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
What Congressional Republicans Really Think About Trump and Russia
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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