memeorandum: Massive blow to criminal Dark Web activities after globally coordinated operation (CorpComm AG/Newsroom)

1:55 PM ET, July 20, 2017

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Mueller Expands Probe to Trump Business Transactions — Special counsel examines dealings of Kushner, Manafort, Trump — Trump has warned Mueller against going beyond Russia in probe — The U.S. special counsel investigating possible ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia …

New York Times:

In Interview, Trump Expresses Anger at Sessions and Comey, and Warns Mueller — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Mr. Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has dogged …

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New York Times:

Excerpts From The Times's Interview With Trump — President Trump spoke on Wednesday with three New York Times reporters — Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman — in an exclusive interview in the Oval Office. Also in attendance was Hope Hicks, a White House spokeswoman.

Bwittes / Lawfare:

The President vs. Federal Law Enforcement: Trump Attacks Everyone — President Trump enters the White House (@POTUS) — President Trump yesterday issued a stunning vote of no-confidence in basically everyone currently in a leadership position in the Justice Department, the FBI …

Discussion: Hit & Run, IJR, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Daily Wire

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Donald Trump: L'état, C'est Moi — In his bizarre New York Times interview, Donald Trump expresses his characteristic assortment of fever-dream assertions. The president believes Hillary Clinton “was totally opposed to any sanctions for Russia,” that a properly amortized health-insurance plan …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Week, Business Insider, Salon, Washington Post, IJR and AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …

Louis Nelson / Politico:
Sen. Paul backs Trump's frustration with Sessions' recusal

Discussion: ABC News and WWAY-TV

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump goes off-script and fumes about Sessions and Russia probe

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Hill, Media Matters for America, Raw Story, Conservative News Today, Washington Post, IJR, New York Magazine, The Week, Hullabaloo, CNBC, Business Insider, NPR and The Daily Caller

NBC News:
Yes, Trump's Attacks on His Justice Department Are a Huge Problem

Discussion: NBC News, Business Insider, IJR, Raw Story, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo

Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's bombshell interview drops on his 6-month mark

Discussion: Politico, Business Insider, Washington Post and Daily Kos

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Sessions: No plans to resign after Trump criticism

Discussion: CNN, Axios, New York Times, Talking Points Memo, RedState, Feeds, Raw Story, Washington Post and IJR

New York Times:

Inspiring Little Fear in Senators, Trump Struggles to Sell Health Bill — WASHINGTON — President Trump thought he could sell balky Republican senators like Ron Johnson of Wisconsin on the Senate health care bill through pleasantries, cajoling and, ultimately, some Oval Office muscle.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Mediaite, Raw Story, Politicus USA, The Week, twitchy.com, Politico and ThinkProgress

Rachael Bade / Politico:

Republicans lament an agenda in ‘quicksand’ — Sen. David Perdue persuaded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week to scrap two weeks of August recess to advance President Donald Trump's agenda. But since then, the GOP's Obamacare repeal effort has almost entirely collapsed …

Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Raw Story, New York Magazine, Political Wire and Axios

Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
Senate Republicans Report New Life On Their Health Care Bill

Discussion: Political Wire

Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:

Team Trump Used Obamacare Money to Run PR Effort Against It … The Trump administration has spent taxpayer money meant to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act on a public relations campaign aimed at methodically strangling it. — The effort, which involves a multi-pronged social media push …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Axios, Shakesville, New York Magazine and Mediaite

Bill Scher / Politico:
How Democrats Won the Healthcare War

Discussion: Bloomberg.com, Washington Free Beacon and HuffPost

CBO's Publications:

H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017: An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute — CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $420 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026 relative to the number under current law.

Discussion: Business Insider, The Nevada Independent, Washington Times, The Daily Caller and CNBC

Melanie Zanona / The Hill:

GOP signals infrastructure bill must wait — The timing and fate of President Trump's infrastructure plan may depend on whether the GOP enacts major tax reform — a task that could prove challenging amid the struggle to pass a healthcare bill. — Republicans are signaling …

Discussion: Political Wire

Jonathan Swan / Axios:
GOP tax sources: will be hard to get corporate rate below 25%

Discussion: Politico and Political Wire

CNN:
As repeal and replace falters, more say GOP should abandon repeal plan

Discussion: RedState, The First Street Journal, Pirate's Cove, Infowars, The Week and Talking Points Memo

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Source: Senate leaders to offer $200 billion to win over moderates — In a bold move to revive their healthcare bill, Senate Republican leaders are getting ready to propose giving $200 billion in assistance to states that expanded Medicaid, according to a person familiar with internal Senate negotiations.

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg and The Nation

Dylan Scott / Vox:
A clear guide to what the hell is going on with the Senate health care bill

Discussion: Politico

Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Fact Check: Trump's Confusing Remarks To Senate Republicans On Health Care

Discussion: Washington Post, WGBH News, Common Dreams and Politico

CorpComm AG / Newsroom:

Massive blow to criminal Dark Web activities after globally coordinated operation — Takedown of AlphaBay and Hansa will lead to hundreds of new investigations in Europe — Months of preparation and coordination have resulted today, 20 July 2017, in the takedown of two of the largest criminal Dark Web markets, AlphaBay and Hansa.

Discussion: NPR, Mashable, Motherboard and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Samantha Swindler / Oregonian:

IQ costs Oregon parents their kids, but is that fair? (Column) — Gallery: Redmond couple fights for custody of their children — The nursery in Amy Fabbrini and Eric Ziegler's home is filled with unread children's books and unworn baby clothes. A Winnie the Pooh blanket lies untouched inside …

Discussion: Hit & Run, Raw Story and Jezebel

Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:

CBO: 22 million would lose coverage under Senate ObamaCare replacement — About 22 million people would lose health insurance coverage over the next decade under the most recent revision of the Senate's ObamaCare replacement bill, according to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis.

Discussion: Political Wire

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Trump's first six months: The fact-check tally

Discussion: Political Wire

Steve Phillips / New York Times:

The Democratic Party's Billion-Dollar Mistake — The Democratic Party is at risk of repeating the billion-dollar blunder that helped create its devastating losses of 2016. With its obsessive focus on wooing voters who supported Donald Trump, it is neglecting the cornerstone of its coalition …

Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Dems see huge field emerging to take on Trump

Discussion: RedState

Chris Kahn / Reuters:

One in eight people who voted for Trump having second thoughts - Reuters/Ipsos poll — 6 MIN READ — NEW YORK (Reuters) - About one in eight people who voted for President Donald Trump said they are not sure they would do so again after witnessing Trump's tumultuous first six months in office …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God., Talking Points Memo and Instapundit

Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:

Russian official says talks on joint cyber group with US ongoing — A Russian official says that the United States and Moscow are negotiating to set up a joint cybersecurity working group. — Andrey Krutskikh, a top adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin on information security …

Discussion: Politico, RedState and Washington Post

CBS News:
Russia says talks underway on joint U.S. cybersecurity unit

Discussion: Sputnik International

New York Times:

Big German Bank, Key to Trump's Finances, Faces New Scrutiny — During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump pointed to his relationship with Deutsche Bank to counter reports that big banks were skeptical of doing business with him. — After a string of bankruptcies in his casino …

Discussion: Raw Story, The Guardian and Balloon Juice

Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times:

Column Bill Nye on the terrifying ascendancy of American ‘dingbatitude’ — From the Emmy-winning “science guy on” the PBS children's television program to the lab-coat crusader who “saves the world” on Netflix, Bill Nye is a longtime science-is-entertaining educator, a onetime mechanical engineer and a perpetual science lover.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, MichelleMalkin.com, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, Daily Wire, twitchy.com and Washington Free Beacon

Ira Madison III / The Daily Beast:

The ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators' Next Show Sounds Stupid as Hell … The takes are already rolling in on Confederate, a forthcoming HBO series from the showrunners of Game of Thrones, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss — but all you really need to know is that this show sounds stupid as hell.

Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story and East Bay Times

Hbo Pr / Medium:
HBO ANNOUNCES CONFEDERATE, A NEW DRAMA SERIES CREATED BY DAVID BENIOFF AND D.B. WEISS

Discussion: vice, New York Times, Fusion and Refinery29

Mike McIntire / New York Times:

Manafort Was in Debt to Pro-Russia Interests, Cyprus Records Show — Financial records filed last year in the secretive tax haven of Cyprus, where Paul J. Manafort kept bank accounts during his years working in Ukraine and investing with a Russian oligarch, indicate that he had been in debt …

Discussion: The Guardian, Chicago Tribune, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, CNBC, The Week, Balloon Juice, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire

National Review:

Jeff Sessions Should Drop His Expansion of Civil Asset Forfeiture — Attorney General Jeff Sessions should reconsider his plan to expand the use of civil asset forfeiture in the service of the so-called war on drugs. If he fails to do so, Congress should reconsider it for him — indeed …