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2:15 PM ET, July 23, 2017

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Eli Watkins / CNN:

Scaramucci: Trump still doesn't accept intelligence conclusion on Russia — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Newly minted White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that President Donald Trump still does not accept …

Discussion: RedState, Vox, Washington Post, NBC News, Business Insider, The Guardian, Washington Free Beacon, Trump On Media, Politicus USA, Liberal Values, AOL, FOX40, Hullabaloo and The Hill

Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:

Seconds after quoting an anonymous source, Anthony Scaramucci admits the source was Donald Trump — The White House's new communications director just threw his boss under the bus. — Anthony Scaramucci has been on the job for less than 72 hours, and on Sunday he made his first appearance …

Discussion: New York Times, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and Mashable

Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:

Scaramucci wrote ‘America deserves better’ than ‘unbridled demagoguery’ in early 2016 op-ed aimed at Trump — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — “Unbridled demagoguery has driven the GOP to an inflection point from which there is no turning back,” Scaramucci wrote in January 2016.

Discussion: Conservative News Today and The Gateway Pundit

Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:

Read Anthony Scaramucci's old tweets. You'll understand why he deleted them. — New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci hasn't always shared the political views of the administration he now serves. — In previous tweets, the Wall Street financier called Hillary Clinton …

Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Scaramucci: New White House communications strategy needed

Discussion: Axios

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Mooch and the Mogul

Discussion: Althouse, Fusion, Refinery29, Raw Story, AOL and Talking Points Memo

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:

Trump had ‘The Art of the Deal.’ Now Democrats say their economic agenda is ‘A Better Deal.’ — Completely sapped of power in Washington, top leaders of the Democratic Party now believe that the best way to fight a president who penned “The Art of the Deal” is with an economic agenda that they plan to call “A Better Deal.”

Discussion: Power Line, New York Magazine, The Gateway Pundit, No More Mister Nice Blog, Caitlin Johnstone, The Mahablog, The Daily Caller, MichelleMalkin.com and Washington Free Beacon

Kevin Robillard / Politico:

Schumer: Democrats were ‘namby-pamby’ — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday promised a bolder economic message for the Democratic Party, including the potential for single-payer health care. — “We were too cautious, we were too namby-pamby,” Schumer said on ABC's “This Week.”

Discussion: The Week, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

Dems to announce ‘A better deal’ economic agenda on Monday: report — Democrats on Monday reportedly plan to announce a new economic agenda called “A Better Deal.” — The new agenda will be announced during an event in Virginia, according to The Washington Post.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Glenn Thrush / New York Times:

Trump's ‘Great National Infrastructure Program’? Stalled — WASHINGTON — As a candidate, President Trump billed himself as a new breed of think-big Republican, pitching a $1 trillion campaign pledge to reconstruct the nation's roadways, waterworks and bridges — along with a promise to revive the lost art of the bipartisan deal.

Discussion: Political Wire

Streiff / RedState:

Jay Sekulow: Pardons Are Not On the Table, Sorta — Trump attorney, Jay Sekulow, was on ABC's This Week and George Stephanopoulos raised the issue of pardons: — TRANSCRIPT … If you read this carefully, Sekulow's long disclaimer follows this, “George, we have not, and continue to have not …

Discussion: Raw Story

ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript 7-23-17: Jay Sekulow, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Sen. Chuck Schumer — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on July 23, 2017 and it will be updated. — ANNOUNCER: THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulos starts right now. — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC HOST: The Russia investigation heats up.

Discussion: Politicus USA and AOL

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump lawyer: Pardons are not being discussed

Discussion: The Week

Ken Meyer / Mediaite:

Glenn Beck Dishes on Tomi Lahren: 'I Would've Fired Her the Day I Met Her' — During a conversation with Mediaite columnist John Ziegler, Glenn Beck offered some harsh words and significant insight into Tomi Lahren's departure from TheBlaze. Not the least significant detail was that Beck …

Discussion: IJR

Zack Stanton / Politico:

Senator Kid Rock. Don't Laugh. — As you're reading this, odds are a Democratic operative in Michigan or Washington, D.C., is listening to Kid Rock's gravelly voice—rapping, shrieking or crowing, depending on the song—and meticulously cataloguing every single offensive syllable.

Mariam Khan / ABC News:

Congress strikes deal on bill to slap new sanctions on Russia

Discussion: Vox, Talking Points Memo, The Week and New York Times

Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:

McCain's primary rival urges him to step aside after diagnosis — and suggests she could replace him — A day after news came out about Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) brain cancer diagnosis, his one-time political opponent urged the ailing senator to think about his political future sooner rather than later …

Discussion: Arizona Republic, New York Magazine, The Week and Kelli Ward for US Senate …