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

1:25 PM ET, July 23, 2017

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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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

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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.”

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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.”

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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 …

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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.

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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:

Trump lawyer: Pardons are not being discussed — President Trump's attorney on Sunday emphasized that he and the president have not discussed the subject of pardons. — “We have not and I continue to not have conversations with the president of the United States about pardons,” Jay Sekulow told ABC's “This Week.”

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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.

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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 …

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Mariam Khan / ABC News:

Congress strikes deal on bill to slap new sanctions on Russia

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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.

Josh Delk / The Hill:

McCain's primary challenger asks him to step aside after diagnosis — A former political opponent of Sen. John McCain — (R-Ariz.) urged him to step down from his office one day after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. — Kelli Ward — who lost to McCain last year in Arizona's Republican primary …

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