memeorandum: As Trump steams, Senate Republicans consider new repeal effort (Rachael Bade/Politico)

6:35 PM ET, July 29, 2017

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Priebus Wasn't the Problem — Trump names a new chief of staff but will he listen to John Kelly?

Niall Stanage / The Hill:

The Memo: GOP in shock over White House drama — Republicans are in shock this weekend as the chaos around the Trump White House reaches a new intensity. — Recent days have brought a deluge of drama. — Embattled chief of staff Reince Priebus was ousted, in news that broke late Friday afternoon.

Discussion: Raw Story and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Andrew deGrandpre / Washington Post:

John Kelly, Trump's new chief of staff, 'won't suffer idiots and fools' — Twelve days after Donald Trump's election victory, the president-elect asked John Kelly to meet with him at the stately Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., to discuss the roles of secretaries of State and Homeland Security.

Discussion: Politico, neo-neocon, The Week, Political Wire, Business Insider and ABC News

Fox News:

If Kelly and Trump can become a real team, it will be a game changer — I first met then-Lt. Col. John Kelly when he was the Marine Corps liaison to the House of Representatives, and I was speaker of the House. We traveled together on a number of overseas trips.

Brandon Carter / The Hill:

Trump once summoned Priebus to kill a fly in Oval Office: report — President Trump reportedly once summoned former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus to kill a fly in the Oval Office during a meeting, according to a Friday report. — A source told The Washington Post that once during …

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Post, The Daily Caller, IJR, New York Times, AOL, The Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, Business Insider, Raw Story, Vox, RedState, Politicus USA, Mashable, Washington Post and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Wall Street Journal:

Priebus Wasn't the Problem — Trump names a new chief of staff but will he listen to John Kelly? — FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump congratulates White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus during a swearing in ceremony for senior staff at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 22, 2017.

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Anthony Scaramucci Executive Producing HBO Movie While in White House

Discussion: Raw Story, Splinter, Mediaite and Page Six

Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Trump Was Reportedly Upset Reince Priebus Didn't Fight Back Against Anthony Scaramucci

Discussion: The Last Tradition, Axios, IJR, The Hill, CNBC, RedState and Wall Street Journal

Mike Allen / Axios:
Reince's final humiliation

Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Mashable

Associated Press: Trump's six-month stall sparks a White House shake-up

New York Times:
John Kelly, New Chief of Staff, Is Seen as Beacon of Discipline

Discussion: The Hill, AOL, The Nation, TheBlaze, Daily Kos, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, FOX6Now.com, Conservative News Today, IJR, New York Post, Outside the Beltway, Fox News, ABC News, Daily Wire, KQED News, CBS New York, CBS Philly and CBS Los Angeles

Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Inside the end of the Priebus era

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Rachael Bade / Politico:

As Trump steams, Senate Republicans consider new repeal effort — Senate Republicans' party-line attempts to repeal Obamacare aren't dead just yet — at least not if President Donald Trump has anything to say about it. — Trump, increasingly impatient with the long-stalled repeal effort …

Discussion: Forbes and Politicus USA

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says G.O.P. Senators ‘Look Like Fools’ After Health Bill's Failure

Discussion: Roll Call, Conservative News Today, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, TheBlaze, RedState, The Week, Politicus USA, Talking Points Memo, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Shareblue, Business Insider and AOL

Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
On Obamacare, Republicans Achieved Nothing

Discussion: CNBC

Dana Schuster / Page Six:

Scaramucci's fed-up wife left him while nine months pregnant — Anthony Scaramucci's wife demanded a divorce three weeks ago, while she was nine months pregnant, sources told The Post. — Deidre Scaramucci, 38, fed up with her three-year marriage to the new White House communication director …

Discussion: USA Today, Conservative News Today, The Root, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com

Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:

Wasserman Schultz Seemingly Planned To Pay Suspect Even While He Lived In Pakistan — Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz seemingly planned to pay cyber-probe suspect and IT aide Imran Awan even while he was living in Pakistan, if the FBI hadn't stopped him from leaving the U.S. Monday.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the Pakistani IT Scammers

Discussion: Red Alert Politics and New York Times

Julia Manchester / The Hill:

Trump threatens to end ObamaCare payments unless repeal passes — President Trump on Saturday threatened to end key payments to insurance companies made under Obamacare if a repeal and replace bill is not passed. — “After seven years of ‘talking’ Repeal & Replace, the people of our great country …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, TheStreet, The Daily Caller, STAT, Mediaite, Politicus USA, The Week and The Gateway Pundit

IACP Blog:

Statement from the International Association of Chiefs of Police on Police Use of Force — Managing use of force is one of the most difficult challenges faced by law enforcement agencies. The ability of law enforcement officers to enforce the law, protect the public, and guard their own safety …

Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller

David Nather / Axios:

Trump may end health subsidy for members of Congress — The other part of President Trump's tweet this morning that will get a lot of attention from members of Congress: he hinted he might overturn an Obama-era rule that allows members of Congress and their staffers to get subsidies …

ExpressVPN:

Apple removes VPN Apps from China App Store — ExpressVPN - Tortola, British Virgin Islands — We received notification from Apple today, July 29, 2017, at roughly 04:00 GMT, that the ExpressVPN iOS app was removed from the China App Store. Our preliminary research indicates that all major VPN apps for iOS have been removed.

Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

Paul Mozur / New York Times:
Apple Removes Apps From China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship

Discussion: NPR, Mashable, The Verge, Instapundit and Clayton Cramer

Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:

Russia's Villages, and Their Way of Life, Are ‘Melting Away’ — BARUTA, Russia — With its winding dirt lanes framed by lilacs, quaint wooden houses and graceful onion-domed church, the tiny farming hamlet of Baruta was once a veritable postcard of Russian bucolic bliss. — No longer.