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2:05 PM ET, July 30, 2017

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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Death of a F***ing Salesman  —  Donald Trump can't close the deal.  —  A few years ago in New York, Al Pacino starred in a revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, and the casting was poignant: In 1992, a much younger and more vigorous Pacino had played the role of hotshot salesman Ricky Roma …
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Why ‘the Mooch’ Whacked Reince Priebus  —  “This is really a lesson in life,” a source close to the White House told me last Saturday, “Priebus made a mistake with Anthony because he kept his enemies on the outside, not the inside.  Anthony wasn't part of the problem they've been having, so Anthony can look like the solution.”
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Tries to Regroup as the West Wing Battles Itself  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump enters a new phase of his presidency on Monday with a new chief of staff but an old set of challenges as he seeks to get back on course after enduring one of the worst weeks that any modern occupant …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump and Scaramucci ‘speak the same language’
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump enlists Kelly to enforce order, but can the ‘zoo’ be tamed?
Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Caller
David Edwards / Raw Story:
'Let's not waste anymore time': Chris Wallace slams door on Kellyanne Conway's Russia deflections  —  Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, on Sunday deflected questions about Attorney General Jeff Sessions by slamming the media over the investigation into Russia's interference in the U.S. election.
Discussion: The Week
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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Conway: Trump making decision this week on ObamaCare payments  —  Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to President Trump, said Sunday he will make a decision this week on ending key payments to insurance companies under ObamaCare.  —  “He's going to make that decision this week,” she told “Fox News Sunday.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
Mulvaney: No other votes until Senate votes again on health care  —  The Senate should not vote on anything else until it's voted again on repealing Obamacare, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Sunday.  —  Mulvaney said that “yes,” it's official White House policy that the Senate …
Discussion: Business Insider and The Week
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Mulvaney: It's White House policy Senate keeps focus on healthcare … White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that it's official White House policy that nothing else gets a vote in Congress before healthcare.  —  “Yes,” it's official policy that the Senate stay focused …
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Washington Examiner:   A succession of Republican failures on healthcare
John Bowden / The Hill:
Hackers break into voting machines in 90 minutes at competition  —  Hackers at at a competition in Las Vegas were able to successfully breach the software of U.S. voting machines in just 90 minutes on Friday, illuminating glaring security deficiencies in America's election infrastructure.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Iain Thomson / The Register:
It took DEF CON hackers minutes to pwn these US voting machines
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Philip Shenon / Politico:
McCain Once Almost Left the GOP.  What About Now?  —  In the long, tumultuous political career of Senator John McCain, it would have been remembered as a turning point.  It was only rumored at the time.  But the Arizona senator nearly bolted from the Republican Party in 2001.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
How Schumer Held Democrats Together Through a Health Care Maelstrom
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
David Nather / Axios:
Price hints HHS might weaken individual mandate  —  Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price suggested this morning that he might expand waivers from the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate — a step that health insurers have warned against because it could drive up premiums.
Discussion: Politico
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David Nather / Axios:   Trump may end health subsidy for members of Congress
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Sanders: I'm ‘absolutely’ introducing single-payer healthcare bill … (I-Vt.) said Sunday that he will “absolutely” introduce legislation on single-payer healthcare now that the Senate GOP's bill to repeal ObamaCare has failed.  —  “Of course we are, we're tweaking the final points of the bill …
Discussion: RedState and The Week
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
U.S. police chiefs blast Trump for endorsing ‘police brutality’  —  Police leaders across the country moved quickly to distance themselves from — or to outright condemn — President Trump's statements about “roughing up” people who've been arrested.  —  The swift public denunciations came …
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Jeff Sessions: This Time, It's Personal  —  Trump's willful misunderstanding of the obligations of an Attorney General reflects a larger flaw in his Presidency and in his character.  —  The Attorney General of the United States supervises all federal prosecutors, and one of the rituals …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Nicki Zink / ABC News:
Russia's retaliation to US actions ‘long, long overdue,’ Kremlin says  —  Russia's deputy foreign minister said his country's retaliation over U.S. actions against Russia was “overdue” and that the Kremlin will consider “symmetrical or asymmetrical” responses to new sanctions passed by Congress.
Discussion: Politico
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Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
The Kremlin is done betting on Trump and planning how to strike back against U.S. sanctions
Discussion: Power Line
Debra Birnbaum / Variety:
Late-Night Writers Talk Trump: 'I Don't Want This Job'  —  While President Donald Trump's administration has given them ample material for comedy, the consensus among some of the writers for late-night shows is that they'd prefer to not to have to cover it.  —  “I don't want this job” …
Discussion: IJR and twitchy.com
 
 
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Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China Shows Off Military Might, and Xi Jinping Puts Rivals on Notice
Discussion: Xinhua News Agency, The Week and Axios
CNN:
Venezuela vote underway as Maduro foes vow to boycott
Discussion: The Week
Roxanne Roberts / Washington Post:
Joe Biden still wants to be president. Can his family endure one last campaign?
Tressie Mcmillan Cottom / New York Times:
How We Make Black Girls Grow Up Too Fast
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Desperation of Our Diplomats
 Earlier Items: 
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Biden lobbied McCain on healthcare vote: report
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
Congressional Republicans promised action. By the numbers, they haven't delivered
Discussion: Political Wire
Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
Democrats move to revoke Jared Kushner's security clearance
Discussion: Splinter
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours

 
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