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2:50 PM ET, August 1, 2017

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Behind Fox News' Baseless Seth Rich Story: The Untold Tale  —  The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story about the murder of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Former Fox News Executive Said to Be Considered for White House Job  —  Bill Shine, a former co-president of Fox News and top lieutenant to the network's founder, Roger Ailes, has spoken with White House officials about taking a position on President Trump's communications team, according to several people briefed on the discussions.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer claimed to be unaware of Seth Rich story after meeting with donor who pushed it
NBC News:
What Really Happened to Anthony Scaramucci
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Eric Trump: I Want Somebody To Start Fighting For My Father
Discussion: Daily Kos
John Podesta / Washington Post:
The best advice I could have given to John Kelly: Don't do it!
Jake Tapper / CNN:
White House officials tricked by email prankster  —  (CNN)A self-described “email prankster” in the UK fooled a number of White House officials into thinking he was other officials, including an episode where he convinced the White House official tasked with cyber security that he was Jared Kushner …
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Associated Press:
Kelly flexes muscle his first day on the job at White House  —  https://apnews.com/290dfd4f9e364a29ba0e 4d7f6e7ad9aa  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Raised voices could be heard through the thick door to the Oval Office as John Kelly — then secretary of Homeland Security — offered some tough talk to President Donald Trump.
The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Chief John Kelly Reaches Out to Top Dems to Save White House's Agenda … Fresh off a stinging health-care defeat and with internal chaos embroiling the Trump administration, White House aides are signaling newfound openness to working with congressional Democrats—or, at least …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
SENATE REPUBLICANS TO TRUMP: Thanks for the advice, but we're moving on from health care …
Discussion: The Hill and Vox
Ashley Feinberg / Wired:
Kushner On Middle East Peace: “What Do We Offer That's Unique?  I Don't Know.”  —  ON MONDAY, WHITE House senior advisor Jared Kushner spoke to a group of congressional interns as part of an ongoing, off-the-record summer lecture series.  During the question-and-answer portion of the event …
New York Times:
China's State Media Slams Trump's ‘Emotional Venting’ on Twitter  —  BEIJING — After President Trump pilloried China in 48 tweeted words, accusing it of failing to tame its neighbor and longtime ally North Korea, Beijing issued its own rebuke to Mr. Trump — in a cutting editorial …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Debt-ceiling talks between White House, Senate break up with no progress  —  Talks between the White House and the Senate's top Republican and Democrat broke up Tuesday with no progress on raising the country's debt ceiling, an impasse that threatens a financial crisis if left unresolved.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:   Mnuchin pushes for ‘clean’ debt ceiling boost
Washington Post:
Trump dictated son's misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer … On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Germany last month, President Trump's advisers discussed how to respond to a new revelation that Trump's oldest son had met with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyer repeatedly denied Trump was involved in Trump Jr.'s statement. But he was.
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Acting DEA Chief Rebuts Trump's Remarks on Police Use of Force  —  Rosenberg memo to agency staff says to disregard suggestion that suspects should be roughed up  —  WASHINGTON—The nation's top narcotics officer repudiated President Donald Trump's remarks about police use of force …
TMZ.com:
Anthony Scaramucci Mum On Goodbyes to Trump, Send-off Message for Gen. Kelly  —  Anthony Scaramucci is not done with D.C. yet — the morning after he bolted from the White House, he was cruising out of the Trump Hotel ... and talking about his future.  —  This is the first time the Mooch …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski Has Been Fired From The One America News Network … Corey Lewandowski has been fired.  Again.  —  Three sources with knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast that the former Trump campaign manager and current informal adviser to the president has been let go from …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama's Inner Circle Is Urging Deval Patrick to Run  —  BOSTON — Barack Obama is nudging him to run.  His inner circle is actively encouraging it.  Obama world's clear and away 2020 favorite is sitting right here, on the 38th floor of the John Hancock Building, in a nicely decorated office at Bain Capital.
Ken Buck / Denver Post:
The Republican Party is dead  —  The Republican Party is dead.  —  At one time, the blood of the people coursed through its veins, enlivening the party with their values and virtues, their goals and dreams.  The party became its own energizing force, compelling people to sacrifice for a higher moral purpose.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
State Department considers scrubbing democracy promotion from its mission  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has ordered his department to redefine its mission and issue a new statement of purpose to the world.  The draft statements under review right now are similar to the old mission statement …
Discussion: Shakesville and The Daily Caller
Andrew Joyce / Mic:
Democratic rising star Kamala Harris has a “Bernieland” problem  —  Freshman Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has recently become the subject of much speculation about a potential 2020 presidential run.  Several major news outlets have run feature-length profiles of Harris …
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
GOP House member calls on Mueller to resign  —  (R-Ariz.) is calling on Robert Mueller, special counsel for the Justice Department's Russia investigation, to resign.  —  Franks, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, claims Mueller is violating a law governing the special counsel …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The last GOP health plan left standing, explained  —  Senate Republicans rejected four different Obamacare repeal plans last week.  —  Now just one remains — and in many ways, it's the most radical one yet.  —  The last health care plan standing, at least for now, is one offered by Sens. Bill Cassidy …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP leaders say it's time for Senate to move on from health care
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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WFSB-TV:
Homes displaying American Flag are targets of hate mail
Discussion: IJR, Fox News Insider and TheBlaze
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Black America’: Amazon Alt-History Drama From Will Packer & Aaron McGruder Envisions Post-Reparations America
Discussion: IndieWire and The Root
Kambiz Foroohar / Bloomberg:
How Assad's Allies Got $18 Million From the UN
Discussion: The Week
Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing:
“I'll keep doing that until I run out of batteries” Tennessee sheriff's deputies torture teenager with stun gun
Pew Research Center:
Greatest Threats Around the World
YouTube:
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Koch Brothers Move to Back White House's Tax-Cut Plan
Discussion: The Fiscal Times
 Earlier Items: 
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
When Progressives Embrace Hate
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Federal judges order new North Carolina district lines
Discussion: The Root
Allen C. Guelzo / USA Today:
What if the South had won the Civil War? 4 sci-fi scenarios for HBO's ‘Confederate’
Discussion: The Verge and ThinkProgress
Fox News:
Wasserman Schultz under pressure to testify on ex-IT aide; complaint filed
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
How the Hollywood Reporter Became a Must-Read in DC
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Military Coup Against Donald Trump of 2018, Part 2
Jeff Flake / Politico:
My Party Is in Denial About Donald Trump
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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