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Vicky Ward / HuffPost:
Why The Mooch Lost His Cool  —  Anthony Scaramucci tells HuffPost about the highs and lows of his fiery stint at the White House and what that cuss-filled rant was really about. … I received a call Monday night from Roger Stone, the infamous political prankster and Donald Trump confidant.
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Exactly How Close Was the White House to Fox News' Fake Seth Rich Story?  —  “You know, I don't like the way you said that,” Ed Butowsky told me Tuesday afternoon, his voice raising.  “I'm happy you're recording this,” he added, warning me that he was recording it, too.  “I don't like the way you're saying that!
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
There Is No Way to Survive the Trump White House  —  The tenures of Reince Priebus and Anthony Scaramucci represent two opposite, but equally ineffective, strategies for surviving the Trump White House  —  The body of former White House Director of Communications Anthony Scaramucci was discovered on the White House lawn Monday.
Annie Karni / Politico:   In Trump's White House, the women are the survivors
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
HICKENLOOPER on White House run with Kasich: You never know …
Discussion: Morning Consult and Politicus USA
Josh Siegel / Washington Examiner:
Anthony Scaramucci insists he was ‘joking’ with vulgar tirade that led to his demise
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
Trump Signs Russia Sanctions Bill, But Lays Out His Concerns About the Law  —  President to add signing statement as legislation becomes law  —  Congress restricted president's ability to ease penalties  —  President Donald Trump has signed the Russia sanctions bill Congress forced on him …
Discussion: Weekly Standard, ABC News and Shareblue
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
President Trump signs Russia sanctions bill  —  President Trump today signed a bill aimed at punishing Russia for its interference in the 2016 election despite his reservations to tighten sanctions against Moscow.  —  The legislation was passed with rare and overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress last week.
CNN:
Trump signs Russia sanctions bill
Discussion: RedState, Politicus USA and The Week
Bloomberg:
Trump Adds Concerns in Signing Russia Sanctions Law
Olivier Knox / Yahoo:
White House: ‘Legal review’ holding up Russian sanctions
Discussion: Infowars
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department's civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed …
Dara Lind / Vox:
What John Kelly's final ICE raid tells us about Trump's new chief of staff  —  Seventy percent of immigrants ICE arrested weren't the people ICE was supposedly targeting.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched a nationwide sweep — ostensibly designed to catch Central Americans …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
John Kelly closes the Oval Office door  —  The door to the Oval Office used to be wide open, with favored officials drifting in and out — even in the middle of meetings — to kibitz with Trump.  —  Now, the door is closed.  Gen. John Kelly, the new White House chief of staff …
Associated Press:
KELLY WINS PRAISE ACROSS THE AISLE, BUT WILL TRUMP CHANGE?
Discussion: Raw Story and Shareblue
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's missing vote  —  President Trump needed the vote of just one more Republican senator to keep the repeal-and-replace process alive — and he could easily have had it.  —  Party sources tell us that during the transition, Senate Republicans heavily lobbied Trump to nominate red- state Senate Democrats …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
'We don't work for the president': Senate Republicans are turning their backs on Trump
Discussion: Instapundit
Alan Shipnuck / amp.timeinc.net:
First Golfer: Donald Trump's relationship with golf has never been more complicated  —  [This article appears in the Aug. 7, 2017, edition of Sports Illustrated.]  —  With special reporting by Michael Bamberger, Ben Baskin and Pete Madden.  —  Playing golf with the 45th President …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Tillerson spurns $80 million to counter ISIS, Russian propaganda  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is resisting the pleas of State Department officials to spend nearly $80 million allocated by Congress for fighting terrorist propaganda and Russian disinformation.
Brian Darling / The New York Observer:
Sen. Jeff Flake Sells Out Republicans to Be Accepted at DC Cocktail Parties  —  Conservatives don't moderate—they fight to restore power to the people  —  Sen. Jeff Flake says Republicans are in denial about Trump, but I think my party may be in denial about Never Trump Republicans …
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
5 key quotes from Jeff Flake's new book
Tony Lee / Breitbart:   Jeff Flake: 'I'll Take the Globalist Moniker, Thank You'
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
If the President Lies, Does It Matter?  —  The president was talking about the speech he had given to the Boy Scouts.  He said, “I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful.”  The Scouts organization says there was no call.
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Exclusive: Former Justice Department official joins Mueller team  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former U.S. Justice Department official has become the latest lawyer to join special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election, a spokesman for the team confirmed.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Has Quietly Accomplished More Than It Appears  —  Imagine, if you will, that there is a shadow government.  —  The actual government, the administration of Donald Trump, is coming off the worst week of his presidency, although there haven't been any smooth weeks.
Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
The D.C. Circuit just made it harder for Trump to stop the cost-sharing payments  —  This afternoon, the D.C. Circuit granted a motion from a group of fifteen states, led by California, to intervene in the pending appeal in House v. Price.  As I explained when the motion was filed …
New York Times:
Republicans in Congress Bypass Trump to Shore Up Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans moved on Tuesday to defuse President Trump's threat to cut off critical payments to health insurance companies, maneuvering around the president toward bipartisan legislation to shore …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Full transcript: Trump's Wall Street Journal interview  —  President Donald Trump called his son-in-law a “good boy” while thanking Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker for a positive editorial about Jared Kushner and said the leader of the Boy Scouts told him his jamboree speech was “the greatest speech ever made to them.”
Billy House / Bloomberg:
House Judiciary Chairman's Priority: Investigating Hillary Clinton  —  Judiciary panel has ignored Russia probe, Comey firing  —  Chairman Goodlatte asks for new special counsel on Clinton  —  Between Russian meddling in last year's election, Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Trump's Real Personnel Victory: More Conservative Judges  —  While the tragicomic fall of Anthony Scaramucci was playing out at the White House on Monday, the mood was business as usual at the Capitol.  There, the Senate was dealing with its own kind of personnel matter, one that …
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
They trashed their wedding photographer over a $125 fee, so a jury told them to pay her $1 million  —  An autumn affair at the Petroleum Club in downtown Dallas, the union of a full-time beauty blogger and the love of her life, appeared to be a gorgeous thing — marred by one misfortune.
Micah Zenko / Foreign Policy:
Donald Trump Is Pushing America's Special Forces Past the Breaking Point  —  America has never had more counterterrorism raids — and less of a counterterrorism strategy.  —  With little policy guidance or public attention, the Donald Trump administration has further expanded former President …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Navy secretary, seven other Pentagon posts confirmed  —  The Senate confirmed a slate of eight Pentagon nominees late Tuesday, including investment banker Richard V. Spencer to be Navy secretary.  —  The confirmation of Spencer, a former Marine Corps pilot who breezed through his confirmation hearing …
Discussion: RedState
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The marketplace of ideas is killing the Trump administration  —  The Trump team has not exploited the Ideas Industry, and it's killing them.  —  The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts has spent this week suggesting that Donald Trump lacks the ability to exercise power and the gift …
Janell Ross / Washington Post:
In Minneapolis, response to police shooting of white woman by Somali officer has been different  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Kim Handy-Jones stands at the front of a meeting room in a working-class portion of southeast Minneapolis, large pieces of butcher paper labeled “Body Cams,” “Accountability” and “Training” hanging behind her.
Discussion: CityLab
 
 
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David B. Larter / Defense News:
Destroyer sailor missing, presumed overboard in the South China Sea
Discussion: Fox News, IJR and USNI News
Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Conservatives target Ben Carson: Why is the HUD secretary, once a right-wing darling, under attack?
Discussion: ProPublica
Eli Hager / The Marshall Project:
Ending Solitary for Juveniles: A Goal Grows Closer
Fox News:
Pentagon investigators find ‘security risks’ in government's immigrant recruitment program, ‘infiltration’ feared
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prosecutors inappropriately inquired about ex-congressman Aaron Schock's sex life, defense attorneys say
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump: Foxconn CEO said ‘off the record’ that he may invest $30B
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Lindy West / New York Times:
Of Course Abortion Should Be a Litmus Test for Democrats
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Ariel Wittenberg / E&E News:
Senior official quits, decrying ‘triumph of myth over truth’
Discussion: Axios
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Democrats surge ahead on generic ballot
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and The Week
Carl Bildt / Washington Post:
If Trump blows up the Iran deal, he'll cause a meltdown in Europe, too
Discussion: New York Times
Rob Shimshock / The Daily Caller:
Google And YouTube Ban Prof Who Refused To Use Gender-Neutral Pronouns
Discussion: The College Fix
Ashley Feinberg / Wired:
Full Audio of Jared Kushner's Remarks to Congressional Interns
Yahoo:
Lawyer wants Trump's testimony in ‘fake news’ suit against Fox
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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