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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Paul Ryan: Intel leaks ‘the problem of the leaker, not the journalist’  —  (R-Wis.) defended journalists Friday, saying that while intelligence leaks compromise national security, it's “the problem of the leaker, not the journalist.”  —  “Leaks are concerning because leaks …
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New York Times:
Leak Investigations Triple Under Trump, Sessions Says
Discussion: Hit & Run and New York Magazine
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Sessions: DOJ reviewing policies on media subpoenas
Discussion: ABC News and Daily Kos
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Reality closing in on Trump with grand jury investigation
Discussion: Politico, Vox and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Kelly's Rules for Trump's West Wing: Stop Bickering, Get in Early, Make an Appointment  —  New Chief of Staff John Kelly moves quickly to bring order and discipline to a West Wing riven by conflict  —  White House Chief of Staff John Kelly with Donald Trump's son-in-law and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner at the White House on Thursday.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Ivanka and Jared, move back to New York
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
John Kelly's big challenge: Controlling the tweeter in chief
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
Martin Shkreli Is Found Guilty of Fraud  —  Martin Shkreli, accused of defrauding his hedge fund investors and a pharmaceutical company, was convicted on three of eight counts on Friday, after a five-week trial in the Federal District Court in Brooklyn.  —  He faces as much as 20 years in prison.
Discussion: Gothamist, Gizmodo and Mother Jones
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli found guilty of 3 of 8 charges, including securities fraud  —  A federal jury found notorious “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli guilty of multiple criminal charges Friday.  —  Shkreli, 34, was convicted of some of the eight criminal counts that he had faced …
Discussion: IJR, Raw Story and The Verge
Mmejido / WABC-AM | Cumulus:
Alan Dershowitz Tells Rita Cosby New Mueller D.C. Grand Jury Racially and Ethnically Stacked Against Trump  —  Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz exclusively tells WABC Radio Host Rita Cosby that the new D.C. grand jury impaneled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is bad news for President Trump …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox's Jarrett calls grand juries ‘undemocratic farce’ one day after calling for one for Clinton
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
National security adviser attempts to reconcile Trump's competing impulses on Afghanistan  —  In meeting after meeting with his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, this spring and summer, President Trump angrily hammered home two questions:  —  He wanted to know why the U.S. military …
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Mike Vilensky / Wall Street Journal:
Cuomo May Face a Primary Hurdle in 2018  —  An actress, an upstate mayor and a former state senator are three potential democratic contenders  —  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act and against the Senate replacement bill in July.
Discussion: AOL and Washington Free Beacon
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John Bowden / The Hill:
‘Sex and the City’ star considers primary challenge to NY Gov. Cuomo: report  —  Actress Cynthia Nixon is being floated as a possible primary challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) in 2018.  —  The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the “Sex and the City” star is considering a run against Cuomo …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
David Herzig / Washington Post:
This Trump real estate deal looks awfully like criminal tax fraud  —  Two tax lawyers break down the president's sale of two condos to his son. … President Trump clearly doesn't want to release his income tax returns to the public.  Members of the public and commentators …
Discussion: Mediaite
Natalya Veselnitskaya / The Moscow Times:
Russian Lawyer Tells State TV She Met Trump Jr. to Ask for ‘Help’  —  The Russian lawyer who reportedly met with Donald Trump Jr. to offer him compromising material on Hillary Clinton, told state television she wanted to “ask him for help.”  —  “It was a private meeting,” …
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Sarah D / Los Angeles Times:
Why Dana Rohrabacher's name keeps coming up in the Russia investigation
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Virginian-Pilot:
Republican donor from Virginia Beach sues GOP, accusing the party of fraud over failed Obamacare repeal  —  A retired attorney in Virginia Beach is so incensed that Republicans couldn't repeal the Affordable Care Act he's suing to get political donations back, accusing the GOP of fraud and racketeering.
Allie Volpe / Rolling Stone:
Why Professional Cuddling Is Booming Under Trump  —  In the wake of Donald Trump's election, people struggled to figure out how to cope - and some found the answer was as simple as human touch  —  On a Saturday night in Venice, California, light spills from an open door on an otherwise dark street.
Discussion: IJR
Bloomberg:
Apple Plans to Release a Cellular-Capable Watch to Break iPhone Ties  —  Intel is said to supply modem that works with cell networks  —  Apple plans to begin selling new smartwatch by end of year  —  Apple Inc. is planning to release a version of its smartwatch later this year …
Zerlina Maxwell / Shareblue:
Kamala Harris is one of the most progressive (and attacked) leaders in America  —  Please let's not do this again.  Do not preemptively attack a rising bonafide star in the Democratic Party who happens to be an imperfect human being who shares a gender with Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  No politician is perfect.
Discussion: Liberal Values and Mediaite
John Harwood / CNBC:
Amid Washington dysfunction, lack of accomplishments, Trumps clings to his shrinking support  — As political and legal troubles mount, President Donald Trump holds ever tighter onto a base of support that grows ever smaller.  — Trump has placed cultivation of intensity within his base …
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
The Lost Cause Rides Again  —  HBO's prospective series Confederate will offer an alternative history of post-Civil War America.  It will ask the question, according to co-creator David Benioff, “What would the world have looked like ... if the South had won?”
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Murder conviction in Blackwater case thrown out, other sentences overturned  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out the first-degree murder conviction of a former Blackwater Worldwide security guard sentenced to life in prison in the killings of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007.
Discussion: New York Times and Axios
BostonGlobe.com:
Forget scenic traditions — Trump vacations in the land of spray tans  —  WASHINGTON — There's been an unspoken norm among presidents that their vacations are glamorous, or at the very least, scenic.  —  In election years, they tend to bow more to the masses.  But most other years are set aside for mixing with elites.
Jeff Guo / Vox:
In the key 2018 battlegrounds, Trump's support is as high as ever  —  Why Democrats can't really crow about the president's declining approval numbers.  —  Ever since Inauguration Day, the public's faith in the president has been eroding.  According to the latest Gallup surveys …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Alexander Nazaryan / Newsweek:
TRUMP, AMERICA'S BOY KING: GOLF AND TELEVISION WON'T MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN  —  Now that he's president, Trump frequently departs the White House and spends the weekend golfing at either his South Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, or his country club in the New Jersey suburb of Bedminster.
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Hunt for Trump dossier author inflames Russia probe  —  Two Republican House Intelligence Committee staffers traveled to London earlier this summer to track down the former British intelligence operative who compiled a controversial dossier on President Donald Trump and Russia, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and CANNONFIRE
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
There's no such thing as a Trump Democrat  —  Do you believe in mermaids, unicorns and fairies?  —  If so, you may have taken interest in a new mythical creature that appeared during the 2016 election: the Trump Democrat.  —  It has become an article of faith that an unusually large number …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Keep the Trump Leaks Coming  —  The president is too incompetent to serve, and Congress must be pressured into removing him.  —  Both in content and in context, the official transcripts of Donald Trump's January phone calls with Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull …
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
In Trump's World, Whites Are the Only Disadvantaged Class  —  In 2011, the year Donald Trump became the standard-bearer for the racist campaign to challenge Barack Obama's citizenship, he didn't just lob conspiracies about the President's birthplace; he also questioned how Obama gained admission to two Ivy League universities.
 
 
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USA Today:
Shattered faith: Nearly 100 sex abuse suits against Catholic priests rock island of Guam
Jordan Sekulow / American Center for Law and Justice:
DOJ Document Dump to ACLJ on Clinton Lynch Meeting: Comey FBI Lied, Media Collusion, Spin, and Illegality
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
Record 153,513,000 Employed in July; 62.9% Labor Force Participation
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
He once said mothers do not belong in state office. Now he leads the Trump Cabinet in Bible study
Discussion: Daily Kos and Shareblue
Rose Troup Buchanan / BuzzFeed:
Russia Is Trying To Deport This Gay Reporter To Uzbekistan.  Activists Say It'll Be A Death Sentence.
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Maxine Waters Endorses White House Leaks: 'I'm So Glad They're Telling Us What's Going On'
Discussion: TheBlaze and twitchy.com
WANE-TV:
Manhunt underway for ‘armed and dangerous’ escaped inmate
Discussion: WKBN-TV
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Other presidents paused to meet the press before going on vacation — not Trump
Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Amazon selling toilet paper printed with Trump tweets
Discussion: TheBlaze
Amanda Knox / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Amanda Knox: Michelle Carter deserves sympathy and help, not prison
Discussion: CBS Boston and AOL
Heidi M. Przybyla / USA Today:
Poll: Americans in battleground districts would strongly oppose Trump firing special counsel Robert Mueller
Discussion: Delphi Analytica Inc., Politico and Vox
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US created 209,000 jobs in July, vs 183,000 jobs expected
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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