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2:25 AM ET, August 4, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Mueller Impanels Washington Grand Jury in Russia Probe  —  Expansion beyond Flynn grand jury is a sign the investigation in election meddling is ramping up  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington to investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 elections …
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CNN:
One year into the FBI's Russia investigation, Mueller is on the Trump money trail  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Federal investigators exploring whether Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russian spies have seized on Trump and his associates' financial ties to Russia …
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Mueller Issuing Subpoenas Through Washington Grand Jury
Discussion: Mediaite
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Senators push bill to protect Mueller
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNBC:
Dow posts 7th straight record close, rising despite report of Russia probe intensifying
John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump attorney: president not considering firing Mueller
Discussion: Politico and RedState
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Trump urged Mexican president to end his public defiance on border wall, transcript reveals  —  President Trump made building a wall along the southern U.S. border and forcing Mexico to pay for it core pledges of his campaign.  —  But in his first White House call with Mexico's president …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Australia's Prime Minister Slowly Realizes Trump Is a Complete Idiot  —  The transcript of Donald Trump's discussion with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull obtained by the Washington Post reveals many things, but the most significant may be that Trump in his private negotiations …
Washington Post:
Highlights … JANUARY 27, 2017, FROM 9:35 TO 10:28 A.M. EST.  —  Hello, good morning.  —  Mr. President, good morning.  —  How are you, Mr. President?  —  I am good.  How are you?  It is good to speak with you.  Let me switch to Spanish so I will be more comfortable.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Leaking Transcripts of Trump's Calls Is So Dangerous
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump admits he punked his supporters on Mexico paying for the wall
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and The Guardian
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican  —  WASHINGTON — Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia, a Democrat who was elected last year even as President Trump carried the state by 42 points, is expected to announce Thursday night at a rally with Mr. Trump that he is changing parties …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
West Virginia's governor is switching parties. And Democrats just hit a new low.
Discussion: Jezebel and The Gateway Pundit
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
West Virginia governor announces he's switching parties at Trump rally
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Daniel Strauss / Politico:   West Virginia Democratic governor switches to GOP
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
West Virginia's Democratic governor will flip to Republican Party
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate blocks Trump from making recess appointments over break  —  The Senate blocked President Trump from being able to make recess appointments on Thursday as lawmakers leave Washington for their summer break.  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski  —  (R-Alaska), doing wrap up for the entire Senate …
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Senate Finally Gives Trump His Administration
Discussion: New York Magazine
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
This is not how Mitch McConnell wanted to head into recess
Discussion: The Week
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Flynn details tie to data firm, transition pay  —  https://www.apnews.com/a250d1088af44a3b 8b55275dc97de608  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is revealing a brief advisory role with a firm related …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
New York Times:
John Kelly Quickly Moves to Impose Military Discipline on White House  —  WASHINGTON — In his six months as Homeland Security secretary, John F. Kelly often described the White House as one of the most dysfunctional organizations he had ever seen, complained to colleagues and allies about its meddling …
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Sara A. Carter / circa.com:
A letter from H.R. McMaster said Susan Rice will keep her top-secret security clearance
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Trump reportedly thinking about making Mike Pompeo national security adviser, shipping H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan
Washington Post:
Secret Service vacates Trump Tower command post in lease dispute with president's company  —  The Secret Service has vacated its command post inside Trump Tower in Manhattan following a dispute between the government and President Trump's company over the terms of a lease for the space …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:   Secret Service Post Moves From Trump Tower to a Trailer
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Ugly History of Stephen Miller's ‘Cosmopolitan’ Epithet  —  When TV news viewers saw Trump adviser Stephen Miller accuse Jim Acosta of harboring a “cosmopolitan bias” during Wednesday's news conference, they might have wondered whether he was accusing the CNN White House reporter …
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George Neumayr / The American Spectator:
Acosta Pulls the Media's Mask Off  —  He cements the media's reputation as the opposition party.  —  It is impossible to overstate the partisan jackassery of CNN, which is at once a product of the cynical, ratings-driven scumbaggery of its head Jeff Zucker and the pretentious liberalism of its …
USA Today:
Should you seal your penis shut with a Jiftip sticker during sex?  It's risky, doctor says … A new product created in a “desperate attempt to avoid using condoms” involves men using a sticker to seal their urethras shut during sex.  —  The product, named “Jiftip”, is a sticker that covers …
Discussion: US News
John Herrman / New York Times:
For the New Far Right, YouTube Has Become the New Talk Radio  —  In June, Zack Exley, a political organizer and a fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, published a report on “Black Pigeon Speaks,” a political commentator on YouTube.
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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Exclusive: Wasserman Schultz talks about arrested aide Imran Awan  —  “I believe that I did the right thing, and I would do it again,” Wasserman Schultz said in an interview with the Sun Sentinel about her decision to keep Imran Awan employed as information technology aide for six months …
 
 
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John Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
The Military Options for North Korea
Discussion: Daily Kos and 38 North
Bloomberg:
Is Gary Cohn a Good Pick to Head the Fed?
Discussion: Business Insider
TMZ.com:
Sean Spicer Turns Down ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Sessions cracks down on cities over immigration enforcement
Mark Finkelstein / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Podhoretz: If Dems win 10-seat House majority, they “will impeach” Trump
Bernie Sanders / The Guardian:
Nissan dispute could go down as most vicious anti-union crusade in decades
Discussion: The Nation and Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump's new top aide assures Sessions his job is safe
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Jean M. Twenge / The Atlantic:
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
Discussion: Big Think and Axios
YouTube:
Death Wish | Official Trailer
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
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50 bikers escort bullied middle school student to school
Detroit News:
Half of Detroit's 8 mayoral candidates are felons
 

 
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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
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