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5:45 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  —  WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's attempts to disrupt last year's presidential election, has issued subpoenas from a Washington-based grand jury in recent weeks, according to several lawyers involved in the case.
Discussion: Mediaite
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Senators push bill to protect Mueller
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump attorney: president not considering firing Mueller
Discussion: Politico and RedState
CNBC:
Dow posts 7th straight record close, rising despite report of Russia probe intensifying
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:   Senators unveil two proposals to protect Mueller's Russia probe
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.  —  In November, Republicans solidified and/or expanded their majorities at all levels of governance, and it looked like things couldn't get worse for Democrats.  Except, it just did.
Discussion: Jezebel and The Gateway Pundit
Daniel Strauss / Politico:   West Virginia Democratic governor switches to GOP
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
West Virginia governor announces he's switching parties at Trump rally
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
West Virginia's Democratic governor will flip to Republican Party
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 …
Discussion: The Week, Washington Post and Politico
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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
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
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Top Dem Wants Congress to Investigate Trump Transcript Leaks  —  Congress should investigate the leaking of transcripts of calls between President Donald Trump and world leaders, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Thursday.  Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), called the leak …
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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 …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Leaking Transcripts of Trump's Calls Is So Dangerous
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump admits he punked his supporters on Mexico paying for the wall
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 …
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 …
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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.
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 …
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
 
 
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Associated Press:
Congress recessing, leaving much undone, tensions with Trump
Discussion: Politico
Rich Calder / New York Post:
Elderly woman unloads on de Blasio at town hall
Discussion: Brooklyn Paper and Raw Story
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, Mediaite and Jezebel
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Senate Finally Gives Trump His Administration
Discussion: New York Magazine
Associated Press:
Sessions cracks down on cities over immigration enforcement
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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
Jean M. Twenge / The Atlantic:
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
YouTube:
Death Wish | Official Trailer
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
Detroit News:
Half of Detroit's 8 mayoral candidates are felons
 

 
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