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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Andrew McCabe was just offered a job by a congressman so he can get his full retirement.  And it just might work. … That's one way of protesting Andrew McCabe's firing as deputy FBI director, roughly a day before he was set to retire: At least one Democratic congressman has offered McCabe …
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New Yorker:
Donald Trump and the Craven Firing of Andrew McCabe
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Sessions' Firing McCabe Violated His Promise to Recuse
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Vox
Axios:
Source: McCabe gave interview, memos to Mueller
CNN:
Mueller has McCabe memos documenting conversations with Trump
Congressman Mark Pocan:
Pocan Extends Job Offer to Andrew McCabe
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite and Shareblue Media
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
After McCabe firing, Trump attacks FBI, and his lawyer says Russia probe must end
Fox News:
Trump calls fired McCabe ‘choirboy’, suggests FBI corruption ‘at the highest levels’
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Lawyer, Citing Andrew McCabe's Firing, Calls for End to Mueller Probe
New York Times:
Data Firm Tied to Trump Campaign Talked Business With Russians  —  When the Russia question came up during a hearing at the British Parliament last month, Alexander Nix did not hesitate.  —  “We've never worked in Russia,” said Mr. Nix, head of a data consulting firm that advised the Trump campaign on targeting voters.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
New York professor sues Cambridge Analytica to find out what it knows about him  —  (CNN)A New York professor filed a legal claim against a data company that worked for President Donald Trump's campaign in a British court Friday in a case that could shed light on how millions of American voters …
The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica: links to Moscow oil firm and St Petersburg university  —  Data company gave briefing to Moscow firm Lukoil, and the lecturer who developed the crucial algorithm worked for St Petersburg university … Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge University academic who orchestrated …
The Guardian:
Staff claim Cambridge Analytica ignored US ban on foreigners working on elections  —  In the 2014 midterm elections and the Trump campaign, firm was staffed mainly by young Britons and Canadians … Cambridge Analytica employed non-American citizens to work on US election campaigns …
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:   Facebook blocks data group tied to 2016 Trump campaign
New York Times:
Kris Kobach's Voting Sham Gets Exposed in Court  —  This is part of a series on voting in America, which will run up to Election Day in November.  For part 1, on the importance of voting, go here.  —  The modern American crusade against voter fraud has always been propelled by faith.
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Dear Abby: A lesson for the midterms  —  MT. LEBANON, Pa. — One of the biggest advantages Conor Lamb had in his victory last week in the special election for Western Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District was that his campaign manager lived in his district.
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Outrage over New Yorker mag's ‘repulsive’ body-shaming of President Trump  —  The prestigious New Yorker magazine is under fire for its latest cover, which depicts President Trump addressing reporters in the nude in an unflattering illustration that mocks his appearance.
Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
Trump lawyer's efforts to suppress Stormy Daniels started in 2011  —  The president's personal attorney Michael Cohen interceded in 2011 to prevent porn star Stormy Daniels from airing her story about an alleged affair with Donald Trump, telling the agent who arranged for its publication …
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Why does Putin treat Britain with disdain?  He thinks he's bought it. … “Londongrad” is the nickname, not entirely affectionate, that wealthy Russians have bestowed upon Britain's capital.  The term doesn't just designate a physical place, though many Russians do indeed live here.
Chris Riotta / Mediaite:
Jesse Watters Takes On Hillary Clinton's Health: She's ‘Acted a Little Erratic in The Past’  —  President Donald Trump could fire every single person from his administration in one sweeping tweet, and Fox News anchor Jesse Watters would still be alerting his audiences about Hillary Clinton's head colds.
Yonhap News Agency:
(LEAD) N.K. diplomat heads to Finland for semiofficial talks with Washington, Seoul … A senior North Korean diplomat handling affairs with the United States headed to Finland on Sunday for semiofficial talks with the U.S. and South Korea.  —  Choe Kang-il, deputy director-general …
Edward Malnick / Telegraph:
Boris Johnson urged to place Russia sanctions on G7 agenda  —  Britain should use this year's meeting of Group 7 countries to call for coordinated sanctions against human rights abusers, senior MPs have told Boris Johnson.  —  In a letter to the Foreign Secretary, 16 MPs, including Tom Tugendhat …
Streiff / RedState:
John Kelly Learns a Hard Lesson About the Reality of the White House Press Corps  —  Yesterday, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly got a very hard lesson about the smash-mouth nature of press operations at the higher reaches of government and industry.  —  But there is nothing new under …
 
 
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