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9:35 AM ET, July 14, 2018

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Politico:
House conservatives prep push to impeach Rosenstein  —  House conservatives are preparing a new push to oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to three conservative Capitol Hill sources — putting the finishing touches on an impeachment filing even as Rosenstein announced …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
‘Warning Lights Are Blinking Red,’ Top Intelligence Officer Says of Russian Attacks  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's top intelligence officer said on Friday that the persistent danger of Russian cyberattacks today was akin to the warnings the United States had of stepped-up terror threats ahead of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Thanks to Robert Mueller, Trump and Putin Now Have a Summit Agenda  —  Donald Trump has always been brazen about his affection for Vladimir Putin, a condition which Merriam-Webster defines as “acting or done in a very open and shocking way without shame or embarrassment.”
David French / National Review:
Mueller's Latest Indictments Show That ‘Witches’ Are Very Real  —  Four vital takeaways from today's charges  —  Earlier today the Grand Jury for the District of Columbia charged twelve Russian intelligence officers with conspiring “to gain unauthorized access (to 'hack') …
Just Security:
Six Big Takeaways from Mueller's Indictment of Russian Intel Officers  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller released an indictment today of 12 Russian intelligence officers, accusing them of hacking the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
'It's a big FU from Mueller'  —  Trump's allies question timing of latest Mueller indictments — on the eve of the Putin summit.  —  President Donald Trump has accused special counsel Robert Mueller for months of running a politically driven “witch hunt” against him.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Conservatives moving to impeach Rosenstein soon: report  —  Conservative lawmakers in the House are preparing to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein  —  , Politico reported Friday.  —  Sources told the publication that conservatives have been preparing to have Rosenstein impeached …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton.  Were They Listening?  —  WASHINGTON — It was one of the more outlandish statements in a campaign replete with them: In a news conference in July 2016, Donald J. Trump made a direct appeal to Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails and make them public.
emptywheel:
The Russian Hack  —  As I laid out last week, I provided information …
Washington Post:
How the Russians hacked the DNC and passed its emails to WikiLeaks
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:   Mueller stood up to Putin. Now it's Trump's turn.
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Russian Hackers Kept DNC Backdoor Longer Than Anyone Knew
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
After being told of Russia indictments, Trump still aspired to be friends with Putin
Discussion: ABC News
NPR:
Week In Politics: 12 Russian Cyberspies Charged With Attack On 2016 Election
Discussion: Mashable
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:   G.R.U., Russian Spy Agency Cited by Mueller, Casts a Long Shadow
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Roger Stone says he's the ‘US person’ mentioned in Mueller indictment
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Trump Told Russia To Get Clinton's Emails. The Same Day, They Obeyed.
CNN:
Roger Stone says he does not believe he is the unnamed person in the indictment
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Justice Department lays out its case against 12 Russian officers accused of hacking Democrats in 2016
Discussion: Politico and AOL
Eric Tucker / Yahoo:   Moscow now accused of US election meddling, in indictment
CBS News:
Maryland told its voter registration vendor financed by Russian oligarch  —  Top Maryland officials say the FBI told them this week that the state's voter registration platform was purchased by a Russian oligarch in 2015, without state officials knowing.  The FBI did not indicate a breach occurred …
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Jayne Miller / WBAL:
Maryland voter registration system runs on software owned by Russian-financed firm, I-Team learns  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  ANNAPOLIS, Md. —  The FBI has informed Maryland officials that the state's voter registration system and other online systems operate …
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Election system firm with Maryland contract has ties to Russian oligarch, FBI tells state  —  Top Maryland officials have asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help ensure that the state's election system is secure after learning that a Russian-backed firm is linked to the Maryland state Board of Elections.
Discussion: Axios
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Where Did Donald Trump Get Two Hundred Million Dollars to Buy His Money-Losing Scottish Golf Club?  —  Between meeting the Queen of England and Vladimir Putin, President Trump will spend this weekend at Turnberry, the golf course he bought in 2014 and rechristened Trump Turnberry.
Former U.S. Senator Al Franken:
When Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senators will have an opportunity to examine his record, his judicial philosophy, and his qualifications for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.  —  I wish I could be there.  Because I have some questions I'd love to see him answer.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Trump has said 1,340,330 words as president.  They're getting more dishonest, a Star study shows  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump's words are getting more dishonest over time, the Star has found in the first detailed statistical analysis of his inaccurate statements in office.
Discussion: Political Wire
Garrett M. Graff / New York Times:
The Real F.B.I. Election Culprit  —  Hint: It's not Peter Strzok.  —  Mr. Graff is a journalist and historian.  —  In his testimony before two House committees on Thursday, the F.B.I. agent Peter Strzok testified that he could have altered the 2016 election — but didn't.
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Connor Wolf / LifeZette:
Is Lisa Page Spilling the Beans on Former FBI Lover Peter Strzok?
Discussion: American Greatness, Vox and RT
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Trump's ambassador lobbied Britain on behalf of jailed right-wing activist Tommy Robinson  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Sam Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, complained to the British ambassador in Washington D.C. about the treatment of an English right-wing activist …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
From Truman to Trump, Queen Elizabeth Has Met 12 U.S. Presidents  —  WINDSOR, England — As a princess and the heir to Britain's throne, she visited President Harry S. Truman in Washington and gave him a gift from her ailing father, King George VI.  Later, as Queen Elizabeth II …
Discussion: Althouse and Bustle
 
 
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
America First, America Hated, America Alone
Discussion: Reuters
Jack Aitchison / dailyrecord:
Greenpeace buzz Donald Trump with paraglider at Turnberry resort with President inside
Discussion: HuffPost
Paloma Esquivel / Los Angeles Times:
Victorville prison strains to handle hundreds of immigrant detainees: ‘We cannot take care of these inmates’
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Ex-Novartis CEO sent drug pricing proposal to Cohen
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Another top NSC official ousted under Bolton
Discussion: Foreign Policy, Joe.My.God. and Axios
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
4,500 Tech Workers, 1 Mission: Get Democrats Elected
Discussion: Breitbart
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
‘Evil Has Won’  —  Pro-American Germans feel betrayed.
Discussion: Althouse and Raw Story
Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg:
WeWork Tells Employees Meat Is Permanently Off the Company Menu
Discussion: Grist
Andrea Chamblee / Washington Post:
John went into the Capital Gazette on a Thursday. The rest is a daze.
London Evening Standard:
Donald Trump London protest news: Nearly 250,000 protesters march against president's visit
Discussion: CBS News and Splinter
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Pence family gas stations left costly environmental legacy
Discussion: Daily Kos
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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