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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.

Discussion: Chicago Tribune, CNN, Vox, New Republic, Mediaite, 1A, U.S. Department of Justice, Defense One and The American Conservative, more at Techmeme »

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

After being told of Russia indictments, Trump still aspired to be friends with Putin — HELSINKI — Before he embarked on a week of transatlantic diplomacy, President Trump sat down with Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who previewed for the boss an explosive development …

Discussion: Breitbart and ABC News

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.”

Politico:
House conservatives prep push to impeach Rosenstein

Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump on Russia indictment: Why didn't Obama do something?

Discussion: Vox, ThinkProgress, Mother Jones and NewsWars

Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump blames Obama for Russian election meddling

Discussion: Axios, One America News Network, Mediaite and Breitbart

Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Russian Hackers Kept DNC Backdoor Longer Than Anyone Knew

Discussion: Conservative News Today and The Atlantic

The Daily Beast:
Will Trump Keep Pushing Putin's Lies About Attacking America?

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo

David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Mueller stood up to Putin. Now it's Trump's turn.

Discussion: Political Wire

Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Conservatives moving to impeach Rosenstein soon: report

Discussion: The Right Scoop, POLITICUSUSA, Axios and Breitbart

Alejandro de la Garza / TIME:
Here's What Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Said About Indicting Russian Intelligence Officers …

Discussion: Vox and FiveThirtyEight

Lawfare:

Russia Indictment 2.0: What to Make of Mueller's Hacking Indictment — The indictment Friday morning of 12 Russian military intelligence officials in connection with the 2016 election hacks and the resulting distribution of purloined emails was not a total surprise.

Discussion: NBC News, Sputnik International, The Hill and emptywheel

Jonathan Turley / The Hill:

Ignore the spin — still no evidence of Trump collusion — “They caught the witches.” Those were the celebratory words of John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton — 's 2016 presidential campaign, in response to the indictment Friday of 12 Russian military intelligence officers for hacking efforts linked to the 2016 election.

CNN:
Roger Stone's messages suggest he is unnamed person in new Russia indictment

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Politico, USA Today, Splinter, POLITICUSUSA, emptywheel, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Boing Boing, Mediaite and HuffPost

Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
Long-hidden hackers unmasked by US special counsel

Discussion: Politico, Mother Jones and Showbiz411

Just Security:
Six Big Takeaways from Mueller's Indictment of Russian Intel Officers

Discussion: Politico, HuffPost, Conservative News Today, Gizmodo, New York Times, LifeZette and The Last Refuge

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
'It's a big FU from Mueller'

Discussion: New York Times, themarketswork, Raw Story, Arizona Republic, Vox, Radio Free Europe and Mother Jones

Washington Post:
How the Russians hacked the DNC and passed its emails to WikiLeaks

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Outside the Beltway and The First Street Journal

David French / National Review:
Mueller's Latest Indictments Show That ‘Witches’ Are Very Real

Discussion: The Intercept, ThinkProgress, The Other McCain, LifeZette, The Daily Caller, Front Page Magazine, The Guardian, Mediaite, FiveThirtyEight, The New Civil Rights Movement and Motherboard

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton. Were They Listening?

Discussion: Bloomberg, Fox News, electionlawblog.org, Talking Points Memo, The Federalist, Vox, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, Gizmodo, The Week and New Republic

Katie Rogers / New York Times:

In Trump's U.K. Visit, Some See ‘Infomercial’ for Money-Losing Golf Resort — GLASGOW — On Monday, President Trump will have a closely watched meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, just days after the announcement that 12 Russian military intelligence officers had been indicted …

Discussion: American Greatness, AOL, POLITICUSUSA, Bustle and Raw Story

Paul Kelbie / Associated Press:
10,000 protest Trump in Edinburgh; UK police seek paraglider

Discussion: Politico, TheBlaze and Washington Times

Libby Brooks / The Guardian:
Thousands protest across Scotland as Trump plays golf

Discussion: CNN, Associated Press and Common Dreams

Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Where Did Donald Trump Get Two Hundred Million Dollars to Buy His Money-Losing Scottish Golf Club?

Discussion: Bloomberg and Mother Jones

Jack Aitchison / dailyrecord:
Greenpeace buzz Donald Trump with paraglider at Turnberry resort with President inside

Discussion: HuffPost

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 …

Discussion: The Intercept

Jayne Miller / WBAL: Maryland voter registration system runs on software owned by Russian-financed firm, I-Team learns

Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Election system firm with Maryland contract has ties to Russian oligarch, FBI tells state

Discussion: Axios

Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:

‘Did Donald Trump just WALK IN FRONT OF THE QUEEN?’ — LONDON — It's generally quite difficult to upstage the queen of England, but President Trump might have managed to do so. — Trump and Queen Elizabeth II met Friday as part of his working visit to the United Kingdom.

Discussion: RedState, twitchy.com, Telegraph, Chicks On The Right and Reuters

Katie Rogers / New York Times:
From Truman to Trump, Queen Elizabeth Has Met 12 U.S. Presidents

Discussion: Althouse and Bustle

Foreign Policy:

White House Official Who Advocated for Refugees Sacked and Escorted From Office — Jennifer Arangio had clashed with Stephen Miller and other hard-line aides to Trump. — A senior White House official, Jennifer Arangio, was fired Thursday and escorted from her office …

Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Another top NSC official ousted under Bolton

Discussion: CNN, IJR, Political Wire, KTLA, Joe.My.God. and Axios

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

Carl Hulse / New York Times:

Should Democrats Have Saved Their Filibuster for the New Court Fight? — WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to the vote on Judge Neil M. Gorsuch's confirmation to the Supreme Court in the spring of 2017, Senator Susan Collins approached Senator Michael Bennet on the Senate floor with an urgent plea.

Washington Post:

The Trump administration has a new argument for dismantling the social safety net: It worked. — Republicans for years have proclaimed the federal government's decades-old War on Poverty a failure. — “Americans are no better off today than they were before the War on Poverty began in 1964 …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios

Avery Anapol / The Hill:

Trump falsely claims CNN did not cover him refusing question from Acosta at UK press conference — on Saturday falsely claimed that CNN did not report on his snub of the network's White House correspondent Jim Acosta at an international news conference the previous day.

Discussion: Townhall, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Political Wire

Bret Stephens / New York Times:

America First, America Hated, America Alone — Trump intends to bring about the collapse of the liberal international order, in its commitment to open societies and its institutions. — Some near-forgotten anniversaries are worth commemorating. One hundred years ago — Bastille Day …

Discussion: Reuters

Talia Lavin / Village Voice:

Elon Musk and the Cult of the Celebrity Savior … On Wednesday, Elon Musk — celebrity tech genius, aspiring space mogul, and Tesla chief — made a dramatic announcement: He was going to help the people of Flint, Michigan. … It was an unexpected development in an ongoing crisis …

New York Times:

Cleaning Toilets, Following Rules: A Migrant Child's Days in Detention — A portrait of life in the shelters for the children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. — Do not misbehave. Do not sit on the floor. Do not share your food. Do not use nicknames. Also, it is best not to cry.