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Washington Post:
White House says Trump wants to revoke security clearances for former intelligence officials critical of him over Russia  —  President Trump plans to revoke the security clearances of a handful of former officials who have been critical of his rhetoric and actions toward Russia …
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump considering revoking 6 ex-Obama officials' clearance
Discussion: The Week
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:   Trump looking at revoking security clearances of Brennan, Clapper, Hayden, Rice, Comey, McCabe
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Trump White House's hypocritical, slippery slope on purging its critics' security clearances
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Sarah Hallam / CNN:
James Clapper: Trump revoking our security clearances would be ‘very, very petty’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg:
Trump to Seek Repeal of California's Smog-Fighting Power  — Proposed revision to auto emission standards to come out soon  — Will propose end of state's waiver from federal standards  —  The Trump administration will seek to revoke California's authority to regulate automobile emissions …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
REVEALED: Identities Of 5 Witnesses Immunized To Testify Against Manafort  —  A federal judge Monday unsealed the names of five witnesses granted immunity by special counsel Robert Mueller to testify at the upcoming trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Manafort trial postponed to July 31  —  Paul Manafort's first criminal trial has been postponed a week, to July 31.  —  U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III agreed Monday to the weeklong delay, pushing back the biggest showdown yet between the former Donald Trump campaign chairman and special counsel Robert Mueller.
Bloomberg:
Manafort Trial Start Delayed; Witnesses With Immunity Identified
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
CNN:   Judge grants immunity for five witnesses in Manafort case; trial delayed until July 31
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Support for Roe v. Wade hits new high  —  A majority of Republicans — 52 percent — say the Supreme Court decision should not be overturned.  —  As President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick readies for his eventual confirmation hearing, support for the court's landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade has hit an all-time high.
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Michael Cohen Prosecutors Get 12 Audio Recordings to Review  — There's no longer dispute over recordings, retired judge says  — Michael Cohen secretly recorded Trump discussing hush payments  —  U.S. prosecutors probing Michael Cohen are reviewing 12 audio recordings seized …
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Laura Nahmias / Politico:
12 tapes seized in Michael Cohen raid handed over to prosecutors  —  Twelve audio recordings seized from President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen in an April FBI raid were handed over to federal prosecutors on Friday, according to a court filing made public Monday.
Discussion: ABC News, National Review and The Week
Reuters:
Prosecutors have at least 12 recordings by Trump lawyer Cohen
Discussion: ABC News
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Legal Team Submits Counteroffer for Possible Interview in Mueller Probe  —  Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani says president open to questions on possible collusion, less willing to discuss possible obstruction of justice  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's legal team has submitted …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Sorry, Trump.  Your misdirection won't work this time.  —  “In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran.”  That was Donald Trump tweeting in 2011.  —  This was President Trump tweeting late Sunday night: “To Iranian President Rouhani: “NEVER, EVER THREATEN …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ignore Trump's clueless bluster on Iran
Alex Vatanka / Axios:
On Iran, Trump administration offers heated rhetoric but vague strategy
Discussion: Politico
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Elizabeth Brown-Kaiser / ABC News:
2020 buzz builds around Rep. Tim Ryan
Discussion: Vox
Nik DeCosta-Klipa / Boston Globe:
Fox News mistakenly booked a Massachusetts state senator, and got an unexpected message  —  Someone in the Fox News booking department might be in need of a second cup of coffee.  —  Fox & Friends First, the network's early morning show, thought they had booked former Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick …
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Christine Todd Whitman / Los Angeles Times:
Calling my fellow Republicans: Trump is clearly unfit to remain in office  —  President Trump's disgraceful performance in Helsinki, Finland, and in the days since is an indication that he is not fit to remain in office.  Trump's 2016 “America First” platform might be more aptly named …
Discussion: IJR, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   Conservatives clash on MSNBC's Morning Joe over GOP response to Trump's embrace of Putin
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The city that never sleeps finds that it's running out of reporters to report  —  New York City and its environs are home to 20 million people, Wall Street, Broadway, the fashion and media industries, and a mix of cultures unlike few cities on the planet.  —  And yet news organizations operating …
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New York Post:
Layoffs at the Daily News mark a grim day for New York City
Discussion: Politico and AOL
Deadspin:
How Is This Shit Legal  —  This past spring, Michael Ferro resigned as chairman of publicly traded media-looting hell-company Tronc, Inc., just ahead of the publication of sexual harassment allegations against him.  As a parting gift, Tronc paid him $15 million, voluntarily bundling …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ga. lawmaker urged to resign after using racial slurs, dropping pants in TV show  —  Spencer apologizes for ‘ridiculously ugly’ episode but refuses to step down  —  Georgia House Speaker David Ralston demanded that state Rep. Jason Spencer resign after he yelled racial slurs and exposed himself …
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Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Florida Cops Ship 24-Year-Old Mom to ICE After She Paid Traffic Ticket … Maria, an undocumented, 24-year-old mother of three from Guatemala, showed up to the Martin County Jail earlier this year to voluntarily pay a $150 traffic fine.  —  Instead, she wound up handcuffed and thrown inside that jail.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Splinter
Jacob Bunge / Wall Street Journal:
2.5 Billion Pounds of Meat Piles Up in U.S. as Production Grows, Exports Slow  —  Profits, prices are threatened as record amounts of red meat and poultry fill U.S. warehouses  —  Meat is piling up in U.S. cold-storage warehouses, fueled by a surge in supplies and trade disputes that are eroding demand.
Doug Bock Clark / GQ:
The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier, American Hostage  —  President Trump hailed him as a catalyst of the summit with Kim Jong-Un.  But what happened to Warmbier—the American college student who was sent home brain-damaged from North Korea—is even more shocking than anyone knew.  —  1. Homecoming
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Congressman Calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘This Girl ... Or Whatever She Is’  —  Rep. Ron DeSantis was referring to a full-grown woman who is a New York Democratic congressional nominee.  —  WASHINGTON Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) on Saturday referred to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
FISA Applications Confirm: The FBI Relied on the Unverified Steele Dossier  —  A salacious Clinton-campaign product was the driving force behind the Trump-Russia investigation.  —  On a sleepy summer Saturday, after months of stonewalling, the FBI dumped 412 pages of documents related …
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Sounds Like Everyone Should Lay Off That Cubs Fan Who “Stole” A Baseball From A Kid  —  Sunday outrage gives way to Monday fact-checking.  If you were one of the people who (reasonably) got very angry at a short video clip appearing to show an adult Cubs fan intercepting a ball meant for a child, you can stand down.
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump administration officials dismissed benefits of national monuments  —  In a quest to shrink national monuments last year, senior Interior Department officials dismissed evidence that these public lands boosted tourism and spurred archaeological discoveries, according to documents …
 
 
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Andrew Rosati / Bloomberg:
Venezuela's Inflation to Reach 1 Million Percent, IMF Forecasts
Josh Meyer / Politico:
How U.S. intelligence agencies can find out what Trump told Putin
Discussion: Axios
San Francisco Chronicle:
BART killing in Oakland: Stabbing suspect identified, manhunt continues
Discussion: The Root
Matt Laslo / The Daily Beast:
GOP to Silicon Valley: Promote the Far Right or Else
Kansas City Star:
‘True definition of evil’: Alleged Shawnee murderer is white supremacist, family says
Discussion: Raw Story
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 Earlier Items: 
Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Arrest made after brick thrown into Sen. Mark Warner's Roanoke, Virginia, office
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer is still trying to gaslight America about President Trump
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
McFaul expected to meet with Trump's top adviser on Russia at White House
Discussion: CNN
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
A Supreme Court Vote Is Just One of Heidi Heitkamp's Headaches
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and YouTube
The Marshall Project:
New York on ICE  —  As a precaution, some have stopped traveling.
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Why the left needs to wise up to the growing Trump-Russia scandal
Discussion: Jacobin
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Anton's creed is not just racist; it is patently un-American.
Discussion: Vox, Raw Story and The Federalist
 

 
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