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Politico:
Spotted: Mueller and Trump Jr. at DCA — Special counsel Robert Mueller and Donald Trump Jr. were spotted both waiting for their flights this morning at the 35X gate at DCA. This image first appeared in POLITICO Playbook PM — sign up below. — Sign up here for POLITICO Playbook.
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CNN:
Cohen claims Trump knew in advance of 2016 Trump Tower meeting — (CNN)Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, claims that then-candidate Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Open to see the best ‘spotted’ in Playbook history — SPOTTED — ROBERT MUELLER and DONALD TRUMP JR. both waiting for their flights this morning at the 35X gate at DCA. And yes, there is a photo. Picture of the two waiting at America's worst gate
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New Republic, Reuters, Chicks On The Right, Law & Crime, Mediaite, TMZ.com, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and Washingtonian, more at Techmeme »
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
G.D.P. Grew at 4.1% Rate in U.S. in Latest Quarter. Here's What That Means. — The Commerce Department released its initial estimate of second-quarter economic growth on Friday, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy. — The Numbers — United States gross domestic product rose …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Portrait of the President As a Con Man — The leaked tape recording of Michael Cohen and Donald Trump discussing how to handle the payoff to silence yet another extracurricular paramour, Karen McDougal, is more important, it seems to me, than has been generally acknowledged.
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CNN, Daily Wire and HuffPost
The Daily Beast:
‘Dead to Each Other’: Team Trump Prepares to ‘Bury’ Michael Cohen, ‘Weakling’ and ‘Traitor’ … As President Donald Trump absorbed the news that Michael Cohen, his former personal attorney and notorious “fixer,” had released a secret recording of the two of them, he did what he usually does in such situations: swore and groused loudly.
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CNN, Bustle, Axios, Fox News Insider, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, ABC News, Roll Call, CBS Chicago and Hullabaloo
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Donald Trump Knew, Even If Michael Cohen Is Lying
Donald Trump Knew, Even If Michael Cohen Is Lying
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American Prospect, ThinkProgress and CNN
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Putting Tonight's Revelation Into Perspective
Putting Tonight's Revelation Into Perspective
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Mother Jones, First Draft, Washington Post, LGBTQ Nation, The Mahablog and Little Green Footballs
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Putin invites Trump to Moscow for a second meeting
Putin invites Trump to Moscow for a second meeting
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Hullabaloo and Portland Mercury
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Does Trump Keep Lying About His Dealings With Russia?
Why Does Trump Keep Lying About His Dealings With Russia?
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ThinkProgress, CNN, CNBC, Chicago Sun-Times, NBC News and MSNBC
CNN:
Putin: ‘Ready’ to go to Washington, invites Trump to Moscow
Putin: ‘Ready’ to go to Washington, invites Trump to Moscow
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Vox and Shareblue Media
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Exclusive: Kimberly Guilfoyle Left Fox News After Investigation Into Misconduct Allegations, Sources Say — Sources tell HuffPost that Guilfoyle, who is dating Donald Trump Jr., engaged in emotionally abusive behavior and showed colleagues personal photos of male genitalia.
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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Leslie Moonves Accused of Sexual Misconduct in Ronan Farrow Exposé — The CBS CEO, one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, is accused of unwanted kissing and touching in a New Yorker article set to be published Friday. — The New Yorker is poised to publish an article by Ronan Farrow …
New York Times:
At Prayer Breakfast, Guests Seek Access to a Different Higher Power — WASHINGTON — With a lineup of prayer meetings, humanitarian forums and religious panels, the National Prayer Breakfast has long brought together people from all over the world for an agenda built around the teachings of Jesus.
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New Republic
CNN:
GOP Rep. Jason Lewis called people on government assistance ‘parasites,’ said blacks on welfare ‘plantation’ — GOP rep. said blacks have ‘entitlement mentality’ — (CNN)Republican Rep. Jason Lewis has repeatedly demeaned recipients of welfare and government assistance, calling them …
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ThinkProgress, New Republic and Eschaton
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Twitter's Statement About How They Don't Shadow Ban Kinda Sounds Like They Shadow Ban — While others are distracted by recent news that the U.S. economy grew by 4.1% this quarter, or that Donald Trump's once-loyal lawyer now claims, without evidence, that the then-presidential candidate …
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Media Matters for America, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
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John Sexton / Hot Air:
Twitter: Of Course We Don't Shadow Ban (Okay, Maybe A Little)
Twitter: Of Course We Don't Shadow Ban (Okay, Maybe A Little)
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Daily Wire and twitchy.com
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump admin has no central strategy for election security, and no one's in charge — After two years of calling Russian election meddling a hoax, President Trump will preside over a meeting about election security. — WASHINGTON — After nearly two years of calling Russian election interference …
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Political Wire
ProPublica:
Immigrant Youth Shelters: “If You're a Predator, It's a Gold Mine” — We obtained police reports and call logs from more than two-thirds of the shelters housing immigrant children. Here's what they show. — Just five days after he reached the United States, the 15-year-old Honduran boy awoke …
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Mediaite
abc7.com:
Stormy Daniels' attorney, Michael Avenatti, says 3 other women claim they were paid by AMI, Donald Trump, Michael Cohen — Michael Avenatti, the attorney who represents porn star Stormy Daniels, said Thursday that he is representing three other women who claim they were paid by Donald Trump, AMI and Michael Cohen to keep quiet.
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CANNONFIRE, Hot Air, The Root, CNBC, BloombergQuint, Law & Crime, Raw Story, AOL, POLITICUSUSA, The Express Tribune, Mediaite, Veronica Miracle and Bustle
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Des Moines Register:
New political movement seeks members from left, right and center to find solutions — The Republican Party was born in the mid-1800s, a coalition of northern Democrats and other anti-slavery factions dedicated to equality and the Union. — Over time, Republican adherence …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Help us identify Trump's unknown golf partners — In the flood of stories about how people close to President Trump sought to leverage their relationships for personal gain earlier this year, one story didn't attract as much attention as it might otherwise have.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Second-quarter GDP jumps 4.1% for best pace in nearly four years — Gross domestic product grew at a solid 4.1 percent pace in the second quarter, its best pace since 2014, boosting hopes that the economy is ready to break out of its decade-long slumber. — The number matched expectations …
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Townhall, Wall Street Journal, Hit & Run, New Republic, Fox News, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Hot Air, The Resurgent, National Review, Scared Monkeys, NTK Network and NRSC
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Why Friday's G.D.P. Number May Be a Size Too Big
Why Friday's G.D.P. Number May Be a Size Too Big
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Washington Post, The Rush Limbaugh Show, ThinkProgress, MSNBC, Outside the Beltway and twitchy.com
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Facebook removes four videos on pages operated by Alex Jones and InfoWars — Facebook removed four videos on pages operated by InfoWars and its founder, Alex Jones, a spokesperson for the social media company said Thursday night. — “We received reports related to four different videos …
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ThinkProgress, TheBlaze, FOX2now.com, AOL, Gizmodo, Mediaite and infowars.com, more at Mediagazer »
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Rachel Thompson / Mashable:
Facebook bans ‘InfoWars’ founder Alex Jones for 30 days
Facebook bans ‘InfoWars’ founder Alex Jones for 30 days
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Ars Technica, The Guardian, Breitbart, The Verge, Engadget, Joe.My.God., Mediaite and Clayton Cramer
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
‘Yep, it was mine’: Man admits growing weed but Georgia jurors refuse to convict him — Prosecutors in Georgia may have thought they had a slam-dunk case when the defendant confessed to police and in court, but jurors refused to convict on a felony charge for a man growing marijuana for his own personal, medicinal use.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
How five key voter groups view Trump — President Trump's approval rating among five key voter groups shows how tough it will be for Republicans to keep control of the House in the midterm elections. — Data: SurveyMonkey online poll among a total sample of 52,211. Margin of error of ±1.5 percentage points.
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Political Wire
Justin C. Dearborn / ClickHole:
While I Don't Relish Gutting Newspaper Payrolls, Unfortunately Sometimes It's Necessary So That I Can Have Slightly More Money — In today's increasingly difficult media landscape, there aren't always easy solutions to the challenges publishers face. Earlier this week, Tronc …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why didn't FBI tell court about Christopher Steele bias? — There has been bitter debate about the release of a heavily-redacted version of the FBI's application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap onetime Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page.
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American Greatness
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Puerto Ricans who fled to Florida after Hurricane Maria are not registering to vote — THE BIG IDEA: Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico last September and prompted a mass exodus of more than 100,000 residents to the mainland United States. The Category 4 storm destroyed …
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
The Bottom Line in Republicans' 42 Open Seats — With 102 days to go, Democrats remain substantial favorites for House control. A big reason: Republicans are defending 42 open or vacant seats, a record since at least 1930. The retirements of Speaker Paul Ryan (WI-01) …
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The Resurgent
BBC:
Egypt zoo accused of painting donkey to look like a zebra — A zoo in Egypt has denied painting black stripes on a donkey to make it look like a zebra after a photo of the animal appeared online. — Student Mahmoud Sarhan put the images on Facebook after visiting Cairo's International Garden municipal park.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Role reversal: Architect of 2010 GOP House takeover in trouble — Texas Rep. Pete Sessions is at risk of losing his seat to a Trump-fueled wave. — DALLAS — The man who engineered the 2010 Republican takeover of the House is racing to save himself in his own election this year …
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Washington Post and Political Wire
Malia Wollan / New York Times:
How to Have Sex in a Canoe — “Three words: center of gravity,” says James Raffan, former executive director of the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario. To avoid capsizing, bodies should stay low in the hull, especially if you intend to make any lateral rocking movements.
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Althouse
Media Matters for America:
Fox segment dismisses racial justice protests, guest claims “there is nothing worse than being called a racist” — VIDEO ››› July 27, 2018 ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF — From the July 27 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends First: — Loading the player reg...