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The Verge:
A note from the editorial leadership of The Verge  —  Newsrooms must stand up to targeted campaigns of harassment  —  Since announcing her new job with The New York Times, a widespread campaign of harassment has targeted Verge reporter Sarah Jeong for a number of tweets she wrote years ago.
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Joe Simonson / The Daily Caller:
Latest New York Times Hire Also Had Relationship With White Nationalist Hacker
Discussion: The Federalist
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Times Can Hire and Fire Whomever It Likes
Discussion: twitchy.com
Nick Hopkins / The Guardian:
Exclusive: suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow  —  Russian is understood to have had full access to secret data during decade at embassy  —  US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart …
Discussion: Political Wire
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
National Archives says it won't be able to produce all Kavanaugh documents until end of October  —  The National Archives said Thursday it won't be able to produce the full cache of documents requested by Senate Republicans on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh until the end of October …
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Lisa Blatt / Politico:
I'm a Liberal Feminist Lawyer.  Here's Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh.  —  Sometimes a superstar is just a superstar.  That is the case with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who had long been considered the most qualified nominee for the Supreme Court if Republicans secured the White House.
Politico:
GOP plans to blow past new Kavanaugh confirmation obstacle  —  Senate Republicans are pressing ahead on confirming Brett Kavanaugh before the midterm elections even after National Archives said Thursday that it can't meet the GOP's request for records until the end of October, days before the midterm elections.
Hazel Jones / Daily Mail:
'Many didn't notice it as keenly as I did because I knew him way back when.  They thought Trump was being Trump, off the cuff,' Omarosa writes.  'But I knew something wasn't right'  —  Omarosa was beside herself when the president contradicted the White House party line that FBI head James Comey …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump mulls a pre-election shutdown with Rush, and a pre-election anti-Pelosi ad  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SIREN ... REPUBLICANS are becoming increasingly concerned that they will lose the special election in Ohio's 12th congressional district, which would be a horrible sign for their election prospects this fall.
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New York Times:
Trump Pushes for Interview With Mueller Against Lawyers' Advice
Jen Psaki / CNN:
Donald Trump has no earthly clue about how real people buy groceries
Sarah Polus / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. co-hosts Dinesh D'Souza's very conservative D.C. film premiere  —  The red carpet for the screening of far-right filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza's new documentary was all business.  There's no time for chitchat about who is wearing what when you've got an entire liberal ideology to topple.
Axios:
Ivanka says family separation was White House “low point”  —  Ivanka Trump said during an Axios interview on Thursday that she agrees with White House colleagues who describe family separation as “a low point in the White House”:  —  “That was a low point for me as well.
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Wall Street Journal:
Top Trump Donor Agreed to Pay Michael Cohen $10 Million for Nuclear Project Push  —  Consulting deal with Franklin L. Haney could have been among the most lucrative struck by president's then-personal attorney  —  A major donor to President Trump agreed to pay $10 million to the president's …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC warns donors to steer clear of Kochs  —  The move escalates the fight between President Donald Trump and the powerful network.  —  The Republican National Committee is sending a warning shot to major GOP donors not to play ball with the powerful Koch political network …
Washington Post:
Aide to Trump-confidant Roger Stone ordered to appear before Mueller grand jury  —  A former aide to longtime President Trump confidant Roger Stone must testify before the special counsel's grand jury, a federal judge in Washington ruled Thursday.  —  The judge rejected a challenge from Andrew Miller …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Emily Williams / BostonGlobe.com:
A black Smith College student was eating her lunch when an employee called police  —  The rising sophomore at Smith College was quietly eating her lunch in a campus common room when a police officer approached her Tuesday afternoon.  —  A college employee had called police to report someone who …
Washington Post:
Manafort's bookkeeper testifies against him, alleging efforts to inflate income  —  Paul Manafort's longtime bookkeeper testified against him Thursday, telling a Virginia jury that his seven-figure lifestyle lasted until about 2015 when the cash ran out, the bills piled up …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Manafort trial Day 3: The bookkeeper speaks, a man-made waterfall and a Rick Gates guarantee
Discussion: ABC News
Daily Mail:
Wright was driving in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on June 30 when she saw this silver Jeep in front of her sporting a ‘Make America Great Again’ decal  —  The incident took place on June 30, but Wright was only taken into custody a month later after being pulled over during a traffic stop.
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Committee on the Judiciary:
NADLER & LOFGREN DEMAND ANSWERS AFTER DOJ ANNOUNCEMENT REVEALS TRUMP APPEARS TO HAVE LIED BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ABOUT IMMIGRATION CLAIMS BEHIND FIRST MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) …
NBC News:
Mueller wants to interview Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, lawyer says  —  The son of a Russian oligarch helped set up the now infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller has requested an interview with Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, who helped set …
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
New Age author Marianne Williamson ‘looking into’ 2020 presidential run  —  A presidential bid by the author would mark the first celebrity campaign for the White House against Donald Trump  —  New Age author Marianne Williamson was in Iowa earlier this week meeting with Democratic activists …
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Fox News filed by parents of Seth Rich  —  A federal judge on Thursday dismissed in its entirety a case filed by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich against Fox News, one of the network's reporters, and a Texas businessman.
Essex Porter / KIRO:
PSE sends racial slur to black woman  —  SEATTLE - An African-American woman says Puget Sound Energy emailed her a racial slur to use as the temporary password to her online account.  —  Erica Conway believes the insult was deliberate and wants the company to get to the bottom of it.
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story, The Root and theGrio
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: Fired-up liberals raise $1 billion on website for candidates, causes ahead of midterms  —  WASHINGTON - The online fundraising platform ActBlue this week surged past the $1 billion mark in contributions to Democratic candidates and causes in this election cycle.
Discussion: Axios
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Trump's undermining of Obamacare violates the Constitution, new lawsuit charges  —  Four cities are charging that the president is failing to execute the law by actively undercutting the Affordable Care Act.  —  WASHINGTON — After congressional Republicans repeatedly failed last year …
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Robert Harding / Citizen:
Poll: Balter holds 4-point lead over Katko in House race
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Political Wire and Vox
Erin B. Logan / Washington Post:
Trump's wildlife protection council is mostly trophy hunters and donors, lawsuit says  —  Advocacy groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday over what they call the biased makeup of a wildlife advisory council.  —  The lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court in New York alleges …
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaints Against 10 Trump Administration Officials  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington— In the months since President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for re-election, ten White House officials appear to have violated the Hatch Act by using …
Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
4 dentists accused of raping woman at Las Vegas Strip hotel  —  Clockwise from top left: Sina Edalat, Poria Edalat, Ali Badkoobehi and Saman Edalat (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)  —  Four California dentists, including three brothers, face sexual assault charges after a woman accused …
Discussion: Breitbart
Sara Murray / CNN:
Alleged Russian agent's infiltration of GOP circles anything but subtle  —  Alleged spy met with US officials in 2015  —  Washington (CNN)As far as spy craft goes, Maria Butina's skills didn't seem particularly impressive.  —  The alleged covert Russian agent liked to communicate via Twitter messages and WhatsApp.
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Here Are the Cable News Morning Show Ratings for July 2018  —  TVNewser has received a number of emails lately asking for a break down of cable news morning show ratings, specifically for 6-9 a.m. ET shows.  —  Ask, and you shall receive.  At least for the month of July.  Will we do more of these?
Alex Yablon / The Trace:
In Court Papers, NRA Stresses Financial Pressures and Says It May Have to Shut Down NRATV  —  The National Rifle Association typically portrays itself as an indomitable force.  But an ongoing court case has the gun group taking inventory of its wounds.  In a new legal filing …
Alberto Nardelli / BuzzFeed News:
Remember Trump's Tweet Saying He Was Pulling Out Of The G7 Summit Agreement?  No One Ever Did Anything About It.  —  “It's like there's a reality TV president, in his own bubble, thinking he controls stuff.  It's like The Truman Show.”  —  Reporting From  —  London
New York Times:
‘It Can Happen Even to Guys’: Ohio State Wrestlers Detail Abuse, Saying #UsToo  —  CLEVELAND — Nick Nutter, an All-American heavyweight wrestler at Ohio State turned professional martial arts fighter, sat watching the television last January as one by one, the young women, former gymnasts …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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WBRZ:
New York man accused of threatening La. congressman in voicemail
OHCHR:
Trump attacks on media violate basic norms of press freedom, human rights experts say
Washington Post:
How Republicans trick Facebook and Twitter with claims of bias
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Is Clarence Thomas the Supreme Court's Future?
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNNMoney:
Brookstone files for bankruptcy and will close all of its mall stores
Discussion: CBS Boston
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Illinois legislator resigns after ex-girlfriend says he used her naked photos to ‘catfish’ men on Instagram
Discussion: HuffPost, Hit & Run, Queerty and AOL
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Leather Addict Buzz Bissinger Calls Out Manafort's ‘Ridiculous’ Ostrich Jacket
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Sky News:
Not drinking alcohol in middle age increases dementia risk, says report
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Fox, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Win Hot Package On Multi-Million Dollar Theft Of McDonald's Monopoly Game
Discussion: Eater and The Week
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Facebook Is The World's Biggest Right-Wing Media Company
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Democratic Party Picked an Odd Time to Have an Identity Crisis
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Unveils His Plan to Weaken Fuel Efficiency Rules
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Media don't want to understand Trump voters, all 63 million of them
Discussion: alicublog
Elisabetta Povoledo / New York Times:
Pope Declares Death Penalty Inadmissible in All Cases
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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