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The Daily Beast:
Omarosa Secretly Recorded Trump and Played the Audio for People, Sources Say … Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, isn't the only one with secretly recorded audio of the president.  —  Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast …
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CBS News:
Chris Collins, a timeline — including video of that phone call at the White House picnic  —  Rep. Chris Collins' indictment on insider trading charges sent ripples through Washington on Wednesday.  Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump for president, was key in supporting Mr. Trump early on.
Erica Orden / CNN:
New York Republican Rep. Chris Collins won't step aside, calls insider trading charges ‘meritless’  —  (CNN)New York GOP Rep. Chris Collins vowed to fight the criminal charges against him in court and win re-election, hours after federal prosecutors arrested him on accusations that he took part in insider trading.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
New York GOP Rep. Chris Collins arrested over insider trading charges
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Secret recording shows GOP's Nunes saying Rosenstein impeachment would delay Supreme Court pick  —  “Do you want them [the Senate] to drop everything and not confirm the Supreme Court justice?”  Rep. Devin Nunes said at a recent fundraiser.  —  Hard-line conservative Republicans …
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MSNBC:
TRMS Exclusive: Devin Nunes speaks candidly at fundraiser  —  The Rachel Maddow Show has obtained exclusive audio of Rep. Devin Nunes speaking candidly to donors at a private fundraiser.  —  Below are the transcripts of the portions aired on the August 8, 2018 episode of The Rachel Maddow Show:
Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:
TRMS Exclusive: Devin Nunes at fundraiser audio clip 1  —  In secretly recorded audio from a fundraiser for Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers obtained exclusively by The Rachel Maddow Show, Devin Nunes is heard telling donors that only a Republican majority can protect Donald Trump from Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:   TRMS Exclusive: Devin Nunes at fundraiser audio clip 3
New York Times:
Trump's Lawyers Counter Mueller's Interview Offer, Seeking Narrower Scope  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers rejected the special counsel's latest terms for an interview in the Russia investigation, countering on Wednesday with an offer that suggested a narrow path for answering questions, people familiar with the matter said.
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Associated Press:
Like father, like son: Trump Jr. defiant about Russia probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — If Donald Trump Jr. is worried, he sure doesn't show it.  —  His father, the president, is reported to be fretting about his eldest son's entanglement in the Russia investigation.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
CNN:
Giuliani says GOP could benefit if Trump's negotiations with Mueller drag on
Discussion: Political Wire
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Ad Showing Trump Voter Urging President Not to Fire Robert Mueller Airs During Hannity
Discussion: Roll Call
New York Times:
Republicans Gird for House Battle as Ohio and Kansas Races Remain Close  —  Alarmed by the tight race for a congressional seat in Ohio, Republicans are steeling for a 90-day campaign of trench warfare as they fight to keep control of the House, pinning their hopes on well-funded outside groups …
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Tuesday Night Is a Bad Sign for GOP Chances in the House  —  On its face, Tuesday night seemed uneventful, or even good news for the Republican Party.  Aside from a few primaries here and there, the main event was the House special election in Ohio's 12th Congressional District.
Discussion: RedState
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Ohio Results Point to Democratic Strength in 2018—And a Showdown in 2020
Henry Olsen / American Greatness:
Ohio Squeaker Shows GOP Has A Lot To Learn About Winning
Discussion: naked capitalism
Kansas City Star:
No law prevents Kris Kobach from overseeing the likely recount in his own race  —  No law requires Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to recuse himself from a recount in the governor's race, but legal and political experts say that he should to maintain trust in the election.
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Kobach refuses to recuse himself from election recount  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who holds a razor-thin lead over incumbent Jeff Colyer in Kansas' Republican gubernatorial primary dubbed too close to call, said Wednesday that he will not recuse himself from a recount process.
Tampa Bay Times:
Bill Nelson: The Russians have penetrated some Florida voter registration systems  —  Nelson amplified concerns about the 2018 midterms.  —  Russian operatives have “penetrated” some of Florida's election systems ahead of the 2018 midterms, Sen. Bill Nelson said Wednesday, adding new urgency about hacking.
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Mother Jones:   Russians Have Penetrated Florida's Election Systems, Senator Says
Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Man at N.M. compound trained kids for school shooting  —  AMALIA, N.M. (AP) — The father of a missing Georgia boy was training children at a New Mexico compound to commit school shootings, prosecutors said in court documents obtained Wednesday, as authorities waited to learn …
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CNN:
Corey Stewart praised southern secession in 2017 campaign appearance  —  Senate candidate takes personal shot at Cuomo  —  (CNN)Corey Stewart, the Republican nominee for a US Senate seat for Virginia, praised in a speech last year Virginia's decision in 1861 to secede from the Union …
Discussion: New Republic and Blue Virginia
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Whole Republican Party Seems to Be Going to Jail Now  —  The entire Trump era has been a festering pit of barely disguised ongoing corruption.  But the whole sordid era has not had a 24-hour period quite like the orgy of criminality which we have just experienced.  The events of the last day alone include:
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Uber Hit With Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown  —  Even as Uber has become one of Silicon Valley's biggest success stories and changed the way people across the globe get around, the company has faced increased scrutiny from government regulators and struggled to overcome its image …
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Ken White / NBC News:
Ken White The Manafort trial judge keeps yelling at prosecutors.  That's not good news for the defendant.  —  Trial lawyers know that judicial grumbling is not a reliable predictor of results.  —  For the last week, political junkies have been transfixed by the federal criminal trial of Paul Manafort …
Discussion: Vox, Daily Kos and New Yorker
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Manafort Trial Day 7: Gates wraps testimony, tensions flare
Discussion: ABC News
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Alex Jones' Lawyer Seeks To Make Sandy Hook Parents' Home Addresses Public  —  “They're using an old, outdated law to intimidate these people and it's just sick,” said Mark Bankston, a lawyer for the parents.  —  When radio host Alex Jones published a video in 2017 titled “Sandy Hook Vampires Exposed …
Ricochet:
AG Jeff Sessions' Remarks at the Alliance Defending Freedom's Summit on Religious Liberty  —  Jon Gabriel, Ed. … Thank you all for being here.  On behalf of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, I want to thank all of you for your work for and commitment to religious freedom at such a time as this.
Discussion: Washington Times
David Gutman / The Seattle Times:
Washington state primary election: GOP's McMorris Rodgers, Herrera Beutler face tight races in November  —  Republican House members Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Jaime Herrera Beutler are looking at tough general elections as each had less than half the vote on primary night.
Paul Bois / Daily Wire:
Mila Kunis Admits She Lives In A Bubble: 'I Didn't Even Know There Was An Opposing Side' On Abortion  —  “I don't want to promote it, whatever it is”  —  Actress Mila Kunis admits she lives in a progressive Hollywood bubble that is so knee-deep in pro-abortion advocates …
Gus Bova / The Texas Observer:
ICE Crashed a Van Full of Separated Mothers, Then Denied It Ever Happened  —  On July 18, a cargo van transporting eight Central American mothers separated from their children under Trump's “zero tolerance” policy crashed into a pickup truck in San Marcos.  An ICE contractor was taking …
Hannah Parry / Daily Mail:
Unfriended!  Democrat drives to man's house and shoots him after heated political disagreement on Facebook  — Brian Sebring, 44, of Tampa, Florida, was arrested for shooting Alex Stephens, 46, also of Tampa, in the thigh and buttocks after their online disagreement
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
Andrew Freedman / Axios:
Commerce orders NOAA to prioritize water for firefighting over endangered species  —  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to “facilitate access to the water” needed to fight ongoing wildfires, rather than continue to provide some of it for protecting endangered species, such as Chinook salmon.
Discussion: DCReport.org
Washington Post:
More than 40,000 Facebook users expressed interest in political protests with potential Russian ties  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Over the past 15 months, at least 40,000 people said they were interested in attending anti-Trump rallies hosted by a group that Facebook banned last week …
Tom Roussey / WJLA-TV:
Man beaten with bike lock by cyclist who screamed racist slur in Georgetown shares story  —  A local man is facing a hate crime charge for allegedly smashing an African American man in the head with a bicycle lock after repeatedly screaming the “N-word” at him.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alvin Chang / Vox:
We analyzed every QAnon post on Reddit.  Here's who QAnon supporters actually are.  —  The QAnon subreddit, analyzed with data.  —  Late on a recent Thursday night, a Reddit user posted a comment in a forum (or subreddit) devoted to the game Magic: The Gathering about how the company …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Alex Pareene / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Talks About a War on the Press.  Andrew Cuomo Is Waging One. … On July 19, Zack Fink, the Albany reporter for New York City's local cable news channel, NY1, asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo about the glaring lack of legitimate small donors to his reelection campaign.
 
 
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Case for Banning Alex Jones
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Chris McKee / KRQE-TV:
Student accuses Santa Fe store clerk of racial profiling after police called
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Immigration Raids in Nebraska, Minnesota Target Businesses
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
White House drafting sanctions order to punish foreign interference in U.S. elections
Nick Wing / HuffPost:
8 Children Are Accidentally Shot Every Day With Unsecured Firearms In The Home
Discussion: The Week and New York Times
Sean Hannity:
SOCIAL MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Sits Down with Sean Hannity
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OpenSecrets.org:
Foreign interests have spent over $530 million influencing US policy, public opinion since 2017
Walter Shapiro / Roll Call:
Why the Mueller Investigation Is the Wobble of Neptune
The Guardian:
Giant shipload of soybeans circles off China, victim of trade war with US
Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
Exclusive: The Insider Attack In Syria That The Pentagon Denies Ever Happened
Discussion: New Republic
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Rashida Tlaib, With Primary Win, Is Poised to Become First Muslim Woman in Congress
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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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

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV
 
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