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John O. Brennan / New York Times:
John Brennan: President Trump's Claims of No Collusion Are Hogwash  —  That's why the president revoked my security clearance: to try to silence anyone who would dare challenge him.  —  Mr. Brennan was director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013 to 2017.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump blurts out another Lester Holt moment  —  It really was the Russia investigation all along.  —  In an interview with the Wall Street Journal posted late Wednesday, President Trump once again gave away the ballgame when it comes to his efforts to impact the probe and tear down its leaders (both current and former).
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says His Tariffs Will Rescue U.S. Steel Industry
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Revokes Ex-CIA Director John Brennan's Security Clearance
ACLU:
ACLU Comment on Revocation of John Brennan's Security Clearance
Discussion: Common Dreams and Washington Post
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Trump connects revoking Brennan's security clearance to Russia investigation
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Death Spiral”: Why Omarosa Totally Triggered Trump  —  The perceived betrayal of a longtime female ally, and her perfectly executed Trumpian tactics, made the feud too personal to ignore.  —  In the days before Omarosa Manigault Newman rolled out her White House tell-all, Unhinged …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Omarosa releases secret tape of Lara Trump offering her $15K/month campaign job  —  The tape, which was broadcast on MSNBC, was made just days after the former “Apprentice” contestant left her White House job.  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former reality TV star who became a top White House aide …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and MSNBC
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Trump's military parade is now estimated to cost $92 million - $80 million more than earlier estimate  — President Donald Trump's military parade is estimated to cost $92 million, according to a U.S. defense official with firsthand knowledge of the assessment.
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:   Pentagon punishes reporters over tough coverage
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
‘If they take the House, he wins big’: Trump loyalists see upside in impeachment  —  Why some Trump allies think his path to reelection runs through an effort to kick him out of the Oval Office.  —  There's a new way of demonstrating loyalty to Donald Trump and his Republican Party …
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and The Week
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump labels media ‘the opposition party’ as newspapers push back en masse  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump lashed out at the media Thursday morning, identifying the “fake news” as “the opposition party” on the same day that hundreds of newspapers nationwide printed editorials critical …
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Amanda Petrusich / New Yorker:
Aretha Franklin Is As Immortal As Can Be  —  The eternal challenge is to answer grief with something that resembles love.  To choose not to just sit around decrying hardship and injustice but to instead uncurl your fists and approach sorrow with grace, power, and, most incredibly, gratitude …
Discussion: The Atlantic, New York Times and Vox
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Devin Scillian / WDIV-TV:   Aretha Franklin, ‘The Queen of Soul,’ dies at age 76
J. Freedom du Lac / Washington Post:
Aretha Franklin, music's ‘Queen of Soul,’ dies at 76
Michael Sinkewicz / pluralist:
Millennial Couple Bikes Through ISIS Territory to Prove ‘Humans Are Kind’ and Gets Killed  —  “Evil is a make-believe concept we've invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans.”  —  An idealistic young American couple was killed in an Islamic State-claimed terrorist attack …
Economic Policy Institute:
CEO compensation surged in 2017  —  What this report finds: This report looks at trends in chief executive officer (CEO) compensation, using two different measures.  The first measure includes stock options realized (in addition to salary, bonuses, restricted stock grants, and long-term incentive payouts).
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Washington Post:   CEO pay jumps to $19 million annually, as fears mount over the wealthy pocketing gains
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Forecasting the race for the House  —  Our forecast for every district  —  The chance of each candidate winning, with all 435 House districts shown at the same size  —  CartogramMap  —  Dem.  —  Solid  —  Likely  —  Lean  —  Rep.  —  ≥95%  —  ≥75%  —  ≥60%  —  Toss-up
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Manafort trial Day 13: Jury deliberations begin, verdict timing unknown  —  Jurors began deliberating Thursday in Paul Manafort's trial on bank- and tax-fraud charges, but the possible timing of a verdict remains unknown.  —  U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III sent the 12-person jury off …
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Reuters:
Jury begins deliberations in trial of ex-Trump aide Manafort
Discussion: TalkLeft
Zach Dorfman / Foreign Policy:
Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents  —  The number of informants executed in the debacle is higher than initially thought.  —  It was considered one of the CIA's worst failures in decades: Over a two-year period starting in late 2010, Chinese authorities …
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
‘Queer Eye’ Star Jonathan Van Ness Under Fire After Saying ‘Not All Republicans Are Racist’  —  “Ah, yes... ‘mutual understanding’ with racists,” says one commenter after Bravo reality star advocates for “center left candidates”  —  “Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness had to defend himself …
Betsy Woodruff / amp.thedailybeast.com:
Trump Staffer Says He Recruited Lobbyists for Russian Mogul  —  In the time since the election, a little-known Trump campaign staffer named Daniel Gelbinovich reached out to a number of Washington lobbyists with an eyebrow-raising ask: to shield a Putin ally from U.S. sanctions.
Hannah Sparks / New York Post:
My trust fund made me miserable  —  Over the past six years, Lane Fury has collected more than $185,000 in family money.  Eventually, Fury stands to inherit roughly $6 million, but the 27-year-old doesn't see this good fortune as a positive thing.  —  “I don't actually want it,” says Fury.
Discussion: smokeroom.com
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
She works for Trump.  He can't stand him.  This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway.  —  Kellyanne Conway is in her living room, showing me an enormous painting of Audrey Hepburn wearing a peacock on her head, but her husband, George, really wants us to come into his office and look …
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Seeking to Relax Rules on U.S. Cyberattacks, Reverses Obama Directive  —  It isn't clear what rules the president is adopting to replace the existing ones  —  President Trump has reversed an Obama-era memorandum governing how and when the U.S. government can deploy cyberweapons …
Roll Call:
Espy Poll of Mississippi Senate Race Shows Path to Victory for Democrats  —  A Democratic poll of the Mississippi Senate special election shows former Rep. Mike Espy having a path to finishing first in a runoff this fall.  —  Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed earlier …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Elizabeth Warren's Batty Plan to Nationalize . . . Everything  —  Wholesale seizure and control of private property?  With 2020 in her sights, Warren woos the hard Left.  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has one-upped socialists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
TYT Investigates / TYT Network:
ICE Orders Dozens of Straitjacket-Like Restraints  —  New ICE restraining device as it appeared on “Orange is the New Black,” as featured on the website of the device's manufacturer, Safe Restraints, Inc. (Image: Safe Restraints video screengrab.)  —  Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Trump's Speeches Feature Mystery Men the White House Won't Name  — The president leans on unidentified allies to back policies  — White House won't identify people Trump describes in remarks  —  One of the biggest supporters of President Donald Trump's trade policies …
 
 
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USA Today:
Simone Biles has had enough of the silence from USA Gymnastics CEO Kerry Perry
Timothy Gardner / Reuters:
In setback for TransCanada, judge orders Keystone XL pipeline review
Erin B. Logan / Washington Post:
Ryan Zinke blames ‘environmental terrorist groups’ for severity of California wildfires
Therese Shaheen / National Review:
The Belt and Road Illusion
 Earlier Items: 
Craig Unger / The National Memo:
House Of Trump, House Of Putin: The Untold Story Of Donald Trump And The Russian Mafia
Discussion: Raw Story
capradio.org:
GOP Governor Candidate John Cox Shares Story Comparing Long California DMV Waits To Holocaust
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
The Editorial Board:
Weaponizing Third Parties
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
US concerned by Russian satellite's ‘very abnormal behavior’
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
‘Trump Is Ours’: Kremlin Media Fear Democratic Victory in November Midterm Elections
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
In Kentucky House Race, a Battle of Ideology vs. Résumé
Discussion: MSNBC and Shareblue Media
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Trump and the Enemies of the People
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
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