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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
19 Questions We Have for Mueller About His Investigation — THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION — Were Robert S. Mueller III ever to tell the inside story of his investigation, much of America would likely come to a standstill to hear what he had to say. There is virtually no chance that will happen …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's huge week — DRIVING THE DAY — WE ARE ENTERING what could be one of the most momentous weeks in what's left of DONALD TRUMP'S presidency, a week that could set the tone for the rest of his first term. Not only is former special counsel Robert Mueller testifying live …
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Political Wire and New York Times
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
What if Robert Mueller decided to tell Congress what he really thinks? — I did not anticipate William Barr's perfidious misrepresentations, maddening Democratic caution or scandalous Republican indifference. Let's clear things up. — CONNECT … Think of me as a hostage, tied to this chair …
Dánica Coto / Associated Press:
Puerto Rico prepares for massive protest to expel governor
Puerto Rico prepares for massive protest to expel governor
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Common Dreams
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
Adam Schiff Is Back From the Wilderness
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Inside the preparations for Mueller's history-making testimony
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Ahead of Mueller hearings, top Democrats call Trump ‘unindicted co-conspirator’ …
Ahead of Mueller hearings, top Democrats call Trump ‘unindicted co-conspirator’ …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Nadler: Trump has broken the law “6 ways from Sunday”
Nadler: Trump has broken the law “6 ways from Sunday”
Discussion:
PJ Media Home and Breitbart
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Case of Al Franken — A close look at the accusations against the former senator. — Last month, in Minneapolis, I climbed the stairs of a row house to find Al Franken, Minnesota's disgraced former senator, wandering around in jeans and stocking feet. It was a sunny day, but the shades were mostly drawn.
Discussion:
Political Wire
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Idea of Selective Citizenship — Last week, the President wasn't just attacking four congresswomen of color; he was reanimating ideas whose prevalence wreaked havoc in the nation's past. — We have known since the earliest moments of Donald Trump's political life …
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Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
I can't stop thinking about the little girl behind Trump and the hate she's being taught
I can't stop thinking about the little girl behind Trump and the hate she's being taught
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Daily Kos, Washington Press, Splinter, Mother Jones and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Emerging budget deal likely to include few or no actual spending cuts, while lifting debt limit for two years — Deal taking shape days ahead of Congress' summer recess, but still awaits Trump's approval — White House and congressional negotiators rushing to hammer out the final details …
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Wall Street Journal
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois Republicans pull social media aimed at four Democratic congresswomen who were subjects of President Trump's ‘go back’ tweets, calling them ‘Jihad Squad’ — Top leaders of the Illinois Republican Party launched an effort at damage control Sunday after a social media post echoed …
Discussion:
Political Wire, Washington Press and Associated Press
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Louisiana Police Officer on Facebook Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Needs a Round’ — Officials in the city where the officer works condemned his comment but said they were not sure it constituted a threat. — A Facebook post by a Louisiana police officer suggesting that Representative …
Discussion:
Slate, New York Post, Talking Points Memo and New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein Pitched a New Narrative. These Sites Published It. — After Jeffrey Epstein got out of the Palm Beach County jail in 2009, having served 13 months of an 18-month sentence resulting from a plea deal that has been widely criticized, he began a media campaign to remake his public image.
New York Times:
A Peculiarly Dutch Summer Rite: Children Abandoned in the Night Woods — It may sound extreme, but it's normal in the Netherlands. — AUSTERLITZ, the Netherlands — Shortly after 10 p.m. on a recent night, a car came to a stop at the edge of the woods. The door opened to release three children …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
'It's a disaster over there': Commerce reaches new heights of dysfunction — Constant infighting among top officials. Sudden departures of senior staffers without explanation. A leader who is disengaged and prone to falling asleep in meetings. — The Commerce Department has reached …
Dánica Coto / Associated Press:
Puerto Rico gov will not seek re-election, leaves his party — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said Sunday evening that he will not resign in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat, but he will not seek re-election or continue …
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Slate
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BuzzFeed News:
Two Unofficial US Operatives Reporting To Trump's Lawyer Privately Lobbied A Foreign Government In A Bid To Help The President Win In 2020 — Two unofficial envoys reporting directly to Donald Trump's personal lawyer have waged a remarkable back-channel campaign to discredit the president's rivals …
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Robert Morgenthau, Longtime Manhattan District Attorney, Dies at 99 — Robert M. Morgenthau, a courtly Knickerbocker patrician who waged war on crime for more than four decades as the chief federal prosecutor for Southern New York State and as Manhattan's longest-serving district attorney, died on Sunday in Manhattan.
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New York Post
Osita Nwanevu / New Yorker:
Conservative Nationalism Is Trumpism for Intellectuals — On the final night of this past week's National Conservatism Conference, Senator Josh Hawley—a graduate of Stanford and Yale and a former instructor at an English private school—warned the attendees gathered in the ballroom …
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
Leaked documents reveal Huawei's secret operations to build North Korea's wireless network — Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese tech giant embroiled in President Trump's trade war with China and blacklisted as a national security threat, secretly helped the North Korean government build …
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Top Democrat on tax committee faces left-wing primary challenge — WASHINGTON — Alex Morse, the mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, announced Monday that he will mount a primary challenge against Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee who has been criticized …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump says he wants to meet with Schumer ‘ASAP’ on conditions at the border — President Trump said late Sunday night that he wants to set up a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer about conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border following the New York Democrat's tour of migrant detention centers that he called “inhumane.”
Discussion:
Political Wire
Hayley Miller / HuffPost:
Cumulus Media Blocks Country Radio Stations From Airing Pete Buttigieg Interview — Nash FM's Blair Garner recorded an interview with the Democratic presidential candidate last week, but the broadcasting company spiked it. — Cumulus Media, one of the largest broadcasting companies in the country …
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CNN and Rolling Stone