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3:55 PM ET, July 25, 2019

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP blocks election security bills after Mueller testimony  —  Senate Republicans blocked two election security bills and a cybersecurity measure on Wednesday in the wake of former special counsel Robert Mueller warning about meddling attempts during his public testimony before congressional lawmakers.
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Renato Mariotti / Politico:
Actually, Robert Mueller Was Awesome  —  Former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony Wednesday has been described as “excruciatingly awkward,” “confused,” “struggling” and “a stammering, stuttering mess.”  —  I saw something completely different.  From my perspective …
Discussion: Hot Air, Townhall and New York Post
Washington Post:
A weary old man with a warning
Discussion: 1A and Shareblue Media
Christina Prignano / BostonGlobe.com:   Ed Markey calls for Trump impeachment in Senate speech
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pelosi rebuffs Nadler on impeachment after Mueller flop
Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:   Adam Schiff's Hypocritical Lecture On ‘Morality’
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Blockbuster That Wasn't: Mueller Disappoints the Democrats
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mueller Testifies Russia Had Blackmail on Trump  —  The most interesting and newsworthy portion of Robert Mueller's six hours of testimony before the House yesterday came in the final two exchanges of the day, long after the narrative was set and the national media had grown bored.
Discussion: RedState and Wall Street Journal
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Why the Mueller Hearings Were So Alarming  —  For the past two and a half years of Donald Trump's Presidency, I have consoled myself with the argument that, despite all the chaos and narcissism and racial incitement and norm-shattering, the American system of government is holding itself together.
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Robert Mueller Hearings Draw 13M Viewers, Fox News and MSNBC Lead
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
Elie Mystal / Above the Law:   Imagine Mueller Just Said All That About A Black President
Sarah Kendzior / Globe and Mail:   Mueller acted like a man terrified to state the obvious. The question remains: Why?
Jerry Mitchell / ProPublica:
We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial.  Now They Face a Possible Civil Rights Investigation.  —  OXFORD, Miss. — Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation …
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Trump appeared in front of this doctored seal and now a TPUSA aide is fired  —  (CNN)An audiovisual aide for conservative student group Turning Point USA was fired this week after President Donald Trump appeared on a stage in front of a parody image of the presidential seal at its Teen Student Action Summit.
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Washington Post:
How Trump ended up in front of a presidential seal doctored to include a Russian symbol  —  At first glance, there was nothing unusual about President Trump's introduction Tuesday at Turning Point USA's student summit.  In many ways, it mirrored the production style that has become synonymous with Trump's campaign rallies.
Nicholas Wu / USA Today:
Trump appears in front of altered presidential seal saying ‘45 is a puppet’  —  WASHINGTON - Speaking on Tuesday at a student activist conference hosted by the conservative advocacy organization Turning Point USA, President Donald Trump walked onstage in front of a presidential seal that …
Jonathan Dienst / NBC New York:
Jeffrey Epstein Found Injured in NYC Jail Cell After Possible Suicide Attempt or Assault: Sources  —  One source says an assault has not been ruled out, and that another inmate accused of murder has been questioned  —  No Bail for NYC Financier Jeff Epstein
U.S. Department of Justice:
Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse  —  Attorney General William P. Barr Directs the Federal Bureau of Prisons to Adopt an Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and Schedule the Executions of Five Death-Row Inmates Convicted of Murdering Children
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sues Google for $50 Million  —  Representative Tulsi Gabbard, the long-shot presidential candidate from Hawaii, said in a federal lawsuit that Google infringed on her free speech when it briefly suspended her campaign's advertising account after the first Democratic debate in June.
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Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:   Tulsi Gabbard sues Google over alleged free speech infringement
Polls:
Biden Holds Large Edge  —  African American support boosts former VP  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Former Vice President Joe Biden is the clear front-runner among likely Democratic primary voters in South Carolina in the first Monmouth University Poll here for the 2020 cycle.
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CNN:
Treasury pick Monica Crowley spread Obama smears: ‘Can he be both loyal to Islam and loyal to the United States?’  —  Trump security pick plagiarized in 2012 book  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's pick for the top spokeswoman job at the Treasury Department repeatedly spread conspiracy theories …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mueller didn't fail.  The country did.  —  Being thousands of miles away from home in Portugal, a country that 45 years ago was in the grasp of a brutal dictatorship, gives me an interesting perspective on former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Wednesday testimony and on the now nearly forgotten …
Ilhan Omar / New York Times:
It Is Not Enough to Condemn Trump's Racism  —  The nation's ideals are under attack, and it is up to all of us to defend them.  —  Ms. Omar is a Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota.  —  Throughout history, demagogues have used state power to target minority communities and political enemies, often culminating in state violence.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Worst Part of the Mueller Hearings?  Republican Conspiracy Theories.  —  There's nothing wrong with defending the president during a scandal.  But denying reality helps no one.  —  Some things are so obvious that no one even bothers to mention them.  So I want to be clear …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and National Review
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Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Conspiracy theories, excusing Russians, attacking Mueller: How low can Republicans go?
Caroline Haskins / VICE:
Amazon Requires Police to Shill Surveillance Cameras in Secret Agreement  —  The Lakeland, Florida police department is required to “encourage adoption” of Ring products as part of a secret agreement with the company.  —  Amazon's home security company Ring has enlisted local police departments around …
Congressman Peter DeFazio:
Statement from Rep. Peter DeFazio on Opening an Impeachment Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON—Rep. Peter DeFazio today released the following statement on opening an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's offenses:  —  I believe that the time has come for the Judiciary Committee to open …
Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Trump Administration Considering ‘Travel Ban’ On Guatemalans After Asylum Snub  —  The Trump administration is actively investigating imposing a travel ban against Guatemala unless the Central American nation takes significant steps to curb illegal migration northwards.
Discussion: Daily Wire and Fox News
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Will Trump's Racist Attacks Help Him?  Ask Blue-Collar White Women.  —  Donald Trump's turn toward more overt racism in his “go back” attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color rests on an unspoken bet: that the women who are part of his core constituencies will respond to his acrimony as enthusiastically as the men.
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Dems authorize subpoenas for senior White House aides' official communications  —  The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted on Thursday to authorize subpoenas for senior White House officials' communications via private email accounts and messaging applications …
Caitlin Emma / Politico:
House Republicans balking as budget vote looms  —  GOP leaders — with some help from President Donald Trump — are scrambling to round up Republican support for a two-year, $2.7 trillion budget deal as the House moves toward a vote on the package Thursday afternoon.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
Graham: I Told Turkey They Can Avoid Sanctions If They Don't Activate Russian Radar  —  Sen. Lindsay Graham says President Trump asked him to make the call.  —  At President Trump's request, Sen. Lindsey Graham said, he called Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu with a simple pitch on Wednesday …
Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Lawmaker says she's been told to back off call for probe of Jeffrey Epstein's work release  —  Florida Sen. Lauren Book has reached out to Capitol police after receiving an anonymous warning connected to her demand for a state inquiry into Palm Beach Sheriff Ric Bradshaw's handling …
UN Watch:
UN Singles Out Israel as World's Only Violator of Women's Rights; Iran, Saudi Arabia & Yemen Among the Voters  —  Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Pakistan were among members of the UN's 54-nation economic and social council, a principal organ of the world body, who voted to single …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
“She's Dangerous”: GOP Insiders Fear Kamala Could Be the Next Obama  —  Rattled by her deft vivisection of Joe Biden at the last debate, Republicans wonder how Harris might do against a real villain like Trump.  “She doesn't come across as a nutjob,” worries one GOP operative.
Laurence H. Tribe / Newsweek:
After Mueller's devastating testimony, the truth is beyond denying: Congress is failing us |  Opinion  —  We are eye witnesses to the unraveling of the American project.  Watching the old war hero stumble on the stage of history as he tried valiantly to overcome the limitations …
 
 
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Says He Had to Borrow From Trump Lawyer to Pay Taxes
John McCormack / National Review:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Insists She's Not Going Anywhere
Discussion: Townhall, Daily Wire, Reason and Mediaite
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Facebook's Ex-Security Chief Details His ‘Observatory’ for Internet Abuse
Discussion: The Wrap
Peter Kirsanow / National Review:
Racial Disparities and School Discipline
Discussion: Instapundit
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Elizabeth Warren Has a Radical Plan to Beat Trump at His Own Game
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
GOP Moneyman Elliott Broidy Enlisted Veteran Diplomat Amid Influence Campaign
Elizabeth McLaughlin / ABC News:
16 Marines arrested at Camp Pendleton on charges ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses
New York Times:
Paris Records Its Hottest Day, 108.6 Fahrenheit, as Heat Wave Scorches Europe
Discussion: Common Dreams and Mashable
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Forbes:
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WNKY:
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Discussion: Mediaite
Los Angeles Times:
Trump is challenging what it means to be American, and naturalized citizens are unsettled
Will E. Young / Washington Post:
Inside Liberty University's ‘culture of fear’
Alan I. Abramowitz / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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