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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 …
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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.
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Why the Mueller Hearings Were So Alarming
Why the Mueller Hearings Were So Alarming
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Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Washington Post Fact Checks Only Republicans During Mueller Hearings
Washington Post Fact Checks Only Republicans During Mueller Hearings
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony
Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony
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Christina Prignano / BostonGlobe.com:
Ed Markey calls for Trump impeachment in Senate speech
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 …
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New York Times:
Russian Hack of Elections System Was Far-Reaching, Report Finds — WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell blocks two election security bills
McConnell blocks two election security bills
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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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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 …
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Congresswoman Katherine Clark:
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Katherine Clark Calls for Impeachment Inquiry — July 25, 2019, Washington, D.C. - Today, Vice Chair Congresswoman Katherine Clark issued the below statement: — Throughout his life and presidency, Donald Trump has proven himself unfit to serve.
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Pro-Trump Republican aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft — Exclusive: Danielle Stella, reported to support baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, held twice this year over alleged shoplifting — A pro-Trump Republican candidate for Congress who is aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar …
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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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Alexandra Svokos / ABC News:
Federal government resuming executions after 2 decades, names first 5 people to be killed
Federal government resuming executions after 2 decades, names first 5 people to be killed
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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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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 …
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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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Kamala Harris's Debate Bounce Is Fading
Kamala Harris's Debate Bounce Is Fading
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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.
Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Sweeping budget deal passes House despite weak GOP support — The House with limited Republican support passed a massive budget deal Thursday that would free lawmakers to hit the campaign trail next year without fretting about fiscal turmoil keeping them tied down in Washington.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's good week — In a 72-hour stretch this week …
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.
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley grossly mischaracterized the views of 4 academics in his ‘cosmopolitan elites’ speech — The GOP's wunderkind doesn't appear to do his homework. — In his recent keynote address at the National Conservatism Conference, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) spoke about how a …
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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
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Speaker Pelosi just laid out the roadmap to impeachment — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) just used a high-profile press conference with three top committee Chairmen to lay out a path to impeachment in the wake of today's Mueller hearings which revealed detailed evidence of impeachable offenses.
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Republicans hope for recharge in US-UK ties as Boris Johnson takes power — As Boris Johnson takes over as U.K. prime minister, President Trump and his allies in Congress are hoping for relations with America's closest ally to improve after a rocky few months.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rubio cries ‘racist’ after being duped by a misleading tweet and video — “I would say our country should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country, and so if fear was the driving force of policies to keep America safe …
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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.
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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 …
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Elizabeth Warren Has a Radical Plan to Beat Trump at His Own Game — The professor-turned-senator worked inside the system for decades. Now she's stepping outside—way outside—and forcing Democrats to go with her. — Last fall, Elizabeth Warren got an email from Klaus Schwab …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Black, Latino Dems torch campaign arm for lack of diversity — The House Democrats' campaign arm is locked in a long-simmering battle with prominent black and Hispanic lawmakers who believe the party committee and its chair have short-changed minorities. — Senior Hispanic and black members …
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 …
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Says He Had to Borrow From Trump Lawyer to Pay Taxes — His wife tied up bank account, he tells judge in divorce case — Judith Giuliani claims husband is lowballing his earning power — Rudy Giuliani said he was forced to borrow $100,000 from President Donald Trump's lawyer Marc Mukasey …
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Pete Olson announces retirement — The Republican from Sugar Land was first elected in 2008. His seat is being targeted by national Democrats. — U.S. Rep. Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land, announced Friday afternoon that he is retiring from Congress.
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Thought the Mueller Hearings Were Hilarious — Russian state television evaluated the content of the hearings more honestly than Republicans and their pet networks in the United States. — As Robert S. Mueller III, the former special counsel, testified before Congress about the findings …
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