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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.
Discussion: RedState and Wall Street Journal
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony  —  On Wednesday, the former special counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election.
Discussion: Washington Post
Elie Mystal / Above the Law:
Imagine Mueller Just Said All That About A Black President  —  The mainstream media continues to botch the Mueller testimony.  Maybe if they pretended Trump was a black man, they'd get it right.  —  Former special counsel Robert S. Mueller testified before the House Judiciary …
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Washington Post Fact Checks Only Republicans During Mueller Hearings
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Robert Mueller Hearings Draw 13M Viewers, Fox News and MSNBC Lead
Discussion: The Week, The Wrap and Mediaite
Washington Post:
A weary old man with a warning
Discussion: Florida Politics, 1A and Vanity Fair
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Why the Mueller Hearings Were So Alarming
Discussion: Common Dreams
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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Axios:
Senate Intel releases 1st volume of report on 2016 Russian interference
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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 …
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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Fox News:   Fox News Poll, July 25
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden holds commanding lead for Democratic nomination
Discussion: Townhall
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 …
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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Death Penalty Information Center:
List of Federal Death-Row Prisoners
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats on 2020 Campaign Trail Offer Muted Response to Mueller's Testimony  —  A majority of presidential candidates support impeachment proceedings against Trump, but other issues dominate with voters  —  WASHINGTON—From the vantage point of many Democrats running for president …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:   Donald who? Pelosi, Democrats vow to ‘own August’ on issues
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Dem lawmaker to her party: ‘Take action’ on impeachment by September or ‘shut it down’
Discussion: Political Wire, RedState and Vox
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.
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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Congressman Peter DeFazio:
Statement from Rep. Peter DeFazio on Opening an Impeachment Inquiry
Discussion: The Guardian
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.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Biden, Harris and Buttigieg rack up donations from big bank executives on Wall Street
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 …
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Burgess Everett / Politico:   Trump's good week  —  In a 72-hour stretch this week …
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.
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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House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
Committee Approves Subpoena to White House for Emails Sent on Personal Accounts in Violation of Federal Law
Discussion: Townhall, POLITICUSUSA and Splinter
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Summit News, Townhall and Vox
 
 
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Washington Post:
It's not just the Russians anymore as Iranians and others turn up disinformation efforts ahead of 2020 vote
Discussion: Vox and The Week
Dennis Welch / KASW-TV:
U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly blasts Tucson ‘sanctuary city’ initiative
Thomas Colson / Business Insider:
‘Cabinet from hell’: Boris Johnson hires ministers who backed hanging, called feminists 'obnoxious …
Discussion: Power Line
Jean Mikle / Asbury Park Press:
Toms River school board member must quit over Facebook posts, Muslim group says
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Thought the Mueller Hearings Were Hilarious
Discussion: Brookings and PJ Media Home
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Says He Had to Borrow From Trump Lawyer to Pay Taxes
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Caller
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Elizabeth Warren Has a Radical Plan to Beat Trump at His Own Game
Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
Graham: I Told Turkey They Can Avoid Sanctions If They Don't Activate Russian Radar
Discussion: CNN
 Earlier Items: 
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Speaker Pelosi just laid out the roadmap to impeachment
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and Vanity Fair
Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
Adam Schiff's Hypocritical Lecture On ‘Morality’
Caroline Haskins / VICE:
Amazon Requires Police to Shill Surveillance Cameras in Secret Agreement
Will E. Young / Washington Post:
Inside Liberty University's ‘culture of fear’
Jonathan Dienst / NBC New York:
Jeffrey Epstein Found Injured in NYC Jail Cell After Possible Suicide Attempt or Assault: Sources
 

 
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