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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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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
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mueller Testifies Russia Had Blackmail on Trump
Discussion: RedState and Wall Street Journal
Elie Mystal / Above the Law:   Imagine Mueller Just Said All That About A Black President
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Washington Post Fact Checks Only Republicans During Mueller Hearings
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Why the Mueller Hearings Were So Alarming
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Hill
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Robert Mueller Hearings Draw 13M Viewers, Fox News and MSNBC Lead
Discussion: The Week, The Wrap and Mediaite
New York Times:
Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, 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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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Senate Probe Finds ‘Extensive’ Russian Meddling in U.S. Election
Discussion: Washington Press
Axios:
Senate Intel releases 1st volume of report on 2016 Russian interference
Discussion: Politico, CNN and New York Magazine
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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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
CNN Photo Editor Posted Vicious Anti-Semitic Tweets on Deaths of ‘Jewish Pigs’
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 …
Donald Trump / Associated Press:   Trump gave speech in front of hoax presidential seal
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 …
Fox News:
Fox News Poll, July 25  —  Joe Biden is the lone top tier candidate in the Democratic nomination race, according to the latest Fox News Poll.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden holds commanding lead for Democratic nomination
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Obed Manuel / Dallas Morning News:
A Border Patrol chief testifies that Francisco Galicia never claimed U.S. citizenship, but document says otherwise  —  A U.S. Border Patrol chief on Thursday testified before the House Judiciary Committee that 18-year-old Francisco Erwin Galicia never claimed to be a U.S. citizen when he was in Border Patrol custody for 23 days.
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Trudy Ring / Advocate:   Immigration Official: HIV-Positive Status Justifies Family Separations
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Record 61,000 migrant children surge over border, $230M spent for snacks, diapers, baby formula
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Quartz
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 …
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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Andrew Donnelly / U.S. Representative Lisa …:   Blunt Rochester Announces Support for Beginning Impeachment Proceedings
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Dem lawmaker to her party: ‘Take action’ on impeachment by September or ‘shut it down’
Discussion: Political Wire, RedState and Vox
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's good week  —  In a 72-hour stretch this week, President Donald Trump went a long way toward putting two looming threats to his bid to retain power to rest.  —  The first, impeachment, took a blow on Wednesday when former Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered muted …
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:   Donald who? Pelosi, Democrats vow to ‘own August’ on issues
Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Sweeping budget deal passes House despite weak GOP support
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
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.
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 …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Susan Collins might back out of 2020 election as her approval rating plummets  —  It's been one week to the day since Sen. Susan Collins' (R-ME) public job approval ratings showed she was in trouble.  As a result, she may be rethinking running at all in 2020.
New York Times:
Automakers, Rejecting Trump Pollution Rule, Strike a Deal With California  —  WASHINGTON — Four of the world's largest automakers have struck a deal with California to reduce automobile emissions, siding with the state in its fight with President Trump over one of his most consequential regulatory rollbacks.
Discussion: VICE
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox's Napolitano Says Trump Has Changed: He Has ‘Unleashed a Torrent of Hatred’  —  Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano lamented that President Donald Trump is a changed man in a new op-ed accusing his old friend of unleashing a “torrent of hatred.”  —  “I have known President Trump personally since 1986.
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
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 …
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Caller
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
IRS turned over Nixon's tax returns the same day that a congressional panel asked for them  —  The Internal Revenue Service turned President Richard Nixon's tax returns over to a congressional committee the same day in 1973 that the panel requested them for a review, according to letters released by House Democrats on Thursday.
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
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.
 
 
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Alex Daugherty / Miami Herald:
TPS for Venezuelans passes House of Representatives, heads to U.S. Senate
Discussion: Politico
Chris Sikich / Indianapolis Star:
Mike Pence, Christian right made ‘Faustian bargain’ with Donald Trump, Joe Biden says
Discussion: Breitbart
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain Confronts Adam Schiff: Show Me Your ‘Smoking Gun’ on Trump Collusion Now
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Kyle Blaine / CNN:
CNN to host climate crisis town hall with 2020 Democratic candidates
Andrew R. Arthur / CIS.org:
Further Cuts to Refugee Admissions Reportedly Considered
Scott Bland / Politico:
Dems launch secret-money ad blitz to back House majority
Discussion: YouTube
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Black, Latino Dems torch campaign arm for lack of diversity
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Pete Olson announces retirement
 Earlier Items: 
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
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Thought the Mueller Hearings Were Hilarious
Discussion: Brookings and PJ Media Home
Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
Graham: I Told Turkey They Can Avoid Sanctions If They Don't Activate Russian Radar
Discussion: CNN
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Speaker Pelosi just laid out the roadmap to impeachment
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and LifeZette
Will E. Young / Washington Post:
Inside Liberty University's ‘culture of fear’
Ilhan Omar / New York Times:
It Is Not Enough to Condemn Trump's Racism
 

 
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