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New York Times:
Raising Prospect of Impeaching Trump, House Seeks Mueller's Grand Jury Secrets  —  In a court filing, House Democrats said they need access to secret grand jury evidence because they are weighing whether to recommend impeaching President Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee …
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Joshua Matz / Washington Post:
The House has already opened an impeachment investigation against Trump  —  Forget the political optics.  As a matter of law, the Judiciary Committee's actions are clear.  —  Has the House of Representatives opened an impeachment inquiry?  That question is starkly presented by a petition …
The Atlantic:
Why We're Moving Forward With Impeachment  —  Our Constitution requires it.  Our democracy depends on it.  —  Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Committee U.S. representative from Rhode Island U.S. representative from Washington U.S. representative from Texas
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:   House Judiciary Committee Is Investigating Possible Impeachment Of Donald Trump
Just Security:
How Congress Can Access the Legal Powers of Impeachment Without a Formal Inquiry
Nicole Goodkind / Newsweek:   Trump's former FBI head says it's time to start impeachment hearings
VICE:   Democrats Just Delivered a Perfectly Confusing Message On Impeachment
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Resistance Inc.  —  Column: Why impeachment isn't going away
Discussion: New York Times
Max Londberg / Cincinnati.com:
$250 million Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post dismissed by federal judge  —  Ted Sandmann, father Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann, on why he wants doxing legislation to criminalize revealing a minor's identity online  —  The $250 million lawsuit filed by Nick Sandmann …
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Richard Leiby / Washington Post:
Judge dismisses libel suit against Washington Post brought by Covington Catholic High School student
Discussion: Mediaite
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Martha Roby to retire  —  Rep. Martha Roby (R-Ala.) announced Friday she plans to retire at the end of her term, becoming the third Republican lawmaker to announce their retirement this week.  —  “While my name will not be on the ballot in 2020, I remain committed to continuing …
Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos and The Week
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Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Alabama GOP Rep. Martha Roby not running for reelection
Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:   U.S. Rep. Martha Roby won't seek re-election
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2019 (Advance Estimate) and Annual Update  —  Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2019 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Rich Miller / Bloomberg:   Trump's 3% Growth Feat in 2018 Undone by Annual Data Revisions
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
GDP slows to 2.1% in second quarter but beats expectations thanks to strong consumer
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth  —  Alan Duffy was confused.  On Thursday, the astronomer's phone was suddenly flooded with calls from reporters wanting to know about a large asteroid that had just whizzed past Earth, and he couldn't figure out “why everyone was so alarmed.”
Discussion: USA Today, Pacific Standard and CNN
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Ilhan Omar SPLITS with her husband and moves into luxury penthouse as she heads for SECOND divorce with father of her three children  — Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and her husband Ahmed Hirsi - the father of her three children - have split, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively
Anna Merlan / Jezebel:
The New Yorker Seriously Mischaracterized the Story of One of Al Franken's Accusers  —  This week, the New Yorker ran a long piece by Jane Mayer re-examining the sexual harassment allegations against Al Franken, a piece which minimized the accusations themselves while giving Franken ample space to defend himself.
The Daily Beast:
Lil Nas X Shuts Down Mayor Pete Buttigieg ‘Old Town Road’ Collaboration  —  The 2020 candidate was set to recite the lyrics to the chart-topping megahit for a BuzzFeed event, but the singer nixed the idea, leading to the mayor's exit.  —  Lil Nas X has collaborated with the likes of Billy Ray Cyrus, Keith Urban, BTS, and Young Thug.
Josephine Wolff / Slate:
You Have a Moral Obligation to Claim Your $125 From Equifax  —  Help make sure that companies pay the consequences for data breaches.  —  Go claim your $125 from Equifax.  Right now.  Even if $125 isn't a sum of money that matters to you, even if you don't feel you were really directly affected by the breach.
Zach Dorfman / Yahoo News:
Shadow force: The secret history of the U.S. intelligence community's battle with Iran's Revolutionary Guard  —  The hackers pretended to be professors, appealing to Achilles' heel of academics: their egos.  Posing as admiring colleagues from other universities, they emailed their targets …
NBC News:
What happened to the Republican outrage on Russia?  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — Two and a half years ago, it was easy to find Republicans who were outraged …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the effort to turn Trump against Amazon's bid for a $10 billion contract  —  (CNN)Tech giant Oracle's push to scuttle a bid by its rival Amazon to win a highly sought-after defense contract has reached President Donald Trump's desk — a possible attempt to appeal to the President's …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The American System Is Already Failing  —  The Mueller hearings told us almost nothing that we didn't know already.  We knew that the president welcomed assistance from a foreign power in order to win an election, and has fawned over his political patron in this endeavor, Vladimir Putin, since he became president.
Discussion: UPI
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
DOJ's Russia probe review focusing on ‘smoking gun’ tapes of meeting with Trump aide: sources  —  CIA, FBI and DNI work with Attorney General Bill Barr to determine the origins of the Trump-Russia probe  —  The Justice Department's internal review of the Russia investigation is zeroing …
Paul Brand / ITV:
ITV News exclusive: Jacob Rees-Mogg issues style guide to staff  —  The new Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogghas instructed all staff in his new office to use imperial measurements and refer to ‘non-tiled males’ as ‘esquire’.  —  Issuing a style guide in the first week of his job …
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Mueller's Ignorance Of Fusion GPS Proves His Investigation Was A Sham  —  Robert Mueller's ignorance when queried about Fusion GPS exposed both the proceedings and the special counsel probe as a sham.  —  Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
What Were Robespierre's Pronouns?  —  The French Revolution was led by sociopaths who politicized language, much like today's Jacobins.  —  We often make historical parallels here.  History doesn't repeat itself but it does rhyme, as clever people say.  And sometimes it hiccups.  Here is a hiccup.
Discussion: Splinter
Ted Hesson / Politico:
Trump announces asylum deal with Guatemala  —  President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States had struck an asylum agreement with Guatemala.  —  Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump told reporters he had reached a “safe third country” deal with the Central American nation.
dsca.mil:
Pakistan - Technical Security Team (TST) in Continued Support of the F-16 Program  —  Media/Public Contact:  —  pm-cpa@state.gov  —  Transmittal No:  —  19-29  —  The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan for Technical Security Team …
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
The Extraordinary Humbling of John Hickenlooper  —  HANOVER, N.H. — Can John Hickenlooper interest you in a joke?  —  “What's the opposite of woe?”  Mr. Hickenlooper, the former Colorado governor and still-presidential-candidate, asked inside a hotel reception room last week …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Congressmen Took Your Cash.  They Used It to Help the Saudis and the Qataris.  —  The contributions “add another dimension to the familiar but ever-expanding story of money, influence, and access in Washington,” the Campaign Legal Center wrote in its report.
Discussion: Splinter and Roll Call
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Charlottesville Lawyers Dump Nazi Clients  —  These two ‘Unite the Right’ white supremacists are so loathsome, their own lawyers are giving them the boot.  —  One won't pay his legal bills and keeps threatening attorneys.  The other is on the run.  These two white supremacists are so awful, their own lawyers are dumping them.
 
 
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ITV:
Donald Trump talks up Boris Johnson and the Queen after talking ‘unparalleled’ trade opportunities with new PM
Derek Willis / Politico:
How conservative operatives steered millions in PAC donations to themselves
Discussion: ProPublica
Media Matters for America:
Lies, damn lies, and media: Right-wing repetition of debunked narratives reshapes reality
The Intercept:
Ohio Republicans Balked at a Nuclear Bailout, so the Industry Elected New Republicans …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Kenneth Katzman / Atlantic Council:
Under US Sanctions, Iran Regional Influence Grows
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Windsor Mann / The Week:
How Pat Buchanan made President Trump possible
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Is ‘Doing the Right Thing’ Worth Increasing the Risk of a Second Trump Term?
Discussion: Washington Post
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. Rolls Out More Farm Aid as Soy Growers Urge Trade Cease-Fire
 

 
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