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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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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Scarborough calls McConnell ‘Moscow Mitch,’ says lack of action on Russian meddling is ‘un-American’  —  MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Friday lashed out at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling him “Moscow Mitch” over his inaction on legislation to address Russian election interference.
Discussion: Mediaite and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Russians probably targeted election systems in all 50 states, Senate panel's report says  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee, in a new report on Russia's interference in the 2016 election, said Thursday that systems in all 50 states were probably targeted in some manner …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Week
Associated Press:
Senate report: all 50 states were targeted by Russian interference ahead of 2016 elections
New York Times:
Mueller Testimony Deepens Democratic Divide on Impeachment  —  WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III's long-awaited testimony has inflamed divisions among Democrats over impeachment, with some senior lawmakers pushing on Thursday to begin formal impeachment hearings soon, and vulnerable moderates pleading …
Discussion: Washington Post
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The Daily Beast:
‘There Is Constant Battling’: Nadler and Pelosi Are on a Collision Course  —  The Judiciary Committee chair is facing immeasurably difficult political pressures as he navigates a post-Mueller world.  —  Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) finds himself at the most delicate point of his tenure atop the House Judiciary Committee.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Nadler says he's going to court today, next week to enforce Mueller-related subpoenas
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Resistance Inc.  —  Column: Why impeachment isn't going away
Discussion: New York Times
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:   The investigators need to be investigated
Politico:
Pro-impeachment Dems not backing down after Mueller
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony
Rich Miller / Bloomberg:
Trump's 3% Growth Feat in 2018 Undone by Annual Data Revisions  — Update shows U.S. economy expanded 2.5% last year  — Revisions also boost savings rate, lower cellphone prices  —  President Donald Trump failed to achieve his much-ballyhooed 3% target for economic growth in 2018 after all.
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Harriet Torry / Wall Street Journal:   Economic Growth Didn't Hit 3% Mark Last Year, Revised Data Show
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Grew by an Annual Rate of 2.1% in Second Quarter
Discussion: The Week
Washington Examiner:
UPDATED: CNN editor praised murder of ‘Jewish pigs’ in terrorist attack on Israeli bus  —  Social media posts from years ago by a CNN photo editor and writer reveal that he called Jews “pigs” and praised their deaths.  —  In a 2011 tweet, Mohammed Elshamy, 25, wrote, “More than 4 jewish pigs killed …
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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 …
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
CNN Photo Editor Resigns From Network Over Vicious Anti-Semitic Tweets on Deaths of ‘Jewish Pigs’  —  A CNN photo editor resigned from the network Thursday after his past, vicious tweets about Jews and Israel, including posts apparently celebrating the deaths of “Jewish pigs,” were unearthed.
New York Times:
How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria's Secret for Wealth and Women  —  In May 1997, Alicia Arden, a model in California, was introduced to a man who identified himself as a talent scout for Victoria's Secret.  He invited her to his Santa Monica hotel room to audition for the brand's catalog.
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Wall Street Journal:   Jeffrey Epstein Burrowed Into the Lives of the Rich and Made a Fortune
Washington Post:
Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal — a former Republican fed up with Trump  —  Charles Leazott hadn't thought about the seal in months.  —  The 46-year-old graphic designer threw it together after the 2016 presidential election — it was one part joke, one part catharsis.
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Jessica Campisi / The Hill:
#45IsAPuppet trends after Trump appears in front of altered presidential seal
Discussion: TheBlaze, Big League Politics and UPI
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden holds commanding lead for Democratic nomination  —  Joe Biden is the lone top tier candidate in the Democratic nomination race, according to the latest Fox News Poll.  —  The former vice president captures 33 percent support among Democratic primary voters (up one point since June).
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Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:   'Beau's flipping in his grave': Biden supporters say Harris's attacks betray her friendship with his son
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:   2020 Dems prepare to go on offense in next week's debates
Associated Press:
2020 tests if Dems can win enough black voters without Obama  —  DETROIT (AP) — When Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2008 and 2012, there was no question that Terrance Holmes would vote for the first black president.  But as he helped fix cars this week at a repair shop on Detroit's west side …
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Financial Times:
Nigel Farage teams up with Trump supporters to raise Brexit funds  —  Brexit party leader Nigel Farage has joined forces with a group of Donald Trump-supporting Americans to form a lobbying body to raise money to help the UK's departure from the EU.  —  The New York launch event for the new group …
Discussion: The Independent, Bloomberg and ITV
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Zoya Sheftalovich / Politico:
US ambassador: Trump's relationship with Boris Johnson will be ‘sensational’
Discussion: Breitbart
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. Rolls Out More Farm Aid as Soy Growers Urge Trade Cease-Fire  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled details of a $16 billion aid package to help farmers hurt by President Trump's trade war with China, as soybean growers from around the country converged on Washington …
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Reuters:   U.S. to pay farmers up to $16 billion for trade war losses, South to benefit
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pelosi, Ocasio-Cortez meet in bid to ease party infighting  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a one-on-one meeting Friday on Capitol Hill, in an effort to ease the recent infighting between the progressive wing and moderate congressional Democrats …
Discussion: Politico
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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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Reuters:
Reuters photo captures Guatemalan mother begging soldier to let her enter U.S
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Wealthy Republicans fearing socialists provide hope GOP can retake the House  —  Wealthy Republican donors frightened of a socialist takeover in Washington have boosted support for House Republicans despite concerns about the party's direction, providing a ray of hope for recapturing the majority in 2020.
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Scott Bland / Politico:
Dems launch secret-money ad blitz to back House majority
Discussion: Breitbart and YouTube
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
What Mueller Was Trying to Hide  —  His investigation was about protecting the actual miscreants in the collusion hoax.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller testified before two House committees Wednesday, and his performance requires us to look at his investigation and report in a new light.
NBC News:
Active-duty U.S. troops are now just feet away from migrants in Texas  —  The troops “monitor” migrants at a Texas facility.  One congressman said they shouldn't be prison guards, and are close to breaking the posse comitatus law.  —  WASHINGTON — Active-duty U.S. troops are now stationed inside …
Discussion: Axios
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg defends Kavanaugh, Gorsuch as ‘very decent and very smart’  —  Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘I am very much alive’  —  Washington (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg came to the defense of her more conservative colleagues on the bench, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.
Danielle Allen / Washington Post:
We are in our Articles of Confederation moment  —  We are in our Articles of Confederation moment.  By this, I mean we are in a phase in our national life where we need to recognize that our institutions are not serving our interest.  This is not because of President Trump.
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.
Financial Times:
How Trump is democratising toxic stress  —  A few days ago a psychologist friend told me something that was at once startling and unsurprising; she is seeing far more patients than before Donald Trump was elected — and they tend to be suffering from deeper anxiety.
 
 
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Pols Took Your Cash. They Used It to Help the Saudis and the Qataris.
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Mueller needed to win America's trust. His failure is our loss.
Hayley Miller / HuffPost:
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump-Kim DMZ Diplomacy Fails to Bridge Denuclearization Divide
MJ Lee / CNN:
Elizabeth Warren to announce crossing 1 million donations threshold
Discussion: Political Wire
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Mueller's Skepticism of Trump's Truthfulness Heightens Impeachment Debate
Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
Why 5 Freshman Democrats Sided With Trump And Saudi Arabia On A Key Yemen Vote
Noreen Nasir / Associated Press:
In a small Arkansas town, echoes of a century-old massacre
Wall Street Journal:
A Prince's $500 Billion Desert Dream: Flying Cars, Robot Dinosaurs and a Giant Artificial Moon
Discussion: The Verge
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Susan Collins might back out of 2020 election as her approval rating plummets
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
IRS turned over Nixon's tax returns the same day that a congressional panel asked for them
Discussion: Daily Kos and Fox News
Jerry Mitchell / ProPublica:
We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial.
Discussion: Slate and FOX6Now.com
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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