memeorandum: Trump doubles down on attacks against Cummings and Baltimore district (Justin Wise/The Hill)

1:00 PM ET, July 28, 2019

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Better to have a few rats than to be one — In case anyone missed it, the president of the United States had some choice words to describe Maryland's 7th congressional district on Saturday morning. Here are the key phrases: “no human being would want to live there,” it is a …

Dan Rodricks / Baltimore Sun:

People who refuse to see or hear Trump's racism in attack on Baltimore are beyond reach, but here goes — People who support President Donald Trump, no matter what he says or does, are beyond reach with reason and facts. To continue to support this president, you have to either agree …

Justin Wise / The Hill:

Trump doubles down on attacks against Cummings and Baltimore district — President Trump doubled down on his attacks against Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and his Baltimore congressional district, saying that it's “sad” that the longtime congressman has done “so little” for the city he represents …

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David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:

Trump's Twitter attack on Cummings and Baltimore: undiluted racism and hate — After three years of denouncing President Trump's use of media to attack, denigrate and, yes, spew racist hate, there are days when I think I do not have a drop of vitriol left for Trump and what he's doing to this country.

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Wilborn P. Nobles III / Baltimore Sun:
Trump calls Baltimore ‘disgusting ... rodent infested mess,’ rips Rep. Elijah Cummings over border criticism

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Kendall Karson / ABC News:

Partisan differences on impeachment remain after Mueller testimony, as nearly half of Americans show little movement: POLL — Following more than six hours of questioning of former special counsel Robert Mueller before two different congressional committees, Democrats and Republicans remain largely splintered …

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Paola Chavez / CNN:

Nadler says Trump should be impeached because 'he's violated the laws six ways from Sunday' — Rep. Nadler clarifies his stance on impeachment — Washington (CNN)House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said he personally believes President Donald Trump “richly deserves” to be impeached …

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Gabriela Resto-Montero / Vox:

New polling finds Mueller's testimony didn't change Americans' minds on impeachment — Special counsel Robert Mueller during his July 2019 House Judiciary Committee hearing. Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images — Democrats hoped for a watershed moment.

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Spare Me the Purity Racket — WASHINGTON — After I interviewed Nancy Pelosi a few weeks ago, The HuffPost huffed that we were Dreaded Elites because we were eating chocolates and — horror of horrors — the speaker had on some good pumps. — Then this week, lefty Twitter erected …

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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Nadler: “We have impeachment resolutions before the committee”

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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
‘Important’ that Mueller investigation info get to Americans: Rep. Jerry Nadler

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Nataliya Vasilyeva / Associated Press:

Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade — MOSCOW (AP) — Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian monitoring group said Sunday, adding that was the largest number of detentions at a rally in the Russian capital this decade.

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CBS News: More than 1,000 arrested at Moscow election protest: “Russia will be free!”

Oliver Carroll / The Independent: Russia protests: Riot police violently break up Moscow demonstration as thousands take to streets in defiance of Kremlin

Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
Russian police arrest more than 1,000 in Moscow protest

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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:

Boris Johnson forms “war cabinet” to prepare for no-deal Brexit — Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom's newly installed prime minister, has set up a “war cabinet” to deliver Britain's exit from the European Union “by any means necessary” by Oct. 31, the Sunday Times first reported.

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Jonathan Powell / The Guardian: Boris Johnson plans to frighten Europe then charm it. Here's why he'll fail

Globe and Mail:

Netflix's The Great Hack is the great warning about your data — Now me, I'm not paranoid, I'm just peculiar. Or just careful, depending on your slant. — One late afternoon this past winter I was out doing myriad errands in my neighbourhood. I noticed a new coffee shop had opened.

Jake Pearson / Salon:

Donald Trump Jr.'s buddy can help you meet Trump — Tommy Hicks Jr. isn't in government, but he's a longtime pal of the president's son. And he has some power. — Over the past two years, the Trump administration has been grappling with how to handle the transition to the next generation of mobile broadband technology.

Reis Thebault / Washington Post:

A red state is plastering ‘In God We Trust’ on the walls of public schools. It's mandatory. — South Dakota's Republican lawmakers said it was about history — the motto appears on money, on license plates and in the fourth stanza of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Discussion: Big League Politics

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Why Trump Spent His Summer Vacation Sending Racist Tweets — For the second July weekend, President Trump has tweeted offensive slanders about nonwhite Democratic House members who anger him. The latest installment involves claims that Representative Elijah Cummings, chairman …