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John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's tax returns required under new California election law  —  President Trump will be ineligible for California's primary ballot next year unless he discloses his tax returns under a state law that immediately took effect Tuesday, an unprecedented mandate that is almost certain to spark …
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Yashar's Newsletter:
Exclusive: Newsom Trump Tax Returns  —  Subscribe  —  Exclusive: California Gov. Newsom to Sign Bill Targeting Trump Tax Returns  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom, my former boss, tells me that he has decided to sign a bill that would require all presidential and gubernatorial candidates …
Danelladebel / California Governor:
Governor Gavin Newsom Signs SB 27: Tax Transparency Bill
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump's pick for intelligence director misrepresented role in anti-terror case  —  President Donald Trump's pick for the next director of national intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, has misrepresented his role in an anti-terrorism case that he's repeatedly cited among his credentials related to national security issues.
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John Walcott / TIME:
Top GOP Senator Warned the White House About Trump's Choice for National Intelligence Director  —  President Donald Trump's decision to name a staunch Republican ally with a limited background in spycraft to replace Dan Coats as the nation's top intelligence official has aroused concern on Capitol Hill …
Discussion: Splinter and New York Times
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The first Mueller TV ad  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PLAYBOOK SCOOP ... ROBERT MUELLER was panned last week for being short in his testimony before Congress, giving little ammo to Democrats who wanted to capitalize politically from his appearance.
Discussion: YouTube, RedState and Vox
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Former Federal Prosecutor Confirms Rep. John Ratcliffe's Role In Holy Land Foundation Case
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
No one to trust on foreign policy
Discussion: RedState, Daily Kos and The Hill
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Intel Pick John Ratcliffe Started Theory of FBI Anti-Trump ‘Secret Society’
Discussion: Splinter, Washington Post and Mediaite
Patrick Reis / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Racism Is a National Emergency  —  But even after his slander of Elijah Cummings, too few Democrats grasp the danger at hand  —  I often learn about President Trump doing or saying something bigoted before I've had a chance shake the cobwebs loose, as my father's expression goes.
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New York Times:
Trump Hails African-American Contributions to America Amid Battle With Black Critics
Discussion: CNN
CBS News:   Trump leaves for Jamestown anniversary as he continues attacks on Elijah Cummings
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump says people of Baltimore are “living in hell”
Discussion: National Review and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Suburban women recoil as Trump dives into racial politics  —  BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Carol Evans approves of Donald Trump's immigration policy.  She gives him credit for the strong economy.  But the Republican from the affluent Milwaukee suburbs of Waukesha County, a GOP bedrock in the state …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Democrats Are Veering Left.  It Might Just Work.  —  Put a bunch of Democrats on the stage and they can't help but go off the rails: They compete with each other to win the favor of liberal activists, and saddle themselves with unrealistic positions that could leave a nominee vulnerable in the general election.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: The matchups to watch in tonight's debate
Discussion: Vox, The Verge and CNN
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris steps away from the far-left cliff on health care
Discussion: The Nation
Washington Post:
Jamestown ceremony marks birth of democracy in America; black Va. legislators skip because of Trump  —  Virginia's black state lawmakers are boycotting Tuesday's commemoration of 400 years of representative democracy, saying the Jamestown event “will be tarnished unduly” by the participation of President Trump.
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USA Today:
Virginia Democrats say they'll boycott Donald Trump's appearance at today's Jamestown ceremony
Discussion: Splinter
Catherine Kim / Vox:
Gun control could finally have its moment in Virginia
Discussion: wasoncenter
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
MoscowMitchMcTreason trends after McConnell defends blocking election security bills  —  The hashtag #MoscowMitchMcTreason began trending on Twitter Tuesday morning after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) fired back against the nickname “Moscow Mitch” in a fiery speech from the Senate floor.
Discussion: KTLA and IJR
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Philippe Reines / Politico:
I Played Trump in Hillary Clinton's 2016 Debate Prep.  Here's What It Takes to Beat Him.  —  Before any of them takes the debate stage on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 2020 Democratic candidates will already have put in dozens of hours each preparing.  But here's what they need to understand …
Discussion: Althouse and Front Page Magazine
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
GOP senator introduces bill banning ‘addictive’ social media features  —  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a freshman who has emerged as a top Republican critic of major technology companies in Congress, on Tuesday will introduce a bill banning social media companies from building “addictive” features into their products.
Discussion: RedState, VICE, The Week, Engadget and Townhall
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:   New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Why Does No One Care That Trump Is Lying About Elijah Cummings' District?  —  1. He's Lying, Again  —  There's a great deal to unpack in the Trump-Elijah Cummings-Baltimore incident.  —  So let's start with the fact that Cummings has been a pretty great colleague to his Republican friends in the House.
Discussion: Mediaite and CBS Baltimore
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Baltimore Sun:
Cummings didn't cause Baltimore's woes; it was people who profited from racism.  Sound familiar, Mr. Trump?
Discussion: Breitbart
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  July 30, 2019 - Trump Is Racist, Half Of U.S. Voters Say, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Voters Say Almost 2-1 Don't Impeach President  —  President Donald Trump is racist, American voters say 51 - 45 percent in a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren's trade plan is bad politics and worse policy  —  Seriously, it's really, really bad.  —  As noted yesterday in this space, Donald Trump's trade policies are a real drag on U.S. economic growth.  Don't just take my word on it — economic papers confirm that Trump's escalating series …
Discussion: Reason, CNN, UPI and Daily Kos
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James Pethokoukis / American Enterprise Institute:
Elizabeth Warren's trade populism is quite Trumpy, and that's bad …
Discussion: American Prospect, CNBC and Breitbart
Jonathan Oosting / Detroit News:
Republicans sue to block Michigan redistricting commission … (Photo: Dale G. Young, The Detroit News)  —  Lansing — Republicans are suing to stop Michigan's new citizen redistricting commission before it begins, alleging the voter-approved amendment is “blatantly unconstitutional” …
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
House GOP fears retirement wave will lead to tsunami  —  House Republicans plotting to win back their majority in Congress fear they are on the brink of a massive wave of retirements that could force them to play defense in a high-stakes presidential election year.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
CNN and Jeff Zucker plot 2020 election coverage and promise things will be different  —  “Side shot!  Side shot!  Side shot!”  —  It's Mueller Day in Washington, and the man calling out instructions in the darkened control room of CNN's Washington bureau gets his wish as the screens …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Man Who Shaun King Falsely Accused Of Murdering Black Girl Dead From Apparent Suicide  —  A Houston-area man who social media activist Shaun King falsely accused of murdering a 7-year-old black girl late in 2018 has died from an apparent suicide after hanging himself in his jail cell earlier in July.
Discussion: KRIV, ABC13 and New York Post
WBFF-TV:
Rat Photo bombs FOX45 live shot  —  BALTIMORE (WBFF) - A rat was seen running through a FOX45 reporter's live shot during a story on President Trump's tweet Baltimore is rat-infested.  Maxine Streicher was in west Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood today to report on conditions.
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Watchdog sues government for info on John Kelly's ties to company housing migrant children  —  The nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sued the federal government Monday, demanding that it produce documents related to former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly …
Rod Schoonover / New York Times:
The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security  —  Politics intruded on science and intelligence.  That's why I quit my job as an analyst for the State Department.  —  Dr. Schoonover was a senior analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the State Department.
 
 
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
'It's blasted across America': How Fox and Sean Hannity amplified a Russia-fueled conspiracy
Wall Street Journal:
Opinion: Mayor Pete Buttigieg Has a Race Problem
Melissa Etehad / Los Angeles Times:
This Iranian opposition group was labeled a terrorist organization.  Now it has supporters in the White House
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Majority of Trump's Trade Aid Went to Biggest Farms, Study Finds
Discussion: EWG, Axios and Political Wire
Williamson M. Evers / Wall Street Journal:
California Wants to Teach Your Kids That Capitalism Is Racist
Discussion: Instapundit and Cafe Hayek
Associated Press:
Sen. Rand Paul: I'd help fund ticket to send Omar to Somalia
Rene Marsh / CNN:
Exclusive: TSA officers placed on leave after discovery of racist display
Discussion: Law & Crime
 Earlier Items: 
Leon Cooperman / Financial Times:
A wealth tax will not solve US inequality
Discussion: Splinter
The Guardian:
Secret texts cast light on UK's early role in Trump-Russia inquiry
Pew Research Center:
Climate Change and Russia Are Partisan Flashpoints in Public's Views of Global Threats
Discussion: Reason and Washington Post
John Solomon / The Hill:
Chris Wray's FBI continues to cover for Team Comey's Russia shenanigans
Discussion: Daily Wire
Rural hospitals:
Rural hospitals foundering in states that declined Obamacare
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Splinter