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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.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Intel Pick John Ratcliffe Started Theory of FBI Anti-Trump ‘Secret Society’  —  The congressman debuted the mysterious text messages on Fox News.  It became a mini-scandal before the full context became known.  —  Donald Trump's new pick for Director of National Intelligence played …
Discussion: Splinter, Washington Post and Mediaite
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: IJR
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump makes unfounded claim The Washington Post is a ‘Russian asset’  —  President Trump accused The Washington Post on Tuesday of being a “Russian asset,” a baseless claim he made to defend Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).  —  Trump was asked by reporters outside the White House …
Discussion: Mediaite, KTLA, CNN and Fox News
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McConnell defends blocking election security bill, rejects criticism he is aiding Russia
CBS News:
Trump leaves for Jamestown anniversary as he continues attacks on Elijah Cummings  —  President Trump is headed to Jamestown, birthplace of representative government in America, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the First Representative Legislative Assembly in Williamsburg.
Discussion: CBS Baltimore
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump says people of Baltimore are “living in hell”
Discussion: National Review and Political Wire
Patrick Reis / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Racism Is a National Emergency
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Ben Carson says as a pediatric neurosurgeon, he hesitated to send children back to ‘infested’ homes in Baltimore
Discussion: Breitbart and CityLab
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?  —  It's not our job to defend Rep. Elijah Cummings from President Donald Trump's Twitter rants.  For one thing, he's quite capable of doing it on his own, and for another …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Atlantic
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Even on Saturday morning, Fox News cannot hide
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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Michael Tesler / Washington Post:
Republicans don't think Trump's tweets are racist.  That fits a long American history of denying racism.
Discussion: Breitbart, The Daily Signal and NB Blog
New York Times:
Virginia's Black Lawmakers to Boycott Trump at Jamestown Ceremony
Discussion: CNN
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 …
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” …
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.
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
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
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
College Financial-Aid Loophole: Wealthy Parents Transfer Guardianship of Their Teens to Get Aid  —  Education Department, universities are investigating the practice, which has been used in the Chicago area  —  CHICAGO—Amid an intense national furor over the fairness of college admissions …
Discussion: ProPublica, VICE, Quartz and Splinter
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.
press.capitalone.com:
Capital One Announces Data Security Incident  —  Perpetrator Arrested by Federal Law Enforcement  —  Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) announced today that on July 19, 2019, it determined there was unauthorized access by an outside individual who obtained certain types …
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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, Townhall and Engadget
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Majority of Trump's Trade Aid Went to Biggest Farms, Study Finds  — 54% of the aid payments went to just one-tenth of recipients  — President approved new $16 billion round of trade aid for 2019  —  Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars.
Discussion: Political Wire
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EWG:
USDA Bailout for Impact of Trump's Tariffs Goes to Biggest, Richest Farmers
Discussion: Axios
Rene Marsh / CNN:
Exclusive: TSA officers placed on leave after discovery of racist display  —  (CNN)Two Transportation Security Administration officers have been placed on leave after a racist display was found inside a TSA workstation at Miami International Airport.  —  Three TSA officers discovered …
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 …
Victoria Guida / Politico:
The Fed's real message: Save the economy from Trump  —  In the case of Donald Trump vs. the U.S. Federal Reserve, the president of the United States is likely to secure a winning verdict this week.  —  Central bank officials are expected to cut interest rates for the first time since …
Pew Research Center:
Climate Change and Russia Are Partisan Flashpoints in Public's Views of Global Threats  —  More Americans have positive views of free trade agreements  —  The public's views of two global threats facing the United States have changed in the past few years.
Discussion: Washington Post
Rural hospitals:
Rural hospitals foundering in states that declined Obamacare  —  More than half of all rural hospitals in Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma lost money from 2011 through 2017.  —  In Kansas, the bloodletting was even more widespread.  —  Two out of three rural hospitals …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Splinter
Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: Debate could mark moderates' last stand  —  What happens if the titans don't want to clash?  —  Two progressive powerhouses will be center stage for night one of the second Democratic debate on Tuesday.  The party will be watching for Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren to mix it up …
Leon Cooperman / Financial Times:
A wealth tax will not solve US inequality  —  There has been much written lately about imposing an explicit wealth tax, as well as higher income taxes, on the richest Americans.  —  Several Democratic presidential contenders, most notably Elizabeth Warren, have called for a wealth tax …
Discussion: Splinter
The Hill:
DCCC faces mass staff shakeup: 'It's the Monday Night Massacre'  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) saw a mass departure of senior staff late Monday amid outcry over the lack of diversity within the committee's top ranks under Chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.).
RealClearInvestigations:
Why the Mystery of Russiagate Hinges on the Mystery of Joseph Mifsud  —  For many, trying to follow Robert Mueller's testimony was like someone whose Italian is limited to grazie and ciao taking in an opera in Venice: You might follow the action but sorting out the story through the lyrics is another thing altogether.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
 
 
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Molly O'Toole / Los Angeles Times:
Trump condemns Cuba but closes the door to many trying to flee
Discussion: NPR
Williamson M. Evers / Wall Street Journal:
California Wants to Teach Your Kids That Capitalism Is Racist
Discussion: Instapundit and Cafe Hayek
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Collins is first GOP senator to back bill requiring campaigns report foreign assistance offers to FBI
Discussion: IJR
CNN:
Donald Trump made 78 false claims last week
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says ahead of debates he thinks ‘Sleepy Joe’ Biden will be 2020 Democratic nominee
Beto O'Rourke / CNN:
What I've learned from living in today's Ellis Island
Discussion: Washington Times
Scott Alexander / Slate Star Codex:
Against Against Billionaire Philanthropy
Associated Press:
Sen. Rand Paul: I'd help fund ticket to send Omar to Somalia
 Earlier Items: 
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Ahead of Debates, Pennsylvania Democrats Want Candidates to Stress Pragmatism
Hans von der Burchard / Politico:
France hits back at Trump's ‘stupid’ wine tariff threat
The Guardian:
Secret texts cast light on UK's early role in Trump-Russia inquiry
Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
Boris Johnson to Leo Varadkar: Brexit will happen in October ‘no matter what’
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
LostTrumpHistory: Trump's 9/11 claims become a George Conway-pushed meme
Discussion: Washington Press
John Solomon / The Hill:
Chris Wray's FBI continues to cover for Team Comey's Russia shenanigans
Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Stop dithering, Democrats. Impeach Donald Trump now or change the channel for good.
Kate Davidson / Wall Street Journal:
Federal Borrowing Soars as Deficit Fear Fades
 

 
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