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12:30 PM ET, July 23, 2017

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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Great National Infrastructure Program’?  Stalled  —  WASHINGTON — As a candidate, President Trump billed himself as a new breed of think-big Republican, pitching a $1 trillion campaign pledge to reconstruct the nation's roadways, waterworks and bridges — along with a promise to revive the lost art of the bipartisan deal.
Discussion: Political Wire
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump had ‘The Art of the Deal.’ Now Democrats say their economic agenda is ‘A Better Deal.’  —  Completely sapped of power in Washington, top leaders of the Democratic Party now believe that the best way to fight a president who penned “The Art of the Deal” is with an economic agenda that they plan to call “A Better Deal.”
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Schumer: Democrats were ‘namby-pamby’  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday promised a bolder economic message for the Democratic Party, including the potential for single-payer health care.  —  “We were too cautious, we were too namby-pamby,” Schumer said on ABC's “This Week.”
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Glenn Beck Dishes on Tomi Lahren: 'I Would've Fired Her the Day I Met Her'  —  During a conversation with Mediaite columnist John Ziegler, Glenn Beck offered some harsh words and significant insight into Tomi Lahren's departure from TheBlaze.  Not the least significant detail was that Beck …
Discussion: IJR
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 7-23-17: Jay Sekulow, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Sen. Chuck Schumer  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on July 23, 2017 and it will be updated.  —  ANNOUNCER: THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulos starts right now.  —  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC HOST: The Russia investigation heats up.
Discussion: Politicus USA and AOL
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Streiff / RedState:
Jay Sekulow: Pardons Are Not On the Table, Sorta  —  Trump attorney, Jay Sekulow, was on ABC's This Week and George Stephanopoulos raised the issue of pardons:  —  TRANSCRIPT … If you read this carefully, Sekulow's long disclaimer follows this, “George, we have not, and continue to have not …
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Scaramucci wrote ‘America deserves better’ than ‘unbridled demagoguery’ in early 2016 op-ed aimed at Trump  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — “Unbridled demagoguery has driven the GOP to an inflection point from which there is no turning back,” Scaramucci wrote in January 2016.
Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Discussion: Vox and The Week
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Zack Stanton / Politico:
Senator Kid Rock.  Don't Laugh.  —  As you're reading this, odds are a Democratic operative in Michigan or Washington, D.C., is listening to Kid Rock's gravelly voice—rapping, shrieking or crowing, depending on the song—and meticulously cataloguing every single offensive syllable.
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Read Anthony Scaramucci's old tweets.  You'll understand why he deleted them.  —  New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci hasn't always shared the political views of the administration he now serves.  —  In previous tweets, the Wall Street financier called Hillary Clinton …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Attack on Russia Inquiry Is From Familiar Playbook: The Clintons'  —  WASHINGTON — More than eight months after his election, President Trump still attacks Hillary Clinton, disparaging her campaign and accusing her of illegality.  In his latest Twitter barrage on Saturday …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Sanders keeping door open on 2020  —  in the 2016 Democratic primary and created a revolutionary movement among millennials, is having discussions about running for president again.  —  “Yes, is the answer,” said one Sanders associate who helped with the senator's previous bid …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
McCain's primary rival urges him to step aside after diagnosis — and suggests she could replace him  —  A day after news came out about Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) brain cancer diagnosis, his one-time political opponent urged the ailing senator to think about his political future sooner rather than later …
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
McCain's primary challenger asks him to step aside after diagnosis
Discussion: twitchy.com, IJR and RedState
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Mooch and the Mogul  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has finally found a courtier who can give him the buttery, boundless respect he craves.  —  A wealthy mini-me Manhattan bro with wolfy smile and slick coif who will say anything and flip any position.
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David Segal / New York Times:
Turkey Sees Foes at Work in Gold Mines, Cafes and ‘Smurf Village’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Dunford: Military option for North Korea not ‘unimaginable’
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and The Hill
New York Post:
Restaurant under fire for ‘sexually suggestive’ uniforms
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Americans Protest ‘Very Fake News’ CNN Outside of Atlanta Headquarters
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Sam Webb / The Sun:
NO GROPING Swimming pool bosses put up signs banning migrants from female changing rooms …
Discussion: Power Line
Pablo Gorondi / Associated Press:
HUNGARY'S LEADER: EU AND SOROS SEEK TO “MUSLIMIZE” EUROPE
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
What the Layoffs Look Like at the Carrier Plant Trump Said He'd Save
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC4 Washington:
News4 Anchor Jim Vance Dies at 75