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7:00 AM ET, July 11, 2018

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Sarah Palin:
Yup - we were duped.  Ya' got me, Sacha.  Feel better now?  —  I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick “humor” of the British “comedian” Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime.
Discussion: Breitbart, HuffPost, Daily Wire, Mashable and AOL
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Evan Real / Hollywood Reporter:
Sarah Palin Says Sacha Baron Cohen Duped Her in “Sick” Interview  —  “Mock politicians and innocent public personalities all you want, if that lets you sleep at night, but HOW DARE YOU mock those who have fought and served our country.”  —  Sarah Palin on Tuesday took to Facebook to reveal …
Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
Furious Sarah Palin reveals she was TRICKED by Sacha Baron Cohen when he pretended to be a wounded veteran to interview her for his new show ‘Who Is America?’  — Sarah Palin was interviewed by Sacha Baron Cohen for his new Showtime series Who Is America? she revealed on Tuesday
Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Ocasio-Cortez with another surprise election win - in a district she wasn't even running in … Things are going so well for insurgent Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that she's winning primaries she didn't even enter.  —  In addition to recently …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Center Is Sexier Than You Think  —  Enough about the Freedom Caucus.  Enough about the Democratic Socialists of America.  They're flamboyant players in our political debate, but they're extremes: More politicians — and most Americans — occupy the expansive territory in between.
Jimmy Vielkind / Politico:
Cynthia Nixon: I'm a democratic socialist
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
GOP Senators Tell Contradictory Stories About Moscow Trip … A top Republican senator shocked his colleagues when he suggested, after returning from a trip to Moscow with fellow GOP lawmakers, that U.S. sanctions targeting Russia were not working and the Kremlin's election interference was really no big deal.
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VICE News:
EXCLUSIVE: The Russian pop star who set up Don Jr.'s infamous Trump Tower meeting tells all  —  In an exclusive interview with VICE News Tonight on HBO, airing Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. EST, Emin Agalarov, a Moscow-based real estate developer and pop star, responds for the first time to allegations …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. said he didn't recall talking to Emin Agalarov. Agalarov remembers it.
Discussion: VICE News
ABC News:   George Stephanopoulos interview with Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, who was behind Trump Tower meeting: Full transcript
Julie O'Brien / Washington Post:
I don't know Kavanaugh the judge.  But Kavanaugh the carpool dad is one great guy.  —  Julie O'Brien lives in Chevy Chase.  —  Much has been written about Brett Kavanaugh as President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, but the discussion has focused on his record as a federal judge and in his legal career.
Discussion: Mediaite and twitchy.com
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Clare Foran / CNN:
Pence: ‘I do’ still want Roe v. Wade to be overturned
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Pence: I want Roe v. Wade overturned, 'but I haven't been nominated for the Supreme Court'
Washington Post:
President Trump makes good on his threat to target an additional $200 billion in Chinese imports with tariffs, ramping up the trade war  —  President Trump escalated his trade war with China Tuesday, identifying an added $200 billion in Chinese products that he intends to hit with import tariffs.
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Poised to Publish $200 Billion China Tariff List  — Trump on Friday imposed duties on $34 billion of Chinese goods  — President has threatened duties on virtually all China imports  —  President Donald Trump is preparing to release a list of an additional $200 billion …
Discussion: RedState, The Right Scoop and Axios
Post and Courier:
BMW increasing production in China, raising prices on SC-made SUVs in response to tariffs
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Axios
Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Trump targets $200B more Chinese goods for tariffs
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn Joins Global Consulting Firm  —  Former Trump adviser is awaiting sentencing for lying to federal investigators  —  Former national security adviser Mike Flynn has a new job: He has joined a global lobbying and investment advisory firm.  —  As he awaits sentencing for lying …
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump comes out swinging at NATO summit  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP mostly dispensed with the niceties this morning in Brussels, and threw verbal bombs at Germany and NATO during his first day in Europe.  —  AT A MORNING BREAKFAST …
NBC News:
Michael Flynn says new lobbyist job announcement was ‘misunderstanding’
Wall Street Journal:
At Start of NATO Summit, Trump Renews Push for Allies to Increase Defense Spending  —  U.S. president rebukes Germany, saying it is ‘captive’ to Russia because of gas pipeline deal  —  BRUSSELS—President Donald Trump on Wednesday reiterated his call for allies to increase their defense spending …
Discussion: Politico and The Guardian
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Associated Press:   The Latest: Trump to watch military parade at Windsor Castle
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Training His Base to Hate NATO and Like Putin
Washington Post:
Facebook is slapped with first fine for Cambridge Analytica scandal  —  Facebook is staring down its first fine for allowing Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data about millions of people, potentially opening the door for governments around the world to slap the social media giant …
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CNNMoney:
Russian company had access to Facebook user data through apps
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Facebook Gave a Russian Internet Giant a Special Data Extension
Discussion: Mashable
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Kavanaugh's Papers Don't Help Trump Avoid Indictment  —  Opponents of the Supreme Court nominee are reading him all wrong.  —  Some Democrats and advocacy groups are saying President Donald Trump picked Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court because of Kavanaugh's view …
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Brett Kavanaugh and the Mueller Investigation: What Do His Writings Really Say?  —  I think I am on safe ground in saying that when Brett Kavanaugh and I presented our papers at the Minnesota Law Review symposium in October 2008—his on separation of powers and mine on (of all things) …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Returns to ‘Catch and Release’ of Migrants  —  WASHINGTON — The government said on Tuesday that it would release hundreds of migrant families wearing ankle bracelet monitors into the United States, effectively returning to the “catch and release” policy that President Trump promised to eliminate.
Discussion: Bustle, Los Angeles Times and Axios
The Daily Beast:
Government Told Immigrant Parents to Pay for DNA Tests to Be Reunited With Kids: Advocate … DALLAS—U.S. government officials recently told four immigrant women that they must pay for DNA tests in order to be reunited with their children, according to the shelter that housed the women.
Samuel Smith / Christian News, The Christian Post:
Paula White: There's a Difference Between Jesus as a Refugee and Those Who Enter the US Illegally … Amid the hysteria surrounding the separation of immigrant families who recently entered the United States illegally, one of President Donald Trump's spiritual advisers, Paula White …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump's neediness is at the core of his diplomacy  —  Watching President Trump's diplomatic maneuvers — in Singapore last month and during the run-up to his meetings over the next week in Brussels and Helsinki — I wonder whether analysts have been making a mistake explaining his bargaining style …
Discussion: Latest - Truthout, Hullabaloo and Salon
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Tara Palmeri / ABC News:   28 hours in Pyongyang: Reporter's notebook
Hannah Beech / New York Times:
Stateless and Poor, Some Boys in Thai Cave Had Already Beaten Long Odds  —  MAE SAI, Thailand — Adul Sam-on, 14, has never been a stranger to peril.  —  At age 6, Adul had already escaped a territory in Myanmar known for guerrilla warfare, opium cultivation and methamphetamine trafficking.
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New York Times:
Elon Musk Leaves Unused Mini-Sub in Thai Cave
Discussion: Breitbart, Big Think and Mashable
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Is Too Chickenshit to Fire Kelly Himself”: With Bill Shine Producing His West Wing Reality Show, Trump Prepares to Dump His Chief of Staff  —  Now that Shine is in the saddle, it's Mooch 2.0: Kelly is being humiliated, Sarah Sanders has been deemed low energy, and the biggest winner of all is, naturally, Sean Hannity.
Discussion: Splinter, Raw Story, AOL and Mediaite
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Man, 92, beaten with brick on street, told to ‘go back’  —  “A 92-year-old senior citizen, what can he do to anybody?  There's no harm that he meant,” the grandson of Rodolfo Rodriguez asked.  —  A 92-year-old man who was thrown to the ground, stomped on by strangers on the Fourth of July …
USA Today:
Shopping struggles: These 11 retailers may not survive 2018  —  The retail apocalypse isn't over yet.  —  The retail apocalypse is entering its ninth year.  —  Many North American retailers were wiped out in the “retail apocalypse” which started in 2010.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump Officials Slash Grants That Help Consumers Get Obamacare  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it was slashing grants to nonprofit organizations that help people obtain health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the latest step in an escalating attack …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, IJR, Axios and The Takeaway
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Reunited: 3 immigrant sons meet parents after 2-month separation  —  In the back seat of a small gray car on Tuesday afternoon in Grand Rapids, a 3-year-old boy fidgeted with a toy as he gazed into the eyes of his smiling father, Ever Reyes Mejia.  —  In early May, the 30-year-old father …
 
 
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Claims It's ‘Impossible’ for American Farmers to Do Business in Europe
Discussion: France 24 and Vox
Courier-Journal:
Gov. Matt Bevin's ‘disturbing’ West End comments spark outrage
Discussion: Raw Story
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Somebody At DOJ Isn't Telling The Truth About Rosenstein's Subpoena Threats Against Congressional Staff
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Jessica Summers / BloombergQuint:
U.S. Is Set to Become World's Top Oil Producer, Government Says
Nikita Biryukov / New Jersey Globe:
Murphy won't endorse Cuomo
ico.org.uk:
Findings, recommendations and actions from ICO investigation into data analytics in political campaigns
Discussion: BloombergQuint
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Manafort Loses Effort to Keep Storage-Unit Evidence Out of Trial
John Solomon / The Hill:
Did FBI get bamboozled by multiple versions of Trump dossier?
 Earlier Items: 
Chelsea Prince / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Man in ‘angry clown mask’ robs Atlanta Waffle House, shoots customer
Molly K. McKew / Politico:
‘They Will Die in Tallinn’: Estonia Girds for War With Russia
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Kos
Susan Mustapich / Village Soup:
Senator King: US lacks defense against Russian cyber attacks
Washington Post:
Democrats ready ‘Abolish ICE’ legislation
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
A Landmark Legal Shift Opens Pandora's Box for DIY Guns
Discussion: Daily Wire and Hit & Run
Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:
What we buy can be used to predict our politics, race or education — sometimes with more than 90 percent accuracy
Discussion: New Republic
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Brutal poll: Democrats' Senate dream slips away