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10:00 AM ET, July 14, 2018

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Politico:
House conservatives prep push to impeach Rosenstein  —  House conservatives are preparing a new push to oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to three conservative Capitol Hill sources — putting the finishing touches on an impeachment filing even as Rosenstein announced …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
‘Warning Lights Are Blinking Red,’ Top Intelligence Officer Says of Russian Attacks  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's top intelligence officer said on Friday that the persistent danger of Russian cyberattacks today was akin to the warnings the United States had of stepped-up terror threats ahead of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Thanks to Robert Mueller, Trump and Putin Now Have a Summit Agenda  —  Donald Trump has always been brazen about his affection for Vladimir Putin, a condition which Merriam-Webster defines as “acting or done in a very open and shocking way without shame or embarrassment.”
David French / National Review:
Mueller's Latest Indictments Show That ‘Witches’ Are Very Real  —  Four vital takeaways from today's charges  —  Earlier today the Grand Jury for the District of Columbia charged twelve Russian intelligence officers with conspiring “to gain unauthorized access (to 'hack') …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
After being told of Russia indictments, Trump still aspired to be friends with Putin  —  HELSINKI — Before he embarked on a week of transatlantic diplomacy, President Trump sat down with Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who previewed for the boss an explosive development …
Discussion: ABC News
Just Security:
Six Big Takeaways from Mueller's Indictment of Russian Intel Officers  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller released an indictment today of 12 Russian intelligence officers, accusing them of hacking the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Russian Hackers Kept DNC Backdoor Longer Than Anyone Knew … The indictment Friday of 12 Russian military officers for the election hacks against the DNC and Hillary Clinton's campaign lends a surprising new detail to the 2016 election interference timeline: The Kremlin's hackers apparently still maintained …
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:   Mueller stood up to Putin. Now it's Trump's turn.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump blames Obama for Russian election meddling
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:   Ignore the spin — still no evidence of Trump collusion
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Conservatives moving to impeach Rosenstein soon: report
emptywheel:
The Russian Hack  —  As I laid out last week, I provided information …
Washington Post:
How the Russians hacked the DNC and passed its emails to WikiLeaks
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton. Were They Listening?
NPR:
Week In Politics: 12 Russian Cyberspies Charged With Attack On 2016 Election
Discussion: Mashable
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:   G.R.U., Russian Spy Agency Cited by Mueller, Casts a Long Shadow
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Roger Stone says he's the ‘US person’ mentioned in Mueller indictment
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
CBS News:
Maryland told its voter registration vendor financed by Russian oligarch  —  Top Maryland officials say the FBI told them this week that the state's voter registration platform was purchased by a Russian oligarch in 2015, without state officials knowing.  The FBI did not indicate a breach occurred …
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Jayne Miller / WBAL:   Maryland voter registration system runs on software owned by Russian-financed firm, I-Team learns
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Election system firm with Maryland contract has ties to Russian oligarch, FBI tells state
Discussion: Axios
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
From Truman to Trump, Queen Elizabeth Has Met 12 U.S. Presidents  —  WINDSOR, England — As a princess and the heir to Britain's throne, she visited President Harry S. Truman in Washington and gave him a gift from her ailing father, King George VI.  Later, as Queen Elizabeth II …
Discussion: Althouse and Bustle
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Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
‘Did Donald Trump just WALK IN FRONT OF THE QUEEN?’
Discussion: twitchy.com
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Trump has said 1,340,330 words as president.  They're getting more dishonest, a Star study shows  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump's words are getting more dishonest over time, the Star has found in the first detailed statistical analysis of his inaccurate statements in office.
Discussion: Political Wire
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Where Did Donald Trump Get Two Hundred Million Dollars to Buy His Money-Losing Scottish Golf Club?  —  Between meeting the Queen of England and Vladimir Putin, President Trump will spend this weekend at Turnberry, the golf course he bought in 2014 and rechristened Trump Turnberry.
Garrett M. Graff / New York Times:
The Real F.B.I. Election Culprit  —  Hint: It's not Peter Strzok.  —  Mr. Graff is a journalist and historian.  —  In his testimony before two House committees on Thursday, the F.B.I. agent Peter Strzok testified that he could have altered the 2016 election — but didn't.
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Connor Wolf / LifeZette:
Is Lisa Page Spilling the Beans on Former FBI Lover Peter Strzok?
Discussion: American Greatness, Vox and RT
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Trump's ambassador lobbied Britain on behalf of jailed right-wing activist Tommy Robinson  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Sam Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, complained to the British ambassador in Washington D.C. about the treatment of an English right-wing activist …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Should Democrats Have Saved Their Filibuster for the New Court Fight?  —  WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to the vote on Judge Neil M. Gorsuch's confirmation to the Supreme Court in the spring of 2017, Senator Susan Collins approached Senator Michael Bennet on the Senate floor with an urgent plea.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
America First, America Hated, America Alone  —  Trump intends to bring about the collapse of the liberal international order, in its commitment to open societies and its institutions.  —  Some near-forgotten anniversaries are worth commemorating.  One hundred years ago — Bastille Day …
Discussion: Reuters
Former U.S. Senator Al Franken:
When Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senators will have an opportunity to examine his record, his judicial philosophy, and his qualifications for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.  —  I wish I could be there.  Because I have some questions I'd love to see him answer.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Trump falsely claims CNN did not cover him refusing question from Acosta at UK press conference  —  on Saturday falsely claimed that CNN did not report on his snub of the network's White House correspondent Jim Acosta at an international news conference the previous day.
 
 
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Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
New EPA Chief Is Already Facing 2 Ethical Problems In His First Week, Echoing Scott Pruitt
Jack Aitchison / dailyrecord:
Greenpeace buzz Donald Trump with paraglider at Turnberry resort with President inside
Discussion: HuffPost
Paloma Esquivel / Los Angeles Times:
Victorville prison strains to handle hundreds of immigrant detainees: ‘We cannot take care of these inmates’
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Ex-Novartis CEO sent drug pricing proposal to Cohen
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Another top NSC official ousted under Bolton
Discussion: Foreign Policy, CNN, Joe.My.God. and Axios
New York Times:
4,500 Tech Workers, 1 Mission: Get Democrats Elected
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
‘Evil Has Won’  —  Pro-American Germans feel betrayed.
Discussion: Althouse and Raw Story
Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg:
WeWork Tells Employees Meat Is Permanently Off the Company Menu
Discussion: Grist
Andrea Chamblee / Washington Post:
John went into the Capital Gazette on a Thursday. The rest is a daze.
London Evening Standard:
Donald Trump London protest news: Nearly 250,000 protesters march against president's visit
Discussion: CBS News and Splinter
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Pence family gas stations left costly environmental legacy
Discussion: Daily Kos
 

 
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate the US' net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sources: Microsoft is prioritizing security over new features to win back consumer trust, as it scrambles to respond to new attacks from Russia-linked hackers
 
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