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3:30 PM ET, July 14, 2018

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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump on Russia indictment: Why didn't Obama do something?  —  on Saturday reacted to the indictment of 12 Russian military officers “for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election” by blaming former President Obama and the “deep state.”  —  “The stories you heard …
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Ignore the spin — still no evidence of Trump collusion  —  “They caught the witches.”  Those were the celebratory words of John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton  —  's 2016 presidential campaign, in response to the indictment Friday of 12 Russian military intelligence officers for hacking efforts linked to the 2016 election.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
James Risen / The Intercept:
Indictment of Russian Intelligence Operatives Should Quell Harebrained Conspiracy Theories on DNC Hack  —  With his latest indictments on Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller drove a particularly sharp nail into the coffin of the conspiracy theories surrounding the cyber-attack …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump blames Obama for Russian election meddling  —  The president asked why the Obama administration didn't ‘do something about’ Russia's cyberattacks.  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed the Obama administration for the actions of 12 Russian military officials indicted …
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: Breitbart and ABC News
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Russian Hackers Kept DNC Backdoor Longer Than Anyone Knew
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:   Mueller stood up to Putin. Now it's Trump's turn.
CNN:
Roger Stone's messages suggest he is unnamed person in new Russia indictment
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
In Trump's U.K. Visit, Some See ‘Infomercial’ for Money-Losing Golf Resort  —  GLASGOW — On Monday, President Trump will have a closely watched meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, just days after the announcement that 12 Russian military intelligence officers had been indicted …
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Washington Post:
Trump holes up at his Scottish golf resort, tweeting about Russia before next week's Putin meeting
Discussion: IJR, Mother Jones and ThinkProgress
Libby Brooks / The Guardian:
Thousands protest across Scotland as Trump plays golf
Discussion: BBC, ThinkProgress, NPR and Common Dreams
Jack Aitchison / dailyrecord:
Greenpeace buzz Donald Trump with paraglider at Turnberry resort with President inside
Discussion: Scotsman and Daily Mail
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Ken Starr: Kavanaugh would rule ‘that no one is above the law’  —  Former Clinton independent counsel Ken Starr said Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, if confirmed, would not bend to President Donald Trump's will if a potential showdown with special counsel Robert Mueller sparked a constitutional crisis.
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
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Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:   Speech problems mar Pelosi appearance: Says tax cut will add ‘2 children dollars more’ to deficit
Amy Joi O'Donoghue / Deseret News:
‘Puppy pistol?’  Utah gun rights activist says she was duped by Sacha Baron Cohen  —  SOUTH JORDAN — Utah gun rights activist Janalee Tobias said she held a .22-caliber pistol cloaked in a stuffed toy puppy — the puppy pistol — and fed it bullets shaped like crayons to kill the bad guys.
New York Times:
Cleaning Toilets, Following Rules: A Migrant Child's Days in Detention  —  A portrait of life in the shelters for the children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.  —  Do not misbehave.  Do not sit on the floor.  Do not share your food.  Do not use nicknames.  Also, it is best not to cry.
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 …
Discussion: The Intercept
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Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Election system firm with Maryland contract has ties to Russian oligarch, FBI tells state
Discussion: Axios
Jayne Miller / WBAL:   Maryland voter registration system runs on software owned by Russian-financed firm, I-Team learns
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.
Michiko Kakutani / The Guardian:
The death of truth: how we gave up on facts and ended up with Trump  —  From post-modernism to filter bubbles, ‘truth decay’ has been spreading for decades.  How can we stop alternative facts from bringing down democracy, asks Michiko Kakutani  —  Two of the most monstrous regimes …
Foreign Policy:
White House Official Who Advocated for Refugees Sacked and Escorted From Office  —  Jennifer Arangio had clashed with Stephen Miller and other hard-line aides to Trump.  —  A senior White House official, Jennifer Arangio, was fired Thursday and escorted from her office …
Discussion: CNN, IJR and KTLA
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.
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
‘Did Donald Trump just WALK IN FRONT OF THE QUEEN?’  —  LONDON — It's generally quite difficult to upstage the queen of England, but President Trump might have managed to do so.  —  Trump and Queen Elizabeth II met Friday as part of his working visit to the United Kingdom.
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.
Talia Lavin / Village Voice:
Elon Musk and the Cult of the Celebrity Savior … On Wednesday, Elon Musk — celebrity tech genius, aspiring space mogul, and Tesla chief — made a dramatic announcement: He was going to help the people of Flint, Michigan. … It was an unexpected development in an ongoing crisis …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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NBC News:
U.S. refuses European requests for exemptions from its new sanctions on Iran
Discussion: Daily Kos and Defense One
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