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David Remnick / New Yorker:
The Unwinding of Donald Trump  —  In dictatorial states, a failure to applaud the Leader has often been a matter of treason.  Last February, following the State of the Union address, President Trump flew to Blue Ash, Ohio, for a rally and accused the Democrats in Congress of that very crime.
Axios:
A case study in Trump's GOP mind control  —  Yes, almost every elected Republican we talk to privately thinks President Trump's warm embrace of Vladimir Putin was unexplainable, unacceptable and un-American.  Yes, they wish they could say this publicly.  No, they won't — not now, and probably never.
Financial Times:
Trump, Putin and the betrayal of America  —  Donald Trump's press conference with Vladimir Putin this week is likely to go down as one of the signature moments of his presidency.  In an appalling display, the US president refused to endorse the verdict of his own intelligence agencies …
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Zuckerberg: The Recode interview  —  Everything was on the table — and after Facebook's wildest year yet, that's a really big table.  —  I had not done a formal interview with Zuckerberg since he appeared at our D: All Things Digital conference in 2010, when the company was in its early days.
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Full transcript: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Recode Decode  —  Zuckerberg talks about everything from China to Infowars to whether he should be fired over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.  —  On the latest episode of Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat …
Discussion: Politico, CNBC and Raw Story
CNNMoney:
Cambridge Analytica's Facebook data was accessed from Russia, MP says
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Scott Stedman
Manu Raju / CNN:
Trump Supreme Court pick: I would ‘put the nail’ in ruling upholding independent counsel  —  (CNN)Judge Brett Kavanaugh two years ago expressed his desire to overturn a three-decade-old Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of an independent counsel, a comment bound …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Initial Views on Kavanaugh Confirmation Divided
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Now the party of Trump, GOP's midterm pitch is protecting him  —  Subscribe to McClatchy's Beyond the Bubble show on iTunes here or Stitcher.  —  WASHINGTON — Headed into a election that's expected to favor Democrats, a top GOP Senate strategist says Republicans are counting …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Senate Dems build huge cash edge in battlegrounds
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Maria Butina, Suspected Secret Agent, Was in Touch With Russian Intelligence, Prosecutors Say  —  WASHINGTON — A woman charged with secretly acting on behalf of Russia was working as a covert agent in the United States and was recently in contact with a suspected Russian intelligence official, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina had ties to Russian intelligence agency, prosecutors say  —  The Russian woman arrested on charges of being a foreign agent had ties to Russian intelligence operatives and was in contact with them while in the United States, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
American Conservatives Played A Secret Role In The Macedonian Fake News Boom Ahead Of 2016  —  A joint investigation by BuzzFeed News and partners has uncovered new information that rewrites the story of the fake news boom in the Macedonian town of Veles.  —  A week before Election Day in 2016 …
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Trump calls out ‘very aggressive’ Montenegro in latest NATO jibe  —  The U.S. ally — which is smaller than Connecticut and about as populous as Baltimore — found itself in the president's cross hairs.  —  LONDON — In the 12 short years since Montenegro regained its independence …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump says defending tiny NATO ally Montenegro could lead to World War III
Discussion: Politico
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Dying For Montenegro
Discussion: City Journal and Washington Post
NBC News:
Trump revised one sentence from Helsinki. Here's everything else he didn't fix.
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
A Stabbing On Samish Island: The Radicalization Of Lane Davis  —  Lane Davis was a far-right, pro-Trump media figure looking for his big break.  Then he stabbed his father to death.  —  Nearly everyone on Samish Island knew Chuck Davis, a bighearted retiree who lived in the handsome gray shingle house …
CBS News:
Trump wrongly says queen reviewed guard for 1st time in 70 years  —  President Trump claimed Tuesday that during his visit to England, Queen Elizabeth II reviewed her Guard of Honor for the first time in 70 years — but she's only been queen for 65 years.  And as any royal-watcher knows …
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker regrets appearing on Alex Jones's radio show  —  (R-Fla.) on Wednesday said he regrets his appearance on a radio show hosted by Infowars founder Alex Jones.  —  “I would not go back on Alex Jones's show,” Gaetz told Hill.TV co-hosts Buck Sexton and Krystal Ball on “Rising.”
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Florida Politics
Joe Lieberman / Wall Street Journal:
Vote Joe Crowley, for Working Families  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hurts the party, Congress and even America.  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's surprise primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley seems likely to hurt Congress, America and the Democratic Party.  It doesn't have to.
RIA Novosti / Meduza.io:
Russian officials want to question former Ambassador Michael McFaul and other U.S. officials in their investigation of Bill Browder  —  The Russian Attorney General's Office has named several American state officials and intelligence officers wanted for questioning in the criminal case against Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder.
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Michelle Michelle Choi / KHOU-TV:
Husband shoots home invasion suspect holding wife at gunpoint  —  The husband managed to shoot one of the suspects in the head.  This happened at a home in in southeast Houston near Scott and Airport.  —  HOUSTON - Police say a husband opened fire on two home invasion suspects as they tried to hold his wife at gunpoint overnight.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“This Was the Nightmare Scenario”: The West Wing Revolts After Trump Embraces Putin  —  As Trump grappled with his error, Chief of Staff John Kelly went into overdrive to get Trump to walk it back.  —  As he flew home from Helsinki on Air Force One following his disastrous press conference …
Jason Villalba / TribTalk:
It's time to impeach the president  —  When I was ten years old, over a plate of rice, beans and tortillas, I watched the evening news in front of an old Emerson 19-inch tube TV.  On the screen was a man who looked like a grandpa, resembled the dad on “Father Knows Best,” …
Discussion: Mediaite
The Information:
Instagram's Growing Bot Problem  —  Instagram, which recently reached a billion users, might have as many as 95 million bots posing as real accounts on its platform, according to a new study conducted for The Information by the research firm Ghost Data.  —  That tally is somewhat higher …
Kantele Franko / Associated Press:
Rep. Jim Jordan interviewed in doctor sex abuse inquiry  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, who used to coach wrestling at Ohio State University, was interviewed by a law firm investigating allegations that a now-dead team doctor sexually abused male athletes there decades ago, his spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Texas to pass Iraq and Iran as world's No. 3 oil powerhouse  —  Shale exec: US will surpass Russia in oil production  —  Don't mess with Texas.  It's a global oil superpower.  —  The shale oil boom has brought a gold rush mentality to the Lone Star State, which is home to not one but two massive oilfields.
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Bill Melugin / KTTV:
EXCLUSIVE: Riverside gun store confronts Sacha Baron Cohen after he comes to business in disguise  —  RIVERSIDE, CA (FOX 11) - A Riverside gun store owner has harsh words for Sacha Baron Cohen after he says he caught the actor showing up to his business in disguise and under false pretense, and it was all caught on surveillance video.
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The vanishing White House press briefing  —  Commentators slam Trump for summit performance  —  The “daily” White House press briefing is a thing of the past.  —  The White House has only held three on-camera briefings in the past 30 days, according to the administration's own records on WhiteHouse.gov.
Tennessean.com:
Next Slide  —  The number of Tennesseans now displaying Confederate battle flag license plates is higher than at any other point in the last decade, according to state data on the controversial specialty tags.  —  The Sons of Confederate Veterans plate, the proceeds from which benefit …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘I want him to fix it’: Trump voters sorry now that tariffs are killing their Missouri nail factory  —  MSNBC's Vaughn Hillyard this week visited a nail factory in Missouri that is getting absolutely crushed by President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs.
Balding's World:
Balding Out  —  I am leaving China.  After nine years working for the HSBC Business School of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School as a professor teaching international trade, negotiations, and ethics, I am leaving China.  In early November 2017, the HSBC Business School informed me they would not renew my contract.
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump's migrant fiasco diverts millions from health programs  —  HHS is forced to prioritize migrant crisis over medical research and other goals.  —  The health department has quietly dipped into tens of millions of dollars to pay for the consequences of President Donald Trump's border policy …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, HuffPost, The Week and Bustle
Meduza.io:
Kremlin's transcript of Putin's remarks in Helsinki redacts admission that Russia was responsible for Crimea's separatist referendum  —  The Kremlin doctored its official transcript of Putin's remarks to journalists, following his meeting on Monday in Helsinki with U.S. President Trump …
Brooke Medina / Civitas Institute:
CIVITAS POLL: Budd Leads in NC-13 Congressional Race  —  RALEIGH, N.C. - In the latest Civitas Poll, Republican Congressman Ted Budd leads Democrat Kathy Manning by 5 points.  —  The poll, conducted July 12-16, 2018, surveyed 537 likely voters in North Carolina's 13thCongressional District.
 
 
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama Decries the Political Habits That Drove His Career
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Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Dem Senator: ‘We Are In A 9/11 National Emergency’
Discussion: RedState
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Supreme Court Approval Highest Since 2009
Discussion: The Daily Caller
BuzzFeed News:
Trump Campaigned For President Attacking Immigrants. Here's All The Ways He's Done It In Office.
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Trump tells wild lies about Brexit, NATO and Obama, in 57-false-claim week
Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune:
Prosecutors: Northern Minnesota man on trial in pipe bomb case wrote of ‘armed rebellion’
Discussion: Raw Story
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
BuzzFeed launches a new website for its real journalism
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Shadow Politics: Meet the Digital Sleuth Exposing Fake News
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
DNC Loses Request to Serve Kushner With Russia Lawsuit by Mail
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
ISIS is making a comeback in Iraq just months after Baghdad declared victory
David Kopel / Reason:
Ninth Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Magazine Confiscation in California
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
After Putin Meeting, Trump Voters Mostly Dig In. But Cracks Are Showing.
Discussion: The Guardian and 1A
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Putin Jet Trespassed in NATO Airspace on Way to Summit, Estonia Says
Just Security:
Exclusive: Trump White House's Intelligence Chief Is Leaving