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The Daily Beast:
Trump Tanks His Own Putin Walk-Back During One of the ‘Worst Moments of His Presidency’ … It was approaching mid-morning on Tuesday, and Donald Trump's team had one choice: He had to clean up the mess he had left for them following his disastrous press conference abroad.  If they had to beg, so be it.
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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.
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Appears to Say Russia Is No Longer Targeting U.S. White House Says He Was Answering a Different Question.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump appeared to say on Wednesday that Russia was no longer targeting the United States, contradicting his own intelligence chief just a day after promising …
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.
Joseph Neese / Salon:
President Donald Trump contradicts nation's top spy, claims Russia is not targeting the US
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.
Mohamed / The Soufan Center:   IntelBrief: The Reality of the Russian Investigation
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
Discussion: Politico, CNBC and Raw Story
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Here's why Mark Zuckerberg doesn't think Infowars should be banned
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Foreign Policy:
State Department Silent on MH17 Anniversary Following Trump-Putin Firestorm  —  The department prepared to criticize Russia's role in the 2014 downing of a civilian airliner over Ukraine, but the statement was never released.  —  Every year since a Russian missile downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 …
Discussion: Axios
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Meduza.io:   Russian officials want to question former Ambassador Michael McFaul and other U.S. officials …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
House Dems unveil new midterm campaign slogan  —  House Democrats have finalized their campaign slogan heading into the last months before the midterm election: “For the People.”  —  The new motto, which Democratic leaders unveiled in a private meeting with members Wednesday morning …
Discussion: New Republic and twitchy.com
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Hullabaloo
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:   Senate Dems build huge cash edge in battlegrounds
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Politico and Axios
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Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Leaked Documents Show Facebook's ‘Threshold’ for Deleting Pages and Groups  —  During testimony to lawmakers, Facebook did not provide specifics on the threshold Pages or Groups have to cross before being deleted.  Documents obtained by Motherboard layout those limits.
Discussion: Engadget
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Washington Post:
Trump's tariffs on Mexico are causing layoffs in the United States  —  POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — When a Mexican company bought Mid Continent Nail Corp. in 2012, workers at the factory here feared it was the beginning of the end.  Their jobs, they suspected, would be given to lower-paid workers in Mexico …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:   ‘I want him to fix it’: Trump voters sorry now that tariffs are killing their Missouri nail factory
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump says defending tiny NATO ally Montenegro could lead to World War III  —  President Trump, who rattled U.S. allies at a NATO meeting last week, voiced concern in a television interview broadcast Tuesday night that sending troops from the alliance to defend an “aggressive” Monte­negro could result in World War III.
Discussion: Politico
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel still investigating Roger Stone  —  Stone: Think I'm probably person in indictment  —  Washington (CNN)Robert Mueller's special counsel's office appears to still be investigating Trump adviser Roger Stone and working on a case in court involving one of his former associates.
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
A Critical Factor In 2020: Democrats Make Significant Cut To Caucus States  —  A quiet but significant shift across a handful of states could reshape the Democratic nominating process ahead of 2020: The party is now poised to see a historic reduction in the number of states that use caucuses …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
Discussion: Sputnik International
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
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
Reuters:
Iran builds new centrifuge rotor factory: nuclear chief  —  (Reuters) - Iran has built a factory that can produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day, the head of its atomic agency said on Wednesday, upping the stakes in a confrontation with Washington over the Islamic Republic's nuclear work.
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
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.
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.
 
 
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eac.gov:
U.S. Election Assistance Commission Announces All Eligible States and Territories Have Requested HAVA Funds
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Ben Myers / Chronicle of Higher Education:
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Pew Research Center:
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Melanie Woodrow / abc7news.com:
San Francisco Department of Elections issues voter registration forms for non-citizens
Brooke Medina / Civitas Institute:
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama Decries the Political Habits That Drove His Career
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Dem Senator: ‘We Are In A 9/11 National Emergency’
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Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Trump tells wild lies about Brexit, NATO and Obama, in 57-false-claim week
Tennessean.com:
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Meduza.io:
Kremlin's transcript of Putin's remarks in Helsinki redacts admission that Russia was responsible …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
BuzzFeed launches a new website for its real journalism
Bloomberg:
DNC Loses Request to Serve Kushner With Russia Suit by Mail
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Just Security:
Exclusive: Trump White House's Intelligence Chief Is Leaving
Joe Lieberman / Wall Street Journal:
Vote Joe Crowley, for Working Families