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9:45 AM ET, July 23, 2018

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How a Trump Decision Revealed a G.O.P. Memo's Shaky Foundation  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump declassified a memo by House Republicans in February that portrayed the surveillance of a former campaign adviser as scandalous, his motivation was clear: to give congressional allies …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
FISA warrant application supports Nunes memo  —  The weekend release of a highly-redacted version of the FBI's application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap onetime Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page has renewed the argument over the Nunes memo …
Eli Okun / Politico:
Graham: Carter Page wiretap ‘not at all’ justified
Discussion: Chicks On The Right and Breitbart
Christine Todd Whitman / Los Angeles Times:
Calling my fellow Republicans: Trump is clearly unfit to remain in office  —  President Trump's disgraceful performance in Helsinki, Finland, and in the days since is an indication that he is not fit to remain in office.  Trump's 2016 “America First” platform might be more aptly named …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says he gave up nothing at Helsinki summit  —  The Latest on the U.S. Russia probe (all times local):  —  Still facing bipartisan criticism of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump says he “gave up NOTHING” during their summit last week.
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
Trump Threatens Iran on Twitter, Warning Rouhani of Dire ‘Consequences’  —  President Trump threatened Iran late Sunday, warning of severe “consequences,” as rhetoric between the two countries' presidents escalated dramatically.  —  Mr. Trump, in an all-caps message on Twitter addressed …
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Trump warns Iran's Rouhani to stop the threats or suffer historic consequences
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Axios and CNN
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Just How Far Will the Left Go?  —  There was no honeymoon for the unlikely winner of the 2016 election.  Progressives have in succession tried to sue to overturn Trump's victory using several different approaches.  First on the bogus claim of fraudulent voting machines.
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Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
PICTURED: Hillary Clinton dining with Harvey Weinstein after her loss  —  Photos of Hillary Clinton having dinner with longtime pal Harvey Weinstein weeks after her election loss have emerged.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Inches Higher, Buoyed by Republican Support  —  In the latest WSJ/NBC News poll, the president's job approval rose to 45% but remains among the lowest of any modern president at this point his first term  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's approval rating …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Public gives Trump thumbs down on Russia, thumbs up on economy
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's former campaign chairman faces trial in first court test of special counsel prosecution … With his well-coiffed hair, tailored suits and keen ability to charm the powerful, Paul S. Manafort spent decades wheeling and dealing with U.S. politicians and foreign despots …
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Politico:   Risks pile up for Trump as Manafort heads to trial
Tod Lindberg / Weekly Standard:
Why the success of the Federalist Society is unlikely to be replicated.  —  With President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court seat Justice Anthony Kennedy is vacating, the influence of the Federalist Society—the membership organization of conservative and libertarian lawyers …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Wavering Rand sets off Supreme Court spectacle
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lawmaker Jason Spencer Strips Down, Screams ‘N-Word’ on Sacha Baron Cohen's ‘Who Is America?’ … This past week, Jason Spencer, a Republican state representative from Georgia, revealed that Sacha Baron Cohen had tricked him into shouting “provocative language” during what he thought was a real anti-terrorism training video.
Discussion: Bustle, New York Times and The Blast
The Daily Beast:
John Kelly Signed Off on a ‘Purge’ of Scott Pruitt Loyalists From EPA … The Trump White House has moved quickly to force out a trio of staffers loyal to former, scandal-plagued Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Massive job cuts expected at the Daily News  —  The struggling Daily News is expected to begin another massive round of layoffs on Monday, The Post has learned.  —  The cuts at the teetering tabloid, which some insiders feared would range as high as 70 percent of staff …
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Gowdy: If There Was Evidence That President Trump Committed Any Crime, “Adam Schiff Would Have Leaked It”  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy told FNC's Bret Baier on FOX News Sunday that while there are documents he has not seen, he knows that if there were any evidence that President Trump committed any crime …
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Fox News:
Rep. Trey Gowdy on Helsinki summit fallout
Discussion: Townhall, HuffPost and IJR
New York Post:
Cuomo had the MTA waste $30M on tunnel vanity project  —  Gov. Cuomo ordered the cash-strapped MTA to waste up as much as $30 million on his latest vanity project — retiling two city tunnels in the state's blue-and-gold color scheme — instead of using the dough for desperately needed subway repairs, The Post has learned.
Michael R. Pompeo / US Department of State:
U.S. Department of State  —  Search Input  —  Supporting Iranian Voices  —  Remarks  —  Secretary of State  —  Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library  —  Simi Valley, CA  —  SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you all.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.
Discussion: Power Line
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: World leaders turning Trump tricks against him  —  World leaders are learning to play President Trump using his own set of predictable negotiating tricks.  The most vivid example of this: French President Emmanuel Macron bragging to Trump that he was jamming him by stealing “The Art of the Deal” techniques, Axios has learned.
Discussion: RT
Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Trump's zero-tolerance policy turns basement into pop-up ‘dungeon’  —  Attorneys use windowless room below federal courthouse for rushed consultations with clients charged with illegal entry  —  Some lawyers call it the dungeon.  Others call it the garage.  Guards call it the sub-block.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Mark Zuckerberg is a horror show.  But there's a glimmer of truth hidden in his latest blunder.  —  To follow Mark Zuckerberg's utterances is to constantly cringe.  —  Last week was no different.  The Facebook founder — fresh off his failed fake-news apology tour — seemed to give support to Holocaust deniers.
Michael Anton / Claremont Institute:
Birthright Citizenship: A Response to My Critics  —  expected the reaction to a recent op-ed I published calling for the end of birthright citizenship to be cantankerous.  I even expected it to be hysterical—from the Left.  I did not expect self-described “conservatives” …
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Leader of the Persistence … It was unremittingly hot at the farm in Natick, Massachusetts, where 1,500 people had gathered on the Sunday after the Fourth of July.  Remarkably, this crowd had assembled under a blistering sun not for a free concert, or outdoor theater, or even a protest, exactly.
Discussion: Politico and Taylor Marsh
Gabriela Galindo / Politico:
Amazon UK chief warned no-deal Brexit could lead to ‘civil unrest’: report  —  If Britain fails to secure a trade deal with the European Union when it quits the bloc, the country could be embroiled in “civil unrest” within two weeks, according to online retail firm Amazon.
 
 
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
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Southern Nationalist Group Creates Russian Language Website Page To Foster Relationship Between the ‘Two Natural Allies’
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