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5:20 PM ET, August 2, 2018

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The Verge:
A note from the editorial leadership of The Verge  —  Newsrooms must stand up to targeted campaigns of harassment  —  Since announcing her new job with The New York Times, a widespread campaign of harassment has targeted Verge reporter Sarah Jeong for a number of tweets she wrote years ago.
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
New York Times stands by new tech writer Sarah Jeong after racist tweets surface  —  The New York Times is standing by its hiring of tech writer Sarah Jeong despite several derogatory tweets of hers aimed at white people, which were recently unearthed on her Twitter account.
Streiff / RedState:
The New York Times Hires an Apparent Racist for Their Editorial Board and That's Totally Fine  —  In the aftermath of the James Gunn affair, I'm going to have to cop to being a very bad person for writing this.  Because this story is, like Gunn's, about someone who was either too clever …
Joe Simonson / The Daily Caller:
Latest New York Times Hire Also Had Relationship With White Nationalist Hacker
Discussion: The Federalist
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Times Can Hire and Fire Whomever It Likes
Discussion: twitchy.com
Nick Hopkins / The Guardian:
Exclusive: suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow  —  Russian is understood to have had full access to secret data during decade at embassy  —  US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart …
Discussion: Political Wire
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
National Archives says it won't be able to produce all Kavanaugh documents until end of October  —  The National Archives said Thursday it won't be able to produce the full cache of documents requested by Senate Republicans on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh until the end of October …
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Lisa Blatt / Politico:
I'm a Liberal Feminist Lawyer.  Here's Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh.  —  Sometimes a superstar is just a superstar.  That is the case with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who had long been considered the most qualified nominee for the Supreme Court if Republicans secured the White House.
Politico:
GOP plans to blow past new Kavanaugh confirmation obstacle  —  Senate Republicans are pressing ahead on confirming Brett Kavanaugh before the midterm elections even after National Archives said Thursday that it can't meet the GOP's request for records until the end of October, days before the midterm elections.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   A top outside advisor to Trump secretly assures Koch donors that a lot more conservative judges are on the way
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump mulls a pre-election shutdown with Rush, and a pre-election anti-Pelosi ad  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SIREN ... REPUBLICANS are becoming increasingly concerned that they will lose the special election in Ohio's 12th congressional district, which would be a horrible sign for their election prospects this fall.
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New York Times:
Trump Pushes for Interview With Mueller Against Lawyers' Advice  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump pushed his lawyers in recent days to try once again to reach an agreement with the special counsel's office about him sitting for an interview, flouting their advice that he should not answer …
Jen Psaki / CNN:
Donald Trump has no earthly clue about how real people buy groceries
Discussion: CNBC, New York Times and BloombergQuint
Sarah Polus / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. co-hosts Dinesh D'Souza's very conservative D.C. film premiere  —  The red carpet for the screening of far-right filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza's new documentary was all business.  There's no time for chitchat about who is wearing what when you've got an entire liberal ideology to topple.
Discussion: New Republic and Hill Reporter
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
The Russian Threat ‘Is Real,’ Trump Officials Say, Vowing to Protect U.S. Elections  —  WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials on Thursday vowed to defend the United States' elections against threats from Russia and other countries, describing influence campaigns by America's adversaries …
Discussion: Politico
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Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:   CREW Files Hatch Act Complaints Against 10 Trump Administration Officials
Shannon Vavra / Axios:
U.S. intel chief confirms Russians hacking candidates, government officials
Discussion: Politico
Hazel Jones / Daily Mail:
'Many didn't notice it as keenly as I did because I knew him way back when.  They thought Trump was being Trump, off the cuff,' Omarosa writes.  'But I knew something wasn't right'  —  'For the Lester Holt interview, I watched it on a small TV in the upper press room (the lower press room …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC warns donors to steer clear of Kochs  —  The move escalates the fight between President Donald Trump and the powerful network.  —  The Republican National Committee is sending a warning shot to major GOP donors not to play ball with the powerful Koch political network …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Axios:
Ivanka says family separation was White House “low point”  —  Ivanka Trump said during an Axios interview on Thursday that she agrees with White House colleagues who describe family separation as “a low point in the White House”:  —  “That was a low point for me as well.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump says she doesn't consider the media ‘the enemy of the people,’ disagrees with immigrant family separations
Washington Post:
Aide to Trump-confidant Roger Stone ordered to appear before Mueller grand jury  —  A former aide to longtime President Trump confidant Roger Stone must testify before the special counsel's grand jury, a federal judge in Washington ruled Thursday.  —  The judge rejected a challenge from Andrew Miller …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Roger Stone associate ordered to testify before grand jury in Mueller probe
Emily Williams / BostonGlobe.com:
A black Smith College student was eating her lunch when an employee called police  —  The rising sophomore at Smith College was quietly eating her lunch in a campus common room when a police officer approached her Tuesday afternoon.  —  A college employee had called police to report someone who …
NBC News:
Mueller wants to interview Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, lawyer says  —  The son of a Russian oligarch helped set up the now infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller has requested an interview with Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, who helped set …
Daily Mail:
Wright was driving in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on June 30 when she saw this silver Jeep in front of her sporting a ‘Make America Great Again’ decal  —  The incident took place on June 30, but Wright was only taken into custody a month later after being pulled over during a traffic stop.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Fox News filed by parents of Seth Rich  —  A federal judge on Thursday dismissed in its entirety a case filed by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich against Fox News, one of the network's reporters, and a Texas businessman.
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: Fired-up liberals raise $1 billion on website for candidates, causes ahead of midterms  —  WASHINGTON - The online fundraising platform ActBlue this week surged past the $1 billion mark in contributions to Democratic candidates and causes in this election cycle.
Discussion: Axios
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Fox, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Win Hot Package On Multi-Million Dollar Theft Of McDonald's Monopoly Game  —  EXCLUSIVE: Fox is poised to win the hot lit property in the marketplace at the moment, a giant Happy Meal that everyone wanted.  Ben Affleck is attached to direct …
Discussion: Eater and The Week
Erin B. Logan / Washington Post:
Trump's wildlife protection council is mostly trophy hunters and donors, lawsuit says  —  Advocacy groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday over what they call the biased makeup of a wildlife advisory council.  —  The lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court in New York alleges …
Essex Porter / KIRO:
PSE sends racial slur to black woman  —  SEATTLE - An African-American woman says Puget Sound Energy emailed her a racial slur to use as the temporary password to her online account.  —  Erica Conway believes the insult was deliberate and wants the company to get to the bottom of it.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Root and theGrio
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Here Are the Cable News Morning Show Ratings for July 2018  —  TVNewser has received a number of emails lately asking for a break down of cable news morning show ratings, specifically for 6-9 a.m. ET shows.  —  Ask, and you shall receive.  At least for the month of July.  Will we do more of these?
Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
4 dentists accused of raping woman at Las Vegas Strip hotel  —  Clockwise from top left: Sina Edalat, Poria Edalat, Ali Badkoobehi and Saman Edalat (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)  —  Four California dentists, including three brothers, face sexual assault charges after a woman accused …
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
‘It Can Happen Even to Guys’: Ohio State Wrestlers Detail Abuse, Saying #UsToo  —  CLEVELAND — Nick Nutter, an All-American heavyweight wrestler at Ohio State turned professional martial arts fighter, sat watching the television last January as one by one, the young women, former gymnasts …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Sky News:
Not drinking alcohol in middle age increases dementia risk, says report  —  Not drinking in middle age can increase the risk of dementia as much as drinking too much, according to a report.  —  The study tracked the drinking habits of 9,000 London civil servants between the ages of 35 and 55 from 1985 to 1993.
Committee on the Judiciary:
NADLER & LOFGREN DEMAND ANSWERS AFTER DOJ ANNOUNCEMENT REVEALS TRUMP APPEARS TO HAVE LIED BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ABOUT IMMIGRATION CLAIMS BEHIND FIRST MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) …
WBRZ:
New York man accused of threatening La. congressman in voicemail … BUFFALO, N.Y. - Authorities have arrested a man for allegedly threatening two U.S. Congressmen over voicemail.  —  Carlos Bayon, 63, was arrested and charged with interstate communication of a threat, according to WKBW.
Lee Smith / RealClearInvestigations:
Privately, Intel Officials Back Shutting Out Brennan, Clapper  —  President Trump has been criticized for politicizing the intelligence community by threatening to strip the security clearances of former top officials including John Brennan and James Clapper.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Democratic Party Picked an Odd Time to Have an Identity Crisis  —  Can its unruly coalition take shape against Trump without one wing predominating?  —  The Democratic Party is a traditional political organization dedicated to winning elections.  It is also a social justice movement, the political home of societal change.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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Alex Yablon / The Trace:
In Court Papers, NRA Stresses Financial Pressures and Says It May Have to Shut Down NRATV
OHCHR:
Trump attacks on media violate basic norms of press freedom, human rights experts say
Washington Post:
How Republicans trick Facebook and Twitter with claims of bias
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Is Clarence Thomas the Supreme Court's Future?
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNNMoney:
Brookstone files for bankruptcy and will close all of its mall stores
Discussion: CBS Boston
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Illinois legislator resigns after ex-girlfriend says he used her naked photos to ‘catfish’ men on Instagram
Discussion: HuffPost, Hit & Run, Queerty and AOL
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Leather Addict Buzz Bissinger Calls Out Manafort's ‘Ridiculous’ Ostrich Jacket
Discussion: Washington Post
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Manafort trial Day 3: The bookkeeper speaks, a man-made waterfall and a Rick Gates guarantee
Discussion: ABC News
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Facebook Is The World's Biggest Right-Wing Media Company
Rachel O'Donoghue / Dailystar.co.uk:
South Africa facing ‘mass STARVATION and RIOTS’ after white people's land seized
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Unveils His Plan to Weaken Fuel Efficiency Rules
Wall Street Journal:
Treasury Plans to Boost Borrowing as Trillion-Dollar Deficits Loom
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Media don't want to understand Trump voters, all 63 million of them
Discussion: alicublog
Elisabetta Povoledo / New York Times:
Pope Declares Death Penalty Inadmissible in All Cases
 

 
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