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The Daily Beast:
Omarosa Secretly Recorded Trump and Played the Audio for People, Sources Say … Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, isn't the only one with secretly recorded audio of the president.  —  Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast …
New York Times:
Trump's Lawyers Counter Mueller's Interview Offer, Seeking Narrower Scope  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers rejected the special counsel's latest terms for an interview in the Russia investigation, countering on Wednesday with an offer that suggested a narrow path for answering questions, people familiar with the matter said.
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Wall Street Journal:
'It's Fantastic!'  Trump Warms to Rosenstein  —  Nearly fired by the president, the No. 2 Justice official—the man in charge of the Mueller probe—builds a rapport  —  Before President Trump headed to meet Vladimir Putin last month, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein requested a meeting in the Oval Office.
Washington Post:   White House drafting sanctions order to punish foreign interference in U.S. elections
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:   Why it's time for Trump to play his ace in the hole
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump lawyers reject interview terms sought by special counsel in Russia probe
Discussion: Second Nexus and POLITICUSUSA
Kansas City Star:
No law prevents Kris Kobach from overseeing the likely recount in his own race  —  No law requires Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to recuse himself from a recount in the governor's race, but legal and political experts say that he should to maintain trust in the election.
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Kobach refuses to recuse himself from election recount  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who holds a razor-thin lead over incumbent Jeff Colyer in Kansas' Republican gubernatorial primary dubbed too close to call, said Wednesday that he will not recuse himself from a recount process.
Kansas City Star:   'I'm embarrassed for our county.' Johnson County election commissioner explains delay
CNN:
New York Republican Rep. Chris Collins indicted on insider trading charges  —  Washington (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday charged New York Republican Rep. Chris Collins, his son and another man with 13 counts of securities fraud, wire fraud and false statements stemming …
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NBC News:
New York Rep. Chris Collins indicted on insider trading charges
New York Times:
New York Congressman Chris Collins Is Charged With Insider Trading
Discussion: Above the Law
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Tuesday Night Is a Bad Sign for GOP Chances in the House  —  On its face, Tuesday night seemed uneventful, or even good news for the Republican Party.  Aside from a few primaries here and there, the main event was the House special election in Ohio's 12th Congressional District.
Discussion: RedState
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Kasich says Ohio election was a “vote on the president”  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Ohio voters who cast so many votes for Democrat Danny O'Connor in a solidly Republican district were “sending a message to the Republicans to knock it off.”  —  The Republican governor made the comments …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Ohio Results Point to Democratic Strength in 2018—And a Showdown in 2020
New York Times:
Republicans Gird for House Battle as Ohio and Kansas Races Remain Close
Tampa Bay Times:
Bill Nelson: The Russians have penetrated some Florida voter registration systems  —  Nelson amplified concerns about the 2018 midterms.  —  Russian operatives have “penetrated” some of Florida's election systems ahead of the 2018 midterms, Sen. Bill Nelson said Wednesday, adding new urgency about hacking.
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Mother Jones:   Russians Have Penetrated Florida's Election Systems, Senator Says
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CNN:
Remains of boy found during search of New Mexico compound  —  (CNN)The remains of a young boy were found on a compound in rural New Mexico where 11 emaciated children were discovered last week, authorities said Tuesday.  —  But it is unclear whether the remains uncovered Monday …
CNN:
Corey Stewart praised southern secession in 2017 campaign appearance  —  Senate candidate takes personal shot at Cuomo  —  (CNN)Corey Stewart, the Republican nominee for a US Senate seat for Virginia, praised in a speech last year Virginia's decision in 1861 to secede from the Union …
Discussion: New Republic and Blue Virginia
Ken White / NBC News:
Ken White The Manafort trial judge keeps yelling at prosecutors.  That's not good news for the defendant.  —  Trial lawyers know that judicial grumbling is not a reliable predictor of results.  —  For the last week, political junkies have been transfixed by the federal criminal trial of Paul Manafort …
Discussion: Vox, Daily Kos and New Yorker
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Manafort Trial Day 7: Gates wraps testimony, tensions flare
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
Like father, like son: Trump Jr. defiant about Russia probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — If Donald Trump Jr. is worried, he sure doesn't show it.  —  His father, the president, is reported to be fretting about his eldest son's entanglement in the Russia investigation.
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Ad Showing Trump Voter Urging President Not to Fire Robert Mueller Airs During Hannity
Discussion: Roll Call
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Uber Hit With Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown  —  Even as Uber has become one of Silicon Valley's biggest success stories and changed the way people across the globe get around, the company has faced increased scrutiny from government regulators and struggled to overcome its image …
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Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Alex Jones' Lawyer Seeks To Make Sandy Hook Parents' Home Addresses Public  —  “They're using an old, outdated law to intimidate these people and it's just sick,” said Mark Bankston, a lawyer for the parents.  —  When radio host Alex Jones published a video in 2017 titled “Sandy Hook Vampires Exposed …
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Rashida Tlaib, With Primary Win, Is Poised to Become First Muslim Woman in Congress  —  DETROIT — By the time Rashida Tlaib was finished, not a dry eye remained in the room.  —  “I want people across the country to know that you don't need to sell out,” Ms. Tlaib said early Wednesday morning.
Alvin Chang / Vox:
We analyzed every QAnon post on Reddit.  Here's who QAnon supporters actually are.  —  The QAnon subreddit, analyzed with data.  —  Late on a recent Thursday night, a Reddit user posted a comment in a forum (or subreddit) devoted to the game Magic: The Gathering about how the company …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Gus Bova / The Texas Observer:
ICE Crashed a Van Full of Separated Mothers, Then Denied It Ever Happened  —  On July 18, a cargo van transporting eight Central American mothers separated from their children under Trump's “zero tolerance” policy crashed into a pickup truck in San Marcos.  An ICE contractor was taking …
Alex Pareene / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Talks About a War on the Press.  Andrew Cuomo Is Waging One. … On July 19, Zack Fink, the Albany reporter for New York City's local cable news channel, NY1, asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo about the glaring lack of legitimate small donors to his reelection campaign.
Paul Bois / Daily Wire:
Mila Kunis Admits She Lives In A Bubble: 'I Didn't Even Know There Was An Opposing Side' On Abortion  —  “I don't want to promote it, whatever it is”  —  Actress Mila Kunis admits she lives in a progressive Hollywood bubble that is so knee-deep in pro-abortion advocates …
David Gutman / The Seattle Times:
Washington state primary election: GOP's McMorris Rodgers, Herrera Beutler face tight races in November  —  Republican House members Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Jaime Herrera Beutler are looking at tough general elections as each had less than half the vote on primary night.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Whole Republican Party Seems to Be Going to Jail Now  —  The entire Trump era has been a festering pit of barely disguised ongoing corruption.  But the whole sordid era has not had a 24-hour period quite like the orgy of criminality which we have just experienced.  The events of the last day alone include:
Tom Roussey / WJLA-TV:
Man beaten with bike lock by cyclist who screamed racist slur in Georgetown shares story  —  A local man is facing a hate crime charge for allegedly smashing an African American man in the head with a bicycle lock after repeatedly screaming the “N-word” at him.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Andrew Freedman / Axios:
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Nathan Layne / Reuters:
IRS agent testifies that Manafort had $16.5 million in unreported income
Patrick Leahy / U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont:
Blumenthal & Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, Including Leahy, File FOIA Request …
Walter Shapiro / Roll Call:
Why the Mueller Investigation Is the Wobble of Neptune
The Guardian:
Giant shipload of soybeans circles off China, victim of trade war with US
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Hannah Parry For / Daily Mail:
Unfriended!  Democrat drives to man's house and shoots him after heated political disagreement on Facebook
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Exclusive: The Insider Attack In Syria That The Pentagon Denies Ever Happened
Discussion: New Republic
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Do Obamacare's Left-Wing Critics Actually Understand It?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Axios:
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The problem with Twitter, as shown by the Sarah Jeong fracas
Henry Olsen / American Greatness:
Ohio Squeaker Shows GOP Has A Lot To Learn About Winning
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