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John O. Brennan / New York Times:
John Brennan: President Trump's Claims of No Collusion Are Hogwash  —  That's why the president revoked my security clearance: to try to silence anyone who would dare challenge him.  —  Mr. Brennan was director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013 to 2017.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump blurts out another Lester Holt moment  —  It really was the Russia investigation all along.  —  In an interview with the Wall Street Journal posted late Wednesday, President Trump once again gave away the ballgame when it comes to his efforts to impact the probe and tear down its leaders (both current and former).
U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released the following statement after the White House announced President Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan:  —  “I applaud President Trump for his revoking of John Brennan's security clearance.
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Revokes Ex-CIA Director John Brennan's Security Clearance
ACLU:
ACLU Comment on Revocation of John Brennan's Security Clearance
Discussion: Common Dreams and Washington Post
Heather Long / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The U.S. economy is thriving. Can Republicans ride that to a midterm upset?
Discussion: MSNBC and Mediaite
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Trump's military parade is now estimated to cost $92 million - $80 million more than earlier estimate  — President Donald Trump's military parade is estimated to cost $92 million, according to a U.S. defense official with firsthand knowledge of the assessment.
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:   Pentagon punishes reporters over tough coverage
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Death Spiral”: Why Omarosa Totally Triggered Trump  —  The perceived betrayal of a longtime female ally, and her perfectly executed Trumpian tactics, made the feud too personal to ignore.  —  In the days before Omarosa Manigault Newman rolled out her White House tell-all, Unhinged …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
‘If they take the House, he wins big’: Trump loyalists see upside in impeachment  —  Why some Trump allies think his path to reelection runs through an effort to kick him out of the Oval Office.  —  There's a new way of demonstrating loyalty to Donald Trump and his Republican Party …
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and The Week
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New York Times:
Pelosi, Under Threat in Her Own Party, Says She Is Building Bridge to New Leaders  —  Nancy Pelosi is confronting rising threats from different corners of the Democratic Party, and is girding for a mortal challenge to her leadership after the November midterm elections or even sooner.
Amanda Petrusich / New Yorker:
Aretha Franklin Is As Immortal As Can Be  —  The eternal challenge is to answer grief with something that resembles love.  To choose not to just sit around decrying hardship and injustice but to instead uncurl your fists and approach sorrow with grace, power, and, most incredibly, gratitude …
Discussion: The Atlantic, New York Times and Vox
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J. Freedom du Lac / Washington Post:
Aretha Franklin, music's ‘Queen of Soul,’ dies at 76
Devin Scillian / WDIV-TV:   Aretha Franklin, ‘The Queen of Soul,’ dies at age 76
Stereo Williams / The Daily Beast:
Aretha Franklin Dead at 76: A Queen Who Embodied Black Music's Spirit and Vision
Michael Sinkewicz / pluralist:
Millennial Couple Bikes Through ISIS Territory to Prove ‘Humans Are Kind’ and Gets Killed  —  “Evil is a make-believe concept we've invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans.”  —  An idealistic young American couple was killed in an Islamic State-claimed terrorist attack …
Erin Durkin / The Guardian:
Almost 350 news outlets to publish editorials denouncing Trump's ‘dirty war’ on press  —  Participation comes after a push organized by the Boston Globe to run coordinated editorials against Trump's attacks on the media  —  Nearly 350 news organizations are set to publish editorials …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump labels media ‘the opposition party’ as newspapers push back en masse
Discussion: Vox and ABC News
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Manafort trial Day 13: Jury deliberations begin, verdict timing unknown  —  Jurors began deliberating Thursday in Paul Manafort's trial on bank- and tax-fraud charges, but the possible timing of a verdict remains unknown.  —  U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III sent the 12-person jury off …
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Reuters:
Jury begins deliberations in trial of ex-Trump aide Manafort
Discussion: TalkLeft
Economic Policy Institute:
CEO compensation surged in 2017  —  What this report finds: This report looks at trends in chief executive officer (CEO) compensation, using two different measures.  The first measure includes stock options realized (in addition to salary, bonuses, restricted stock grants, and long-term incentive payouts).
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Washington Post:   CEO pay jumps to $19 million annually, as fears mount over the wealthy pocketing gains
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
She works for Trump.  He can't stand him.  This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway.  —  Kellyanne Conway is in her living room, showing me an enormous painting of Audrey Hepburn wearing a peacock on her head, but her husband, George, really wants us to come into his office and look …
Zach Dorfman / Foreign Policy:
Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents  —  The number of informants executed in the debacle is higher than initially thought.  —  It was considered one of the CIA's worst failures in decades: Over a two-year period starting in late 2010, Chinese authorities …
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Little-Known Justice Dept. Official Makes Trump's Security Clearance List  —  WASHINGTON — When the White House announced on Wednesday that President Trump was revoking or reviewing the security clearances of former officials who have emerged as some of his chief political antagonists …
Discussion: TheBlaze, Power Line and Vox
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Seeking to Relax Rules on U.S. Cyberattacks, Reverses Obama Directive  —  It isn't clear what rules the president is adopting to replace the existing ones  —  President Trump has reversed an Obama-era memorandum governing how and when the U.S. government can deploy cyberweapons …
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
‘Queer Eye’ Star Jonathan Van Ness Under Fire After Saying ‘Not All Republicans Are Racist’  —  “Ah, yes... ‘mutual understanding’ with racists,” says one commenter after Bravo reality star advocates for “center left candidates”  —  “Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness had to defend himself …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Gay Star News
Betsy Woodruff / amp.thedailybeast.com:
Trump Staffer Says He Recruited Lobbyists for Russian Mogul  —  In the time since the election, a little-known Trump campaign staffer named Daniel Gelbinovich reached out to a number of Washington lobbyists with an eyebrow-raising ask: to shield a Putin ally from U.S. sanctions.
Hannah Sparks / New York Post:
My trust fund made me miserable  —  Over the past six years, Lane Fury has collected more than $185,000 in family money.  Eventually, Fury stands to inherit roughly $6 million, but the 27-year-old doesn't see this good fortune as a positive thing.  —  “I don't actually want it,” says Fury.
Discussion: smokeroom.com
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Trump's Speeches Feature Mystery Men the White House Won't Name  — The president leans on unidentified allies to back policies  — White House won't identify people Trump describes in remarks  —  One of the biggest supporters of President Donald Trump's trade policies …
Roll Call:
Espy Poll of Mississippi Senate Race Shows Path to Victory for Democrats  —  A Democratic poll of the Mississippi Senate special election shows former Rep. Mike Espy having a path to finishing first in a runoff this fall.  —  Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed earlier …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Elizabeth Warren's Batty Plan to Nationalize . . . Everything  —  Wholesale seizure and control of private property?  With 2020 in her sights, Warren woos the hard Left.  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has one-upped socialists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Erin B. Logan / Washington Post:
Ryan Zinke blames ‘environmental terrorist groups’ for severity of California wildfires  —  Wildfires strike California every year.  But they're getting worse, causing deaths and uprooting communities.  But who is to blame for these increasingly destructive wildfires?
 
 
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Therese Shaheen / National Review:
The Belt and Road Illusion
Craig Unger / The National Memo:
House Of Trump, House Of Putin: The Untold Story Of Donald Trump And The Russian Mafia
Discussion: Raw Story
capradio.org:
GOP Governor Candidate John Cox Shares Story Comparing Long California DMV Waits To Holocaust
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
The Editorial Board:
Weaponizing Third Parties
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
US concerned by Russian satellite's ‘very abnormal behavior’
 Earlier Items: 
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
‘Trump Is Ours’: Kremlin Media Fear Democratic Victory in November Midterm Elections
Discussion: Raw Story
YouTube:
Personal  —  Because over half of people in Congress are millionaires.
Discussion: New York Times
InStyle.com:
Why 95.8% of Female Newscasters Have the Same Hair
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
In Kentucky House Race, a Battle of Ideology vs. Résumé
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Trump and the Enemies of the People
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Papadopoulos's Wife Says He Should Scrap His Plea Deal With Mueller
Discussion: Observer and Law & Crime
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers prepare to fight subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court
 

 
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CNN:
Smartmatic and OANN say they have settled a defamation suit filed by the voting tech company, filed in 2021

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube strengthens its “enforcement on third-party apps” violating its ToS, “specifically ad-blocking apps”, leading to error messages and “buffering issues”

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Dozens of Alden-owned newspapers ran editorials over the weekend arguing that Google's threat to cut off news in California “is a bully tactic”
 
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