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8:15 PM ET, July 28, 2019

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New York Times:
Dan Coats Expected to Step Down as Intelligence Chief  —  WASHINGTON — Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, is expected to step down in the coming days after spending his tenure at odds with President Trump over issues including Russia and Mr. Trump's own attacks on the intelligence community …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as DNI  —  President Trump announced on Twitter Sunday that he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence, confirming Axios' earlier reporting that Ratcliffe was favored for the job.
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
John Ratcliffe: AG William Barr will deliver justice to any Obama officials who committed crimes  —  A top Republican investigator said accountability is coming for any of those individuals who may have committed crimes during the Trump-Russia investigation.
Discussion: RedState
Laurence H. Tribe / USA Today:
We are finally on the path to Trump impeachment and saving what our Founders gave us  —  Nancy Pelosi spared moderate Democrats a floor vote on impeachment, but she has unleashed her committee chairs to do exactly what needs to be done.  —  CONNECT  —  Don't let anybody fool you …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
With Sunday surge, nearly half of House Democrats back impeachment inquiry  —  Four more rank-and-file Democrats called for opening an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Sunday, inching lawmakers closer to a significant symbolic milestone: a majority of all House Democrats.
Discussion: Mediaite
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Partisan differences on impeachment remain after Mueller testimony, as nearly half of Americans show little movement: POLL  —  Following more than six hours of questioning of former special counsel Robert Mueller before two different congressional committees, Democrats and Republicans remain largely splintered …
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 7-28-19: Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Will Hurd, Mayor Bill de Blasio
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Paola Chavez / CNN:
Nadler says Trump should be impeached because 'he's violated the laws six ways from Sunday'
Discussion: Law & Crime and twitchy.com
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Nadler: “We have impeachment resolutions before the committee”
Discussion: Politico
Gabriela Resto-Montero / Vox:
New polling finds Mueller's testimony didn't change Americans' minds on impeachment
Dan Rodricks / Baltimore Sun:
People who refuse to see or hear Trump's racism in attack on Baltimore are beyond reach, but here goes  —  People who support President Donald Trump, no matter what he says or does, are beyond reach with reason and facts.  To continue to support this president, you have to either agree …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fox's Chris Wallace Calls Out Mulvaney for Saying Trump's Baltimore Tweets Have ‘Zero to Do With Race’
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
‘Everything that Donald Trump says is offensive to some people,’ Mulvaney says
Discussion: Breitbart, CNN and Slate
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Trump Spent His Summer Vacation Sending Racist Tweets
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
Federal Inquiry of Trump Friend Focused on Foreign Lobbying  —  WASHINGTON — As Donald J. Trump was preparing to deliver an address on energy policy in May 2016, Paul Manafort, his campaign chairman, had a question about the speech's contents for Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a top campaign fund-raiser and close friend of Mr. Trump.
Discussion: Political Wire
Rebecca Tan / Washington Post:
Kushner owns lots of Baltimore-area apartments.  Some are infested with mice.  —  In a now-viral tweetstorm on Saturday, President Trump characterized Rep. Elijah E. Cummings's Baltimore-based congressional district as a “rodent infested mess” where “no human” would want to live.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Hot Air:
Tapper To Rashida Tlaib: Why Do You Only Want To Boycott Israel And Not, Say, Egypt Or Pakistan Or Saudi Arabia?  —  I would happily boycott Egypt or Saudi Arabia for human rights violations, Tlaib insists, responding to Tapper's question.  —  Okay, he says.  Then why don't you?
U.S. Congresswoman Suzan Delbene:
DelBene Supports Impeachment Inquiry  —  f t # e  —  Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA) called for an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.  —  “It gives me no pleasure to announce that I am calling for the House of Representatives to begin an impeachment inquiry into the President of the United States.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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Congressman Denny Heck:   STATEMENT: Rep. Denny Heck Supports an Impeachment Inquiry
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
When Epstein Was Cosmo's Bachelor of the Month  —  In July 1980, the predatory financier was featured as the magazine's “Bachelor of the Month” seeking a “cute Texas girl.”  —  Long before Jeffrey Epstein boasted of his billionaires-only client list—and long before his arrests …
CNN:
Hoping for a Warren-Sanders clash?  Their campaigns say don't hold your breath  —  Sanders and Warren prepare for debate face off  —  (CNN)Progressives are determined to lift either Sen. Bernie Sanders or Sen. Elizabeth Warren to the Democratic presidential nomination next year.
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New York Times:   Why Democrats Are So Far From Consensus on 2020
Nataliya Vasilyeva / Associated Press:
Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian monitoring group said Sunday, adding that was the largest number of detentions at a rally in the Russian capital this decade.
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Rick Scott on ‘Meet the Press’ admits he hasn't read new Senate report on Russian election hacking  —  Maybe ask Marco Rubio for a copy?  —  A new report from the Senate Intelligence committee on Russian hacking has raised more serious questions about Florida election security in 2016.
Discussion: Florida Politics and Miami Herald
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Beers, nostalgia and worry in Michigan as historic GM plant closes  —  A GM factory in Warren, Mich., is closing as Democrats come to Detroit to debate.  Some workers, in a county and a state key to the 2020 presidential race, wonder whether elected officials can or will help.  —  4 AM
 
 
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Robert Mueller shielded Trump's budget deal
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
How Mueller's Lawyers Spun the OLC Guidance on Indicting a Sitting President
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Stories That Divide Us
Discussion: twitchy.com
Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plan for private equity has good aims but misses the mark
New York Times:
Under Brazil's Far Right Leader, Amazon Protections Slashed and Forests Fall
Discussion: The Guardian
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
For Trump, Staying on the Line Helps Keep the G.O.P. in Line
Jake Pearson / Salon:
Donald Trump Jr.'s buddy can help you meet Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Reis Thebault / Washington Post:
A red state is plastering ‘In God We Trust’ on the walls of public schools. It's mandatory.