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John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's tax returns required under new California election law  —  President Trump will be ineligible for California's primary ballot next year unless he discloses his tax returns under a state law that immediately took effect Tuesday, an unprecedented mandate that is almost certain to spark …
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Yashar's Newsletter:
Exclusive: Newsom Trump Tax Returns  —  Subscribe  —  Exclusive: California Gov. Newsom to Sign Bill Targeting Trump Tax Returns  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom, my former boss, tells me that he has decided to sign a bill that would require all presidential and gubernatorial candidates …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Gavin Newsom opens $50 million donor network to Kamala Harris post 2020 endorsement
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
California governor signs law targeting Trump's tax returns, ballot eligibility
Discussion: Politico and UPI
New York Times:   California Requires Trump Tax Returns Under New Election Law
Tim Naftali / The Atlantic:
Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation with Richard Nixon  —  The day after the United Nations voted to recognize the People's Republic of China, then-California Governor Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon at the White House and vented his frustration at the delegates who had sided against the United States.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
‘Moscow Mitch’ Tag Enrages McConnell and Squeezes G.O.P. on Election Security  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell is usually impervious to criticism, even celebrating the nasty nicknames that have been bestowed on him by critics.  But Mr. McConnell, the Senate majority leader …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
MoscowMitchMcTreason trends after McConnell defends blocking election security bills
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Ben Tobin / Courier-Journal:
McConnell lashes out on Senate floor about ‘Moscow Mitch’ accusation
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's hidden enablers are corrupting our country
Discussion: Daily Kos, Mediaite and The Daily Beast
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump's pick for intelligence director misrepresented role in anti-terror case  —  President Donald Trump's pick for the next director of national intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, has misrepresented his role in an anti-terrorism case that he's repeatedly cited among his credentials related to national security issues.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The first Mueller TV ad  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PLAYBOOK SCOOP ... ROBERT MUELLER was panned last week for being short in his testimony before Congress, giving little ammo to Democrats who wanted to capitalize politically from his appearance.
Discussion: YouTube, Axios and Power Line
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Former Federal Prosecutor Confirms Rep. John Ratcliffe's Role In Holy Land Foundation Case
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  July 30, 2019 - Trump Is Racist, Half Of U.S. Voters Say, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Voters Say Almost 2-1 Don't Impeach President  —  President Donald Trump is racist, American voters say 51 - 45 percent in a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Why Does No One Care That Trump Is Lying About Elijah Cummings' District?
Discussion: CBS Baltimore
New York Times:
ASAP Rocky Trial Begins in Sweden, With a Special Envoy From America  —  President Trump, who has helped turn the rapper's assault case into an international incident, sent a hostage-crisis diplomat to the courtroom.  —  STOCKHOLM — To some cheers and an equal amount of mockery …
Discussion: CNN and Page Six
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Jari Tanner / Associated Press:
US presidential envoy sent to Sweden for A$AP Rocky's trial  —  HELSINKI (AP) — American rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault as his trial in Sweden opened Tuesday, a month after a street fight that landed him in jail and became a topic of U.S.-Swedish diplomacy.
Discussion: Law & Crime
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
ACLU: U.S. has taken nearly 1,000 child migrants from their parents since judge ordered stop to border separations  —  Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union told a federal judge Tuesday that the Trump administration has taken nearly 1,000 migrant children from their parents …
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:   More Than 900 Migrant Children Have Been Separated From Their Families Over Past Year
Associated Press:
Suburban women recoil as Trump dives into racial politics  —  BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Carol Evans approves of Donald Trump's immigration policy.  She gives him credit for the strong economy.  But the Republican from the affluent Milwaukee suburbs of Waukesha County, a GOP bedrock in the state …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump administration will again waive nuclear sanctions on Iran  —  After an internal policy battle, the Trump administration is set to announce later this week that it will once again waive five different nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, preserving a key part of the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:   Trump to disappoint Iran hawks with more nuclear waivers
Rep. Jason Crow:
Democracy is fragile and we must fight for it— that's why I support an impeachment inquiry  —  We must fight for our democracy, that's why I support an impeachment inquiry  —  In the summer of 2003, my infantry platoon was patrolling the streets of Baghdad when an Iraqi man approached me …
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
GOP senator introduces bill banning ‘addictive’ social media features  —  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a freshman who has emerged as a top Republican critic of major technology companies in Congress, on Tuesday will introduce a bill banning social media companies from building “addictive” features into their products.
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:   New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling
The Daily Beast:
Twitter Suspends Conspiracy Account After Trump Retweet  —  Before Trump's RT, ‘Lynn Thomas’ pushed conspiracy theories about Democrats harvesting kids' pineal glands.  Then Twitter took the account down for violating its rules.  —  Twitter has suspended a conspiracy-peddling account amplified …
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Judge dismisses DNC hacking lawsuit against Trump team, says claims ‘entirely divorced from the facts’  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defends himself from criticism for blocking election security bills  —  A federal judge in frank terms has dismissed a lawsuit …
Jonathan Oosting / Detroit News:
Republicans sue to block Michigan redistricting commission … (Photo: Dale G. Young, The Detroit News)  —  Lansing — Republicans are suing to stop Michigan's new citizen redistricting commission before it begins, alleging the voter-approved amendment is “blatantly unconstitutional” …
Patrick Reis / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Racism Is a National Emergency  —  But even after his slander of Elijah Cummings, too few Democrats grasp the danger at hand  —  I often learn about President Trump doing or saying something bigoted before I've had a chance shake the cobwebs loose, as my father's expression goes.
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Trump Promotes QAnon Conspiracy Theorist Who Believes Clintons Are Consuming Brain Fluids of Dead Children  —  On Tuesday, Donald Trump promoted two of his supporters on Twitter who are actively perpetuating the QAnon conspiracy — a theory that alleges the president is secretly working …
Philippe Reines / Politico:
I Played Trump in Hillary Clinton's 2016 Debate Prep.  Here's What It Takes to Beat Him.  —  Before any of them takes the debate stage on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 2020 Democratic candidates will already have put in dozens of hours each preparing.  But here's what they need to understand …
Discussion: Althouse and Front Page Magazine
Joel Kotkin / National Review:
The Return to Serfdom  —  I'm not a free-market fundamentalist.  To me, the beauty of liberal capitalism lies in its performance: More people live well, and live longer, than ever before.  Millions of working-class people have moved from poverty to become homeowners and have seen their offspring rise into the middle class or higher.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Is The Democratic Party Getting More Extreme?  The Public Doesn't Think So.  —  The party's self-described liberals are growing in rank, but a new poll finds no evidence that people see the party as becoming more radical.  —  A lot has changed inside the Democratic Party since the last time it elected a president.
NBC News:
Jeffrey Epstein was served court papers shortly before he was found injured in jail cell  —  The legal documents were filed in connection with a lawsuit by a woman who says Epstein raped her when she was 15.  —  A day or two before he was found injured in his New York jail cell …
Discussion: VICE and CNBC
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
New US Soccer fact sheet eviscerates Megan Rapinoe's ‘equal pay’ narrative  —  The United States has the best women's soccer team in the world, as evidenced by our recent Women's World Cup win.  But we're told that the women's team still faces blatant sexism and a pay gap compared to our men's team.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
House GOP fears retirement wave will lead to tsunami  —  House Republicans plotting to win back their majority in Congress fear they are on the brink of a massive wave of retirements that could force them to play defense in a high-stakes presidential election year.
Washington National Cathedral:
have we no decency?  a response to president trump  —  The escalation of racialized rhetoric from the President of the United States has evoked responses from all sides of the political spectrum.  On one side, African American leaders have led the way in rightfully expressing outrage.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Man Who Shaun King Falsely Accused Of Murdering Black Girl Dead From Apparent Suicide  —  A Houston-area man who social media activist Shaun King falsely accused of murdering a 7-year-old black girl late in 2018 has died from an apparent suicide after hanging himself in his jail cell earlier in July.
Discussion: KRIV, ABC13 and New York Post
John F. Harris / Politico:
Democrats Are Veering Left.  It Might Just Work.  —  Put a bunch of Democrats on the stage and they can't help but go off the rails: They compete with each other to win the favor of liberal activists, and saddle themselves with unrealistic positions that could leave a nominee vulnerable in the general election.
Discussion: ABC News and PJ Media Home
 
 
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Democrats introduce constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
VA Democrat Who Interrupted Trump's Jamestown Speech Appears To Be A Full-Blown Anti-Semite
Discussion: Fox News, USA Today and NBC News
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Fearing defections, Trump and McConnell crank up pressure on budget vote
Discussion: Political Wire
Reuters:
Brexit ‘no matter what’, PM Johnson promises as sterling falls
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
The quiet director: How Gina Haspel manages the CIA's volatile relationship with Trump
Alex Daugherty / Miami Herald:
Democrats tried to pass TPS for Venezuelans. Senate Republicans blocked it
Discussion: Florida Politics
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Trump shares Twitter accounts linked to conspiracy theory QAnon
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
McSally backs Pentagon nominee accused of sexual assault
Discussion: The Week
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
'It's blasted across America': How Fox and Sean Hannity amplified a Russia-fueled conspiracy
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Majority of Trump's Trade Aid Went to Biggest Farms, Study Finds
Discussion: EWG and Axios
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
CNN and Jeff Zucker plot 2020 election coverage and promise things will be different
 

 
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