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9:55 AM ET, July 30, 2019

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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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John Walcott / TIME:
Top GOP Senator Warned the White House About Trump's Choice for National Intelligence Director  —  President Donald Trump's decision to name a staunch Republican ally with a limited background in spycraft to replace Dan Coats as the nation's top intelligence official has aroused concern on Capitol Hill …
Discussion: Political Wire
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Intel officials worry Trump's pick for top spy will politicize the job
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and IJR
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The first Mueller TV ad
Discussion: Townhall, The Hill and The Week
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Some officials fear Trump will get the intelligence he wants, not the intelligence he needs, from DNI pick
Discussion: Political Wire and Power Line
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump's intelligence shake-up could be his most dangerous move yet
Michael Warren / CNN:
Meadows' lackluster defense of Cummings speaks volumes  —  Meadows defends Cummings from Trump attacks  —  Washington (CNN)When Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib accused Republican Rep. Mark Meadows of racism earlier this year, one of his “best friends,” House Oversight Committee chairman …
Discussion: KTLA and Bloomberg
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Washington Post:
‘Looking for a reason to attack’: How Trump seized on a Fox News broadcast to go after Cummings  —  President Trump was already seething about Rep. Elijah E. Cummings.  —  He was frustrated that the oversight committee Cummings (D-Md.) chairs authorized a subpoena last week that could sweep up emails from his daughter and son-in-law.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Ben Carson says as a pediatric neurosurgeon, he hesitated to send children back to ‘infested’ homes in Baltimore
Discussion: Breitbart and CityLab
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Even on Saturday morning, Fox News cannot hide
Discussion: New York Times and CNN
Associated Press:   Analysis: Trump's political and policy guardrails fall away
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
College Financial-Aid Loophole: Wealthy Parents Transfer Guardianship of Their Teens to Get Aid  —  Education Department, universities are investigating the practice, which has been used in the Chicago area  —  CHICAGO—Amid an intense national furor over the fairness of college admissions …
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ProPublica:
Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid  —  First, parents turn over guardianship of their teenagers to a friend or relative.  Then the student declares financial independence to qualify for tuition aid and scholarships.
Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: Debate could mark moderates' last stand  —  What happens if the titans don't want to clash?  —  Two progressive powerhouses will be center stage for night one of the second Democratic debate on Tuesday.  The party will be watching for Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren to mix it up …
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QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  July 29, 2019 - Biden Bounces Back As Harris …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Warren and Bernie's awkward truce faces its biggest test yet
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and Washington Post
Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Stop dithering, Democrats.  Impeach Donald Trump now or change the channel for good.  —  Democrats look indecisive.  They are trapped in a cell of their own making and if they don't get out of it soon, they will hand Trump a second term.  —  CONNECT  —  It's the night of Nov. 3, 2020 …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
An Impeachment Inquiry Is Coming.  It Might Have Already Begun.  —  Robert Mueller's testimony may have lacked thrills, but it marked a turning point in the case against the president.  —  Last Wednesday, after Robert Mueller's terse and sometimes halting congressional testimony …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   How the push for impeachment has rippled through the Democratic caucus
Burgess Everett / Politico:
2 top Dem senators give boost to impeachment effort
Discussion: The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Smearing Mitch McConnell  —  Democrats and the media distort his record on Russia.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Mitch McConnell, the most phlegmatic man in American politics, rarely gets riled up.  But on Monday the Senate Majority Leader let it rip in defense of his reputation, and we're glad he did.
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The Daily Beast:
Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooter Posted About Far-Right Book Moments Before Shooting  —  Santino Legan allegedly told an eyewitness he was “really angry” and ranted in white supremacist fashion on Instagram from the event.  —  The gunman who murdered three people at a food festival …
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New York Times:
Capital One Data Breach Affects 100 Million; Woman Charged as Hacker  —  A software engineer in Seattle hacked into a server holding customer information for Capital One and obtained the personal data of over 100 million people, federal prosecutors said on Monday, in one of the largest thefts of data from a bank.
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Capital One says data breach affected 100 million credit card applications
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Trump aide submitted drafts of 2016 ‘America First’ energy speech to UAE for edits, emails show  —  When candidate Donald Trump prepared to give a major energy speech during the 2016 campaign, one of his closest advisers provided a pre-speech review to senior United Arab Emirates officials …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Intel Pick John Ratcliffe Started Theory of FBI Anti-Trump ‘Secret Society’  —  The congressman debuted the mysterious text messages on Fox News.  It became a mini-scandal before the full context became known.  —  Donald Trump's new pick for Director of National Intelligence played …
Michael Tesler / Washington Post:
Republicans don't think Trump's tweets are racist.  That fits a long American history of denying racism.  —  Even under Jim Crow, most whites thought that blacks were treated fairly.  —  During Donald Trump's campaign and presidency, there has been an ongoing debate about whether Trump's words …
Zach Carter / HuffPost:
Conservative Democratic Ringleader Josh Gottheimer Gets A Progressive Challenger  —  Arati Kreibich hopes to fight Big Money ― and the New Jersey congressman ― with “people power.”  —  Arati Kreibich says the “straw that broke the camel's back” was the immigration vote last month.
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Terrence T. McDonald / NorthJersey.com:
Josh Gottheimer denounces ‘completely untrue’ letter detailing fake scandal involving staffer
Discussion: Politico and Front Page Magazine
John Solomon / The Hill:
Chris Wray's FBI continues to cover for Team Comey's Russia shenanigans  —  The FBI is going to court to fight the public release of a small number of documents the State Department sent to agents from Christopher Steele, the British intelligence operative and Hillary Clinton-paid political muckraker, during the 2016 election.
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 …
Kate Davidson / Wall Street Journal:
Federal Borrowing Soars as Deficit Fear Fades  —  The Treasury expects to sell over $1 trillion in debt this year; issue has little traction in 2020 race  —  WASHINGTON—Borrowing by the federal government is set to top $1 trillion for the second year in a row as higher spending outpaces revenue growth …
Discussion: Washington Post
RealClearInvestigations:
Why the Mystery of Russiagate Hinges on the Mystery of Joseph Mifsud  —  For many, trying to follow Robert Mueller's testimony was like someone whose Italian is limited to grazie and ciao taking in an opera in Venice: You might follow the action but sorting out the story through the lyrics is another thing altogether.
Ricochet:
Dems, Media Keep Handing the Narrative to Trump  —  OMG!  Did you see what Trump tweeted?!  Democrats, presidential candidates, and journalists losing their minds over the President's Twitter feed is hardly new, but the past week has been illuminating.  It also spells trouble for those trying to unseat him in 2020.
Discussion: Instapundit
 
 
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Philippe Reines / Politico:
I Played Trump in Hillary Clinton's 2016 Debate Prep. Here's What It Takes to Beat Him.
Victoria Guida / Politico:
The Fed's real message: Save the economy from Trump
Discussion: Breitbart and Wall Street Journal
Elena Schneider / Politico:
‘You need to make a move right now’: Dems prepare for raucous debates
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and Political Wire
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo With David Rubenstein, President of the Economic Club of Washington, DC
Discussion: UPI and The Week
Jordan Sekulow / American Center for Law and Justice:
ACLJ Obtains Obama DOJ's Immunity Agreements with Hillary Clinton Lawyers Cheryl Mills …
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Ann Coulter / The Hill:
How we became the world's suckers on immigration
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate fails to override Trump veto on Saudi arms sale
Discussion: Just Security
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
GOP senator introduces resolution to formally condemn socialism
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
How third-party votes sunk Clinton, what they mean for Trump
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Stephen Miller wants Border Patrol, not asylum officers, to determine migrant asylum claims
Discussion: Washington Post
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Is Sally Quinn an Aristocrat? Let's Ask Sally Quinn
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Fact-Checking Trump's Claim He ‘Spent a Lot of Time’ With 9/11 Responders
Discussion: Gothamist and Washington Post