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8:55 PM ET, August 2, 2019

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New York Times:
Trump Won't Let No. 2 Spy Chief Take Over When Coats Leaves  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is planning to block Sue Gordon, the nation's No. 2 intelligence official, from rising to the role of acting director of national intelligence when Dan Coats steps down this month …
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New York Times:
Trump Drops Plans to Nominate John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday abruptly dropped his plan to nominate Representative John Ratcliffe, Republican of Texas, as the nation's top intelligence official, following bipartisan questions …
The Daily Beast:
White House Asks for List of Top Spies During Intelligence Shakeup  —  It's unclear what the White House will do with the list.  People on it may be eligible to temporarily lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.  —  The Trump administration is taking inventory …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump says Rep. John Ratcliffe withdraws from consideration for intelligence chief, blasts ‘LameStream media’
Discussion: Washington Post, Vox and Colorado Pols
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Chief of Staff and Communications Director Will Depart Her Office  —  Two of Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez's top staffers are leaving her office.  —  Saikat Chakrabarti, her chief of staff, and Corbin Trent, her director of communications — who …
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Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:   Ocasio-Cortez chief of staff to leave her office
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
'We're All Tired of Being Called Racists'  —  CINCINNATI—Donald Trump's supporters would like to be clear: They are tired of being called racists.  —  Leave it to the president's eldest son to set the tone.  Last night at the 17,500-person-capacity U.S. Bank Arena downtown here …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
At rally, Trump seethes with elite contempt for Real Americans  —  The candidate for president was seething with disdain for a large swath of Real Americans.  The candidate scoffed at their suffering.  The candidate oozed with haughty superciliousness as he wrote off all those Americans as unworthy of concern or outreach.
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Fear and gloating in Cincinnati
Discussion: Althouse
Bethonie Butler / Washington Post:
Ben Folds makes a song called ‘Moscow Mitch’  —  Rock musician Ben Folds was performing on the roof of New York City's Pier 17 Thursday when he asked the audience to help him out with a new song.  “What I want to do is put a little cool stutter in it, like, you know, 'My-my-my-my-my-my Sharona …
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Colorado Pols:   Hick4Senate: New Domains Signal Big Moves In Senate Race?
H. Alan Scott / Newsweek:   ‘Moscow Mitch’ McConnell is Now a Ben Folds Song
Pelosi Press / Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Progress of House Investigations  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement on the progress of the House's investigations:  —  “When we take the oath of office, we solemnly vow 'to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies …
Discussion: Fox News
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NBC News:   Majority of House Democrats now support Trump impeachment inquiry
CNN:
Majority of House Democrats now say they support starting an impeachment inquiry
Discussion: National Review and POLITICUSUSA
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
A Majority Of House Democrats Now Back Impeachment Inquiry For Donald Trump
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
New York Times:
Detailed Maps of the Donors Powering the 2020 Democratic Campaigns  —  Candidates with the most individual donors  —  Darker shades on the map indicate a greater share of estimated donors.  —  1. Sanders  —  2. Warren  —  3. Buttigieg 4. Harris  —  5. Biden  —  6. O'Rourke
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Ali Vitali / NBC News:
First on NBC: Klobuchar meets donor threshold, clinching spot in next Dem debate
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
First, the GOP shrinks.  Next it should get crushed.  —  Sane Senate Republicans and critics of President Trump, including Bob Corker (Tenn.) and Jeff Flake (Ariz.) as well as a slew of House Republicans, retired in 2018 rather than face the challenge of reelection in the Trump era.
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Will Hurd and the Hollowing Out of the Republican Party
Los Angeles Times:
Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter killed himself, coroner says, contradicting police version of events  —  The Gilroy Garlic Festival gunman killed himself, the county medical examiner concluded Friday, contradicting an earlier police account that three officers had shot him dead within a minute.
Discussion: KTLA
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Muslim Activist Laura Loomer to Run for Congress  —  Banned from every major social media network, Laura Loomer will almost certainly lose her challenge to Rep. Lois Frankel.  —  Anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer launched a congressional bid on Friday, setting herself up for almost certain defeat …
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Iran's Foreign Minister Was Invited to Meet Trump in the Oval Office  —  Last month, amid a rapid-fire escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, received an unexpected invitation—to meet President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Washington Post:
GOP senator held up Trump nominee, demanding to see border wall contracts after Army Corps panned construction firm he prefers  —  A Republican senator held up the confirmation of a White House budget official this week in an attempt to obtain sensitive information about border wall contracts he's …
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Top State Department adviser fired over ‘abusive’ management style  —  A senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was fired this week over what officials described as her “abusive” management style, including making homophobic remarks and accusing people of having affairs, according to two people.
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New York Times:   State Dept. Officials Force Out Top Policy Planner and Adviser to Mike Pompeo
Ted Hesson / Politico:
Emails show Stephen Miller pressed hard to limit green cards  —  White House senior adviser Stephen Miller wasn't getting an immigration regulation he wanted.  So he sent a series of scorching emails to top immigration officials, calling the department an “embarrassment” for not acting faster, according to emails obtained by POLITICO.
Washington Post:
‘Take Texas seriously’: GOP anxiety spikes after retirements, Democratic gains  —  Republicans have long idealized Texas as a deep-red frontier state, home to rural conservatives who love President Trump.  But political turbulence in the sprawling suburbs and fast-growing cities are turning …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and ThinkProgress
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It didn't take long for Democratic candidates to rush to embrace Obama  —  It took progressive Democratic candidates for president less than 24 hours to realize they had gone way overboard in slamming President Barack Obama's record and suggesting that defense of it was akin to “Republican talking points.”
Washington Post:
Brittany Kaiser's work with Cambridge Analytica helped elect Donald Trump.  She's hoping the world will forgive her.  —  She'd like to be remembered as a whistleblower and a human rights advocate.  You decide.  —  Brittany Kaiser first emerged in last year's Cambridge Analytica scandal …
Will Wilkinson / New York Times:
Conservatives Are Hiding Their ‘Loathing’ Behind Our Flag  —  The molten core of right-wing nationalism is the furious denial of America's unalterably multiracial, multicultural national character.  —  The Republican Party under Donald Trump has devolved into a populist cult of personality.
Discussion: National Review
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Biden Inc.  —  The day the Bidens took over Paradigm Global Advisors was a memorable one.  —  In the late summer of 2006 Joe Biden's son Hunter and Joe's younger brother, James, purchased the firm.  On their first day on the job, they showed up with Joe's other son, Beau …
Mark Harris / The Guardian:
Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US  —  Exclusive: the high altitude balloons promise a cheap surveillance platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods  —  The US military is conducting wide area surveillance tests across six midwest states …
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Russian-backed Kentucky mill makes PR push amid Democratic concerns  —  Braidy Industries, which is developing a new Kentucky aluminum mill partially backed by the Russian aluminum giant Rusal, has hired a firm with ties to Sen. Mitch McConnell (r-Ky.) to give the project a public relations boost …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
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Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
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Discussion: Axios
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 Earlier Items: 
Chris Kenning / Courier-Journal:
‘I think Trump needs to show his face’: Laid-off miners losing faith in coal promises
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan's Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon
CNN:
Fact check: Trump makes numerous false claims at Cincinnati rally
Discussion: Mercury News
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Makes 9/11 and Dad's Funeral All About Him
Tim Teeman / The Daily Beast:
Erick Erickson, It's Time to Get Out of Pete Buttigieg's Bedroom
Discussion: PinkNews
Carl Higbie:
Former Navy SEAL's Open Letter to Navy Command: 'SEALs Aren't the Problem, it's the Leadership'
Discussion: Fox News