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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 …
Axios:
Trump walks back plan to nominate John Ratcliffe as DNI  —  President Trump announced that Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) would not be nominated to become the next director of national intelligence in a pair of Friday tweets, saying it would expose him to “months of slander and libel.”
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Ratcliffe withdraws from consideration for intelligence chief
Discussion: The Daily Signal
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.
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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 …
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Fear and gloating in Cincinnati  —  CINCINNATI — Open throats, captive minds.  Maybe 17,000 of each, deafening in different ways.  Joy, fear, love, hate, fellowship.  Unbridled, roaring nationalism.  Shirts that said “JESUS IS MY SAVIOR, TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT,” though it was hard to tell …
Discussion: Althouse
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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Joanna Piacenza / Morning Consult:
Detroit Debates Deliver Meager Returns for Biden's Challengers  —  Roughly one-third of Democratic primary voters still want the former vice president to lead party  —  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) speaks while former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Cory Booker …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Second debate sees little boost for Biden challengers: poll
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Washington Post:
Why go to the trouble of running for president to promote ideas that can't work?
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
First on NBC: Klobuchar meets donor threshold, clinching spot in next Dem debate
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
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 …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Associated Press
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Colorado Pols:
Hick4Senate: New Domains Signal Big Moves In Senate Race?
Discussion: Political Wire
H. Alan Scott / Newsweek:   ‘Moscow Mitch’ McConnell is Now a Ben Folds Song
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
NBC News:
Majority of House Democrats now support Trump impeachment inquiry  —  Despite the growing calls for an impeachment inquiry, Pelosi has remained steadfast in recommending restraint.  —  A majority of House Democrats have now called for opening an impeachment inquiry into President Donald …
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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
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
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 Department Officials Force Out Top Policy Planner and Adviser to Mike Pompeo
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 …
New York Times:
Pantaleo, N.Y.P.D. Officer in Eric Garner's Death, Should be Fired, Judge Says  —  Mr. Garner's last words — “I can't breathe” — ignited a national outcry over aggressive policing in minority neighborhoods.  —  Five years after Eric Garner died in police custody and ignited a national outcry …
Discussion: Associated Press, NPR and The Guardian
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Mark Morales / CNN:
A key police official recommends NYPD terminate the officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner, a source says
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
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.
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.”
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan's Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon  —  On Tuesday, the historian Tim Naftali published the text and audio of a taped call between Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon from October, 1971.  Reagan, who was then the governor of California …
Chris Kenning / Courier-Journal:
‘I think Trump needs to show his face’: Laid-off miners losing faith in coal promises  —  CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Protesting Kentucky coal miners sweated through a fourth day on top of a railroad track as they continued blocking a coal train from leaving a Harlan County mine.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
EXCLUSIVE: 8 Covington Catholic Teens Sue ‘Most Egregious High-Profile Individuals’ for Defamation  —  Lawyers for eight Covington Catholic students (John Does 1-8) filed a defamation lawsuit on Thursday in Kentucky's Kenton County Circuit Court against 12 individuals — lawmakers …
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 …
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
Saudi students escaping US justice: Amid political impasse, one sexual assault survivor speaks out  —  It happened in her home.  In front of friends.  —  After she was raped during a housewarming party in 2012, Caitlin Baalke left nothing to chance.  —  She went to the hospital.  She contacted police.
 
 
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
U.S. Headed Toward Blockade of Venezuela, Trump Official Says
PBS NewsHour:
‘Why did you leave me?’ In new testimonies, migrants describe the ‘torment’ of child separation
Laura Wagner / Deadspin:
This Is How Things Work Now At G/O Media
Sruthi Palaniappan / ABC News:
Mike Gravel's 2020 campaign is closing up shop
Discussion: The Federalist and Splinter
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Biden Inc.  —  The day the Bidens took over Paradigm Global Advisors was a memorable one.
Discussion: Mediaite and Front Page Magazine
CNN:
Fact check: Trump makes numerous false claims at Cincinnati rally
Discussion: Mercury News
Kriston Capps / CityLab:
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 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Freedman / Washington Post:
July was Earth's hottest month on record, beating or tying July 2016
Discussion: Quartz, Common Dreams and Earther
Jessica Bennett / New York Times:
Will the Millennials Save Playboy?
Discussion: Althouse and Jezebel
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why Was Trumponomics a Flop?  —  Neither tax cuts nor tariffs are working.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Makes 9/11 and Dad's Funeral All About Him
David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump doubts Russian meddling in 2020 election, disputing Robert Mueller
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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
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