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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 …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Deprived of Power, House Republicans Head for the Exits  —  WASHINGTON — Imagine being swept out of power in Congress and relegated to the role of spectator and naysayer as your political opponents dictate the terms of legislative debate.  Add in the specter of a painful slog to re-election …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Vanity Fair and The Atlantic
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Washington Post:
‘Take Texas seriously’: GOP anxiety spikes after retirements, Democratic gains
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and ThinkProgress
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Warren makes inroads into Sanders's world, one backer at a time  —  TEMPE, Ariz. — Onstage at a packed theater here Thursday night, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) praised Sen. Elizabeth Warren, saying she's “got guts and she's got a vision.”  About a week earlier …
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CNN:
Elizabeth Warren is running a brilliant campaign  —  David Axelrod, a senior CNN political commentator and host of “The Axe Files,” was senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Why can't Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren be as realistic as the guy who promised to slow the rise of the oceans?
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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John Gage / Washington Examiner:
Upheaval: AOC's chief of staff and top spokesman quit
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.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump prepares a push to woo black voters  —  President Donald Trump is looking to woo black voters — if he can make them forget about his tweets.  —  The Trump 2020 campaign has been quietly reaching out to prominent African Americans about joining its latest coalition, intended to boost Republican support in the black community.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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New York Times:   Trump Fuels Racial Disharmony. Will It Motivate or Discourage Black Voters?
The Daily Beast:
Whistleblower Allegations Surfaced Just Before DNI Pick John Radcliffe Withdrew  —  Trump blamed the media for his nominee's withdrawal, but it may have to do with his proximity to a company accused of being instrumental in reprisal against a whistleblower.  —  An email disclosing …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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New York Times:
Trump Won't Let No. 2 Spy Chief Take Over When Coats Leaves
New York Times:
Trump Drops Plans to Nominate John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
McConnell's new posture toward Moscow  —  “Moscow Mitch” was red hot.  —  Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, on the Senate floor Monday, denounced critics (including me) who say his recent blocking of efforts to fortify defenses against another Russian attack on U.S. elections are aiding and abetting Vladimir Putin.
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:   Russian-backed Kentucky mill makes PR push amid Democratic concerns
H. Alan Scott / Newsweek:
‘Moscow Mitch’ McConnell is Now a Ben Folds Song
Discussion: Washington Post
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Excellence  —  A former dean of the Yale Law School sounds a warning.  —  Anyone who has followed the news from college campuses over the past few years knows they are experiencing forms of unrest unseen since the late 1960s.  —  Now, as then, campuses have become an arena for political combat.
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
An elite D.C. girls' school thought its founding nuns taught slaves to read.  Instead, they sold them off for as much as they could.  —  The cash-strapped nuns were desperate to sell their slaves.  —  It was the 1820s, and debt was piling up for Mother Agnes Brent, superior of the Georgetown Visitation Convent in Washington.
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:   The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden holds two-to-one lead over Sanders in post-debate poll  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 2-to-1 lead nationally over the next closest Democratic presidential contender after the second round of debates, according to the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
A reporter says the White House suspended his credentials in an ‘attempt to stifle the free press’  —  Brian Karem, the chief White House correspondent for Playboy magazine, said Friday that his press pass is being suspended for 30 days in what he called an “anti-First Amendment move.”
Discussion: Townhall
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 …
Samuel R. Bagenstos / SSRN:
Abstract  —  The Roberts Court has recently handed several high-profile wins in labor and employment law cases to anti-labor and pro-employer forces.  This paper argues that those decisions replicate crucial moves made by some infamous Lochner-era cases—and that those same moves continue …
Quinta Jurecic / New York Times:
Look at the Mueller Report as a Detective Story.  It Will Blow Your Mind.  —  It may turn out to be a film noir.  The investigators uncovered the plot, but the society is too rotten to do anything about it.  —  Ms. Jurecic is the managing editor of Lawfare.
Donald Trump / Press Association:
Donald Trump's ‘go back’ comments were ‘genius’, says Nigel Farage  —  Brexit leader admits racist remarks about congresswomen made him feel uncomfortable but says they were shrewd  —  Nigel Farage has described Donald Trump's “go back” comments aimed at four congresswomen of colour as “genius”.
Discussion: The Guardian and The Independent
Mensah M. Dean / Inquirer.com:
‘It was terrifying’: Black Chadds Ford couple left shaken by white Pa. trooper's alleged misconduct  —  Rodney and Angela Gillespie were excited when they returned July 1 to the United States, to the home they'd built in 2007 on a 2.7-acre parcel in a leafy section of upscale Chadds Ford.
Washington Post:
Ohio's Hamilton County may test whether Trump's divisiveness will help or hurt him in 2020  —  CINCINNATI — When President Trump railed against Baltimore and other diverse American cities as dangerous and “broken” during a campaign rally here this week, supporters cheered Trump's assessment.
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:
The Problem With Greta Thunberg's Climate Activism  —  Her radical approach is at odds with democracy.  —  Mr. Caldwell is the author of “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West.”  —  Climate activists in Western Europe had already been radicalizing …
Edward Alden / Foreign Policy:
Trump Hired Robert Lighthizer to Win a Trade War.  He Lost.  —  The Trump administration's obsession with trade threats, tariffs, and bullying both allies and rivals into submission was based on an ambitious theory.  It turned out to be a fallacy.  —  Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative …
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Climate Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb, Republican Strategists Fear  —  WASHINGTON — When election time comes next year, Will Galloway, a student and Republican youth leader at Clemson University, will look for candidates who are strong on the mainstream conservative causes he cares about most …
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Tulsi Gabbard Thinks We're Doomed  —  Or we will be if America doesn't leave the rest of the world alone.  That's why the 38-year-old congresswoman from Hawaii is running for president.  —  STANDING ROCK, N.D. — Tulsi Gabbard is running for president of a country that she believes …
Discussion: Vox
New York Times:
Top Kidney Charity Directed Aid to Patients at DaVita and Fresenius Clinics, Lawsuit Claims  —  A whistle-blower said the leading charity favored patients from the major dialysis chains because the companies were its biggest donors.  —  One of the nation's largest public charities steered financial aid …
 
 
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Susan Ferriss / NPR:
Homeland Security's Civil Rights Unit Lacks Power To Protect Migrant Kids
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
CNN's Don Lemon ambushes black pastor over his meeting with President Trump
Discussion: Fox News
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Promised This Pastor He'd Help Save Baltimore. Almost a Year Later, He's Done ‘Nothing’
Alex Kotch / Sludge:
Delaney Super PAC's Biggest Donor is Wife of Former Health Care CEO
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
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 Earlier Items: 
Los Angeles Times:
Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter killed himself, coroner says, contradicting police version of events
Discussion: KTLA
Stephen Cunningham / Bloomberg:
Trump Officials Still Pushing for a Coal Bailout, Regulator Says
Pelosi Press / Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Progress of House Investigations
Discussion: Fox News
Ted Hesson / Politico:
Emails show Stephen Miller pressed hard to limit green cards
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It didn't take long for Democratic candidates to rush to embrace Obama
Discussion: The Hill
Colorado Pols:
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