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11:30 AM ET, July 19, 2025

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Jon Passantino / Status:
Colbert and Capitulation … Just how far is David Ellison willing to go to shift the political tone at CBS?  On Thursday, we got our clearest sign yet, as the network sacrificed its biggest star as Skydance seeks Donald Trump's approval for its Paramount merger.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Skydance CEO met with FCC chair ahead of CBS canceling “The Late Show”  —  Skydance CEO David Ellison and his lawyer met with Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr and an FCC lawyer on Tuesday, a new regulatory filing shows. … - They urged the FCC's Media Bureau to …
Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:
Our Pathetic Senate  —  CBS cancels satire; Trump sues Rupert, toys with firing the Fed chair, begins to realize that V. Putin is not his BFF, but gives him 50 more days to keep killing Ukrainians.  And try as he might, he still can't shake the ghost of his Epstein past.  —  Happy Saturday.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
Lawmakers Question Whether CBS Canceled Colbert's Show for Political Reasons
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 173. 7/18/25  —  ... WSJ poured more gas on Trump's raging Epstein inferno with a new story about a birthday card that he sent to the child trafficker and rapist in 2003.  The story said Ghislaine Maxwell asked friends of Epstein to submit cards to compile …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 18, 2025  —  [There is a lot about sexual assault in tonight's letter.]  —  Now we know why President Donald J. Trump earlier this week began saying nonsensically that Democrats he dislikes wrote the Epstein files.  Apparently, Trump was trying to get out in front of the story Khadeeja Safdar …
Discussion: Alternet.org, El País and Deseret News
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Trump meets toughest opponent: his own base … The most destabilizing opposition of Trump's second term has come from within: an online MAGA army known for its extreme devotion. … - Though the move is a long shot to produce new evidence — and falls far short of the sweeping disclosures demanded …
Discussion: Scripps News
NBC News:
Trump DOJ order on Jeffrey Epstein could create legal and ethical challenges  —  The Justice Department said unsealing grand jury transcripts related to Epstein's case is necessary given “longstanding and legitimate” public interest in the case.  —  President Donald Trump …
Ben Curtis / Scripps News:
Justice Department asks court to unseal grand jury records in Jeffrey Epstein case
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Trump Threatens, Then Sues Murdoch Over Epstein Story Using Tactics His Supporters Used To Call A ‘Massive Attack on Free Speech’  —  Donald Trump admitted yesterday that he called Rupert Murdoch and demanded the Wall Street Journal kill its story about Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Donald Trump sues Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, WSJ reporters for libel, court records show
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump sues Murdoch for $10 billion over WSJ story on Epstein birthday letter
Associated Press:
Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties
Washington Post:
Trump sues Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch over Epstein letter story
Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
FBI personnel were told to flag Epstein files mentioning Trump, Senate Democrat says  —  Sen. Dick Durbin questioned DOJ leadership over their handling of the Epstein files, including reports that FBI personnel were told to “flag” any mentions of Trump.  —  Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin …
Discussion: The Hill, NewsMax.com and emptywheel
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
FBI agents were told to ‘flag’ any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, Sen. Durbin says
Chris Truax / The Hill:
The government does have an Epstein list — here's the proof
New York Times:
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm  —  The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate …
Discussion: Washington Post, Reuters and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
U.S.-Venezuela prisoner swap frees Americans for migrants in El Salvador
New York Times:
Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
A Pro-Trump Community Reckons With Losing a Beloved Immigrant Neighbor  —  A photograph of Moises Sotelo held by his daughter, Alondra Sotelo Garcia.Christopher Valentine for The New York Times  —  Voters here in Oregon's rural Yamhill County have backed Donald Trump for three presidential elections …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Texan Moved Fam to Russia to Flee Woke—Now He's Headed to Ukraine Front Line  —  FAFO  —  Derek Huffman, 46, joined the military with hopes of becoming a Russian citizen.  His wife said he was duped into a combat role.  —  An American father who moved to Russia to avoid LGBTQ+ …
Discussion: Eschaton and Raw Story
New York Times:
Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?  —  The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them.  —  In the days after the deadly July 4 floods in Central Texas …
Discussion: KARE-TV
Washington Post:
Trump's DOJ has fired dozens of prosecutors, upending decades-old norm  —  Firings by Trump administration spark worries about weakening the rule of law  —  The Department of Justice under the Trump administration has fired dozens of career prosecutors during the past six months …
New York Times:
Democrats' 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death  —  An audit being conducted by the D.N.C. is not looking at Joe Biden's decision to run or key decisions by Kamala Harris's team, according to six people briefed on the report.  —  The Democratic National Committee's …
Discussion: The Intersection
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Trump said he ‘never wrote a picture in my life.’ Here are four.  —  The president's blanket denial of a Wall Street Journal report could further inflame the Epstein case.  —  Summary1965  —  President Donald Trump denied ever creating any drawings when asked about a sketch of a naked woman bearing …
Discussion: Daily Mail, Raw Story, HuffPost and Mediaite
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Carter Evans / CBS News:
Trump's immigration crackdown causing labor shortages to California's construction industry, builder says: “They're hiding”  —  Los Angeles — One construction site in Los Angeles has just about everything needed to build a traditional family home.  Everything, that is, except enough workers.
Discussion: Newsbusters and Raw Story
Russell Contreras / Axios:
State, local officials seek to ban ICE agents' masks  —  A growing number of Democratic-leaning states and cities are weighing proposals to ban federal immigration agents from wearing masks and require them to display IDs when making arrests. … - Just as conservative-leaning states enacted …
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
The biggest political fights over Trump's megabill are converging in Nevada  —  Nevada, set to play a key role in the 2026 and 2028 elections, could be uniquely impacted by some of the new law's tax and Medicaid provisions.  —  When it comes to President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill …
Discussion: CNN
Wall Street Journal:
Newly Flush With Cash, ICE Races to Build Migrant Tent Camps  —  GOP megabill allocates $45 billion for detention, giving administration hope it can speed up deportation efforts  —  WASHINGTON—With an overnight tripling of its annual budget and intensifying pressure to increase deportations …
Discussion: NOTUS
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
MAGA's New Target: Trump  —  People often become what they scorn.  Donald Trump has become the deep state.  —  He is the keeper of the secrets.  He is the one stealing away people's liberties.  He is the one weaponizing government and protecting the ruling class.
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Exclusive: Trump's funding cut stalls water projects, increasing risks for millions
New York Times:
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Joshua Klein / Breitbart:
GOP Erupts After Gabbard Exposes Obama Admin's ‘Treasonous’ Intel Plot Framing Trump: ‘Makes Watergate Look Like Amateur Hour’
Holly Baltz / USA Today:
Could Pam Bondi have prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida's top legal officer?
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
‘Let me see the videotapes’: Mark Epstein wants Steve Bannon's 15 hours of unseen footage of his brother
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order
Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
Trump's Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force
 Earlier Items: 
Monica Pitrelli / CNBC:
Travelers to the U.S. must pay a new $250 ‘visa integrity fee’ — what to know
Discussion: The Hill, CBS News and UPI
New York Times:
Under Trump, a New Focus for a Birth Control Program: Helping Women Get Pregnant
Discussion: The Free Press
Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Federal judge blocks enforcement of Trump's order on ICC
Discussion: New York Times
Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
We must stop the camps while public opinion still matters
Edward Wu / CNN:
Just 23% of Americans say Israeli military actions in Gaza are fully justified, CNN poll finds
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Political Wire
Carter Sherman / The Guardian:
Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to buy WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal; the transaction is expected to close after Q3 2026

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

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