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Sam Blewett / Politico:
Burnham exchanged messages with impersonator of top Trump aide  —  The U.K. leader believed he was communicating with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.  —  LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham engaged with messages from somebody impersonating one of Donald Trump's closest advisers, four officials have told POLITICO.
Politico:
Do Dems need their own Stephen Miller?  —  As Democrats look beyond the midterms and lay the groundwork for 2028, some immigration policy hands are closely studying how White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller operates.  —  In the words of Ken Salazar, a former senator and Interior secretary …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Will Make South Korea Pay for His Iran Humiliation
NBC News:
Trump orders military to ‘substantially reduce’ joint exercises with South Korea
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Trump defends his move to cut back U.S.-South Korea military exercises
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
South Korea hoping for talks after Trump reduces joint military exercises
Ian Duncan / Washington Post:   Trump races to prepare for new strains of deadly viruses after cutting biosecurity experts
Eric Mack / Fox News:
Trump confirms IRGC backchannel, but calls for Iran's ‘white flag of surrender’  —  Trump holding strategic patience with Iran: ‘Midterms have nothing to do with my thinking’  —  The 60-day ceasefire deadline is expiring Monday, but President Donald Trump's resolve on ending Iran's nuclear …
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Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books.  It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility … Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process.  —  A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon's book buying operation …
Washington Post:
Supreme Court asked to hear case on Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in schools  —  The case could set up a landmark clash over the separation of church and state.  —  Summary  —  Civil liberties groups on Monday asked the Supreme Court to hear their challenge of a Texas law requiring …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit  —  ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.  —  An expert witness testifying …
Amy Furr / Breitbart:
WATCH: WNBA Security Accused of Forcing Mom, Daughter to Cover XX-XY Shirts amid Transgender Debate  —  A mother and daughter said they were forced to cover up their XX-XY Athletics t-shirts on Sunday during a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) game at Atlanta's Gateway Center Arena …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
From Natalie, With LOVE ...  With the growing attention being given to Trump handler/confidante Natalie Harp, I looked up this November 2024 Times article which captures some of the relationship ...  Given that Natalie Harp is not only a conventionally attractive women but also Trump's type …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Dems plan Oman war powers push after Trump threatens bombing … - “At this point we may just need to file war powers resolutions for the 192 other countries,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) told Axios.  — The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Adam Bonica / On Data and Democracy:
With Fear and Favor  —  Institutions don't have courage.  They have incentives.  —  Institutions don't have courage.  They have incentive structures.  When incentives line up just right, it is not uncommon for an institution to make a collective decision that almost no one inside it would have made alone.
Discussion: The Nation
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
“Suckers and losers” as policy  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🚢 Subscribe to PN 🚢  —  The Navy Times reported last week, based on interviews with family members, that multiple sailors have recently tried to jump overboard …
Discussion: Salon
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Julia Curlee / The Atlantic:
The Wrong Kind of American  —  The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.  —  At the cia, they'd started an office pool on when I'd be fired.  —  President Trump would be sworn in for his second term at noon; the smart money had me gone by 12:15.
Discussion: Advocate
Sammy Westfall / Washington Post:
Trump blames vandals for dead grass on lawn where he held Fourth of July event  —  Similarly damaged grass was seen at the White House Ellipse and South Lawn after the UFC Freedom 250 events this summer.  —  President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday to accuse vandals of damaging …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Owen Scott / The Independent:
Trump roasted over ‘flying palace’ trips with aide: ‘He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie’  —  Democratic senator Jon Ossoff claimed that the president is ‘treating citizens as fools and those who serve as pawns’  —  Donald Trump would rather build the White House ballroom …
Annabella Rosciglione / The Daily Beast:
White House Reporters Find New Way to Bow to Trump  —  'IT'S HAPPENING'  —  The president already has an invitation to the 2027 White House Correspondents' Dinner.  —  Even after President Donald Trump secretly put White House reporters in grave danger, the White House Correspondents' Association …
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned the U.S. war with Iran will last a long time, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Monday.
Discussion: The Independent
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Trump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National Park  —  The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building …
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Trump Consults AI George Washington on Ballroom Design  —  Since Donald Trump flattened the East Wing last October, his justification for building a White House ballroom has evolved considerably.  Originally, the president suggested he needed a place to throw killer parties.
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case  —  Exactly one year ago this week, Donald Trump threatened to impose “harsh measures” on the state of Colorado unless it agreed to release election denier Tina Peters from prison several years before her sentence runs its course.
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
House Ethics investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez over sexual misconduct allegations  —  The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it is investigating Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) over allegations of sexual misconduct. … - The committee provided no further details about the allegations.
Jordan Rubin / MS NOW:
Supreme Court denies Trump's rehearing petition, cementing Carroll's $5 million win  —  The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's long-shot request to reconsider taking up his appeal in one of the two civil cases he lost to E. Jean Carroll.
Anna Bower / Lawfare:
What's So Special about a Special Grand Jury?  —  A primer on how special grand juries work, what federal law actually permits them to do, and why this one might backfire.  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors  —  The Justice Department has empaneled a special grand jury in Washington …
Nicholas Kerr / ABC News:
Trump contradicts Vance, says nukes, not oil prices, No. 1 priority in Iran  —  Vance laid out a different order of priorities than Trump's stated mission.  —  President Donald Trump speaks at the David Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, Aug. 14, 2026, in Garden City, N.Y.
Discussion: MS NOW and CNN
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump DOJ readies 1,000 election monitors for midterms  —  The Trump administration plans to deploy approximately 1,000 Department of Justice election monitors across the country in November, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said Monday.  —  In an interview on Bloomberg's Balance of Power …
Discussion: Bloomberg, NOTUS, MS NOW and NBC News
 
 
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Reclaiming “Normalization”  —  Normalization is a dirty word in the pro-democracy movement …
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