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1:30 AM ET, July 14, 2018

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Politico:
House conservatives prep push to impeach Rosenstein  —  House conservatives are preparing a new push to oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to three conservative Capitol Hill sources — putting the finishing touches on an impeachment filing even as Rosenstein announced …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
‘Warning Lights Are Blinking Red,’ Top Intelligence Officer Says of Russian Attacks  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's top intelligence officer said on Friday that the persistent danger of Russian cyberattacks today was akin to the warnings the United States had of stepped-up terror threats ahead of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
David French / National Review:
Mueller's Latest Indictments Show That ‘Witches’ Are Very Real  —  Four vital takeaways from today's charges  —  Earlier today the Grand Jury for the District of Columbia charged twelve Russian intelligence officers with conspiring “to gain unauthorized access (to 'hack') …
Just Security:
Six Big Takeaways from Mueller's Indictment of Russian Intel Officers  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller released an indictment today of 12 Russian intelligence officers, accusing them of hacking the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Thanks to Robert Mueller, Trump and Putin Now Have a Summit Agenda  —  Donald Trump has always been brazen about his affection for Vladimir Putin, a condition which Merriam-Webster defines as “acting or done in a very open and shocking way without shame or embarrassment.”
emptywheel:
The Russian Hack  —  As I laid out last week, I provided information to the FBI on issues related to the Mueller investigation, so I'm going to include disclosure statements on Mueller investigation posts from here on out.  I will include the disclosure whether or not the stuff I shared with the FBI pertains to the subject of the post.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
'It's a big FU from Mueller'  —  Trump's allies question timing of latest Mueller indictments — on the eve of the Putin summit.  —  President Donald Trump has accused special counsel Robert Mueller for months of running a politically driven “witch hunt” against him.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton.  Were They Listening?  —  WASHINGTON — It was one of the more outlandish statements in a campaign replete with them: In a news conference in July 2016, Donald J. Trump made a direct appeal to Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails and make them public.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Conservatives moving to impeach Rosenstein soon: report  —  Conservative lawmakers in the House are preparing to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein  —  , Politico reported Friday.  —  Sources told the publication that conservatives have been preparing to have Rosenstein impeached …
Washington Post:
How the Russians hacked the DNC and passed its emails to WikiLeaks
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Roger Stone says he's the ‘US person’ mentioned in Mueller indictment
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Indicting 12 Russian Hackers Could Be Mueller's Biggest Move Yet
NPR:
Week In Politics: 12 Russian Cyberspies Charged With Attack On 2016 Election
Discussion: Mashable
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
‘Evil Has Won’  —  Pro-American Germans feel betrayed.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Trump Told Russia To Get Clinton's Emails. The Same Day, They Obeyed.
CNN:
12 Russians indicted in Mueller investigation
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller indicts 12 Russians for DNC hacking as Trump-Putin summit looms
Eric Tucker / Yahoo:   Moscow now accused of US election meddling, in indictment
New York Times:
12 Russian Agents Indicted in Mueller Investigation
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Justice Department lays out its case against 12 Russian officers accused of hacking Democrats in 2016
Discussion: Politico and AOL
CBS News:
Maryland told its voter registration vendor financed by Russian oligarch  —  Top Maryland officials say the FBI told them this week that the state's voter registration platform was purchased by a Russian oligarch in 2015, without state officials knowing.  The FBI did not indicate a breach occurred …
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Jayne Miller / WBAL:   Maryland voter registration system runs on software owned by Russian-financed firm, I-Team learns
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Where Did Donald Trump Get Two Hundred Million Dollars to Buy His Money-Losing Scottish Golf Club?  —  Between meeting the Queen of England and Vladimir Putin, President Trump will spend this weekend at Turnberry, the golf course he bought in 2014 and rechristened Trump Turnberry.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Mother Jones
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump lost millions at golf courses in Scotland. U.S. voters weren't told that.
Discussion: Bustle
Taki / Spectator USA:
Harvey Weinstein: ‘I offered acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so does everyone - they still do’ … He used to ring me via his assistants and make me wait on hold.  It was normal; he was, after all, the biggest Hollywood tycoon of them all.  This time he called me directly …
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Jackie Strause / Hollywood Reporter:
Columnist Retracts Harvey Weinstein Interview, Says Conversation Was a “Social Visit”
Discussion: AOL
Dominic Patten / Deadline:   Harvey Weinstein Gang Try To Walk Back Sex For Jobs Interview; Journo Says “May” Have Gotten Quote Wrong - Update
Former U.S. Senator Al Franken:
When Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senators will have an opportunity to examine his record, his judicial philosophy, and his qualifications for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.  —  I wish I could be there.  Because I have some questions I'd love to see him answer.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Connor Wolf / LifeZette:
Is Lisa Page Spilling the Beans on Former FBI Lover Peter Strzok?  —  Florida Republican congressman says the one-time bureau lawyer is being much more cooperative  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said former FBI lawyer Lisa Page was more credible and forthcoming during a closed-door congressional hearing …
Discussion: American Greatness, Vox and RT
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Garrett M. Graff / New York Times:
The Real F.B.I. Election Culprit
Discussion: Washington Post
Andrea Chamblee / Washington Post:
John went into the Capital Gazette on a Thursday.  The rest is a daze.  —  Andrea Chamblee is the widow of Annapolis Capital Gazette sportswriter John McNamara.  —  The text messages that begin arriving on June 28 end my ordinary life.  “Where does your husband work?”  “What's happening in Annapolis?”
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Trump's ambassador lobbied Britain on behalf of jailed right-wing activist Tommy Robinson  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Sam Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, complained to the British ambassador in Washington D.C. about the treatment of an English right-wing activist …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Pence family gas stations left costly environmental legacy  —  GARDEN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build a Midwestern empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Alex Stedman / Variety:
Scarlett Johansson Exits Trans Film ‘Rub and Tug’ Amid Backlash  —  Scarlett Johansson has exited the drama film “Rub and Tug” a little more than a week after her casting sparked backlash amid trans groups and activists, a source with knowledge of the situation confirms to Variety.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Ex-Novartis CEO sent drug pricing proposal to Cohen  —  Democrats are accusing a major pharmaceutical company of trying to influence the Trump administration's plan to lower drug prices.  —  Emails obtained by Democrats and publicly released Friday show that Novartis sent Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for President Trump
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Why is Trump undermining NATO and the EU?  He just told us.  —  Trump's UK press conference was the best guide he's offered to his doubts about Europe.  —  After a disastrous (unless you're Vladimir Putin) NATO summit, President Donald Trump swung by the United Kingdom to meet with Prime Minister Theresa May.
Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost and ITV
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:   Amid the Trumpian Chaos, Europe Sees a Strategy: Divide and Conquer
 
 
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