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New York Times:
Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time …
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CNN:
Treasury pick Monica Crowley spread Obama smears: ‘Can he be both loyal to Islam and loyal to the United States?’  —  Trump security pick plagiarized in 2012 book  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's pick for the top spokeswoman job at the Treasury Department repeatedly spread conspiracy theories …
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
CNN Photo Editor Resigns From Network Over Vicious Anti-Semitic Tweets on Deaths of ‘Jewish Pigs’
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony  —  On Wednesday, the former special counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election.
Discussion: Washington Post and Common Dreams
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Renato Mariotti / Politico:
Actually, Robert Mueller Was Awesome  —  Former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony Wednesday has been described as “excruciatingly awkward,” “confused,” “struggling” and “a stammering, stuttering mess.”  —  I saw something completely different.  From my perspective …
Elie Mystal / Above the Law:   Imagine Mueller Just Said All That About A Black President
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Washington Post Fact Checks Only Republicans During Mueller Hearings
CNN:   Andrew McCabe: Time for Congress to pursue impeachment inquiry - CNN Video
Washington Post:
Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal — a former Republican fed up with Trump  —  Charles Leazott hadn't thought about the seal in months.  —  The 46-year-old graphic designer threw it together after the 2016 presidential election — it was one part joke, one part catharsis.
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Trump appeared in front of this doctored seal and now a TPUSA aide is fired  —  (CNN)An audiovisual aide for conservative student group Turning Point USA was fired this week after President Donald Trump appeared on a stage in front of a parody image of the presidential seal at its Teen Student Action Summit.
Donald Trump / Associated Press:   Trump gave speech in front of hoax presidential seal
Jerry Mitchell / ProPublica:
We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial.  Now They Face a Possible Civil Rights Investigation.  —  OXFORD, Miss. — Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation …
Fox News:
Fox News Poll, July 25  —  Joe Biden is the lone top tier candidate in the Democratic nomination race, according to the latest Fox News Poll.
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Obed Manuel / Dallas Morning News:
A Border Patrol chief testifies that Francisco Galicia never claimed U.S. citizenship, but document says otherwise  —  A U.S. Border Patrol chief on Thursday testified before the House Judiciary Committee that 18-year-old Francisco Erwin Galicia never claimed to be a U.S. citizen when he was in Border Patrol custody for 23 days.
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Reuters:   Reuters photo captures Guatemalan mother begging soldier to let her enter U.S
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's latest immigration outrage would turn the U.S. into a ‘papers, please’ nation
Discussion: New York Times
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Pro-Trump Republican aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft  —  Exclusive: Danielle Stella, reported to support baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, held twice this year over alleged shoplifting  —  A pro-Trump Republican candidate for Congress who is aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar …
Congresswoman Katherine Clark:
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Katherine Clark Calls for Impeachment Inquiry  —  July 25, 2019, Washington, D.C. - Today, Vice Chair Congresswoman Katherine Clark issued the below statement:  —  Throughout his life and presidency, Donald Trump has proven himself unfit to serve.
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Andrew Donnelly / U.S. Representative Lisa …:   Blunt Rochester Announces Support for Beginning Impeachment Proceedings
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Dem lawmaker to her party: ‘Take action’ on impeachment by September or ‘shut it down’
Discussion: RedState, Political Wire and Vox
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren to host town hall in Tempe  —  Elizabeth Warren will host a town hall in Tempe next week after the second round of presidential candidate debates in Detroit.  —  The senator from Massachusetts is among the top Democratic contenders in early states and national polls.
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Elizabeth Warren Has a Radical Plan to Beat Trump at His Own Game
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Kyle Blaine / CNN:
CNN to host climate crisis town hall with 2020 Democratic candidates
New York Times:
How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria's Secret for Wealth and Women  —  In May 1997, Alicia Arden, a model in California, was introduced to a man who identified himself as a talent scout for Victoria's Secret.  He invited her to his Santa Monica hotel room to audition for the brand's catalog.
Discussion: Washington Post and Vanity Fair
New York Times:
Mueller Testimony Deepens Democratic Divide on Impeachment  —  WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III's long-awaited testimony has inflamed divisions among Democrats over impeachment, with some senior lawmakers pushing on Thursday to begin formal impeachment hearings soon, and vulnerable moderates pleading …
Discussion: Florida Phoenix
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:   Donald who? Pelosi, Democrats vow to ‘own August’ on issues
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Speaker Pelosi just laid out the roadmap to impeachment
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and LifeZette
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain Confronts Adam Schiff: Show Me Your ‘Smoking Gun’ on Trump Collusion Now  —  “The Russians offered dirt on Hillary Clinton in writing and sent it to [Donald Trump Jr.],” Schiff stated.  “And Don Jr's response was in writing.”  —  The View's Meghan McCain pressed House …
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mueller Testifies Russia Had Blackmail on Trump
Discussion: RedState and Wall Street Journal
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox's Napolitano Says Trump Has Changed: He Has ‘Unleashed a Torrent of Hatred’  —  Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano lamented that President Donald Trump is a changed man in a new op-ed accusing his old friend of unleashing a “torrent of hatred.”  —  “I have known President Trump personally since 1986.
Discussion: Fox News
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sues Google for $50 Million  —  Representative Tulsi Gabbard, the long-shot presidential candidate from Hawaii, said in a federal lawsuit that Google infringed on her free speech when it briefly suspended her campaign's advertising account after the first Democratic debate in June.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse  —  Attorney General William P. Barr Directs the Federal Bureau of Prisons to Adopt an Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and Schedule the Executions of Five Death-Row Inmates Convicted of Murdering Children
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Will Trump's Racist Attacks Help Him?  Ask Blue-Collar White Women.  —  Donald Trump's turn toward more overt racism in his “go back” attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color rests on an unspoken bet: that the women who are part of his core constituencies will respond to his acrimony as enthusiastically as the men.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's good week  —  In a 72-hour stretch this week, President Donald Trump went a long way toward putting two looming threats to his bid to retain power to rest.  —  The first, impeachment, took a blow on Wednesday when former special counsel Robert Mueller delivered muted …
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Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Sweeping budget deal passes House despite weak GOP support
Discussion: Daily Kos
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Susan Collins might back out of 2020 election as her approval rating plummets  —  It's been one week to the day since Sen. Susan Collins' (R-ME) public job approval ratings showed she was in trouble.  As a result, she may be rethinking running at all in 2020.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mueller didn't fail.  The country did.  —  Being thousands of miles away from home in Portugal, a country that 45 years ago was in the grasp of a brutal dictatorship, gives me an interesting perspective on former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Wednesday testimony and on the now nearly forgotten …
NBC News:
Active-duty U.S. troops are now just feet away from migrants in Texas  —  The troops “monitor” migrants at a Texas facility.  One congressman said they shouldn't be prison guards, and are close to breaking the posse comitatus law.  —  WASHINGTON — Active-duty U.S. troops are now stationed inside …
Discussion: Axios
David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
“She's Dangerous”: GOP Insiders Fear Kamala Could Be the Next Obama  —  Rattled by her deft vivisection of Joe Biden at the last debate, Republicans wonder how Harris might do against a real villain like Trump.  “She doesn't come across as a nutjob,” worries one GOP operative.
New York Times:
Automakers, Rejecting Trump Pollution Rule, Strike a Deal With California  —  WASHINGTON — Four of the world's largest automakers have struck a deal with California to reduce automobile emissions, siding with the state in its fight with President Trump over one of his most consequential regulatory rollbacks.
Discussion: The Week and VICE
 
 
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Black, Latino Dems torch campaign arm for lack of diversity
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Pete Olson announces retirement
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Washington Post:
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley grossly mischaracterized the views of 4 academics in his ‘cosmopolitan elites’ speech
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Thought the Mueller Hearings Were Hilarious
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Says He Had to Borrow From Trump Lawyer to Pay Taxes
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Caller
Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
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Discussion: CNN
Will E. Young / Washington Post:
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