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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War  —  The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy.  —  If Donald Trump ever had any control over the war he started with Iran, he's lost it.  The Iranians are now setting the terms of this conflict, and routinely humiliating the American president.
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Aaron Parnas / The Parnas Perspective:
Trump Erupts at NATO Summit—Cuts Off Trade With Spain, Declares Iran Deal “Over,” Appears Visibly Confused Throughout  —  Good morning.  There's already a lot of news.  Trump is erupting at the NATO summit in Turkey, calling the Iran deal “over,” cutting off all trade with Spain while calling the country …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Hugh Hewitt's only Iran principle is that Trump is always right
Discussion: CBS News
David E. Sanger / New York Times:   As Iran Cease-Fire Frays, Trump Faces a Muddled War and Unpalatable Options
Politico:
Trump orders a halt to US trade with Spain
New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Speaks After Lashing Out at NATO Summit
Kathleen Joyce / New York Post:
Trump, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ignore each other at NATO summit amid clash
Discussion: MS NOW
Politico:
Platner campaign quietly polls potential replacements as pressure mounts  —  Democratic Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner's team quietly fielded a poll Tuesday gauging the strength of people who could replace him on the ballot, as pressure mounts for him to drop out of the race.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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New York Times:
Democrats Grow Frustrated as Platner Resists Dropping Out Quickly  —  Two days after a woman accused Graham Platner of rape, he had not given up his nomination for Senate in Maine, raising worries about whether and how his party might find a replacement.  —  Democratic frustration and worries …
Washington Post:
Graham Platner, isolated, defies Maine Democrats as they try to hatch a plan  —  People close to the Senate candidate's campaign say that they know he has to drop out but that Platner has struggled with the decision.  —  Summary  —  Increasingly isolated from the Democratic Party …
Bonnie Bishop / WMTW-TV:
Rep. Valli Geiger says Graham Platner is supporting her for Senate race  —  Maine State Representative Valli Geiger, D-Rockland, says Graham Platner is urging her to try and take his place on the ballot and run against Sen. Susan Collins in November.  —  Maine's Total Coverage spoke with Geiger …
CNN:
Platner's campaign trying to navigate exit from consequential Maine race, sources say
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
He Lived Here for 35 Years.  Put Three Kids in College.  ICE Killed Him.  —  LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO CAME TO THE UNITED STATES thirty-five years ago—a few years too late to benefit from the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, popularly known as the “Reagan amnesty.”  He worked in construction.
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Associated Press:
Son demands independent probe after father shot and killed by ICE officer in Houston  —  A Mexican national fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston had no criminal convictions during his decades living in the U.S. and was driving a crew to a homebuilding site …
Michelle Del Rey / USA Today:
White House launches 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations in this region  —  The White House launched 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations, all selling fuel at $3.47 a gallon.  —  The White House announced the initiative on July 7 on X with a video of customers thanking President Donald Trump for lowering gas prices.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Megan Cerullo / CBS News:
The White House announces the first Freedom Fuel gas station, selling gas at $3.47 a gallon  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The White House announced the first “Freedom Fuel” gas station, which it says is selling gas at a below-market rate of $3.47 a gallon.
Max Rego / The Hill:
White House launching dozens of ‘Freedom Fuel’ gas stations
Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
Trump returning to US on old Air Force One amid Iran threats  —  President Trump confirmed Wednesday that he's taking the old Air Force One back to the U.S. from Turkey but deflected questions about security concerns regarding the new Qatari-donated model.  —  Trump said the new $400 billion Air Force …
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M after jury found Trump sexually abused and defamed her  —  E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5.8 million that was set aside after a jury found three years ago that President Donald Trump sexually abused her in 1996 before he became president and defamed …
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Tim Cocks / Reuters:   Eleven more Trump deportees arrive in Eswatini from the United States, lawyer says
Associated Press:
US carries out another round of strikes on Iran after Trump says ceasefire is over  —  The U.S. carried out another round of strikes on Iran on Wednesday, hours after President Donald Trump said that recent Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz signaled the end of the ceasefire.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
U.S. military launches new Iran strikes as Trump says ‘not sure’ he wants deal
Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Host Melts Down at Scott Jennings Over McConnell Claim  —  NOT BUYING IT  —  Rob Finnerty was skeptical of the pundit's claim that he spoke to Sen. Mitch McConnell on the phone.  —  Newsmax host Rob Finnerty opened his show by mocking a MAGA rival's claim that he had a lengthy conversation with Sen. Mitch McConnell.
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Scottie Ellis / kentucky.gov:
Gov. Beshear Requests Update on Health of Sen. McConnell
Kyle Mantyla / People For:
Dale Partridge Calls For The Return Of ‘European Christian Colonization Of African Nations’  —  For the last several weeks, far-right Christian nationalist pastor Dale Partridge has been preaching on the Curse of Ham, a controversial theological theory long used to justify slavery and racism.
Associated Press:
Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of Mexican immigrant  —  Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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Finya Swai / The Hill:
Former Wisconsin judge convicted after thwarting ICE arrest issued fine, avoids prison
Discussion: New Republic
Thomas Frank / Politico:
Trump denies disaster aid for 4 Democratic-led states  —  President Donald Trump denied disaster aid to four Democratic-led states in a move that is raising new questions about whether he's injecting political motivations into emergency management decisions.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Response to Matt Yglesias About ‘Fight’ in Democratic Candidates  —  This morning on Bluesky Politico's Josh Gerstein flagged to me and others a piece by Matt Yglesias in which, he said, Matt “says progressive Dems [are] too obsessed with fighting Trump rather than winning in marginal states/districts …
Discussion: Slow Boring
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
US judge throws out Trump's $3.8bn defamation lawsuit against Washington Post  —  Suit stemmed from 2023 Post article that said bank with ties to the porn industry helped fund Trump's media operation  —  A federal judge in Florida has thrown out Donald Trump's $3.8bn defamation lawsuit …
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, NOTUS and MS NOW
Joey Rather / The Hill:
Entire police department relieved of duty in West Virginia town  —  BARRACKVILLE, W.Va. (WBOY) — A small West Virginia town has lost its entire police department.  —  In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the Barrackville Police Department announced that, effective immediately …
David Brooks / The Atlantic:
Democrats Became Great by Fighting the Left  —  In the DSA era, liberals need to remember their history and fight for their values.  —  The democratic party is moving left.  Its most dynamic leaders over the past few years have been Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani.
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Accused of New ‘60 Minutes’ Meddling  —  MEDDLE MANAGEMENT  —  Bari Weiss pulled a seasoned correspondent off a Trump-adjacent story to put one of her new hires on it instead.  —  Insiders have accused the MAGA-friendly editor-in-chief at CBS News of interfering in a report on a key Donald Trump ally abroad.
Discussion: Advocate and Los Angeles Times
 
 
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Dan Kleban / Do What's Write:
I'm in to Replace Platner  —  For too long, this race has been about everything …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Wall Street Journal:
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