Tuesday, July 10th.
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
- Ex-Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn expected back in court for first time since guilty plea
- A Trupar: Mike Flynn met by “Lock Him Up” chants on way to court
- Trump’s former national security adviser back in court, still awaiting sentencing
- K Polantz: Manafort’s Old FARA Attorney Flips
- Manafort Loses Effort to Keep Storage-Unit Evidence Out of Trial
- Zoe Tillman: Manafort moved to new jail
- Eric Garland: Where they process espionage cases?
- Dem senator: Trump’s Supreme Court pick shows he’s ‘terrified of Robert Mueller
- GOP senator warns against trusting Putin ‘mafia’
- GOP Senators Tell Contradictory Stories About Moscow Trip
- Analysis | Donald Trump Jr. said he didn’t recall talking to Emin Agalarov. Agalarov remembers it.
- Dershowitz: President Donald Trump Should Not Be Impeached Even If He Colluded With Russia
- Giuliani works for foreign clients while serving as Trump’s attorney – The Washington Post
COHEN
IMMIGRATION
- A couple visited their soldier son-in-law on July 4. The Army turned them over to ICE.
- A frustrated Trump blames migrants for having their children taken from them
- Are You Ready to Actually Think of the Children?
- Border officials may have taken child of U.S. citizen into custody
- Yelling ‘What about the children,’ 100 protesters greet Ivanka Trump in Syracuse
- Pregnant Women Say They Miscarried In Immigration Detention And Didn’t Get The Care They Needed
- Trump administration fails to meet deadline to reunite migrant children with their parents
- U.S. Army Is Discharging Immigrant Recruits Who Were Promised Citizenship
- Donald Trump falsely says ICE liberated towns from MS-13 control
COLD WAR 2.0
- Boris may wish he was Churchill but as the RAF flies over London, let’s remember Brexiteers don’t have a monopoly on patriotism
- EU chief cautions Trump: Don’t forget who your friends are
- Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ Is Topping UK Charts Upon Trump’s Visit
- NYT: Trump called his own staff ‘stupid’ during call with Putin
- Pompeo’s North Korea meeting went ‘as badly as it could have gone’
- Russian trolls on Twitter pose as ex-Democrats for #WalkAway movement
- Senate votes to support NATO ahead of Trump summit
- Trump Is Training His Base to Hate NATO and Like Putin
- Trump kicks off European tour by bashing NATO, EU on trade before Putin summit
- US Republican Delegation Met With Sanctioned Russians In Moscow
- When Trump Realizes Kim Isn’t Giving Up His Nukes It Won’t Be Pretty
- Trump told Putin some of his own aides are ‘stupid people’
- Friend or foe at NATO? Who knows when Trump comes to dinner
TRADE WAR
- China makes $8.46 from an iPhone. That’s why a U.S. trade war is futile
- BMW moving some production to China, raising prices on SC-made SUVs in response to tariffs
- Trade war: Switzerland challenges Trump’s ‘unjustified’ tariffs
SCOTUS
- Report: Trump Had Been Negotiating with Anthony Kennedy for Months Over New SCOTUS Pick
- Did Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Negotiate His Replacement With Trump Before Retiring?
- White House does not dispute report that Trump struck a secret, corrupt deal with Justice Kennedy
- Republicans Sold Their Soul To Donald Trump To Win Supreme Court Control: Sun-Times Editorial
- Trump’s Supreme Court nominee decided against net neutrality and for NSA surveillance
- Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Is “Consistently Anti-Environment”
- Trump’s Supreme Court pick: ISPs have 1st Amendment right to block websites
- Schumer: I will oppose Kavanaugh ‘with everything I’ve got’
- After Stealing SCOTUS Seat, GOP Blasts Dems for Partisan Opposition to Kavanaugh
- Democratic senators immediately pledge to block Trump SCOTUS pick
- Democrats must consider court-packing when they regain power. It’s the only way to save democracy.
- Andrew Laufer on Brett Kavanaugh
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- Donald Trump falsely says ICE liberated towns from MS-13 control
- Anatomy of a Trump rally: 76 percent of claims are false, misleading or lacking evidence
- Be alarmed when a leader tries to make you think of humans as vermin
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
- GOP Anti-Antifa Act Could Send Masked Demonstrators To Prison For 15 Years
- GOP senator warns against trusting Putin ‘mafia’
- GOP Senators Tell Contradictory Stories About Moscow Trip
- Rick Scott’s Senate financing still mostly a mystery
JIM JORDAN
- Eighth Former OSU Wrestler Says Jim Jordan Knew About Sexual Abuse
- 9th Accuser: I told GOP Rep Jordan about sexual abuse, Jordan laughed & refused to help – AMERICAblog News
- There is no scenario in the Ohio State abuse scandal where Jim Jordan isn’t a terrible leader
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- President Trump pardons Oregon ranchers whose plight led to refuge occupation.
- Johnny Depp Accused of Punching Film Crew Member in New Lawsuit
- Judge allows federal lawsuit against 25 neo-Nazis to proceed for violence in Charlottesville
- Man arrested after harassing woman as un-American for wearing Puerto Rico flag shirt
- President Trump pardons Oregon ranchers whose plight led to refuge occupation.
RACISM
- 91-year-old man beaten with brick, told ‘go back to your own country’
- Virginia Lawmaker Says He Can’t Be Racist Because His Son Is Named After a Black Man
- Woman calls the cops on black man for wearing socks at a pool, gets fired
- Man arrested after harassing woman as un-American for wearing Puerto Rico flag shirt
- NFL players union files grievance over new anthem policy
- California Prosecutor Who Questioned Why Maxine Waters Hadn’t Been Shot Suspended By San Bernardino DA
NAME AND SHAME
- Hecklers spoil another Mitch McConnell meal by blaring ‘Fight The Power’
- McConnell leaves Kentucky dinner amid more heckling over ICE
- Woman who confronted Pruitt at restaurant: Conservatives want ‘civility’ because their stances are losing
- I confronted Scott Pruitt in a restaurant. I’d do it again in a second.
- Kellyanne Conway’s husband: I give my wife a ‘harder time’ about working for Trump than she gets walking down the street
- Yelling ‘What about the children,’ 100 protesters greet Ivanka Trump in Syracuse
TRUMP HATES WOMEN
- White House Threatened to Economically Cripple Ecuador for Promoting Breastfeeding
- Pence: ‘I do’ still want Roe v. Wade to be overturned
- BBC runs story days before presidential visit on whether Trump is ‘sex pest’
- Trump was like a “predator” toward teens at parties in ‘80s and ‘90s, says BBC report
- Lululemew: Thread on Jeffrey Epstein
- Greg Olear: Trump is a sexual predator
AND HIS DRIVER, TOO…
- Donald Trump Forced His Driver To Give Up Health Benefits In Exchange For A Raise, New Lawsuit Claims
- Trump’s Limo Driver of 25 Years Confirms He’s an Unrepentant Asshole
ELECTION 2018
- Democratic senators immediately pledge to block Trump SCOTUS pick
- Democrats must consider court-packing when they regain power. It’s the only way to save democracy.
- Dems crush GOP in party registration
- First look: Dems crush GOP in party registration
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
- College is more expensive than it’s ever been, and the 5 reasons why suggest it’s only going to get worse
- Goldman Sachs Warns That Rising Wages Could Cut Into Corporate Profits. The Horror
- If democratic socialism is so bad, why is Norway so great?
PROGRESS IS PROGRESS
- Kansas City will greet Mike Pence with a big gay ‘sausage fest’
- Lawmakers override LePage veto, endorse sweeping medical marijuana reforms
IN OTHER NEWS…
- Thai cave rescue: All boys and coach brought safely out – BBC News
- Thai cave rescue: Jubilation! All 13 rescued from depths of Thai cave
RUMOR MILL
- Eric Garland: CNN finally following up on Rudy’s FARA work
- Probably mentioned before, but PBS Frontline’s ‘The Putin Files’ is worth a look.
- Spicy Mic on Senator Ron Johnson
- Andrew Laufer on Brett Kavanaugh
That’s it for Tuesday. I’m posting this on Wednesday morning, because that’s when I got to it.
Mike Flynn has a court date, Paul Manafort gets transferred to a new jail, the BBC talks about Trump’s rapey past, and CNN is finally going after Rudy’s foreign ties. It’s about damn time.
I’m not sure how this week is going to unfold, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see an uptick in stories about Trump metaphorically slobbering all over Putin’s dick while he’s in Europe for the NATO summit.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
– Katy Tur
None of this is Normal 