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Nation

The Slow-Motion Coup d'Etat picks up steam: LI
Kill the Alligators, Then Drain the Swamp: Bruce Thornton
Report: Mueller has a grand jury: Axios

Construction Of The Border Wall, Er… “Barrier” Set To Begin: Jazz Shaw
Hopelessly Conflicted Special Counsel Robert Mueller Impanels Grand Jury: Ace
How Trump's Attack on Affirmative Action Could Succeed: Bloomberg

Democrats just hit a new low.: Amber Phillips, WaPo
Democrats begin to see Pelosi as a 2018 problem: Alex Roarty
Starting Tonight, GOP Will Have Full Control of 26 States: ATR

Warner: Leaks of Trump transcripts were "disgraceful": Beast
West Virginia’s Democratic Governor to Switch to Republican at Trump Rally: Beast
Report: MA RMV employees made fake IDs for ilegals, registerd them to vote: MassLive

Economy

Good News: L.A. County Paid Out $1.3 Billion In Welfare To Illegal Aliens: RWN
SovietCare Looks Good to Investors: Jon Cassidy
Study: Increasing Minimum Wage Would Cost One Maryland County 47,000 Jobs: John Sexton

Scandal Central

Report: H.R. McMaster Believes Susan Rice Did Nothing Wrong in Unmasking Requests: Breitbart
Susan Rice urges H.R. McMaster to get rid of Stephen Bannon led group: Times
Report: H.R. McMaster Gave 'Explicit Instruction' Not to Mention Obama 'Holdovers': Breitbart

McMaster Purges NSC Staffer for Warning of Islamist-Leftist Threat: Daniel Greenfield
A letter from H.R. McMaster said Susan Rice will keep her top-secret security clearance: Sara A. Carter
DeSantis demands DOJ probe of ex-Wasserman Schultz aide: Politico

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Al Gore Schooled by Mayor of an Eroding Island: Eric Worrall

Media

'Buffoons': Mark Levin Crushes Media for Ignoring Dem Scandals, Going Nuts Over Trump: Alex Xenos
Acosta Pulls the Media’s Mask Off: George Neumayr
Lesson for CNN’s Acosta: Obscure 19th-Century Poets Don’t Set U.S. Immigration Policy: LifeZette

The Forensicator Publishes New Transfer Speed Study: Disobedient
Evil: WaPo Leaks Transcripts Of Phone Calls Between Trump And Foreign Leaders: RWN
DOJ Finally Releases Account of Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting-Heavily Redacted: RWN

World

What Works: Abu Yehuda
China’s Drone-Missile Hybrid: The Next Step in Naval Drone Warfare: Diplomat
Pakistan Running Influence Operations in the U.S.: Meira Svirsky

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

How I Got Barred From Posting on Twitter: Ken White
Google To Work With Indonesia To Tackle Content Deemed Offensive: OAN
Milky Way Galaxy: Facts About Our Galactic Home: Space.com

Cornucopia

The Rabbit Hole Report: MOTUS
Group of bikers hears a sixth grader was bullied, they gave him a fearsome escort: Rare
A Remake For Our Time: “Death Wish,” Starring Bruce Willis: Hot Air

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QOTD: "Congress should investigate the leaking of transcripts of calls between President Donald Trump and world leaders, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Thursday. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), called the leak “absolutely” troubling, arguing that it would cause potentially-serious complications to the White House’s ability to conduct foreign policy. “A president of the United States, a governor would tell us they've got to be able to have confidential conversations,” Warner told The Daily Beast in an interview.

“And I think it was disgraceful that those [came out].” On Thursday morning, the Washington Post published full transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The transcripts revealed tense exchanges and candid admissions from Trump about topics like refugee admissions and the border wall. But it was the act of leaking itself that shook national security experts who worried the publishing of transcripts would dramatically curtail Trumps ability to have candid, strategic exchanges with fellow world leaders." --Sam Stein