Republican support for Putin has been rising

We’ll see if today changes anything. I doubt it. Trump supporters will follow his lead.

According to a new Economist-You Gov poll, Republican support for Russian President Vladimir Putin has actually been rising since the 2016 election. pic.twitter.com/saeRDSqH5S

— Hardball (@hardball) July 16, 2018

Another voter fraud conspiracy theory

I bet Trump uses this to try to invalidate election results in border states if he doesn’t like them.

Tucker Carlson says that Mexico has been more successful at interfering in US elections and does it more routinely than Russia by "packing our electorate" pic.twitter.com/vYk0jyVFUZ

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) July 16, 2018

Covers: You Win Again

“You Win Again” was a Hank Williams song from 1952. There are may cover versions – the Grateful Dead (1972). Only the Dead could give it a beat you could dance to. Keith Richards covered it in 2001. Keith sounds like it’s 4 am and he’s been out drinking all night.

Hank Williams

Grateful Dead

Keith Richards

Putin spoke the majority of the dialogue at the press conference today

A small fact among interesting pieces of news:
Vladimir Putin accounted for 58.2% of the presidential dialogue (3,454 words). Donald Trump: 41.8% (2,478 words). This is the first time @realDonaldTrump did not speak the majority of words at a press conf.https://t.co/iXoXLDUkKb

— Factba.se (@FactbaseFeed) July 16, 2018

Federal judge appointments by party

Nearly six-in-ten current federal judges were appointed by Democratic presidents and 42% were appointed by Republicans. But these shares differ considerably by the level of court in question. https://t.co/yjIaUwI3Bs pic.twitter.com/x52bjAb3Bj

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) July 16, 2018

HHS will eliminate medical guideline repository

Daily Beast article

Basically. Even this article on the issue starts with "You might never have heard of the National Guideline Clearinghouse, https://t.co/235c31Gn4z. To be frank, neither had I."https://t.co/E03TznZoxY

— Steve Newell (@DrSteveNewell) July 16, 2018

National Guideline Clearinghouse site includes: info on cancer, heart attacks & strokes, caring for children w/brain tumors, & 1400+ more

Shutting NGC down & sabotaging #ACA, Trump Administration proves they don't give AF about our health. But we MUST!https://t.co/itFLC1vqDB

— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) July 15, 2018

WTF: The Trump Administration is planning to eliminate a vast trove of medical guidelines on 7/16/18, that for nearly 20 years has been a critical resource for doctors, researchers and others in the medical community.

Not even an archived version of the site will remain. https://t.co/Tk5coWKmnR

— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) July 15, 2018

@AHRQNews has to shut down the National Guideline Clearinghouse today thanks to a $30 million cut originally in FY16. A country that spent $3.3 trillion on healthcare in 2016 should not be shutting down a vital repository of clinical practice guidelines.

— Steve Newell (@DrSteveNewell) July 16, 2018

A Russian with connections to the NRA and GOP has been indicted

Mariia Butina, a Russian national, has been charged with acting as a surreptitious Russian agent and establishing a secret back channel with the GOP through the NRA.

More likely to come on this; no wonder GOP members of HPSCI refused our request to bring her and others in. https://t.co/UWhoxHz3lr

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 16, 2018

The arrest of Russian National Maria Butina shows at least two things:

1. The Russians used the @NRA to influence US elections. Some questions are did NRA officials know and what did the influence consist of?

2. Another FU to @realDonaldTrump by the US @TheJusticeDept. https://t.co/20rBHujhpA

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 16, 2018

Butina with Jim Porter of the NRA. pic.twitter.com/l6DCK4tcHB

— Justin (@JNova__) July 16, 2018

Wisconsin's Republican Governor @ScottWalker took a boatload of money from a Russian oligarch and affected Maria Butina in a way that will "remain in my memory forever."#GrandOldPutinParty #TrumpRussia pic.twitter.com/vVKrC6IAym

— Grant Stern (@grantstern) July 16, 2018

FBI Special Agent Kevin Helson wrote that Butina was attempting to “establish a ‘back channel’ communication for representatives of the Government of Russia.” https://t.co/slReTHs5Eg

— Devlin Barrett (@DevlinBarrett) July 16, 2018

Here's video we previously uncovered of Trump speaking in 2015 to now indicted Russian national Maria Butina—and telling her that he'd likely drop sanctions against Putin https://t.co/6nJ0YjFGkw

— Mark Follman (@markfollman) July 16, 2018

Why didn't GOP Senators want to question a Russian spy who was trying to establish a back channel with the Kremlin? The American people deserve an answer. https://t.co/d9PcNHXxWX

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 16, 2018

Friends. I have been saying this for awhile. NRA & Russia. NRA ran ads against HRC on Benghazi, not guns, Benghazi. Also @BetoORourke is going to beat @tedcruz (my other favorite hobby horse). https://t.co/NZLJeYjDZ1

— Jennifer Palmieri (@jmpalmieri) July 16, 2018

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— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) July 16, 2018