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3:10 AM ET, August 5, 2017

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Defends McMaster as Conservatives Seek His Dismissal  —  President Trump defended Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, his embattled national security adviser, on Friday in the face of a full-bore campaign by the nationalist wing of his political coalition accusing him of undermining the president's agenda and calling for his dismissal.
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CNN:
H.R. McMaster faces attacks from conservatives  —  Washington (CNN)Even as a new general atop the White House staff works to enforce order among President Donald Trump's warring factions, another general across the building is weathering attacks from the right-wing media after his disputes over policy became public.
Wall Street Journal:
Kelly's Rules for Trump's West Wing: Stop Bickering, Get in Early, Make an Appointment  —  New Chief of Staff John Kelly moves quickly to bring order and discipline to a West Wing riven by conflict  —  White House Chief of Staff John Kelly with Donald Trump's son-in-law and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner at the White House on Thursday.
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The War Against H.R. McMaster  —  Long-simmering tensions within the White House burst into public view this week after the firings of three National Security Council officials, resulting in National-Security Adviser H.R. McMaster becoming Public Enemy No. 1 of the pro-Trump online brigades.
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
National security adviser attempts to reconcile Trump's competing impulses on Afghanistan  —  In meeting after meeting with his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, this spring and summer, President Trump angrily hammered home two questions:  —  He wanted to know why the U.S. military …
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Fox News Host Sent Unsolicited Lewd Text Messages To Colleagues, Sources Say  —  Eric Bolling, a co-host of “The Specialists,” said through an attorney that he “does not believe he sent any such communications.”  —  Eric Bolling, a longtime Fox News host, sent an unsolicited photo …
New York Times:
Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn  —  Investigators working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, recently asked the White House for documents related to former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, and have questioned witnesses about whether he was secretly paid …
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Mmejido / WABC-AM | Cumulus:
Alan Dershowitz Tells Rita Cosby New Mueller D.C. Grand Jury Racially and Ethnically Stacked Against Trump  —  Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz exclusively tells WABC Radio Host Rita Cosby that the new D.C. grand jury impaneled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is bad news for President Trump …
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Ruth May / Dallas Morning News:
Tangled web connects Russian oligarch money to GOP campaigns  —  Party loyalty is often cited as the reason that GOP leaders have not been more outspoken in their criticism of President Donald Trump and his refusal to condemn Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Would you even care if he was guilty?  —  **Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day?  Sign up here.  Continue Reading Below … WOULD YOU EVEN CARE IF HE WAS GUILTY?  —  The stock market is up, unemployment is down and the economy seems to be picking up some steam.
New York Times:
Martin Shkreli Is Found Guilty of Fraud  —  Martin Shkreli, accused of defrauding his hedge fund investors and a pharmaceutical company, was convicted on three of eight counts on Friday, after a five-week trial in the Federal District Court in Brooklyn.  —  He faces as much as 20 years in prison.
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Mike Vilensky / Wall Street Journal:
Cuomo May Face a Primary Hurdle in 2018  —  An actress, an upstate mayor and a former state senator are three potential democratic contenders  —  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act and against the Senate replacement bill in July.
Discussion: AOL and Washington Free Beacon
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John Bowden / The Hill:
‘Sex and the City’ star considers primary challenge to NY Gov. Cuomo: report
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
Keep deleting, morons: Everyone who thinks Dana Loesch said ‘fist’ owes her an apology  —  A bunch of blue-checkmarked journalists are busy deleting tweets right now after wrongly accusing NRA spox Dana Loesch of saying she and the NRA were going to “fist” the New York Times over the paper's horrible coverage of guns in the past.
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John Sexton / Hot Air:   NY Times Reporter Claims NRA Wants To Sexually Assault The NY Times (Not Kidding)
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Murder conviction in Blackwater case thrown out, other sentences overturned  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out the first-degree murder conviction of a former Blackwater Worldwide security guard sentenced to life in prison in the killings of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007.
Discussion: Common Dreams, VICE News and Axios
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
In Blackwater Case, Court Rejects a Murder Conviction and Voids 3 Sentences
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
As Mueller Closes In, Republicans Turn Away from Trump  —  Even G.O.P. senators are moving to prevent the president from impeding the F.B.I. investigation.  —  Hours after news broke that special counsel Robert Mueller had impaneled a grand jury in the Justice Department's investigation …
Virginian-Pilot:
Republican donor from Virginia Beach sues GOP, accusing the party of fraud over failed Obamacare repeal  —  A retired attorney in Virginia Beach is so incensed that Republicans couldn't repeal the Affordable Care Act he's suing to get political donations back, accusing the GOP of fraud and racketeering.
Natalya Veselnitskaya / The Moscow Times:
Russian Lawyer Tells State TV She Met Trump Jr. to Ask for ‘Help’  —  The Russian lawyer who reportedly met with Donald Trump Jr. to offer him compromising material on Hillary Clinton, told state television she wanted to “ask him for help.”  —  “It was a private meeting,” …
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Sarah D / Los Angeles Times:
Why Dana Rohrabacher's name keeps coming up in the Russia investigation
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jordan Sekulow / American Center for Law and Justice:
DOJ Document Dump to ACLJ on Clinton Lynch Meeting: Comey FBI Lied, Media Collusion, Spin, and Illegality  —  We have just obtained hundreds of pages in our ongoing investigation and federal lawsuit on former Attorney General Loretta Lynch's tarmac meeting with former President Bill Clinton …
Allie Volpe / Rolling Stone:
Why Professional Cuddling Is Booming Under Trump  —  In the wake of Donald Trump's election, people struggled to figure out how to cope - and some found the answer was as simple as human touch  —  On a Saturday night in Venice, California, light spills from an open door on an otherwise dark street.
Discussion: Front Page Magazine and IJR
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Paul Ryan: Intel leaks ‘the problem of the leaker, not the journalist’  —  (R-Wis.) defended journalists Friday, saying that while intelligence leaks compromise national security, it's “the problem of the leaker, not the journalist.”  —  “Leaks are concerning because leaks …
Bloomberg:
Apple Plans to Release a Cellular-Capable Watch to Break iPhone Ties  —  Intel is said to supply modem that works with cell networks  —  Apple plans to begin selling new smartwatch by end of year  —  Apple Inc. is planning to release a version of its smartwatch later this year …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
John Kelly's big challenge: Controlling the tweeter in chief  —  President Donald Trump's White House and Defense Department lawyers had warned him against the transgender military ban for days.  They were concerned about the ramifications of the policy, how military officials would respond …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Uber's search for a female CEO has been narrowed down to 3 men … SAN FRANCISCO — A company trying to recover from allegations of rampant sexism might reasonably think that hiring a female chief executive would help it restore credibility with customers and — perhaps more importantly …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
There's no such thing as a Trump Democrat  —  Do you believe in mermaids, unicorns and fairies?  —  If so, you may have taken interest in a new mythical creature that appeared during the 2016 election: the Trump Democrat.  —  It has become an article of faith that an unusually large number …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump may host visiting leaders at his N.J. golf club during upcoming U.N. gathering  —  President Trump is planning to host foreign leaders at his New Jersey golf club when he attends the annual U.N. General Assembly session next month, breaking decades of precedent for U.S. presidents …
Fox News:
American Airlines ‘unable to substantiate’ Lena Dunham's allegations of transphobic employees at NYC airport  —  Lena Dunham took to Twitter on Thursday to complain about two American Airlines employees she claimed to have overheard engaging in “transphobic talk” — but the airline has since stated …
Zerlina Maxwell / Shareblue:
Kamala Harris is one of the most progressive (and attacked) leaders in America  —  Please let's not do this again.  Do not preemptively attack a rising bonafide star in the Democratic Party who happens to be an imperfect human being who shares a gender with Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  No politician is perfect.
 
 
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David S. Cohen / Washington Post:
Trump is trying to politicize intelligence to support his Iran policy. That's dangerous.
Discussion: Vox and Hit & Run
USA Today:
Shattered faith: Nearly 100 sex abuse suits against Catholic priests rock island of Guam
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
He once said mothers do not belong in state office. Now he leads the Trump Cabinet in Bible study
Discussion: Shareblue and Daily Kos
Rose Troup Buchanan / BuzzFeed:
Russia Is Trying To Deport This Gay Reporter To Uzbekistan.  Activists Say It'll Be A Death Sentence.
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
The Lost Cause Rides Again
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Other presidents paused to meet the press before going on vacation — not Trump
Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Amazon selling toilet paper printed with Trump tweets
Discussion: TheBlaze
Raw Story:
Donald Trump has taken more vacation days in 7 months as Obama did in 8 years
Discussion: IJR
John Harwood / CNBC:
Amid Washington dysfunction, lack of accomplishments, Trumps clings to his shrinking support
Jeff Guo / Vox:
In the key 2018 battlegrounds, Trump's support is as high as ever
Discussion: Mother Jones
BostonGlobe.com:
Forget scenic traditions — Trump vacations in the land of spray tans
Amanda Knox / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Amanda Knox: Michelle Carter deserves sympathy and help, not prison
Discussion: NBC News and CBS Boston
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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