memeorandum: Eric Bolling suspended from Fox News amid lewd texting scandal (CNNMoney)

9:10 PM ET, August 5, 2017

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Trump claims New Jersey getaway is ‘not a vacation’ — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday claimed his 17-day getaway at his New Jersey golf club is “not a vacation.” — “Working in Bedminster, N.J., as long planned construction is being done at the White House.

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Mike Allen / Axios:

The Mooch's replacement could be Stephen Miller — Stephen Miller, the Trump senior policy adviser who just tangled on-camera with CNN's Jim Acosta, is under consideration for White House communications director, top Trump sources tell me. — The effort to find a Mooch successor is still …

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Steve Holland / Reuters:

Trump eyes top policy aide for communications director role: official — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House may appoint a senior policy adviser with hardline views on immigration, who recently sparred with reporters in a televised briefing, as its new communications director, a senior administration official said on Saturday.

New York Times:

Republican Shadow Campaign for 2020 Takes Shape as Trump Doubts Grow — WASHINGTON — Senators Tom Cotton and Ben Sasse have already been to Iowa this year, Gov. John Kasich is eyeing a return visit to New Hampshire, and Mike Pence's schedule is so full of political events that Republicans joke …

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CNNMoney:

Eric Bolling suspended from Fox News amid lewd texting scandal — Fox News in a post-Ailes era — Fox News said Saturday that host Eric Bolling will be suspended from air “pending the results of an investigation” into whether he sent lewd photos to co-workers, a network spokesperson confirmed to CNNMoney.

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Jacey Fortin / New York Times:

Fox News Suspends Eric Bolling After Report of Lewd Text Messages — Fox News suspended Eric Bolling, a longtime host at the network, on Saturday pending an investigation into reports that he sent lewd photographs to three female colleagues via text message.

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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:

New Sexual Harassment Allegations Leveled Against Fox News' Eric Bolling — The accusations came just hours after the network announced it had suspended Bolling. — Three hours after Fox News announced it had suspended host Eric Bolling following allegations that he had sexually harassed female colleagues …

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Kate Conger / Gizmodo:

Exclusive: Here's The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google [Updated] — Update 7:25pm ET: Google's new Vice President of Diversity, Integrity & Governance Danielle Brown has issued her own memo to Google employees in response to the now-viral memo, “Google's Ideological Echo Chamber.”

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Louise Matsakis / Motherboard:

Google Employee's Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’ — Update 8/5/17 6:39 p.m.: This post has been updated to note that Google has written a memo to its employees about the document. A link to the full contents of the document has also been added.

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John Byrne / Chicago Tribune:

Emanuel: City to sue Trump Justice Department over funding threat — Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a naturalization ceremony at the Cultural Center in downtown Chicago on May 5, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel hosted the ceremony along with Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera. — Privacy Policy

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Sadie Gurman / Associated Press:
Huff, puff, pass? AG's pot fury not echoed by task force

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Ian Mason / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Jeff Sessions Orders Look into ‘DOJ Slush Fund’ Payments to Leftists

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Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune:

FBI: ‘Improvised explosive device’ caused blast at Bloomington Islamic center — No one was hurt in the explosion, which heavily damaged an imam's office. Investigators are now looking at “who and why.” — Video (01:28) : Early morning explosion rocks Bloomington Islamic center — TEXT SIZE

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Tegna / KARE-TV:
FBI: ‘Destructive device’ caused explosion at Bloomington mosque

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Devin Henry / The Hill:

Federal employees step up defiance of Trump — Government employees are growing increasingly willing to criticize or defy the White House and President Trump's top appointees. — A handful of current and former career staffers in the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency …

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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:

Under Trump, gains against ISIS have ‘dramatically accelerated’ — Nearly a third of territory reclaimed from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria since 2014 has been won in the past six months, due to new policies adopted by the Trump administration, a senior State Department official said Friday.

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US Department of State:
Communication Regarding Intent To Withdraw From Paris Agreement

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Devin Henry / The Hill: Trump files notice with UN to withdraw US from Paris climate deal

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

AM Joy panel destroys ‘race-baiting’ lawyer Alan Dershowitz for attacking diversity of Trump grand jury — Former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz was accused of being a “race-baiter” on MSNBC on Saturday morning over his comments that the grand jury looking into allegations …

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Sara Stefanini / Politico:

Vladimir Putin gets away from it all in Siberia: in pictures — ‘It was a very brief, but very eventful trip,’ according to presidential spokesman. — Russian President Vladimir Putin enjoyed a few days of swimming, fishing, sunbathing and more while holidaying in southern Siberia last week.

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George F. Will / Washington Post:

The GOP has become the party of the grotesque — Southern Gothic is a literary genre and, occasionally, a political style that, like the genre, blends strangeness and irony. Consider the current primary campaign to pick the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions.

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TMZ.com:

Caitlyn Jenner Says I Hate Trump and the Hat Was a Comedy of Errors — Caitlyn Jenner did not wear a “Make America Great Again” hat Thursday as a show of support for Donald Trump ... it was a mistake tied to golf, a convertible, Starbucks and a purse. — Caitlyn tells TMZ she drove …

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Amir Tibon / Haaretz:

Far-right Bannon Affiliates Attack McMaster for Being ‘Controlled by Jews’ and ‘Hostile to Israel’ — Campaign against McMaster intensified after he fired a number of mid-level officials from the National Security Council, who were considered loyal to Bannon and to the former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn

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