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2:00 PM ET, August 6, 2017

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Bloomberg:
New Chief of Staff Reins in White House Aides-and Trump's Tweets  —  Casual walk-ins to Oval Office one of the first things to go  —  Retired Marine general tells his staff: country first  —  On his fifth day on the job as Donald Trump's new chief of staff, John Kelly gathered …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump claims New Jersey getaway is ‘not a vacation’
Steve Holland / Reuters:   Trump eyes top policy aide for communications director role: official
The Hill:
Pence calls rumors he will run in 2020 ‘absurd’  —  on Sunday called rumors that he is working behind the scenes to run for president in 2020 “laughable and absurd.”  —  “The American people know that I could not be more honored to be working side by side with a president who is making America great again,” Pence said in a statement.
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Nicki Zink / ABC News:
Conway says Trump ‘plans on being a two-term president,’ denies report on Pence run  —  Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway dismissed reports that Vice President Mike Pence is eyeing a 2020 presidential run.  —  “It is absolutely true the vice president is getting ready for 2020 …
Donald Trump / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 8-6-17: Kellyanne Conway, Thom Tillis, Chris Coons
Discussion: Mediaite, IJR and The Week
Joe Barracato / Raw Story:
‘Wild West of sexual harassment’: Eric Bolling's accuser tells Joy Reid about the despicable culture at Fox News  —  Joy Reid sounded off on the latest vile incident coming from inside the walls at Fox News.  —  The AM Joy host compared Eric Bolling, the conservative anchor at the embattled network …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Woman comes forward as Bolling sexual harassment victim
Discussion: Raw Story
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
New Sexual Harassment Allegations Leveled Against Fox News' Eric Bolling
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
We're Witnessing A Slow-Rolling Coup  —  From the moment Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election, a plan was hatched to blame Russia for her historically epic loss and use it to hamstring Donald Trump's presidency.  —  Always a hive-mind, Democrats in and out of the media could be counted …
Associated Press:
McConnell to consider bipartisan plan to pay health insurers  —  A week after an attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he'd consider a bipartisan effort to continue payments to insurers to avert a costly rattling of health insurance markets.
Carol Anderson / New York Times:
The Policies of White Resentment  —  White resentment put Donald Trump in the White House.  And there is every indication that it will keep him there, especially as he continues to transform that seething, irrational fear about an increasingly diverse America into policies that feed his supporters' worst racial anxieties.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Bill de Blasio Will Push for Tax on Wealthy to Fix Subway  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to push for a tax on wealthy New Yorkers to pay for improvements needed to address the crisis engulfing New York City's subway, city officials said on Sunday.  —  The proposal is the latest move …
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Why Is Donald Trump Still So Horribly Witless About the World?  —  Max Boot, a lifelong conservative who advised three Republican Presidential candidates on foreign policy, keeps a folder labelled “Trump Stupidity File” on his computer.  It's next to his “Trump Lies” file.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Outside the Beltway
RT:
Satanist delivers historic invocation, hails Satan at Colorado council meeting (VIDEO) … In a move that both attracted and scared away attendees from a Colorado council meeting, a Satanist delivered the invocation Wednesday.  Those opposed gathered outside while Andrew Vodopich became …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Jeh Johnson on leaks: 'I've never seen it this bad'  —  Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Sunday that the Trump administration has a serious problem with leaks.  —  “The leaks right now are really bad,” Johnson said on CBS's “Face The Nation.”  —  “I've never seen it this bad.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Hillary Wants to Preach  —  Hillary Clinton wants to preach.  That's what she told Bill Shillady, her long-time pastor, at a recent photo shoot for his new book about the daily devotionals he sent her during the 2016 campaign.  Scattered bits of reporting suggest that ministry has always …
Discussion: TheBlaze
 
 
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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Isis: UN study finds foreign fighters in Syria ‘lack basic understanding of Islam’
Discussion: Common Dreams and Informed Comment
Bill Scher / Politico:
Memo to Mark Zuckerberg: So You Want to Be President ...
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Bobby Sticks It to Trump
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Is Mueller's Grand Jury Impeachment Step One?
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
When Trump sticks to his agenda, he wins — and the media lose
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Paul Ryan embarrassed by constituents at fake town hall
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
Federal employees step up defiance of Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit