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4:00 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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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump eyes top policy aide for communications director role: official
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
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 …
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The Hill:
Pence calls rumors he will run in 2020 ‘absurd’
Donald Trump / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 8-6-17: Kellyanne Conway, Thom Tillis, Chris Coons
Discussion: Mediaite, IJR and The Week
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Gothamist
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Caitlyn Jenner apologizes for wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ hat  —  Caitlyn Jenner has apologized for a recent photo showing her wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat popularized by President Trump.  —  According to TMZ, Jenner put the hat on prior to a golf outing …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
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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: Outside the Beltway and Hullabaloo
Alison R. Parker / Shareblue:
Paul Ryan embarrassed by constituents at fake town hall  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan is not what one would call “well-liked” these days.  —  As Shareblue's Kaili Joy Gray put it, Ryan is “shockingly unpopular, even for Paul Ryan.”  —  A recent Bloomberg poll showed that only 34 percent …
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Jesse Paul / Denver Post:
Cory Gardner faces angry crowd at Gold King Mine town hall that focused on anything but Gold King
Discussion: Shareblue
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
These Americans beat Donald Trump and saved Obamacare.  They say they can do it again  —  Against all odds, mothers, people with disabilities and progressive activists convinced Republican senators to abandon their signature promise.  Thousands of activists and average Americans believe they've found …
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.
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Rosenstein: Special counsel Mueller can investigate any crimes he uncovers in Russia probe … Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Sunday that the expanding investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is continuing apace, even as President Trump dismissed the probe as “a total fabrication.”
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
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
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Nikki Haley: 'We're not playing anymore' with North Korea … United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley on Sunday said new sanctions against North Korea are a sign that the international community is seriously addressing the threat of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
Discussion: RedState and The Week
 
 
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