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11:15 PM ET, August 11, 2017

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Matthew Pennington / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Beyond bluster, US, NKorea in regular contact  —  https://apnews.com/686ac7c761694b28b677 93a1d8297145  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Beyond the bluster, the Trump administration has been quietly engaged in back channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months …
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Christopher Brennan / New York Daily News:
NRA TV host apologizes for suggesting North Korea attack California  —  An NRA television host has apologized for suggesting that one of America's enemies abroad could switch their sights from the Western Pacific to liberals in the U.S.  —  “Let's send a note to North Korea that Sacramento changed its name to Guam!”
Mark Katkov / NPR:
Despite Rhetoric On North Korea, U.S. Military Posture Hasn't Really Changed  —  President Trump's “locked and loaded” remark on Friday — part of his ongoing exchange with the North Korean regime — might have set the world more on edge.  But if the U.S. military is preparing for a major conflict, there is little evidence of it.
Discussion: Defense News and twitchy.com
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Wins Round One with North Korea
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Despite Trump's threats to North Korea, the U.S. military doesn't appear to be on a new wartime footing
Discussion: Common Dreams
Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:
US Intelligence: North Korea's ICBM Reentry Vehicles Are Likely Good Enough to Hit the Continental US
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
China warns North Korea: You're on your own if you go after the United States
Andrew Degrandpre / Washington Post:
Guam releases guidance to prepare residents for North Korean nuclear strike
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Take cover, avoid bomb flash. Guam issues nuclear guidelines
Discussion: Gizmodo and TalkLeft
James Damore / Wall Street Journal:
Why I Was Fired by Google  —  James Damore says his good-faith effort to discuss differences between men and women in tech couldn't be tolerated in the company's ‘ideological echo chamber’  —  I was fired by Google this past Monday for a document that I wrote and circulated internally raising questions …
Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:
Manchin Emerges as Possible Pick for Energy Department  —  Move would let West Virginia's GOP governor to name successor  —  Idea in early stages of discussion, with Perry stance unclear  —  Some White House and Republican officials are exploring the idea of putting West Virginia Democratic …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Combative Trump Pulls His Punches for One Man: Putin  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The roster of villains in President Trump's world is legion.  The list of people he has been willing, even eager, to publicly attack includes not just Mitch McConnell, his latest target, but Jeff Sessions …
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite and Boing Boing
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Trump just thanked Putin for slashing America's diplomatic presence in Russia  —  President Donald Trump today thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for demanding the US Embassy eliminate roughly 755 jobs — Putin's response to the United States' newly imposed Russia sanctions.
Eddie Baza Calvo:
I just got off the phone with Chief of Staff General John Kelly …
Discussion: The Hill and Business Insider
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump's China trade crackdown coming Monday
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Republicans, Remove This Madman From Power  —  As Trump tweets yet more provocations at North Korea, his ruling party must act before it's too late.  —  When Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama warned last year that Donald Trump was unfit to control the U.S. nuclear arsenal …
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Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Clapper: Trump likes ‘selective’ intelligence
Discussion: Business Insider and Axios
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's baffling attacks on McConnell could be costly to the president
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Daily Kos
Cynthia Lee / Vox:
I'm a woman in computer science.  Let me ladysplain the Google memo to you.  —  I'm a lecturer in computer science at Stanford.  I've taught at least four different programming languages, including assembly.  I've had a single-digit employee number in a startup.  Yes, I'm a woman in tech.
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Daniel / Crooked Timber:
From a logical point of view ...
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Won't Rule Out Military Option for Venezuela  —  ‘Venezuela is a mess,’ president says  —  President Donald Trump warned of possible military action in Venezuela on Friday, even as he amplified threats of an armed response to North Korea missile buildup.
Discussion: Business Insider, CNN and Althouse
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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
The General Services Administration removed Trump hotel data from its website.  You can read it here.  —  On Thursday afternoon, three documents providing detailed financial information about President Trump's D.C. hotel could be found posted on the website of the General Services Administration.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Bernie Bros and sisters are coming to Republicans' rescue  —  (Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency)  —  Things could go well for the Democrats in next year's midterm elections — if they don't Bern out.  —  President Trump is woefully unpopular, feuding with Senate Majority …
Discussion: NPR, Washington Free Beacon and AOL
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Silicon Valley billionaire loses bid to prevent access to public beach  —  Court decision is blow to Vinod Khosla and other wealthy landowners seeking to buy renowned beaches, making public land private … A California court has ordered a Silicon Valley billionaire to restore access …
Discussion: Boing Boing and WND
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Former Mueller deputy on Trump: ‘Government is going to kill this guy’  —  CNN counterterrorism analyst Phil Mudd warned that President Trump is agitating the government, saying during a Thursday afternoon interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper that the U.S. government “is going to kill this guy.”
Discussion: RedState
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Judge Won't Let Ex-Fox News Star Keep Secret Her Feminism Book Was Ghostwritten by a Man  —  A judge rejects Andrea Tantaros' argument that professional jeopardy overcomes a presumption of access to judicial documents.  —  A New York federal judge has decided to lift the veil from a case captioned as [Under Seal] v. [Under Seal].
Peter Maass / The Intercept:
Steve Bannon's Tall Tale About How He Visited Pakistan in the Navy and Saw the Muslim Threat  —  If you ask Steve Bannon how he got the idea that Muslims in the Middle East are a civilizational threat to America, he will say that his eyes were first opened when he served on a Navy destroyer in the Arabian Sea.
Discussion: Raw Story
Diamond Naga Siu / Politico:
Kid Rock gains GOP backing for U.S. Senate run  —  Kid Rock is gaining some establishment GOP support for a Senate run.  —  Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC formed during the 2016 election that has Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's backing, expressed support Friday for Kid Rock taking …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Daniel Loeb, a Cuomo Donor, Makes Racial Remark About Black Leader  —  The hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb, a prominent supporter of charter schools and a major financial backer of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and congressional Republicans, accused the African-American woman who leads the Democrats …
 
 
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Ellison Still Believes Gorsuch Is an ‘Illegitimate’ Supreme Court Justice
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Trump's judge picks snub Democrats
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