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 …

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 …

I just got off the phone with Chief of Staff General John Kelly and with the President of the United States of America.  —  They called me from the White House this morning and both assured me that the people of Guam are safe.  —  In the President's words they are behind us “1000 percent.”

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 …

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 …

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.

Scott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say  —  WASHINGTON — When career employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are summoned to a meeting with the agency's administrator, Scott Pruitt, at agency headquarters, they no longer can count on easy access …

Ship Monitoring Rescues of Migrants Refuses to Be Rescued  —  ROME — In the end, it was the gang that couldn't sail straight.  —  A group of hard-right white nationalists determined to keep migrants from reaching Europe garnered international attention this summer when they chartered a ship …

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From a logical point of view ...  I have now read that “google manifesto”.  I read it more out of a desire to forestall people saying “but have you ACTUALLY READ IT?” than out of any expectation that it would contain new or unfamiliar information, and indeed it was your fairly standard evo-psych …

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.

MELANIA, IVANKA AND IVANA TRUMP WEAR HIGH HEELS, A SYMBOL OF EVERYTHING THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND HORRIFYING ABOUT THEM  —  U.S. IVANKA TRUMP MELANIA TRUMP FIRST LADY DONALD TRUMP SHOES  —  There's been no rest for the wicked just a week into President Donald Trump's 17-day vacation …

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 …