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8:35 AM ET, August 11, 2017

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Jasmine Stole / Pacific Daily News:
'Don't look at the flash or fireball' — Guam Homeland Security releases fact sheet in light of North Korea threats  —  Guam Homeland Security issued a new fact sheet Friday, which the agency says will help residents prepare for an imminent missile threat.  —  The information was released following …
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Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
US and South Korea to stage huge military exercise despite North Korea crisis  —  Tens of thousands of troops to take part in joint drill this month, while Trump adds to war of words with ‘locked and loaded’ tweet … Are US defences strong enough to ward off North Korean missiles?  —  Read more
New York Times:
Wrestling With North Korea, Trump Finds Perilous Options  —  WASHINGTON — North Korea's threat on Thursday to test-fire ballistic missiles soon near the American territory of Guam deepened the challenge confronting the Trump administration: how to defang Pyongyang's missile programs without risking all-out war.
Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
China warns North Korea: You're on your own if you go after the United States  —  BEIJING — China won't come to North Korea's help if it launches missiles threatening U.S. soil and there is retaliation, a state-owned newspaper warned on Friday, but it would intervene if Washington strikes first.
Discussion: Politico, The Week, Instapundit and AOL
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Dems urge Tillerson to rein in Trump on North Korea  —  More than 60 House Democrats are urging Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  —  to rein in President Trump's rhetoric on North Korea.  —  “We write to express our profound concern over the statements made by President Trump …
Discussion: ABC News and Common Dreams
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump promises ‘billions’ more for missile defenses  —  President Trump on Thursday said his administration could unveil a plan as early as next week to add billions for anti-missile defenses in response to recent North Korean threats.  —  “We're going to be increasing our budget by many billions …
Ben Blanchard / Reuters:
Chinese paper says China should stay neutral if North Korea attacks first  —  BEIJING (Reuters) - If North Korea launches an attack that threatens the United States then China should stay neutral, but if the United States attacks first and tries to overthrow North Korea's government China will stop them …
globaltimes.cn:
Reckless game over the Korean Peninsula runs risk of real war
Discussion: The Guardian
Media Matters for America:
Fox analyst dismisses that millions would die in nuclear strike because “they'll be mostly North Koreans”
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Eschaton
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Could Trump's hard line work on North Korea?
Discussion: Instapundit
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CNN severs ties with Jeffrey Lord  —  CNN severed ties with Jeffrey Lord on Thursday, hours after he ignited controversy by tweeting the words “Sieg Heil!” at a prominent liberal activist.  —  “Nazi salutes are indefensible,” a CNN spokesperson said in a statement.  “Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network.”
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Foreign Policy:
Here's the Memo That Blew Up the NSC  —  Fired White House staffer argued “deep state” attacked Trump administration because the president represents a threat to cultural Marxist memes, globalists, and bankers.  —  The memo at the heart of the latest blowup at the National Security Council paints …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Breitbart's war on McMaster bites Bannon
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump's Twitter Fury at McConnell Risks Alienating a Key Ally  —  WASHINGTON — By preventing President Barack Obama from filling a Supreme Court vacancy, Senator Mitch McConnell secured Donald J. Trump the signature accomplishment of his young presidency: the confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump attacks on McConnell won't improve his weak showing in Congress
Discussion: Reuters
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James D. Miller / Business Insider:
Get ready for the ‘tech alt-right’ to gain power and influence in Silicon Valley
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Manafort switching legal team as feds crank up heat on him  —  Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is changing his attorneys as a federal investigation heats up into his financial transactions, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Manafort's case will now be handled …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says he is ‘very thankful’ to Putin for expelling U.S. diplomats from Russia  —  BEDMINSTER, N.J. — President Trump said here Thursday that he is “very thankful” to Russian President Vladimir Putin for expelling hundreds of U.S. diplomats from Russia, because he said it helps him cut the U.S. government's payroll.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump thanks Putin for expelling U.S. diplomats, infuriating State Department
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
'When you put this guy in a cage and think you're controlling him, things like this happen'  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  President Trump, left, speaks to reporters at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., on Aug. 10, as Vice President Pence looks on.
John McCain / ABC News:
Congressional investigators want to question Trump's longtime secretary, Rhona Graff, in Russia probe  —  Congressional investigators want to question President Donald Trump's longtime personal secretary as part of their ongoing probe into a controversial meeting between Trump campaign officials …
Discussion: Political Wire, Raw Story and Axios
Jeannie Suk Gersen / New Yorker:
The Uncomfortable Truth About Affirmative Action and Asian-Americans  —  The application process for schools, fellowships, and jobs always came with a ritual: a person who had a role in choosing me—an admissions officer, an interviewer—would mention in his congratulations that I was “different” from the other Asians.
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's IRS Swamp  —  Obama-era lawyers are still obstructing lawsuits to hold the agency accountable.  —  Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp, and here's a seven-month progress report: The Washington bog is still as wide and fetid as ever.  Consider that Mr. Trump's Justice Department …
Nathan Heller / Vogue:
Chelsea Manning Changed the Course of History.  Now She's Focusing on Herself  —  “It's not like I'm living in fear or anything,” Manning says.  “I'm so glad to be out and about and walking around.”  Here, Manning in a Norma Kamali swimsuit.  —  Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, September 2017
Daniel Burke / CNN:
First on CNN: The email Hillary Clinton's pastor sent her the day after the election  —  (CNN)This is the email Hillary Clinton's pastor, the Rev. Bill Shillady, sent her on the morning of November 9, 2016, the day after she lost the presidential election to Donald Trump.
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:   Hillary Clinton's pastor compared her election loss to Jesus' death and resurrection
 
 
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Omarosa causes uproar at National Assoc. of Black Journalists conference
Discussion: Raw Story
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
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Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Us Weekly:
Sean Spicer Wants to Do ‘Saturday Night Live’
Discussion: Raw Story
Julián Aguilar / The Texas Tribune:
Judge dismisses Paxton lawsuit over “sanctuary cities” law
Discussion: Off the Kuff and The Daily Caller
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel's Getting a New Wall, This One With a Twist
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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Discussion: CityLab
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
You Heard It Here First: NY Times Editors Deny Reading Their Own Newspaper
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Adam Johnson / FAIR:
Conspiracies Pushed by Atlantic's Editor Excluded From Atlantic's Denunciation of Conspiracy Theories
Discussion: Eschaton
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Trump D.C. hotel turns $2 million profit in four months
Discussion: Political Wire and Boing Boing
CNNMoney:
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