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11:25 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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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.
Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
US and South Korea to stage huge military exercise despite North Korea crisis
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Meet Kim Jong-un, a Moody Young Man With a Nuclear Arsenal
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Says Military Is ‘Locked and Loaded, Should North Korea Act Unwisely’
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Military is ‘locked and loaded,’ Trump says in latest warning to North Korea
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Dems urge Tillerson to rein in Trump on North Korea
Discussion: ABC News and Common Dreams
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump promises ‘billions’ more for missile defenses
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Gorka backpedals on Tillerson remarks, blames ‘fake news industrial complex’
Discussion: The Week
David Brooks / New York Times:
Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google's C.E.O.  —  There are many actors in the whole Google/diversity drama, but I'd say the one who's behaved the worst is the C.E.O., Sundar Pichai.  —  The first actor is James Damore, who wrote the memo.  In it, he was trying to explain why 80 percent of Google's tech employees are male.
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James D. Miller / Business Insider:
Get ready for the ‘tech alt-right’ to gain power and influence in Silicon Valley
Discussion: Maggie's Farm, Vox Popoli and Bloomberg
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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Candy Woodall / PennLive:
Bannon calls Jeffrey Lord to support ‘no apologies tour’ after CNN cuts ties over Nazi salute  —  Jeffrey Lord gets early support from Steve Bannon after being ousted at CNN for tweeting a Nazi salute.  —  CAMP HILL - Hours after he was fired from CNN, Jeffrey Lord started his “no apologies tour.”
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Senators learn the hard way about the fallout from turning on Trump  —  Republican senators who have been a thorn in President Trump's side are beginning to see the political consequences of opposing the White House as pro-Trump activists start to mobilize.  —  Just this week …
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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.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Behind the Trump-McConnell feud
Discussion: New York Times, The Week and ABC News
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Breitbart's war on McMaster bites Bannon  —  The conservative news site Breitbart has waged a nonstop campaign against national security adviser H.R. McMaster, but so far it seems to have done the most damage to someone else: Steve Bannon.  —  A Wall Street Journal editorial earlier …
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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 …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama to re-emerge in ‘delicate dance’ with Dems  —  Former President Obama will re-emerge on the national scene this fall, though Democrats expect him to do so with caution.  —  One aide describes the beginning of a “delicate dance” that aims to put Obama in the Democratic fray, but prevent him from remaining the face of the party.
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Omarosa causes uproar at National Assoc. of Black Journalists conference … There's some “heavy drama” in New Orleans at the National Association of Black Journalists conference after organizers decided to add top Trump aide Omarosa Manigault to a panel.  —  “The majority there don't want her involved.
Discussion: AOL, Raw Story and TVNewser
Tegna / KPNX:
Sinema aiming for Senate, Stanton preps for congressional seat  —  Democratic Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema of Phoenix is planning a 2018 run for the U.S. Senate seat held by first-term Mesa Republican Jeff Flake, according to sources familiar with Sinema's plans.
Jesse Green / New York Times:
Review: Michael Moore, Bragging on Broadway, in ‘The Terms of My Surrender’  —  THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER - Broadway, Play, Solo Performance - 1 hr. and 30 min. - Closing Date: October 22, 2017 - Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St. - 212-239-6200  —  In 1972, having campaigned on a platform …
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 …
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Washington Post:
The Trump Justice Department joins the GOP crusade to shrink the vote
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - August 2017: The Politics of ACA Repeal and Replace Efforts  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — The August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that the majority of the public (60 percent) say it is a “good thing” that the Senate did not pass the bill that would have repealed and replaced the ACA.
Reuters:
Trump thanks Putin for slashing U.S. diplomatic staff  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for ordering the United States to slash its diplomatic staff in Russia, remarks likely to rekindle criticism of Trump's kid-gloves handling of Putin.
Discussion: Raw Story and Eschaton
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump thanks Putin for expelling U.S. diplomats, infuriating State Department
Alexandra Berzon / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Hotel in Washington Saw Strong Profit in First Four Months of 2017  —  General Services Administration, which oversees Trump Organization lease, posted unredacted financial documents online  —  Donald Trump's hotel in Washington, D.C., raised its rates in the months after he became president …
Discussion: Axios, Washington Post and CNBC
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.
 
 
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How Do You Price a Problem Like Korea?
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Says He's The Best Dealmaker. Negotiation Experts Say Otherwise.
Discussion: Raw Story
Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
‘SNL’ compares Trump Jr. Russia meeting to ‘To Catch a Predator’
Discussion: RedState
Bloomberg:
Ivanka Trump Brand to Open New York Store in Second Stab at Retail
Discussion: Just Security
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Daniel Loeb, a Cuomo Donor, Makes Racial Remark About Black Leader
Discussion: Raw Story and Capitol Confidential
Christopher Beach / RealClearEducation:
DeVos Scales Back Federal Role, Lets States Lead
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
John Feinstein / Washington Post:
The NFL cowards who aren't signing Colin Kaepernick
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus seeks to force ObamaCare repeal vote
Discussion: RedState
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
You Heard It Here First: NY Times Editors Deny Reading Their Own Newspaper
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Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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