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'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 …

Discussion: CNN, New York Times, The Daily Caller, The Week and Political Wire

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

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

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, Defense One, CNBC, Raw Story, FOX6Now.com, Just Security, The Week, WNCN, CBS Dallas, Washington Free Beacon, Joe.My.God., Shakesville, TheBlaze, Mediaite and NBC News

Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Says Military Is ‘Locked and Loaded, Should North Korea Act Unwisely’

Ben Blanchard / Reuters:
Chinese paper says China should stay neutral if North Korea attacks first

Discussion: Gizmodo, The Guardian, Axios and The Last Tradition

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

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and USA Politics Today

Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Meet Kim Jong-un, a Moody Young Man With a Nuclear Arsenal

Discussion: Hot Air and JustOneMinute

Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
Pyongyang challenge: Should US shoot Kim's missiles down?

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com, twitchy.com and The Gateway Pundit

Shane Savitsky / Axios:
82% of Americans fear nuclear war with North Korea

Discussion: Politico, Common Dreams, Washington Post, The Hill and ABC News

Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Gorka backpedals on Tillerson remarks, blames ‘fake news industrial complex’

Discussion: The Week, Rolling Stone and Washington Post

New York Times:
Wrestling With North Korea, Trump Finds Perilous Options

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos and TheBlaze

globaltimes.cn:
Reckless game over the Korean Peninsula runs risk of real war

Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Guardian

Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Could Trump's hard line work on North Korea?

Discussion: Instapundit

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

Idrees Ali / Reuters:
U.S. destroyer challenges China's claims in South China Sea

Discussion: New York Times, Infowars, TheBlaze, The Diplomat, AOL, Washington Free Beacon, CNBC, Gizmodo 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.”

Candy Woodall / PennLive:
Bannon calls Jeffrey Lord to support ‘no apologies tour’ after CNN cuts ties over Nazi salute

Discussion: The Hill

Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Fascist Media Matters Moves to Silence Hannity

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Times, Business Insider, Washington Post, The Washington Journal and IJR

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 …

Discussion: Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: NBC News, Political Wire, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Politico, RT, Mother Jones, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Kara Swisher / Recode:

Google CEO Sundar Pichai cancels all-hands meeting about gender controversy due to employee worries of online harassment — Doxxing of search company staffers had already started. — Google's CEO Sundar Pichai has cancelled its much anticipated meeting to talk about gender issues today.

Discussion: The Verge, BuzzFeed, NBC News, Axios, Engadget, Gizmodo, Slashdot, Vox Popoli and Althouse, more at Techmeme »

David Brooks / New York Times:
Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google's C.E.O.

Discussion: Bloomberg, The James G. Martin Center …, No More Mister Nice Blog, Weekly Standard, Nautilus, Quillette, Simple Justice, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, HBR.org and IJR

Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Google Cancels Employee Meeting Because of Harassment Fears

Discussion: New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, LewRockwell, Chicago's Morning Answer, HBR.org, Recode, The Verge and The Guardian, more at Techmeme »

James D. Miller / Business Insider:
Get ready for the ‘tech alt-right’ to gain power and influence in Silicon Valley

Discussion: Maggie's Farm, Bloomberg and Vox Popoli

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

John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump attacks on McConnell won't improve his weak showing in Congress

Discussion: Reuters

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.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Althouse

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, The Week and Axios

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: Raw Story and theGrio

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 …

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Matt Motta / Washington Post:

Republicans are increasingly antagonistic toward experts. Here's why that matters. — (AP Images for The Hollywood Reporter) — Since 2015, according to a new Pew Research Center poll, Republicans' attitudes toward colleges and universities have become much more negative.

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.

Discussion: ABC News, CNN, Daily Kos, The Mahablog, YouTube, The Daily Caller and Political Wire

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.

Discussion: Political Wire, The Week and Axios

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 …