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6:00 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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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 …
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 …
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.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump's Twitter Fury at McConnell Risks Alienating a Key Ally
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Senators learn the hard way about the fallout from turning on Trump
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Merkel: Escalation of rhetoric on North Korea is wrong answer
Andrew Degrandpre / Washington Post:
Guam releases guidance to prepare residents for North Korean nuclear strike
Mike Ives / New York Times:
North Korea Aside, Guam Faces Another Threat: Climate Change
Discussion: RedState, CNBC and Aleteia.org
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Meet Kim Jong-un, a Moody Young Man With a Nuclear Arsenal
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
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.
Discussion: neo-neocon and Althouse
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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 …
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
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 …
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Axios
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 …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Daily Caller
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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 …
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
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 …
Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Clapper: Trump likes ‘selective’ intelligence  —  The former director of National Intelligence says President Trump chooses to receive intelligence “on a selective basis.”  —  James Clapper on Thursday told CNN that Trump accepts intelligence about countries he doesn't like, but won't do the same when the subject of intel is Russia.
Discussion: Axios and Business Insider
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.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
At raucous town halls, Republicans have faced another round of anger over health care  —  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The long August congressional recess, which Republicans hoped would begin a conversation about tax reform and must-pass budget measures, has so far seen another round of angry town halls focused …
John Feinstein / Washington Post:
The NFL cowards who aren't signing Colin Kaepernick  —  John Feinstein is a Post contributor and author of “Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL.”  His book “The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup” will be published in October.
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud saved by emergency funding as CEO steps aside  —  SoundCloud has just closed the necessary funding round to keep the struggling music service afloat.  CEO Alex Ljung will step aside though remain chairman as former Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor replaces him.
Reuters:
Special Report: Vladimir's Venezuela - Leveraging loans to Caracas, Moscow snaps up oil assets  —  CARACAS/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Venezuela's unraveling socialist government is increasingly turning to ally Russia for the cash and credit it needs to survive - and offering prized state-owned oil assets in return …
Lissandra Villa / BuzzFeed:
This Unknown Democrat Has Emerged As Nancy Pelosi's Most Aggressive Critic  —  Rep. Filemon Vela isn't a well-known member of Congress, but recently he's punched through the noise on Capitol Hill in an unusual way — by taking jabs at his own leadership.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Navy secretary on transgender troops: ‘Any patriot’ should be allowed to serve  —  The recently confirmed secretary of the Navy says he will follow any order the president gives on transgender troops, but that “any patriot” should be allowed to serve.  —  “We will process and take direction …
 
 
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Cameron Cawthorne / Washington Free Beacon:
Ellison Still Believes Gorsuch Is an ‘Illegitimate’ Supreme Court Justice
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Neo-Nazi Website Tells Fat U.S. Nazis to ‘Get it Together,’ Offers Fashion Tips
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Paul Mozur / New York Times:
In China, Facebook Tests the Waters With a Stealth App
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Subpoena Deutsche Bank regarding Russia, Democrats tell GOP committee chief
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
MacArthur and Meadows working on ACA stabilization package
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Seth Masket / Pacific Standard:
HOW TO IMPROVE THE PRIMARY PROCESS? MAKE IT LESS DEMOCRATIC.
Todd ArcherESPN / ESPN:
Cowboys' Ezekiel Elliott suspended six games for conduct
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 Earlier Items: 
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Trump's judge picks snub Democrats
Discussion: Daily Kos
Tegna / KPNX:
Sinema aiming for Senate, Stanton preps for congressional seat
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Omarosa causes uproar at National Assoc. of Black Journalists conference
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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