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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Steve Bannon Readies His Revenge — The war on Jared Kushner is about to go nuclear. — On the morning he was being ousted as Donald Trump's chief strategist last Friday, Steve Bannon had already turned the page. “Why do you sound unfazed?” a friend asked Bannon as news of his demise ricocheted across the web.
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Daily Mail:
How Jewish convert Ivanka got ‘Bannon the Barbarian’ to go: Trump's daughter ‘helped to force out’ aide blamed over President's failure to condemn neo-Nazi rally — Donald Trump's controversial aide Steve Bannon was ‘pushed out’ by his daughter Ivanka and her husband because his far-Right views clashed …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Breitbart goes after McMaster
Breitbart goes after McMaster
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Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet:
USS John S. McCain collides with merchant ship near Strait of Malacca — SOUTH CHINA SEA - The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on Aug. 21.
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Five sailors injured, 10 missing after U.S. Navy destroyer collides with a merchant ship — SEOUL — Ten U.S. Navy sailors were missing and five were injured after the USS John S. McCain guided missile destroyer and an oil tanker three times its size collided near Singapore early Monday.
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Variety:
Jerry Lewis, Comedy Legend, Dies at 91 — Jerry Lewis, the brash slapstick comic who teamed with Dean Martin in the 1950s and later starred in “The Nutty Professor” and “The Bellboy” before launching the Muscular Dystrophy telethon, has died in Las Vegas. He was 91.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
The Trump administration just disbanded a federal advisory committee on climate change — The Trump administration has decided to disband the federal advisory panel for the National Climate Assessment, a group aimed at helping policymakers and private-sector officials incorporate …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump disbands federal advisory panel on climate change: report
Trump disbands federal advisory panel on climate change: report
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Freddie / The ANOVA:
personal news — Shortly I will be headed to the Richmond University Medical Center to pursue intensive treatment for my mental illness. My day-to-day existence has become entirely unmanageable, and I fear for my health and safety. I do not have much of a plan at this point other than to get checked in.
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump to Unveil Afghanistan Strategy in Televised Address Monday — President's plan expected to include sending as many as 4,000 more troops — President Donald Trump will give a nationally televised address Monday night to unveil his strategy for the long-running war in Afghanistan …
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New York Times:
Bannon Was Set for a Graceful Exit. Then Came Charlottesville. — What was supposed to be an amicable departure for the president's chief strategist became a messy exit after public furor over the president's response to a race-fueled melee. — August 20, 2017 — A Deal Breaker for Trump's Supporters?
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump's Approval Rating Stands Below 40 Percent in Three Key Midwest States — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's job approval rating in three key states that helped propel him to the White House — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — stands below 40 percent, according to a trio of NBC News/Marist polls.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Vice correspondent: Charlottesville protesters did not discuss Confederate monument, they chanted about Jews — The Vice News reporter who followed white supremacist marching in Charlottesville said they were chanting about Jews, not the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue.
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Kai Cole / The Wrap:
Joss Whedon Is a ‘Hypocrite Preaching Feminist Ideals,’ Ex-Wife Kai Cole Says (Guest Blog) — “He used his relationship with me as a shield ... so no one would question his relationships with other women or scrutinize his writing as anything other than feminist,” she writes
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Palm Beach Post:
NEW: Palm Beach Zoo gala, MorseLife luncheon leaving Trump's Mar-a-Lago — And then there were two. — Or maybe four, depending on what happens when a couple of boards meet this week. — Today, the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society and MorseLife both announced a change of venue …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
No Sunday show defense from Trump administration — Not a single Trump administration official appeared on today's Sunday shows to defend the president.I'm told the White House made no serious efforts to convince officials to go on, knowing the hosts of the shows would pressure the guests relentlessly …
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Los Angeles Times:
Enough is Enough — T — hese are not normal times. — The man in the White House is reckless and unmanageable, a danger to the Constitution, a threat to our democratic institutions. — Last week some of his worst qualities were on display: his moral vacuity and his disregard for the truth …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Evangelical students returning university diplomas to protest Trump — Former students at Liberty University are preparing to return their diplomas in a group protest of university president Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s, support for President Trump's agenda. — In a group letter first reported by NPR …
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Some Liberty University Grads Are Returning Their Diplomas To Protest Trump
Some Liberty University Grads Are Returning Their Diplomas To Protest Trump
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