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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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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
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Bannon vs. Murdochs — The coming war between Steve Bannon and the “globalists” inside the White House promises to be a public spectacle, and a continuing distraction for the Trump administration. But it's Bannon vs. the Murdoch sons that could really define conservatism — or at least conservative media — far beyond the Trump era.
Daily Mail:
How Jewish convert Ivanka got ‘Bannon the Barbarian’ …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Breitbart goes after McMaster
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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Exclusive: Secret Service out of money to pay agents because of Trump's frequent travel, large family — WASHINGTON — The Secret Service can no longer afford to pay hundreds of agents it needs to carry out an expanded protective mission - in large part due to the sheer size of President Trump's family …
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Pacific Fleet Headlines:
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) has arrived at Changi Naval Base following a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Strait 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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New York Times:
Lobbyist at Trump Campaign Meeting Has a Web of Russian Connections — WASHINGTON — Rinat Akhmetshin, a Russian immigrant who met last summer with senior Trump campaign officials, has often struck colleagues as a classic Washington mercenary — loyal to his wife, his daughter and his bank account.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The elites strike back — getting under Trump's skin — THE BIG IDEA: The 2016 election represented, as much as anything else, a repudiation of America's elites and everything they believe in. By running on the hollow promises of populism, nativism and isolationism …
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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.
Katie Kieffer / Townhall.com:
Wake Up—Mitch and Paul! — Waiter! Bring ice water! We need to wake up our lethargic congressional leaders, Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Paul Ryan. Because when they snooze, America loses. — How do these two knuckleheads keep getting elected? It might be better if we had elected two La-Z-Boy armchairs to office.
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Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Gohmert: During the Campaign, Paul Ryan Told Us to ‘Keep President Hillary Clinton Accountable’
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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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New York Times:
White House Bracing for an Angry Reception in Phoenix — WASHINGTON — Officials in the White House and in Arizona are bracing for a furious reception to President Trump's campaign rally in Phoenix this week, amid the fallout from his comments faulting “both sides” for racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Va.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump ramping up for 2020 reelection — President Donald Trump is methodically building a 2020 reelection campaign machine, shunting aside doubts about his viability for a second term as controversy consumes the early months of his administration. — Trump is mapping out a fall fundraising tour …
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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Hollywood Reporter:
Jerry Lewis, Nonpareil Genius of Comedy, Dies at 91
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David Hinckley / New York Daily News:
Jerry Lewis, entertainment icon and longtime host of Muscular Dystrophy Association telethons, dead at 91
Dave Kehr / New York Times:
Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91
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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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David Bixenspan / IJR:
Vice Reporter: Charlottesville Protesters 'Didn't Talk About Robert E. Lee...They Chanted About Jews'
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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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump to announce Afghanistan plan Monday in TV address
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