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11:45 PM ET, August 21, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Sets U.S. Strategy but No ‘Blank Check’ for Afghan War  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump put forward on Monday a long-awaited strategy for resolving the nearly 16-year-old conflict in Afghanistan, but he declined to specify either the number of troops that would be committed …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump announces change of heart on Afghanistan  —  America's longest war is about to get longer.  —  President Donald Trump on Monday pledged a new strategy in Afghanistan, while refusing to divulge troop numbers, as he said the office of the president had changed his instincts to pull out of the nearly 16-year-long war.
Discussion: Axios
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's Afghanistan flip-flop  —  This post has been updated with The Post's reporting.  —  President Trump is expected to announce a limited troop increase as a part of his new strategy in Afghanistan.  And as many were quick to point out, that's a big flip-flop for a man who for years called for withdrawal from that war.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
'It's a hard problem': Inside Trump's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan
Discussion: Mother Jones
Associated Press:
Sixteen years of U.S. warfare in Afghanistan have left the insurgents …
Discussion: Politico
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump announces new strategy for Afghanistan that calls for a troop increase
Ford Springer / The Daily Caller:
It's High Time Barron Trump Starts Dressing Like He's In the White House  —  I've been on the Barron Trump train from the start, but it's about time the president's son starts dressing the part.  —  Barron is the youngest son of Donald Trump and the only child the president shares with Melania Trump.
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite and Raw Story
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
‘20 seconds of burning’: Friends partly blinded after watching solar eclipse warn of dangers  —  It was a clear day when Louis Tomososki's science teacher mentioned that a partial solar eclipse would be visible from their hometown of Portland, Ore., that afternoon.
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Looks At The Sun During Solar Eclipse Despite Shouted Warning  —  President Donald Trump's administration on Monday took a moment in the afternoon to observe the first total solar eclipse to pass over the United States from one coast to the other since 1918.
Allan Smith / Business Insider:
Trump looked at the solar eclipse without glasses despite a shouted warning from an aide
Discussion: Washington Post
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Only 28% approve of Trump's response to Charlottesville (POLL)  —  President Donald Trump moves out of his difficult Charlottesville week and into his national address on Afghanistan policy tonight with a poor but stable job performance rating and still-weaker grades for his handling …
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Washington Post:
Poll shows clear disapproval of how Trump responded to Charlottesville violence
Discussion: Politicus USA
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Survey: 9 percent call neo-Nazi views acceptable
Discussion: twitchy.com
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 …
Facebook:
Let There Be No Confusion  —  I was struck by the tone Heather Heyer's parents took at her memorial service.  Here they are suddenly grieving and saying goodbye to their daughter, taken by an act of domestic terrorism.  And instead of turning to anger, they call for healing and forgiveness.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Ryan defends tax breaks for Taiwan company
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
Alison R. Parker / Shareblue:
Paul Ryan issues 434 words on Charlottesville, and none of them are “Donald Trump”
Discussion: IJR and Daily Wire
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: ‘Most news is not fake’  —  (R-Ky.) defended the media on Monday, just hours after President Trump lashed out at “fake news” on Twitter.  —  “My view is that most news is not fake, but I do try to look at a variety of sources,” McConnell said at a Louisville Chamber of Commerce event …
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Houston Chronicle:
Houston man charged with trying to plant bomb at Confederate statue in Hermann Park  —  Museum District area evacuated as agents search home  —  A Houston man has been charged with trying to plant explosives at the statue of Confederate officer Richard Dowling in Hermann Park, federal officials said Monday.
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Texas man charged with trying to bomb a Confederate statue in Houston
Discussion: New York Times
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue:
Two unhinged GOP congressmen accuse Democrats of staging neo-Nazi riot in Charlottesville  —  Republicans embraced tin foil hat conspiracies and claimed Democrats lured white supremacists to Virginia in order to stage violence.  —  Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
Discussion: Idaho Statesman, AOL and Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
That Russian Guy Who Attended The Trump Tower Meeting Is Almost Definitely a Spy  —  A month and a half ago, the New York Times obtained emails in which Donald Trump Jr. set up a meeting in Trump Tower with Russian officials who were promising him sensitive information, on his father's opponent, that would help the Trump campaign.
Arizona Republic:
Phoenix Trump rally … Gov. Doug Ducey will greet President Donald Trump on the tarmac after Air Force One touches down Tuesday afternoon for his first presidential visit to the Grand Canyon state.  —  But the Republican governor, who like many in the GOP has diplomatically sidestepped Trump …
Omaid Faizyar / RealClearDefense:
Did China Hack the Seventh Fleet?  —  Today the USS McCain collided a merchant vessel, marking the 4th incident in the past year at the Navy.  The timeline is as follows: … These ships share similarities, they are all based in Yokosuka Naval Base, and the USS McCain & USS Fitzgerald …
Discussion: CNBC, JustOneMinute and New York Times
Josie Cox / The Independent:
Breitbart News: Nearly 2,600 advertisers have pulled advertising from the far-right website  —  On Friday, Steve Bannon, known for his nationalist views, returned to head up the site after leaving the White House  —  More than 2,500 advertisers have reportedly stopped advertising …
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
All the Light Trump Was Not Supposed to See.  But He Peeked.  —  Of course he looked.  —  Monday's solar eclipse — life-giving, eye-threatening, ostensibly apolitical — summoned the nation's First Viewer to the Truman Balcony of the White House around 2:38 p.m.  —  The executive metaphor came quickly.
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Keith Ellison Reveals Nancy Pelosi's Real Views On Single-Payer [VIDEO]  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is more supportive of pursuing a single-payer health care system than she's willing to publicly admit, deputy Democratic National Committee chair and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison …
New York Times:
Van Driver in Barcelona Attack Is Killed by Police  —  SUBIRATS, Spain — The fugitive believed to have driven the van in last week's terrorist attacks in Spain was shot dead by the police on Monday in a village outside Barcelona after a Europeanwide dragnet, the police announced.
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Christopher Cantwell, White Nationalist in Vice Video, Braces for Charges  —  By at least one measure, Christopher Cantwell, a self-described white nationalist, said he believed his decision to be interviewed in a Vice News report had “worked out magnificently.”
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
White House aides can't stop talking about President Trump like he's a toddler  —  The Trump-as-toddler Twitter thread, explained and curated  —  It started, as all 2017 stories about American politics start, with a garden-variety snarky tweet: … The point of the tweet was to push …
Discussion: Business Insider and Shareblue
The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Lord, Fired Pro-Trump CNN Figure, In Talks With Breitbart … It's been nearly two weeks since Jeffrey Lord, the former Reagan administration official and pro-Trump political commentator, was sacked from his contributor job at CNN.  —  The abrupt firing, officially due to Lord tweeting …
Discussion: IJR, Raw Story and Mediaite
 
 
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Women Are A Huge Reason Why Trump's Poll Numbers Are So Bad
Emily Badger / New York Times:
The Showdown Over How We Define Fringe Views in America
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Moves to Expand Deportation Dragnet to Jails
Discussion: Latino Rebels
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
White House Going Ahead With HBCU Conference After Charlottesville
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Maura Judkis / Washington Post:
A gay couple was told that their sharing dessert 'doesn't go with the ambiance' at a D.C. restaurant
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Towleroad
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Ohio judge shot in ‘ambush’ outside courthouse, attacker killed
Fox News:
Are solar eclipses proof of God?
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
Kaitlin L Lange / Indianapolis Star:
Bernie Sanders returns to Indianapolis for jobs rally Monday
 Earlier Items: 
The Guardian:
Fran works six days a week in fast food, and yet she's homeless: 'It's economic slavery'
Discussion: Raw Story and Shakesville
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Democrats long for Obama's return
John Fund / National Review:
‘No Enemies on the Left’ Is Still the Mantra of Too Many Liberals
Discussion: Power Line
Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
A 121-year-old Confederate monument was coming down. This Kentucky town put it back up.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mother Jones
Tim Graham / newsbusters.org/feed/all:
PBS, NPR Bury Their Own Poll Results on BLM, Antifa, and Confederate Statues (Correction Added)
Discussion: Media Matters for America and IJR
Fern Shen / Baltimore Brew:
Columbus statue in Baltimore vandalized
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
KKK leader threatens to ‘burn’ Latina journalist, the first black person on his property
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

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

 
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