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Joe Arpaio / Arizona Republic:
Our View: Donald Trump just resurrected Joe Arpaio from irrelevance … CONNECT  —  While America was talking about tearing down monuments that offend historically oppressed people, Donald Trump effectively erected yet another one.  —  His pardon of Joe Arpaio elevated …
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mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PARDON OF JOE ARPAIO  —  Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement today on President Trump's pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio:  —  “No one is above the law and the individuals entrusted …
Francisco Chairez / Washington Post:
The year I spent in Joe Arpaio's tent jail was hell.  He should never walk free.  —  I was born in Mexico, grew up in Tijuana, and moved to Arizona when I was 14.  I went to high school in a small town called Holbrook, then went to Phoenix to go to Arizona State University.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Won't Back Down  —  At 11:46 a.m. on Friday, August 25, President Trump issued the first of what would become a sequence of 12 tweets that day about the government's readiness for Hurricane Harvey.  —  Seldom if ever before in his tenure has this president so publicly performed the role …
Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
Why Donald Trump Pardoned Joe Arpaio  —  At 8 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on Friday evening, the White House Press Office issued a statement that President Trump had pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio.  —  President Trump had little to offer that was specific or coherent in the rambling …
Discussion: The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money
YouGov US Opinion Center News:
The Politics of Pardoning Sheriff Joe
Discussion: Washington Post
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
If he'll pardon Arpaio, why wouldn't Trump pardon those who ignore Robert Mueller?
New York Times:
Trump Pardons Joe Arpaio, Who Became Face of Crackdown on Illegal Immigration
CNN:
Latest developments  — Harvey's impact will be devastating and leave areas “uninhabitable for weeks or months,” forecasters said.  — Even though Harvey had made landfall and weakened, it was still a dangerous storm and “turning into a deadly inland event,” the FEMA chief tweeted.
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David Caplan / ABC News:
Hurricane Harvey bashes Texas coast, leaving thousands without power, homes damaged, residents injured  —  Hurricane Harvey continues to hammer Texas with a deluge of wind and rain, as communities and emergency responders prepare for rescues and damage assessment amid potential flash flooding and tornadoes across the state's Gulf Coast.
Tony Romm / Recode:   Before Hurricane Harvey, wireless carriers lobbied against upgrades to a national emergency alert system
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Low Level White House Staffer Inflates Credentials to Lie About Dr. Sebastian Gorka's Resignation to Press  —  Kelly Sadler, a low-level staffer in the White House, lied about her credentials to push inaccurate leaked information to the press about the resignation of Dr. Sebastian Gorka from the administration.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Breaking: Sebastian Gorka Resigns From Trump Administration
Ben Kew / Breitbart:
Sebastian Gorka Resigns from Trump Administration
Lizzie Johnson / San Francisco Chronicle:
Right-wing rallies in limbo in San Francisco and Berkeley  —  Patriot Prayer rally organizer Joey Gibson says he's not a white supremacist and that he's Japanese adding that he's not even religious.  His rally has gained the condemnation of local politicians in the aftermath of Charlottesville, but he says he an
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Julianne Herrera / KRON4.com:
KRON4 speaks to Patriot Prayer organizer
Discussion: SFist
Jenna Lyons / San Francisco Chronicle:
Man facing charges from pro-Trump rally in Berkeley put in jail
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Mattis to US troops: ‘Hold the line until our country gets back to respecting each other’  —  gave a pep talk to U.S. troops stationed abroad during his trip to three countries last week.  —  In a video that has recently surfaced on social media, Mattis is seen speaking to U.S. troops in an unknown location.
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump allies say he needs a GOP scalp  —  Republicans on Capitol Hill lament President Trump's aggressive behavior toward them, but some people in the president's orbit are urging him to up the ante even further.  —  They say that, far from making nice, Trump needs to instill fear …
The White House:
Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE  —  Section 1.  Policy.  (a) Until June 2016, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (collectively, the Departments) …
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Late Wages for Migrant Workers at a Trump Golf Course in Dubai  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — They are not inclined to complain, not about the merciless sun or the 110-degree heat, as they labor to transform the pale sands of the Arabian desert into verdant fairways.
Discussion: Raw Story
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Russia's propaganda machine amplifies alt-right  —  Russia's army of media influencers, social media bots and trolls has increasingly amplified alt-right and far-right narratives in the United States since the 2016 presidential election.  —  Russia's efforts to push propaganda and disinformation …
 
 
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