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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
House Speaker Paul Ryan Criticizes Donald Trump's Pardon for Joe Arpaio — Republican joins two GOP senators from Arizona in opposing the move — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Saturday criticized President Donald Trump for pardoning a former Arizona sheriff, Joe Arpaio, becoming the highest-ranking Republican to object to the move.
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Washington Post:
Trump asked Sessions about closing case against Arpaio, an ally since ‘birtherism’ … As Joseph Arpaio's federal case headed toward trial this past spring, President Trump wanted to act to help the former Arizona county sheriff who had become a campaign-trail companion and a partner in their crusade against illegal immigration.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Obama adviser: Trump asking to drop case against Arpaio could get him impeached — President Obama's former communications director Dan Pfeiffer blasted President Trump over a report that he had asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions — to drop the federal criminal case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio …
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Bbauer / Lawfare:
The Arpaio Pardon — Joe Arpaio speaks at a campaign rally in Arizona in October 2016. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) — President Trump issued his pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio apparently without a Justice Department recommendation or even consultation, according to various outlets citing unnamed officials.
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Charles Kaiser / BillMoyers.com:
Arpaio Pardon May Be Opening Act of a Constitutional Crisis
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Dan Desai Martin / Shareblue:
Top Intel Dem says Trump's pardon sends message to targets of Russia probe: “I have your back”
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The Politics of Pardoning Sheriff Joe
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Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
Why Donald Trump Pardoned Joe Arpaio
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
McCain blasts Trump over Arpaio pardon
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Jayme Fraser / Billings Gazette:
Zinke's veteran daughter excoriates Trump in response to transgender military ban — The daughter of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, like her father a Navy veteran, appears, in the rawest of terms, to have excoriated President Donald Trump in a social media post after the announcement …
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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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Washington Post:
At least one dead, buildings destroyed as Hurricane Harvey drenches central Texas coast
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Fox News:
Hurricane Harvey downgraded to tropical storm as devastation continues in Texas
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Houston Chronicle:
Hurricane Harvey downgraded further, spawns tornadoes
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David Caplan / ABC News:
Hurricane Harvey bashes Texas coast, leaving thousands without power, homes damaged, residents injured
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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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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Gorka says he's heading back to Breitbart
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Ben Kew / Breitbart:
Sebastian Gorka Resigns from Trump Administration
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she'll get back to you on that. Chances are she won't. — It's a stock response of every White House press secretary who's either caught off guard or is trying to dodge a sticky question. When a reporter asks a tough question during a briefing …
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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.
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Media Is the Villain - for Creating a World Dumb Enough for Trump — Yet another TV executive says Trump is “good for business.” Is sudden good fortune of news media by accident or design? — The craziest part of Donald Trump's 77-minute loon-a-thon in Phoenix earlier this week came …
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Julianne Herrera / KRON4.com:
KRON4 speaks to Patriot Prayer organizer — SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco Police Department is gating off Alamo Square Saturday morning, hours before a nationalist group was to hold a controversial press conference. — Organizers of the “Patriot Rally” cancelled their original event scheduled …
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Lizzie Johnson / San Francisco Chronicle:
Right-wing rallies in limbo in San Francisco and Berkeley
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