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10:20 AM ET, August 27, 2017

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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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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.
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 …
Amanda Erickson / Washington Post:
What authoritarianism experts think of Trump's decision to pardon Joe Arpaio  —  On Friday night, as Hurricane Harvey was bearing down on the Texas coast, President Trump pardoned Joe Arpiao.  The former Arizona sheriff had been convicted of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge's orders …
Francisco Chairez / Washington Post:
The year I spent in Joe Arpaio's tent jail was hell. He should never walk free.
Discussion: Business Insider and ThinkProgress
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Schiff: Trump pardon sends message to Russia investigation witnesses
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's pardon of Arpaio fits a pattern: A divider, not a uniter
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Shareblue
Joe Biden / The Atlantic:
‘We Are Living Through a Battle for the Soul of This Nation’  —  In January of 2009, I stood waiting in Wilmington, Delaware, for a train carrying the first African American elected president of the United States.  I was there to join him as vice president on the way to a historic Inauguration.
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Political Wire
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The Trouble With Ivanka's Business Partner  —  His vendors call him a “career grifter.”  His father's creditors claim he's a fraud and a serial extortionist who shakes people down with trumped-up threats of criminal charges.  With these and other allegations piling up in court records along with judgments …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Hurricane Harvey: Houston residents urged to climb to their roofs  —  Flooding in some parts of the county that includes the city of Houston is so bad that residents on Sunday morning were being urged to seek refuge on their roofs.  —  Harris County Flood Control District official Jeff Lindner …
Discussion: ABC News
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
There Once Was a Great Nation With an Unstable Leader  —  What happens when the people of a great nation gradually realize that their leader may not be, er, quite right in the head?  —  When Caligula became Roman emperor in A.D. 37, the people rejoiced.  “On all sides, you could see nothing …
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Two Men Arrested in Connection With Charlottesville Violence  —  The police arrested two men, including a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and were seeking a third in connection with violent episodes that took place at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., this month …
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Mayweather vs. McGregor: Highlights From Every Round  —  Floyd Mayweather Jr., the face of boxing for more than a decade, punctuated a stellar yet controversial career with a technical knockout over U.F.C. champ and first-time boxer Conor McGregor on Saturday night.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
BUSTED: Oklahoma police chief outed as owner of racist website and white supremacist record label  —  A Texas television station investigating white supremacist hate in their region was startled to discover a website linked to the newly-appointed Colbert, Oklahoma police chief.
Discussion: BBC
John Bowden / The Hill:
Ten-day march from Charlottesville to DC to start Monday  —  Activists are set to start a 10-day march from Charlottesville, Virginia to Washington, D.C. on Monday to confront white supremacy and demand President Trump's removal from office.  —  “The March to Confront White Supremacy,” …
Discussion: RedState
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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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
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Peter Wehner / New York Times:
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Media Is the Villain - for Creating a World Dumb Enough for Trump
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Russia's propaganda machine amplifies alt-right