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9:40 AM ET, August 28, 2017

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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump to Travel to Texas With Torrential Rain Still in the Forecast  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday announced plans to travel to Texas on Tuesday, as millions of people there continued to battle catastrophic flooding and torrential rain that was expected to last for several more days.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Cost of cleaning up Harvey will bring new test of governance for Trump and GOP  —  The catastrophic floods brought by Hurricane Harvey to southeastern Texas will pose an immediate test for the White House and Congress, pressing policymakers to approve billions of dollars in recovery funds …
Discussion: Political Wire, RedState and Daily Kos
CNN:
Harvey's rain ‘beyond anything experienced,’ weather service says
HuffPost:
Here's How To Help The Victims Of Hurricane Harvey
The Weather Channel:
Rainfall from Harvey Could Reach 50 Inches in Some Spots, Highest Ever Recorded in Texas …
Washington Post:
Catastrophic flooding ‘beyond anything experienced’ in Houston and ‘expected to worsen’
Opheli Garcia Lawler / The FADER:
Here's Where You Can Donate To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
Discussion: The Big Picture
Washington Post:
Trump's business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president  —  Donald Trump during a 2005 visit to Colorado to speak at a business convention.  At his right is Felix Sater, a Russian-born real estate developer.  (Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
Black-clad antifa attack peaceful right wing demonstrators in Berkeley  —  Their faces hidden behind black bandannas and hoodies, about a 100 anarchists and antifa — “anti-fascist” — barreled into a protest Sunday afternoon in Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Live coverage: Violence at Berkeley rally escalates, police make arrests  —  At least 14 people were arrested during a protest Sunday at Berkeley's Civic Center Park, police said.  Some demonstrators exchanged blows and deployed pepper spray.  Credit: Guy Wathen, Lizzie Johnson
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump vents in Oval Office, “I want tariffs.  Bring me some tariffs!”  —  The following is a rare account of President Trump in a small Oval Office meeting, venting at senior staff for sometimes resisting his hawkish trade agenda.  —  This account — confirmed by sources …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:   Trump's prized perk: Oval Office photo ops
Todd Gitlin / New York Times:
Who's Afraid of Antifa?  —  During his speech in Phoenix on Tuesday night, Donald Trump spat out the nickname “antifa,” short for “anti-fascist” but also a reference to a particular strand of aggressive left-wing activism.  In Mr. Trump's telling, the presence of antifa activists during …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fascism, American Style  —  As sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., Joe Arpaio engaged in blatant racial discrimination.  His officers systematically targeted Latinos, often arresting them on spurious charges and at least sometimes beating them up when they questioned those charges.
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Exiles on Pennsylvania Avenue: How Jared and Ivanka Were Repelled by Washington's Elite  —  “What is off-putting about them,” one political veteran told me, “is they do not grasp their essential irrelevance.  They think they are special.”  —  I. AIR FORCE ONE
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Team Trump turns to Rove playbook to juice 2018 turnout  —  Donald Trump's White House may take a page from the Karl Rove playbook.  —  The administration has been in talks to put conservative initiatives on the ballot in 2018 midterm battleground states in hopes of energizing base voters dispirited …
Discussion: Raw Story
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
America's Getting More Tolerant and Haters Hate It  —  The country's social fabric and social attitudes are getting healthier.  Ignore the Charlottesville fringe.  —  Sure, there were a lot of haters in Charlottesville.  That shouldn't obscure some better news, which is that the U.S. is becoming a more accepting and tolerant nation.
Bwittes / Lawfare:
It's Time: Congress Needs to Open a Formal Impeachment Inquiry  —  President Donald Trump at Liberty University on May 13, 2017.  (Shealah Craighead/White House)  —  Last Tuesday, the New York Times published a foggy story noting that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Conservatism Is Not A Suicide Pact  —  The whiny wailing and rending of garments (mostly bow ties) by the True Cons over President Trump pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio brings to mind another president's choice when a loyal supporter was the victim of a liberal witch hunt.
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Trump expected to lift ban on military gear to local police forces  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to lift a controversial ban on the transfer of some surplus military equipment to police departments whose battlefield-style response to rioting in a St. Louis suburb three years ago prompted a halt to the program.
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Associated Press:   Trump prepares to lift limits on military gear for police
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will be offered the job as Uber's new CEO  —  The “truce” choice is likely to take it — though no one from the board of the car-hailing company has told him as yet!  —  The board of Uber has voted and wants Expedia Dara Khosrowshahi to be its next CEO.
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Uber Chooses Expedia's Chief as C.E.O., Ending Contentious Search
 
 
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Op-Ed Trump is shedding supporters like no other president in modern history
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