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3:35 PM ET, August 28, 2017

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Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’ — WASHINGTON — A business associate of President Trump promised in 2015 to engineer a real estate deal with the aid of the president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, that he said would help Mr. Trump win the presidency.

Discussion: Vox, ThinkProgress, Axios, Washington Post, Little Green Footballs, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, emptywheel, CNBC, Raw Story, Daily Kos, AOL and Mediaite

Washington Post:

Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal — (© Stephanie Keith / Reuters/REUTERS) … A top executive from Donald Trump's real estate company emailed Vladimir Putin's personal spokesman during the U.S. presidential campaign last year to ask …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Politicus USA, Joe.My.God. and Balloon Juice

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)

Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Trump associate boasts Russia deal ‘will get Donald elected’: report

Discussion: RedState and Raw Story

Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:

Joe Arpaio may challenge Jeff Flake for Arizona Senate seat: Exclusive — After receiving President Trump's first pardon, Joe Arpaio's plans have gone from possible prison to book-writing, speeches and potentially another run for office in Arizona, with Sen. Jeff Flake's seat one opportunity he is eyeing.

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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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, American Prospect, Scripting News, CityLab and USA Today

Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Republicans Completely Own Trump's Arpaio Pardon

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Arizona Republic:
Joe Arpaio's first impression of his presidential pardon: Is it fake?

Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR

abc13.com:

Witness: Explosion rocks building in downtown Houston … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc13.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2350907" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — We're following breaking news in downtown Houston, where an explosion has rocked a building on Fannin Street.

Discussion: RedState, IJR, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit

Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Harvey: 'We just don't know when it's going to end,' lawmaker says

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Michael E. Mann:
What can we say about the role of climate change in the unprecedented …

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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Already Flooded, Houston Braces As 2 Swollen Reservoirs Are Opened

Discussion: TechCrunch, The Daily Caller and The Guardian

Washington Post:
Harvey may force 30,000 people into shelters while flooding will linger, officials warn

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, RedState, NPR, The Daily Caller, Refinery29, Daily Kos, Mother Jones and Gizmodo

Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
More than 30,000 people expected in shelters as extent of Harvey's blow comes into chilling focus

Discussion: New York Times, CNN, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Gizmodo, CityLab, Associated Press and BuzzFeed

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.

Associated Press:
Black-clad anarchists swarm anti-hate rally in California

Discussion: RedState, New York Magazine and Infowars

Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
‘Antifa Attack Peaceful Right-Wing Demonstrators in Berkeley’

Discussion: Infowars, Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, Instapundit and RedState

Alfredo Corchado / Dallas Morning News:

Mexico offers to help Harvey-soaked Texas — Updated at 10:30 p.m. with additional information. — The Mexican government expressed its solidarity Sunday with the United States following the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and offered assistance to Texas.

Discussion: The Hill, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, Axios, Hullabaloo, Washington Post, VICE News, NBC News, Joe.My.God., Politicus USA and Gizmodo

Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Cost of cleaning up Harvey will bring new test of governance for Trump and GOP

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Eli Watkins / CNN:
In response to Trump tweet, Mexico reiterates it won't pay for the wall

Discussion: San Antonio Current, Axios, Salon, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Sputnik International, Politicus USA and IJR

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump talks Harvey, NAFTA and border wall in wide-ranging morning of tweets

Discussion: IJR

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: DCist, Politicus USA, Raw Story, Mediaite and Balloon Juice

Mike Allen / Axios:

Tillerson switcheroo may happen sooner than expected — As of last night, we were told that no replacement of SecState Rex Tillerson is imminent. But some switcheroo may happen sooner than expected, given the jaw-dropping reporting by Axios' Jonathan Swan last evening in his weekly Sneak Peek newsletter:

Discussion: New York Magazine, RedState, IJR, The Resurgent, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Fox News, Joe.My.God. and Washington Post

CNN:
Tillerson aide: Constitution, not Trump, ‘speaks for the country’

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's cascade of crises

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Connor Sheets / al.com:

New Confederate memorial unveiled in Alabama — Gallery: New Confederate memorial unveiled — More than 200 people attended an unveiling ceremony for a new Confederate monument Sunday afternoon in Alabama's Crenshaw County. — The modest stone marker commemorates the “unknown Confederate soldiers” …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, IJR, The Daily Caller, VICE News and TheBlaze

Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
New Confederate monument goes up in Alabama

Discussion: RedState

Bloomberg:

Amazon Cuts Prices at Whole Foods by Up to 43% on First Day — Internet giant bought upscale grocery chain for $13.7 billion — Some prices unchanged but favorites like avocados are cheaper — Amazon.com Inc. spent its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market.

Discussion: The Verge, Gizmodo, Don Surber, Engadget, Mashable and New York Magazine, more at Techmeme »

Morgan Clendaniel / Fast Company:

Michael Moore Says Trump Is On Track To Win Again In 2020 — Moore's new Broadway show, The Terms of My Surrender, is his attempt to change that. — BY CHRISTINE CHAMPAGNE5 MINUTE READ — Three weeks into the run of his anti-Trump Broadway show, The Terms of My Surrender …

Discussion: TheBlaze, Fox News Insider, Infowars, IJR and Daily Wire

Manu Raju / CNN:

Exclusive: How a request about Russians made its way from West Virginia to Trump's team — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)A West Virginia man who was a former contractor in Iraq proposed setting up a meeting with Russians and the Trump campaign last year to discuss their …

Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Should We Be Punching Nazis? — As we've seen the alt-right and various white supremacist and fascistic groups grow in prominence if not necessarily numbers in recent years and now be granted renewed prominence and validation from the President, we now see a renewed debate about the role of violence in American politics.

Erin Kelly / USA Today:

Top Democrat fears House Intelligence Committee may split on Russia probe findings — WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said he fears the panel's Russia investigation could end up producing two separate, partisan reports offering contradictory conclusions to Americans.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:

Steve Bannon to Speak at ZOA Gala — Steve Bannon is scheduled to speak at the Zionist Organization of America dinner in November, his first public appearance on the books since being forced out of the White House earlier this month. — ZOA President Morton Klein confirmed that Bannon …

Discussion: TheBlaze