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4:50 PM ET, August 28, 2017

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New York Times:
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.
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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 …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump knew of Moscow tower proposal during campaign, lawyer says  —  Four months into his campaign for president of the United States, Donald Trump signed a “letter of intent” to pursue a Trump Tower-style building development in Moscow, according to a statement from the then-Trump Organization Chief Counsel Michael Cohen.
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)
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:   Trump's personal lawyer emailed Putin's spokesman for help on a business deal during the election
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Lawyer Says He Discussed Moscow Tower Plan With Trump Three Times
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is dragging us toward a full-blown crisis.  Here's what has to happen now.  —  Watch more!  —  Joe Arpaio's illegal-immigration crackdown made him a polarizing figure and an early ally of President Trump.  (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)  —  THE MORNING PLUM:
Wall Street Journal:
The Arpaio Pardon  —  Liberal hypocrisy doesn't justify conservative disdain for the rule of law.  —  Candidate Donald Trump promised to abide by the rule of law that took a beating under the Obama Administration, and that theme may have helped him win the election.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fascism, American Style
Andrew Cohen / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Joe Arpaio's pardon defended by a ‘whataboutism’ that doesn't hold up
Discussion: The Atlantic
Arizona Republic:
Joe Arpaio's first impression of his presidential pardon: Is it fake?
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Michael E. Mann:
What can we say about the role of climate change in the unprecedented disaster that is unfolding in Houston with Hurricane #Harvey?  —  There are certain climate change-related factors that we can, with great confidence, say worsened the flooding.  —  Sea level rise attributable to climate change …
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Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Harvey: 'We just don't know when it's going to end,' lawmaker says
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Already Flooded, Houston Braces As 2 Swollen Reservoirs Are Opened
Discussion: TechCrunch and The Daily Caller
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.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Cost of cleaning up Harvey will bring new test of governance for Trump and GOP
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump talks Harvey, NAFTA and border wall in wide-ranging morning of tweets
Discussion: IJR
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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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
CNN:
Tillerson aide: Constitution, not Trump, ‘speaks for the country’  —  Tillerson: President Trump speaks for himself  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Tillerson's remark appears to be the latest sign of a gap between the secretary of state and Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Rather than walk …
Discussion: AOL and Mediaite
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Tom McGhee / Denver Post:
He claimed he was stabbed for looking like a “neo-Nazi.”  Now police say he bought the knife himself.  —  Joshua Witt faces a fine of up to $2,650 and up to one year in jail for filing a false report  —  Sheridan police arrested a man after he admitted cutting himself and making up a story …
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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 …
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 …
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.
Satwik Shukla / Facebook:
Blocking Ads from Pages that Repeatedly Share False News  —  Over the past year we have taken several steps to reduce false news and hoaxes on Facebook.  Currently, we do not allow advertisers to run ads that link to stories that have been marked false by third-party fact-checking organizations.
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” …
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.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Steve Bannon to Speak at ZOA Gala
Discussion: TheBlaze
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Top Democrat fears House Intelligence Committee may split on Russia probe findings
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
GOP Illinois Governor Signs Major Voting Reform Into Law
Discussion: Mother Jones and Feeds
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NBC News:
Trump Reverses Obama Policy on Surplus Military Gear for Police
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
White House ‘pressuring’ intelligence officials to find Iran in violation of nuclear deal
Jchong / Lawfare:
It's Time: Congress Needs to Open a Formal Impeachment Inquiry
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Conservatism Is Not A Suicide Pact
Discussion: The Resurgent
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Team Trump turns to Rove playbook to juice 2018 turnout
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