memeorandum: Arpaio considering run against Flake (Louis Nelson/Politico)

5:15 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.

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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 …

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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)

David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Lawyer Says He Discussed Moscow Tower Plan With Trump Three Times

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

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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider: Trump's personal lawyer emailed Putin's spokesman for help on a business deal during the election

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:

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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.

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fascism, American Style

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Andrew Cohen / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Joe Arpaio's pardon defended by a ‘whataboutism’ that doesn't hold up

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

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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Arpaio considering run against Flake

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

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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

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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

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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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Associated Press:
FEMA chief Long a veteran of gov't disaster response

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

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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 …

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Tillerson switcheroo may happen sooner than expected

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Tegna / KHOU-TV:

LIVE BLOG: Check the capacity of shelters before arriving … HOUSTON - We'll be posting updates throughout the storm as Tropical Storm Harvey impacts Texas. — For the latest forecast information, check here. — For the latest evacuation orders, check here. — For high water locations, check here.

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

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

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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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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Man Who Was Allegedly Stabbed For His Neo-Nazi Haircut Actually Stabbed Himself

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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 …

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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 …

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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” …

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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.

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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.

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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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Eli Watkins / CNN:

In response to Trump tweet, Mexico reiterates it won't pay for the wall — Trump threatens shutdown over border wall — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)The Mexican government on Sunday again stressed its position that it will not pay for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall.