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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz's claim that two-thirds of the Hurricane Sandy bill ‘had nothing to do with Sandy’ — “The problem with that particular bill is it became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork. Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy.” — Hypocrisy watch!
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Stan Collender / Forbes:
Hurricane Harvey Greatly Complicates The Government Shutdown Calculation
Hurricane Harvey Greatly Complicates The Government Shutdown Calculation
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Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and Newsweek
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Rep. King: NY won't ‘abandon’ Texas despite ‘hypocrite’ Ted Cruz
Rep. King: NY won't ‘abandon’ Texas despite ‘hypocrite’ Ted Cruz
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MichelleMalkin.com, NBC News, CNBC, Raw Story and twitchy.com
HuffPost:
Hurricane Harvey And The Potential Hypocrisy Of Texas Republicans
Hurricane Harvey And The Potential Hypocrisy Of Texas Republicans
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Vox, Newsweek, NPR, New York Times, Daily Wire and CBS New York
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Harvey Gives Trump a Chance to Reclaim Power to Unify
Harvey Gives Trump a Chance to Reclaim Power to Unify
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CNN, Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Balloon Juice and No More Mister Nice Blog
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cruz defends vote on Sandy relief bill: ‘Filled with pork’
Cruz defends vote on Sandy relief bill: ‘Filled with pork’
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twitchy.com and The Resurgent
Politico:
Hurricane aid adds to GOP's dreadful September
Hurricane aid adds to GOP's dreadful September
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New York Magazine and Business Insider
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Message From Hurricane Harvey: Americans Helping Each Other
Message From Hurricane Harvey: Americans Helping Each Other
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Washington Post, The White House, Fox News, Shareblue, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and New York Times
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Amid Harvey havoc, northeastern politicos sourly recall Texas “no” votes on Sandy aid
Amid Harvey havoc, northeastern politicos sourly recall Texas “no” votes on Sandy aid
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Mother Jones, Mediaite, twitchy.com, Washington Post and RedState
CNN:
Trump says ‘all options on table’ after North Korea launches missile over Japan — Sirens blare over Japan after North Korea missile — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Tokyo (CNN)US President Donald Trump has warned that “all options are on the table” after North Korea launched a missile over Japan early Tuesday.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump on North Korea's missile launch: ‘All options are on the table’ — North Korea's most recent ballistic missile test “has signaled its contempt” for its neighbors and the international community, President Donald Trump said in a statement released Tuesday morning, reiterating his threat that “all options are on the table.”
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ABC News, Talking Points Memo, Axios and IJR
Justin McCurry / The Guardian:
Trump and Abe vow to increase pressure after North Korea fires missile over Japan — Leaders agreed to call for an emergency meeting of the UN security council to discuss the launch — Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe have vowed to increase pressure on North Korea after the regime launched a missile over Japan on Tuesday morning.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Punishes Longtime Aide After Angry Phoenix Speech, Sources Say — George Gigicos removed as president's rally organizer — Sparse crowd put Trump in foul mood before delivering remarks — Donald Trump was in a bad mood before he emerged for a confrontational speech in Arizona last week.
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Trump Fires Longtime Event Organizer Over Sparse Crowd at Phoenix Rally
Trump Fires Longtime Event Organizer Over Sparse Crowd at Phoenix Rally
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Outside the Beltway and Hullabaloo
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump unusually silent after aides challenge him
Trump unusually silent after aides challenge him
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Political Wire, Hullabaloo, The Atlantic and Axios
NBC News:
Mueller Team Asking If Trump Tried to Hide Purpose of Trump Tower Meeting — WASHINGTON — Federal investigators working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller are keenly focused on President Donald Trump's role in crafting a response to a published article about a meeting between Russians …
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Shakesville, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Raw Story, Business Insider, Infowars, TheBlaze, Politicus USA, Axios and Mediaite
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Will Hurricane Harvey prompt a Trump ‘reset’? His megalomania probably won't allow it.
Will Hurricane Harvey prompt a Trump ‘reset’? His megalomania probably won't allow it.
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Weekly Standard, IJR, VICE News, ABC News, Shakesville, Joe.My.God. and New York Times
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bannon wages war against Trump-backed candidate in Alabama
Bannon wages war against Trump-backed candidate in Alabama
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Talking Points Memo, VICE News, Political Wire and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
How Does Hurricane Harvey Compare With Katrina? Here's What We Know — A late August hurricane menacing the Gulf Coast. Residents plucked from rooftops. A convention center repurposed as an emergency shelter. A test of a presidency. — Although it is still unfolding, Harvey …
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Politico, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Gizmodo and New York Magazine
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
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Washington Post and The Guardian
Bill King / New York Times:
Houston's Mayor Was Right to Not Evacuate
Houston's Mayor Was Right to Not Evacuate
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USA Today, Slate, Gizmodo, NBC News, Refinery29 and National Review
San Francisco Chronicle:
After melees, Berkeley mayor asks Cal to cancel right-wing Free Speech Week — In the aftermath of a right-wing rally Sunday that ended with anarchists chasing attendees from a downtown park, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin urged UC Berkeley on Monday to cancel conservatives' plans …
David Brooks / New York Times:
How Trump Kills the G.O.P. — It's ironic that race was the issue that created the Republican Party and that race could very well be the issue that destroys it. — The G.O.P. was founded to fight slavery, and through most of its history it had a decent record on civil rights.
Lakewood Church:
Dear Houstonians! Lakewood Church is inaccessible due to severe flooding! We want to help make sure you are safe. Please see the list below for safe shelters around our city, and please share this with those in need! — National Guard Rescue Phone Line: 281-464-4851
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Faithwire, TheBlaze, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Raw Story, AOL, WREG-TV, CBS San Francisco, IJR, TMZ.com and Christianity Today
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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Joel Osteen church denies reports it closed its doors to flood victims
Joel Osteen church denies reports it closed its doors to flood victims
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Talking Points Memo, The Root, IJR and Business Insider
David K. Li / New York Post:
Joel Osteen shuts megachurch amid flooding crisis
Joel Osteen shuts megachurch amid flooding crisis
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Breitbart, Faithwire, NBC News, Latest from Crooks and Liars, Mediaite, The Last Tradition, TMZ.com, Daily Wire, FOX6Now.com and Mashable
St. John Barned-Smith / Houston Chronicle:
Houston Police officer drowns in Harvey floodwaters — A Houston police officer drowned in his patrol car in Harvey floodwaters, according to three department officials. — The officer, an HPD veteran who has been with the department for more than 30 years, was in his patrol car driving …
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The Daily Caller, New York's PIX11, IJR, twitchy.com, Faithwire, ThinkProgress and CNN
Pew Research Center:
Republicans Divided in Views of Trump's Conduct; Democrats Are Broadly Critical — In their own words: How people describe Trump's presidency — In his first seven months as president, Donald Trump has generally drawn high job approval ratings among Republicans.
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Washington Post and Politicus USA
David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
How the Swamp Sold Its Soul to Donald Trump — “Your heart tells you that he's bad for the country,” one Republican strategist said. “Your head looks at polling data.” — “From a personal standpoint, I think this president f**king sucks. He's not even a Republican,” …
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Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Lurid Trump allegations made by Louise Mensch and co-writer came from hoaxer … Explosive allegations about Donald Trump made by online writers with large followings among Trump critics were based on bogus information from a hoaxer who falsely claimed to work in law enforcement.
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Instapundit, twitchy.com, RedState and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Too Much Of A Good Thing? Candidate Glut Means Primary-palooza For House Dems — Katie Porter and Dave Min are the type of candidates House Democrats dreamed of recruiting in past cycles. Both are Harvard-educated law professors with impressive biographies, connections to powerful lawmakers and strong fundraising capabilities.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Charlottesville fallout divides Democrats
MSNBC:
Exclusive: White House staff warned not to admit Gorka — Thing 1/Thing 2: All In has obtained emails sent the night the news broke that Sebastian Gorka was leaving the White House - emails that are not remotely normal, according to two former White House staff members. ... more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Uber to end post-trip tracking of riders as part of privacy push — PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc is pulling a heavily criticized feature from its app that allowed it to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip, its security chief told Reuters …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A new polling low for Trump: Just 16 percent ‘like’ his conduct as president — Polling Donald Trump is one of the most difficult and confusing exercises in modern politics. In Trump, we have a guy who won the presidency by surprisingly beating the polls in key Rust Belt states, of course.
Victoria Lopez / ACLU:
ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Deaths in Custody — Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently asked the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA), which instructs federal agencies on how to maintain records …
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