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12:45 PM ET, August 29, 2017

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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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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cruz defends vote on Sandy relief bill: ‘Filled with pork’
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Resurgent
Politico:
Hurricane aid adds to GOP's dreadful September
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.”
Discussion: 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.
The Hill:
Gorka suggests covert US cyber program targeted at N. Korea
Discussion: RedState
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
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Hullabaloo
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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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
How Washington Made Harvey Worse
Discussion: Vox, The Hill, Grist, CityLab and Gizmodo
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
Discussion: Washington Post and The Guardian
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Will Hurricane Harvey prompt a Trump ‘reset’?  His megalomania probably won't allow it.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  When disasters strike the United States, we generally are treated to not one, but two, rituals.  The first unfolds around the president's efforts to project an empathizing …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: 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,” …
Discussion: 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.
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}}
Discussion: Washington Post
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
The Guardian:
Sky stops broadcasting rightwing US channel Fox News in UK  —  Sources say decision to stop broadcasting controversial channel is not connected to Fox's £11.7bn takeover bid for Sky … Rupert Murdoch has taken the rightwing US channel Fox News off the air in the UK after 15 years.
Discussion: AOL, more at Mediagazer »
Chicago Tribune:
Amazon slashes Whole Foods prices by up to 43 percent on first day  —  After falling 37 percent this year on disappointing sales and investor concern over the Amazon-Whole Foods union, Kroger fell 0.5 percent on Monday.  (Aug. 28, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here http://bit.ly/2n6VKPR)
 
 
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Lakewood Church:
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 Earlier Items: 
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump responds to Ingraham: We're trying to shrink government
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sean Illing / Vox:
10 legal experts on why Trump can't pardon his way out of the Russia investigation
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Cabanatuan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Jeff Wieler quits as Piedmont mayor, stays on council after Facebook uproar
Discussion: SFist and Raw Story
Amna Nawaz / ABC News:
Former GOP insider on discrimination in her party
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Goodbye, Columbus?  —  The Christopher Columbus statue in Manhattan's Columbus Circle
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