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7:15 PM ET, August 30, 2017

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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
The Latest: GOP eyeing $1B disaster funds cut to help wall  —  https://www.apnews.com/83e6782d48e04993 a741b834771c078b  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and Congress (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump is promising billions …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Breitbart goes to war on vulnerable GOP senator who dared criticize Trump
Discussion: Jacobin, Breitbart and Infowars
David Catanese / US News:
Arizona's Rattled Senate Race
CNBC:
Arkema: No way to prevent explosion at flooded Texas chemical plant  — All residents within 1.5 miles of a chemical plant in southeast Texas were evacuated on Tuesday because of the rising risk of an explosion.  — The owner of the plant, Arkema, said in a statement the situation at its Crosby …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Texas paper nails Trump for lying about “witnessing” devastation of hurricane “first hand”  —  Hurricane Harvey was the first test of how Donald Trump would handle a domestic crisis — and he failed that test miserably.  —  On Tuesday, Trump traveled to Corpus Christi, Texas …
Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Post-Harvey, Trump eschews typical presidential optics for Trumpism
Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico and CNN
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant  —  WASHINGTON — In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Legal challenge to Arpaio pardon begins  —  After President Trump's pardon of ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of criminal contempt for violating a court order designed to stop the violation of the constitutional rights of suspected illegal immigrants, conventional wisdom …
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J.D. Heyman / People.com:
Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Help Hurricane Relief Effort  —  Actress Sandra Bullock is pitching in to help victims of Hurricane Harvey — donating $1 million to the Red Cross relief effort, the relief organization confirms.  —  “This is an incredible gift.  We're so thankful.
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters' mood sours, 56 percent say Trump tearing country apart  —  Voter satisfaction with the direction of the nation is down by double digits, as a majority says President Donald Trump is tearing the country apart.  —  That's according to the latest Fox News Poll.
Discussion: Politicus USA and Joe.My.God.
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Erik Prince / New York Times:
Contractors, Not Troops, Will Save Afghanistan  —  In 1941, shortly after Pearl Harbor pulled the United States into World War II, a group of volunteer American aviators led by Gen. Claire Chennault known as the Flying Tigers fought Japanese aggression in China.
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Libby Watson / Splinter:
The New York Times' Blackwater Op-Ed Is a Disgrace  —  Yesterday, a scarecrow made of mashed potatoes named Jamie Kirchick wrote an op-ed for the New York Times bemoaning how “transgender trumps treachery” for those who praise Chelsea Manning.  Kirchick lamented the attention …
Checkey Beckford / NBC New York:
Christopher Columbus Statue Beheaded in Yonkers  —  Police say it could have been juveniles or could be fallout from the deadly protests earlier this month in Charlottesville  —  A statue of celebrated explorer Christopher Columbus was found beheaded in a Yonkers park.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Statue of Christopher Columbus found beheaded in New York
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
NBC Insider: ‘Total Panic’ Over Megyn Kelly's Morning Show … Four weeks before the Sept. 25 debut of Megyn Kelly Today—the 9 a.m. replacement for the venerable morning show's third hour, Today's Take—some NBC insiders are expressing doubts, and even worries, about the network news division's plan …
Discussion: The Root, Mediaite and Althouse
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David Edwards / Raw Story:   NBC in ‘total panic’ as Megyn Kelly attracts only old white people after firing popular black host Tamron Hall
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
A fresh crisis may be emerging within Trump's administration  —  MORE FROM: … As horrible as it is, the Houston deluge eventually will fade from the headlines and the media's attention will return full-time to the rising waters around Donald Trump's presidency.
Discussion: New York Times
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Pittsburgh focus group tanks Trump
John Wildermuth / San Francisco Chronicle:
Feinstein surprises SF crowd by expressing hope for Trump  —  U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein shocks an audience in San Francisco saying Trump could be a good president.  Elizabeth Keatinge (@elizkeatinge) has more.  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein may be San Francisco's favorite politician …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Trump makes policy pledge to senator investigating son's Russia meeting  —  President promises federal support for ethanol to industry backer Chuck Grassley a day after reports that Trump Jr will meet with Grassley's committee … Donald Trump called a senior Republican senator from Iowa …
Discussion: CNN, IJR and Political Wire
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CNN:
Peskov: Trump lawyer wrote to Kremlin, got no response
Discussion: Bloomberg and emptywheel
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's tax speech: light on substance, heavy on populism  —  You won't learn anything new about the secretly-negotiated details of the Republican tax plan, when President Trump visits a manufacturing company in Springfield, Missouri.  —  What you will learn is how Trump plans to sell the GOP tax plan …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump pitches tax reform to ‘bring back Main Street’
Discussion: Daily Wire
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Trumka: Some White House trade backers ‘turned out to be racist’  —  AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Wednesday morning that some White House aides who support protectionist trade policies “turned out to be racist,” after President Donald Trump held a news conference blaming both sides …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘This is not what he signed up for’: Confidant says Trump's mood 'worst it's ever been'
Discussion: Axios
Tegna / KING-TV:
King County deputy on leave after pulling gun during traffic stop  —  Raw: Deputy pulls gun during traffic stop.  Video: Alex Randall. … A King County Sheriff's deputy will be placed on administrative leave Tuesday after a video surfaced that shows the deputy confronting a motorcyclist with a gun during a traffic stop.
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Wfla Web / WFLA-TV:
VIDEO: Truck slams into Pasco Co. deputies, woman
Discussion: Associated Press, KRON4.com and WCMH-TV
Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed:
Betsy DeVos's Hiring Of A Former For-Profit College Dean To Head Fraud Unit Spurs Anger  —  “This is a joke, right?”  —  Betsy DeVos has hired a former official at the for-profit college DeVry University to run a unit that investigates for-profit college fraud, according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Mina Kimes / ESPN:
The Search For Aaron Rodgers … Photographs by Randall Slavin  —  After the game, Aaron Rodgers got on the bus.  It was unusually cold in Arlington during the week leading up to Super Bowl XLV; a winter storm had barreled into Texas, blanketing Cowboys Stadium with so much snow that slabs of ice cascaded from the roof.
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
How to Get Rich in Trump's Washington  —  His presidency has changed the rules of influence in the nation's capital — and spawned a new breed of lobbyist on K Street.  —  As for so many other people, election night did not pan out quite the way Robert Stryk expected.
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Fox News Signs Tomi Lahren as Contributor  —  Conservative media host Tomi Lahren has joined Fox News in a contributor role, the cable news network announced Wednesday.  —  She will make her debut as a contributor on tonight's edition of “Hannity” at 10 p.m. ET/PT. According to FNC …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story, theGrio and Mashable
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA approval brings first gene therapy to the United States  —  CAR T-cell therapy approved to treat certain children and young adults with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia … For Immediate Release … The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a historic action today making …
 
 
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
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Art Swift / Gallup:
Labor Union Approval Best Since 2003, at 61%
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ilan Goldenberg / Politico:
Don't Call Them ‘Obama Holdovers.’ Call Them Patriots.
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Mattis responds to Trump: US ‘never out of diplomatic solutions’ on North Korea
Discussion: ABC News, RedState and Politico
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ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trauma on Field
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Trump's Missouri supporters weigh in on Trump: It's complicated
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