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6:40 PM ET, August 31, 2017

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NBC News:
Manafort Notes From Russian Meet Contain Cryptic Reference to ‘Donations’  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort's notes from a controversial Trump Tower meeting with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign included the word “donations,” near a reference to the Republican National Committee …
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Associated Press:
Source: Grand jury hears from lobbyist in Trump Tower confab
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Attorneys Lay Out Arguments Against Obstruction-of-Justice Probe to Mueller  —  In meetings and memos, lawyers argue president didn't obstruct justice by firing former FBI Chief Comey  —  WASHINGTON—Lawyers for Donald Trump have met several times with Special Counsel Robert Mueller …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump expected to halt Obama's program but allow some Dreamers to stay temporarily  —  WASHINGTON  —  President Donald Trump is expected to end an Obama-era program that shielded young people from deportation, but he will likely let the immigrants known as Dreamers stay in the United States until …
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Fox News:
Trump expected to announce end to Obama-era DACA, official says  —  President Trump, as early as Friday, is expected to announce plans to end the Obama administration program that gave a deportation reprieve to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants, a senior administration official told Fox News.
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Trump to end DACA: report
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Reuters:
Trump expected to rescind Obama Dreamer policy: senior official
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke resigns  —  Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke resigned from his position on Thursday.  Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said that he received a resignation letter from Clarke but that no reason for the move was provided.
Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze and The Resurgent
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TMJ4:
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has resigned  —  Watch County Executive Chris Abele's reaction to Sheriff Clarke's resignation below.  Remarks are scheduled for 4:30 p.m.  —  MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke resigned Thursday, TODAY'S TMJ4 has learned.
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
David A. Clarke Jr. resigns as Milwaukee County sheriff
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and IJR
Bloomberg:
Kushners' China Deal Flop Was Part of Much Bigger Hunt for Cash  —  Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and top adviser, wakes up each morning to a growing problem that will not go away.  His family's real estate business, Kushner Cos., owes hundreds of millions of dollars on a 41-story office building on Fifth Avenue.
The Daily Beast:
The CEO of Laura Ingraham's LifeZette Won't Stop Talking About His Employees' ‘Boobs and Butts’ … LifeZette, the politics and culture website founded by prominent ally of President Donald Trump and longtime talk-radio host Laura Ingraham, is in trouble.  —  Traffic to the site …
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Freedom Caucus leader warns: Don't attach Harvey aid to debt-ceiling increase  —  The leader of an influential group of House conservatives warned GOP leaders Thursday not to attach aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey to an increase in the federal debt limit, a stance that could constrain Speaker Paul D. Ryan …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Harvey upends shutdown fight
Discussion: Axios and New York Magazine
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
This is the best photo Trump could find for “witnessing” hurricane devastation “first hand”  —  Donald Trump said he witnessed the devastation of Hurricane Harvey “first hand.”  —  He did not.  —  He did not even come close.  —  His Tuesday trip to Texas took him to Corpus Christi, several hundred miles away from Houston.
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Anthea Butler / New York Times:
The Cheap Prosperity Gospel of Trump and Osteen
Discussion: Religion News Service
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   Trump Raises an Army
William Axford / Houston Chronicle:
Sugar Land Pizza Hut workers deliver food to Hurricane Harvey victims by kayak
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump is slashing Obamacare's advertising budget by 90%  —  The White House will also cut the in-person outreach program by $23 million.  —  The Trump administration plans to deeply cut Obamacare outreach and advertising, officials announced Thursday.  They will reduce Obamacare advertising …
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David Nather / Axios:
HHS cuts ACA advertising budget by 90%
Discussion: Politico
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC chief of staff resigns amid rash of departures  —  Sara Armstrong, the top staffer at the Republican National Committee, is departing, according to three people familiar with the move — the latest in a string of exits from the committee.  —  Armstrong, the RNC's chief of staff …
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Mnuchin: Treasury could scrap plans to replace Jackson on $20 bill  —  said Thursday that the Treasury Department could scrap plans finalized under President Barack Obama  —  to replace President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Mnuchin: We have a ‘very detailed’ tax plan ready
Discussion: New York Magazine
Arturo Garcia / Snopes.com:
Was Barack Obama President During Hurricane Katrina?  —  Twitter users tried to pin the blame for Katrina relief issues on Obama, though he wasn't even president when it hit New Orleans. … CLAIM  —  Barack Obama was president when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.  —  RATING  —  FALSE
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Who Will Fact-Check The Fact-Checkers?
Discussion: Mediaite
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump Energy official who said controversial comments were result of hacking resigns  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)William C. Bradford, a Trump administration appointee who heads the Energy Department's Office of Indian Energy, resigned Thursday after claiming this week inflammatory comments …
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
CONFIRMED: Comey Decided He Wasn't Going to Refer Hillary For Prosecution Long Before FBI Investigation Was Over  —  According to new transcripts released by the Senate Judiciary Thursday afternoon, former FBI Director James Comey made the decision not to refer then Democrat presidential …
Discussion: RedState, Daily Wire and IJR
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
GOP senators: Comey drafted statement clearing Clinton before her interview
Discussion: Axios
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Officer to woman during traffic stop: ‘We only kill black people, right?’  —  COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Exclusive dash-cam video obtained by Channel 2 Action News caught an officer's interaction with a woman who said she was afraid to move her hands during a traffic stop.
Houston Chronicle:
Explosions reported at flooded Crosby chemical plant  —  A fire broke out at the Arkema plant in Crosby early Thursday, following chemical explosions overnight that sent plumes of black smoke into the air.  —  Arkema officials warned that more explosions are likely because there are eight additional box vans …
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TheBlaze:
A message from Glenn Beck: A heavy heart and the road ahead  —  What happened?  My heart is heavy today.  —  You might have noticed that recently something has been bothering me.  —  Today, we said goodbye to just over 20 percent of the combined workforce of Mercury Radio Arts and TheBlaze …
Aimee Green / Oregonian:
Owners must surgically ‘debark’ loud dogs, court rules  —  Gallery: Owners must debark dogs, court rules  —  The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a southern Oregon couple must quiet their incessantly barking dogs by sending them to the vet to have their voices surgically squelched.
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Southern Poverty Law Center Transfers Millions in Cash to Offshore Entities  —  Left-wing nonprofit pays lucrative six-figure salaries to top management  —  The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a liberal, Alabama-based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization that has gained prominence …
Rebecca Leber / Mother Jones:
Trump Can Say Whatever He Likes: He's Made Rebuilding a Safe Houston Much, Much Harder  —  He weakened an important federal standard 10 days before the storm.  —  Harvey's toll is already immense.  Thousands are still stranded, and the death toll is 39.  Many Houston streets are lakes …
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Gov. Abbott Disses Trump: VP Pence Has Shown ‘Genuine Lord-Empowered Leadership’  —  Governor Greg Abbott threw some shade on Trump's visit to Texas during Hurricane Harvey by introducing Mike Pence as “a man who's shown genuine Lord-empowered leadership as the Vice President of the United States.”
Discussion: Hullabaloo
The Daily Mississippian:
Ole Miss Greek life retreat ends abruptly with bias concerns  —  This weekend, leaders from Ole Miss Greek life convened upon Camp Hopewell in Lafayette County for a three-day retreat designed to build leaders and bring campus closer together.  The retreat was cut short Saturday night …
 
 
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Why a Republican Pollster Is Losing Faith in Her Party
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Kaja Whitehouse / New York Post:
Teen says juvenile detention center used inmates as ‘sex slaves’
Discussion: Daily Wire and Raw Story
Sara A. Carter / Circa:
A former FBI agent battling Deputy Director McCabe said there is a ‘cancer’ inside the FBI
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
White House Quietly Removes Sexual Assault Report From Website
Discussion: The Root
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
SPLC Says Army Bases Are Confederate Monuments That Need To Come Down
Discussion: IJR and Daily Wire
Jack Heretik / Washington Free Beacon:
Morning Joe Slams Democrats for Not Having a ‘Unifying Message’: ‘What Has Happened to This Party?’
Discussion: IJR
Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
U.S., South Korean and Japanese warplanes carry out show of force against North Korea
Discussion: TheBlaze
 Earlier Items: 
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
BLS: Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food and Clothing Combined
Wall Street Journal:
Identity Politics Are Tearing America Apart
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
The Militarization of the Hamptons
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Poll: Most Oppose Trump's Pardon for Ex-Sheriff Arpaio, Booting ‘Dreamers’
Discussion: Vox, Liberal Values, Balloon Juice and Axios
John Bowden / The Hill:
Voters deeply disapprove of Trump, House leaders: poll
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState