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3:05 PM ET, August 31, 2017

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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.
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 …
Discussion: Politicus USA
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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 …
Associated Press:
Source: Grand jury hears from lobbyist in Trump Tower confab
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Katrina Manson / Financial Times:
Russian lobbyist testifies to Mueller grand jury
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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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Niv Elis / The Hill:
Conservative leader: Don't tie Harvey relief to debt ceiling  —  The chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey should not be part of a vehicle to raise the debt ceiling.  —  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), an ally of President Trump who leads …
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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CNN:
Harvey aftermath: More chemical fires possible as city loses clean water
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.
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?  —  Snopes strikes again!  They have a vigorous rebuttal of the claim that  —  “Barack Obama was president when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005”.  —  The author, Arturo Garcia (@aboynamedart), does present examples that may be bots …
Discussion: Mediaite
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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump claimed he witnessed Harvey's devastation ‘first hand.’ The White House basically admits he didn't.
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.
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Oregon court: Couple must ‘debark’ dogs — cut their vocal cords — after neighbors complain
Discussion: CBS13 and WLS-AM 890
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump Raises an Army  —  I know that Harvey is heavy on America's heart.  —  It is certainly heavy on mine.  My oldest brother lives in the hard-hit suburban Houston town of Humble, just outside of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and on the shores of the Spring Creek and the west fork of the San Jacinto River.
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Anthea Butler / New York Times:
The Cheap Prosperity Gospel of Trump and Osteen
Discussion: Religion News Service
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
‘God drowned all the neo-Nazis of Texas’: French magazine Charlie Hebdo prints controversial cover depicting Harvey victims as white supremacists  — French magazine Charlie Hebdo's latest edition includes a cover depicting Texans who drowned in the flood waters of Tropical Storm Harvey as Nazis
Discussion: twitchy.com, Daily Wire, IJR and Mediaite
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
U.S. retaliates for Putin's move to cut U.S. embassy staff  —  The U.S. will force Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco and reduce its presence in Washington, D.C. in retaliation for Vladimir Putin's decision to compel the U.S. to cut its embassy staff in Russia by 755, the AP reports.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
U.S. retaliates against Russia by forcing diplomatic closures
Discussion: Axios
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
Cernovich Sources: White House ‘Coup’ Underway, Trump ‘Under House Arrest’  —  Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow spoke to journalist Mike Cernovich on Breitbart News Daily this morning discussing the Trump presidency, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's influence, and the possibility …
Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
The Militarization of the Hamptons  —  Why is a heavily armed counterterrorism force patrolling the parties of the rich and famous?  —  A few weeks ago, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival held one of its occasional outdoor concerts at a nearby Long Island winery.
newsroom.wf.com:
Wells Fargo Reports Completion Of Expanded Third-Party Review Of Retail Banking Accounts, Paving Way To Complete Remediation Effort  —  SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced the completion of its previously announced expanded third-party review …
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.
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Identity Politics Are Tearing America Apart  —  Political leaders should focus on the common good.  Floodwaters and rotting bridges don't discriminate.  —  The two of us have seen this before: a critical point in U.S. history, when political, social and economic upheavals have left …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Poll: Most Oppose Trump's Pardon for Ex-Sheriff Arpaio, Booting ‘Dreamers’  —  More than half of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's decision to pardon former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, while nearly two-thirds said they support a program allowing “Dreamers” to stay in the U.S. …
John Bowden / The Hill:
Voters deeply disapprove of Trump, House leaders: poll  —  President Trump and leaders of both parties in the House face mounting disapproval from voters across the board, according to a new poll released Thursday.  —  A new NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll found that Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
Petition to Declare George Soros a Terrorist is One of Most Popular on WhiteHouse.gov  —  According to the Whitehouse.gov website, a petition to declare George Soros a terrorist and seize all of his related organizations' assets under RICO and NDAA law" is one of the most popular White House petitions.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Trump to end DACA: report  —  President Trump plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program “as it exists today” on Friday, Fox News reports.  —  Under DACA, nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children have received work permits and deferral from deportation.
Discussion: Raw Story
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
BLS: Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food and Clothing Combined  —  (CNSNews.com) - Americans on average spent more on taxes in 2016 than they did on food and clothing combined, according to data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  —  The same data also shows that in three years …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Mnuchin: We have a ‘very detailed’ tax plan ready  — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the administration has a “very detailed” tax plan ready and “couldn't be more excited” about its prospects.  — President Donald Trump stressed the need for tax cuts to make the U.S. more competitive globally.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Mariano Vivanco / Interiors Feeds:
See Inside Bazaar's September Issue Starring Kim Kardashian West  —  In a stylistic homage to her fashion icon Cher, Kim Kardashian West talks about reconciling the soul of a feminist with the body of a bombshell... and why she doesn't follow Trump on Twitter  —  It's hard-out at 6.30pm.
Albert Breer / SI.com:
Colin Kaepernick Blackball?  NFL Team Executives Explain Why That Theory Doesn't Stand Up  — Decision-makers for four different teams with quarterback question marks address the reasons why they never really considered employing the ex-Niners quarterback - Also in Albert Breer's notebook …
 
 
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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
Kip Hill / Spokesman.com:
Lisa Brown, former lawmaker and WSU chancellor, announces 2018 run for Congress
Discussion: The Stranger …
AJ Willingham / CNN:
The remarkable story behind this Harvey jet ski rescue
Discussion: The Federalist
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans slip into a ‘predictable spiral’
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Bloomberg:
Harvey Wasn't Just Bad Weather. It Was Bad City Planning
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
FBI fights public release of Trump dossier info
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
'I'm a g*ddamn human being': Crying white supremacist Cantwell stuck in jail — and really hates his nickname
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Sen. Kamala Harris announces support for ‘Medicare-for-All’ bill
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Mueller teams up with New York attorney general in Manafort probe
 

 
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