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2:55 PM ET, September 1, 2017

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New York Times:
Mueller Has Early Draft of Trump Letter Giving Reasons for Firing Comey  —  WASHINGTON — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has obtained a letter that President Trump and a top political aide drafted in the days before Mr. Trump fired the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey …
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CNN:
Comey drafted Clinton exoneration before finishing investigation, GOP senators say  —  (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey drafted a statement exonerating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for running her government emails through a private email server before completing the investigation, according to two Republican senators.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Again Lashes Out at Comey's Handling of Clinton Investigation
Discussion: Chuck Grassley, IJR and Mediaite
Pamela Manson / Salt Lake Tribune:
Video shows Utah nurse screaming, being dragged into police car after refusing to let officer take blood from unconscious victim  —  A nurse says she was assaulted and illegally arrested by a Salt Lake City police detective for following a hospital policy that does not allow blood draws from unconscious patients.
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
‘This is crazy,’ sobs Utah hospital nurse as cop roughs her up, arrests her for doing her job  —  By all accounts, the head nurse at the University of Utah Hospital's burn unit was professional and restrained when she told a Salt Lake City police detective he wasn't allowed to draw blood from a badly injured patient.
Pat Reavy / Deseret News:
'Stop!  I've done nothing wrong': Nurse shares police video of ‘crazy’ arrest by S.L. officer  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Alex Wubbels said she couldn't believe what was happening.  —  “This is crazy.  This is crazy.  Why is he so angry?” she is heard on body camera video, nearly in tears …
Stand With Dreamers:
Leaders of American Industry on DACA  —  Entrepreneurs and business leaders from across the country are releasing an open letter encouraging President Trump to preserve the DACA program and calling on Congress to pass the bipartisan DREAM Act or similar legislation that provides …
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CNN:
Ryan asks Trump to hold off on scrapping DACA  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday gave a major boost to legislative efforts to preserve protections for young undocumented immigrants — and urged President Donald Trump to not tear up the program.
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Ryan says Trump shouldn't end DACA
Discussion: Axios, JustOneMinute, RedState and IJR
Washington Post:
Paul Ryan, other GOP congressional leaders urge Trump not to terminate DACA
Discussion: Shareblue and Infowars
John McCain / Washington Post:
It's time Congress returns to regular order  —  (FILES) This file photo taken on March 23, 2017 shows a view of the US Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC.  The top ‘AAA’ long-term debt rating of the United States will be in danger if lawmakers do not raise borrowing limits in a timely fashion …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Hurricane Harvey Shifts Political Winds in Washington  —  WASHINGTON — In swamping large swaths of Texas and Louisiana, Hurricane Harvey also forged a new reality for President Trump and the Republicans governing Washington.  —  Gone are the confrontational talk of a government shutdown and the brinkmanship over the debt limit.
Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News, CNBC and Axios
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Trump requesting initial $6B in aid for Harvey
Discussion: Bloomberg, National Review and Axios
Associated Press:
Trump's hiring, budget raises questions about US Harvey help
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Software Glitch or Russian Hackers?  Election Problems Draw Little Scrutiny  —  The calls started flooding in from hundreds of irate North Carolina voters just after 7 a.m. on Election Day last November.  —  Dozens were told they were ineligible to vote and were turned away at the polls …
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump pulls back threat to shut down government over border wall — for now  —  The White House has signaled to congressional Republicans that it will not shut down the government in October if money isn't appropriated to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, potentially clearing a path …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Business Insider
Josh Meyer / Politico:
FBI, Homeland Security warn of more ‘antifa’ attacks  —  Federal authorities have been warning state and local officials since early 2016 that leftist extremists known as “antifa” had become increasingly confrontational and dangerous, so much so that the Department of Homeland Security formally classified …
Daily Mail:
L'Oreal's first transgender model is SACKED by the cosmetics giant after claiming ‘ALL white people’ are racist in extraordinary Facebook rant  — But days after she was announced as L'Oreal's first transgender model, Munroe Bergdorf launched an extraordinary rant declaring all white people racist
Discussion: The Root and NBC News
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Treasury inspector general to review Mnuchin's flight to Fort Knox  —  The U.S. Treasury's Office of Inspector General is reviewing the flight taken by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, last week to Louisville and Fort Knox, Ky., following criticism of their use …
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Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
Cohn, Mnuchin appear to differ on tax reform progress
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Jeff Sessions' DOJ To Put Woman Who Laughed At Jeff Sessions On Trial Yet Again  —  Desiree Fairooz's brief chuckle during the attorney general's confirmation hearing in January has turned into a nine-month ordeal, and it's not over yet.  —  WASHINGTON Jeff Sessions' Justice Department plans …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Mick the Knife  —  Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's budget director, walked into the Oval Office in early May on a longshot mission.  The slash-government conservative wanted to persuade the president to break one of his most popular campaign promises.
Discussion: Vox, Raw Story and Axios
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Leader of Trump's voter suppression scheme exposed as a paid columnist for Breitbart  —  Kris Kobach's undisclosed paid work for Breitbart further blurs the line between the private media company and state-sanctioned propaganda.  —  Trump with his leading voter suppression expert, Kris Kobach
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
Obama Is Now the Most Costly Former President  —  After his pension, an office space, and other perks, former President Obama is costing taxpayers the most to support out of all the ex-presidents.  —  Next year, the American people will be footing his bill to the tune of $1,153,000, according to a Congressional Research Service memo.
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Former aides to GOP lawmaker describe toxic work environment  —  https://apnews.com/e072b685bc0e4fec97cd 2e455a3fbae9  —  Link copied!  —  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Staffers in tears.  Pay cuts for small mistakes.  Aides who walked out of the office — and never came back.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Josh Delk / The Hill:
‘Art of the Deal’ co-author: No way Trump donates $1 million to Harvey victims  —  Tony Schwartz, co-author of the bestselling book “Art of the Deal” with Donald Trump  —  tweeted Friday saying he doesn't believe that President Trump will follow through with his pledge to donate $1 million …
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
‘Art of the Deal’ ghostwriter: There's no way Trump will give $1 million to Harvey victims
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Mueller Enlists the IRS for His Trump-Russia Investigation … Special counsel Bob Mueller has teamed up with the IRS.  According to sources familiar with his investigation into alleged Russian election interference, his probe has enlisted the help of agents from the IRS' Criminal Investigations unit.
Ernie Suggs / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cobb officer who said ‘we only shoot black people’ says he'll retire  —  A white Cobb County police lieutenant who told a woman during a traffic stop that “we only shoot black people” will be fired, the police chief said on Thursday.  —  But even as Chief Mike Register was on live TV announcing …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Vox and WSB-TV
 
 
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Marianne Schaefer Trench / The Daily Beast:
When I Filmed Sheriff Joe Arpaio, He Was Cooperative and Horrifying
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Libby Watson / Splinter:
Now CNN Can Read Its Reporters' DMs
The Nation:
A Leak or a Hack? A Forum on the VIPS Memo
Discussion: Power Line and emptywheel
New York Times:
Harvey Live Updates: Death Toll Rises in Texas
Discussion: Axios and Faithwire
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Trump Flaunts His Indifference to the Rule of Law
Discussion: the daily howler and driftglass
Deneen L. Brown / Washington Post:
Thurgood Marshall asked an ex-Klan member to help him make Supreme Court history
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 Earlier Items: 
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Talk of Assange pardon worries intelligence community
Discussion: Raw Story and The Resurgent
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Army general's racy texts with subordinate's wife prompt official probe
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Candid? Yes. Presidential? Not so much. Voters describe Trump
Discussion: The Hill
Richard Florida / New York Times:
The Urban Revival Is Over  —  TORONTO — For all the concern …
Discussion: CityLab
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Why Democrats are snubbing their Alabama Senate candidate