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2:40 PM ET, September 2, 2017

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The Daily Beast:
John Kelly Pushing Out Omarosa for ‘Triggering’ Trump … Newly minted White House chief of staff John Kelly has sought to put a dent in the influence of one of President Donald Trump's most famous advisers: Omarosa Manigault.  —  The former Apprentice co-star—who currently serves …
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New York Times:
Forceful Chief of Staff Grates on Trump, and the Feeling Is Mutual  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was in an especially ornery mood after staff members gently suggested he refrain from injecting politics into day-to-day issues of governing after last month's raucous rally in Arizona …
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Steve Bannon's right hand woman remains in the White House
Melissa Gray / CNN:
'I've done nothing wrong': Utah nurse's arrest prompts police apology  —  (CNN)Salt Lake City police apologized Friday for arresting a nurse who, citing hospital policy, refused to let officers draw blood from an unconscious crash victim.  The arrest of Alex Wubbels, who was later released without charge …
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Luke Ramseth / Salt Lake Tribune:
SLC mayor, police chief apologize for officer who arrested nurse; criminal investigation to follow  —  Police department places two officers on leave as internal investigation continues.  —  Hours after Salt Lake City's mayor and police chief apologized for an officer handcuffing a hospital nurse …
Jana Winter / Foreign Policy:
Fire Spotted at Russian Diplomatic Building in D.C.  —  First San Francisco.  Now Washington.  —  A fire could be seen burning in the back of the Russian diplomatic building in Washington Friday evening, just one day after President Donald Trump ordered Moscow to scale back its diplomatic presence in the United States.
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RT:
US security services to search Russian consulate in San Francisco on Saturday - Moscow
Discussion: New York Times and Metro
Christopher Brennan / New York Daily News:   Smoke billows from closing consulate as Russia says FBI will search it
New York Times:
Waiting for a Perfect Protest?  —  Media outlets and commentators representing a range of political persuasions have called attention to recent outbreaks of violence in Berkeley, Calif., Boston and other locations where anti-racist and anti-fascist demonstrators have gathered.
Emma Anderson / Politico:
Far-right German candidate promises to get rid of Arabic numerals  —  A mayoral candidate for the far-right, anti-immigrant NPD party promised to get rid of Arabic numerals if elected, German media reported Friday.  —  Otfried Best, who is hoping to become mayor of Völklingen …
Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic:
Hurricane Harvey's Public-Health Nightmare  —  For the thousands of people traveled through Harvey's flood waters to Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center, safety was not yet at hand.  Although delivered from the worst of the storm, the packed masses were one of the loci of another brewing problem …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Matt Damon Talks Clooney, Trump, ‘Suburbicon’ and Racism in America  —  The star of ‘Suburbicon’ and ‘Downsizing’ discusses his long history with George Clooney, his itch to direct, his disdain for the president and his outrage about Charlottesville: “To see these young, aggrieved …
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
President Trump returning to Texas to meet with ‘families’ affected by Harvey  —  President Donald Trump returns to Texas today, this time to meet with families whose lives have been upended by Hurricane Harvey as well as volunteers with the rescue and recovery efforts.
Joseph Serna / Los Angeles Times:
San Francisco sets all-time heat record downtown at 106 degrees during state's hottest recorded summer  —  Lilly Santiago, 5, left, cools off with her mother, Lupita, 56, after playing basketball at Lanark Park on Thursday.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Adam Shaw / Breitbart:
White House Not Pushing Congress for Border Wall Funding, Won't Shut Down Government  —  The White House has reportedly told Republican lawmakers that it won't shut down the government if the wall on the southern border is not funded in the upcoming short-term budget deal …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Drafted Letter on Why He Wanted Comey Out  —  Before firing FBI director, Trump wrote he should go for not publicly clearing him in Russia probe  —  The weekend before he fired FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump drafted a letter to him laying out the reasons …
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Politico:
Trump aides averted more detailed letter justifying Comey firing
Kid Rock:
I am starting to see reports...  I am starting to see reports from the misinformed press and the fake news on how I am in violation of breaking campaign law.  —  #1 I have still not officially announced my candidacy.  —  #2 See #1 and go f**k yourselves.  —  Everyone else, Have a great Labor Day …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:   Kid Rock lashes out over alleged campaign finance violation
Julienne Davis / Fox News:
‘Eyes Wide Shut’ actress: I came out as a conservative in Hollywood.  Here's the incredible story of what happened next  —  About a year ago I made one of the more risky decisions of my life - one that I knew could hurt my career as an actress.  I decided to come out of the conservative closet …
Discussion: IJR, LifeNews.com and Daily Wire
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Moment of truth arrives for Obamacare repeal  —  In a potential death knell for efforts to repeal Obamacare — at least this year — the Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Republicans face a Sept. 30 deadline to kill or overhaul the law with only 50 votes, Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee said Friday.
Discussion: Political Wire
David Bernstein / Washington Post:
Georg Vanberg: Democracy in Chains and James M. Buchanan on school integration  —  Georg Vanberg, professor of political science and law at Duke University, asked me to post the short essay below on his behalf.  —  Much ink has been spilled over Nancy MacLean's “Democracy in Chains,” …
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Mike Kessler / New Republic:
Antifa Broke My Camera  —  What it's like to cover the black-clad activists at the frontlines of the battle against white supremacy.  —  I had barely stepped off Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Berkeley, California, when I saw the first signs of violence: two dozen protesters scattering …
 
 
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Sen. Feinstein called for ‘patience’ with Trump.  Now she faces a liberal backlash as she ponders reelection
Discussion: Althouse
Ashley McGuire / USA Today:
Hurricane Harvey photo proves chivalry is alive and well in America
Discussion: Instapundit and Clayton Cramer
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Nation issues editor's note on story questioning whether the DNC was hacked
Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump Rolls Back Onerous Diversity Regs
Discussion: Power Line
Chicago Tribune:
Richard Posner announces sudden retirement from federal appeals court in Chicago
 Earlier Items: 
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
New America, a Google-Funded Think Tank, Faces Backlash for Firing a Google Critic
Reuters:
North Korea sentences South Korean reporters to death over review of book about country
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
After Harvey, the Trump administration reconsiders flood rules it just rolled back
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
White House walks back promise about Trump donating his ‘personal money’ to Harvey victims
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mediaite
Matt Dempsey / Houston Chronicle:
Arkema backtracks, refuses to provide chemical inventory to the public
Discussion: Washington Post and Mother Jones
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Watch as Trump Calls On A Bunch of Religious Leaders to Thank Him For His Harvey Efforts
CNN:
DOJ to retry woman who laughed during Sessions' confirmation hearing
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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