memeorandum: Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand will lead Democrats to 2020 victory (Michael Starr Hopkins/The Hill)

9:25 PM ET, September 3, 2017

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Eliana Johnson / Politico:

Trump has decided to end DACA, with 6-month delay — President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to two sources familiar with his thinking.

Discussion: RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, IJR, myfox8.com and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Inside the DACA fight — Beyond North Korea, Trump has another “no good options” dilemma this week: his decision, due Tuesday, on whether to terminate DACA — the Obama-era program that temporarily shields from deportation illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. before their 16th birthday.

Discussion: Washington Post

CNN:

Exclusive: Read the Inauguration Day letter Obama left for Trump — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)During his final moments in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama folded into thirds a handwritten letter to Donald Trump, slid it into an envelope, and in neat capital letters addressed it to “Mr. President.”

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US EPA:

EPA Response To The AP's Misleading Story — Good afternoon - — Yesterday, the Associated Press' Michael Biesecker wrote an incredibly misleading story about toxic land sites that are under water. — Despite reporting from the comfort of Washington, Biesecker had the audacity to imply …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Shareblue, Business Insider, New York Magazine, The Verge and TheBlaze

Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:

Trump's EPA attacks AP reporter in personal terms — President Donald Trump's habit of singling out reporters for attacks is being adopted by his federal agencies, with the Environmental Protection Agency excoriating an Associated Press reporter in unusually personal terms on Sunday …

Discussion: The Guardian, ThinkProgress and Washington Monthly, more at Mediagazer »

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
EPA finds 13 Superfund sites possibly damaged after Harvey

Discussion: Gizmodo and Hullabaloo

Associated Press:
AP EXCLUSIVE: Toxic waste sites flooded in Houston area

Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller and Raw Story

New York Times:

North Korean Nuclear Test Draws U.S. Warning of ‘Massive Military Response’ — WASHINGTON — North Korea's detonation of a sixth nuclear bomb on Sunday prompted the Trump administration to warn that even the threat to use such a weapon against the United States and its allies “will be met with a massive military response.”

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mid.ru:

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation — We express our deep concern at test of a “thermonuclear explosive device for an intercontinental ballistic missile” announced by the DPRK on September 3. — This yet another example of Pyongyang's outright disregard …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, RT and New York Times

New York Times:

Why Trump, After North Korea's Blast, Aimed His Sharpest Fire at the South — WASHINGTON — While the world agonized over the huge nuclear test in North Korea this weekend, President Trump aimed his most pointed rhetorical fire not at the renegade regime in Pyongyang, but at America's closest partner …

Discussion: The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, RedState, ThinkProgress, The Atlantic and Balloon Juice

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Mattis warns North Korea of ‘massive military response’ if it threatens US, allies

Discussion: Axios, Sputnik International, The Guardian, fox13now.com, CNBC, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, ABC News, Business Insider and twitchy.com

Daily Mail:
Kim's young 'un: Spies reveal North Korean dictator has a secret son waiting in the wings …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

BBC:
North Korea nuclear test: Hydrogen bomb ‘missile-ready’

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Daily Kos

Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Says It Tested a Hydrogen Bomb Meant for Missiles

Discussion: TheBlaze, Booman Tribune, Washington Monthly and New York Magazine

New York Times:
Amid Nuclear Tensions, Trump Mulls Exit From South Korea Trade Deal

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and Washington Post

Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:

Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand will lead Democrats to 2020 victory — As Democrats survey the political landscape and focus on rebuilding the party after the disastrous 2016 election, there's no denying that a change in leadership is desperately needed.

Heather Caygle / Politico: The next Kennedy weighs his next move

Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:

‘Are you on drugs?’: Top Trump lawyer Ty Cobb slams ‘rabid’ press in lengthy response to questions on Comey letter — White House special counsel Ty Cobb, who was appointed to represent President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation, on Saturday issued his lengthiest statement yet …

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, IJR and Washington Post

Neil Irwin / New York Times:

To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now — ROCHESTER — Gail Evans and Marta Ramos have one thing in common: They have each cleaned offices for one of the most innovative, profitable and all-around successful companies in the United States.

Discussion: Mashable

Amanda Wicks / Pitchfork:

Steely Dan's Walter Becker Dead at 67 — He and Donald Fagen co-founded the group in 1972 — Steely Dan's guitarist Walter Becker has died, as confirmed by a post on his official website. He was 67 years old. Becker had recently undergone an operation that left him unable to tour …

Discussion: The Ringer - All, The Guardian, CBS San Francisco, Gothamist and myfox8.com

New York Times:
Walter Becker, Co-Founder of Steely Dan, Dies at 67

Discussion: Scripting News

Lauren Duca / The Guardian:

John Legend: ‘Trump is an embarrassment to the country’ — The music star talks about everyday racism in the US, how his wife Chrissy Teigen makes him bolder and why La La Land shouldn't be written off as a white film about jazz … n the morning of our interview, John Legend was hitting …

Kaylee Remington / Plain Dealer:

Cleveland police union will not hold flag during Browns' opener, citing players kneeling during National Anthem — Members of the Cleveland Browns kneel during the national anthem before an NFL preseason football game between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Browns, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Cleveland.