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6:15 PM ET, September 4, 2017

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ending DACA would be Trump's most evil act  —  The Post reports: … Some in the media take seriously the notion that he is “conflicted” or “wrestling” with the decision, as though Trump were engaged in a great moral debate.  That would be a first for Trump, who counts only winners and losers …
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ag.ny.gov:
Attorney General Schneiderman And Gov. Cuomo Announce That New York State Will Sue If President Trump Ends Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals Policy  —  Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today released the following statements regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy:
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Obama to speak out if Trump ends DACA  —  Former President Barack Obama plans to speak out if President Donald Trump declares his intention to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to a person close to Obama.  —  Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that in six months …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Sen. Lankford on DACA: ‘We as Americans do not hold children’ accountable parents' actions  —  (R-Okla.) on Monday responded to a report that said President Trump will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, saying the United States does not “hold children legally accountable for the actions of their parents.”
Discussion: Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and IJR
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Republican Party Autopsy Author Goes Off On GOP As Trump's DACA Decision Nears
Ken Klippenstein / The Daily Beast:
The Insane Gifts Saudi Arabia Gave President Trump … During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump attacked Hillary Clinton for accepting money from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, complaining during one of the debates, “These are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money.”
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Seoul tries to ignore Trump's criticism: 'They worry he's kind of nuts,' one observer says  —  TOKYO — South Korea's president tried late Sunday to dismiss talk of a dispute between Seoul and Washington over how to deal with North Korea following its sixth nuclear test …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Chinese Ambassador: China ‘will never allow chaos and war’ on the Korean Peninsula
Discussion: RedState
Houston Chronicle:
Missing volunteer pulled from Cypress Creek  —  Nearly four days after Harvey's record flooding slammed a rescue boat into an Interstate 45 frontage road bridge, family members of the final, missing volunteer pulled his body from Cypress Creek in Spring.  —  Alonso Guillen …
Discussion: New York Times, Splinter and Shareblue
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Idaho police reveal patient defended by ‘heroic’ nurse was an officer  —  An Idaho police department on Friday revealed that the patient in a Utah hospital is one of its reserve officers and thanked the “heroic” nurse who informed law enforcement that it was against hospital policy to draw blood …
Discussion: IJR
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Russia probes kick into high gear  —  Three congressional committees are pursuing investigations, and high-ranking Trump associates are expected to testify soon.  —  The congressional Russia investigations are entering a new and more serious phase as lawmakers return from the August recess …
Teri Christoph / RedState:
Teacher Kicks Kids Out of Class for MAGA Shirts, Becomes Internet's Favorite New Punching Bag  —  You know things are bad in our schools when math teachers can't leave their political biases at home.  Sine, cosine, tangent, neo-Nazis.  —  You also have to wonder how many times teachers …
Discussion: Daily Mail
Tim Starks / Politico:
Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight  —  The U.S. needs hundreds of millions of dollars to protect future elections from hackers — but neither the states nor Congress is rushing to fill the gap.  —  Instead, a nation still squabbling over the role Russian cyberattacks played …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Tara Fowler / ABC News:
Hurricane Irma strengthens as it closes in on the Caribbean  —  Hurricane Irma's winds have strengthened to 120 mph as it closes in on the Caribbean.  —  Hurricane watches are in effect for Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, Saba, St. Eustatius, Sint Maarten …
Discussion: The Hill and IJR
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
N.C. Red Cross may need to change focus from Harvey to Irma
Discussion: RedState and WNCN
James Vincent / The Verge:
Putin says the nation that leads in AI ‘will be the ruler of the world’  —  The Russian president warned that artificial intelligence offers ‘colossal opportunities’ as well as dangers  —  Russian president Vladimir Putin has joined the war of words concerning the international race to develop artificial intelligence.
Emily Esfahani Smith / New York Times:
You'll Never Be Famous — And That's O.K.  —  Today's college students desperately want to change the world, but too many think that living a meaningful life requires doing something extraordinary and attention-grabbing like becoming an Instagram celebrity, starting a wildly successful company or ending a humanitarian crisis.
Associated Press:
Texas expects EPA to ‘get on top of’ toxic water risk  —  https://apnews.com/a946bbf7ad0444d6a799 b8f2b6e3454d  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday he expects the Environmental Protection Agency “to get on top” of the threat of possible water contamination …
Rachel Aviv / New Yorker:
The Trials of a Muslim Cop  —  Bobby Hadid joined the N.Y.P.D. after 9/11, to protect his new country.  But when he questioned the force's tactics, his life began to erode.  —  When Bobby Farid Hadid, an Algerian merchant marine, was twenty-three, he discovered that a pay phone in a train station near the Algerian shore was broken.
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
After Bay Area violence, California debates classifying ‘antifa’ as a street gang  —  Anti-fascists fill a Berkeley park during recent protests.  After the latest round of violence in the Bay Area, police and politicians have started to wonder whether anti-fascists and white nationalists should be considered street gangs.
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
 
 
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama team's 2020 signals spark chatter among Dems
Discussion: Daily Wire
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Here's the best thing the media can do when reporting on ‘antifa’
Discussion: American Greatness
Catherine Porter / New York Times:
Chechnya's Persecuted Gays Find Refuge in Canada
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
New York Times:
The Same Agency That Runs Obamacare Is Using Taxpayer Money to Undermine It
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
CNN identifies white nationalist as supporter of ‘immigration reform’
Discussion: Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-Backed Syrian Forces Retake Old City of Raqqa
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Yon Goicoechea / New York Times:
I Am in Prison Because I Want Freedom for My Country
Lori Chung / NY1 News:
Property manager, under fire for imagery in Queens condo, is arrested
Discussion: Gothamist, Raw Story and Metro
Donald Trump / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
We must fix our self-destructive tax code
Discussion: Shareblue, Power Line and CNBC
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump names former coal executive to top mining safety post
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
All This ‘True Conservative’ Talk About ‘Principles’ Is Just Another Lie
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
The Un-P.C. Reason for Labor Day
Discussion: American Thinker
Leyla Santiago / CNN:
Mexico readies relief aid for Texas flood victims
Discussion: The Hill, Dallas Morning News and IJR
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court rejects OpenAI's effort to toss a lawsuit by The Intercept, which argued that the DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline

 
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