memeorandum: The New York Daily News Is Said to Be Nearing Sale (New York Times)

10:20 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 …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Atlantic, bradford-delong.com, Power Line, Talking Points Memo, Vox and Axios

New York Times:

On DACA, President Trump Has No Easy Path — WASHINGTON — For months, an anxious and uncertain President Trump was caught between opposing camps in the West Wing prodding him to either scrap or salvage an Obama-era program allowing undocumented immigrants brought to the country as minors to remain in the United States.

Rachael Bade / Politico:

Trump's punt to Congress on DACA threatens new GOP rift — President Donald Trump's expected decision to punt the fate of nearly 800,000 Dreamers to Congress promises to drive yet another rift through an already fractured Republican Party, which has for years struggled to coalesce around immigration reform proposals.

Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill, KTLA, Jamie Dupree - AJC, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

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:

Discussion: The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Talking Points Memo and IJR

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Sen. Lankford on DACA: ‘We as Americans do not hold children’ accountable parents' actions

Discussion: Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and IJR

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Tom Cotton, top Senate immigration hawk, supports legalization in DACA deal

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox, National Review, New York Post, Hot Air, Daily Wire, NBC News, Weekly Standard, Towleroad, CNN, Conservative News Today, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, ImmigrationProf Blog, ABC News and BuzzFeed

Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Obama to speak out if Trump ends DACA

New York Times:

The New York Daily News Is Said to Be Nearing Sale — The Daily News, the nearly 100-year-old tabloid owned by the real estate magnate Mortimer B. Zuckerman, is close to announcing an agreement for its sale to Tronc, the publisher of The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune.

Discussion: KTLA, more at Mediagazer »

Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:

UNDERCOVER IN NORTH KOREA: “ALL PATHS LEAD TO CATASTROPHE” — The most alarming aspect of North Korea's latest nuclear test, and the larger standoff with the U.S., is how little is known about how North Korea truly functions. For 65 years it's been sealed off from the rest of the world …

Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Allies for 67 Years, U.S. and South Korea Split Over North Korea

Discussion: CNN, Gizmodo, TheBlaze and The Hill

CNN:
Haley: Kim Jong Un ‘begging for war’

Discussion: CBS News, Foreign Policy, Los Angeles Times, RedState, New York Magazine, New York Times, The Guardian, The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Washington Post

Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Seoul tries to ignore Trump's criticism: 'They worry he's kind of nuts,' one observer says

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Chinese Ambassador: China ‘will never allow chaos and war’ on the Korean Peninsula

Discussion: RedState

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.”

Discussion: Splinter, Hullabaloo, Shareblue and Raw Story

Tom McKay / Gizmodo:

No One Asked for Verrit, but Here We Are — On Sunday evening, former secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed Verrit, a “media platform for the 65.8 million” who supported her candidacy, immediately creating a minor Twitter firestorm.

Discussion: Recode, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mediaite, IJR, The Verge, The Daily Caller, Mashable, CNET and twitchy.com

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

Florida governor declares state of emergency over Hurricane Irma — Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has declared a state of emergency affecting every county in Florida in preparation for Hurricane Irma, which has been upgraded to a Category 4 storm. — Scott's order signed Monday notes …

Discussion: NHC Atlantic Wallet 1, New York Times and New York Magazine

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

Chris Smith / New York Magazine:

In Conversation: Bill de Blasio — The mayor thinks New Yorkers appreciate real talk, even if some of it is bad news. But also, he says, a lot of it isn't. — Mayor Bill de Blasio rounds the corner of a Gracie Mansion porch wearing a broad smile. It's a Friday afternoon in late August, and he's had a good week.

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:

EPA now requires political aide's sign-off for agency awards, grant applications — The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants the EPA distributes annually …

Discussion: Raw Story

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: Mashable, New York Times, Splinter and Shareblue

Donald Trump / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

We must fix our self-destructive tax code — President Donald Trump outlined his tax reform plan on Wednesday during a speech in Springfield, Mo. Bryon Houlgrave/The Register — As we celebrate Labor Day, we are reminded of the inherent dignity of work and the American worker. In America, we honor grit.

Discussion: Shareblue, AOL, TheBlaze, Power Line and CNBC

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.

Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:

Pastors who stood by Trump after Charlottesville plead for him to show ‘heart’ for ‘dreamer’ immigrants — Pastor Jentezen Franklin looked at President Trump across his desk in the Oval Office last week and made an impassioned plea for empathy. — For several minutes, Franklin …

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.

Discussion: Engadget, Mashable, IJR, Business Insider, AOL and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: FOX6Now.com and Talking Points Memo