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1:30 AM ET, September 6, 2017

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Immigration can be a controversial topic. We all want safe, secure borders and a dynamic economy, and people of goodwill can have legitimate disagreements about how to fix our immigration system so that everybody plays by the rules. — But that's not what the action that the White House took today is about.

Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:

The Trump Administration Now Has Tons Of DACA Data And Is Poised To Weaponize It … DACA recipients - often called DREAMers - are facing a new nightmare. According to the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers may use the information these people gave …

Discussion: Hit & Run, Shareblue, Raw Story, CBS Denver, CNBC, ROMPER, The Root, Splinter and Daily Kos

CNN:

Admin memo: DACA recipients should prepare for ‘departure from the United States’ — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)White House talking points on Tuesday urged DACA recipients to prepare for a “departure from the United States,” a much starker possible future than Trump administration officials used …

Discussion: NBC News and Splinter

usccb.org:
USCCB President, Vice President And Committee Chairmen Denounce Administration's Decision …

Discussion: americamagazine.org, The Hill, Daily Herald, CAIR, ThinkProgress, New York Times, Religion News Service and Talking Points Memo

Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: Kelly is a ‘disgrace to uniform’

Discussion: Power Line, Politico and The Daily Caller

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Staffers worried Trump didn't fully grasp consequences of ending DACA: report

Discussion: Mother Jones, Politico, New York Times, Shareblue, New York Magazine, RedState and Bangor Daily News

Senator Heidi Heitkamp:
Today, the president and U.S. Attorney General said they will end …

Discussion: New York Times

Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority opposes deporting Dreamers

Discussion: Associated Press, TheBlaze, CNBC and Mediaite

Fox News:
President Trump's statement on DACA

Discussion: Politico, Daily Wire, NPR, ThinkProgress, Washington Post and The Atlantic

New York Times:
Trump Moves to End DACA and Calls on Congress to Act

Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: Trump ending DACA will crush dreams

Discussion: Raw Story

Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus chair: Expect DACA vote in February

Discussion: IJR

BuzzFeed:
A Mexican-Born DREAMer Is Taking Legal Action To Halt Trump's Reversal Of DACA

Discussion: Mother Jones and YouTube

Politico:
Full text: Jeff Sessions on Trump ending DACA program

Discussion: Daily Kos, KQED News, Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Media Matters for America, The Daily Signal, NY State of Politics, ABC News, BuzzFeed and National Review

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Emanuel declares Chicago ‘a Trump-free zone’ after DACA decision

Discussion: RedState, twitchy.com, IJR, Fox News Insider and ABC News

Department of Homeland Security:
Frequently Asked Questions: Rescission Of Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Discussion: Slate, Speaker.gov, Business Insider, Politico, IJR, Splinter and RightWisconsin

Tal Kopan / CNN:
Trump ends DACA, but gives Congress window to save it

Discussion: FOX2now.com, CNNMoney, ROMPER, KFOR-TV, Friendly Atheist, The Root, WTVR-TV, TheBlaze, FOX31 Denver, fox8.com, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and Mashable

Edward Graham / Morning Consult: Trump's DACA Move Comes as Most Voters Back Citizenship for ‘Dreamers’

George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:

My Analysis of the Hurricane Irma Panic — RUSH: The hurricane is what I want to lead off with, though, folks. And I've gotta be very careful here because I am not a meteorologist, and nothing I say today should be considered to be a forecast or a prediction. I am not the National Hurricane Center.

Discussion: New York Times, Splinter and No More Mister Nice Blog

Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:

Hurricane Irma is heading straight for Trump's Caribbean mansion — President Donald Trump doesn't just have to worry about safeguarding the nation ahead of Hurricane Irma. — Trump owns a multi-million dollar mansion on the Caribbean island of St. Martin — and Category 5 Irma is heading straight for it.

Discussion: Raw Story

Washington Post:

Florida officials begin ordering evacuations as Hurricane Irma intensifies to a Category 5 storm … Authorities in Florida have begun bracing for the potential arrival of Hurricane Irma, a roiling storm that intensified into “an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane” as it churned toward the United States.

Discussion: miamiherald, Bangor Daily News, ROMPER, The Daily Caller, The Atlantic, Towleroad, Mother Jones, Orlando Weekly and The Verge

NHC Webmaster / NHC Atlantic Wallet 1:

Hurricane Irma Forecast Discussion — U.S. Watch/Warning Local Products — Hurricane Irma Discussion Number 28 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL112017 1100 PM AST Tue Sep 05 2017 — The satellite view of Irma remains quite spectacular, with an extremely well-defined eye and a large, symmetrical CDO.

Washington Post:
Catastrophic Hurricane Irma — now a Category 5 — is on a collision course with Florida

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Snopes.com, ROMPER, Mashable, NPR, Union of Concerned Scientists and Faithwire

Bloomberg:
FEMA Is Almost Out of Money and Hurricane Irma Is Approaching

Discussion: Business Insider

CNN:
Hurricane Irma is a ‘potentially catastrophic’ Category 5 storm

Discussion: Grist, USA Today, CNNMoney, Gizmodo, ROMPER, myfox8.com, CBS Pittsburgh, KFOR-TV, KTLA, FOX6Now.com, Florida Governor Rick Scott, Daily Wire, NewsBusters, FOX2now.com, IJR, The Atlantic, AccuWeather.com and NHC Atlantic Wallet 1

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:

Boston Red Sox Used Electronic Devices to Steal Signs Against Yankees — WASHINGTON — For decades, spying on another team has been as much a part of the gamesmanship of baseball as brushback pitches and hard slides. The Red Sox have apparently added a modern — and illicit — twist …

Discussion: Mashable, The Ringer - All, NBC News, CBS Boston, Metro, Engadget and USA Today

Rachael Bade / Politico:

Conservatives pan GOP's debt ceiling scheme — GOP leaders have settled on a strategy to passing a debt ceiling increase reviled among conservatives: By marrying the toxic measure with a popular emergency spending package for the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Kyle Cheney / Politico: White House moves to quell Harvey-debt limit opposition

Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Steve Bannon's meeting with Mark Meadows

Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

House committee subpoenas FBI, Justice over Trump dossier — In the most significant escalation yet in the wrangling between Congress and the FBI over the Trump dossier, the House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the bureau and the Justice Department for documents relating to the dossier …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Power Line, IJR and Washington Times

John Crudele / New York Post:
Proof that investigating Trump is starting to backfire for Democrats

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Ella Nilsen / Vox:

4 lies Jeff Sessions told to justify ending DACA — And one misleading claim. — On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions officially announced the Trump administration will rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields nearly 800,000 young, unauthorized immigrants from deportation.

Discussion: ROMPER, The Stranger … and Washington Post

New York Times:
Trump Chooses Sessions, Longtime Foe of DACA, to Announce Its Demise

Discussion: Raw Story, Mercury News, The Atlantic, Politico and FiveThirtyEight

Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:

US Intelligence: North Korea's Sixth Test Was a 140 Kiloton ‘Advanced Nuclear’ Device — North Korea's sixth nuclear test was easily its biggest yet, according to early U.S. intelligence estimates. — North Korea's sixth nuclear test on Sunday released 140 kilotons of TNT equivalent, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and War on the Rocks

38 North:
North Korea's Sixth Nuclear Test: A First Look

Discussion: New York Times

Mark Zuckerberg:

This is a sad day for our country. The decision to end DACA is not just wrong. It is particularly cruel to offer young people the American Dream, encourage them to come out of the shadows and trust our government, and then punish them for it. — The young people covered by DACA are our friends and neighbors.

Discussion: CNBC, Recode, Microsoft on the Issues, NPR, New York Times, Business Insider, Engadget, CBS San Francisco, Associated Press, BuzzFeed, Mediaite and Mashable

Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:

Steve Harvey Unleashed: A New Show, His Private Trump Sit-Down and That Infamous Leaked Memo — The TV host, who now has six shows — including a new daytime talker he owns — also shares what Oprah taught him and how he dealt with “vicious” backlash to his private meeting with the president: “I haven't talked to him since.”

Discussion: Conservative News Today, The Root and AOL

Jason Sattler / USA Today:

DACA could be ruinous Prop 187 moment with Latinos for Trump and GOP — It took decades for rigor mortis to cripple the California GOP. National Republicans are setting themselves up for the same sort of long-term rot. — CONNECT — When we need a shortcut to explain why it's …

Discussion: New York Magazine

The Daily Caller:

EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump Aides Think Manafort Will Be Indicted For Financial Crimes — Former Trump campaign aides are telling The Daily Caller that they increasingly believe former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort will be indicted for crimes such as money laundering or tax evasion.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post: Senate Judiciary's meeting with Trump Jr. scheduled for Thursday

New York Times:

At CNN, Retracted Story Leaves an Elite Reporting Team Bruised — Created with much fanfare, CNN's investigative unit was reshaped and its focus narrowed in the wake of a story that led to a retraction and an apology. — Late on a Monday afternoon in June, members of CNN's elite investigations team …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Lucy Pasha-Robinson / The Independent:

Russian politician says 'let's hit Trump with our Kompromat' on state TV — Claims made in explosive Trump Russia dossier, though unproven, have led many to speculate Kremlin could be holding sensitive information on former real estate mogul — A Russian politician has threatened to “hit Donald Trump with our Kompromat” on state TV.

Discussion: Towleroad, Raw Story and Political Wire

Lucas Ward / The Harvard Crimson:

Lewandowski to Join IOP as Visiting Fellow — Attendees leave the JFK Jr. Forum in 2016. Corey R. Lewandowski, President Donald Trump's embattled former campaign advisor, will join the Institute of Politics as a visiting fellow this semester, the IOP announced Tuesday.