memeorandum: Steve Bannon: Trump's leaked “Access Hollywood” tape was a “litmus test” (CBS News)

2:05 PM ET, September 8, 2017

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Limbaugh evacuates South Florida after claiming Hurricane Irma was a liberal hoax — Rush Limbaugh will be evacuating South Florida, just days after the popular conservative radio host claimed that Hurricane Irma would not hit the United States and that scientists and the liberal media …

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Daniella Diaz / CNN:

EPA chief on Irma: The time to talk climate change isn't now — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told CNN in an interview about Hurricane Irma on Thursday that the time to talk about climate change isn't now.

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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Limbaugh to evacuate after calling Irma climate change ploy

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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Monster Hurricane Irma Barrels Toward Climate Change Deniers' Playground

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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Well Well Well — Limbaugh Flees Irma Wrath, Days After On-Air Skepticism

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Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
Hurricane Irma is forcing Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate to evacuate

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Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:

House GOP Rips Mnuchin for His ‘Vote for the Debt Ceiling for Me’ Sales Pitch — Conservative Republicans hissed, groaned at Treasury secretary — They laughed at White House budget director Mick Mulvaney — Conservative House Republicans hissed and groaned at Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin …

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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:

House passes Trump deal on majority Democratic vote — The House on Friday cleared a short-term measure to avoid a government shutdown and raise the debt limit through December, ratifying a deal President Trump struck with Democrats. — Lawmakers voted 316-90 for the package that includes …

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CNN:

The White House tried to calm furious House Republicans. It didn't go well. — Trump opens door to work with Democrats — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)House Republicans unleashed their fury over President Donald Trump's deal with the Democrats at Steve Mnuchin, with conservatives calling …

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The Hill:

GOP bristles at Mnuchin's debt plea: Do it for me — House Republicans bristled Friday at Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin — 's pitch for them to vote for a three-month debt and spending extension “for me,” exacerbating divisions between Capitol Hill and the White House.

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Republicans lash Mnuchin, Mulvaney behind closed doors

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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House sends $15 billion Harvey aid package to Trump despite boos, hisses from Republicans

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Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
House sends Harvey aid package to Trump with debt ceiling boost

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Kris Kobach's leap of logic on voter fraud in New Hampshire should be disqualifying — In the end, the conclusion that Kris Kobach should be kept as far as possible from any investigation into “voter fraud” — much less co-chairing President Trump's federal exercise — comes down to three words:

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Kris W. Kobach / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Kobach: It Appears That Out-of-State Voters Changed the Outcome of the New Hampshire U.S. Senate Race

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Zachary Roth / thedailydemocracy.org: Debunking Kobach's latest voter fraud lie

David Weigel / Washington Post:
Election Integrity Commission members accuse New Hampshire voters of fraud

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CBS News:

Steve Bannon: Trump's leaked “Access Hollywood” tape was a “litmus test” — In his first extensive interview since leaving the Trump administration, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon tells “60 Minutes” about the fallout after the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape.

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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Bannon: Christie lost cabinet spot after ‘Access Hollywood’ tape release

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Mike Allen / Axios:

No regrets: Trump exuberant in Oval Office after deal with Dems — Among Republicans on Capitol Hill, “I've never heard members and senators so angry at the president of their own party,” one durable Washington hand told me after yesterday's round of check-in calls.

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Associated Press:
For Trump and Ryan, a tortured relationship grows more so

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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The debt ceiling deal is a template for how Trump can get things done

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Washington Post:

'It's like someone with a lawn mower from the sky has gone over the island' … PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Apocalyptic scenes of flattened buildings and ruined airports emerged from once-lush Caribbean islands devastated by historic Hurricane Irma, as the deadly storm lashed vulnerable Haiti …

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Associated Press:
Caribbean residents left reeling over Irma's destruction

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New York Times:
Devastation in the Caribbean as Irma Heads Toward Miami

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New York Times:
Hurricane Irma Live Updates: ‘Way Bigger Than Andrew,’ Florida Governor Warns

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Anders Melin / Bloomberg:

Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Was Revealed — Three Equifax Inc. senior executives sold shares worth almost $1.8 million in the days after the company discovered a security breach that may have compromised information on about 143 million U.S. consumers.

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Ines Gutzmer / Cybersecurity Incident & …:

Cybersecurity Incident & Important Consumer Information — Equifax Announces Cybersecurity Incident Involving Consumer Information — No Evidence of Unauthorized Access to Core Consumer or Commercial Credit Reporting Databases — Company to Offer Free Identity Theft Protection and Credit File Monitoring to All U.S. Consumers

Polly Mosendz / Bloomberg:
Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack

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CNNMoney:

Chris Christie in talks to be cable news contributor after leaving office — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's possible career as a sports broadcaster may not have panned out, but he might still have a shot at a television gig. Christie has had conversations with both MSNBC and CNN …

The Daily Beast:

Russia's Facebook Fake News Could Have Reached 70 Million Americans … Russian-funded covert propaganda posts on Facebook were likely seen by a minimum of 23 million people and might have reached as many as 70 million, according to analysis by an expert on the social-media giant's complex advertising systems.

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Jose Lambiet / miamiherald:

Broward GOP uncovers a nasty secret about its young party secretary — The Broward County Republicans are in turmoil today after revelations that a freshly elected member of their executive board is a man who once was charged with attempted murder in the savage claw-hammer beating …

Dylan Matthews / Vox:

A stunning new study shows that Fox News is more powerful than we ever imagined — It could even be flipping elections. — Fox News is, by far, America's dominant TV news channel; in the second quarter of 2017, Fox posted 2.35 million total viewers in primetime versus 1.64 million for MSNBC and 1.06 million for CNN.

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Reuters:

Trump anger at Cohn raises doubts about his White House tenure: sources — Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Jeff Mason — BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A newly fraying relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn has raised questions about how long Cohn …

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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:

Ted Cruz 2.0? Senator Adjusts With Trump in Office and Houston Under Water — WASHINGTON — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was just getting going, summoning his down-home artillery from the Senate floor — the faith-flecked tales, the weathered statesman's gaze, the theatrical pauses deployed not so long ago before caucus-inclined Iowans.

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Gail Schontzler / Bozeman Daily Chronicle Audio:

Baucus backs single-payer health system — It's time for America to consider seriously a single-payer, government-run health system, says Max Baucus, Montana's longest serving U.S. senator, former ambassador to China and one of the chief architects of Obamacare.

Discussion: Axios

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Bernie backers' attacks on Democrats infuriate the party — Prominent Democrats are increasingly riled by attacks from Bernie Sanders' supporters, whose demands for ideological purity are hurting the party ahead of the 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election, they say.

Jon Levine / Mediaite:

What Happened?! — Video Emerges of Hillary Clinton Saying Illegal Immigrant Children Have to Go — As Hillary Clinton begins a book tour to promote her 2016 campaign autopsy “What Happened,” video has begun to swirl online of a 2014 interview between her and CNN's Christiane Amanpour to promote her previous book, “Hard Choices.”

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