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11:35 AM ET, August 3, 2018

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN's Jim Acosta Challenges Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Then Makes a Quick Exit  —  Jim Acosta, the square-jawed CNN correspondent, has stood out among the White House press corps for his impassioned on-air monologues about the importance of the First Amendment.
Discussion: Mediaite and Axios
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Mollie Hemingway: Trump Did Not Create Distrust Of The Media, Distrust Of The Media Created Trump  —  Mollie Hemingway said the media needs to take a “hard look” inside and called out Jim Acosta for telling a woman, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, that she …
NBC News:
Trump is at odds with his own aides on Russia again (and again and again)  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — On Thursday, we once again witnessed …
Associated Press:
Trump trashes media as ‘fake, fake disgusting news’ at rally  —  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Thundering that the media is the “fake, fake disgusting news,” President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of grievances Thursday at a Pennsylvania campaign rally in which he cast journalists as his true political opponent.
Discussion: AOL and HuffPost
NBC News:
Hours after White House warns of new election meddling, Trump again points to ‘Russian hoax’
Discussion: MSNBC
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
It's True: Trump Is Lying More, and He's Doing It on Purpose.  —  On Thursday, the Washington Post published a remarkable story on its front page revealing a recent spike in the number of “false and misleading claims” made by President Trump.  In his first year as President, Trump made 2,140 false claims, according to the Post.
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN and POLITICUSUSA
Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
O'Rourke Puts Race into Lean Republican Column  —  This race in a state that isn't usually competitive for Democrats in statewide races has generated an unusual amount of attention.  Most of it is thanks to U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic nominee, who is running an unconventional yet …
Discussion: New Republic, El Paso Times and MSNBC
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
What August Ratings Can Tell Us About November Results
Discussion: Raw Story
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Trump administration puts burden on ACLU to find deported parents separated from children  —  The U.S. government has deported hundreds of migrant parents without their children in the aftermath of President Trump's now-defunct family separation policy.  But now administration officials …
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Trump administration tells ACLU to find deported parents  —  The Trump administration on Thursday informed a federal judge that it isn't responsible for locating deported parents separated forcibly from their children at the southern border.  —  DOJ said in a court filing …
Alice Driver / CNN:
Ivanka Trump's ‘good cop’ routine is a sham
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
There's a virus in Trumpland  —  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — It is a truism that the people who attend a rally for President Trump more than two years before he's on the ballot again are generally strong supporters of President Trump.  Especially when those supporters are willing to wait hours …
Discussion: New York Post and Philly.com
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YouTube:
Meet The Trump Fans Of Q-Anon (HBO) … President Trump is flying around the country this week trying to convince Americans that if the want to Keep America Great, they need to vote Republican in November.  —  But his campaign rally in Tampa Tuesday was about more than just the mid-terms.
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
QAnon: Meet a real-life believer in the online, pro-Trump conspiracy theory that's bursting into view
Wall Street Journal:
Top Trump Donor Agreed to Pay Michael Cohen $10 Million for Nuclear Project Push  —  Consulting deal with Franklin L. Haney could have been among the most lucrative struck by president's then-personal attorney  —  A major donor to President Trump agreed to pay $10 million to the president's …
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:
My son, Osama: the al-Qaida leader's mother speaks for the first time  —  Nearly 17 years since 9/11, Osama bin Laden's family remains an influential part of Saudi society - as well as a reminder of the darkest moment in the kingdom's history.  Can they escape his legacy?
The Verge:
A note from the editorial leadership of The Verge  —  Newsrooms must stand up to targeted campaigns of harassment  —  Since announcing her new job with The New York Times, a widespread campaign of harassment has targeted Verge reporter Sarah Jeong for a number of tweets she wrote years ago.
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
IRONY: Social Media Mob Comes For Sarah Jeong, Who Cheered Social Media Mobbing Of Others
Discussion: twitchy.com
David French / National Review:
Yes, Anti-White Racism Exists
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNNMoney:
The unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in July  —  American workers are in high demand  —  The economy keeps pumping out jobs.  —  The unemployment rate fell to 3.9% and the economy added 157,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department said Friday.  —  But workers' average hourly paychecks grew tepidly …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In Potential Kobach Candidacy, Kansas Faces Another Lurch to the Right  —  TOPEKA, Kan. — The evolution of the Kansas Republican Party mirrors that of the national party, a rightward shift from the moderation of Dwight D. Eisenhower to the mainstream conservatism of Bob Dole …
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Jessica Huseman / ProPublica:
Our Rebuttal to Kris Kobach's Critique
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Bloomberg:
Trump Fury Over Mueller ‘Conflicts’ Dates to Oval Office Meeting  — Mueller met with Trump on FBI job day before taking over probe  — President suggested Sessions should remove special counsel  —  President Donald Trump sat with Robert Mueller in the Oval Office in May of last year …
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Haley Britzky / Axios:
China plans more retaliatory tariffs against U.S.  —  China is planning on hitting the U.S. with “differentiated tariffs on about $60 billion of U.S. goods,” according to Bloomberg.  —  The big picture: This comes days after reports that the White House was considering increasing the tariffs on Chinese goods from 10% to 25%.
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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
China warns it could fire back with tariffs of $60 billion in U.S. goods
Discussion: Political Wire and TheBlaze
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
In Tennessee Senate Race, Democrat Tries To Show He Can Overcome Political Tribalism  —  In the Trump era, the phrase “all politics is local” may feel like an anachronism.  But in Tennessee, Phil Bredesen is trying to prove that national partisan divides can be overcome in the most surprising Senate battleground of 2018.
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
In Tennessee's governor's race, Diane Black underscored how unhelpful it is to be a House Republican
Discussion: Tennessean.com, NPR, MSNBC, Axios and The Week
David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
Pompeo says North Korea weapons work counter to denuclearization pledge  —  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Less than two months after a landmark U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flew back to the city state on Friday and said North Korea's continued work …
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Wall Street Journal:
Thousands of North Korean Workers Enter Russia Despite U.N. Ban
Discussion: CNBC and On Point
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Police Report: Ex-GOP Official Calls Himself Second Christ, Sacrifices Dog  —  Todd Kincannon, former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party, has reportedly killed his dog due to his belief that he is Jesus Christ and needed to perform a sacrifice.
Discussion: Political Wire
Nick Hopkins / The Guardian:
Exclusive: suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow  —  Russian is understood to have had full access to secret data during decade at embassy  —  US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Exclusive: Bannon blasts ‘con artist’ Kochs, ‘lame duck’ Ryan, ‘diminished’ Kelly  —  Stephen Bannon is ratcheting up his war on the Koch network, accusing the billionaire brothers of running “a conscious scam” and a “con job.”  —  He also has a warning for Republican candidates …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and DownWithTyranny!
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Socialist candidate Ocasio-Cortez once saw herself as Smithian capitalist, viewed feminism as ‘relic’  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the socialist congressional candidate from New York who touts honesty and authenticity as her greatest strengths, used to describe herself as a follower of Adam Smith …
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
After investigating Clinton White House and Vincent Foster's death, Brett Kavanaugh had a change of heart  —  In early 1995, Brett Kavanaugh, a rising star in conservative legal circles, wrestled with one of the most inflammatory questions of the Clinton presidency: How did White House deputy counsel Vincent Foster die?
Mike Allen / Axios:
Democrats hopeful after poll shows plummeting trust in Trump  —  “Russia, Immigration and Trade War Sticking to Trump” is the headline of a new polling memo for Priorities USA by Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group and Global Strategy Group.  —  Why it matters: “This translates into the worst ratings …
Discussion: Political Wire
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
The NRA Says It's in Deep Financial Trouble, May Be ‘Unable to Exist’  —  A legal filing against the state of New York paints a grim picture of the powerful gun group  —  The National Rifle Association warns that it is in grave financial jeopardy, according to a recent court filing obtained …
Discussion: The Trace
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Resource Center  —  Home » Resource Center » Financial Sanctions » OFAC Recent Actions » North Korea Designations; Non-proliferation Designation  —  North Korea Designations; Non-proliferation Designation  —  OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL  —  Specially Designated Nationals List Update
Discussion: Bloomberg
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Generation Shapiro  —  Ben Shapiro and the future of American conservatism  —  I spend a few weeks every year teaching high school and college students, and in my interactions with young people in and around universities I have noticed a trend.  After class, at meals, and in walks around campus …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Joshua Gauntt / WBRC-TV:
B'ham Subway manager fired for racial slur apologizes, calls it a “slip up”  —  The former manager of the Valley Ave.  Subway store is responding to a heated confrontation caught on video.  You can hear her using the “N” word in a video now going viral.  —  April Epperson is now telling …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
 
 
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Eric Trump: Entire family has received ‘white powder’ in the mail
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Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Hispanic unemployment again hits new record low in July
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Associated Press:
Campaigns on their own as cyber threats roil midterms
Discussion: Political Wire
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Rosenstein: ‘I think informing the American people is an important part of deterrence’
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Trump takes us-versus-them media war to new heights
Wall Street Journal:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
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