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2:55 AM ET, August 4, 2018

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CNN:
Judge upholds ruling that DACA must be restored  —  Pro DACA and Dreamer supporters chain themselves to each other outside the US Capital on March 5, 2018 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for MoveOn.org)  —  (CNN)A federal judge on Friday upheld his order …
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Judge orders full restart of DACA program  —  A D.C.-based federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restart in full the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.  —  The decision is the latest legal blow against President Donald Trump's decision to phase out the Obama-era program …
NBC News:
Judge calls Trump administration family reunification efforts ‘unacceptable’  —  The judge blasted the Trump administration Friday for its lack of a plan to reunify the remaining 572 children in its custody with their parents.  —  LOS ANGELES — The federal judge overseeing …
Discussion: AOL and Mother Jones
Aris Folley / The Hill:   Federal judge says Trump must fully restore DACA
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Judge says Trump team ‘100 percent’ responsible for finding deported immigrant parents
Discussion: The Week
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 …
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The Daily Beast:   NRA Says Money Problems May Render It ‘Unable to Exist’
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
When Racism Is Fit to Print  —  Is the newest member of the New York Times editorial board, Sarah Jeong, a racist?  —  From one perspective — that commonly held by people outside the confines of the political left — she obviously is.  A series of tweets from 2013 to 2015 reveal …
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Sherman Smith / Topeka Capital-Journal:
GOP consultants say Kobach campaign has white nationalists on payroll  —  Sherman Smith sherman_news  —  Kris Kobach's gubernatorial campaign employs three men identified as members of a white nationalist group by two political consultants who have worked with Republicans in Kansas.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Christina Tudor / American Oversight:   COMMISSION RECORDS SHOW NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
'The most bizarre thing I've ever been a part of': Trump panel found no voter fraud, ex-member says
Discussion: HuffPost and The Guardian
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Voter commission member says White House voter fraud statements were false
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump associate socialized with alleged Russian agent Maria Butina in final weeks of 2016 campaign  —  Maria Butina, the Russian gun-rights activist who was charged last month with working as an unregistered agent of the Kremlin, socialized in the weeks before the 2016 election …
New York Times:
Paul Manafort Was Deep in Debt.  He Saw an Opportunity in Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort's services did not come cheap.  His consulting work helped prop up foreign strongmen, who in turn kept him in $12,000 bespoke suits from Beverly Hills.  —  But by 2016, Mr. Manafort was broke.
Discussion: Daily Kos and BuzzFeed News
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The Manafort trial has President Trump very worried  —  For some, the most compelling thing about the Paul Manafort trial now going on is the former Trump campaign chairman's penchant for absurdly expensive yet comically ugly clothing, which prosecutors are introducing into evidence to show …
Discussion: Jezebel
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
The Newseum is selling MAGA hats and ‘fake news’ T-shirts  —  If you're looking to stock up on the famous red hats that bear Donald Trump's favorite slogan, look no further than the Newseum's gift shop.  —  On its website, the interactive news museum in Washington, D.C., sells $14.99 …
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Sopan Deb / New York Times:
The Exhibits Honor Journalism; the Gift Shop Sells ‘Fake News’
Discussion: NTK Network
CNN:
‘Manhattan Madam’ met with Mueller's team  —  (CNN)Kristin Davis, the woman famously known as the “Manhattan Madam,” met with special counsel Robert Mueller's team for a voluntary interview on Wednesday, according to four sources familiar with the situation.
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Washington Post:
Federal agency grants Trump D.C. hotel rental credit of $534,000 for maintaining clock tower  —  Leasing experts say credit illustrates unique arrangement between the Trump-owned business and the government.  —  The General Services Administration granted a $534,000 rental credit …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Foreign Policy:
Trump and Allies Seek End to Refugee Status for Millions of Palestinians  —  In internal emails, Jared Kushner advocated a “sincere effort to disrupt” the U.N.'s relief agency for Palestinians.  —  Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Obstruction of justice bombshell will explode before midterms  —  escalating his attacks against special counsel counsel Robert Mueller  —  , the Department of Justice, the FBI and the free press to a fever pitch in recent days?  —  The reason is that the odds are very high that Mueller …
Discussion: MSNBC and NBC News
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Trump Will Have Blood on His Hands  —  His demonization of the news media won't fall on deaf ears.  —  The voice, if I had to guess, belongs to that of a white American male in late middle age.  The accent is faintly Southern, the manner taunting but relaxed.
Discussion: Mediaite
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
The tender, terrifying truth about what happened inside the Trader Joe's hostage siege  —  About halfway through the three-hour siege at Trader Joe's in Silver Lake, the wounded gunman, Gene Atkins, looked at one of his hostages, MaryLinda Moss, and told her it was all over for him.
Discussion: Mashable
Chuck Grassley / Washington Post:
I'm ready to work to confirm Kavanaugh.  I invite Democrats to join me.  —  Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  —  A good judge is more than someone who simply understands the law.  The job requires a keen intellect and an ability to appreciate multiple sides of complex issues.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
There's Trump's Foreign Policy and Then There's His Administration's  —  WASHINGTON — In the last five days, President Trump has thanked Kim Jong-un of North Korea for his “nice letter,” reminisced about his “great meeting” with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and offered to meet Iran's president …
Discussion: CNN, Fox News Insider and Axios
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
12 times Christopher Steele fed Trump-Russia allegations to FBI after the election  —  Congressional investigators know that Christopher Steele, the former British spy who compiled the Trump dossier on behalf of the Clinton campaign, kept supplying allegations to the FBI after the 2016 election …
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Fox News:
Air Force remains silent after huge meteor hits near US military base  —  A meteor hit the earth and exploded with 2.1 kilotons of force last month, but the US Air Force has made no mention of the event.  —  NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirmed an object of unspecified size travelling …
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Melania's policy director leaves the White House  —  After just six months on the job, first lady Melania Trump's top policy aide has left the White House, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.  —  Reagan Hedlund, a 28-year-old former executive assistant at the National Security Council …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Under Trump's watch, the U.S. is on track for the highest trade deficit in 10 years  —  The United States trade deficit widened in June and is on track to be the biggest in a decade despite President Trump's efforts to slash it.  —  For the first half of 2018, the trade deficit in goods …
Mindy Finn / USA Today:
Trump has built a pyramid scheme of public fraud.  It's a taxpayer-backed cash grab.  —  Donald Trump is pulling off a taxpayer-backed cash grab.  It's an orchestrated, unprecedented scheme to enrich a president, his family and his friends.  —  Even after warnings that tariffs would wreak havoc …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
Assange in ‘solitary confinement’ at embassy, fears possible extradition to US, lawyer says  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's health is suffering, one of his lawyers says, in conditions she compared to “solitary confinement” in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
Discussion: Raw Story
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
DNC warns candidates: Don't use ZTE or Huawei phones  —  Democrats running in November's midterms were warned Friday not to use devices produced by Chinese manufacturers ZTE and Huawei.  The warning, which came from the Democratic National Committee, was sent out after the DNC learned …
Discussion: The Verge and Axios
 
 
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Martine Powers / Washington Post:
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The tribulations of ‘oligarch’ No. 27  —  OXFORD, Mass. …
ClickHole:
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The Hill:
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Be brave’: Russian firm urges judge to nix Mueller indictment
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The Clinton campaign sought dirt on Trump from Russian officials. Where's the outrage?
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