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2:40 PM ET, August 12, 2018

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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Conway: Trump White House requires non-disclosure agreements  —  Kellyanne Conway responded to claims from former White House official Omarosa Manigault Newman that she was offered “hush money” by saying that everyone in the West Wing has signed non-disclosure agreements, which she described as a completely normal practice.
Discussion: Politico
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Omarosa claims she heard Trump N-word tape after book's publication  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC's Meet the Press, Newman says the tape confirmed her worst fears about Trump.  —  Full Omarosa: ‘I had a blind spot where it came to Donald Trump’  —  WASHINGTON — Former White House …
Daily Mail:
Omarosa secretly recorded John Kelly firing her in the SITUATION ROOM and claims she heard the rumored tape of the president saying the n-word after she finished her book  — In Omarosa Manigault-Newman's book ‘Unhinged’ she claims tapes exist of President Trump using the n-word, but she only has second-hand knowledge
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 8-12-18: Kellyanne Conway, Rep. Elijah Cummings and Michael Avenatti
Discussion: Vox and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Trump condemns ‘all types of racism’ after a week of racially tinged remarks
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
Anti-racist protesters and activists march through the streets of Charlottesville  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE — Confusion over an extraordinary police presence on the anniversary of a violent and deadly white nationalist rally turned into anger Saturday night as hundreds of black-clad protesters marched through …
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April Glaser / Slate:
How White Supremacists Planned Their Rally in D.C.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Lawfare
Sam J. / twitchy.com:
WHOA if true: MN Dem.  Debra Hilstrom tweets SHOCKING Facebook post accusing Keith Ellison of domestic violence  —  Every once in a while we come across a tweet where we aren't entirely sure if what we're reading is true or not BUT HOLY COW if it is.  This tweet from Minnesota Democrat …
Discussion: Power Line
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Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Poll: One year after Charlottesville, majority of Americans see racial tensions on the rise  —  One year after the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, most Americans feel racial tensions have grown over the past year, and partisans - as well as white and black Americans …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Dinesh D'Souza and the Decline of Conservatism  —  Few have enjoyed quite so spectacular a comeback under President Trump as the conservative polemicist and filmmaker, Dinesh D'Souza.  In 2012, D'Souza resigned as president of a Christian college amid charges of adultery and deception.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
‘Beautiful’ and ‘Lovely’: Trump Tweets Reflect Fixation on Women's Appearances  —  When President Trump took to Twitter to complain about two women with connections to the Russia investigation, he affixed special descriptions to both.  —  “Beautiful,” he said of Nellie Ohr …
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
Under Trump, the rare act of denaturalizing U.S. citizens on the rise  —  Working a Saturday shift in the stuffy Immigration and Naturalization Service office in downtown Los Angeles in the 1970s, Carl Shusterman came across a rap sheet.  —  A man recently sworn in as a United States citizen …
Discussion: Politico
Megan Keller / The Hill:
Giuliani: It would take extreme action for Trump to obstruct justice  —  's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that it would take some sort of extreme action for the president to obstruct justice.  —  “There are people who argue that he could never obstruct justice.
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Margaret Coker / New York Times:
The Iraqi Spy Who Infiltrated ISIS  —  BAGHDAD — The driver was sweating as his white Kia pickup truck sped along a rain-slicked Baghdad highway toward a neighborhood bustling with open-air markets.  —  With every jolt and turn, his pulse quickened.  Hidden in the truck's chassis …
Sandy Hingston / Pushback:
How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise  —  The inexorable rise of identity condiments has led to hard times for the most American of foodstuffs.  And that's a shame.  —  I write this in the dead of summer, always a bittersweet season — why is it we got summers off from school for all those years …
Washington Post:
Don't fall for Trump's latest whataboutism  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP tweets it repeatedly: Yes, there was collusion with Russia — except the real colluders were Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party.  The president was back at it again Thursday, quoting a conservative cable host's assertion that …
Wall Street Journal:
Horizon Air Plane Theft, Crash Exposes Cracks in Airport Security  —  Alaska Airlines, Horizon officials don't yet know how ground-service employee, who didn't have a pilot's license, learned to fly  —  Smoke rises from the site on Ketron Island near Seattle where a Horizon Air turboprop plane crashed Friday …
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
“Suicidal” Airline Employee Steals Plane, Takes it for A Flight Before Crashing
Robert Wood Johnson / Telegraph:
America is turning up the pressure on Iran - and we want global Britain to stand with us  —  Sorry, that didn't work quite as expected.  Please try again.  —  Follow the author of this article Follow the topics within this article  —  Sorry, that didn't work quite as expected.  Please try again.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
More than 100 newspapers will publish editorials decrying Trump's anti-press rhetoric  —  “The dirty war on the free press must end.”  —  That's the idea behind an unusual editorial-writing initiative that has enlisted scores of newspapers across America.  —  The Boston Globe …
 
 
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Grace Gottschling / Campus Reform:
Trump to sign Confucius Institute funding ban
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Against All Odds: Democrats Pour Money Into Longshot Races
Associated Press:
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Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Scott Stedman:
Energy investment group claims $350M capital commitment from Carter Page after 2016 election
Milton Nkosi / BBC:
South Africa risks ‘Zimbabwe-style land chaos’
John Eligon / New York Times:
Talking to a Man Named Mr. Cotton About Slavery and Confederate Monuments
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Maryland football Coach DJ Durkin needs to go
Ryan Wilson / CBSSports.com:
Police urged to not buy Dolphins tickets after Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson kneel during anthem
Discussion: The Root and Fox News Insider
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Kevin Cramer breaks with Trump on legal immigration but treads carefully on trade
Carol Anderson / New York Times:
Brian Kemp, Enemy of Democracy
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Democrats' Drama On Fossil Fuel Money Shows A Radical Green Jobs Plan Could Be A Win-Win
Robert McCartney / Washington Post:
A surprising grass-roots upheaval is shaking Maryland's Democrats
Discussion: Political Wire
Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
V.S. Naipaul, Who Explored Colonialism Through Unsparing Books, Dies at 85
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Althouse
Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed News:
An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida's Presidential Vote At A Hacker Convention. Discuss.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
More than 100 seats that backed Brexit now want to stay in EU
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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