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8:40 AM ET, August 13, 2018

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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
White House looking to stop Omarosa Manigault Newman from releasing more tapes  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman's former White House colleagues are looking into legal options to stop her from releasing more tapes and to punish her for secretly recording her conversation with Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Omarosa Manigault Newman Taped Her Firing by John Kelly  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly taped John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, as he fired her in December in the Situation Room, a breach of security protocols, but one that revealed him suggesting that she could face damage …
Discussion: Raw Story, KTLA, CNN, Vox, ABC News and Mother Jones
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Omarosa Manigault Newman reveals recording she made of President Trump day after she was fired  —  The tape, which was played exclusively Monday on “Today” show, appears to show Trump having no idea that Newman had been dismissed by his Chief of Staff John Kelly.
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Daily News
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's diplomatic learning curve: Time zones, ‘Nambia’ and ‘Nipple’  —  The president has often perplexed foreign officials and his own aides as he learns how to deal with the world beyond America's borders.  —  Several times in the first year of his administration, President Donald Trump wanted …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The utter collapse of Donald Trump's ‘best people’ boast  —  (CNN)As a candidate, Donald Trump would famously boast that if elected, he'd “surround myself only with the best and most serious people” — adding: “We want top-of-the-line professionals.”  —  The first 18 months of his presidency …
Discussion: TheBlaze, LifeZette and New York Times
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Between the lines: Omarosa's secret tapes
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Omarosa's reign of terror
Washington Post:
Proposed Consulting Agreement and Companion Agreement that Omarosa Manigault Newman said the …
Discussion: American Prospect
David S. Glosser / Politico:
Stephen Miller is an Immigration Hypocrite.  I Know Because I'm His Uncle.  —  If my nephew's ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.  —  Let me tell you a story about Stephen Miller and chain migration.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
The Rise and Fall of Paul Manafort: Greed, Deception and Ego  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A week before the Trump presidential campaign announced that it had hired Paul Manafort, a Yankees ticket specialist alerted him that his annual season tickets would soon be arriving at his 43rd-floor apartment at Trump Tower in New York.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:   What's next for Paul Manafort?
Briana Bierschbach / mprnews.org:
Abuse allegation made against Keith Ellison, who denies it  —  Keith Ellison, one of the leading candidates to be Minnesota's next attorney general, confronted allegations Sunday of domestic abuse of a former girlfriend that surfaced days before the election that will decide the party's nominee.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Latest on Keith Ellison's Domestic Abuse Story [Updated]
Discussion: twitchy.com
Kyle Potter / Associated Press:
Ellison denies abuse allegations from ex-girlfriend
Discussion: Mother Jones
Austin Aslim Monahan:
Please read, if you care about my mother please share.
Washington Post:
Anti-hate protesters far outnumber white supremacists as groups rally near White House  —  A short and sparsely attended white nationalist rally broke up late Sunday as police ushered the attendees into white vans and drove them away from a crowd of thousands of angry protesters in downtown Washington.
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Police, counterprotesters dramatically outnumber white supremacists at rally
Discussion: Breitbart, ABC News and Daily Wire
AFP Today / The Times of Israel:
Drowned out by protesters, Washington white supremacist march fizzles
Discussion: Instapundit and New York Times
Lee Smith / RealClearInvestigations:
2016 Trump Tower Meeting Looks Increasingly Like a Setup by Russian and Clinton Operatives  —  The June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between high-ranking members of the Republican presidential campaign staff and a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties remains the cornerstone of claims that Donald Trump colluded …
Washington Post:
‘A natural’: Donald Trump Jr. emerges as a campaign star, despite Russia baggage  —  President Trump was watching Fox News Channel with aides in his private dining room off the Oval Office recently when Donald Trump Jr. flashed across the giant flat screen.  —  “Don's gotten really good,” …
New York Post:
De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question  —  Mayor de Blasio is a such a big believer in the free press that he let two bodyguards physically remove a credentialed Post reporter who had the temerity to ask him a question in public on Sunday.
Jackie Wattles / CNN:
Trump encourages boycott against Harley-Davidson  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump said it's “great” that consumers might boycott Harley-Davidson if it moves some motorcycle production overseas.  —  The President tweeted about the potential boycott on Sunday
Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker:
Virgin Galactic's Rocket Man  —  The ace pilot risking his life to fulfill Richard Branson's billion-dollar quest to make commercial space travel a reality.  —  At 5 a.m. on April 5th, Mark Stucky drove to an airstrip in Mojave, California, and gazed at SpaceShipTwo, a sixty-foot-long craft …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Democrats More Positive About Socialism Than Capitalism  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in Gallup's measurement over the past decade, Democrats have a more positive image of socialism than they do of capitalism.  Attitudes toward socialism among Democrats have not changed materially since 2010 …
Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.  —  An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices …
Discussion: New York Times
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘Sleepin’ Joe' hears alarm bells in Indiana Senate brawl  —  They call him ‘the accidental senator.’ Now, Democrat Joe Donnelly, one of the most endangered senators in the country, must prove he's no fluke.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Most of the red-state Democratic senators have larger …
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Lawyers Are Prepared to Counter Mueller  —  Attorney says president won't sit for interview with special counsel after Sept. 1 to avoid midterm interference  —  President Trump's lawyers believe they can weather a “negative” report from special counsel Robert Mueller …
 
 
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Cathy O'Neil / Bloomberg:
Mark Zuckerberg Is Totally Out of His Depth
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Trump Wields a Tariffs-and-Sanctions Hammer in Risky Strategy
Discussion: CNN and CNBC
New York Times:
China Seeks Influence in Europe, One Business Deal at a Time
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
History will wonder why these men defended Trump but not their country
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Here's how Russian trolls tried to influence Ohioans using Twitter
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups’
Kevin Dayton / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
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Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
Hurricane Maria: Thousands of displaced Puerto Ricans might be pushed out of temporary housing
Discussion: Splinter
 Earlier Items: 
Streiff / RedState:
Sea-Tac Airplane Hijacking Shows We Have Security Theater Not Security
Discussion: The Seattle Times
Wall Street Journal:
Tensions Flare as Hackers Root Out Flaws in Voting Machines
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Chile vs. Venezuela
Steve Coll / New Yorker:
Alex Jones, the First Amendment, and the Digital Public Square
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
For Voters Sick of Money in Politics, a New Pitch: No PAC Money Accepted
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
Sue-Ann Levy / Toronto Sun:
Masked anti-hate demonstrators show no love at Toronto rally
Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
Sandy Hingston / Pushback:
How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise
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From Mediagazer:

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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