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6:00 PM ET, August 14, 2018

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CBS News:
Omarosa reveals audio of Trump campaign aides allegedly discussing potential fallout of N-word  —  President Trump says former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman lied when she called him a racist who has said the N-word on tape.  The president tweeted Monday night, “I don't have that word in my vocabulary and never have.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive: Charges against Omarosa filed by Trump campaign, ‘millions’ sought  —  President Trump's campaign organization Tuesday filed charges against friend-turned-enemy Omarosa Manigault Newman, claiming that she broke a 2016 nondisclosure contract by disparaging the president in her new book …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump campaign retains Hulk Hogan lawyer Charles Harder for arbitration action against Omarosa Manigault Newman  — Attorney Charles Harder is representing President Donald Trump's campaign in its arbitration fight against former senior White House official Omarosa Manigault Newman …
Associated Press:
No leaks: Cushy job offers for discarded Trump staffers  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.  And, perhaps, your potential leakers closer yet.  —  President Donald Trump's political operation has made a regular practice of providing soft landing-pads …
Annie Karni / Politico:
‘People are terrified’: Trump staffers live in fear of Omarosa's next tape  —  Trump aides are suffering from the same type of psychological warfare that gripped Clinton's campaign during the WikiLeaks dumps.  —  A daily trickle of revealing internal conversations between staffers.
Discussion: New Republic and Daily Kos
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump unloads on special counsel Robert Mueller, the FBI, Attorney General Jeff Sessions …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Like a dog’: Trump has a long history of using canine insults to dehumanize enemies
Discussion: ABC News
John Santucci / ABC News:
White House sources: Special counsel's team never requested to speak with Omarosa Manigault Newman …
Discussion: Axios, Politico and Breitbart
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Appears to Admit White House Aides Signed Nondisclosure Agreements
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Manafort attorneys opt to skip defense, proceed to closing arguments  —  Attorneys for Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who is on trial for financial crimes in federal district court Alexandria, Virginia, will not call additional witnesses to present a defense.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Yahoo:
Ex-Trump aide Manafort's defense rests, case headed to jury
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Why Trump will pardon Paul Manafort
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:   Manafort Lawyers Rest Without Calling Witnesses in Fraud Trial
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Claims Power to Bypass Limits Set by Congress in Defense Bill  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump signed a $716 billion military spending bill on Monday, he claimed the authority to override dozens of provisions that he deemed improper constraints on his executive powers.
Discussion: The White House
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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Trump criticizes some Russia provisions of defense bill, suggests in signing statement he may ignore them  —  President Trump signed a $716 billion defense policy bill named for Sen. John McCain after delivering remarks that failed to mention the senator.  The measure boosts military pay …
Discussion: Political Wire
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Trump Won't Follow Congressional Directives on Russia and Crimea
Discussion: MSNBC and Shareblue Media
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: Penn Jillette Talking magic, truth, and Trump's alleged Apprentice Tapes.  —  The long and successful career of Penn Jillette, the bigger half (physically and personality-wise) of the magic duo Penn & Teller, itself constitutes a kind of trick.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, AOL, HuffPost and Mediaite
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Penn Jillette Says Trump ‘Apprentice’ Tapes Exist: “I Was in the Room”  —  “He would say racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable,” the comic and magician said of Trump during their time on ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’  —  Penn Jillette says he knows for a fact that Mark Burnett possesses tapes …
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Exclusive: Pentagon spokeswoman under investigation for misusing staff, retaliating against complaints  —  Washington (CNN)One of Defense Secretary James Mattis' most senior civilian advisers is being investigated by the Defense Department Office of Inspector General for allegedly retaliating …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
More than 300 accused priests listed in Pennsylvania report on Catholic Church sex abuse  —  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday released a sweeping grand jury report on sex abuse in the Catholic Church, listing more than 300 accused clergy and detailing a “systematic” coverup effort by church leaders over 70 years.
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Catholic Church Covered Up Child Sex Abuse in Pennsylvania for Decades, Grand Jury Says
Discussion: National Review
New York Times:
Trump's Trade War Is Rattling China's Leaders  —  BEIJING — China's leaders have sought to project confidence in the face of President Trump's tariffs and trade threats.  But as it becomes clear that a protracted trade war with the United States may be unavoidable, there are growing signs …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / The Daily Beast:
Chinese Cops Now Spying on American Soil
Cate Cadell / Reuters:
From laboratory in far west, China's surveillance state spreads quietly
Discussion: Breitbart and Business Insider
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Roger Stone shares image of himself and Trump as ‘Space Force’ wearing swastikas  —  on Monday shared a digitally altered image on Instagram of himself, President Trump  —  and several other people serving in or aligned with the administration wearing spacesuits with swastikas on them.
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WNYW-TV:
Kristin Davis talks about Russia investigation  —  NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - The woman known as the “Manhattan Madam” for once running a high-end prostitution ring in New York City says she was bullied by Robert Mueller's team when she was forced to testify in front of a grand jury in connection with the Russia investigation.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
How three conspiracy theorists took ‘Q’ and sparked Qanon  —  Pushing the theory on to bigger platforms proved to be the key to Qanon's spread — and the originators' financial gain.  —  In November 2017, a small-time YouTube video creator and two moderators of the 4chan website …
Discussion: New Republic
WTVY:
Doug Jones heckled over Brett Kavanaugh at Birmingham town hall  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AL.com) — Sen. Doug Jones was heckled at a town hall meeting Monday night in Birmingham when a woman threw a pair of stuffed lips in the senator's direction while venting her anger that Alabama's junior senator …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Tight Race in CD03  —  Low awareness of either candidate  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur faces a tough challenge from former national security adviser Andy Kim in the race for New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District, according to the Monmouth University Poll.
Discussion: Roll Call
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com:
Sweden Is Burning: Migrant Gangs Unleash Coordinated Fire-Bomb Rampage Across Multiple Cities  —  Many Swedes were horrified in early 2017 when U.S. President Donald Trump linked immigration to rising crime in Sweden, but an increasing number now agree with him.
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Fentanyl Used to Execute Nebraska Inmate, in a First for U.S.  —  LINCOLN, Neb. — Prison officials in Nebraska used fentanyl, the powerful opioid at the center of the nation's overdose epidemic, to help execute a convicted murderer on Tuesday.  The lethal injection at the Nebraska State Penitentiary …
Discussion: Gizmodo, KFOR-TV and Mother Jones
Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald:
Melissa Howard reverses course, drops out of race after degree scandal  —  “I have come to the realization that the right thing to do for my community is to withdraw from the race,” she tells the Herald-Tribune.  —  A day after saying she planned to continue running for a state House seat despite revelations …
Michael Graham / CBS News:
Commentary: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the Sarah Palin of the Left  —  If you're one of the many American progressives cheering on the performance of your new political rock star, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, look around: Many of the people cheering with you are Republicans.
Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
SEO Is Back.  Thank God.  —  At a meeting with media executives discussing a series of changes to the platform in Sydney, Australia, last week, Facebook's head of news partnerships Campbell Brown finally said what everybody already knew.  “Mark [Zuckerberg] doesn't care about publishers,” she told the meeting participants.
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
With Felix Salmon, Axios Continues Its Push to Commandeer the Bloomberg Set  —  Axios is hiring Felix Salmon and Courtenay Brown to spearhead its foray into coverage of the public markets.  —  BY - JOE POMPEOAugust 14, 2018,  —  Since it launched in early 2017, Axios has had a clear vision of its identity.
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Colyer's lawyers tell Johnson County to count 153 discarded ballots in tight gov race  —  Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer's lawyers sent a letter to the Johnson County Board of Canvassers on Tuesday arguing that the county needs to include in its final vote tally more than 150 ballots that were discarded …
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Daily Wire, Politico and ABC News
David French / National Review:
End the Double Standards in Reporting Political Violence
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Pompeo Ignores Plea From Diplomats With Children With Special Needs
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
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Michael Weiss / The Daily Beast:
This Is Why Putin Is Targeting Three DHS Agents
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Mitch Daniels / Washington Post:
Government ‘transparency’ has gone too far
Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Raw Story and BloombergQuint
Roy Strom / LAW.com:
Mayer Brown Supreme Court Practice Founder Shot and Killed
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
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