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.

The Witch Hunt Continues  —  One of Stone's Rules is “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”  Even I may have taken exception to that rule last Friday.  —  If you followed the news last Friday, you know that my longtime friend Kristin Davis testified …

Trump Goes for Broke on Claim Military Received No Money Before His Watch.  (He's Still Wrong.)  —  While signing the annual funding bill, President Trump inaccurately claimed that the amount was “historic” and the military had “never” previously received funding.

Trump's Purge of the FBI Is Complete  —  With the odd firing of Peter Strzok, the president has cleansed the bureau of the men who started the Russia investigation.  This is not normal.  —  The announcement Monday morning that former FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok had been fired likely brings …

Manafort Turned to Kushner in Attempt to Get Banker a Trump Job  — Stephen Calk sought U.S. Army secretary job, treasury post  — Email request surfaced at Manafort fraud trial on Monday  —  Paul Manafort turned to Jared Kushner for help in an attempt to secure a Trump administration job …

Gonzales poll: Hogan leads Jealous by 16 points in Maryland governor's race  —  With less than three months until the general election, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has a sizable lead over Democratic challenger Ben Jealousaccording to a new poll by Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies.

New Mexico compound suspects can be freed on bond, judge says  —  Taos, New Mexico (CNN)A New Mexico judge on Monday granted bond to five adults accused of child abuse on a compound outside of Taos.  —  Judge Sarah Backus granted an unsecured appearance bond to the defendants …

Antifa protesters couldn't find any fascists at Unite the Right — and harassed the press instead  —  Antifascists, according to their own doctrine, fight fascism.  Sounds simple enough.  —  Granted, members of the loosely organized Antifa movement define “fascism” vaguely …

What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused?  —  The case seems like a familiar story turned on its head: Avital Ronell, a world-renowned female professor of German and Comparative Literature at New York University, was found responsible for sexually harassing a male former graduate student, Nimrod Reitman.

Who's Afraid of Nancy Pelosi?  —  Normally, a party that gives away $2 trillion without worrying about where the money will come from can buy itself at least a few votes.  But Donald Trump's tax cut remains remarkably unpopular, and Republicans barely mention it on the campaign trail …

The media's blatant hypocrisy — even about media-bashing  —  Welcome to the age of self-congratulatory media.  “Democracy dies in darkness” goes the ridiculous tagline on The Washington Post's front page.  Reporters openly call themselves heroes and firefighters.

Agencies set ‘trap’ for immigrants seeking legal status, ACLU says  —  Two federal immigration agencies coordinated a campaign to bring unauthorized immigrants who were seeking legal residency in for interviews at government offices, where they were then arrested and in some cases deported, according to internal agency communications.

NEW ORLEANS COURT ORDERED TO STOP FUNDING ITSELF ON THE BACKS OF THE POOR  —  The criminal court was funneling millions of dollars a year from poor communities to itself.  —  New Orleans courts will need to drastically revamp the way they treat poor defendants after two orders handed …

Trump's Sabotage of Obamacare Is Illegal  —  A president doesn't have the right to dispense with laws he dislikes.  —  Mr. Bagley and Ms. Gluck are law professors.  —  From the moment he took office, President Trump has used all aspects of his executive power to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. Farm-Export Prices Drop Most Since 2011  —  Prices for U.S. farm exports dropped in July by the most in more than six years as a trade war with China heated up, Labor Department figures showed Tuesday.  —  Agricultural export prices fell 5.3 percent from the prior month …

Swedish PM to arsonists: ‘What the f*** are you up to?’  —  Cars were set alight across Sweden overnight in what police believe was a coordinated attack orchestrated on social media.  —  About 80 cars were set on fire in western Sweden, in and around Gothenburg, and there were further incidents in Stockholm and Malmö.