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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Michael Cohen paid a mysterious tech company $50,000 ‘in connection with’ Trump's campaign  — President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, made a previously unreported payment of $50,000 to a tech company in connection with Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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David Klepper / Associated Press:
New York state subpoenas Cohen in Trump Foundation probe  —  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators in New York state have issued a subpoena to Michael Cohen as part of their criminal probe into the Trump Foundation.  —  A spokesman for Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tax department confirmed …
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
10 Things I Hate About What's Just Happened  —  After “the information” regarding Michael Cohen's guilty pleas stated flatly that Cohen had been directed to violate campaign finance law by Donald Trump, you can put the Russia probe aside for a moment and consider the many possible meanings of what Cohen has done:
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Lanny Davis: Michael Cohen ‘Never Went To Prague’ As Steele Dossier Claims  — Michael Cohen's lawyer dropped a bombshell on Wednesday, saying that Cohen has not been to Prague  — The Steele dossier alleges that Cohen traveled to Prague during the campaign to collude with Russians
Discussion: Vox and ABC News
Lanny Davis / gofundme.com:
Michael Cohen Truth Fund  —  $56,242 of $500,000 goal Raised by 1,502 people in 15 hours  —  On July 2, 2018, Michael Cohen declared his independence from Donald Trump and his commitment to tell the truth.  —  On August 21, Michael Cohen made the decision to take legal responsibility and to continue his commitment to tell the truth.
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Trump Didn't Consult McGahn About Hush-Money Payments, Source Says  —  President Donald Trump didn't consult his campaign finance lawyer Don McGahn about hush-money payments that were made days before the election and are now the center of a criminal case, a person familiar with the matter said.
Discussion: Political Wire
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
In Trump's right-wing media universe, it was a day like any other  —  It's Tuesday afternoon.  Imagine, for a moment, that President Trump logs on to Twitter.  News is breaking that could prove existential for his presidency.  But his social media feed hardly records the magnitude of the developments.
NBC News:
The party of ‘Lock her up!’ faces a choice: Defend Trump or investigate?  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — For a candidate whose supporters cried, “Lock her up! …
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Six Big Questions After the Cohen and Manafort Bombshells  —  THE HOUR OF 4 pm Tuesday, potentially one of the most consequential hours in the history of the American presidency, made clear that history books will almost certainly note Donald Trump's surprise 2016 election win with an asterisk.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
In Fox interview, Trump seems to confess a campaign finance violation while trying to deny it  —  He doesn't get what the illegal part was.  —  A brief segment of a Fox & Friends interview released this afternoon by Fox News features President Donald Trump repeatedly emphasizing …
John Harwood / CNBC:   GOP congressman says it's ‘too soon’ …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
This is the moment all of Trump's anti-media rhetoric has been working toward
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
6 Takeaways About Paul Manafort And Michael Cohen's Legal Woes
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Dems use ‘co-conspirator’ Trump line to attack Kavanaugh
Discussion: ABC News, Breitbart and Political Wire
Colin Dwyer / NPR:
Michael Cohen's Lawyer Says His Client Would Never Accept Pardon From ‘Corrupt’ Trump
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Why Michael Cohen's campaign finance crimes were more serious than the Obama campaign's infraction
Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
Mollie Tibbetts' accused killer is in Iowa legally, his lawyer says, calling Trump ‘sad and sorry’ for weighing in  —  A court document filed Wednesday morning states that the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts was working legally in Iowa.  —  Cristhian Bahena Rivera was charged Tuesday …
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Mollie Tibbetts's suspected killer, in the U.S. illegally, told investigators about her final moments
Benny Arthur Johnson:
I promised myself I would stay off of politics while on vacation.
Discussion: Axios
Des Moines Register:
Cristhian Rivera, charged in Mollie Tibbetts' death, worked at a farm owned by a prominent Iowa Republican family
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Democrat O'Rourke trails Ted Cruz by just four percentage points in Texas  —  O'Rourke has 45 percent support among registered voters compared with Cruz's 49 percent; Abbott leads governors' contest by 19  —  WASHINGTON — As Texas Democrats attempt to win a major statewide contest …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Democrats maintain lead in race for House  —  Democrats are in a strong position for the midterms, according to the latest Fox News poll.  —  Several findings point to the potential for a blue map in November:  — President Trump's job rating remains underwater.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jermaine Ong / KGTV-TV:
San Diego Congressman Duncan Hunter addresses federal indictment in 10News interview  —  SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) told 10News that he's innocent of accusations of campaign funding misuse one day after he and his wife Margaret were indicted by a federal grand jury.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Rep. Duncan Hunter, do the honorable thing. Resign.
Discussion: Raw Story and VICE News
Merrie Monteagudo / sandiegouniontribune.com:   Hunter timeline: Son of a congressman serves in military, gets elected
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Kimberly Guilfoyle was once half of a liberal power couple.  Now she's basically a Trump.  —  In the summer of 2004, the new mayor and first lady of San Francisco were photographed for an eight-page spread in Harper's Bazaar.  Gavin Newsom wore a thousand-dollar tuxedo …
Discussion: East Bay Times
TMZ.com:
Asia Argento and 17-Year-Old Boy in Bed in Sexual Encounter  —  Asia Argento says she did not have sex with then 17-year-old Jimmy Bennett, but a photo and various text messages between Argento and a friend tell a very different story ... she flat-out says she had sex with him.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
DNC calls FBI after detecting attempt to hack its voter database  —  (CNN)The Democratic National Committee contacted the FBI on Tuesday after it detected what it believes was the beginning of a sophisticated attempt to hack into its voter database, a Democratic source tells CNN.
Shirley Halperin / Variety:
Steven Tyler Demands Trump Stop Playing Aerosmith Songs at Rallies  —  Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler is demanding President Donald Trump stop using the band's songs at rallies, like the one held at the Charleston Civic Center in West Virginia on Tuesday (August 21).
NBC News:
In case of Mueller firing, break glass: Democrats prep an emergency plan  —  Congressional action and protest rallies are among the contingencies being planned if Trump tries to shut down the Russia probe.  —  WASHINGTON — It would start within minutes of special counsel Robert Mueller being fired …
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Georgia County Can't Support Claim It Must Close Polling Places Over Access Issues  —  Officials in majority-black Randolph County lack the data to back a proposal to shutter most voting spots.  —  Officials in a majority-black Georgia county accused of trying to close almost all polling places …
Christopher Hooks / GQ:
Beto O'Rourke vs. Ted Cruz and the Fight for America  —  Down in deep-red Texas, a fresh-faced liberal named Beto O'Rourke has a shot at beating Ted Cruz.  But huge as that would be, the race has grander implications: It helps explain all the giddy hopes and secret fears of Democrats everywhere.
Ime Archibong / Facebook:
An Update on Our App Investigation  —  Today we banned myPersonality — an app that was mainly active prior to 2012 — from Facebook for failing to agree to our request to audit and because it's clear that they shared information with researchers as well as companies with only limited protections in place.
more at Techmeme »
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook to Remove Data-Security App From Apple Store  —  Apple last week informed Facebook that the Onavo app violated data-collection policies  —  Facebook Inc. FB .59% plans to pull its data-security app from Apple Inc.'s AAPL .00% app store after the iPhone maker ruled that the service violated …
 
 
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CNN:
Nearly a quarter of Trump's Instagram posts are reposts of Fox News content
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Cardinal Donald Wuerl's name will be removed from Pa. high school amid allegations of sex abuse coverup
Alex Stamos / Lawfare:
It's Too Late to Protect the 2018 Elections. But Here's How the U.S. Can Prepare for 2020.
C. J. Hughes / New York Times:
Riverside Drive: Gentle Curves and a Well-Preserved Past
Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local:
‘Historic laundromat’ owner files suit vs. San Francisco for delaying construction of 8-story tower
Discussion: Hit & Run
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Impeachment talk? Let's have at it.
Aaron Randle / Kansas City Star:
Westport guard asks black bartender to make a ‘Trayvon Martini.’ He's now on leave
Discussion: The Root
 Earlier Items: 
Alex Yablon / The Trace:
These Economists Think It Was Guns, Not the Crack Epidemic, That Drove the '90s Murder Boom
Kinling Lo / Politico:
‘Thanks Mr Trump’: Chinese state media mocks the president
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Tom Cotton and Hugh Hewitt discuss jailbreak legislation [UPDATED WITH GOOD NEWS]
Discussion: Axios, Politico and The Daily Caller
Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
The Trump Official Overseeing Migrant Girls' Health Care Once Wrote He Couldn't “Support Abortion for Any Reason”
Discussion: New Republic and Jezebel
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Paul Manafort went to Kyrgyzstan to 'strengthen Russia's position'
Discussion: proekt.media
 

 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
In his amended lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk names new defendants including Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, and ex-OpenAI board member and Microsoft VP Dee Templeton

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+

Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia:
Biden admin finalizes its $6.6B CHIPS Act grant to TSMC; money will be disbursed in stages and TSMC is expected to receive at least $1B by the end of 2024
 
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