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11:15 PM ET, August 22, 2018

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Wall Street Journal:
Why Michael Cohen Agreed to Plead Guilty—And Implicate the President  —  Prosecutors had reams of evidence and a long list of counts, which also could have included the lawyer's wife  —  Michael Cohen had many reasons to play ball last weekend when his legal team sat down to talk to federal prosecutors.
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New York Times:
‘How Did We End Up Here?’  Trump Wonders as the White House Soldiers On  —  In the hours after two of President Trump's former advisers delivered his administration potentially grave legal setbacks, the mood inside the White House was grim, a return to a trench-warfare mentality borne out of muscle memory.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and KTLA
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.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Not just misleading.  Not merely false.  A lie.  —  The first denial that Donald Trump knew about hush-money payments to silence women came four days before he was elected president, when his spokeswoman Hope Hicks said, without hedging, “we have no knowledge of any of this.”
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
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:
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 …
Politico:
‘It is what it is’: Republicans shrug off Trump's legal meltdown  —  GOP senators are tuning out the legal crisis enveloping the White House and are instead focusing on legislating.  —  Twenty-four hours after one of the most damaging days for Donald Trump's presidency …
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Cohen's lawyer on Trump Tower meeting: Cohen was ‘present at a discussion with’ Trump and Trump Jr.  —  Michael Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis on Wednesday claimed Cohen witnessed a discussion between President Trump  —  and Donald Trump, Jr., that was apparently related to the 2016 Trump …
Discussion: Washington Post
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
MSNBC Trounces Fox News in Ratings on Manafort-Cohen Day, Knocking Hannity to Third  —  On Tuesday's big news day, following a plea deal for former Trump attorney Michael Cohen and a conviction for former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, the ratings crown went to MSNBC during prime time.
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Trump Didn't Consult McGahn About Hush-Money Payments, Source Says
Discussion: Political Wire
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Trump Considering Pardon For Paul Manafort, Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt Says
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
After fast turn against Trump, Michael Cohen threatens to leverage secrets against the president
John Harwood / CNBC:   GOP congressman says it's ‘too soon’ …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘How do you spin a fact?’: White House grapples with response to Cohen, Manafort convictions
Discussion: The Daily Banter and IJR
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
This is the moment all of Trump's anti-media rhetoric has been working toward
Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:   Cuomo tax department subpoenas Michael Cohen as part of probe into Trump foundation …
Lanny Davis / gofundme.com:
Michael Cohen Truth Fund
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Tries to Deny His Crime With Cohen, Confesses by Mistake
Discussion: BuzzFeed News, Deadline and TheBlaze
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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Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
‘Stop being a ... snake’: Distant cousin of Mollie Tibbetts tells partisans not to politicize her death  —  ‘I wanted to protect my family from this extra grief of politics’  —  In the day since her body was found, Mollie Tibbetts has become a talking point for conservatives in the immigration debate …
Discussion: The Root
San Francisco Chronicle:
The Latest: Experts say legal status system easily exploited
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
Trump called this White House defender ‘wonderful.’ He was fired from his previous job for alleged sexual harassment.  —  A conservative commentator who was lauded by President Trump this week as “wonderful” and who has argued that past sexual indiscretions should have no bearing on Trump's presidency …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
As Bad News Piles Up, Republicans Hardly Flinch  —  WASHINGTON — For those wondering if the latest disclosures from the Trump legal file are finally weighty enough to cause top congressional Republicans to break from the president, the answer is no.  —  Twenty-four hours after President Trump …
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Reuters:   Democrats seek to make Republican scandals an election issue
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
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).
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
When Is an Offense Impeachable?  Look to the Framers for the Answer  —  WASHINGTON — There are more serious crimes than violating campaign finance laws.  Some offenders face jail time, while others catch a break.  —  But the campaign finance violation President Trump's former lawyer accused …
Discussion: Raw Story, VTDigger and PRI
Alex Stamos / Lawfare:
It's Too Late to Protect the 2018 Elections.  But Here's How the U.S. Can Prepare for 2020.  —  In the swirl of news this week, it would be easy to miss recent announcements from two of America's largest and most influential technology companies that have implications for our democracy as a whole.
John Ziegler / Mediaite:
The Top 10 Reasons Why Most Trump Supporters Will Never Care About the Russia Investigation  —  For the past three years, I have been engaged in an informal, involuntary, and extremely painful study of Donald Trump supporters, with a special focus on those which I have come to describe as “Cult 45.”
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.
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.
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 …
 
 
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Eric Beech / Reuters:
Trump says he's considering pardon for Manafort: Fox News reporter
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Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
The con man in the cardinal's cap
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New Details Reveal Airman John Chapman's Heroism at Roberts Ridge
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
The nightmare is just beginning for Paul Manafort
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Congress Still Has No Idea What President Trump Said to Vladimir Putin
ACLU:
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ICE Foundation Directors Run Companies with ICE Contracts
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
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