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1:55 PM ET, August 22, 2018

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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.
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Lanny Davis / gofundme.com:
Michael Cohen Truth Fund  —  $17,822 of $500,000 goal Raised by 377 people in 9 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.
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Cohen's plea deal is prosecutor's attempt to set up Trump  —  Here we go, from Russia with love to campaign finance with love.  —  Why was Michael Cohen investigated?  Because the “Steele dossier” had him making secret trips to meet with Russians that never happened, so his business dealings got …
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.
Discussion: Politico, NPR, New York Times, Hullabaloo and Vox
Axios:
GOP fears Cohen set road to impeachment  —  Impeachment proceedings against President Trump went from a theoretical danger to a vivid reality with yesterday's guilty plea by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, sources close to the White House tell Axios.  —  The big picture: Cohen's guilty plea …
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! …
Colin Dwyer / NPR:
Michael Cohen's Lawyer Says His Client Would Never Accept Pardon From ‘Corrupt’ Trump  —  Less than a day after Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts in a federal court — ranging from tax evasion to campaign finance violations — Trump's longtime attorney and fixer is downplaying the possibility of a pardon.
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:
New York Times:
A One-Two Punch Puts Trump Back on His Heels
David Crook / DCReport.org:
New York Prosecutors Can Go After Trump Now, Even If Mueller Won't
Discussion: The Atlantic and Daily Kos
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Learns the Cost of One-Way Loyalty
Discussion: CNN, WORLD and Washington Post
Jack Goldsmith / Weekly Standard:   Trump's Nuclear Option
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen's tweet about Hillary Clinton and prison came back to haunt him. Now it's gone.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Axios and Townhall
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump takes shot after guilty plea: 'Don't retain the services of Michael Cohen!'
Discussion: Vox, National Review, Politico and MSNBC
Des Moines Register:
Cristhian Rivera, charged in Mollie Tibbetts' death, worked at a farm owned by a prominent Iowa Republican family  —  Cristhian Rivera, the man accused in the death of Mollie Tibbetts, worked for a Brooklyn-area farm owned by the brother of a prominent Iowa Republican.
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Benny Arthur Johnson:
I promised myself I would stay off of politics while on vacation.  I'll break that promise just once.  —  Mollie Tibbetts was an Iowan.  She was raised not far from me.  She went to the University of Iowa, just like me.  Rooted for the Hawkeyes.  She had hopes, dreams, a good upbringing & a loving family cheering for her future.
Axios:
Republicans want to make Mollie Tibbetts a household name
Discussion: Mediaite and Law & Crime
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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: GOP frets as Trump world implodes
Alex Gangitano / Roll Call:
Here Are the D.C. Bars in Duncan Hunter Indictment
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 …
Discussion: Splinter and politics.myajc
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Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:
Saudi Arabia reportedly calls off Aramco IPO and disbands advisers  — The initial public offering was expected to be the largest ever and underpinned an ambitious plan to overhaul the Saudi economy.  —  Saudi Arabia has scrapped its plans to list shares of its state-owned energy giant Aramco on stock exchanges, Reuters reports.
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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.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Verizon throttled fire department's “unlimited” data during Calif. wildfire  —  Fire dep't had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response.  —  Verizon Wireless' throttling of a fire department that uses its data services has been submitted as evidence in a lawsuit …
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Seung Lee / Mercury News:   Verizon throttled Santa Clara County firefighters' data as they fought Mendocino fire, chief says
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jimmy Kimmel Doesn't Want to ‘Appeal’ to Trump Fans: 'I Don't Think That World Exists Anymore' … HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — When I walk into Jimmy Kimmel's large corner office above the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, he offers me the customary bottle of water.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Althouse
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 …
 
 
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sen. Hirono cancels Kavanaugh meeting because Trump is ‘an unindicted co-conspirator’
Discussion: Political Wire and Breitbart
James S. Robbins / USA Today:
Social media companies are the real ‘enemies of the people’
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
White House Admits Trump Is Using Official Events For Midterm Campaigning
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate won't take up prison overhaul before midterms
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
Kenneth R. Weinstein / Wall Street Journal:
What It's Like to Be a ‘Fancy Bear’ Target
Linette Lopez / Business Insider:
Internal documents reveal the grueling way Tesla hit its 5,000 Model 3 target
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joshua Kirschenbaum / Alliance For Securing Democracy:
Russian Investments in the United States: Hardening the Target
Linda Stasi / New York Daily News:
Singer claims he was drugged and raped in 2010 by classical music power couple
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Paul Manafort went to Kyrgyzstan to 'strengthen Russia's position'
Discussion: proekt.media
Arizona Republic:
Photos: Sheriff Joe Arpaio through the years
Discussion: Political Wire and Roll Call
Elura Nanos / Law & Crime:
Impeachment Time? Here's Why We're Definitely Getting Warmer
Discussion: IJR
Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:
The Media Keep Falling Into the Trump Trap
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Lucia Graves / The Guardian:
‘Addicts, crooks, thieves’: the campaign to kill Baltimore's light rail
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
When the Supreme Court Lurches Right
Discussion: Althouse
Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP's midterm nightmare: Party “looks like a criminal enterprise”
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Wyoming rebuffs Trump, picks native son in GOP governor race
 

 
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