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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
President non grata: Trump often unwelcome and unwilling to perform basic rituals of the office  —  Shunned at two funerals and one (royal) wedding so far, President Trump may be well on his way to becoming president non grata.  —  The latest snub comes in the form of the upcoming funeral …
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Politico:
Ducey aims to please Trump with McCain fill-in  —  The Arizona governor has grown closer to the White House since cautiously embracing the president in 2016, but can't risk alienating moderate voters.  —  Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey's decision to replace the late John McCain …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
McCain conspiracists say his brain cancer was a hoax
Discussion: Fox News, IJR and CNN
Ashley Killough / CNN:
GOP senator praises McCain but says he's ‘partially to blame’ for White House flag controversy
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Want to honor McCain, GOP? Grow a spine.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and CNN
Wall Street Journal:
After John McCain's Death, White House Flags Return to Full-Staff
Washington Post:
Trump's economic adviser: 'We're taking a look' at whether Google searches should be regulated  —  The Trump administration is “taking a look” at whether Google searches should be regulated by the government, said Larry Kudlow, President Trump's economic adviser, outside the White House Tuesday.
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Axios:
Go deeper: Tracing Trump's Google censorship tweet  —  President Trump tweeted this morning that Big Tech platforms, specifically Google, are suppressing conservative voices and news, while Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow later added that the administration is “taking a look” at whether Google searches should be regulated.
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Trump accuses Google of rigging search results in favor of ‘bad’ coverage
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Trump accuses Google of ‘suppressing’ conservative voices
Discussion: The Political Insider and Deadline
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Devin Nunes's Curious Trip to London  —  Earlier this month, as all eyes were on the courtroom dramas unfolding in Virginia—where President Donald Trump's campaign chairman was just convicted on bank- and tax-fraud charges—and in New York—where the president's longtime personal lawyer pleaded guilty …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and New York Times
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Far-right media misidentifies Jacksonville shooter as Trump-bashing Reddit user  —  The person who was misidentified as the Jacksonville shooter told NBC News, “My takeaway on this is there are a lot of idiots on the internet ... ”  —  A day after a competitive video gamer shot and killed two people …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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Washington Post:
‘I remember Pearl Harbor’: Inside Trump's hot and cold relationship with Japan's prime minister  —  During a tense meeting at the White House in June, President Trump caught Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe off guard with a pointed remark.  —  “I remember Pearl Harbor,” the president said …
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Amy Chozick / Vogue:
Stormy Daniels Isn't Backing Down  —  Michael Avenatti and Stormy Daniels, photographed in New York.  Zac Posen dress.  Tiffany & Co. earrings.  —  Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, October 2018  —  BY THE TIME I knock on the door of Stormy Daniels's room at the Roger Smith Hotel …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Giuliani's telling admission: All that matters is that Mueller is undermined  —  In a new profile, the New York Times gets at a question we've all been asking for months: What on earth is Rudy Giuliani doing?  Once known as “America's mayor,” he's become the fire-breathing legal spokesman …
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New York Times:
In Defending Trump, Is Giuliani a Shrewd Tactician — or ‘Untethered’?
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: On Trump and McCain
Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Manafort Sought Deal in Next Trial, but Talks Broke Down  —  Negotiations stalled after Mueller raised issues  —  Paul Manafort's defense team held talks with prosecutors to resolve a second set of charges against the former Trump campaign chairman before he was convicted last week …
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed News:
Lanny Davis Says He Was A Source For CNN's Trump Tower Story  —  Attorney Lanny Davis says he was an anonymous source in a July CNN story that reported his client, Michael Cohen, had privately claimed that President Trump had advance knowledge of the infamous Trump Tower meeting between his son …
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
SOURCES: China Hacked Clinton's Private Email Server  — A Chinese-owned company penetrated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private server, according to sources briefed on the matter.  — The company inserted code that forwarded copies of Clinton's emails to the Chinese company in real time.
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Mollie Tibbetts's father decries vitriol against Hispanics, saying they're ‘Iowans with better food’  —  Rob Tibbetts spoke kind words about the Hispanic community during his daughter's funeral.  —  It did not take long after authorities in Iowa named a suspect in the killing …
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CBS Sacramento:
Student Who Took Classmate's MAGA Hat Says She Was Making Political Statement  —  EL DORADO (CBS13) — A Union Mine High School student is facing battery charges after an altercation in her classroom over a Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” campaign hat.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Ted Cruz passes the hat for campaign cash as concern rises about challenger Beto O'Rourke  —  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, during a lunch with colleagues last week in Washington passed the hat for campaign cash, as the Texas Republican's anxiety mounts about the unusually brisk challenge from Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke.
Discussion: MSNBC and Roll Call
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fox News Hasn't Always Shared Robert Driscoll's Credentials With Its Viewers  —  Fox News has repeatedly gone to former Justice Department official Robert Driscoll to comment on the Russia investigations, but what viewers don't hear is that he's also the attorney for Maria Butina, the suspected Russian spy charged with criminal counts.
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Pete Madden / ABC News:   Lover or cover? Maria Butina and the romance at the heart of an alleged Russian influence operation
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Source: FBI Agent Told Congress The Bureau Used Leaked Stories To Obtain Spy Warrants  — FBI Special Agent Jonathan Moffa told Congress on Friday that the FBI has used leaked stories to obtain FISA warrants  — Meadows' tweet was referring to Moffa's testimony, a source tells The Daily Caller News Foundation
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Jerry Falwell Jr. says Sessions has lost evangelical support  —  Jerry Falwell Jr., a top conservative religious leader, said Monday he urged President Donald Trump to fire Jeff Sessions over his handling of investigations into Russian election meddling, saying the attorney general has lost evangelicals' support.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham says any new attorney general must let Mueller finish his job
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
The Catholic abuse scandal now leads all the to way the Vatican  —  An ecclesial straight shooter.  A reliable character.  A serious man.  That's how sources familiar with Carlo Maria Viganò describe the Italian archbishop, who served as the Vatican ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2016.
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Carl E. Olson / Catholic World Report:
Archbishop Viganò responds to criticisms of handling of 2014 Nienstedt investigation (Updated)
David Nather / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Americans believe Cohen, don't want impeachment  —  Data: Survey Monkey online poll conducted August 22-24, 2018 among 4,362 U.S. adults.  Total margin of error is ±3.0 percentage points.  Modeled error estimates: African-American women ±7.0, age 18 to 34 ±4.5 …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Cuomo vs. Nixon Debate?  It's Already Heated (Literally)  —  The first and only debate between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his Democratic rival, Cynthia Nixon, is set for Wednesday, and the candidates have been bunkered in prep sessions with their advisers.  —  But even before the high-stakes …
Discussion: National Review
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Kushner Cos. fined $210K by New York for false documents  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Kushner family real estate company was fined $210,000 by New York City regulators on Monday following an Associated Press investigation earlier this year that showed it routinely filed false documents …
Bill Scher / Politico:
Is This the Stupidest Book Ever Written About Socialism?  —  The left-wing hosts of the insanely popular Chapo Trap House podcast have no idea what they're talking about, and their glib new book proves it.  —  Have you lived through the past three presidents and managed to still believe …
 
 
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Italo M. Brown / ABC News:
Deaths from drugs, alcohol and suicide now outpace diabetes, study shows
Discussion: Daily Wire
Nick Beres / WTVF-TV:
Prosecutor Considers Hate Crime In Murder Citing Racist Jailhouse Letter
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The Year of the Woman in electoral politics? Maybe so — but not for Republicans
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Primary Briefing: Florida, Arizona And Oklahoma
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
Ethan Hawke Is Still Taking Ethan Hawke Extremely Seriously
Anya Kamenetz / NPR:
The School Shootings That Weren't  —  How many times per year does …
 Earlier Items: 
The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventeenth Wave of Judicial Nominees
Discussion: National Review
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Only Latino Employee Resigns From Anti-Immigration Group Over Racial Slurs
Discussion: Raw Story and ImmigrationProf Blog
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Crisis of Democracy’ Is Overhyped
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Pallbearers, speakers announced for McCain's DC memorial service and Capitol ceremony
Discussion: Axios
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Whistleblower Exposes Key Player in FBI Russia Probe: “It was all a Set-up”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Patrick Redford / Deadspin:
Report: Baylor Secretly Infiltrated Sexual Assault Survivor Groups
Discussion: Boing Boing and Inside Higher Ed
Erik Pedersen / Deadline:
‘Rachel Maddow Show’ Tops Cable For Fourth Consecutive Night, Even With Guest Host
 

 
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
One year after Sam Altman was dramatically ousted and reinstated, OpenAI remains dominant as it continues to push ahead on impressive new products

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+
 
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