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Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question  —  PHARR, Tex. — On paper, he's a devoted U.S. citizen.  —  His official American birth certificate shows he was delivered by a midwife in Brownsville, at the southern tip of Texas.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Winter is coming’: Allies fear Trump isn't prepared for gathering legal storm  —  President Trump's advisers and allies are increasingly worried that he has neither the staff nor the strategy to protect himself from a possible Democratic takeover of the House, which would empower …
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Murray Waas / NYR Daily:
The Flynn Tapes: A New Tell  —  In early February 2017, a senior White House attorney, John Eisenberg, reviewed highly classified intelligence intercepts of telephone conversations between then-National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
White House Counsel Donald McGahn Will Leave This Fall, Trump Announces on Twitter
emptywheel:   Don McGahn's Bullshit Report Covering Up the Flynn Firing
Washington Post:
Trump says White House Counsel Donald McGahn will leave his job in the fall
Chad Smith / American Ledger:
DeSantis Moderates Hate-Filled Facebook Group That Attacks African-Americans, Parkland Survivors and Muslims  —  UPDATE: Rep. Ron DeSantis has quit the Facebook group that trafficked in racist and offensive slurs, following American Ledger's reporting on Wednesday.  - 8:54 PM
Discussion: CNN, Splinter and Raw Story
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
DeSantis: Florida voters shouldn't ‘monkey this up’ by voting for Gillum  —  (R) on Wednesday warned Florida voters not to “monkey this up” by voting for his Democratic gubernatorial opponent Andrew Gillum.  —  “You know, this is a guy, although he's much too liberal for Florida …
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
The Media Say Republican Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis Just Dropped A Racist Dog Whistle.  That's Silly.  —  On Wednesday, the political world set itself alight thanks to the comments of Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Ron DeSantis.
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed News:
If Anyone Had Bothered Talking To Black Voters, They Would Have Known Andrew Gillum Was Going To Win
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Sarah Palin, Loyal Running Mate, Excluded from John McCain's Funeral  —  Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who was Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)'s running mate in the 2008 presidential election, has been excluded from his funeral.  —  Breitbart News has independently confirmed an earlier report …
Discussion: Axios
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Susan Keating / People.com:
John McCain's 2008 Running Mate Sarah Palin Is Not Invited to His Funeral: 'It's Sad'  —  President Donald Trump and former John McCain presidential running mate Sarah Palin are not invited to memorial services for the iconic Arizona senator, multiple sources tell PEOPLE.
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Palin not invited to McCain's funeral: report
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
Sarah Palin is not invited to John McCain's funeral: report
Discussion: IJR, The Political Insider and Reuters
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed News:
Inside The Trump Administration's Secret War On Weed  —  The White House has secretly amassed a committee of federal agencies from across the government to combat public support for marijuana and cast state legalization measures in a negative light, while attempting to portray the drug as a national threat …
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Exclusive: here's the photo of a very white summer intern class the White House didn't release
Discussion: The White House and The Guardian
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
New U.S. Sexual Misconduct Rules Bolster Rights of Accused, Protect Colleges  —  WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is preparing new policies on campus sexual misconduct that would bolster the rights of students accused of assault, harassment or rape, lessen liability for institutions …
Jay Cassano / Sludge:
Cuomo Received $25,000 From Weinstein Lawyer's Firm as He Suspended Probe  —  The contribution from Weinstein's former lawyer was made the same month Cuomo suspended an investigation into the New York district attorney's failure to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015.  —  EDITED BY
Alex Ward / Vox:
Exclusive: Trump promised Kim Jong Un he'd sign an agreement to end the Korean War  —  He hasn't followed through yet — and North Korea talks may have stalled because of it.  —  President Donald Trump told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their Singapore summit in June that he'd sign …
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Michael Sykes / Axios:
Trump says joint military exercises are still off the table
Hunter Harris / Vulture:
Two Women Describe Louis C.K.'s ‘Uncomfortable’ Comedy Cellar Set  —  As the New York Times reported, when Louis C.K. took the stage for a surprise set at the Comedy Cellar Sunday night, he was met with applause.  The short set was his first appearance after he released a statement …
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Daisy Alioto / Vox:
The big problem with the animal crackers “cage free” box redesign  —  The new art doesn't address any of the underlying issues about ethics, exploitation, and corporate greed.  —  Nabisco's animal crackers are a staple of American snack food aisles, and the box — a red …
HuffPost:
Democrats Just Confirmed Lots Of Trump's Judges So They Could Skip Town  —  The resistance wilts in August.  —  WASHINGTON Senate Democrats just gave a huge gift to President Donald Trump: They agreed to expedite votes on 15 of his nominees to lifetime federal court seats because they wanted to go home.
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Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
After weeks of uncertainty, Papadopoulos decides to accept plea deal with Mueller  —  George Papadopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign, has decided to stick with his plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller, his wife told ABC News on Wednesday.
Discussion: Splinter
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Mueller wants to review emails between Manafort, former lawyer  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team wants to review emails between Paul Manafort and one of his former lawyers — messages that would typically be protected by attorney-client privilege.  —  Manafort's emails are a special case …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mueller team seeks more time to decide if they'll retry Manafort on deadlocked charges
Discussion: ABC News and The Gateway Pundit
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Could this be the next Trump scandal?  —  One way to look at the Trump presidency is to say that it's all a shrewd strategy: Trump overwhelms us with scandal and controversy, making it impossible to focus on one outrage for long before you're distracted by the next outrage.
Alex Burness / The Colorado Independent:
Body-cam vid shows Denver cops cuffed Indy editor as she photographed their badges  —  Police body camera footage released today shows two Denver officers told The Colorado Independent's editor, Susan Greene, to “act like a lady” as they handcuffed and detained her in July for attempting …
Discussion: Boing Boing and YouTube
BuzzFeed News:
“Suspicious” Transactions At Russian Embassy Sparked Deeper Bank Probe Than Previously Known  —  When BuzzFeed News reported earlier this year on dozens of suspicious financial transactions by Russian diplomats living in Washington, Kremlin officials objected with ferocity.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
Several Women Say Airlines Don't Do Enough To Protect Them From Men Who Masturbate On Flights  —  Mikaela Dixon was sitting in the middle seat on a United flight from Orange County to Chicago on August 11 when she realized the stranger next to her was masturbating.
New York Post:
Why is CNN avoiding the truth about Lanny Davis' lies?  —  Last Thursday, we asked how long it would take before Lanny Davis again changed his story about what his client, Michael Cohen, knows about President Trump.  It turned out to be four days.  —  Meanwhile, CNN is standing by a story …
Victor Morton / Washington Times:
Democrat vows to impeach Clarence Thomas if elected  —  A Democrat running for the U.S. House in Massachusetts has made an unusual political promise: Put me in Congress and I'll impeach Justice Clarence Thomas for sexual harassment and perjury.  —  State Sen. Barbara L'Italien said the promise …
Discussion: Politico
USA Today:
Poll: Michael Cohen's guilty plea raises serious questions about Donald Trump's behavior  —  President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance and other charges.  Deputy U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami told reporters that Cohen thought “he was above the law.”
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and National Review
Alex Pareene / HuffPost:
Southerners Tore Down Silent Sam.  Now Northerners Need to Tear Down Confederate Flags.  —  Contrary to what a Confederate sympathizer would tell you, it is not an erasure of history to remove a Confederate monument.  It is the opposite: a long-overdue acknowledgment of history and an attempt …
CNN:
Sources: Second Trump Org employee discussed immunity deal  —  (CNN)A second Trump Organization employee discussed a potential immunity deal with the federal prosecutors who charged Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Tom Sietsema / Washington Post:
La Vie on the Wharf is so bad I'm only writing about it as a warning  —  Every now and then I encounter a restaurant that's so dismissive of diners' senses, my initial reaction is simply not to write about it.  Why waste the money, the words and your precious time?
Discussion: DCist and Washingtonian
Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Trump's Ludicrous Attack on Big Tech  —  The idea that Google and Twitter are rigging their platforms against him is patently false.  —  Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.  —  Here's the truest conundrum of the social media age: Those who complain loudest about being silenced never ever shut up.
YouTube:
Pope meets Archbishop Vigano … In his document accusing Pope Francis of knowing about and ignoring allegations of sexual misconduct by then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former papal nuncio to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, said that at the end of a meeting June 21, 2013 …
Washington Post:
Giuliani letter criticizing Romania's anti-corruption drive draws State Department attention  —  A letter that Rudolph W. Giuliani, one of President Trump's personal attorneys, sent to Romanian officials opposing a corruption crackdown in that country has drawn the attention of the State Department …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
CIA Analyst Turned Candidate Fears She'll Get Doxxed Next … Elissa Slotkin has a sinking suspicion that her private life may be exposed by her political adversaries.  —  Slotkin is a former CIA analyst and senior Pentagon official running for Congress in Michigan as a Democrat.
Craig Bannister / CNSNews:
Poll: Facebook at Risk of Losing 32% of Conservative Users  —  Facebook is at risk of losing 32% of its conservative users due to concerns the social media giant is censoring its content, a new national omnibus survey by McLaughlin & Associates reveals.  —  Sponsored by the Media Research Center …
 
 
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