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11:25 AM ET, August 29, 2018

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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Probing Whether Malaysian Fugitive Laundered Funds to Pay Chris Christie and Trump Lawyer  —  Jho Low under investigation for alleged embezzlement of $4.5 billion from 1MDB fund  —  The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether a fugitive Malaysian financier laundered tens …
Discussion: Shakesville
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Paul Starr / American Prospect:
No, Trump Is Far from Finished  —  President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Drum, New York.  —  In a 1920 study that is now regarded as a pioneering example of press criticism, Walter Lippmann and Charles Marz found that in its coverage of the Russian Revolution, The New York Times had repeatedly told …
Axios:
Scoop: Don McGahn's coming White House exit  —  Top White House officials and sources close to White House counsel Don McGahn tell Axios that McGahn will step down this fall — after Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, or after the midterms.  —  The big picture …
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New York Times:
White House Counsel Donald McGahn Will Leave This Fall, Trump Announces on Twitter  —  WASHINGTON — The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, will be leaving the administration this fall, President Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, leaving the president's side just as the sprawling investigation …
Discussion: NPR and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
A Black Progressive and a Trump Acolyte Win Florida Governor Primaries  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Democrats nominated Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor, and Republicans tapped Representative Ron DeSantis for governor Tuesday, setting the stage for a ferocious general election …
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Andrew Gillum wins Florida governor primary in upset victory for the left  —  The Tallahassee mayor will be the Democratic nominee in one of 2018's most important governor's races.  —  Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum prevailed in the hotly contested Democratic primary election for Florida governor …
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Trump slams Florida primary winner Gillum as ‘failed socialist mayor’
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why the Senate May Not Rename a Building for John McCain After All  —  Congress might want to hold off ordering new signage for one of its office buildings.  —  A proposal to rename the Russell Senate Office Building in honor of Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday, seems to have found its first sticking point.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP eyes another shot at ObamaCare repeal after McCain's death
Michael Graham / CBS News:
Commentary: Where are the mavericks in the Democratic Party?
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
C.I.A. Officer-Turned-Candidate Says PAC Obtained Her Security Application  —  WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer running for Congress accused a super PAC aligned with Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday of improperly obtaining her entire federal security clearance application …
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Courtney Alexander / Congressional Leadership Fund:   CLF Issues Statement: What Is Abigail Spanberger Hiding
NBC News:
Trump told Christian leaders he got rid of a law.  He didn't.  —  According to recorded excerpts of private remarks, he said evangelicals were “one election away from losing everything.”  —  In a closed-door meeting with evangelical leaders Monday night, President Trump repeated …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
If G.O.P. Loses Hold on Congress, Trump Warns, Democrats Will Enact Change ‘Quickly and Violently’
Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Inside McCain's surprise eulogy invitation to Obama  —  (CNN)A parting lesson in American civility from Sen. John McCain lies in the roster of leaders he personally selected to pay tribute at his memorial service Saturday at the National Cathedral.  —  It was a day in early April …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Maria Butina: Private Messages Reveal Accused Russian Spy's True Ties to D.C. Wise Man … When federal prosecutors charged Maria Butina with covertly infiltrating the conservative movement on behalf of the Kremlin, questions began to swirl around a Washington think tank that had published …
Politico:
Trump lawyer Giuliani got paid to lobby Romanian president  —  Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was being paid by a global consulting firm when he sent a letter to the president of Romania last week that contradicted the U.S. government's official position.
Christopher Flavelle / Bloomberg:
Miami Will Be Underwater Soon.  Its Drinking Water Could Go First  —  One morning in June, Douglas Yoder climbed into a white government SUV on the edge of Miami and headed northwest, away from the glittering coastline and into the maze of water infrastructure that makes this city possible.
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
The Diver Elon Musk Called A “Pedo” Is Preparing A Libel Claim  —  “You published through three different tweets to your twenty-two million followers that Mr. Unsworth engages in the sexual exploitation of Thai children, and you did so at a time when he was working to save the lives of twelve Thai children.”
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
August 2018 Ratings: CNN Has Its Second-Best August Ever  —  CNN Tops MSNBC for Record-Setting 50th Straight Month in Total Day  —  The Lead and State of the Union with Jake Tapper Rank #1  —  New Day, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Erin Burnett Outfront, Anderson Cooper 360 and CNN Tonight with Don Lemon
Discussion: RedState and The Hill
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Sirin Kale / The Guardian:
Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media  —  Generation Z has grown up online - so why are a surprising number suddenly turning their backs on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat?  —  For 17-year-old Mary Amanuel, from London, it happened in Tesco.
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Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:   Trump Has Changed How Teens View the News
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
HBO is out of the adult entertainment business  —  HBO's popular drama series “The Deuce” is set in Times Square in the 1970s before the New York neighborhood was purged of its X-rated movie houses and adult book stores.  —  But the cleanup of the cable network's own red light district is already complete.
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: Political Wire
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump, without citing evidence, says China hacked Hillary Clinton's emails  —  President Trump asserted early Wednesday, without citing evidence, that Hillary Clinton's emails were hacked by China, and he said the Justice Department and FBI risked losing their credibility if they did not look into the matter.
New York Post:
We should all be worried about Google's power  —  SEE ALSO  —  Tuesday brought endless commentary and reporting on how President Trump was being utterly ridiculous and conspiratorial to accuse Google of bias in its search algorithms.  Funny: Just over a year ago, in June 2017 …
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
Chris Collins turned down a plea deal in insider trading case  —  WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors offered Rep. Chris Collins a plea deal before indicting him on felony insider trading charges earlier this month, but the Republican from Clarence rejected it, two sources who asked not to be identified told The Buffalo News.
Discussion: Political Wire and Roll Call
Thomas L. Friedman / Associated Press:
What if Trump Did Actually Shoot Someone on Fifth Avenue?  —  Your vote in the midterms matters, because Republicans in Congress won't restrain the president's excesses. … My biggest challenge in writing all of the above?  Worrying that readers wouldn't realize it was made up.
BuzzFeed News:
This Is How Russian Propaganda Actually Works In The 21st Century  —  TALLINN, Estonia — The Russian government discreetly funded a group of seemingly independent news websites in Eastern Europe to pump out stories dictated to them by the Kremlin, BuzzFeed News and its reporting partners can reveal.
more at Mediagazer »
Lauren Weber / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Workers Report Highest Job Satisfaction Since 2005  —  More jobs, fewer layoffs contribute to brighter career outlook  —  Just more than half of U.S. workers—51%—said they were satisfied with their jobs in 2017, the highest level since 2005, according to a new report from The Conference Board, a business-research group.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein Wants Appeals Court to Define a “Commercial Sex Act”  —  A ruling two weeks ago by a New York judge could be consequential.  —  In the year since allegations surfaced against Harvey Weinstein, the movie mogul has denied perpetrating nonconsensual sexual acts.
Discussion: Althouse
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
With Ships and Missiles, China Is Ready to Challenge U.S. Navy in Pacific  —  DALIAN, China — In April, on the 69th anniversary of the founding of China's Navy, the country's first domestically built aircraft carrier stirred from its berth in the port city of Dalian on the Bohai Sea …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Liker, a Facebook Alternative for Liberals, Is Hive of False Claims About Trump … In the world of the anti-Trump Facebook #Resistance, no one has a bigger soapbox than Omar Rivero, the founder of the Occupy Democrats Facebook page.  —  Along with his brother Rafael, Rivero …
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Emails Link Former Homeland Security Official to White Nationalists  —  In the past two years, leaders of an emboldened white nationalism have burst into the forefront of national politics and coalesced around a so-called alt-right subculture as they have endeavored to make their ideology part of the mainstream.
Discussion: Splinter and Raw Story
 
 
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Washington Post:
Florida's unusually long red tide is killing wildlife, tourism and businesses
Ryan Browne / CNN:
NATO considering naming its HQ building in honor of McCain
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Irina Ivanova / CBS News:
California assembly passes bill mandating 100 percent clean electricity
Discussion: Daily Kos and Daily Wire
Benoit Faucon / Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Oil Exports Dropping Faster Than Expected Before U.S. Sanctions
Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Many indifferent to Kavanaugh nomination
Willis L. Krumholz / The Federalist:
With A Terrible Record To Run On, Keith Ellison Slings Slime At AG Opponent Doug Wardlow
Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
U.S. to End All Funding to U.N. Agency That Aids Palestinian Refugees
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Martha McSally wins Arizona primary
Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
Jeff Greene cancels election night party, will watch results from home
Megan Henney / Fox Business:
Jimmy Carter urges Dems not to impeach Trump
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire
John Riley / Metro Weekly:
Head of Human Rights Campaign Foundation resigns after using racial slur
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Boy, 9, Killed Himself After Being Tormented by Bullies, His Mom Says
Washington Post:
White House insists former CIA chief Brennan has no security clearance, says paperwork ‘delayed’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Attorney for Michael Cohen keeps changing his story on Trump Tower meeting
 

 
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