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6:10 PM ET, September 1, 2018

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Two Presidents Offer a Tribute to McCain, and a Contrast to Trump  —  WASHINGTON — He drove them crazy.  He berated them on the way to the White House and badgered them once they got there.  He stood by them when he thought they were right and tore at their heels when he was convinced they were wrong.
Discussion: USA Today and CANNONFIRE
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Meghan McCain, Obama knock Trump at John McCain's funeral service: ‘America was always great’  —  Meghan McCain and President Barack Obama took apparent swipes at President Trump on Saturday in a eulogy for John McCain — who sparred with Trump on a number of occasions before his death last week of brain cancer.
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
John McCain's Service In Vietnam Was a Tragedy  —  During the Vietnam War, our country dropped more bombs on southeast Asia than all sides let loose in World War 2, and doused more than 3,000 of the region's villages with one of the deadliest substances known to humankind.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:
Barack Obama's Eulogy for John McCain  —  Former President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy Saturday morning honoring the life of John McCain, who died last week after a decades-long career in the Senate.  In a pair of surprise requests last spring, the Arizona lawmaker had asked Obama …
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Washington Mourned John McCain.  President Trump Went Golfing.  —  WASHINGTON — For the clusters of onlookers, besuited power players and three former presidents who had all traveled to Washington National Cathedral, the muggy day was a historic opportunity to memorialize the life of Senator John McCain …
John T. Bennett / Roll Call:   Barack Obama on John McCain: ‘He Made Us Better Presidents’
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Read Barack Obama's eulogy for Sen. John McCain
Discussion: Washington Post
Gwenda Blair / Politico:
Donald Trump's Funeral Problem
Discussion: Raw Story
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
WATCH: Obama, Bush, Meghan McCain Swipe at Trump During John McCain Funeral Service
Discussion: IJR and Breitbart
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Meghan McCain Rebukes Trump in Powerful Eulogy for Her Father
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Live Updates: Remembering Senator John McCain, With Eulogies by Obama and Bush
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
McCain memorial: ‘What better way to honor John McCain than follow his example’
Discussion: AOL, The Week and Mediaite
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
McCain and a Requiem for the American Century
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
A Complex Web: The F.B.I., Russian Oligarchs, Bruce Ohr and the Trump Campaign  —  WASHINGTON — In the estimation of American officials, Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin, has faced credible accusations of extortion, bribery and even murder.
Discussion: Raw Story, Booman Tribune and NPR
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Wall Street Journal:
Anatomy of a Fusion Smear
Discussion: Power Line and The Last Refuge
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Papadopoulos says Sessions supported Putin campaign meeting, asks for most lenient sentence  —  (CNN)Convicted former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos has publicly contradicted Attorney General Jeff Sessions' sworn testimony to Congress, saying both Sessions and Donald Trump apparently supported …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Splinter
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Papadopoulos: Trump ‘nodded’ at suggestion of Putin meeting  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump “nodded with approval” at the suggestion of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a court filing Friday night that seeks leniency for a former campaign aide who lied to the FBI.
emptywheel:
“Young George” Papadopoulos Wants “Mercy and Compassion” (from Trump) for Something He Believes Is Treason
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Former Trump adviser Papadopoulos asks judge to spare him jail time
Discussion: Axios
Rob Tibbetts / Des Moines Register:
From Mollie Tibbetts' father: Don't distort her death to advance racist views  —  Mollie was nobody's victim.  Nor is she a pawn in others' debate  —  CONNECT  —  Ten days ago, we learned that Mollie would not be coming home.  Shattered, my family set out to celebrate Mollie's extraordinary life …
Discussion: New York Post
Associated Press:
Aretha Franklin funeral bishop apologizes to Ariana Grande … DETROIT — The bishop who officiated Aretha Franklin's funeral apologized Friday to Ariana Grande for how he touched her onstage and a joke he made about her name.  —  Bishop Charles H. Ellis III led Franklin's funeral …
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Exclusive: Pentagon cancels aid to Pakistan over record on militants  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it has made a final decision to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad's perceived failure to take decisive action against militants, in a new blow to deteriorating ties.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Last Refuge
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Kavanaugh's Kozinski Test  —  The White House has painted Judge Kavanaugh into a very tight corner when it comes to his former mentor.  But we deserve to hear how the SCOTUS nominee thinks about issues of harassment and the workplace.  —  On Tuesday, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will begin his confirmation hearings.
Discussion: Balkinization
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New York Times:
A Vengeful and Shortsighted Act  —  The Trump administration, currying favor with hard-liners in Israel, eliminates funding for the United Nations agency that aids Palestinian refugees.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.
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Associated Press:   Canada ‘will be out’ of trade deal unless it's ‘fair’: Trump
New York Times:   For Families Split at Border, an Anguished Wait for Children's Return
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers  —  During the Cold War, Washington feared that Moscow was seeking to turn microwave radiation into covert weapons of mind control.  —  More recently, the American military itself sought to develop microwave arms …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Boing Boing
politics.myajc:
Voting precincts closed across Georgia since election oversight lifted  —  When a passionate crowd rallied to save polling places in rural Randolph County, it won a high-profile battle for voting access.  —  But voters trying to preserve their local precincts are losing the war as voting locations are vanishing across Georgia.
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Poll by sinking poll, Trump inches toward impeachment  —  By any metric, Trump is in trouble.  —  A poll out from The Post and ABC on Friday shows that 60 percent of voters disapprove of the job he's doing as president, a new low.  But that's just one poll; the polling average …
Discussion: Booman Tribune, Althouse and Rantt
 
 
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