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8:15 AM ET, August 19, 2019

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
In Economic Warning Signals, Trump Sees Signs of a Conspiracy  —  President Trump, confronting perhaps the most ominous economic signs of his time in office, has unleashed what is by now a familiar response: lashing out at what he believes is a conspiracy of forces arrayed against him.
Discussion: CNN, The Week, 77 WABC Radio and Bloomberg
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
'I'm not happy with it': Trump hits Fox News over poll results  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed his preferred news network over recent unfavorable poll results, saying: “There's something going on at Fox [News], I'll tell you right now.  And I'm not happy with it.”
Discussion: TheBlaze
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of Trump  —  How he became a heartland evangelical—and the President's most loyal soldier.  —  In the winter of 2016, Donald Trump was roaring through the primaries, and Mike Pompeo was determined to stop him.  Pompeo, a little-known congressman from Wichita …
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
There could have been three more mass shootings if these men weren't stopped, authorities say  —  (CNN)Authorities this weekend announced they had foiled three potential mass shootings after arresting three men in different states who expressed interest in or threatened to carry them out.
Discussion: New York Post and The Week
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Amid failure to topple Maduro, Trump privately proposes a naval blockade of Venezuela  —  President Trump has suggested to national security officials that the U.S. should station Navy ships along the Venezuelan coastline to prevent goods from coming in and out of the country …
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Joshua Goodman / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US talks secretly to Venezuela socialist boss
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Associated Press:   US Official: Secret communications opened with Venezuela socialist boss Cabello over guarantees for Maduro insiders
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Danish prime minister calls Trump's interest in buying Greenland ‘absurd’  —  What you should know about Trump's interest in Greenland  —  Washington (CNN)The Danish Prime Minister called Donald Trump's interest in buying Greenland “absurd” the same day the President confirmed he had discussed …
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Amy Russo / HuffPost:
Larry Kudlow Says Trump Admin Still ‘Looking At’ Buying Greenland
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Chief Wedged Between a Slowing Economy and an Angry President  —  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell faces scrutiny from markets and the White House in an economy unsettled by a trade dispute and fears of recession  —  Jerome Powell is entering the most perilous stage yet of his tenure …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump: ‘We already have a lot of background checks’
Discussion: Associated Press
Financial Times:
Group of US corporate leaders ditches shareholder-first mantra  —  One of America's largest business groups has dropped the “shareholder primacy” creed that has driven US capitalism for decades, urging companies to consider the environment and workers' wellbeing alongside their pursuit of profits.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Alan Murray / Fortune:
America's CEOs Seek a New Purpose for the Corporation
Discussion: Axios
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump cuts off one of his closest friends  —  Tom Barrack and Donald Trump have been friends and confidants for more than three decades — the two men are so close, for instance, that Barrack comforted Trump during the funeral of his father, Fred.  —  But the intimate relationship between …
Discussion: Political Wire
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Biden to skip DNC meeting in San Francisco where 13 candidates are expected  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of Democratic National Committee delegates will be here next weekend for a three-day gathering that gives them a chance to meet and hear from 13 presidential contenders …
Heather Mac Donald / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Isn't the One Dividing Us by Race  —  He hardly mentions it, while his adversaries are obsessed with ‘whiteness’ and ‘white privilege.’  —  Long before the El Paso massacre, President Trump's political opponents accused him of sowing “division” with his “racist language.”
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:   Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren lie about the Michael Brown case
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Howard University to add golf teams after receiving sponsorship from NBA star Stephen Curry  —  Following a January screening of “Emanuel,” a documentary about the deadly 2015 shooting of nine black worshipers at a church in Charleston, S.C., a throng of Howard University students jockeyed …
James Arkin / Politico:
The low-key, Harley-riding senator Democrats are leaning on to win the majority  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democrat Gary Peters, a bearded, buttoned-down genial Midwesterner who could easily pass for the investment adviser he once was, is known in the Senate mostly for steering as far clear from the spotlight as he possibly can.
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Elizabeth Warren's heritage flap re-emerges ahead of native American forum  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Time may really heal all wounds — even those that are self-inflicted and political in nature.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren's, D-Mass., controversial rollout of a DNA test regarding …
Discussion: New Republic and Fox News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's economic record is one big con  —  President Trump came into office promising some fabulous yet unspecified health-care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.  No plan existed; every plan Republicans came up with managed to reduce the number of insured.
Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Nuclear Monitoring Stations Went Silent After Missile Blast  —  Outages spur concerns by experts that Russia is trying to restrict evidence of the explosion  —  Two Russian monitoring stations designed to detect nuclear radiation went silent soon after the explosion at a missile test site …
Discussion: Fox News and Forbes
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
Virginia Republican in close race now backs ‘red flag’ gun bill  —  Virginia Del. Tim Hugo this week expressed support for a “red flag” gun bill that would remove guns from some people considered a risk to themselves or others, an apparent shift for the Fairfax Republican who faces a tough reelection challenge in November.
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
There Will Be No Justice For Trump's Enablers  —  The moral and professional accounting some Republicans feared will never take place.  —  After Donald Trump became his party's nominee for president in 2016, a great many Republicans in Washington said publicly and privately that they would never work …
Discussion: Washington Post
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
For Trump, appeals to white fears about race may be a tougher sell in 2020: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric and focus on the grievances of white voters helped him win the 2016 election.  But a Reuters analysis of public opinion …
HuffPost:
Proud Boys, Outnumbered By Anti-fascists, Get Police Escort After 30-Minute Rally  —  Many had feared the rally in Portland would be the most violent fascist rally of the Trump era.  —  PORTLAND, Ore. ― A few hundred fascists once again invaded Portland for a much-anticipated rally Saturday …
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
Did Bill Clinton See This Coming?  —  On his 73rd birthday, the former MVP of the Democratic Party has been sidelined—perhaps for good.  —  In the summer of 1996, as he prepared to turn 50—and win a second term in the White House—Bill Clinton took to musing aloud that he now had “more yesterdays than tomorrows.”
Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post:
The quantum revolution is coming, and Chinese scientists are at the forefront  —  China's drive to dominate a field with big economic and military applications outpaces some U.S. strides  —  SHANGHAI — More than a decade ago, Chinese physicist Pan Jian-Wei returned home from Europe …
The Daily Beast:
Disgraced Pundit Mark Halperin's Accusers Call New Book Deal a ‘Slap in the Face’  —  News of the “Game Change” author's deal with Regan Arts came as a shock to his accusers, and prominent Democrats interviewed in the book have been scrambling to explain themselves.
 
 
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Erin Durkin / Politico:
Republican challengers rushing to unseat Ocasio-Cortez
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Warren works to overcome hurdles with black voters in S.C.
Discussion: Splinter and Los Angeles Times
William Echols / POLYGRAPH.info:
Pelosi Accused of Applauding Hong Kong Violence Over Tiananmen Candle Vigil Praise
Discussion: Bloomberg
Kate Holton / Reuters:
Parliament cannot stop Brexit, Johnson to tell Macron and Merkel
Will Englund / Washington Post:
Seeking democracy on the streets of Russia
Joel Achenbach / Greenwich Time:
Two mass murders a world apart share a common theme: ‘ecofascism’
Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's governor during Katrina, dies
Discussion: The Week and Axios
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Amid the Kale and Corn, Fears of White Supremacy at the Farmers' Market
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Clare Duffy / CNN:
Websites that peddle disinformation make millions of dollars in ads, new study finds
Alayna Treene / Axios:
White House and Congress say it's “September or bust” on gun legislation
Discussion: The Week
Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Interview: The Only Person Who Attended Steve King's Forum
Discussion: Raw Story and ThinkProgress
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Graham: IG's report on Russia probe will be ‘ugly and damning’ for DOJ
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
Women Are Fleeing Death at Home. The U.S. Wants to Keep Them Out.
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
PA bans LGBTQ activities in West Bank
Daily Mail:
The tantalising mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell's burger bar ‘makeover’ …
 

 
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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