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7:45 AM ET, August 30, 2019

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New York Times:
Trump's Personal Assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, Steps Down  —  President Trump's personal assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, whose office sits in front of the Oval Office and who has served as the president's gatekeeper since Day 1 of his administration, resigned on Thursday, two people familiar with her exit said.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump's executive assistant resigns from White House  —  President Donald Trump's longtime executive assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, abruptly resigned from the White House on Thursday, after coming under scrutiny for sharing intimate details about the president's family with reporters, according to two sources familiar with the move.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump heads into buzzsaw in North Carolina  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SIREN ... NEW PARTY POLLING ... NEXT MONTH'S special election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District is truly a squeaker.  Internal Republican polling has shown GOP candidate DAN BISHOP anywhere …
Discussion: Reuters and Raw Story
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
What That Comey Email Report Really Says  —  The inspector general of the Justice Department has determined that it is misconduct for a law enforcement officer to publicly disclose an effort to shut down his investigation.  —  Michael Horowitz would probably not describe his findings that way.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
New report details Comey plan to ambush Trump with Moscow sex allegation  —  A just-released Justice Department inspector general's report provides new details on a January 2017 plan by then-FBI Director James Comey, top bureau officials, and the nation's intelligence chiefs to spring …
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
James Comey wants an apology?  This is myth becoming madness  —  Two years ago, former FBI Director James Comey came out with a book that celebrated himself as a paragon of “ethical leadership,” a subject that he later taught at the College of William and Mary.
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   Sneaky, Leaky James Comey
Wall Street Journal:   Jim Comey's Higher Virtue
David Harsanyi / New York Post:
James Comey is proof the ‘deep state’ is something to fear
Discussion: Breitbart
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
‘All in for Joe’: Biden looks to create firewall in SC as he maintains 2020 lead  —  GAFFNEY — Even with so many other candidates to choose from, Sheran Littlejohn knew who she was going to vote for in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary before the race even really began.
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:   Warren lovefest ending as 2020 competitors fear her rise
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Top Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for ‘same pool of voters’
Discussion: Washington Post
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Aides Admit Trump Was Faking Those “Phone Calls” With China  —  The president was reportedly “eager to project optimism that might boost markets,” which should hearten the Chinese.  —  At last week's G7 summit in Biarritz, Donald Trump gave an entire network of world leaders whiplash when he declared …
Discussion: CNN, Hullabaloo and Hot Air
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
DNC will reject Iowa's virtual caucus plan, sources say, throwing the state's first-in-the-nation status into question  —  The Iowa caucuses are not first because they're important, they're important because they're first.  Register opinion editor Kathie Obradovich gives a brief history lesson on the Iowa caucus.
Discussion: New York Times, Slate and Splinter
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump cancels trip to Poland, says he is staying in the U.S. to monitor Hurricane Dorian  —  President Trump announced Thursday that he is canceling a planned trip to Poland and will remain in the United States to monitor Hurricane Dorian, which is headed toward a potential landfall in Florida …
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago is in the projected path of Hurricane Dorian
Discussion: UPI, Fox News and Florida Politics
Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:
US spies say Trump's G7 performance suggests he's either a ‘Russian asset’ or a ‘useful idiot’ for Putin  — Current and former spies are floored by President Donald Trump's fervent defense of Russia at this year's G7 summit in Biarritz, France.  — “It's hard to see the bar anymore since it's …
Discussion: Washington Press
Washington Post:
As he campaigns for president, Joe Biden tells a moving but false war story  —  HANOVER, N.H. — Joe Biden painted a vivid scene for the 400 people packed into a college meeting hall.  A four-star general had asked the then-vice president to travel to Kunar province in Afghanistan …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Joe Biden Dismisses Report That He Told False War Story
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Biden says in SC that ‘essence’ of war story is accurate despite report of false details
Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Mugshots show White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham after drunk driving arrests in 2013 and 2015  —  Being Donald Trump's spokeswoman can drive a person to drink, but Stephanie Grisham had a record of drunk driving long before she got the job in June.
Mike Cason / al.com:
Gov. Kay Ivey apologizes for racist skit from time at Auburn  —  Gov. Kay Ivey is contacting state legislators, and apologizing for her role in a racist student skit from her time as an Auburn student.  —  Ivey was president of her Alpha Gamma Delta pledge class at Auburn.
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Reis Thebault / Washington Post:   Alabama's Republican governor apologizes for wearing blackface in college, refuses to resign
Rebecca Liebson / New York Times:
Uproar Over Anti-Semitic Video Produced by Republicans in N.Y. County  —  The video became a flash point in the fight over real-estate development by the ultra-Orthodox Jewish population.  —  Dark clouds roll in while ominous orchestral music swells in a video posted on Wednesday night by the Rockland County Republican Party.
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Eli Steinberg / The Forward:
No One Cares About Attacks Against The Orthodox Because You've Been Dehumanizing Us For Decades
Discussion: twitchy.com
New York Times:
Sick Migrants Undergoing Lifesaving Care Can Now Be Deported  —  LOS ANGELES — Maria Isabel Bueso was 7 years old when she came to the United States from Guatemala at the invitation of doctors who were conducting a clinical trial for the treatment of her rare, disfiguring genetic disease.
Discussion: Axios
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Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
Trump administration seeks to deport children with life-threatening illnesses
Will Wright / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Donald Trump Jr. touts Bevin to a mostly-empty arena in Kentucky coal country  —  Donald Trump Jr. spoke to a mostly-empty arena in Pikeville Thursday afternoon, hoping to muster support within a historically Democratic county for the reelection of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.
Hannah Gais / Splinter:
Leaked Emails Show How White Nationalists Have Infiltrated Conservative Media  —  Conservative institutions in the Donald Trump era have often sought to portray themselves as shocked and appalled by the so-called “alt-right.”  White nationalists have also engaged in their own efforts …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Why white evangelicals should panic  —  Much white evangelical support for President Trump is based on a bargain or transaction: political loyalty (and political cover for the president's moral flaws) in return for protection from a hostile culture.  Many evangelicals are fearful that courts …
New York Times:
How a Ring of Women Allegedly Recruited Girls for Jeffrey Epstein  —  After Mr. Epstein's suicide, his inner circle of girlfriends, employees and other associates is now under scrutiny by prosecutors.  —  Haley Robson was a 16-year-old South Florida high school student when an acquaintance …
Discussion: The Sun, New York Post and Gothamist
Justin Fox / Bloomberg:
Most Canadians Are Now Better Off Than Most Americans  —  Middle-class people in the U.S. are losing ground to their peers in other rich countries.  —  Everybody knows that the U.S. version of capitalism is rougher and tougher than is the norm in other affluent countries.
ESPN:
No distractions: An NFL veteran opens up on his sexuality  —  Ryan Russell is a three-year NFL veteran.  He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 2015 after a successful college career at Purdue.  He played one season with the Cowboys and two for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  He started seven games for the Bucs in 2017.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Amid crisis, China rejected Hong Kong plan to appease protesters - sources  —  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Earlier this summer, Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, submitted a report to Beijing that assessed protesters' five key demands and found that withdrawing …
Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal:
Second Chasidic Man Attacked with a Rock in NY  —  A second Chasidic man was attacked with a rock in Brooklyn, N.Y. in the span of less than a week on Aug. 29, COLlive.com reports.  —  The victim, who has not been identified, was in his truck waiting for the traffic light to change …
Eve Fairbanks / Washington Post:
Conservatives say we've abandoned reason and civility.  The Old South said that, too.  —  Conservatives say we've abandoned reason and civility.  The Old South used the same language to defend slavery.  —  After the El Paso shooting, Ben Shapiro — a popular conservative podcaster …
Discussion: RedState, The Resurgent and Commentary
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Frauding of America's Farmers
Ray Sanchez / CNN:
A top federal prosecutor in Ohio just sent a harsh message to white supremacists
Discussion: Raw Story
Erika Stallings / Washington Post:
Not all corporate lawyers are the same. Don't ban us from the federal bench.
Discussion: Althouse
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Ilhan Omar dodges questions from The Post about alleged affair
Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Mark Sanford ponders another rocky trail: challenging Trump
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘If true’: MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell substitutes wishful thinking for journalism
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Release Detail  —  August 29, 2019 - Majority Of Voters …
Jessica Campisi / The Hill:
Fox News's Shepard Smith pushes back on Trump: 'There's no new wall ... not true'
Discussion: Fox News
Ann-Christine Diaz / Ad Age:
Cadbury's Unity Bar promotes diversity with four different kinds of chocolate
Discussion: New York Post
Andy Metzger / CommonWealth Magazine:
Kennedy holds 17-point lead over Markey in poll
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
(UPDATED) To Absolutely No One's Surprise, MSNBC Ends Saturday Night Politics With Donny Deutsch
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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