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9:25 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: Fox News and 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: The Week, 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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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Sneaky, Leaky James Comey  —  The inspector general takes apart the former FBI director's excuses for his actions.  —  Of all the tall tales James Comey has told, none compare to the line he fed President Trump at their infamous January 2017 dinner.  As recounted in the former Federal Bureau …
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 and New York Times
New York Sun:
It Seems Trump Was Right To Fire James Comey
Discussion: Instapundit
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Comey IG report exposes the hypocrisy of the ‘Russia hoax’ crowd
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Wall Street Journal:   Jim Comey's Higher Virtue
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: Just Security and Splinter
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Fearing Hackers, D.N.C. Plans to Block Iowa's ‘Virtual’ Caucuses
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Slate
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
DNC to tell Iowa and Nevada to dump virtual caucus plan for 2020
Discussion: Associated Press and The Week
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
Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg:
Elizabeth Warren Once Wrote a Book on How to Get Rich  — ‘All Your Worth’ came out in 2005, when she was a professor  — It discusses many of the same economic issues she's running on  —  A few years out of college, Sarah Sparkman was struggling with debt.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:   Warren lovefest ending as 2020 competitors fear her rise
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:   ‘All in for Joe’: Biden looks to create firewall in SC as he maintains 2020 lead
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Top Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for ‘same pool of voters’
Discussion: Washington Post
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox's Cavuto roasts Trump over criticism of network  —  Fox News host Neil Cavuto tore into President Trump during his closing monologue on Thursday, defending his network from the president's criticism earlier this week that Fox “isn't working for us anymore.”  —  “Well I think the president watches Fox,” Cavuto began.
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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
USA Today:
James Mattis promotes a book that's silent about Donald Trump.  It's a disservice.  —  Former Defense secretary extols the ‘great big experiment’ that is America but fails to serve it with insights into the commander in chief: Our view  —  Former Defense Secretary James Mattis has been called …
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Washington Post:
Emerging from his silence, Mattis faces criticism for trying to take the ‘middle road’ on Trump
bellingcat:
Suspected Assassin in the Berlin Killing Used Fake Identity Documents  —  What we know so far … A joint investigation between Bellingcat, the German newspaper Der Spiegel, and The Insider (Russia), has established that the assassin travelled to Berlin via France under a validly issued …
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.
Discussion: The Big Lead
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
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Joe Biden Dismisses Report That He Told False War Story  —  After The Washington Post reported that Mr. Biden had conflated several stories into one anecdote, the former vice president insisted the contours of the tale were accurate.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr., whose habit of verbal missteps …
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Washington Post:
As he campaigns for president, Joe Biden tells a moving but false war story
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
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
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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
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 …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Women voters spell trouble for Trump in 2020  —  Polls show President Trump losing women voters by huge margins, presenting his reelection campaign with a massive hurdle to overcome as he seeks a second term in office.  —  Perhaps most alarmingly for Trump, the president is losing support …
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.
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Here Are 7 ‘Left Wing’ Ideas (Almost) All Americans Can Get Behind  —  The Democrats' 2020 primary fight has featured many pitched battles over policy questions.  But every debate over Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, tuition-free college, or any other intraparty wedge issue has been colored …
Gerry Shih / Washington Post:
China expels Wall Street Journal reporter over coverage of Xi's family  —  BEIJING — China effectively expelled a Wall Street Journal reporter from the country, one month after the newspaper published a report detailing allegations that a cousin of Chinese leader Xi Jinping was involved …
Ray Sanchez / CNN:
A top federal prosecutor in Ohio just sent a harsh message to white supremacists  —  US attorney delivers harsh message to white supremacists  —  (CNN)A federal prosecutor used a routine press conference announcing criminal charges on Thursday to deliver a harsh message to those who advocate white supremacy and white nationalism.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
 
 
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Brian Naylor / NPR:
As FEC Nears Shutdown, Priorities Such As Stopping Election Interference On Hold
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Abe Greenwald / New York Post:
If charged with racism, you must be guilty: That's the left's new rule
Discussion: Fox News
David Freedlander / Politico:
How Julián Castro Got Drowned Out
Cristina Gallardo / Politico:
Gordon Brown: Johnson ‘is tearing the country apart’
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Frauding of America's Farmers
Erika Stallings / Washington Post:
Many lawyers go into Big Law out of need. Don't ban us from the federal bench.
Discussion: Althouse
Reuters:
Exclusive: Amid crisis, China rejected Hong Kong plan to appease protesters - sources
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Second Chasidic Man Attacked with a Rock in NY
Justin Fox / Bloomberg:
Most Canadians Are Now Better Off Than Most Americans
Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Mark Sanford ponders another rocky trail: challenging Trump
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  August 29, 2019 - Majority Of Voters …
New York Times:
Sick Migrants Undergoing Lifesaving Care Can Now Be Deported
Discussion: Axios
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump Media reports Q2 net sales up 5.5% YoY to $883.3K, a net loss of $20M, vs. a $16.4M net loss in Q2 2024, and $3.1B in cash and investments, up ~800% YoY

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
South Park will be leaving HBO Max on August 5 after Paramount+ secured exclusive global streaming rights; HBO Max has been the US home for the past five years
 
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