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8:25 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: Reuters, The Week and Raw Story
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 …
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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.
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
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Wall Street Journal:   Jim Comey's Higher Virtue
New York Sun:
It Seems Trump Was Right To Fire James Comey
Discussion: Instapundit
David Harsanyi / New York Post:
James Comey is proof the ‘deep state’ is something to fear
Discussion: Breitbart
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: Splinter
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Fearing Hackers, D.N.C. Plans to Block Iowa's ‘Virtual’ Caucuses
Discussion: Just Security, Politico and Slate
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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
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.
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
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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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 …
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 …
bellingcat:
Suspected Assassin in The Berlin Killing Used Fake Identity Documents … 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, non-biometric Russian passport …
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.
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 …
 
 
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David Freedlander / Politico:
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Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Tom Steyer learns, again, that money doesn't always matter in politics
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox's Cavuto roasts Trump over criticism of network
Cristina Gallardo / Politico:
Gordon Brown: Johnson ‘is tearing the country apart’
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
 Earlier Items: 
Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal:
Second Chasidic Man Attacked with a Rock in NY
Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Mark Sanford ponders another rocky trail: challenging Trump
QU Poll:
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
Andy Metzger / CommonWealth Magazine:
Kennedy holds 17-point lead over Markey in poll
Eve Fairbanks / Washington Post:
Conservatives say we've abandoned reason and civility. The Old South said that, too.
Discussion: RedState, The Resurgent and Commentary
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at Crunchyroll's challenges, including current and former employees saying its management is out of touch, as Disney and Netflix's expand into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks
 
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