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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Charged With Felony in California  —  The blundering conservative operative faces one charge of unlawfully selling securities in California.  —  California authorities issued an arrest warrant for blundering conservative operative Jacob Wohl, who is now due to be arraigned on a felony charge next month, court records show.
Washington Post:
President Trump shows doctored hurricane chart.  Was it to cover up for ‘Alabama’ Twitter flub?  —  President Trump had erroneously stated Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama.  —  On Wednesday, it appears the White House attempted to retroactively correct a tweet that President Trump issued …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Why does Trump's hurricane map look different than others?  —  The president has claimed for days Hurricane Dorian was projected to hit Alabama.  Forecasters said it was not.  —  After days of claiming without evidence that Alabama was projected to be hit by Hurricane Dorian …
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Did Trump Doctor a Hurricane Map With Sharpie to Prove His False Prediction That Dorian Could Hit Alabama?
Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Miriam Lord / The Irish Times:
How Mike Pence shat on the new carpet in Ireland's spare room  —  Stoical smiles as US vice-president delivers strong endorsement of Johnson and Brexit  —  The hospitable hosts buttered up their important guest and made a big fuss of his family and hoped he would say nice things …
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CNN:
Pence faces heat over Doonbeg boondoggle  —  Pence stayed in Trump hotel during official Ireland visit  —  Washington (CNN)With fealty to President Donald Trump as his defining political trait, Vice President Mike Pence isn't typically the man in the spotlight.
Washington Post:
Trump offers full support for Johnson as Pence prepares to visit London amid Brexit chaos
Discussion: The White House and Political Wire
Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘Boris knows how to win’: Trump backs Johnson amid Brexit turmoil
Brett Samuels / The Hill:   Pence's office now says it wasn't Trump's idea to stay at his hotel in Ireland
CNN:
Soft-landings and Twitter shame: How the White House handles ex-aides with stories to tell  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's relationship with his chief of staff John Kelly was beyond repair when he announced last December that Kelly would be stepping down.  —  So before Kelly could leave …
Discussion: Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
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Los Angeles Times:
Trump's schedule shows a president with plenty of downtime this summer
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The White House thinks The Post ignored Trump's summertime successes. So, about that.
Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Republican Jim Sensenbrenner won't run for re-election in 2020 after more than 40 years in Congress … (Photo: Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)  —  Wisconsin Republican Jim Sensenbrenner, the second longest-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives, will not run for a 22nd term, he said Wednesday.
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Andre Castro / Flores:
Bill Flores Announces Intent to Not Seek Re-election in 2020
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:   Republican Jim Sensenbrenner announces he won't seek reelection
Gigi Sukin / Axios:
GOP Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner will not seek re-election
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Labor Department To Reinstate Aide Wrongfully Accused Of Anti-Semitism  — Trump appointee Leif Olson will return to his post after resigning following a Bloomberg Law article that falsely accused him of anti-Semitism.  — The Facebook post at issue was actually sarcastically mocking …
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Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner:
Labor Department rehires staffer Bloomberg accused of anti-Semitism
Wall Street Journal:
Democratic Lawyer Greg Craig Is Acquitted  —  White House counsel for President Obama is vindicated over false-statement charge  —  WASHINGTON—Former White House counsel Greg Craig was acquitted by a federal jury on Wednesday on a felony false-statement charge, a major vindication for one of the most prominent lawyers in Washington.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Greg Craig found not guilty in Ukraine lobbying case
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Lawmakers furious after learning how military will pay for Trump's wall  —  Pentagon diverting military funds to build border wall  —  Washington (CNN)The Pentagon's announcement that it will divert $3.6 billion in military construction funds to help fund President Donald Trump's border wall …
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Washington Post:
Pentagon takes money from Puerto Rico, European projects to fund Trump's wall
Discussion: Big League Politics
Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Document reveals the FBI is tracking border protest groups as extremist organizations  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI is monitoring groups on the border that are protesting U.S. immigration policy, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.  —  The FBI has gathered intelligence from people with …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Suffer From Debilitating Back Pain?  So Does Seb Gorka, According to His New Gig as Spokesman For Fish Oil Pills  —  Former White House assistant Seb Gorka once suffered from debilitating lower back pain, but he is now miraculously “pain free” after taking a job hawking fish oil supplements …
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
A Top White House Reporter Is Taking Over The Washington Free Beacon  —  A leading political reporter is leaving Politico to lead the neoconservative flagship Washington Free Beacon, the latest move in a conservative media world attempting to adjust to the age of Donald Trump.
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
It's time to create a conservative ecosystem that doesn't welcome racists  —  Liberal commentators will always say conservatives are just a bunch of racists.  This is a lie.  But conservatives need to do a better job convincing the racists that it's a lie.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:   Four Things That Are Not White Nationalism
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Trump Voters Whose ‘Need for Chaos’ Obliterates Everything Else  —  Political nihilism is one of the president's strongest weapons.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  Over the four years during …
Amelia Nierenberg / New York Times:
A Tomato Grows in the East River  —  A single tomato plant has sprouted on a piling by the Brooklyn Bridge.  Who knows how it got there?  —  On a wooden piling in the waters off Brooklyn Bridge Park, a lone red fruit grows between Pier 1, right next to the Brooklyn Bridge, and Pier 2.
Rebecca Keegan / Hollywood Reporter:
The Season of Scarlett Johansson: Two Hot Films, Her Marvel Future, Woody Allen and a Pick for President  —  With Noah Baumbach's ‘Marriage Story’ and Taika Waititi's ‘Jojo Rabbit’, her Avengers spinoff ‘Black Widow’ and the mantle of the world's highest-grossing actress …
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Dan Crenshaw is worried that universal background checks might keep him from arming his friends  —  Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), an NRA-backed gun-rights advocate, dismissed calls for universal background checks even after a mass shooting in his own state that might have been prevented by such a law.
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Miya Shay / ABC13:
Woman shoots man who reached into car and tried to steal purse in SW Houston: Police
CNBC:
‘Hundreds of other people could be implicated’ in Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell court documents  —  KEY POINTS  — Secret court filings related to Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged procurer Ghislaine Maxwell could implicate “hundreds of other people,” Maxwell's lawyer said.
Christien Kafton / KTVU-TV:
San Francisco Board of Supervisors designates NRA domestic terrorist organization  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - The city of San Francisco has formally adopted a resolution calling the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization.  —  San Francisco's Board of Supervisors …
Kimberly Dozier / TIME:
Exclusive: Secretary of State Pompeo Declines to Sign Risky Afghan Peace Deal  —  The U.S. is closing in on a deal with the Taliban that is designed to wind down America's 18-year war in Afghanistan, but the best indication of how risky the pact may be is this: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun-Times:
Jussie Smollett lawyers: Even if actor faked attack, cops didn't need to investigate it so vigorously  —  SNEED EXCLUSIVE: The ex-"Empire" actor's latest court filing, while not admitting he staged the incident, pins the decision to spend so much money on the police probe squarely on law enforcement.
Yael Halon / Fox News:
Grey's Anatomy Star Isaiah Washington opens up about decision to leave the Democratic party after Trump White House visit  —  On Fox Nation's latest episode of “Nuff Said,” Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington opened up about his decision to leave the Democratic Party, and the reaction he got …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR and The Root
Angela Ryan / The Independent:
I was one of those white women who voted for Donald Trump in 2016.  Now I see what a terrible mistake I made  —  And this political era has instilled an outrage and activism in me I never knew existed  —  Prior to the 2016 presidential election, I was a happily uninvolved voter.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
Charges officially dropped against ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock in unusual deal with feds  —  Six months after striking a rare deal with prosecutors, former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock on Wednesday was officially cleared of criminal charges alleging he used his campaign funds as a private piggy bank.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
After Climate Forum, Biden Heads to a Fundraiser Co-Hosted by a Fossil Fuel Executive  —  The day after Joe Biden participates in CNN's climate forum in New York, the former vice president will head to a high-dollar fundraiser co-hosted by a fossil fuel executive tied to a major natural gas development project.
Discussion: CNBC and Washington Free Beacon
Hannes Grassegger / Medium:
The unpublished Cambridge Analytica Interview  —  I am a Swiss technology reporter, working for Switzerland's leading weekly print magazine “Das Magazin”.  In the summer of 2016 I started investigating a then little known digital marketing company named “Cambridge Analytica”.
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judiciary panel issues subpoena on Trump's alleged offer to pardon DHS officials
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Democratic Rep. Susan Davis says she won't seek reelection in 2020
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Stone aide who battled Mueller will testify at former boss' trial
CBS News:
Andrew Yang on why he'll beat Biden and lure Trump voters
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Democrats Have Reached A Crossroads
Discussion: Townhall
Charles Franklin / Marquette University Law School:
New Marquette Law School Poll finds Biden leading Trump in head-to-head presidential match …
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope on critics: It's ‘an honor if the Americans attack me’
John Schwartz / New York Times:
White House to Relax Energy Efficiency Rules for Light Bulbs
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Conflicting Rulings on the Electoral College Could Throw the Next Election Into Chaos
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
21 British Conservatives put country over party. Why can't 21 Republicans do the same?
Discussion: Hullabaloo and BBC
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
The 10 counties that will decide the 2020 election
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and Daily Wire
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Why the Internet Thinks Cuomo Rigged N.Y.'s License Plate Contest
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