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10:20 AM ET, August 6, 2017

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Bloomberg:
New Chief of Staff Reins in White House Aides-and Trump's Tweets  —  Casual walk-ins to Oval Office one of the first things to go  —  Retired Marine general tells his staff: country first  —  On his fifth day on the job as Donald Trump's new chief of staff, John Kelly gathered …
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump claims New Jersey getaway is ‘not a vacation’  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday claimed his 17-day getaway at his New Jersey golf club is “not a vacation.”  —  “Working in Bedminster, N.J., as long planned construction is being done at the White House.
Steve Holland / Reuters:   Trump eyes top policy aide for communications director role: official
CNN:
Stephen Miller could take on a WH communications role
Discussion: The Week and Affinity Magazine
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Woman comes forward as Bolling sexual harassment victim  —  One woman has come forward as a victim of sexual harassment by Fox News host Eric Bolling, hours after he was suspended over claims he sent lewd photos of male genitalia to female co-workers.  —  Caroline Heldman …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Caroline Heldman:
** Long Post, TW for Sexual Harassment**  —  Fox News just suspended Eric Bolling pending allegations that he sent photos of his genitalia to female colleagues.  My only surprise is that it took this long for people to come forward about Bolling's behavior, which has been wildly inappropriate for years.
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Fox News Suspends Eric Bolling After Report of Lewd Text Messages  —  Fox News suspended Eric Bolling, a longtime host at the network, on Saturday pending an investigation into reports that he sent lewd photographs to three female colleagues via text message.
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
New Sexual Harassment Allegations Leveled Against Fox News' Eric Bolling
Discussion: TheBlaze and Politico
CNNMoney:
Eric Bolling suspended from Fox News amid lewd texting scandal
Kate Conger / Gizmodo:
Exclusive: Here's The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google [Updated]  —  Update 7:25pm ET: Google's new Vice President of Diversity, Integrity & Governance Danielle Brown has issued her own memo to Google employees in response to the now-viral memo, “Google's Ideological Echo Chamber.”
Alison R. Parker / Shareblue:
Paul Ryan embarrassed by constituents at fake town hall  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan hasn't held a traditional town hall open to the general public in nearly two years.  But even with a hand-picked audience, the reception is still chilly — and angry.  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan is not what one would call “well-liked” these days.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Next Slide  —  MUSKEGO - U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan …
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
We're Witnessing A Slow-Rolling Coup  —  From the moment Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election, a plan was hatched to blame Russia for her historically epic loss and use it to hamstring Donald Trump's presidency.  —  Always a hive-mind, Democrats in and out of the media could be counted …
RT:
Satanist delivers historic invocation, hails Satan at Colorado council meeting (VIDEO) … In a move that both attracted and scared away attendees from a Colorado council meeting, a Satanist delivered the invocation Wednesday.  Those opposed gathered outside while Andrew Vodopich became …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
McConnell to consider bipartisan plan to pay health insurers  —  A week after an attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he'd consider a bipartisan effort to continue payments to insurers to avert a costly rattling of health insurance markets.
Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune:
FBI: ‘Improvised explosive device’ caused blast at Bloomington Islamic center  —  No one was hurt in the explosion, which heavily damaged an imam's office.  Investigators are now looking at “who and why.”  —  Video (01:28) : Early morning explosion rocks Bloomington Islamic center  —  TEXT SIZE
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Tegna / KARE-TV:
FBI: ‘Destructive device’ caused explosion at Bloomington mosque
Discussion: NBC News and The Gateway Pundit
Carol Anderson / New York Times:
The Policies of White Resentment  —  White resentment put Donald Trump in the White House.  And there is every indication that it will keep him there, especially as he continues to transform that seething, irrational fear about an increasingly diverse America into policies that feed his supporters' worst racial anxieties.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Christine Emba / Washington Post:
Black people aren't keeping white Americans out of college. Rich people are.
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
When Trump sticks to his agenda, he wins — and the media lose  —  There's no clearer pattern in President Trump's first six months in office than him getting the best of the national media when he pursues the agenda he campaigned on and him losing when he does anything else.
 
 
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Hillary Wants to Preach
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Bobby Sticks It to Trump
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
Federal employees step up defiance of Trump
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
AM Joy panel destroys ‘race-baiting’ lawyer Alan Dershowitz for attacking diversity of Trump grand jury
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
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Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
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