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Bloomberg:
Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo  —  Engineer wrote memo blasting “politically correct monoculture”  —  CEO Pichai said Google employee violated Code of Conduct  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google has fired an employee who wrote an internal memo blasting …
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Google has fired the employee who penned a controversial memo on women and tech  —  The author wrote, among other things, that females suffered from more “neuroticism”  —  In a memo to employees, CEO Sundar Pichai said the employee who penned a controversial memo that claimed that women …
Louise Matsakis / Motherboard:
Here Are the Citations for the Anti-Diversity Manifesto Circulating at Google
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval …
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
US federal department is censoring use of term ‘climate change’, emails reveal
CNN:
Trump at 200 days: Declining approval amid widespread mistrust  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Six months into his presidency, Donald Trump's overall approval rating stands at its lowest point in CNN polling, while three-quarters of Americans say they can't trust most of what they hear from the White House.
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CBS News:
Trump's approval rating remains low, but views on economy rise  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating is unchanged from June and remains at 36 percent, while favorable views of the U.S. economy continue to soar to heights not seen in more than fifteen years.
Discussion: Political Wire
Henry C. Jackson / Politico:   Poll: Trump support eroding with his base
Noa Yadidi / CNN:
Trump, Blumenthal exchange jabs on Twitter  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal called President Donald Trump out on Twitter for “bullying” after a Twitter attack from the President accused the senator of lying and being a “phony Vietnam con artist.”
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Chicken hawk piece of trash’: Vets unload on Trump for attacking Dem senator's military record
Discussion: Mediaite
Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:
Blumenthal claps back at Trump
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
US spy satellites detect North Korea moving anti-ship cruise missiles to patrol boat  —  Despite the United States' insistence that North Korea halt its missile tests, U.S. spy agencies detected the rogue communist regime loading two anti-ship cruise missiles on a patrol boat on the country's east coast just days ago.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Haley praises UN for passing North Korea sanctions  —  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Monday praised the U.N. Security Council for unanimously supporting sanctions on North Korea, noting that Pyongyang's recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests pushed the Security Council to act.
Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Says It Would Use Nukes Only Against U.S.
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
The curious case of Nicole Mincey, the Trump fan who may actually be a Russian bot  —  President Trump walks to Marine One prior to departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington at the start of a 17-day vacation in Bedminster, N.J. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Twitter suspends army of fake accounts after Trump thanks propaganda ‘bot’ for supporting him
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
The Man Who Wrote Those Password Rules Has a New Tip: N3v$r M1^d!  —  Bill Burr's 2003 report recommended using numbers, obscure characters and capital letters and updating regularly—he regrets the error  —  The man who wrote the book on password management has a confession to make: He blew it.
Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Week and The Verge
Jon Levine / Mediaite:
Pat Robertson Weighs in On Eric Bolling — And It's as Bad as You Think … Occasionally we are reminded that Pat Robertson is still alive.  —  The the televangelist ex-presidential candidate and founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network weighed in last night on the Eric Bolling imbroglio …
C. Boyden Gray / Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Can Avoid an Iran-Contra Repeat  —  He should proceed quickly to get the facts out.  So should congressional investigators.  —  Will Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation morph into an open-ended inquisition?  Independent and special counsel investigations of the executive branch since Watergate often have.
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
‘May you die in pain’: Northern California GOP congressman gets an earful at town hall  —  “May you die in pain.”  —  That was the nastiest moment of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa's early morning town hall in Chico on Monday.  —  The wish was uttered by an older man who criticized LaMalfa …
Chris Crowley / grubstreet:
Trump Made Up His Story About the 21 Club Renovation, Former Owner and CEO Say  —  Last week, it was reported that President Donald Trump compared an Afghanistan policy review to the renovation of upper-crust restaurant the 21 Club.  In typical Trumpian fashion, it turns out that the morality tale …
Matthew Walther / The Week:
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were war crimes.  Full stop.  —  Seventy-two years ago this week the United States committed war crimes against the Japanese people on a scale that was previously unimaginable in human history.  —  It is almost impossible to utter this truism …
Elana Schor / Politico:
Trump White House quietly courts Democrats for tax overhaul  —  A few dozen centrist House Democrats have been receptive to the pitch, even as GOP Hill leaders pursue a partisan path.  —  The Trump White House is quietly courting a few dozen House Democrats on tax reform …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
NH Poll: Kasich leads Trump among likely GOP primary voters  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich leads President Trump in a hypothetical New Hampshire Republican presidential primary matchup, according to a new poll.  —  An American Research Group poll found that if the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary …
Discussion: RedState
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. May Begin Airstrikes Against ISIS in Philippines  —  The Pentagon is considering a plan that allows the U.S. military to conduct airstrikes on ISIS in the Philippines, two defense officials told NBC News.  —  The authority to strike ISIS targets as part of collective self-defense …
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller blasted a reporter as ‘cosmopolitan.’ But he lives in a $1 million CityCenter condo.  —  White House senior adviser Stephen Miller famously used the adjective “cosmopolitan” to insult CNN's Jim Acosta during an exchange in the White House briefing room last week …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump bashes the media but still loves good press  —  The White House pays a staffer $89,000 a year to spot and distribute positive stories from the mainstream media.  —  Media bashing has become one of the organizing principles of Donald Trump's presidency.
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Mastering the Art of Home Restoration: A Julia Child Sequel  —  WASHINGTON — The house on Olive Street here was Julia Child's “little jewel,” the first home she owned, the space where she filled the pages of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”  To enter, visitors swing a mold-covered door knocker …
Fox News:
Ethics Hipsters are the new Puritans  — An Austin Texas psyche rock band, Dream Machine, is deported from its label because its lead singer, a refugee from Bosnia, makes supportive remarks about legal immigration.  (Here is a link to an interview I did with the band: https://vimeo.com/225709341)
Washington Times:
Bakers refused to make pro-Trump birthday cake for 9-year-old boy: Report  —  A boy whose letter to President Trump made national headlines last month reportedly wanted a pro-Trump cake for his birthday party, but his mother was unable to find a baker willing to fulfill the order.
New York Times:
What Real Tax Reform Could Be  —  After their protracted failure to repeal Obamacare, congressional Republicans have indicated that taxes will be next on their agenda.  It's a misnomer to call their plans “tax reform,” though, because they have proposed little more than the same deep cuts …
Discussion: Forbes
Katrina Manson / Financial Times:
Erik Prince offers private military force in Afghanistan  —  Read next … Erik Prince, the world's most infamous military contractor, wants his private military forces to give Afghanistan the same treatment he gave Iraq.  —  In a document dated August 2017, parts of which have been seen …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump appeals to loyalists as support slips, agenda stalls  —  https://apnews.com/95cb5ae0c7c34b6c9e10 52e3e7c66907  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to combat new weakness in his Republican base and re-energize his staunchest supporters after months …
 
 
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Sinead Carew / Reuters:
Wall Street ends higher as Dow edges to latest record
Discussion: The Week and Infowars
Jerusalem Post:
NETANYAHU: I WON'T BE TOPPLED, I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR
New York Times:
Secrecy and Suspicion Surround Trump's Deregulation Teams
Ted Goodman / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Poll Shows Nevada's Dean Heller Vulnerable In GOP Primary
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders ‘litmus test’ alarms Democrats
Poppy Harlow / CNN:
Here, heroin spares no one, not even the sheriff's wife
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. Is Sending More Marines to Afghanistan
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Gartland / New York Post:
De Blasio naps on his office couch after workouts: sources
Alvin Chang / Vox:
We analyzed 17 months of Fox & Friends transcripts. It's far weirder than state-run media.
Discussion: Raw Story and Shareblue
Bloomberg:
Warren Blocks Trump's Pick for Antitrust Chief
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump voters' patience wears thin in Arizona
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Peter Thiel Has Been Hedging His Bet On Donald Trump