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Variety:
Jerry Lewis, Comedy Legend, Dies at 91  —  Jerry Lewis, the brash slapstick comic who teamed with Dean Martin in the 1950s and later starred in “The Nutty Professor” and “The Bellboy” before launching the Muscular Dystrophy telethon, has died in Las Vegas.  He was 91.
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Dave Kehr / New York Times:
Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91  —  Jerry Lewis, the comedian and filmmaker who was adored by many, disdained by others, but unquestionably a defining figure of American entertainment in the 20th century, died on Sunday morning at his home in Las Vegas.  He was 91.
David Hinckley / New York Daily News:
Jerry Lewis, entertainment icon and longtime host of Muscular Dystrophy Association telethons, dead at 91
Discussion: IJR and Raw Story
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump's Approval Rating Stands Below 40 Percent in Three Key Midwest States  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's job approval rating in three key states that helped propel him to the White House — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — stands below 40 percent, according to a trio of NBC News/Marist polls.
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Marist Poll:
8/20: Return to the Rust Belt: Dismal Job Approval Ratings for Trump in Michigan, Pennsylvania, & Wisconsin  —  In the 2016 presidential election, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin accounted for a combined 46 electoral votes which helped propel Donald Trump into the White House.
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
The Trump administration just disbanded a federal advisory committee on climate change  —  The Trump administration has decided to disband the federal advisory panel for the National Climate Assessment, a group aimed at helping policymakers and private-sector officials incorporate …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump disbands federal advisory panel on climate change: report  —  The Trump administration will push ahead with disbanding a federal advisory panel that reported on climate change, The Washington Post reported Sunday.  —  The move follows the leak of a draft of a major climate change report warning of rising temperatures.
New York Times:
The Failing Trump Presidency  —  With each day, President Trump offers fresh proof that he is failing the office that Americans entrusted to him.  The rolling disaster of his presidency accelerated downhill last week with a news conference on Tuesday at which he seemed determined …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Daily Mail:
How Jewish convert Ivanka got ‘Bannon the Barbarian’ to go: Trump's daughter ‘helped to force out’ aide blamed over President's failure to condemn neo-Nazi rally  —  Donald Trump's controversial aide Steve Bannon was ‘pushed out’ by his daughter Ivanka and her husband because his far-Right views clashed …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Why top White House officials won't quit Trump  —  There's lots of punditry about why people like Gary Cohn, Rex Tillerson, Dina Powell, Steve Mnuchin and many others don't quit the Trump White House in protest over Charlottesville.  — New Yorker Editor David Remnick writes “The Divider …
John Bowden / The Hill:
Evangelical students returning university diplomas to protest Trump  —  Former students at Liberty University are preparing to return their diplomas in a group protest of university president Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s, support for President Trump's agenda.  —  In a group letter first reported by NPR …
Discussion: The Week and Chicago Tribune
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Benjamin Brown / Fox News:
Kaepernick supporters call for NFL boycott  —  Controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick deserves a chance to continue his NFL career, his supporters said Saturday.  —  Those backers include the NAACP and current and former members of the New York City Police Department, including famed corruption fighter Frank Serpico.
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Ryan Lovelace / Washington Examiner:
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History to feature Colin Kaepernick artifacts
Discussion: IJR and twitchy.com
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's True Allegiances  —  Who could have predicted the President's latest outrage?  Barack Obama and anyone, really.  —  Early last November, just before Election Day, Barack Obama was driven through the crisp late-night gloom of the outskirts of Charlotte, as he barnstormed North Carolina on behalf of Hillary Clinton.
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: While we're toppling offensive symbols, what about the Democratic Party?  —  A statue of Sen. Robert Byrd — a Democrat and former leader of the KKK — is on display in a rotunda inside the West Virginia State Capitol.  —  Al Sharpton just may be right about the need to remove offensive statues from the American public way.
Alex Pareene / Splinter:
Charlottesville Was a Preview of the Future of the Republican Party  —  I hope you appreciated your recent introduction to the future leadership of the Republican Party this past week.  It happened in Charlottesville, Virginia, where hundreds of neo-Nazis and white nationalists marched under the banner of “uniting the right.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Congress Can't Do Tax Reform Without A Functioning President  —  The Trump-related events of the past week very likely kill any chance of comprehensive reform or even just tax cuts happening this year.  —  Tax reform — the kind of wholesale change to the existing system that was enacted …
Dustin Racioppi / NorthJersey.com:
Christie drops out of contention for WFAN job  —  Gov. Chris Christie has pulled himself out of contention for a post-gubernatorial job as a sports radio host on WFAN, he said Sunday.  —  In response to a Daily News report that he had been informed he was no longer in the mix for a job …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Kasich: No plans to challenge Trump in 2020  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich sidestepped questions Sunday about whether he thinks President Donald Trump should face a primary challenge in 2020.  —  “I don't have any plans to do anything like that.  I'm rooting for him to get it together,” …
Discussion: CNN and The Week
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
The road to hate: For six young men, Charlottesville is only the beginning  —  William Fears speaks with protesters at Texas A&M University in 2016 prior to a speech by white nationalist leader Richard Spencer, which he said solidified his alt-right leanings.
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Villaraigosa: Kamala Harris Will Be ‘Knocking on Doors in Iowa’  —  Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D.) said California Sen. Kamala Harris (D.) will be “knocking on doors in Iowa,” indicating Saturday he expects she will run for president.  —  Villaraigosa, who is running …
Discussion: twitchy.com, Instapundit and TheBlaze
Stephanie Pagones / New York Post:
Man stabbed after haircut gets him mistaken for a neo-Nazi  —  This Colorado man is avowedly not a neo-Nazi.  —  But he believes his long-on-top, buzzed-on-the-sides haircut got him mistaken for one — and nearly stabbed to death by a confused anti-fascist.
Discussion: Daily Wire, Raw Story and TheBlaze
 
 
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur Finkelstein, Innovative, Influential Conservative Strategist, Dies at 72
Discussion: NPR and Politico
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Tim Scott: Trump's ability to lead weakened by handling of race issues
Discussion: The Week
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Trump cuts funding for Obama's teen pregnancy program
NBC News:
Democrats Could Win 50 House Seats. Here's How
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
New York Times Applauds Far-Left Violence
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Report: Powerful GOP Donor Sheldon Adelson Supports Campaign to Oust McMaster
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Voter suppression is the civil rights issue of this era
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
IT staffers may have compromised sensitive data to foreign intelligence
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
After Charlottesville, Republicans remain stymied over what to do about Trump
Washington Post:
How a dozen young men from a small town secretly plotted the deadliest terrorist attack in Spain in more than a decade
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
RNC raises millions more than DNC in July
Anthony Joseph / Daily Mail:
‘Better get out early than late’: Barcelona's chief rabbi urges Jews to move to Israel …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Mnuchin defends Trump's comments on Charlottesville, rebuffs calls to resign
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Reuters:
After oral arguments, SCOTUS appeared wary of curbing US government contacts with social media platforms in the First Amendment case of Murthy v. Missouri

 
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