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11:30 PM ET, August 26, 2017

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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
House Speaker Paul Ryan Criticizes Donald Trump's Pardon for Joe Arpaio  —  Republican joins two GOP senators from Arizona in opposing the move  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan on Saturday criticized President Donald Trump for pardoning a former Arizona sheriff, Joe Arpaio, becoming the highest-ranking Republican to object to the move.
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Washington Post:
Trump asked Sessions about closing case against Arpaio, an ally since ‘birtherism’ … As Joseph Arpaio's federal case headed toward trial this past spring, President Trump wanted to act to help the former Arizona county sheriff who had become a campaign-trail companion and a partner in their crusade against illegal immigration.
Francisco Chairez / Washington Post:
The year I spent in Joe Arpaio's tent jail was hell.  He should never walk free.  —  I was born in Mexico, grew up in Tijuana, and moved to Arizona when I was 14.  I went to high school in a small town called Holbrook, then went to Phoenix to go to Arizona State University.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Joe Arpaio / Arizona Republic:
Our View: Donald Trump just resurrected Joe Arpaio from irrelevance … CONNECT  —  While America was talking about tearing down monuments that offend historically oppressed people, Donald Trump effectively erected yet another one.  —  His pardon of Joe Arpaio elevated …
mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PARDON OF JOE ARPAIO  —  Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement today on President Trump's pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio:  —  “No one is above the law and the individuals entrusted …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Won't Back Down  —  At 11:46 a.m. on Friday, August 25, President Trump issued the first of what would become a sequence of 12 tweets that day about the government's readiness for Hurricane Harvey.  —  Seldom if ever before in his tenure has this president so publicly performed the role …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Obama adviser: Trump asking to drop case against Arpaio could get him impeached  —  President Obama's former communications director Dan Pfeiffer blasted President Trump over a report that he had asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions  —  to drop the federal criminal case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio …
Discussion: Raw Story
Bbauer / Lawfare:
The Arpaio Pardon  —  Joe Arpaio speaks at a campaign rally in Arizona in October 2016.  (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)  —  President Trump issued his pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio apparently without a Justice Department recommendation or even consultation, according to various outlets citing unnamed officials.
Dan Desai Martin / Shareblue:
Top Intel Dem says Trump's pardon sends message to targets of Russia probe: “I have your back”
Jayme Fraser / Billings Gazette:
Zinke's veteran daughter excoriates Trump in response to transgender military ban  —  The daughter of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, like her father a Navy veteran, appears, in the rawest of terms, to have excoriated President Donald Trump in a social media post after the announcement …
Discussion: The Hill, Political Wire and Raw Story
CNN:
Latest developments  — Harvey's impact will be devastating and leave areas “uninhabitable for weeks or months,” forecasters said.  — Even though Harvey had made landfall and weakened, it was still a dangerous storm and “turning into a deadly inland event,” the FEMA chief tweeted.
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Low Level White House Staffer Inflates Credentials to Lie About Dr. Sebastian Gorka's Resignation to Press  —  Kelly Sadler, a low-level staffer in the White House, lied about her credentials to push inaccurate leaked information to the press about the resignation of Dr. Sebastian Gorka from the administration.
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Gorka says he's heading back to Breitbart
Ben Kew / Breitbart:
Sebastian Gorka Resigns from Trump Administration
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she'll get back to you on that.  Chances are she won't.  —  It's a stock response of every White House press secretary who's either caught off guard or is trying to dodge a sticky question.  When a reporter asks a tough question during a briefing …
Discussion: The White House
Julianne Herrera / KRON4.com:
KRON4 speaks to Patriot Prayer organizer  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco Police Department is gating off Alamo Square Saturday morning, hours before a nationalist group was to hold a controversial press conference.  —  Organizers of the “Patriot Rally” cancelled their original event scheduled …
Discussion: SFist
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Media Is the Villain - for Creating a World Dumb Enough for Trump  —  Yet another TV executive says Trump is “good for business.”  Is sudden good fortune of news media by accident or design?  —  The craziest part of Donald Trump's 77-minute loon-a-thon in Phoenix earlier this week came …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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