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7:35 PM ET, August 29, 2017

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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Harvey Gives Trump a Chance to Reclaim Power to Unify  —  Hurricane Harvey was the rarest of disasters to strike during the Trump presidency — a maelstrom not of Mr. Trump's making, and one that offers him an opportunity to recapture some of the unifying power of his office he has squandered in recent weeks.
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Eric Holthaus / Politico:
Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like  —  In all of U.S. history, there's never been a storm like Hurricane Harvey.  That fact is increasingly clear, even though the rains are still falling and the water levels in Houston are still rising.  —  But there's an uncomfortable point that …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:   Even in visiting hurricane-ravaged Texas, Trump keeps the focus on himself
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Joel Osteen church denies reports it closed its doors to flood victims
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Harvey marks the most extreme rain event in U.S. history
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump relishes role as chief executive of Harvey response
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Houston struggles to determine extent of Harvey flooding impact as Trump visits Texas to survey devastation
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks' Assange on DNC hack  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said Monday that a “rendezvous” is being set up between him and President Donald Trump to relay information he received …
Discussion: Raw Story and emptywheel
St. John Barned-Smith / Houston Chronicle:
Houston Police officer drowns in Harvey floodwaters  —  A Houston police officer drowned in his patrol car in Harvey floodwaters, according to three department officials.  —  The officer, an HPD veteran who has been with the department for more than 30 years, was in his patrol car driving …
CNN:
Trump Jr. agrees to transcribed interview with Senate panel  —  Trump Jr., Manafort to testify before Senate  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has agreed to sit down for a transcribed interview with the Senate judiciary committee …
Discussion: Axios, Political Wire, IJR, Mediaite and The Root
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. set to testify before Senate Judiciary panel
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NBC News
Evan Perez / CNN:
Special counsel subpoenas Manafort's former attorney and spokesman  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued subpoenas to a former lawyer for Paul Manafort and to Manafort's current spokesman, an aggressive tactic that suggests an effort to add pressure on the former Trump campaign chairman.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz's claim that two-thirds of the Hurricane Sandy bill ‘had nothing to do with Sandy’  —  “The problem with that particular bill is it became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork.  Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy.”  —  Hypocrisy watch!
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Ted Cruz Says He ‘Enthusiastically’ Backed Sandy Storm Aid. But He Voted ‘No’
Washington Post:
How many votes could Hurricane Harvey cost Trump in Texas?
Discussion: Watts Up With That?
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Judge dismisses Sarah Palin's lawsuit against New York Times  —  Lawsuits against media outlets are piling up  —  A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday dismissed Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times.  —  “Nowhere is political journalism so free, so robust …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Federal judge tosses Sarah Palin's suit against the New York Times
CNN:
Trump appointee: Comment calling Obama's mother a ‘w@!re’ result of ‘Internet crimes’ against me  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's appointee to a Department of Energy post says inflammatory comments that appeared to have been made by him online were the result of …
Pew Research Center:
Republicans Divided in Views of Trump's Conduct; Democrats Are Broadly Critical  —  In their own words: How people describe Trump's presidency  —  In his first seven months as president, Donald Trump has generally drawn high job approval ratings among Republicans.
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Pew Research Center:
1. Views of Trump's presidential conduct, handling of issues
Discussion: Axios
David Brooks / New York Times:
How Trump Kills the G.O.P.  —  It's ironic that race was the issue that created the Republican Party and that race could very well be the issue that destroys it.  —  The G.O.P. was founded to fight slavery, and through most of its history it had a decent record on civil rights.
Discussion: The Atlantic, Don Surber and driftglass
Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic:
Yes, That's a Huge Floating Mass of Live Fire Ants in Texas  —  When there is flooding along the Gulf Coast, there are fire ants.  The invasive ants congregate into living rafts, drifting through water until they reach solid ground again.  It's a time-honed survival strategy.
Michael J. O'Loughlin / americamagazine.org:
Sean Spicer finally gets to meet Pope Francis  —  Sean Spicer has finally met Pope Francis.  —  A group of legislators and politicians from around the world gathered in Italy this week for a meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network, where they were received by Pope Francis at the Vatican.
New York Times:
‘The President Speaks for Himself’  —  It should be among the easier tasks of a cabinet member to affirm, without hesitation, that the president he or she serves represents the values of the American people.  —  But that was more than Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could muster during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
Discussion: Towleroad
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Arizona Republic:
Joe Arpaio asks judge to wipe conviction, says he's been miscast as racist
Caleb Howe / RedState:
Conservative Talker Neal Boortz Wins for Worst, Ugliest, Most Uncalled-for Hurricane Comment to Date  —  Just a short time ago, a woman suffering through the terrible flooding and loss in Texas was on camera on CNN when she unleashed what was not only surely pent-up rage and frustration at her situation …
Charles Riley / CNNMoney:
Fox News pulled off the air in Britain  —  Rupert Murdoch and his sons are pulling Fox News off the air in Britain.  —  The network's parent company, 21st Century Fox, has announced that the controversial news channel will no longer be broadcast in the U.K. after failing to attract an audience.
Tuomas Forsell / Reuters:
Finland says no fighter deal with Boeing after Trump's comments  —  HELSINKI (Reuters) - President Sauli Niinisto on Tuesday denied that Finland was buying new fighter jets from American planemaker Boeing (BA.N), following remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Axios
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump to seize populist mantle for pitching messy tax overhaul  —  President Donald Trump will launch a major push for a sweeping tax overhaul with a speech Wednesday in Missouri aimed at convincing his base — and the rest of the nation — that he has a fresh vision for “unrigging” …
Mallory Ortberg / Slate:
Helping After Harvey  —  Prudie counsels a Houston native whose girlfriend is reluctant to support flood victims who may have voted for Trump. … Mallory Ortberg: Good morning, everyone!  Let's chat.  —  Q. That's not what I had in mind: I come from the Houston area and have been heartbroken …
Fox News:
Family of six counted among the dead as Harvey death toll rises to 14  —  A family of six trying to escape the floodwaters produced by Harvey has been counted among the 14 victims who died in the historic storm, authorities said.  —  The four children and their great-grandparents died Sunday afternoon …
Victoria Lopez / ACLU:
ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Deaths in Custody  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently asked the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA), which instructs federal agencies on how to maintain records …
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Televangelist Jim Bakker: Christians will start a civil war if Trump is impeached  —  Televangelist Jim Bakker is predicting that Christians would begin a second civil war in the U.S. if President Trump were impeached.  —  “If it happens, there will be a civil war in the United States of America.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
How the Swamp Sold Its Soul to Donald Trump  —  “Your heart tells you that he's bad for the country,” one Republican strategist said.  “Your head looks at polling data.”  —  “From a personal standpoint, I think this president f**king sucks.  He's not even a Republican,” …
Professor Amy Wax / National Review:
Scandal Erupts over the Promotion of ‘Bourgeois’ Behavior  —  Two law professors face racism, sexism, and homophobia charges for urging Americans to act responsibly.  —  Were you planning to instruct your child about the value of hard work and civility?  Not so fast!
Balkinization:
Scenes from a Disjunctive Presidency  —  A week after Donald Trump was elected in November 2016, I predicted—using Stephen Skowronek's model of cycles of regime politics—that Trump would turn out to be a disjunctive president.  He would preside over the end of the Reagan regime …
 
 
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Alt-gov’ Twitter accounts pitch in to help Coast Guard and responders rescue hurricane victims
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Chris Kenning / Reuters:
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Katie Jennings / Politico:
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Discussion: Political Wire
Heidi M. Przybyla / USA Today:
Report: ‘Anti-protester’ bills gain traction in state legislatures
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 Earlier Items: 
Kristyn Leon / WTTG-TV:
Racist, anti-Semitic signs placed at Dumfries church
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Gorka: Trump ‘isolated,’ GOP leaders living ‘fantasy illusion’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Facing Boycott, Roger Stone Apologizes For Racial Slurs
Discussion: Business Insider
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Why Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg won't be president
Discussion: Instapundit
Los Angeles Times:
‘Antifa’ violence in Berkeley spurs soul-searching within leftist activist community
Discussion: Daily Wire and Mother Jones
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A new polling low for Trump: Just 16 percent ‘like’ his conduct as president
San Francisco Chronicle:
After melees, Berkeley mayor asks Cal to cancel right-wing Free Speech Week