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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Even in visiting hurricane-ravaged Texas, Trump keeps the focus on himself  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights … As rescuers continued their exhausting and heartbreaking work in southeastern Texas on Tuesday afternoon, as the rain continued to fall …
Discussion: Politico
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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.
Eric Holthaus / Politico:
Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like
Josh Dawsey / Politico:   Trump relishes role as chief executive of Harvey response
USA Today:
‘GET OUT NOW’: Levee breached near Houston in Hurricane Harvey aftermath
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Harvey marks the most extreme rain event in U.S. history
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Joel Osteen church denies reports it closed its doors to flood victims
Washington Post:
Trump's ability to govern tested by Harvey at home and North Korea abroad
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: Mediaite, Raw Story and emptywheel
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Mattis freezes transgender policy; allows troops to continue serving, pending study  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis late Tuesday announced that transgender troops will be allowed to continue serving in the military pending the results of a study by experts.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
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.
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 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 …
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 …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. set to testify before Senate Judiciary panel
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
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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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Newseum Deserves to Die  —  You know that triumphant feeling that sweeps from your brain to your toes when one of your enemies stumbles and falls into a mass of his own excrement?  Such delight overwhelmed me yesterday as the Newseum—that gilded monument to journalistic vanity …
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
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
KKK Hoods & Russian Flags Appear In Trump Tower Gift Shop  —  Shoppers looking for MAGA hats at Trump Tower this week may have encountered a Ku Klux Klan hood or a photo of President Putin, and asked themselves whether what they were seeing was real merchandise.
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.
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.
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 …
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
Tampa Bay Times:
UT fires teacher whose tweet blamed Harvey on Texas GOP vote  —  TAMPA — The University of Tampa has fired a visiting professor who posted a tweet Sunday suggesting the devastation of Hurricane Harvey is “instant karma” for Texas because it voted Republican.
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 …
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Georgia lawmaker: Talk of ditching Confederate statues could cause Democrat to ‘go missing’  —  A Georgia Republican lawmaker warned a Democratic former colleague who criticized his support for Civil War monuments on Facebook that she won't be “met with torches but something a lot more definitive” …
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
 
 
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Nancy Luna / Orange County Register:
In-N-Out sues Smashburger over alleged ‘Triple Double’ burger trademark infringement
Discussion: LAist and Eater
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Alt-gov’ Twitter accounts pitch in to help Coast Guard and responders rescue hurricane victims
Discussion: NBC News
Chris Kenning / Reuters:
Confederate battle flag sales boom after Charlottesville clash
Katie Jennings / Politico:
Christie on appointing himself to replace Menendez: 'I don't see that happening'
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
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
Professor Amy Wax / National Review:
Scandal Erupts over the Promotion of ‘Bourgeois’ Behavior
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