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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 …
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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 …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
New York Times:   How Does Hurricane Harvey Compare With Katrina? Here's What We Know
CNN:
Trump says ‘all options on table’ after North Korea launches missile over Japan  —  Sirens blare over Japan after North Korea missile  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Tokyo (CNN)US President Donald Trump has warned that “all options are on the table” after North Korea launched a missile over Japan early Tuesday.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump on North Korea's missile launch: ‘All options are on the table’  —  North Korea's most recent ballistic missile test “has signaled its contempt” for its neighbors and the international community, President Donald Trump said in a statement Tuesday morning, reiterating his threat that “all options are on the table.”
Discussion: ABC News, Talking Points Memo, Axios and IJR
Justin McCurry / The Guardian:
Trump and Abe vow to increase pressure after North Korea fires missile over Japan  —  Leaders agreed to call for an emergency meeting of the UN security council to discuss the launch  —  Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe have vowed to increase pressure on North Korea after the regime launched a missile over Japan on Tuesday morning.
The Hill:
Gorka suggests covert US cyber program targeted at N. Korea
Discussion: RedState
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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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cruz defends vote on Sandy relief bill: ‘Filled with pork’
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Resurgent
Politico:
Hurricane aid adds to GOP's dreadful September
Bloomberg:
Trump Punishes Longtime Aide After Angry Phoenix Speech, Sources Say  —  George Gigicos removed as president's rally organizer  —  Sparse crowd put Trump in foul mood before delivering remarks  —  Donald Trump was in a bad mood before he emerged for a confrontational speech in Arizona last week.
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Trump Fires Longtime Event Organizer Over Sparse Crowd at Phoenix Rally
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Hullabaloo
San Francisco Chronicle:
After melees, Berkeley mayor asks Cal to cancel right-wing Free Speech Week  —  In the aftermath of a right-wing rally Sunday that ended with anarchists chasing attendees from a downtown park, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin urged UC Berkeley on Monday to cancel conservatives' plans …
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.
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Joel Osteen church denies reports it closed its doors to flood victims  —  (CNN)Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch says it's opening its doors Tuesday to residents displaced by flooding.  —  Lakewood Church, which was founded by Osteen's father in the 1950s, posted on social media Monday …
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Lakewood Church:
Dear Houstonians!  Lakewood Church is inaccessible due to severe flooding!
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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The Guardian:
Sky stops broadcasting rightwing US channel Fox News in UK
Discussion: AOL, more at Mediagazer »
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.
NBC News:
Mueller Team Asking If Trump Tried to Hide Purpose of Trump Tower Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — Federal investigators working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller are keenly focused on President Donald Trump's role in crafting a response to a published article about a meeting between Russians …
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,” …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Raw Story
MSNBC:
Exclusive: White House staff warned not to admit Gorka  —  Thing 1/Thing 2: All In has obtained emails sent the night the news broke that Sebastian Gorka was leaving the White House - emails that are not remotely normal, according to two former White House staff members. ...  more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Too Much Of A Good Thing?  Candidate Glut Means Primary-palooza For House Dems  —  Katie Porter and Dave Min are the type of candidates House Democrats dreamed of recruiting in past cycles.  Both are Harvard-educated law professors with impressive biographies, connections to powerful lawmakers and strong fundraising capabilities.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:   Charlottesville fallout divides Democrats
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Uber to end post-trip tracking of riders as part of privacy push  —  PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc is pulling a heavily criticized feature from its app that allowed it to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip, its security chief told Reuters …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A new polling low for Trump: Just 16 percent ‘like’ his conduct as president  —  Polling Donald Trump is one of the most difficult and confusing exercises in modern politics.  In Trump, we have a guy who won the presidency by surprisingly beating the polls in key Rust Belt states, of course.
Todd Masson / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Members of Cajun Navy resuscitate Houston resident found floating lifeless  —  Members of the Cajun Navy found 73-year-old Wilma Ellis' lifeless body floating in floodwaters near Houston Monday morning.  (Photo by Joshua Lincoln)  —  Three members of the Cajun Navy who went …
Discussion: Breitbart, National Review and IJR
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Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
‘Cajun Navy’ races from Louisiana to Texas, using boats to pay it forward
Discussion: ABC News, VICE News and Balloon Juice
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Lurid Trump allegations made by Louise Mensch and co-writer came from hoaxer … Explosive allegations about Donald Trump made by online writers with large followings among Trump critics were based on bogus information from a hoaxer who falsely claimed to work in law enforcement.
 
 
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