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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 …
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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.
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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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Will Hurricane Harvey prompt a Trump ‘reset’? His megalomania probably won't allow it.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Sanders: Probably too soon for Trump to visit Houston
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Washington Post:
Houston struggles to determine extent of Harvey flooding impact as Trump visits Texas to survey devastation
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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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Stan Collender / Forbes:
Hurricane Harvey Greatly Complicates The Government Shutdown Calculation
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Rep. King: NY won't ‘abandon’ Texas despite ‘hypocrite’ Ted Cruz
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Hurricane Harvey And The Potential Hypocrisy Of Texas Republicans
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cruz defends vote on Sandy relief bill: ‘Filled with pork’
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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.
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The Hill:
Gorka suggests covert US cyber program targeted at N. Korea — Sebastian Gorka, who recently departed the White House, on Tuesday appeared to publicly confirm the existence of a covert cyber sabotage program targeted at North Korea's missile program. — “There's many options in the more covert side …
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Justin McCurry / The Guardian:
Trump and Abe vow to increase pressure after North Korea fires missile over Japan
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump on North Korea's missile launch: ‘All options are on the table’
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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.
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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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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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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 …
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 …
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,” …
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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}}
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Juan Escalante / Vox:
DREAMers like me have flourished under DACA. Trump might take it all away. — If Trump ends DACA, DREAMers like me will return to a life of anxiety and doubt. — During the summer of 2012, I was working an unpaid communications internship in Tallahassee, Florida, with no hopes of ever getting …
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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 …
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!
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Los Angeles Times:
‘Antifa’ violence in Berkeley spurs soul-searching within leftist activist community — All eyes turned to Berkeley after a day of large-scale protests, and relative peace, in San Francisco. (Aug. 27, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here http://bit.ly/2n6VKPR)
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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.
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 …
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