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2:20 PM ET, August 31, 2017

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Bloomberg:
Kushners' China Deal Flop Was Part of Much Bigger Hunt for Cash  —  Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and top adviser, wakes up each morning to a growing problem that will not go away.  His family's real estate business, Kushner Cos., owes hundreds of millions of dollars on a 41-story office building on Fifth Avenue.
The Daily Beast:
The CEO of Laura Ingraham's LifeZette Won't Stop Talking About His Employees' ‘Boobs and Butts’ … LifeZette, the politics and culture website founded by prominent ally of President Donald Trump and longtime talk-radio host Laura Ingraham, is in trouble.  —  Traffic to the site …
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
This is the best photo Trump could find for “witnessing” hurricane devastation “first hand”  —  Donald Trump said he witnessed the devastation of Hurricane Harvey “first hand.”  —  He did not.  —  He did not even come close.  —  His Tuesday trip to Texas took him to Corpus Christi, several hundred miles away from Houston.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Freedom Caucus leader warns: Don't attach Harvey aid to debt-ceiling increase  —  The leader of an influential group of House conservatives warned GOP leaders Thursday not to attach aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey to an increase in the federal debt limit, a stance that could constrain Speaker Paul D. Ryan …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump claimed he witnessed Harvey's devastation ‘first hand.’ The White House basically admits he didn't.
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Officer to woman during traffic stop: ‘We only kill black people, right?’  —  COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Exclusive dash-cam video obtained by Channel 2 Action News caught an officer's interaction with a woman who said she was afraid to move her hands during a traffic stop.
Houston Chronicle:
Explosions reported at flooded Crosby chemical plant  —  A fire broke out at the Arkema plant in Crosby early Thursday, following chemical explosions overnight that sent plumes of black smoke into the air.  —  Arkema officials warned that more explosions are likely because there are eight additional box vans …
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Arturo Garcia / Snopes.com:
Was Barack Obama President During Hurricane Katrina?  —  Twitter users tried to pin the blame for Katrina relief issues on Obama, though he wasn't even president when it hit New Orleans. … CLAIM  —  Barack Obama was president when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.  —  RATING  —  FALSE
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Who Will Fact-Check The Fact-Checkers?  —  Snopes strikes again!  They have a vigorous rebuttal of the claim that  —  “Barack Obama was president when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005”.  —  The author, Arturo Garcia (@aboynamedart), does present examples that may be bots …
Discussion: Mediaite
John Bowden / The Hill:
Voters deeply disapprove of Trump, House leaders: poll  —  President Trump and leaders of both parties in the House face mounting disapproval from voters across the board, according to a new poll released Thursday.  —  A new NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll found that Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters' mood sours, 56 percent say Trump tearing country apart
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump Raises an Army  —  I know that Harvey is heavy on America's heart.  —  It is certainly heavy on mine.  My oldest brother lives in the hard-hit suburban Houston town of Humble, just outside of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and on the shores of the Spring Creek and the west fork of the San Jacinto River.
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Anthea Butler / New York Times:
The Cheap Prosperity Gospel of Trump and Osteen
Discussion: Religion News Service
Aimee Green / Oregonian:
Owners must surgically ‘debark’ loud dogs, court rules  —  Gallery: Owners must debark dogs, court rules  —  The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a southern Oregon couple must quiet their incessantly barking dogs by sending them to the vet to have their voices surgically squelched.
Discussion: Associated Press and CBS Baltimore
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Oregon court: Couple must ‘debark’ dogs — cut their vocal cords — after neighbors complain
Discussion: CBS13 and WLS-AM 890
Katrina Manson / Financial Times:
Russian lobbyist testifies to Mueller grand jury  —  Rinat Akhmetshin, the lobbyist and former Soviet army officer who met senior Trump campaign aides at a controversial meeting last year, has given evidence before a grand jury investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Source: Grand jury hears from lobbyist in Trump Tower confab
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Louis Nelson / Politico:
U.S. retaliates against Russia by forcing closure of three diplomatic compounds  —  The State Department is forcing the Russian government to vacate three diplomatic compounds in the U.S. by this Saturday — retribution for the Kremlin's order that the U.S. reduce its staff in Russia by more than 750 people.
Discussion: Axios
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Dave Lawler / Axios:   U.S. retaliates for Putin's move to cut U.S. embassy staff
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
Cernovich Sources: White House ‘Coup’ Underway, Trump ‘Under House Arrest’  —  Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow spoke to journalist Mike Cernovich on Breitbart News Daily this morning discussing the Trump presidency, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's influence, and the possibility …
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
‘God drowned all the neo-Nazis of Texas’: French magazine Charlie Hebdo prints controversial cover depicting Harvey victims as white supremacists  — French magazine Charlie Hebdo's latest edition includes a cover depicting Texans who drowned in the flood waters of Tropical Storm Harvey as Nazis
Discussion: Daily Wire, twitchy.com, IJR and Mediaite
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Missouri Republican calls for vandals of Confederate monument to be lynched  —  In a Facebook post published Wednesday, Missouri Rep. Warren Love (R) expressed hope that the people responsible for vandalizing a Confederate monument in Springfield National Cemetery will be found and lynched.
Discussion: The Root and FOX2now.com
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Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
The Militarization of the Hamptons  —  Why is a heavily armed counterterrorism force patrolling the parties of the rich and famous?  —  A few weeks ago, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival held one of its occasional outdoor concerts at a nearby Long Island winery.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Mueller teams up with New York attorney general in Manafort probe  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is working with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on its investigation into Paul Manafort and his financial transactions, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC chief of staff resigns amid rash of departures  —  Sara Armstrong, the top staffer at the Republican National Committee, is departing, according to three people familiar with the move — the latest in a string of high-level departures at the committee.  Armstrong, the RNC's chief of staff …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Poll: Most Oppose Trump's Pardon for Ex-Sheriff Arpaio, Booting ‘Dreamers’  —  More than half of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's decision to pardon former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, while nearly two-thirds said they support a program allowing “Dreamers” to stay in the U.S. …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Axios
Albert Breer / SI.com:
Colin Kaepernick Blackball?  NFL Team Executives Explain Why That Theory Doesn't Stand Up  — Decision-makers for four different teams with quarterback question marks address the reasons why they never really considered employing the ex-Niners quarterback - Also in Albert Breer's notebook …
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
'I'm a g*ddamn human being': Crying white supremacist Cantwell stuck in jail — and really hates his nickname  —  Christopher “Crying Nazi” Cantwell gave his first post-arrest interview to The Daily Beast's Hawes Spencer and said that his new nickname really upsets him.
Wall Street Journal:
Identity Politics Are Tearing America Apart  —  Political leaders should focus on the common good.  Floodwaters and rotting bridges don't discriminate.  —  The two of us have seen this before: a critical point in U.S. history, when political, social and economic upheavals have left …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
BLS: Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food and Clothing Combined  —  (CNSNews.com) - Americans on average spent more on taxes in 2016 than they did on food and clothing combined, according to data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  —  The same data also shows that in three years …
Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
Petition to Declare George Soros a Terrorist is One of Most Popular on WhiteHouse.gov  —  According to the Whitehouse.gov website, a petition to declare George Soros a terrorist and seize all of his related organizations' assets under RICO and NDAA law" is one of the most popular White House petitions.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Mariano Vivanco / Interiors Feeds:
See Inside Bazaar's September Issue Starring Kim Kardashian West  —  In a stylistic homage to her fashion icon Cher, Kim Kardashian West talks about reconciling the soul of a feminist with the body of a bombshell... and why she doesn't follow Trump on Twitter  —  It's hard-out at 6.30pm.
Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:
Justice, Trump, Capito and Manchin: MetroNews West Virginia Poll evaluates approval  —  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On the heels of Gov. Jim Justice's party switch, more West Virginians now disapprove of the governor than approve of him, according to the latest MetroNews West Virginia Poll.
 
 
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Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
U.S., South Korean and Japanese warplanes carry out show of force against North Korea
Discussion: TheBlaze and The New York Observer
Kip Hill / Spokesman.com:
Lisa Brown, former lawmaker and WSU chancellor, announces 2018 run for Congress
Discussion: The Stranger …
New York Times:
A Sea of Health and Environmental Hazards in Houston's Floodwaters
Discussion: Axios, Reuters and Eschaton
New York Times:
Clinging to Her Drowning ‘Mama,’ a Little Girl Survives the Raging Flood
Discussion: VICE News and The Stranger …
AJ Willingham / CNN:
The remarkable story behind this Harvey jet ski rescue
Discussion: The Federalist
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans slip into a ‘predictable spiral’
Bloomberg:
Harry Reid Sought White House Help for Menendez Donor, DOJ Says
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Harvey Wasn't Just Bad Weather. It Was Bad City Planning
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
FBI fights public release of Trump dossier info
Foreign Policy:
Trump Dumped U.S. Ambassador to Amman at Request of King
Associated Press:
Push to simplify taxes is on but don't touch some deductions
Discussion: Politico and Vox
Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
Sen. Kamala Harris announces support for ‘Medicare-for-All’ bill