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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 11 most dangerous things Donald Trump said in his Montana speech  —  (CNN)On Thursday night, President Donald Trump flew to Montana to headline a rally for Matt Rosendale, the Republican nominee against Sen. Jon Tester (D) this November.  Trump's speech was, like most of his addresses …
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Daily Beast
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Trump Assails Critics and Mocks #MeToo.  What About Putin?  'He's Fine'  —  GREAT FALLS, Mont. — President Trump lobbed personal and derogatory attacks at two Democratic senators, mocked the #MeToo movement and vouched for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday during a freewheeling …
Matthew Rozsa / Raw Story:
A pillar of the American right predicts dire and catastrophic consequences for the Trump-Putin summit  —  Conservative columnist George F. Will, who has been a pillar of the American right for decades, has just predicted that President Donald Trump's upcoming meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin …
Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Playmate Files Suit Against GOP Donor Elliott Broidy Over Hush-Money Deal  —  Shera Bechard sues Republican fundraiser after he said breach of nondisclosure agreement over their affair meant he would no longer pay  —  A former Playboy centerfold model has sued a prominent Republican fundraiser …
Discussion: BloombergQuint and Raw Story
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Trump Administration in Chaotic Scramble to Reunify Migrant Families  —  Faced with a court-imposed deadline to reunite families separated at the southwest border, federal authorities are calling in volunteers to sort through records and resorting to DNA tests to match children with parents.
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Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo Blasts HHS for Barring Him From Visiting Detained Kids
Discussion: Axios and New York Times
Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
Manafort Kept in Solitary 23 Hours a Day to ‘Guarantee His Safety,’ Lawyer Says  —  Paul Manafort is being kept in solitary confinement in a Virginia jail in order to “guarantee his safety,” his lawyer said in court documents filed this week.  “He is locked in his cell for at least 23 hours per day …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and The Week
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Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Why the Heck is Paul Manafort Being Kept in Solitary Confinement?  —  Paul Manafort has been behind bars ever since a federal judge in Washington, D.C. revoked his pre-trial release for violating his bail conditions as he faces money laundering charges.  According to a new court filing …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Democrats have only themselves to blame for their judicial predicament
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Fox News
John Solomon / The Hill:
Memos detail FBI's ‘Hurry the F up pressure’ to probe Trump campaign  —  Multiple reviews of whether FBI agents' political bias affected the Russia-Trump collusion case remain in their infancy, but investigators already have unearthed troubling internal communications long withheld from public view.
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   Will the FBI Come Clean?
Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Tariffs Hit Trump Counties Harder  —  Beijing's retaliation would be felt by U.S. soybean farmers, auto makers and oil producers  —  The fallout from President Donald Trump's tariffs and China's countertariffs—which formally went into effect on Friday—will have the greatest impact …
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Axios:
No end in sight for the trade war
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Post
Washington Post:
The Trump Tariff Tracker: How severe is the pain?
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Ed Krassenstein / Hill Reporter:
Calls for Rep. Jim Jordan's Resignation Heat Up As 5th Witness — Former UFC Champion — Comes Forward  —  Things aren't looking all that good for Republican Congressman Jim Jordan.  Jordan, who has been a staunch ally of President Trump, in his attempts to discredit the Special Counsel investigation …
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Wall Street Journal:
Former Ohio State Wrestlers Say Rep. Jim Jordan Knew of Team Doctor's Alleged Misconduct
Peter Walker / The Guardian:
Donald Trump to almost entirely avoid London during UK visit  —  Meetings with Theresa May and the Queen to be held away from protests in capital  —  Donald Trump will almost entirely avoid London during his four-day visit to the UK next week, Downing Street has said, unveiling an itinerary likely …
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
VA-07: Brat Moves from Lean Republican to Toss Up  —  In 2014, economics professor Dave Brat turned the political world upside-down when he upset House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the GOP primary by taking a hard line on illegal immigration.  But four years later, he's at risk of getting swept …
Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors abruptly dismiss all remaining Inauguration Day rioting cases  —  District prosecutors on Friday dismissed rioting charges against all remaining defendants arrested after destructive Inauguration Day protests, bringing to a close a controversial case which led to allegations of government overreach.
Discussion: Axios, Boing Boing and The Week
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
John Kelly, Scott Pruitt, and the Epic Turnover of the Trump Administration  —  What does the endless death watch for the President's chief of staff tell us about the worst-run White House of modern times?  —  Is John Kelly finally on his way out?  Now that President Trump has accepted …
Washington Post:
Most Americans oppose key parts of Trump immigration plans, including wall, limits on citizens bringing family to U.S., poll says  —  Americans overwhelmingly oppose the Trump administration's now-rescinded policy of separating immigrant children from their parents, and smaller majorities …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's mockery of the #MeToo movement underscores the GOP's problem with women in 2018
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Bill Shine's Wife Darla Complained She Couldn't Use N-Word and Spread Conspiracy Theories About ‘Blacks’  —  The wife of Bill Shine — former Fox News co-president who just joined the Trump administration as White House communications chief — has a lengthy history of defending racists …
Nathan McDermott / CNN:
Democrat running to replace Paul Ryan in Wisconsin has history of arrests, including driving under the influence  —  (CNN)A Democrat from Wisconsin running to replace House Speaker Paul Ryan in Congress was arrested and pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in 1998, in addition to eight other arrests …
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
The Tunnel That Could Break New York  —  How politics, and Donald Trump, turned America's most important repair job into a $30 billion grudge match.  —  President Donald Trump was in an unusually bipartisan mood on September 7, when he convened a White House meeting about a massive project …
Discussion: New Republic and Scripting News
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
New Study Confirms That American Workers Are Getting Ripped Off  —  America's unemployment rate is hovering near half-century lows.  There are now more job openings than unemployed workers in the United States for the first time since the government began tracking that ratio.
Washington Post:
Twitter suspended more than 70 million accounts in May and June, and the pace has continued in July  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter has sharply escalated its battle against fake and suspicious accounts, suspending more than one million accounts a day in recent months, a major shift to lessen …
Miranda Christian / WPTV:
Boynton Beach homeowner says he was attacked over President Trump flag in yard  —  BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - A fun night of fireworks was ruined for a Boynton Beach man.  Jeff Good says he was attacked for having a President Trump flag in his yard.  —  Good said he was watching fireworks …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
The Onion, Clickhole, A.V. Club Brace for Layoffs … When media giant Univision Communications Inc. bought a reported 40-percent stake in Onion Inc. in 2016, executives believed that being funnier would help connect the Spanish-language media company with a millennial audience.
Kang In-sun / Digital Chosunilbo:
Pompeo Brings ‘Rocket Man’ CD for Kim Jong-un  —  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left for North Korea on Thursday for denuclearization talks and brought two gifts for leader Kim Jong-un.  —  One is a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and the other an Elton John CD with his song “Rocket Man.”
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What is Devin Nunes up to?  House Trump-Russia probe expands as Intel chair focuses on informants  —  Devin Nunes is up to something.  The House Intelligence Committee chairman has been writing letters lately, asking that two other House chairman — Bob Goodlatte of the Judiciary Committee …
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
Say Hello to Full Employment  —  Want to know where the economy is headed?  Look at Des Moines.  —  This morning, the Labor Department announced that the national unemployment rate ticked up to 4 percent in June for good reasons, as hundreds of thousands more Americans sought work.
Discussion: cepr.net, CNBC, HuffPost and New Republic
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
Amazon continues to profit from the sale of white-supremacist propaganda, report says  —  Shoppers can purchase Amazon.com merchandise displaying symbols of white supremacy, such as a swastika necklace, a baby onesie with a burning cross, and a child's backpack featuring a neo-Nazi meme …
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Man accused of tossing drink at pro-Trump teen inside Whataburger arrested  —  The man accused of hurling a drink in the face of a Texas teen inside a Whataburger restaurant and then stealing the 16-year-old's “Make America Great Again” hat was arrested Thursday, officials said.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Virginia Man Sentenced for Obstructing Counterterrorism Investigation  —  Sean Andrew Duncan, 22, of Sterling, Virginia, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for obstructing a counterterrorism investigation and receipt of child pornography.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Wagner / Washington Post:
‘So uncalled for’: George W. Bush's former press secretary chides Trump for mocking ‘thousand points of light’  —  President Trump drew a rebuke Thursday night from George W. Bush's White House press secretary after he mocked the “thousand points of light” volunteer effort of Bush's father during a campaign-style rally in Montana.
Discussion: CNN, Fox News Insider and Townhall
Geneva Sands / ABC News:
‘We will never abolish ICE’: Pence says to staff at ICE HQ  —  Vice President Mike Pence vowed on Friday “We will never abolish ICE” and praised the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, an agency which has faced some public backlash in the wake of the administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy.
Discussion: Slate, Associated Press and Breitbart
 
 
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump: New NFL anthem policy ‘in many ways’ is worse
Discussion: The Root, IJR and Daily Wire
Sarah Blaskey / miamiherald:
Residents called for help as Irma rolled in. These on-duty cops drank Coronas
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS Chicago
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
DHS & HHS Should Be Investigated for Destroying Immigrant Family Records
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Old tweets reveal CNN reporter used to mock network: ‘CNN is really confused’
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
38 North:
North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center: Testing of Reactor Cooling Systems …
Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Hispanic unemployment hits new record low in June
Discussion: CNSNews, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Kavanaugh's unorthodox path to Trump's Supreme Court shortlist
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Her job with the MS-13 robbery crew: Case the businesses and wipe down the guns.
WBTV-TV:
JeffCo woman shoots estranged husband during attempted sexual assault
Discussion: HeraldCourier.com and Breitbart
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
PA-01: Fitzpatrick Moves from Toss Up to Lean Republican
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Who Killed the Center-Left?  —  The victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Discussion: New Republic
New York Times:
Pruitt's Resignation Is Just the Beginning
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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