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12:40 AM ET, August 11, 2018

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BuzzFeed News:
GOP Operative Made “Suspicious” Cash Withdrawals During Pursuit Of Clinton Emails  —  In one of the most intriguing episodes of the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican activist Peter W. Smith launched an independent effort to obtain Hillary Clinton's emails to help defeat her and elect Donald Trump.
Discussion: Lawfare
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Fresno Bee:
Devin Nunes is protecting Trump, but the Constitution requires a check on the president  —  Under the Constitution, Congress has the power to levy taxes, borrow money, regulate commerce and declare war.  —  It has lesser responsibilities as well.  Among them are to create post offices …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans ask Trump to intervene in contentious Arizona primary
Discussion: Political Wire
Weekly Standard:
Republicans and Trump Tower
Discussion: Raw Story
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Omarosa Tells NPR She Heard Trump ‘N-Word Tape,’ Contradicting Her Own Tell-All Book  —  “Hearing it changed everything for me,” former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman told NPR on Friday.  —  Manigault Newman was referring to what she calls the “N-word tape” …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Ex-aide says she refused hush money, pens White House memoir calling Trump racist  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman was offered a $15,000-a-month contract from President Trump's campaign to stay silent after being fired from her job as a White House aide by Chief of Staff John F. Kelly last December …
Politico:
Hell hath no fury like Omarosa scorned  —  With her new book, ‘The Apprentice’ star and former White House official is finally and completely burning her bridges with Trump.  —  Nothing can change your mind about a person as quickly as getting dumped or fired.
David Smith / The Guardian:
Omarosa says Trump is a racist who uses N-word - and claims there's tape to prove it
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
What we're reading: The juiciest claims from Omarosa's upcoming book
John Light / Talking Points Memo:
Omarosa Claims She Walked In On Trump Eating Paper In Oval Office
Discussion: Mediaite
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Used Racial Slur During ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ Former White House Aide Says
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Roger Stone Aide Who Ignored Mueller's Grand Jury Subpoena Wanted to Be ‘Held in Contempt’
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
Elie Honig / The Daily Beast:
Trump Will Fold if Mueller Calls His Bluff. Giuliani Is the Tell.
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
CNN:
‘Manhattan Madam’ to testify before grand jury in Mueller investigation
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Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Miami Congressman Diaz-Balart Posts Photo With Alt-Right “Proud Boy”
Discussion: The Dworkin Report
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Twitter Shuts Down Accounts of Vice Co-Founder Gavin McInnes, Proud Boys Ahead of ‘Unite the Right’ Rally
Discussion: Breitbart
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Michael Avenatti Urges Democrats to Reject Michelle Obama's Advice on Trump  —  CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Michael Avenatti, fresh off his declaration that he may run for president in 2020, used his first big speech as a prospective candidate to call on the Democratic Party to reject Michelle Obama's …
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
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VICE:
Michael Avenatti Wants to Be President and I Want to Die  —  Stormy Daniels's lawyer wants to be president.  Please God, no.  —  On a visit to Iowa this week, a hotspot destination for any aspiring president, Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who's made a name for himself by representing Stormy Daniels …
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Iran test-fires ballistic missile for first time in 2018, officials say  —  EXCLUSIVE - For the first time in more than a year, Iran test-fired a ballistic missile in a brazen display of defiance months after President Trump pulled the United States out of a landmark nuclear deal and days …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Democrats all but acknowledge Kavanaugh is headed toward confirmation to Supreme Court  —  ORONO, Maine — Democrats have all but acknowledged that they are unable to stop the Senate from confirming Trump nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court this fall.
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Washington Post:
The Manafort scramble: Raising millions for himself even as he ran Trump's campaign  —  Paul Manafort, a valued customer of the Trump Organization who had spent $3.7 million to buy Apartment 43G in Trump Tower, appeared to be just what Donald Trump wanted in March 2016: A consummate Washington insider …
Discussion: New York Post and Axios
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Sheriff Joe on Sacha Baron Cohen interview: ‘I made a bad mistake’  —  PHOENIX — Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio admits that he made a “bad mistake” by allowing himself to be interviewed by Sacha Baron Cohen as part of an undercover television show.
Discussion: Splinter and The Daily Caller
ESPN:
The inside story of a toxic culture at Maryland football  —  Several current University of Maryland football players and people close to the Terrapins program describe a toxic coaching culture under head coach D.J. Durkin before offensive lineman Jordan McNair's death in June after a football workout.
Bob Salsberg / Yahoo:
Newspaper calls for war of words against Trump media attacks  —  BOSTON (AP) — A Boston newspaper is proposing a coordinated editorial response from publications across the U.S. to President Donald Trump's frequent attacks on the news media.  —  “We are not the enemy of the people,” …
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Democratic National Committee Proposes Reversing Its Ban On Fossil Fuel Donations  —  The move comes just two months after the party adopted a resolution to prohibit oil, gas and coal company contributions.  —  The Democratic National Committee plans to vote on a resolution Friday afternoon …
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
NPR interviewed the racist behind ‘Unite the Right 2’ and it was a disaster  —  Two days ahead of what is expected to be a small white supremacist rally in Washington, D.C., NPR gave rally organizer Jason Kessler a national platform to peddle junk “race science.”
Discussion: NPR, Splinter and Raw Story
Maxine Shen / Daily Mail:
Newly released video shows incredible Afghanistan heroics of Air Force sergeant, 36, killed in battle with Al Qaeda 16 years ago and he will finally receive a posthumous Medal of Honor  — A new video shows him taking on Al Qaeda fighters single-handedly after coming back from unconsciousness …
New York Times:
Once ‘No Longer a Nuclear Threat,’ North Korea Now in Standoff With U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — North Korea is insisting that the United States declare that the Korean War is over before providing a detailed, written disclosure of all its atomic weapons stockpiles, its nuclear production facilities …
Danny McDonald / BostonGlobe.com:
‘Do you know who I am?’  Bill Murray, photographer get into dispute on Martha's Vineyard  —  Actor and comedian Bill Murray was involved in a dispute with a photographer at a Martha's Vineyard restaurant Wednesday night, according to a police report.  —  Peter Simon, 71, said he was on …
Discussion: Mediaite, CBS Chicago and AOL
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Flat Earthers Call Trump's Space Force Idea ‘Impossible’ … President Donald Trump wants a Space Force to expand U.S. military power beyond the globe.  That's a problem for flat earthers who incorrectly believe the world is a flat disc floating through space.
Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
Trump Administration Seeks to Withhold Millions in Aid to Palestinians  —  Kushner hopes cuts will pressure Palestinians to accept a U.S. peace plan.  —  The White House is seeking to withhold up to $200 million in relief aid for Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank …
Discussion: Raw Story and BloombergQuint
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Explain the Chinese spy, Sen. Feinstein  —  Imagine if it emerged that the Republican chairman of the House or Senate intelligence committee had a Russian spy working on their staff.  Think it would cause a political firestorm?  Well, this month we learned that Sen. Dianne Feinstein …
Discussion: Instapundit and Breitbart
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
NEW: Daily Beast Working on Major NBC News Sexual Harassment and Misconduct Story  —  The Daily Beast is working on a major story about sexual harassment and misconduct at NBC News, sources tell Mediaite.  —  The story involves varying allegations against senior NBC News executives …
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Mulvaney Looks to Weaken Oversight of Military Lending  —  The Trump administration is planning to suspend routine examinations of lenders for violations of the Military Lending Act, which was devised to protect military service members and their families from financial fraud …
Recep Tayyip Erdogan / New York Times:
How Turkey Sees the Crisis With the U.S.  —  Unilateral actions against Turkey by the United States will undermine American interests and force Turkey to look for other friends and allies.  —  Mr. Erdogan is the president of Turkey.  —  ANKARA, Turkey — For the past six decades …
Rick Wilson / KCRW:
FROM THIS EPISODE  —  Does President Trump deserve the credit he took for dragging the Republican candidate in that Ohio House race over the finish line?  Tuesday was also not a good night for high-profile progressive candidates in Democratic primaries.  Is this the revenge of the Democratic establishment?
William Mauldin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Threatens Tariffs on Canadian-Made Cars  —  President also says Nafta deal with Mexico ‘is coming along nicely’  —  President Trump on Friday threatened tariffs on Canadian-made cars if U.S. officials can't strike a deal with the country on overhauling the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
DOJ Official Bruce Ohr Will Appear Before Congress Later In August
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Heidi Heitkamp challenges Trump on border security plan: Where is it?
Los Angeles Times:
A staggering death toll for firefighters in California's summer of flames
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Axios Gives Up on Getting You to Pronounce Its Name Axi-US
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Russian state TV warns Trump to ‘do what we say’ if you want ‘support in the elections’
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Kansas governor questions opponent's role in vote counting
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Greg P. / twitchy.com:
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Discussion: TheBlaze
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Rubio Goes Nationalist
Discussion: Political Wire
Heather Long / Washington Post:
In America, wage growth is getting wiped out entirely by inflation
FiveThirtyEight:
We Researched Hundreds Of Races. Here's Who Democrats Are Nominating.
Discussion: Washington Monthly