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9:35 AM ET, August 17, 2018

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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump and Omarosa Had a ‘F*cking Weird’ Fight With Vietnam Vets … Early on in the Donald Trump administration, the president vested many of his nearest and dearest with tasks they were woefully unprepared for—and Apprentice superstar Omarosa Manigault Newman was no exception.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Omarosa Manigault Newman Releases Tape of Lara Trump's $15,000-a-Month Job Offer  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman released a secret recording on Thursday that she said backed her claim that President Trump's daughter-in-law had offered her a $15,000-a-month contract in exchange for her silence about her time as a White House adviser.
CNN:
Pentagon postpones Trump's military parade  —  (CNN)The Department of Defense says the military parade originally scheduled for Veterans Day will be postponed.  —  “The Department of Defense and White House have been planning a parade to honor America's military veterans and commemorate …
John McWhorter / The Atlantic:
Trump and the N Word  —  Omarosa Manigault-Newman has provided …
Discussion: Althouse
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Omarosa releases secret tape of Lara Trump offering her $15K/month campaign job
William H. McRaven / Washington Post:
Revoke my security clearance, too, Mr. President  —  William H. McRaven, a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014.  He oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.  —  Dear Mr. President:
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Olivia Gazis / CBS News:
Top former intelligence bosses speak out in favor of John Brennan  —  Twelve former directors and deputy directors of the Central Intelligence Agency and a former Director of National Intelligence signed a letter of support for former CIA director John Brennan, calling the signal sent …
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
Axios:
Trump's favorite presidential powers  —  As President Trump has settled into Year 2 of his presidency, he has become especially enamored with powers he can exercise — just like back at the Trump Organization — without the approval or even consultation of anyone else.
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump Is Not Trying to Silence Brennan
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
CIA Chief Gina Haspel Silent as Trump Attacks Her Predecessor and Patron
Discussion: Washington Post
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump cancels military parade, blames ‘local politicians’ for ballooning cost  —  President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has canceled a planned military parade in Washington, accusing “local politicians” of price gouging and announcing that the government will redirect funds …
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Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Trump's military parade is now estimated to cost $92 million - $80 million more than earlier estimate
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Pentagon may delay Trump's military parade, originally slated for November, to next year
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Trump's military parade in Washington now delayed until 2019
New York Times:
Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’ Year  —  Elon Musk was at home in Los Angeles, struggling to maintain his composure.  “This past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my career,” he said.  “It was excruciating.”  —  The year has only gotten …
Violet Ikonomova / Detroit Metro Times:
Detroit Rep. Bettie Cook Scott on Asian opponent: 'Don't vote for the ching-chong!'  —  More than a dozen community groups have called on Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D-Detroit) to apologize for a series of racial slurs sources say she used to describe her primary election opponent, Rep. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit).
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
What Was Bruce Ohr Doing?  —  Justice releases some damning documents, but much of the truth is still classified.  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department have continued to insist they did nothing wrong in their Trump-Russia investigation.
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Mark Penn / The Hill:
Press needs to restore its credibility on FBI and Justice Department  —  I will never call the mainstream media “the enemy of the people.”  But I will call them out for having strayed from fairly reporting some of the biggest stories of the last two years.  No matter how egregious their errors …
Wall Street Journal:
As ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape Surfaced, Michael Cohen Changed Tune on Paying Stormy Daniels  —  Federal prosecutors investigating former Trump lawyer view October 2016 tape as trigger for burying potentially damaging information, people familiar with the matter say
Discussion: MSNBC, Splinter, Mother Jones and CNN
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Chance of Michael Cohen Facing Criminal Campaign Finance Charges Just Went Up
Discussion: New Republic
Yahoo:
Judge says Trump campaign screwed up on wording of confidentiality agreements  —  A Manhattan judge issued a ruling on Thursday that thwarted the Trump campaign's attempts to keep a lawsuit out of open court, with potential implications for the looming battle over fired Trump aide Omarosa …
Discussion: Splinter and Weekly Standard
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
DOJ Sues Ivanka's Ex-Business Partner for Massive Fraud  —  Moshe Lax and members of his family allegedly conspired to deprive the U.S. of $60 million.  —  The Justice Department is suing a friend and former business partner of Ivanka Trump for his alleged role in schemes to defraud …
Discussion: Raw Story
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Meet the Special Counsel Team: So Careful They Won't Even Disclose Their Shake Shack Orders  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Greg D. Andres looked like any ordinary guest at the Westin hotel here, standing near the valet in flip-flops and a white Notre Dame boxing T-shirt, waiting for a Postmates delivery from Shake Shack.
Jericka Duncan / CBS News:
Woman accusing Rep. Keith Ellison of abuse speaks out  —  Rep. Keith Ellison — deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a candidate for Minnesota attorney general — has denied allegations that he abused his ex-girlfriend, Karen Monahan.  On Thursday, Monahan, 44 …
Nancy Gertner / Washington Post:
The extraordinary bias of the judge in the Manafort trial  —  Nancy Gertner, a retired U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts, is a lecturer at Harvard Law School.  —  It is not unusual for judges to intervene in court proceedings from time to time — to direct the lawyers to move …
Discussion: Fox News and Breitbart
Morning Call:
Lehigh Valley velodrome board put Pennsylvania congressional candidate Marty Nothstein on leave after sexual misconduct allegation  —  Congressional candidate Marty Nothstein was the subject of a sexual misconduct investigation prior to leaving his job this summer as leader …
Discussion: Political Wire
WSYX:
Teen shot and killed after knocking on grandfather's window  —  A 19-year-old was shot and killed after knocking on her grandfather's window, trying to wake him up (WSYX/WTTE)  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) - A 19-year-old died after she was shot late Wednesday night outside her grandfather's southeast Columbus home.
Musa al-Gharbi / Heterodox Academy:
Vox's Consistent Errors on Campus Speech, Explained  —  Musa al-Gharbi is a Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellow in Sociology at Columbia University, and managing editor at Heterodox Academy.  —  The Free Speech Project (FSP), based out of Georgetown University, attempts to document …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Are Frosted Mini-Wheats less frosted than their generic competitors?  An investigation.  —  The whole point of Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats is summed up right there in the name: It's the frosting.  At some point in the mid-20th century somebody at Kellogg's got the brilliant idea to spray …
YouTube:
Trump Freely Criticizes the Free Press … Trump responds to the press' pleas for a free press by attacking the free press.  —  Watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35 PM ET/10:35 PM CT.  Only on CBS.  —  Get the CBS app for iPhone & iPad!  Click HERE: http://bit.ly/12rLxge
Discussion: Political Wire
Howard Fischer Capitol / Arizona Daily Star:
Poll: Martha McSally's lead in Arizona GOP race for U.S. Senate nearly insurmountable  —  A new statewide poll suggests that all of the money being spent on behalf of Martha McSally on TV commercials to become the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate Arizona has been paying off.
The Daily Beast:
Aretha Franklin Bashed Trump in Private, Blew Off Inauguration Invite … The late “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin hated the political rise of Donald Trump.  But that didn't stop him from trying, and failing, to book her to perform at his 2017 inauguration.
Mary Ellen Klas / miamiherald:
Rick Scott killed a high-speed rail plan.  Then All Aboard rolled up and he bought it.  —  TALLAHASSEE  —  As one of his first acts in office in 2011, Gov. Rick Scott canceled a $2.4 billion federally funded and shovel-ready bullet train from Orlando to Tampa because it carried …
Associated Press:
Next mission for women with military service: Run for office  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A dragon winds around a cherry tree in the tattoo across MJ Hegar's arm and back, over the shrapnel wounds she had, at one point, not wanted to see with her young children around.
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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Seung Lee / East Bay Times:
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Bob McManus / City Journal:
“Never That Great”  —  Andrew Cuomo's widely panned comments …
Discussion: New York Post and HuffPost
Manu Raju / CNN:
Speaker's super PAC drops huge dollars in attack ads to save endangered GOP majority
Philip Kaleta / Politico:
Danish finance minister puts risk of ‘no deal’ Brexit at 50-50
Maggie Severns / Politico:
'Oh that's cool — do that!': Super PACs use new trick to hide donors
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Twitter Users Are Blocking Hundreds of Brands in the Hopes of Pressuring the Platform to Remove Alex Jones
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NBC News:
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