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10:50 PM ET, August 17, 2018

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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
AP source: It's not just audio, Manigault Newman has video  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just audiotapes.  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman has a stash of video, emails, text messages and other documentation supporting the claims in her tell-all book about her time in the Trump White House …
Discussion: Populist Media
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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.
New York Times:
Melania Trump, a Mysterious First Lady, Weathers a Chaotic White House  —  WASHINGTON — Hours after Melania Trump moved into the White House in June of last year, she peered out a window and took in a stunning view of the Washington Monument: “Looking forward to the memories we'll make in our new home! …
Discussion: Politico, AOL, The Daily Beast and Splinter
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump Picked Fight With Vietnam Vets Over Who Better Understood What Agent Orange Was
Discussion: The Mahablog
Fox News:
DOJ's Bruce Ohr wrote Christopher Steele was 'very concerned about Comey's firing — afraid they will be exposed'  —  A collection of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr's emails, texts and handwritten notes, reviewed by Fox News, reveals that he was deeply connected to the unverified Steele dossier …
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New York Times:
Embracing Conspiracy Theory, Trump Escalates Attack on Bruce Ohr
Discussion: JustOneMinute, CNBC and CBS News
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How Trump's security-clearance gambit could actually get him in deeper trouble with Mueller
Discussion: Raw Story
Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:   Bruce Ohr could be out of a job if Trump strips his security clearance
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Former intelligence officials rebuke Trump for pulling Brennan's security clearance
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Press needs to restore its credibility on FBI and Justice Department
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   What Was Bruce Ohr Doing?
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Mueller prosecutors seek up to six months in prison for George Papadopoulos in Russia probe  —  Prosecutors on Friday said a sentence of up to six months in prison would be appropriate for George Papadopoulos, a former adviser to President Trump's 2016 campaign and the first charged defendant …
Discussion: Raw Story
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David Alexander / Reuters:
U.S. special counsel recommends six months in prison for Papadopoulos  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special Counsel Robert Mueller recommended in a court filing on Friday that a judge sentence former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos to up to six months in prison for lying …
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Quinta Jurecic / Lawfare:
Document: George Papadopoulos Sentencing Memo  —  The government has filed a sentencing memorandum in the case of George Papadopoulos, recommending a sentence of between zero to six months.  The document is available in full below.
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Special counsel says up to 6 months jail ‘warranted’ for Trump aide-turned cooperating witness
Discussion: Politico
Michael Pyskaty / ABC News:
Ocasio-Cortez defends banning press from campaign event  —  Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday defended banning the press from a public town hall held last Sunday.  —  Replying to a reporter who questioned why the event was closed, she tweeted, “Our community is 50% immigrant.
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Christopher Barca / m.qchron.com:
Ocasio-Cortez bans press from town hall  —  MEDIA WAS BARRED AFTER REPORTERS ‘MOBBED’ HER AT AN EARLIER EVENT  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Monday that stops on her “listening tour” throughout the district, like the one held a day earlier in Corona, are “intended for lively …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Bill Nelson wasn't making things up when he said Russians hacked Florida election systems  —  Sen. Bill Nelson, who is in a tough reelection fight, was blasted for saying 10 days ago that Russians had penetrated his state's election systems.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat …
Politico:
Manafort trial Day 14: Jury ‘scared’ as it heads home without a verdict  —  Manafort's attorney Kevin Downing said the ongoing deliberations favor his client.  —  Paul Manafort's trial will stretch into a fourth week, as jurors headed home Friday without reaching a verdict for the second straight …
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NBC News:
Officials worry Trump may back Erik Prince plan to privatize war in Afghanistan  —  “I know he's frustrated,” Blackwater founder Prince said of the president.  “He gave the Pentagon what they wanted.  And they haven't delivered.”  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump …
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Alex Jones of Infowars Destroyed Evidence Related to Sandy Hook Suits, Motion Says  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for the families of two Sandy Hook shooting victims are accusing the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars media business of intentionally destroying evidence relevant …
Patrick Leahy / U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont:
Leahy To McGahn: What Was Discussed At Private White House Meeting That Led Republicans To Abruptly Change Course On Kavanaugh Documents  —  Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), on Friday, asked White House Counsel Don McGahn for information on a pivotal July 24, 2018, meeting with Judiciary Committee Republicans …
Discussion: VTDigger and Roll Call
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
GOP fundraiser Broidy under investigation for alleged effort to sell government influence, people familiar with probe say  —  The Justice Department is investigating whether longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy sought to sell his influence with the Trump administration by offering …
Violet Ikonomova / News & Views, Detroit Metro Times:
Detroit Rep. Bettie Cook Scott on Asian opponent: 'Don't vote for the ching-chong!'  —  Rep. Bettie Cook Scott has issued an apology for her remarks.  Find her statement here.  —  More than a dozen community groups have called on Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D-Detroit) to apologize for a series …
Brett McMurphy / Stadium:
Zach Smith Ordered Sex Toys to Ohio State Offices, Had Sex With Staffer, Took Nude Photos at White House  —  Documents and receipts Stadium has obtained show Zach Smith ordered more than $2,200 in sex toys, male apparel and photography equipment and had the items delivered to him at Ohio State's Woody Hayes Athletic Center in 2015.
Discussion: twitchy.com and TMZ.com
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Website Promised Free Anti-Antifa Shirts.  Alt-Right Signed Up.  It Was a Trap. … A website that offered free anti-anti-fascist t-shirts for a real far-right march appears to have been a trap by anti-fascists.  —  On August 18, Trump supporters will host the “National March Against Far-Left Violence” …
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. government seeks Facebook help to wiretap Messenger - sources  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook Inc (FB.O) to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement may listen to a suspect's voice conversations in a criminal probe …
CNN:
Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US  —  (CNN)The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN.
Discussion: LewRockwell and VICE News
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Resistance Twitter Hero Exposed as Pro-Trump Gamer … In the world of #Resistance Twitter, @GuardianRover was a hero.  As a former intelligence operative and Delta Force soldier, the person behind the account used a cartoon secret agent avatar and the alias “Mr. Smith” …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Making the Department of Justice Into His Own Private Goon Squad  —  One morning earlier this week during executive time, President Trump tweeted out his assessment of the Russia investigation.  “The Rigged Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on as the 'originators and founders …
Reuters:
Exclusive: FBI probing cyber attack on congressional campaign in California - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a cyber attack on the congressional campaign of a Democratic candidate in California, according to three people close to the campaign.
Discussion: CNN, Axios, KTLA and Boing Boing
Jason Gay / Wall Street Journal:
It's Obscene to Pay $180 for a Steak Sandwich—But It Sure Was Yummy  —  For the cost of a plane ticket to Florida, a five-minute dining caper  —  I ate a $180 steak sandwich.  Not for me; don't be ridiculous.  I did it for journalism.  —  Let's dispense with the obvious: A $180 steak sandwich is an indefensible purchase.
Washington Post:
The un-celebrity president  —  Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly in his Georgia hometown  —  Jimmy Carter finishes his Saturday night dinner, salmon and broccoli casserole on a paper plate, flashes his famous toothy grin and calls playfully to his wife of 72 years, Rosalynn: “C'mon, kid.”
Tom Schad / USA Today:
ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro: Network won't show national anthem on ‘Monday Night Football’  —  New ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro told reporters Friday that the network does not plan to televise the national anthem as part of its Monday Night Football broadcasts this season.
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
A Church in Denial, Still  —  Too many priests and bishops aren't treating the Catholic Church's abuse scandal with the gravity it deserves.  —  “I don't think this is some massive, massive crisis,” said Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., in a statement that could not possibly be more wrong.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S., China Plot Road Map to Resolve Trade Dispute by November
WORLD:
Papered over  —  Here's a case study of how Liberty University handled …
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
Dara Lind / Vox:
Exclusive: new lawsuit claims Trump illegally denied asylum claims of separated parents
Discussion: Axios
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Officials Defend Plan To Close Almost All Polling Places In Majority Black Georgia County
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Court throws out EPA delay of Obama chemical plant safety rule
 Earlier Items: 
Austin Ruse / Crisis Magazine:
Rod Was Right and I Was Wrong
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Fox News, CNN Hired Ex-Trump Aides Bound by NDAs. That's ‘Journalistic Malpractice,’ Experts Say.
Discussion: Contemptor
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Rigged Witch Hunt,” Meet Trump's “Red Wave”
Discussion: CNN, WORLD, AOL, Washington Post and Politico
RedState:
Why the Left Hates Western Culture
Quinta Jurecic / New York Times:
What to Care About When Everything Is Terrible
Discussion: Viking Pundit
Joe Johnson / Athens Daily News:
Half-naked Athens woman punches officer
Los Angeles Times:
California homeowners get to pass low property taxes to their kids.  It's proved highly profitable to an elite group
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rand Paul to ask Trump to lift sanctions on Russian leaders