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10:20 AM ET, August 18, 2018

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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Revoking Brennan's Security Clearance: The Right Thing, Even if for the Wrong Reason  —  It's right because he is irresponsible and untrustworthy and has politicized intelligence.  —  I do not share my friend David French's theoretical constitutional concerns about the president's revocation …
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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.
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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
David Alexander / Reuters:
U.S. special counsel recommends six months in prison for Papadopoulos
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Special counsel says up to 6 months jail ‘warranted’ for Trump aide-turned cooperating witness
Discussion: Politico
Power Line:
Democrats Frighten Manafort Jurors [Updated]  —  The case that Bob Mueller has brought against Paul Manafort has nothing to do with Donald Trump or the 2016 election.  It is irrelevant to any significant political issue.  But Democrats worry that Mueller's prosecution of Manafort …
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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 …
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: POLITICUSUSA and Populist Media
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Netflix's ‘Classless’ Cancellation of Michelle Wolf's ‘The Break’ … Well, that was fast.  On Friday, Netflix quietly pulled the plug on The Break with Michelle Wolf, one of the only “late-night” shows on “television” hosted by a female comedian, just three months after it premiered.
CBS Los Angeles:
ICE Detains Man Driving Pregnant Wife To Hospital To Deliver Baby  —  SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA) — A newborn is without his father Friday after immigration agents detained the man as he was taking his wife to deliver the baby.  —  “I feel very bad right now,” Maria del Carmen Venegas told CBS2 News …
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Kofi Annan, Diplomat Who Redefined the U.N., Dies at 80  —  Kofi Annan, a soft-spoken and patrician diplomat from Ghana, who became the seventh secretary general of the United Nations, projecting himself and his organization as the world's conscience and moral arbiter despite bloody debacles …
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Joshua Posaner / Politico:
Kofi Annan dies aged 80
Latest from the Office of the Spokesperson …:
Statement by the Secretary-General on the passing of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan
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.”
Discussion: Althouse
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump Has Attacked the Russia Inquiry Over 250 Times.  Here Is What's True.  —  We assessed President Trump's claims about Russia's interference in the 2016 election and the ensuing federal investigation of his campaign.  —  The federal investigation into whether Russia actively sought …
Discussion: The White House
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” …
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Bars Statements Made by Guantánamo Detainees During F.B.I. Interrogations  —  In a potentially major setback for the effort to prosecute five Guantánamo Bay detainees accused of aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a military commission judge ruled on Friday that prosecutors …
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 …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: FBI probing cyber attack on congressional campaign in California - sources
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 …
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 …
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.
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, fox8.com and TMZ.com
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: Common Dreams and LewRockwell
 
 
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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
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Pascale Mueller / BuzzFeed News:
She Is The World's Most Renowned Empathy Researcher — And Is Alleged To Have Been Harassing Employees For Years
Discussion: Breitbart
Jason Gay / Wall Street Journal:
It's Obscene to Pay $180 for a Steak Sandwich—But It Sure Was Yummy
Wall Street Journal:
Islamic State's Elusive Leader Held Secret Meeting as Iraqi Stronghold Crumbled
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WORLD:
Papered over  —  Here's a case study of how Liberty University handled …
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Making the Department of Justice Into His Own Private Goon Squad
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
A Church in Denial, Still
Patrick Leahy / U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont:
Leahy To McGahn: What Was Discussed At Private White House Meeting That Led Republicans …
Discussion: VTDigger
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Officials Defend Plan To Close Almost All Polling Places In Majority Black Georgia County
Austin Ruse / Crisis Magazine:
Rod Was Right and I Was Wrong