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5:55 PM 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.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:   Trump Picked Fight With Vietnam Vets Over Who Better Understood What Agent Orange Was
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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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.
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Press needs to restore its credibility on FBI and Justice Department
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How Trump's security-clearance gambit could actually get him in deeper trouble with Mueller
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Beast
Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Bruce Ohr could be out of a job if Trump strips his security clearance
Discussion: New York Times, CNBC and Vox
Fox News:
Judge in Manafort trial says he's been threatened over case  —  The judge in ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's fraud trial revealed Friday he has received threats over the case and now travels with U.S. Marshals, as he turned back a media request to release juror information.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Manafort judge says he's received threats
CNN:
Manafort's attorney says he appreciates Trump's support
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:   Trump Calls Manafort ‘Good Person’ and Criticizes Fraud Trial
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 …
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 …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be facing really intense scrutiny
Discussion: Hit & Run, The Week and Mediaite
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” …
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 …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate gets to work in August — but many don't show up
Discussion: Shareblue Media
David French / National Review:
The New York Times Runs a Sloppy, Specious Democratic Hit on Brett Kavanaugh
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 …
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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: AOL, The Daily Beast and Splinter
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Officials Defend Plan To Close Almost All Polling Places In Majority Black Georgia County  —  Local officials say they need to close seven polling places because they aren't accessible to people with disabilities.  The ACLU says that doesn't make sense.  —  Election officials …
Austin Ruse / Crisis Magazine:
Rod Was Right and I Was Wrong  —  I became casual friends with Rod Dreher when he lived in Brooklyn with the beautiful Julie, and I lived in Manhattan alone.  Newly married and not yet a father, he was writing movie reviews for the New York Post; this was before his move to National Review and ever-increasing fame.
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 …
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Wall Street Journal to Maddow: We didn't ‘bury’ our Trump scoop  —  Trump: Brennan led the ‘rigged witch hunt’  —  The Wall Street Journal fired back at Rachel Maddow on Thursday, after the MSNBC host said that newspaper “tried to bury” a story detailing President Trump's rationale …
Discussion: Raw Story, WORLD and Politico
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Court throws out EPA delay of Obama chemical plant safety rule  —  A federal court Friday threw out the Trump administration's attempt to delay a chemical plant safety regulation written by the Obama administration.  —  In a major blow to the Trump administration, the Court of Appeals …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Debt-Shaming of Stacey Abrams  —  Our pernicious double standard on politicians who owe money.  —  The campaign for governor of Georgia is a supersaturated microcosm of American politics right now, offering the starkest possible choice between irreconcilable visions of the country's future.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Rigged Witch Hunt,” Meet Trump's “Red Wave”  —  Donald Trump's Presidency is often described as a reality-show version of the White House, with Trump himself as the producer, director, and main character.  There's something to the metaphor, of course; Trump is a showman …
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.
Dbarr / WJML News Radio:
Democrats Hold Advantage Over Republicans in Michigan Statewide Races  —  Traverse City, MI - A new poll conducted by Strategic National for WJML News Radio shows Democrats with an advantage in the US Senate and Governor races as we head into the Republican State Convention.  —  Governor
Dara Lind / Vox:
Exclusive: new lawsuit claims Trump illegally denied asylum claims of separated parents  —  Hundreds of parents failed screening interviews for asylum while they were separated and traumatized.  Now, dozens of them want a second chance to make their case.  —  A group of parents who failed …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Free-speech conservatives, this is your call to arms  —  To all those supposed constitutional conservatives out there, consider this your call to arms: The First Amendment is under direct attack, and this time from a much more powerful foe than misguided college freshmen.
Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Fox News, CNN Hired Ex-Trump Aides Bound by NDAs.  That's ‘Journalistic Malpractice,’ Experts Say. … “If you're not allowed legally to disparage the president or his family or anything they have to do with, any company they have or asset they have, why can we believe anything you say?”
Discussion: Contemptor
Dan Desai Martin / Shareblue Media:
Trump will ditch US for Veterans Day because he can't have his parade  —  Since Trump's $92 million military parade in Washington, D.C., was canceled, he's decided to up and leave the country in November so he can watch a parade somewhere else.  —  Trump is abandoning veterans this Veterans …
Discussion: NBC News, CNBC and New York Times
Quinta Jurecic / New York Times:
What to Care About When Everything Is Terrible  —  In the Trump presidency, everything is a distraction from everything else, because it all matters.  —  Ms. Jurecic is the managing editor of Lawfare.  —  As of Thursday, 565 migrant children — 24 of them under the age of five …
 
 
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Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Advocate:
Plaquemines deputy tied to far-right group Proud Boys has been fired by sheriff's office
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Jon Campbell / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
Andrew Cuomo says ‘America is great,’ previous comment was ‘inartful’
Axios:
Robert Gates joins intelligence leaders condemning Trump for Brennan slap
Discussion: ABC News
RedState:
Why the Left Hates Western Culture
The Texas Tribune:
Federal appeals court upholds Texas campus carry law
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: NEW: Dem super PAC hammers House GOP leadership in new ad
Discussion: NPR and Political Wire
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
 Earlier Items: 
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rand Paul to ask Trump to lift sanctions on Russian leaders
Discussion: DC Tribune
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: AP Sources: US ends Syria stabilization funding
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Signs of Trump-Putin collaboration, starting years before the campaign?
Discussion: Shakesville
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Our republic will never be the same
Carla Herreria / HuffPost:
565 Migrant Children Remain Separated From Families 3 Weeks Past Judge's Deadline
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
DOJ Sues Ivanka's Ex-Business Partner for Massive Fraud
Violet Ikonomova / Detroit Metro Times:
Detroit Rep. Bettie Cook Scott on Asian opponent: 'Don't vote for the ching-chong!'