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10:25 AM ET, August 19, 2018

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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
What John Dean Has to Say About the NYT's Blockbuster Don McGahn Story  —  On Saturday, New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt broke a blockbuster story explaining that the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, “cooperated extensively” with Robert Mueller's investigation.
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New York Times:
McGahn, White House Counsel, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, has cooperated extensively in the special counsel investigation, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry …
Axios:
Trump's epic Mueller gamble  —  Several top White House officials thought then and think now that President Trump made an epic error in rolling over to cooperate with Robert Mueller in the early stages of the special counsel investigation.  —  Why it matters: Trump himself thought then and thinks …
emptywheel:
The NYT's Latest McGahnObstructAPalooza: Sometimes “Cooperation” Is Just Cover Your Ass
Discussion: Mediaite and Eschaton
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Trump adviser John Bolton floats formal review of security clearances for former officials  —  President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton floated the possibility of reviewing longstanding policy allowing former government officials to keep their security clearances.
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Roey Hadar / ABC News:
Not just Russia — election meddling by China, North Korea, Iran also a concern: Bolton
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Amy Lieu / Fox News:   China's Xi to make first official visit to Pyongyang for North Korea's 70th anniversary
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Blake Farenthold Blames ‘F-Tards,’ Me Too Campaign For His Downfall  —  Months after quitting Congress in disgrace, the Texas Republican insists his sexual harassment scandal was everyone's fault but his own.  —  WASHINGTON Four months after abruptly quitting Congress amid a sexual harassment scandal …
Paul Crookston / Washington Free Beacon:
Al Sharpton Messes Up Spelling of Legendary Aretha Franklin Song: ‘R-E-S-P-I-C-T’  —  MSNBC's “PoliticsNation” host Rev. Al Sharpton called on President Donald Trump to be respectful in his rhetoric toward women but inadvertently misquoted legendary singer Aretha Franklin's most famous lyric.
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
ICE arrested a man driving his pregnant wife to give birth.  She drove herself to the hospital.  —  Maria del Carmen Venegas was on her way to deliver a baby boy, her fifth child, by Caesarean section in a planned operation Wednesday afternoon.  Her husband, Joel Arrona-Lara, was driving her car to the hospital.
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Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Gender Is a Construct—Except When It's Not  —  For academic feminists, male and female biology is either interchangeable or immutable, depending on what complaint they need to lodge.  —  The Social Order  —  A foundational tenet of academic feminism holds that alleged differences between males and females are socially constructed.
Discussion: Instapundit
John Bowden / The Hill:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: I ‘fully admit’ our bias is ‘more left-leaning’  —  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said on Saturday that he “fully admit[s]” Twitter employees share a largely left-leaning bias after facing accusations that conservatives are discriminated against on the social media platform.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Bill Maher criticizes social media bans: ‘Alex Jones gets to speak’
Discussion: The Stream
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
The growing split between progressives and party leaders on deficit spending could define the party's future.  —  WASHINGTON — All across the country, Democratic candidates are sending a message: We're the party that isn't afraid to think big.  Elect us, they say, and we'll pursue transformative policies …
Discussion: Political Wire
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
The Untouchables vs. The Deplorables  —  One reason Donald Trump won the presidency is that Americans are tired of being ignored by the ruling political class.  —  A poll taken several months before the election revealed that neglected voters overwhelmingly favored Donald Trump above any other candidate …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Michael Graham / InsideSources:
EXCLUSIVE: 4-in-10 N.H. Republicans Support a 2020 Primary Challenge for President Trump  —  A significant majority of Granite State voters—and 40 percent of Republicans—say a 2020 GOP primary for President Trump “would be a good thing.”  That's the finding of the latest New Hampshire Journal poll …
Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
Sex Abuse Report Lists a Beloved Pastor, and a Pennsylvania Church Reels  —  The Rev. John David Crowley was once adored by his parishioners.  Then came the news that he was among the priests who abused more than 1,000 children.  —  Everything felt normal until the news alert popped up on Cindy Depretis's cellphone Tuesday afternoon.
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Patsy McGarry / The Irish Times:   Cardinal in Pennsylvania withdraws from World Meeting of Families in Dublin
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
CBS News pollster reveals why ‘blue wave’ is unlikely  —  Anthony Salvanto was imprisoned in a windowless office on Nov. 8, 2016.  His phone was confiscated; guards escorted him to the bathroom.  And all he had to look at were numbers, numbers and more numbers.  —  It wasn't some sadistic punishment.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Daily Wire
Washington Post:
End U.S. support for this misbegotten and unwinnable war  —  ON AUG. 9, an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen struck a bus packed with young boys in the northern village of Dahyan, killing at least 51 people, including 40 children, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Discussion: The American Conservative and KTLA
 
 
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Mueller memo, Papadopoulos emerges as bit player in Trump-Russia affair
Yahoo:
Minnesota Democrats endorse Ellison amid abuse allegation
Steve Israel / The Atlantic:
Democrats Don't Need a National Message
Simon Osborne / Daily Express:
South Africa farm seizure: Terrified white farmers plot escape as crackdown looms
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Pioneer of modern redistricting dies at 75
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Road Trip  —  People often ask me why the Goldberg Family takes to the road so often.
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
'I'm not going there': As Trump hurls racial invective, most Republicans stay silent
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Who Is Winning the War in Afghanistan? Depends on Which One
Discussion: Washington Post
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Should you be eating diatomaceous earth, the fossilised remains of tiny marine animals?
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Slippery Slope of Complicity
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Tax Cuts Are a Hit With One Pivotal G.O.P. Group: Rich Donors
Discussion: Florida Politics
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Charter Spectrum plans to report local TV news, 24 hours a day, in Los Angeles
Barnini Chakraborty / Fox News:
Rahm Emanuel under increasing fire for linking Chicago violence and morals in minority neighborhoods
Discussion: Front Page Magazine and IJR
The Daily Beast:
Alleged Russian Agent Marina Butina Moved to Virginia Jail, Unclear Why
 

 
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