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12:05 PM ET, August 19, 2018

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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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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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.
Politico:
Giuliani: 'Truth isn't truth'
Discussion: Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
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.
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Johnson: Brennan didn't misuse security clearance, but abused privilege  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday said he didn't believe former CIA director John Brennan misused his security clearance but, instead, “abused his privilege” by publicly accusing President Donald Trump “of treasonous behavior.”
Discussion: Breitbart
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump caught weaponizing security clearances to kill bad news stories
Discussion: CNN, 100PercentFedUp.com and TheBlaze
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 …
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Megan Keller / The Hill:
Clapper: Brennan's rhetoric is becoming an issue  —  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper  —  said Sunday that he thinks former CIA Director John Brennan  —  's rhetoric is becoming an issue “in and of itself.”  —  “John and his rhetoric have become an issue in and of itself …
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
Beto O'Rourke Could Be The Democrat Texas Has Been Waiting For  —  Beto O'Rourke's grassroots campaign to unseat Senator Ted Cruz is blazing across Texas.  But can it convert energy into actual votes?  —  Beto O'Rourke is a prolific, prodigious sweater.  We're talking shirt-soaking …
CBS News:
Democrats in stronger position to take the House: CBS News Battleground Tracker  —  Democrats have improved their standing in the fight for control of the House of Representatives.  Our House model now shows the party poised to win 222 seats if the election were today, up from our estimate of 219 earlier this summer.
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Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
CBS News pollster reveals why ‘blue wave’ is unlikely
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Daily Wire
Bruce Haring / Deadline:
Midterm Elections Blue Wave Looking Doubtful, Says CBS News Head Pollster
Discussion: twitchy.com
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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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.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
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’
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
Robert Gearty / Fox News:
New study finds growing demand for concealed handgun permits  —  Trump Calls for Concealed Carry Faculty  —  The number of permits to carry concealed weapons in the U.S. has jumped to more than 17.25 million this year, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Trump Won Pennsylvania.  Democrats Want the State (and His Voters) Back.  —  CONWAY, Pa. — The rules are workable enough in the right hands, in the right corner of a right-leaning region of a state like this one.  —  Avoid the jacket-and-tie look, so voters — wary enough of Democrats …
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Mulvaney on canceled military parade: It wasn't just the money  —  Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney said he believes President Donald Trump's plans for a military parade were canceled for other reasons besides the cost of the event, but would not specify other “contributing factors.”
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Farah Master / Reuters:
Empty hotels, idle boats: What happens when a Pacific island upsets China
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
The growing split between progressives and party leaders on deficit spending could define the party's future.
Discussion: Political Wire
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Mueller memo, Papadopoulos emerges as bit player in Trump-Russia affair
Washington Post:
End U.S. support for this misbegotten and unwinnable war
Yahoo:
Minnesota Democrats endorse Ellison amid abuse allegation
Amy Lieu / Fox News:
China's Xi to make first official visit to Pyongyang for North Korea's 70th anniversary
Steve Israel / The Atlantic:
Democrats Don't Need a National Message
Michael Graham / InsideSources:
EXCLUSIVE: 4-in-10 N.H. Republicans Support a 2020 Primary Challenge for President Trump
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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
Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
Sex Abuse Report Lists a Beloved Pastor, and a Pennsylvania Church Reels
Ellen Scott / Metro.co.uk:
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
 

 
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