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8:40 AM ET, August 19, 2018

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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 …
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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.
Bob Bauer / Lawfare:
The President's Lawyer and His Cooperation in the Russia Investigation  —  The New York Times reports that White House Counsel Don McGahn has interviewed extensively with the special counsel, cooperating with the president's consent but perhaps more extensively than President Trump may have anticipated.
emptywheel:
The NYT's Latest McGahnObstructAPalooza: Sometimes “Cooperation” Is Just Cover Your Ass  —  By far the most telling passage in this 2,225+ word story laying out Don McGahn's “cooperation” with the Mueller inquiry is this passage: … Over two thousand words and over a dozen sources …
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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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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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
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Slippery Slope of Complicity  —  When was the last time centrist talking heads declared, “Donald Trump just became president” (because he bombed someone, or something like that)?  I think it's been more than a year.  At this point, you have to be a truly fanatical practitioner of bothsidesism …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Simon Osborne / Daily Express:
South Africa farm seizure: Terrified white farmers plot escape as crackdown looms  —  A RECORD number of white South African farmers have put their land up for sale amid fears the ruling party is considering confiscating properties bigger than 25,000 acres.  —  Tensions among the country's …
Steve Israel / The Atlantic:
Democrats Don't Need a National Message  —  A bottom-up approach is better than a single line imposed by party leadership.  —  On an early morning in June, I joined several dozen Democratic donors in a plush residence on the 64th floor of Trump World Tower to support the reelection of a Democratic congressman.
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump caught weaponizing security clearances to kill bad news stories  —  Trump doesn't control the media from the inside — so he's taking a page from the modern authoritarian's playbook and trying to control it from the outside, instead.  —  After revoking the security clearance …
Discussion: 100PercentFedUp.com, CNN and TheBlaze
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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
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
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
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
'I'm not going there': As Trump hurls racial invective, most Republicans stay silent  —  The president of the United States had just lobbed another racially charged insult — this time calling his former top African American adviser a “dog” — but Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) had no interest in talking about it.
 
 
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Road Trip  —  People often ask me why the Goldberg Family takes to the road so often.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
How the Left Is Outsourcing Censorship of the Internet
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Who Is Winning the War in Afghanistan? Depends on Which One
Discussion: Washington Post
Ellen Scott / Metro.co.uk:
Should you be eating diatomaceous earth, the fossilised remains of tiny marine animals?
New York Times:
Tax Cuts Are a Hit With One Pivotal G.O.P. Group: Rich Donors
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
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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
Los Angeles Times:
Trump backed ‘space force’ after months of lobbying by officials with ties to aerospace industry
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Netflix's ‘Classless’ Cancellation of Michelle Wolf's ‘The Break’