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6:45 PM ET, August 20, 2018

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Adam Entous / New Yorker:
John Brennan's Choice to Confront Trump  —  Just before noon on January 20, 2017, John Brennan, the outgoing C.I.A. director, drove to the home of a former colleague to watch Donald Trump take the oath of office.  President Obama's most trusted intelligence advisers had come together …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump goads ‘political hack’ Brennan to sue over stripped clearance
Discussion: ABC News and Breitbart
Jack Goldsmith / Lawfare:
The Dangers in the Trump-Brennan Confrontation
Discussion: Townhall, Don Surber and The Atlantic
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
John Bolton and GOP senators are enabling Trump's attacks on dissent
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
‘Revoking’ a security clearance is not as simple as Trump made it sound. …
CNN:
Sources: Trump unsettled by McGahn's 30 hours with the special counsel  —  Trump: I allowed McGahn to cooperate in probe  —  Washington (CNN)White House counsel Don McGahn's 30 hours of conversations with special counsel Robert Mueller's team have unnerved President Donald Trump …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The most intense and dangerous period of the Trump presidency is about to begin  —  Over the past year and a half, life in politics has often felt like an ongoing circus in which the madness never ceases.  But for all that, the next 11 weeks could be the most intense and consequential of Donald Trump's presidency.
Tom Hays / Associated Press:
AP sources: Prosecutors preparing charges against Cohen  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, could be charged before the end of the month with bank fraud in his dealings with the taxi industry and with committing other financial crimes …
Jen Kirby / Vox:
The past 72 hours of Trump-Russia news, explained
Discussion: CNN and Just Security
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh memo detailed explicit questions for Clinton  —  Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a strikingly explicit 1998 memo that he was “strongly opposed” to giving then-President Bill Clinton any “break” in the independent counsel's questioning about his sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Bret Kavanaugh Is A First Rate Hypocrite and Political Judge
Discussion: The Mahablog
Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh, now a Supreme Court nominee, proposed graphic questions for Bill Clinton …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:   Kavanaugh in memo pushed graphic sex questions for Clinton
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made Deal With Her Own Accuser  —  The Italian actress and director Asia Argento was among the first women in the movie business to publicly accuse the producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault.  She became a leading figure in the #MeToo movement.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
A leading Republican urges reform for Medicare and Social Security as deficits balloon after the GOP's tax cut  —  Rep. Steve Stivers , R-Ohio, has the toughest job in politics right now: trying to stop a Democratic “blue wave” at the polls this fall.  Stivers, chairman of the National …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says not thrilled with Fed's Powell for raising rates  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was “not thrilled” with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for raising interest rates and accused China and Europe of manipulating their respective currencies.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Pruitt called the White House once from his $43,000 phone booth, records show  —  The $43,000 phone booth that former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt installed in his office may not have been worth all the headaches it caused him.  —  He only placed one phone call to the White House, newly released records from the agency show.
Discussion: New Republic and Political Wire
Emma Dumain / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump's budget chief is trying to protect his home state from tariffs  —  WASHINGTON  —  President Donald Trump's budget director, Mick Mulvaney, is trying to use his influence to help a South Carolina business that could be badly wounded by the White House's trade policies.
Discussion: Political Wire
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
Top Democrats Seek Information on Bolton's Security Clearance After Revelation That He Worked With Russian Citizen Now Exposed as Spy  —  “We are writing regarding recent reports that National Security Advisor John Bolton, in his former capacity as a top official with the National Rifle Association …
Discussion: Law & Crime, Daily Kos and Roll Call
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump calls on Hispanic-American immigration officer to speak, saying he ‘speaks perfect English’  —  At a White House event Monday to honor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border agents, President Donald Trump invited a Hispanic-American immigration officer to speak about his role …
Discussion: Politico
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:   Trump on border wall: Democrats 'don't mind crime'
Lisa Miller / New York Magazine:
David Hogg, After Parkland Furious and unflinching, an NRA enemy, an accused “crisis actor,” and a high-school grad trying to figure out what's next.  —  At 2:30 on February 14, David Hogg was not yet a spokesperson for radicalized young America or a renowned media savant or a resistance fighter or …
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
America's Invisible Pot Addicts  —  The proliferation of retail boutiques in California did not really bother him, Evan told me, but the billboards did.  Advertisements for delivery, advertisements promoting the substance for relaxation, for fun, for health.  “Shop.  It's legal.”
Discussion: TheBlaze and Vox
David Wasserman / New York Times:
Why Even a Blue Wave Could Have Limited Gains  —  The divergent geography of 2018 means we will really have two midterm elections, and one favors Republicans.  —  Mr. Wasserman is the House editor at The Cook Political Report.  —  The proper way to view the 2018 midterms might not be as one event …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Media Keeps Giving Trump the Benefit of the Doubt on Collusion  —  Throughout the Russia scandal, President Trump has acted flamboyantly guilty, most recently by comparing himself implicitly with Richard Nixon during Watergate, and dismissing informants as “rats.”
K. Riva Levinson / The Hill:
Paul Manafort never believed the rules applied to him; I know — I worked with him for a decade  —  Back in 2005, when I decided to write my memoir and catalog my adventures as an international operative for a leading Washington lobbying firm, I didn't have a clue as to where the story would end up …
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
ICE Kept A US Citizen In Jail For 2 Years.  A Court Set Him Free.  —  Levy Jaen wakes up some nights in his Queens home drenched in sweat, panicking after dreaming that he was still in jail, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers telling him to pack his things because he was getting deported.
Associated Press:
Second former Walker official comes out against him  —  A second former top official with Gov. Scott Walker's administration has endorsed his Democratic opponent and cut a video criticizing the Republican incumbent.  —  The latest online ad , released Monday, features former Department …
Frank Chung / NEWS.com.au:
South Africa begins seizing white-owned farms  —  SOUTH Africa has targeted the first two farms for unilateral seizure after the owners refused an offer of one-tenth of the land's value.  —  Silent slaughter - Farm attacks in South Africa1:54  —  A record 400 farmers attacked in 2017, between one or two murdered a week.
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton steps back into the fray to fundraise for Democrats this fall  —  The 2016 presidential nominee will headline events in California, Illinois and New York.  —  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton is stepping back into the limelight before the November midterm elections …
Chelsea Clinton / Press Association:
Chelsea Clinton says she has not ruled out running for office  —  Daughter of Bill and Hillary says a move into politics in future is a ‘definite maybe’  —  Chelsea Clinton has said she has not ruled out running for office one day, describing a move into politics as a “definite no now” but a “definite maybe” in the future.
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Politico Takes Heat for Blaming Roy Cohn's Death by AIDS on His ‘Decadent Homosexual Lifestyle’  —  “I don't understand how Politico had enough [gall] to publish this very homophobic/HIV stigmatizing piece,” one commenter writes  —  Politico came in for a storm of criticism after a senior staff writer …
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Tennessean.com:
Republicans slam Jason Isbell, Ben Folds as ‘the unhinged left’ ahead of Phil Bredesen rally  —  Phil Bredesen and Marsha Blackburn are the leading candidates to replace Bob Corker in the U.S. Senate Michael Schwab/USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee  —  The political arm of U.S. Senate Republicans …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and NRSC
New York Times:
State Investigates Sexual Harassment at the Spotted Pig  —  The New York attorney general is investigating sexual harassment and workplace discrimination at the Spotted Pig, the West Village restaurant where employees last year complained of a highly sexualized and coercive atmosphere.
Juliet Linderman / Associated Press:
In the city that claims him, Ben Carson falls from grace  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — The portrait used to hang in the hallway, welcoming children and parents to the Archbishop Borders School in Baltimore: a smiling Dr. Ben Carson in surgical scrubs, rubbing together the careful …
Leonard N. Fleming / Detroit News:
Judge: ‘Corrupt’ health chief Lyon heads to trial on Flint crisis manslaughter charges  —  Flint — Michigan health and welfare chief Nick Lyon was “corrupt” in his handling of the Flint area Legionnaires' disease outbreak and will stand trial on felony charges including involuntary manslaughter, a judge ruled Monday.
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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