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8:00 PM ET, August 29, 2018

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Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question  —  PHARR, Tex. — On paper, he's a devoted U.S. citizen.  —  His official American birth certificate shows he was delivered by a midwife in Brownsville, at the southern tip of Texas.
Chad Smith / American Ledger:
DeSantis Moderates Hate-Filled Facebook Group That Attacks African-Americans, Parkland Survivors and Muslims  —  Ron DeSantis, the Trump-endorsed congressman who won Tuesday's GOP primary for Florida governor, is an administrator on an active Facebook group where conservatives share racist …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
DeSantis: Florida voters shouldn't ‘monkey this up’ by voting for Gillum  —  (R) on Wednesday warned Florida voters not to “monkey this up” by voting for his Democratic gubernatorial opponent Andrew Gillum.  —  “You know, this is a guy, although he's much too liberal for Florida …
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Andrew Gillum's Win Is Great News for All Democrats—Despite What the Media May Tell You  —  Three weeks ago, the media declared the left vanquished.  With the Florida results, they flipped the script—and get it wrong again.  —  There they go again.  —  Just three weeks ago …
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed News:
If Anyone Had Bothered Talking To Black Voters, They Would Have Known Andrew Gillum Was Going To Win
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
John Wagner / Washington Post:
DeSantis says Florida voters would ‘monkey this up’ if they elect Gillum as governor
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed News:
Inside The Trump Administration's Secret War On Weed  —  The White House has secretly amassed a committee of federal agencies from across the government to combat public support for marijuana and cast state legalization measures in a negative light, while attempting to portray the drug as a national threat …
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Murray Waas / NYR Daily:
The Flynn Tapes: A New Tell  —  In early February 2017, a senior White House attorney, John Eisenberg, reviewed highly classified intelligence intercepts of telephone conversations between then-National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak …
Discussion: emptywheel and Raw Story
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Exclusive: here's the photo of a very white summer intern class the White House didn't release  —  The Trump administration has been criticized for the lack of diversity among its interns in the past.  —  Past group photos of White House interns under President Donald Trump have drawn criticism …
Discussion: The White House and The Guardian
New York Times:
White House Counsel Donald McGahn Will Leave This Fall, Trump Announces on Twitter  —  WASHINGTON — The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, will be leaving the administration this fall, President Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, leaving the president's side just as the sprawling investigation …
Axios:
Scoop: Don McGahn's coming White House exit
Washington Post:
Trump says White House Counsel Donald McGahn will leave his job in the fall
Jay Cassano / Sludge:
Cuomo Received $25,000 From Weinstein Lawyer's Firm as He Suspended Probe  —  The contribution from Weinstein's former lawyer was made the same month Cuomo suspended an investigation into the New York district attorney's failure to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015.  —  EDITED BY
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Sarah Palin, Loyal Running Mate, Excluded from John McCain's Funeral  —  Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who was Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)'s running mate in the 2008 presidential election, has been excluded from his funeral.  —  Breitbart News has independently confirmed an earlier report …
Discussion: Axios and Hot Air
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Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
Sarah Palin is not invited to John McCain's funeral: report
Discussion: IJR, Reuters and The Political Insider
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
After weeks of uncertainty, Papadopoulos decides to accept plea deal with Mueller  —  George Papadopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign, has decided to stick with his plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller, his wife told ABC News on Wednesday.
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James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
As his isolation intensifies, WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces possible threat of eviction, extradition
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Ward / Vox:
Exclusive: Trump promised Kim Jong Un he'd sign an agreement to end the Korean War  —  He hasn't followed through yet — and North Korea talks may have stalled because of it.  —  President Donald Trump told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their Singapore summit in June that he'd sign …
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Hunter Harris / Vulture:
Two Women Describe Louis C.K.'s ‘Uncomfortable’ Comedy Cellar Set  —  As the New York Times reported, when Louis C.K. took the stage for a surprise set at the Comedy Cellar Sunday night, he was met with applause.  The short set was his first appearance after he released a statement …
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BuzzFeed News:
“Suspicious” Transactions At Russian Embassy Sparked Deeper Bank Probe Than Previously Known  —  When BuzzFeed News reported earlier this year on dozens of suspicious financial transactions by Russian diplomats living in Washington, Kremlin officials objected with ferocity.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
HuffPost:
Democrats Just Confirmed Lots Of Trump's Judges So They Could Skip Town  —  The resistance wilts in August.  —  WASHINGTON Senate Democrats just gave a huge gift to President Donald Trump: They agreed to expedite votes on 15 of his nominees to lifetime federal court seats because they wanted to go home.
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Alex Burness / The Colorado Independent:
Body-cam vid shows Denver cops cuffed Indy editor as she photographed their badges  —  Police body camera footage released today shows two Denver officers told The Colorado Independent's editor, Susan Greene, to “act like a lady” as they handcuffed and detained her in July for attempting …
Discussion: Boing Boing, YouTube and The Republic
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
Charges dismissed against 3 in New Mexico compound case  —  TAOS, N.M. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday dismissed child neglect charges against three of five people arrested at a remote desert compound in northern New Mexico where 11 children were found living in filth and the body of a 3-year-old boy was discovered.
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Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Mueller wants to review emails between Manafort, former lawyer  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team wants to review emails between Paul Manafort and one of his former lawyers — messages that would typically be protected by attorney-client privilege.  —  Manafort's emails are a special case …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mueller team seeks more time to decide if they'll retry Manafort on deadlocked charges
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
FBI rebuts Trump tweet about China hacking Hillary Clinton's email  —  “The FBI has not found any evidence the (Clinton) servers were compromised,” an FBI official told NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — Sixteen hours after President Trump tweeted about a right-wing media story alleging …
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Associated Press:   FBI: No evidence Clinton server hacked despite Trump tweet
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
Several Women Say Airlines Don't Do Enough To Protect Them From Men Who Masturbate On Flights  —  Mikaela Dixon was sitting in the middle seat on a United flight from Orange County to Chicago on August 11 when she realized the stranger next to her was masturbating.
CNN:
Sources: Second Trump Org employee discussed immunity deal  —  (CNN)A second Trump Organization employee discussed a potential immunity deal with the federal prosecutors who charged Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
Reps. Connolly and Cummings Request IG Investigation into Postal Service's Reported Release of Congressional Candidate's SF-86 and Personnel File  —  Washington, D.C.—Today, Vice Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) of the House Committee on Oversight …
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USA Today:
Poll: Michael Cohen's guilty plea raises serious questions about Donald Trump's behavior  —  President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance and other charges.  Deputy U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami told reporters that Cohen thought “he was above the law.”
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and National Review
Daisy Alioto / Vox:
The big problem with the animal crackers “cage free” box redesign  —  The new art doesn't address any of the underlying issues about ethics, exploitation, and corporate greed.  —  Nabisco's animal crackers are a staple of American snack food aisles, and the box — a red …
Allison Prang / Wall Street Journal:
Dick's Says Under Armour, New Gun-Sales Policy Dragged on Results  —  Dick's Sporting Goods said weaker sales of Under Armour apparel and a decision to pull back from the hunting business dragged on the retailer's latest quarterly results.
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CNBC:
Dick's Sporting Goods' shares slide as sales miss expectations and company blames Under Armour
Discussion: Daily Wire
Tom Sietsema / Washington Post:
La Vie on the Wharf is so bad I'm only writing about it as a warning  —  Every now and then I encounter a restaurant that's so dismissive of diners' senses, my initial reaction is simply not to write about it.  Why waste the money, the words and your precious time?
Discussion: DCist and Washingtonian
Alex Pareene / HuffPost:
Southerners Tore Down Silent Sam.  Now Northerners Need to Tear Down Confederate Flags.  —  Contrary to what a Confederate sympathizer would tell you, it is not an erasure of history to remove a Confederate monument.  It is the opposite: a long-overdue acknowledgment of history and an attempt …
 
 
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Craig Bannister / CNSNews:
Poll: Facebook at Risk of Losing 32% of Conservative Users
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Newsonomics: It looks like Tronc is about to be chopped up and sold for parts
Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Trump's Ludicrous Attack on Big Tech
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Trump: We did a “fantastic job” handling the Puerto Rico hurricane that killed 3,000
Discussion: CNN, Axios and EcoWatch
Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:
Tabloid that kept Trump secrets faces losses, legal trouble
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Oklahoma Teachers Just Purged the Statehouse of Their Enemies
Discussion: Tulsa World, Raw Story and The Mahablog
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
A New Book Details the Damage Done by the Right-Wing Media in 2016
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Clear Beer? Don't Judge a Drink by Its Color
Crime Russia:
Senior executive of steel plant in Russia, Bruno Charles de Kooman, falls out of window in Moscow
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
The New Lobbying: Qatar Targeted 250 Trump ‘Influencers’ to Change U.S. Policy
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Maria Butina: Private Messages Reveal Accused Russian Spy's True Ties to D.C. Wise Man
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Probing Whether Malaysian Fugitive Laundered Funds to Pay Chris Christie and Trump Lawyer
Discussion: Shakesville and Washington Post
 

 
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Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
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Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams from Research to DeepMind
 
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