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11:50 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.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Winter is coming’: Allies fear Trump isn't prepared for gathering legal storm  —  President Trump's advisers and allies are increasingly worried that he has neither the staff nor the strategy to protect himself from a possible Democratic takeover of the House, which would empower …
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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: Raw Story
emptywheel:
Don McGahn's Bullshit Report Covering Up the Flynn Firing
Discussion: Washington Monthly
New York Times:
White House Counsel Donald McGahn Will Leave This Fall, Trump Announces on Twitter
Chad Smith / American Ledger:
DeSantis Moderates Hate-Filled Facebook Group That Attacks African-Americans, Parkland Survivors and Muslims  —  UPDATE: Rep. Ron DeSantis has quit the Facebook group that trafficked in racist and offensive slurs, following American Ledger's reporting on Wednesday.  - 8:54 PM
Discussion: Splinter, Raw Story and CNN
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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 …
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
New York Times:
Planning His Funeral, McCain Got the Last Word Against Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Not long after Senator John McCain learned last summer that he had terminal brain cancer, he began convening meetings every Friday in his Capitol Hill office with a group of trusted aides.  The subject was his funeral.
Discussion: Washington Post
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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
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Palin not invited to McCain's funeral: report  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has reportedly not been invited to attend funeral services for Sen. John McCain  —  (R-Ariz.), her onetime running mate.  —  NBC News reported Wednesday that Palin had not been invited.
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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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
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
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
New U.S. Sexual Misconduct Rules Bolster Rights of Accused, Protect Colleges  —  WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is preparing new policies on campus sexual misconduct that would bolster the rights of students accused of assault, harassment or rape, lessen liability for institutions …
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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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.
Discussion: Splinter
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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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 …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Could this be the next Trump scandal?  —  One way to look at the Trump presidency is to say that it's all a shrewd strategy: Trump overwhelms us with scandal and controversy, making it impossible to focus on one outrage for long before you're distracted by the next outrage.
Capital & Main:
Ohio, New Jersey Pension Funds Invested $625 Million in Hedge Fund That Controls National Enquirer Parent  —  Under Republican governors, two states pumped hundreds of millions of dollars of pension cash into a high-risk hedge fund that took control of the National Enquirer's parent company, American Media Inc.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:   Tabloid that kept Trump secrets faces losses, legal trouble
Elizabeth Bruenig / Washington Post:
Catholics face a painful question: Is it true?  —  A young Catholic friend called me as soon as the news broke about Pope Francis.  “Is it true?”  —  I told him I didn't know.  It might be, I said.  An anxious, pained tension filled the silence on the line.  “No,” he groaned, finally, “not him.”
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YouTube:   Pope meets Archbishop Vigano
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
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 and YouTube
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Post:
Why is CNN avoiding the truth about Lanny Davis' lies?  —  Last Thursday, we asked how long it would take before Lanny Davis again changed his story about what his client, Michael Cohen, knows about President Trump.  It turned out to be four days.  —  Meanwhile, CNN is standing by a story …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Mollie Tibbetts, Racism and the Rule of Law  —  The hoopla over her killing is a classic example of bigotry.  But that's not the only thing going on.  —  The main reason that Mollie Tibbetts's horrible killing has received so much attention is racism.  Tibbetts's accused murderer …
Discussion: Breitbart
Heather Schwedel / Slate:
Two Years Into His Presidency and Donald Trump Still Doesn't Use Computers  —  Another morning, another presidential Twitter tirade to contend with.  Apparently President Donald Trump Googled “Trump News” earlier today and found the results to be very biased. … Presidents: They're just like us, they Google themselves!
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
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 …
Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Trump's Ludicrous Attack on Big Tech  —  The idea that Google and Twitter are rigging their platforms against him is patently false.  —  Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.  —  Here's the truest conundrum of the social media age: Those who complain loudest about being silenced never ever shut up.
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
Victor Morton / Washington Times:
Democrat vows to impeach Clarence Thomas if elected  —  A Democrat running for the U.S. House in Massachusetts has made an unusual political promise: Put me in Congress and I'll impeach Justice Clarence Thomas for sexual harassment and perjury.  —  State Sen. Barbara L'Italien said the promise …
Discussion: Politico
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: Washingtonian and DCist
Craig Bannister / CNSNews:
Poll: Facebook at Risk of Losing 32% of Conservative Users  —  Facebook is at risk of losing 32% of its conservative users due to concerns the social media giant is censoring its content, a new national omnibus survey by McLaughlin & Associates reveals.  —  Sponsored by the Media Research Center …
 
 
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Will Oremus / Slate:
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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
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Oklahoma Teachers Just Purged the Statehouse of Their Enemies
Discussion: Tulsa World, Raw Story and The Mahablog
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
The New Lobbying: Qatar Targeted 250 Trump ‘Influencers’ to Change U.S. Policy