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12:50 PM ET, August 29, 2018

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Axios:
Scoop: Don McGahn's coming White House exit  —  Top White House officials and sources close to White House counsel Don McGahn tell Axios that McGahn will step down this fall — after Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, or after the midterms.  —  The big picture …
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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 …
Washington Post:
Trump says White House Counsel Donald McGahn will leave his job in the fall  —  White House Counsel Donald McGahn, who has led the Trump administration's efforts to reshape the judiciary while confronting turmoil in the West Wing surrounding the ongoing special counsel probe …
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
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New York Times:
A Black Progressive and a Trump Acolyte Win Florida Governor Primaries  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Democrats nominated Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor, and Republicans tapped Representative Ron DeSantis for governor Tuesday, setting the stage for a ferocious general election …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
DeSantis says Florida voters would ‘monkey this up’ if they elect Gillum as governor  —  Rep. Ron DeSantis, the newly christened Republican gubernatorial candidate in Florida, said Wednesday that voters would “monkey this up” if they elect his Democratic opponent, Andrew Gillum, who would be the state's first African American governor.
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:   Don't ‘monkey this up’ and elect Andrew Gillum, Ron DeSantis says
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Andrew Gillum wins Florida governor primary in upset victory for the left
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
Florida's Republican Candidate For Governor Just Said A Vote For His Black Rival Would “Monkey This Up”
Discussion: Daily Kos
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Trump slams Florida primary winner Gillum as ‘failed socialist mayor’
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and Breitbart
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why the Senate May Not Rename a Building for John McCain After All  —  Congress might want to hold off ordering new signage for one of its office buildings.  —  A proposal to rename the Russell Senate Office Building in honor of Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday, seems to have found its first sticking point.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP eyes another shot at ObamaCare repeal after McCain's death  —  Senate Republicans say they would like Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to appoint a successor to late Sen. John McCain  —  (R-Ariz.) who, unlike McCain, would support GOP legislation to repeal ObamaCare.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans can't even agree to take a segregationist's name off a building
Discussion: DCist, IJR and Daily Kos
Michael Graham / CBS News:
Commentary: Where are the mavericks in the Democratic Party?
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: Political Wire and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Probing Whether Malaysian Fugitive Laundered Funds to Pay Chris Christie and Trump Lawyer  —  Jho Low under investigation for alleged embezzlement of $4.5 billion from 1MDB fund  —  The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether a fugitive Malaysian financier laundered tens …
Discussion: Shakesville
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
C.I.A. Officer-Turned-Candidate Says PAC Obtained Her Security Application  —  WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer running for Congress accused a super PAC aligned with Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday of improperly obtaining her entire federal security clearance application …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
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BuzzFeed News:
In An Unprecedented Move, The US Postal Service Released A Former CIA Officer's Security Application …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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: Political Wire
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Maria Butina: Private Messages Reveal Accused Russian Spy's True Ties to D.C. Wise Man … When federal prosecutors charged Maria Butina with covertly infiltrating the conservative movement on behalf of the Kremlin, questions began to swirl around a Washington think tank that had published …
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
The Diver Elon Musk Called A “Pedo” Is Preparing A Libel Claim  —  “You published through three different tweets to your twenty-two million followers that Mr. Unsworth engages in the sexual exploitation of Thai children, and you did so at a time when he was working to save the lives of twelve Thai children.”
Politico:
Trump lawyer Giuliani got paid to lobby Romanian president  —  Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was being paid by a global consulting firm when he sent a letter to the president of Romania last week that contradicted the U.S. government's official position.
New York Post:
We should all be worried about Google's power  —  SEE ALSO  —  Tuesday brought endless commentary and reporting on how President Trump was being utterly ridiculous and conspiratorial to accuse Google of bias in its search algorithms.  Funny: Just over a year ago, in June 2017 …
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Alexander Halavais / Slate:
Trump Is Right About Google—Sort Of
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Donald Trump, constitutional scholar
New York Times:
Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The post went up quietly on Facebook's internal message board last week.  Titled “We Have a Problem With Political Diversity,” it quickly took off inside the social network.
Christopher Flavelle / Bloomberg:
Miami Will Be Underwater Soon.  Its Drinking Water Could Go First  —  One morning in June, Douglas Yoder climbed into a white government SUV on the edge of Miami and headed northwest, away from the glittering coastline and into the maze of water infrastructure that makes this city possible.
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Trump Has Changed How Teens View the News  —  Since President Trump took office, he has relentlessly attacked the media.  He's shunned individual reporters, referred to the press as “the enemy of the American people,” and popularized the term “fake news” to denigrate credible articles.
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Sirin Kale / The Guardian:   Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media
NBC News:
Trump told Christian leaders he got rid of a law.  He didn't.  —  According to recorded excerpts of private remarks, he said evangelicals were “one election away from losing everything.”  —  In a closed-door meeting with evangelical leaders Monday night, President Trump repeated …
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Inside McCain's surprise eulogy invitation to Obama  —  (CNN)A parting lesson in American civility from Sen. John McCain lies in the roster of leaders he personally selected to pay tribute at his memorial service Saturday at the National Cathedral.  —  It was a day in early April …
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
An ode to one of the worst GOP candidates in recent memory  —  For the second time in two years, Arizona Republicans held a Senate primary.  And for the second time in two years, a uniquely bad and desperate candidate named Kelli Ward went down in flames.  —  Ward lost to Sen. John McCain …
Jona Ison / Chillicothe Gazette:
At least 20 Ross Correctional Institution correction officers, inmates experiencing possible opioid overdose symptoms  —  CHILLICOTHE - Officers, nurses, and inmates at Ross Correctional Institution have been exposed to an unknown substance and are experiencing symptoms of overdose.
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
Jerry Brown just abolished bail in California  —  Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill fully abolishing bail in the Golden State.  This is the logical conclusion of the BS “right on crime” movement of the Kochs and Soros that has been quietly and surreptitiously dismantling …
Paul Starr / American Prospect:
No, Trump Is Far from Finished  —  President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Drum, New York.  —  In a 1920 study that is now regarded as a pioneering example of press criticism, Walter Lippmann and Charles Marz found that in its coverage of the Russian Revolution, The New York Times had repeatedly told …
Crime Russia:
Senior executive of steel plant in Russia, Bruno Charles de Kooman, falls out of window in Moscow  —  The senior executive's acquaintance was a witness of the tragedy.  —  According to Telegram-channel Mash, the senior executive of Novolipetsk Steel Plant (NLMK) Bruno Charles de Kooman fell …
 
 
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Discussion: RedState and The Hill
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Trump, without citing evidence, says China hacked Hillary Clinton's emails
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HBO is out of the adult entertainment business
Washington Post:
White House insists former CIA chief Brennan has no security clearance, says paperwork ‘delayed’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo