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2:15 PM ET, September 1, 2018

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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Meghan McCain, Obama knock Trump at John McCain's funeral service: ‘America was always great’  —  Meghan McCain and President Barack Obama took apparent swipes at President Trump on Saturday in a eulogy for John McCain — who sparred with Trump on a number of occasions before his death last week of brain cancer.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
John McCain's Service In Vietnam Was a Tragedy  —  During the Vietnam War, our country dropped more bombs on southeast Asia than all sides let loose in World War 2, and doused more than 3,000 of the region's villages with one of the deadliest substances known to humankind.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Two Presidents Offer a Tribute to McCain, and a Contrast to Trump  —  WASHINGTON — He drove them crazy.  He berated them on the way to the White House and badgered them once they got there.  He stood by them when he thought they were right and tore at their heels when he was convinced they were wrong.
Discussion: USA Today
John T. Bennett / Roll Call:
Barack Obama on John McCain: ‘He Made Us Better Presidents’  —  Updated 12:47 p.m. |  Former President Barack Obama hailed the late Sen. John McCain as “an extraordinary man” who never lost his “zeal for life.”  —  “A warrior.  A statesman.  A patriot.  Who embodied so much that is best in America …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Rest in peace, Lindsey Graham  —  We lost two mavericks within a week.  —  On Saturday, we lost the legendary John McCain.  —  On Tuesday, we lost his loyal sidekick, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham.  —  Graham remains alive and well, but after serving for two decades as Robin to McCain's Batman …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Axios:
Inside the cathedral at John McCain's memorial service
Discussion: Vox, BBC and Politico
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Meghan McCain's eulogy: “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again”
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
McCain memorial: ‘What better way to honor John McCain than follow his example’
Discussion: HuffPost and The Week
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
McCain and a Requiem for the American Century
Discussion: Refinery29 and RedState
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Straining to Keep Faith With America
Discussion: Washington Post
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Papadopoulos says Sessions supported Putin campaign meeting, asks for most lenient sentence  —  (CNN)Convicted former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos has publicly contradicted Attorney General Jeff Sessions' sworn testimony to Congress, saying both Sessions and Donald Trump apparently supported …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Splinter
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Papadopoulos: Trump ‘nodded’ at suggestion of Putin meeting  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump “nodded with approval” at the suggestion of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a court filing Friday night that seeks leniency for a former campaign aide who lied to the FBI.
emptywheel:
“Young George” Papadopoulos Wants “Mercy and Compassion” (from Trump) for Something He Believes Is Treason  —  George Papadopoulos submitted his sentencing memo last night.  Rather than writing an honest sentencing memo, he's still working with co-conspirators, in this case, in hopes of getting a pardon from Trump.
Washington Post:
Former Trump adviser, the first charged in Mueller probe, asks judge to spare him jail time
Discussion: Axios
Associated Press:
Aretha Franklin funeral bishop apologizes to Ariana Grande … DETROIT — The bishop who officiated Aretha Franklin's funeral apologized Friday to Ariana Grande for how he touched her onstage and a joke he made about her name.  —  Bishop Charles H. Ellis III led Franklin's funeral …
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Associated Press:
Rep. Maxine Waters gives Wakanda salute at Franklin funeral
Discussion: NBC News
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Kavanaugh's Kozinski Test  —  The White House has painted Judge Kavanaugh into a very tight corner when it comes to his former mentor.  But we deserve to hear how the SCOTUS nominee thinks about issues of harassment and the workplace.  —  On Tuesday, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will begin his confirmation hearings.
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump administration withholds 100K Kavanaugh pages  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is withholding more than 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh's records from the Bush White House on the basis of presidential privilege ahead of the Supreme Court nominee's confirmation hearing.
Discussion: Common Dreams and BuzzFeed News
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Poll by sinking poll, Trump inches toward impeachment  —  By any metric, Trump is in trouble.  —  A poll out from The Post and ABC on Friday shows that 60 percent of voters disapprove of the job he's doing as president, a new low.  But that's just one poll; the polling average …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's tight, lonely corner  —  You're president of the United States, running the most powerful nation on earth — stock markets soaring, joblessness sinking, the world in a season of relative peace and prosperity.  —  The bottom line: But President Trump has never been more isolated from allies he needs most.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Anatomy of a Fusion Smear  —  Democrats and their media friends made false claims about a lawyer.  —  The Editorial Board  —  Cleta Mitchell is a top campaign-finance lawyer in Washington, D.C. This year she's also been the target of a political and media smear that reveals some of the nastiness …
Discussion: Power Line and The Last Refuge
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Ohr says Steele told him Russian intel believed they had Trump ‘over a barrel’
Discussion: NPR, Daily Kos and Axios
Gwenda Blair / Politico:
Donald Trump's Funeral Problem  —  John McCain's ceremony is only the latest from which he has been shunned.  Might be for the best because he's been known to make it all about him.  —  Donald Trump gets to do things his way much of the time.  He met with Kim Jong Un in Singapore and Putin in Helsinki …
Discussion: Raw Story
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Media Peddles Bogus Story on Nunes London Trip  —  One of the more satisfying sideshows of the Trump era has been the media falling on its face as it spins poorly-sourced—even fabricated—conspiracy tales about Republicans, all while dismissing evidence of political corruption at the government's highest level.
Discussion: Slate
Randall D. Eliason / Washington Post:
Don't be so sure Mueller will back off before midterms  —  It's just over 60 days until the midterm elections.  As we approach that mark, there's increasing chatter about their potential effect on the investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.  Some claim Justice Department …
Discussion: Politico
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CNN:
Giuliani preps report to rebut potential Mueller findings
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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William J. Broad / New York Times:
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A Vengeful and Shortsighted Act
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
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David Siders / Politico:
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Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Hullabaloo and ABC News
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