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2:10 PM ET, August 12, 2019

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New York Times:
How the El Paso Killer Echoed the Incendiary Words of Conservative Media Stars  —  Tucker Carlson went on his prime-time Fox News show in April last year and told his viewers not to be fooled.  The thousands of Central Americans on their way to the United States were “border jumpers,” not refugees, he said.
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New York Times:
Trump Rule Targets Legal Immigrants Who Rely on Food Stamps and Other Aid  — Legal migrants who use public programs, such as food stamps and housing subsidies, will face penalties, under a new rule to curb immigration.  — It's part of a sweeping policy aimed to narrow the demographic …
CBS News:   Top immigration official Ken Cuccinelli briefs reporters on change to “public charge” rule
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation's bedrock conservation law credited with rescuing the bald eagle …
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:   New Trump rules weaken wildlife protections
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Trump overhauls landmark endangered species protections
Discussion: Towleroad Gay News
New York Times:
U.S. Officials Suspect New Nuclear Missile in Explosion That Killed 7 Russians  —  American intelligence officials are racing to understand a mysterious explosion that released radiation off the coast of northern Russia last week, apparently during the test of a new type of nuclear-propelled …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
This is how to respond to Trump's conspiratorial lunacy  —  This is how CNN's State of the Union began on Sunday: … Credit Tapper with not allowing Trump to use his show as a megaphone for Trump's insane conspiracy-mongering and reminding viewers that the president feeds conspiracy theories all the time …
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Washington Post:
‘It was inevitable’: Officers watching Epstein were on overtime due to jail staffing shortage, union president says  —  The two correctional officers assigned to watch the special unit in the detention center where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was being housed …
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
Journos' debunker mentality: Rush to rip conspiracy talk
Discussion: Daily Wire
Gabby Orr / Politico:
'Using the Lord's name in vain': Evangelicals chafe at Trump's blasphemy  —  Paul Hardesty didn't pay much attention to President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., last month until a third concerned constituent rang his cellphone.  —  The residents of Hardesty's district …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
L Brands CEO Les Wexner has been giving documents to investigators showing alleged Jeffrey Epstein theft  —  KEY POINTS  — L Brands founder Les Wexner and his legal team have been providing documents to federal investigators that they believe show Epstein misappropriated funds while the child predator was Wexner's money manager.
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Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
AG William Barr to Jeffrey Epstein's Possible Co-Conspirators: We're Still Coming for You
Discussion: Daily Wire, Breitbart and New York Sun
Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Sarah Silverman fired from new movie for blackface photo  —  Sarah Silverman revealed that she was recently fired from a movie over an old photo of her in blackface.  —  She said the photo, which was snapped on the set of “The Sarah Silverman Show” in 2007, recently resurfaced and caught the eye of the film's producers.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Did a Far-Right Star Recruit Jacob Wohl to Terrorize Women?  —  “I'll make it my mission to torture you so much that you end up killing yourself,” reads a text message from a phone number belonging to notorious smear merchant Jacob Wohl.  —  A perennial House candidate's alleged harassment …
Discussion: Contemptor and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
Hong Kong Cancels All Remaining Monday Flights as Protesters Swarm Airport  — Flights to and from city scrapped; Cathay shares tumble  — Chinese official warns protesters showing signs of ‘terrorism’  —  Hong Kong airport authorities canceled remaining flights on Monday …
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
What I learned about the Democrats at a family barbecue in North Carolina  —  Every second Saturday in August, my mother and her siblings host a family barbecue, a simple gathering under the enormous pecan tree in the side yard of the house where they grew up in Severn, N.C. In the mix …
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Associated Press:
Warren wows in Iowa as candidates' sprint to caucuses begins
Discussion: Jewish Insider
David French / National Review:
On Ferguson, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris Told a Terrible Lie  —  Their falsehoods were immoral, divisive, and quite possibly unlawful.  —  On Friday afternoon, two of the leading contenders in the Democratic presidential primary lied.  There's no other fair way to put it.
Discussion: IJR, twitchy.com and Townhall
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German Lopez / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris's controversial Michael Brown tweets, explained
Brian Pascus / CBS News:
Tulsi Gabbard to report for active duty for 2 weeks  —  Tulsi Gabbard, Democrat from Hawaii and presidential candidate, will be taking a two-week absence from her campaign Monday to report for active duty with the Hawaiian Army National Guard in Indonesia, she said in an interview with CBSN's Caitlin Huey-Burns.
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:   Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Taking Two Weeks Leave From Presidential Campaign To Report For Active Duty
New York Times:
How YouTube Radicalized Brazil  —  NITERÓI, Brazil — When Matheus Dominguez was 16, YouTube recommended a video that changed his life.  —  He was in a band in Niterói, a beach-ringed city in Brazil, and practiced guitar by watching tutorials online.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
North Carolina's 9th Congressional District has gotten worse for Republicans  —  You might recall that out-and-out ballot fraud in the North Carolina 9th Congressional District in the 2018 midterms led to the race's invalidation.  The new election is scheduled for Sept. 10.
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
White House Targets Foreign Aid Cash With Caps Limiting Spending  — Agencies being limited to spending just 2% of funds per day  — Congress, Pompeo have pushed back on White House initiative  —  The White House is stepping up its efforts to block the State Department …
NBC News:
Trump is losing ground in America's suburbs  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — For all of the discussion about whether Democrats can win Texas in 2020 …
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Texas Republicans brace for 2020 drubbing  —  As bad as it's been for Texas Republicans lately, some members of the party are warning that 2020 could be even worse.  —  The rash of recent House GOP retirements is just the latest sign of a state party in distress: In last year's midterms …
Discussion: Shareblue Media, Daily Kos and The Week
Harmeet Dhillon / Fox News:
Hey, California, Trump has a right to run for reelection.  The Constitution is crystal clear  —  No one - not Congress, not the president, and certainly not a state government - may unilaterally change the requirements to be president of the United States without first amending the U.S. Constitution.
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump is Ensuring Non-Citizens Do Not Abuse Our Nation's Public Benefit  —  PROTECTING PUBLIC RESOURCES: The Trump Administration is taking action to help ensure that non-citizens in this country are self-sufficient and not a strain on public resources.
 
 
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U.S. Department of Justice:
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
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