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7:50 PM ET, August 15, 2019

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Eyes a New Real-Estate Purchase: Greenland  —  In conversations with aides, the president has—with varying degrees of seriousness—floated the idea of buying the autonomous Danish territory  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump made his name on the world's most famous island.
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W. Dale Nelson / Associated Press:
Wanna Buy Greenland?  The United States Once Did  —  WASHINGTON (AP) _ The United States in 1946 proposed to pay Denmark $100 million to buy Greenland after flirting with the idea of swapping oil-rich land in Alaska for strategic parts of the bleak Arctic island, documents in the National Archives show.
Prynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Poll: Elizabeth Warren Jumps Out To Big Lead In The Iowa Caucus  —  Elizabeth Warren's early investment in Iowa is paying off.  —  A new Iowa Starting Line-Change Research poll shows the senator opening up a commanding lead in the Iowa Caucus.  Warren was the top pick of 28% …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Many Democrats Love Elizabeth Warren.  They Also Worry About Her.  —  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Senator Elizabeth Warren has built the most formidable campaign organization of any Democratic presidential candidate in the first nominating states, raised an impressive $25 million without holding …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Biden allies float scaling back events to limit gaffes  —  Allies to Joe Biden have been floating the idea of altering the former vice president's schedule in an effort to reduce the gaffes he has made in recent days.  —  The allies, growing increasingly nervous about Biden's verbal flubs …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden still leads Democratic race, Warren climbs into second  —  In the first major shakeup to the lineup, Elizabeth Warren moves ahead of Bernie Sanders to claim second place behind Joe Biden in the Democratic nomination race.  In addition, primary voters sharply divide between …
Discussion: Political Wire
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren is gaining ground. But her path to the nomination is harder than you think.
Discussion: Politico
David Siders / Politico:
O'Rourke: We will ‘die in our sleep’ if we don't confront Trump threat
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump's Call to Block Them  —  JERUSALEM — Israel on Thursday barred the entry of two American Democratic congresswomen who had planned to visit the West Bank, hours after President Trump had urged the country to block them.
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Washington Post:
Netanyahu considers blocking Omar, Tlaib from entering Israel ahead of a planned weekend visit
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump's transparent attempt to manipulate American Jews
Discussion: Townhall, Washington Post and BBC
Will Chamberlain / Human Events:
Israel Bars Entry to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Rightfully So.
Discussion: Breitbart, The Hill and CNN
New York Post:
Jeffrey Epstein's gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell spotted at In-N-Out Burger in first photos since his death  —  Jeffrey Epstein's alleged madam and former lover Ghislaine Maxwell has been discovered — at In-N-Out Burger.  —  The 57-year-old was photographed alive and well Monday by an eagle-eyed diner …
M.L. Nestel / New York Magazine:
Jeffrey Epstein's Bodyguard on His Former Boss's Lifestyle, Cruelty, Suicide  —  When Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution in 2008 and served a 13-month sentence under the cushiest of conditions, it was his bodyguard and driver, former UFC fighter Igor Zinoviev …
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NBC News:
Jeffrey Epstein's body claimed by unidentified ‘associate’
Washington Post:
Autopsy finds broken bones in Jeffrey Epstein's neck, deepening questions around his death
John Hickenlooper / YouTube:
Thank You YOUTUBE  —  This morning, I'm announcing that I'm no longer running for President.  While this campaign didn't have the outcome we were hoping for, every moment has been worthwhile & I'm thankful to our entire team.  While I don't yet know what's next for me, I'll be sure to let you know.
Karen Pinchin / FRONTLINE:
In Private Meeting, Trump Calls El Paso Mayor a “RINO”  —  The mayor of the grieving city of El Paso told President Donald Trump in a private meeting that he's presenting “misinformation” about crime in his city, and pushed back when the president used a derogatory term to suggest he wasn't a real Republican.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trump-Appointed Federal Prosecutor Launches Extraordinary Attack On Philly DA Larry Krasner  —  William McSwain issued the inflammatory statement hours after a drug suspect shot and wounded six Philadelphia police officers.  —  President Donald Trump's top federal prosecutor in Philadelphia launched …
Discussion: New York Post
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Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
The New York Times Unites vs. Twitter  —  In a transcript of the newspaper's crisis town-hall meeting, executive editor Dean Baquet grapples with a restive staff and outside scrutiny.  —  “What I'm saying is that our readers and some of our staff cheer us when we take on Donald Trump …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
“You're the Man”: Fox News Emails With Trump Treasury Department Reveal Coziness  —  “The first two blocks are on the tax plan.  You'll like it,” Fox Business host David Asman told a Treasury aide.  —  A trove of Treasury Department emails released to the non-profit organization Democracy Forward …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
WH officials look at executive privilege for Lewandowski who never worked at the White House  —  (CNN)White House officials have been engaged in preliminary discussions about invoking executive privilege to limit former campaign aide Corey Lewandowski from complying with a congressional subpoena …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Panel Subpoenas Corey Lewandowski and Trump Aide in Obstruction Case
Discussion: The Week
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
A truck drove into ICE protesters outside a private prison.  They say a guard was at the wheel.  —  The protesters were sitting on the pavement to block staff from parking at a Rhode Island prison that works with Immigration and Customs Enforcement when a black pickup truck swerved toward them.
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Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed News:
A Prison Guard Drove A Truck Through A Group Of Jewish ICE Protesters, Injuring Several
Discussion: NPR, Talking Points Memo and RI.gov
CNN:
Dale Earnhardt Jr. survives plane crash at small Tennessee airport, officials say  —  (CNN)Dale Earnhardt Jr, famed NASCAR driver and auto racing analyst, and his wife were involved in a private jet crash in eastern Tennessee and escaped serious injury, officials said Thursday.
Discussion: The Week
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Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Why this Never Trump ex-Republican will vote for almost any 2020 Democratic nominee  —  I'm good with anyone who is mentally stable and in no way sympathetic or beholden to a hostile foreign power.  That's it.  Policy just doesn't matter.  —  CONNECT  —  I don't care if Sen. Elizabeth Warren is a mendacious Massachusetts liberal.
Discussion: twitchy.com and Washington Post
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Why is Seth Moulton still running for president?  —  WASHINGTON — Seth Moulton may be polling at zero percent, but the unlikely contender for the Democratic nomination isn't giving up.  —  The Massachusetts congressman didn't qualify for either of the first two debates, is getting
Ken Ward Jr / ProPublica:
Welcome to the Greenbrier, the Governor-Owned Luxury Resort Filled With Conflicts of Interest  —  Gov. Jim Justice is West Virginia's richest man and owns its most storied resort.  When lobbyists and state agencies book there, he profits.  Here's how the governor, dubbed “Big Jim,” became West Virginia's little Trump.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
‘This will be catastrophic’: Maine families face elder boom, worker shortage in preview of nation's future  —  DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Janet Flaherty got an alarming call last October from the agency tasked with coordinating in-home care for her 82-year-old mother.  It could no longer send her mom's home caretaker.
Discussion: National Review
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Five Democratic senators just declared all-out war on the Supreme Court  —  A tone of ritualized obsequiousness pervades most briefs filed in the Supreme Court of the United States.  Judges are powerful and at the Supreme Court level, unaccountable.  They wield enormous …
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
July 2019 was hottest month on record for the planet  —  Polar sea ice melted to record lows  —  Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share by email Print  —  Much of the planet sweltered in unprecedented heat in July, as temperatures soared to new heights in the hottest month ever recorded.
Leah McDonald / Daily Mail:
Norah O'Donnell caught on open mic saying ‘sounds like someone else here’ during CBS news story about sexual harassment allegations against opera star Placido Domingo  — Norah O'Donnell was caught saying ‘Sounds like somebody else here’ when discussing sexual harassment allegations made against Placido Domingo
Discussion: Daily Wire
John Solomon / The Hill:
New evidence shows why Steele, the Ohrs and TSA workers never should have become DOJ sources  —  One of the inevitable outcomes of the Russia case will be that the Department of Justice (DOJ) almost certainly will need internal reforms.  —  The first reform is the most obvious …
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Flying Assassins Are Called In to Combat Aggressive Gulls  —  A Jersey Shore town has come up with a creative but costly way to tame its marauding gulls.  —  OCEAN CITY, N.J. — They are deft predators of the French fried potato, able to pluck a fresh wedge in the milliseconds it takes …
Discussion: CityLab
Kendall Taggart / BuzzFeed News:
Insurance Companies Are Paying Cops To Investigate Their Own Customers  —  When police showed up at Harry Schmidt's home on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, he thought they were there to help.  He was still mourning the disappearance of the beloved forest green Ford F-15 pickup that he'd customized …
 
 
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HuffPost:
The Golfer In Chief Is Also The Goatherd In Chief, Saving Him Tens Of Thousands
ABC News:
Trump can keep hot air balloon grounded because ‘he is so fat’: Yang
Discussion: Splinter and The Atlantic
Vicky Ward / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: New documents reveal behind-the-scenes clash over spending inside Trump inaugural committee
Discussion: Political Wire
Courier-Journal:
Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton sues Gov. Matt Bevin over firing her staff members
Jon Street / Campus Reform:
UT-Austin instructor doubles down on claim that Republicans want ‘ethnic cleansing’
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Sam Patten / Wired:
Kostya and Me: How Sam Patten Got Ensnared in Mueller's Probe
Michael Wines / New York Times:
In the War Against Gerrymandering, an Army of Voters Meets a Dug-in Foe
Discussion: NB Blog
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Department watchdog details political retaliation against ‘disloyal’ staffers
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
We found out how many times the Mueller report has been downloaded
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Administration Asks Congress to Reauthorize N.S.A.'s Deactivated Call Records Program
Discussion: Boing Boing
CNN:
Marianne Williamson promoted anti-vaxxer theories on her radio show in 2012 episode
Discussion: Politico
Hunter Woodall / Associated Press:
Trump's New Hampshire struggle: Voters feeling ‘Trumpgret’