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5:20 PM ET, August 26, 2019

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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
3-Way Lead as Dem 2020 Picture Shifts  —  Sanders and Warren rise; Biden drops  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and former Vice President Joe Biden are currently bunched together in the national Democratic presidential preference contest.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
What Elizabeth Warren Is Quietly Telling Democratic Insiders  —  With phone calls, texts and handwritten notes, the Massachusetts senator is continuing an unusually determined outreach effort to show party officials she is aligned with them.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — When Senator Elizabeth Warren …
Discussion: The Week
Grace Sparks / CNN:
Monmouth poll: Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren in three-way lead for Democratic bid
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Micah Cohen / FiveThirtyEight:
Joe Biden Has An Iowa Problem, Not An Enthusiasm Problem
Discussion: Townhall, New York Times and Hot Air
Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘He was outsmarted’: Trump mocks Obama on world stage  —  President Donald Trump on Monday used the global stage of the G-7 conference to assert that former President Barack Obama was “outsmarted” and embarrassed by Russian President Vladimir Putin — a stinging rebuke of his White House predecessor before an international audience.
Discussion: Breitbart, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
After Trump claims first lady has ‘gotten to know’ Kim Jong Un, White House clarifies they've never met
Discussion: Political Wire
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Sixty-eight minutes in Biarritz: A glimpse into Trump's unorthodox mind
Discussion: Breitbart
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
White House clarifies that Melania Trump has not met Kim Jong Un
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Washington Post
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Prosecutors Near Decision on Whether to Indict Andrew McCabe  —  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors in Washington appear to be in the final stages of deciding whether to indict Andrew G. McCabe, the former deputy F.B.I. director and a frequent target of President Trump, on charges of lying to federal agents …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   Report: Feds Close To Deciding Whether To Indict CNN Analyst Andrew McCabe
Center for Public Integrity:
Federal Election Commission to effectively shut down.  Now what?  —  Federal Election Commission Vice Chairman Matthew Petersen announced his resignation today.  —  This means the agency that enforces and regulates the nation's campaign finance laws will effectively shut down …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
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Tom Cotton / New York Times:
We Should Buy Greenland  —  Trump isn't the only one to recognize the country's strategic importance.  Beijing does, too.  —  Mr. Cotton, a Republican, is a United States senator from Arkansas.  —  After news leaked last week that President Trump had expressed interest in acquiring Greenland …
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Johnson & Johnson is responsible for fueling Oklahoma's opioid crisis, judge rules in landmark case  —  NORMAN, Okla.— A judge Monday found Johnson & Johnson responsible for fueling Oklahoma's opioid crisis, ordering the health care company to pay $572.1 million to redress …
Discussion: Vox
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Judge rules against Johnson & Johnson in landmark opioid case in Oklahoma
Politico:
GOP Rep. Sean Duffy resigning to help care for child with ‘complications’  —  ‘This is the right time for me to take a break from public service in order to be the support my wife, baby and family need right now,’ Duffy says.  —  Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) will resign from Congress at the end of September …
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Congressman Sean Duffy:
Next to marrying Rachel, representing you - the people and families …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Breitbart burned the New York Times.  And the Times really doesn't like it.  —  They are bad actors.  They are driven to suppress legitimate inquiry.  They are by no means journalists.  —  And they read Twitter very carefully!  —  Those are the contours of an alarm rung on Sunday by the New York Times.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Rudy Giuliani Jumps on the Seth Rich Conspiracy Bandwagon  —  Trump's lawyer says he's just pointing to “nagging coincidences,” even though Rich's family has begged people to stop speculating about their son's death.  —  Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani promoted discredited conspiracy theories …
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Some Senate Democrats Value Susan Collins's Friendship More Than Power  —  Throughout the Trump presidency, the Democratic leadership has begged progressive activists to appreciate the limits of their party's power, and the wisdom of its strategic judgment.  —  When immigration advocates demanded …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Inside Susan Collins' reelection fight in the age of Trump
Discussion: Law & Crime and Above the Law
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
Secret Memos Show the Government Has Been Lying About Backpage  —  For nearly a decade, Backpage has been demonized by politicians, denounced in legislatures, and dramatically mischaracterized by the press, Hollywood, and well-funded activist groups.  As early as 2010, top prosecutors …
Mike Baker / New York Times:
The Sisters Who First Tried to Take Down Jeffrey Epstein  —  Nine years before any police investigation, Maria and Annie Farmer reported the troubling behavior of Jeffrey Epstein and his companion, Ghislaine Maxwell.  No one would act.  —  As more women have come forward in recent days …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
The Next Recession Will Destroy Millennials  —  The trade war is dragging on.  The yield curve is inverting.  Investors are fleeing to safety.  Global growth is slowing.  The stock market is dipping.  The Millennials are screwed.  —  Recessions are never good for anyone.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Associated Press:
Trump claims serious trade negotiations with China to begin  —  BIARRITZ, France (AP) — President Donald Trump, under pressure to scale back a U.S.-China trade war partly blamed for a global economic slowdown, claimed Monday that the two sides will begin serious negotiations soon.
Steve Eder / New York Times:
A Former Trump Hotel Partner Is Charged With Felony Theft  —  A former business partner of President Trump's company was arrested last week on felony charges of stealing two pieces of luggage from the Memphis airport.  —  Dinesh Chawla and his brother were partners with the Trump Organization …
Joe Kennedy III:
Hi everyone —  —  I hope you're all having a great summer and getting a little break before fall kicks in.  I wanted to take a minute to check in — and to make sure you're hearing directly from me about my plans for 2020.  —  Over the past few weeks I've begun to consider a run for the U.S. Senate.
Aram Roston / Reuters:
Why the CIA doesn't spy on the UAE  —  (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates finances the military leader trying to topple a United Nations-recognized government in Libya.  It helps lead a coalition of nations imposing an economic blockade of Qatar, despite U.S. calls to resolve the dispute.
Reuters:
China says wants ‘calm’ resolution to U.S. trade war  —  BEIJING (Reuters) - China is willing to resolve its trade dispute with the United States through “calm” negotiations and resolutely opposes the escalation of the conflict, Vice Premier Liu He, who has been leading the talks with Washington, said on Monday.
New York Times:
The N.R.A. Has Trump.  But It Has Lost Allies in Congress.  —  The N.R.A. has been assigning fewer A's and more F's to Democrats elected to Congress each cycle.  —  The National Rifle Association has significantly fewer allies in Congress than it did a decade ago, a decline driven …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As Trump zigzags wildly at G-7, one ugly truth remains constant  —  It took three days, but amid President Trump's wild gyrations in his trade wars, his erratic efforts to spread confusion and lies about the utterances of other world leaders, and his unstable lapses of attention into matters unrelated …
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
France's Macron accuses Brazil's Bolsonaro of ‘incredibly disrespectful’ comments about his wife  —  French President Emmanuel Macron issued a fiery response to Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro for social media comments that appeared to criticize the appearance of French first lady Brigitte Macron.
Eunique Jones Gibson / BOTWC:
North Carolina Teen Registered People to Vote as They Waited in Line at Popeyes  —  For the last week our newsfeeds have been inundated with buzz about Popeyes new chicken sandwich and the long lines of customers anxious for the opportunity to try one.  However, for 17-year-old David Ledbetter …
 
 
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Hamilton Nolan / Splinter:
The Desperate Battle For Unions' Blessing in 2020
Discussion: VICE
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Al Franken Case Shows We're Asking Journalism to Do Too Much
David Mark / NBC News:
Ted Kennedy died 10 years ago.  It's time for liberals, and America, to reassess his life and crimes.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Alex Zielinski / Portland Mercury:
Undercover in Patriot Prayer: Insights From a Vancouver Democrat Who's Been Working Against the …
Bethany Milton / New York Times:
My Final Break With the Trump State Department
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra:
Attorney General Becerra Leads Multistate Lawsuit Opposing the Trump Administration's Rule …
Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos
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Michael Shellenberger / Forbes:
Why Everything They Say About The Amazon, Including That It's The “Lungs Of The World,” Is Wrong
Mike Elgan / Fast Company:
Uh-oh: Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system
Kate Taylor / Business Insider:
The mysterious family behind In-N-Out has donated more than $15,000 to Trump and the GOP since 2016
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Joy Cushman / New York Times:
The Trump Campaign Knows Why Obama Won. Do Democrats?
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Even Trump's Supporters Are Getting Tired of His Daily Drama
 

 
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