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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Man Who Couldn't Take It Anymore  —  On December 19 of last year, Admiral Michael Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met James Mattis for lunch at the Pentagon.  Mattis was a day away from resigning as Donald Trump's secretary of defense, but he tends to keep his own counsel …
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A. to Roll Back Regulations on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to announce on Thursday that it intends to sharply curtail the regulation of methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change, according to an industry official with knowledge of the plan.
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Associated Press:   Trump admin to roll back rules on climate-changing methane
Washington Post:
EPA loosens rules on methane, a key greenhouse gas
CNN:
DOJ watchdog says James Comey broke FBI policy by keeping, leaking Trump meeting memos  —  Washington (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey violated agency policies when he retained and leaked a set of memos he took documenting meetings with President Donald Trump early in 2017 …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The DOJ's inspector general buries the real news  —  With William P. Barr as President Trump's attorney general, one must always keep in mind that everything out of this Justice Department will be spun, shaded or, in the case of Robert S. Mueller III's report, misrepresented with the sole purpose …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
What Is Justice for McCabe?  —  The former deputy director's …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Sean Davis / The Federalist:   DOJ Inspector General Confirms James Comey Leaked Classified Info, Violated Multiple FBI Policies
Washington Post:   Justice Dept. inspector general finds Comey violated FBI policies in handling memos about interactions with Trump
Peter Caterina / FOX News Radio:
President Donald Trump Responds To Fox News Criticism With Brian Kilmeade On Fox News Radio  —  President Donald Trump spoke with Brian Kilmeade about why he is upset at Fox News, pulling troops out of Afghanistan, the impact of China tariffs on American farmers, telling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says it would be ‘disloyal to my followers’ to do a CNN interview  —  President Trump on Thursday said he's not inclined to do an interview with CNN because he thinks it would be “disloyal” to his supporters.  —  “They are begging me to do an interview, and I just think it would be disloyal …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump had better be careful about hate-tweeting Fox News
Washington Post:
As he campaigns for president, Joe Biden tells a moving but false war story  —  HANOVER, N.H. — Joe Biden painted a vivid scene for the 400 people packed into a college meeting hall.  A four-star general had asked the then-vice president to travel to Kunar province in Afghanistan …
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
Texts With Donald Trump's New Challenger: (Woke?)  Joe Walsh  —  This is an excerpt from The Stakes 2020, BuzzFeed News' newsletter about what really matters in the 2020 campaign.  You can sign up here.  —  Joe Walsh came out of nowhere with the tea party surge in 2010 …
Discussion: Axios
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Windsor Mann / The Week:   Joe Walsh and the secret doubts of Trump supporters
Ben Jacobs / Jewish Insider:   GOP presidential candidate Joe Walsh: I will ‘call Trump out every day’
Philip Wegmann / Real Clear Politics:
From Trumpism to Trump Challenger: Joe Walsh on His 2020 Run
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and USA Today
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans grow anxious about the Trump economy  —  Republicans have sat patiently with President Donald Trump on his tariff roller-coaster ride with China.  Now they're starting to feel queasy.  —  Trump argues his escalating trade war will force China to the table for a deal.
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Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:
Most U.S. Companies Plan to Stay in China and Ride Out Trade Unrest
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Kim Kozlowski / Detroit News:
Sasha Obama set to begin college career at University of Michigan  —  Ann Arbor — Former President Barack Obama's younger daughter, Sasha, is poised to begin her college career at the University of Michigan next week.  —  Sasha, whose legal name is Natasha, was seen by students attending …
Eve Fairbanks / Washington Post:
Conservatives say we've abandoned reason and civility.  The Old South said that, too.  —  Conservatives say we've abandoned reason and civility.  The Old South used the same language to defend slavery.  —  After the El Paso shooting, Ben Shapiro — a popular conservative podcaster …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans tell Supreme Court not to be ‘cowed’ by Democratic senators  —  All 53 Republicans in the Senate urged the Supreme Court on Thursday not to be “cowed” by a brief from a handful of Democratic senators that warned that the court risks its impartial reputation if it continues …
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:   Arizona's Governor Is Leading Republicans' Quiet, Radical Takeover of State Supreme Courts
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Final lineup set for sole night of ABC Democratic primary debate  —  The final lineup for the third Democratic debate is set for a single night in Houston in two weeks on Sept. 12.  —  Eight months into the campaign season, the third matchup in a series of Democratic National Committee …
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
FBI studies two broken cameras outside cell where Epstein died: source  —  (Reuters) - Two cameras that malfunctioned outside the jail cell where financier Jeffrey Epstein died as he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges have been sent to an FBI crime lab for examination, a law enforcement source told Reuters.
Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
Iranian Rocket Launch Ends In Failure, Imagery Shows  —  Satellite imagery shared exclusively with NPR shows that an Iranian rocket appears to have exploded on the launch pad Thursday.  —  The imagery from the commercial company Planet, shows smoke billowing from the pad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in northern Iran.
Discussion: CNN and The Week
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Space Command set to open, will defend US interests in space  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mindful of President Donald Trump's intense interest in space, the Pentagon is declaring U.S. Space Command open for business as part of a broader effort to better defend American interests in space.
Jessi Combs Dead / CBS News:
Dallas-area school staffer put on leave after allegedly threatening student with deportation  —  Lancaster, Texas - The parents of a 14-year-old Hispanic student at the Lancaster Independent School District's Obama 9th Grade Center are furious after, they say, a staffer threatened the teen with deportation.
Discussion: CBS Dallas and Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Netanyahu tried to reach Trump to block Zarif meeting  —  While Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was making his way to France for a surprise visit at the G7 summit on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team scrambled to make sure President Trump …
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
The Washington Post's Latest Fact Check of Bernie Sanders Is Really Something  —  Why is did the paper's fact checker call Bernie Sanders's accurate claim about medical bankruptcies “false”?  —  Medical debt is a major driver of personal bankruptcy.  This is a fact that Bernie Sanders highlights …
Discussion: Washington Post
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Tulsi Gabbard rules out running as an independent presidential candidate  —  Washington (CNN)Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said she will not run as an independent candidate if she fails to win the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  “I will not,” the Hawaii Democrat told CNN's Jim Scuitto on “Newsroom” Thursday.
Discussion: Political Wire, Bloomberg and Fox News
A Storm is Brewing in Rockland:
A STORM IS BREWING IN ROCKLAND.  —  If They Win, We Lose!  —  The stakes have never been higher.  The future of our County, our communities, and our homes hangs in the balance of this year's election on November 5th.  —  If Aaron Weider and his Ramapo machine win, they will control …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Dems fire back after DHS bars staff from visiting border facilities  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings on Thursday fired back after the Department of Homeland Security barred Democratic staff from visiting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities, alleging they were “disruptive” during their last trip.
CBS News:
Woman angry at Biden buys $500,000 in ads against him  —  A wealthy private citizen named Shirley Shawe has purchased $500,000 in ad time in early-voting states to slam Joe Biden over a business dispute that negatively affected her son's company years ago.  The ad, which has little …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is ‘joking’ about pardons?  How is this a defense?  —  We are now at the point where President Trump's own officials are basically admitting that he has dangled pardons to underlings, as part of an apparent effort to get them to build his border wall in time for reelection.
Discussion: The Week, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
‘Bad Blood’ Author John Carreyrou on Why He Left The Wall Street Journal and What He'll Do Next
John Solomon / The Hill:
Trump can change history by declassifying three Obama-era documents
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