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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 …
Hannah Gais / Splinter:
Leaked Emails Show How White Nationalists Have Infiltrated Conservative Media  —  Conservative institutions in the Donald Trump era have often sought to portray themselves as shocked and appalled by the so-called “alt-right.”  White nationalists have also engaged in their own efforts …
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 …
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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 …
David Harsanyi / New York Post:   James Comey is proof the ‘deep state’ is something to fear
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
What Is Justice for McCabe?  —  The former deputy director's …
Discussion: The Atlantic
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 …
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.
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 …
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Peter Caterina / FOX News Radio:
President Donald Trump Responds To Fox News Criticism With Brian Kilmeade On Fox News Radio
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump had better be careful about hate-tweeting Fox News
Discussion: ThinkProgress, CBS News and CNN
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
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Ben Jacobs / Jewish Insider:   GOP presidential candidate Joe Walsh: I will ‘call Trump out every day’
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 …
Discussion: RedState
Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
Ruth Davidson quits as leader of Scottish Conservatives  —  LONDON — Ruth Davidson quit Thursday as the Scottish Conservatives' leader with a thinly veiled swipe at Boris Johnson over his approach to Brexit.  —  The Tory MSP said she had been struggling to juggle family life …
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Washington Post:
Allies of British prime minister resign amid outrage over Parliament suspension
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Two Polling Methods, Two Views of Trump's 2020 Re-election Chances  —  Is the president basically like other presidents, or is he uniquely divisive?  —  There are two major theories about President Trump's standing heading into his re-election campaign.  Over the last few months …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Why Gillibrand crashed and burned  —  On Tuesday night, Kirsten Gillibrand gathered her family and her campaign manager, Jess Fassler, at her home in Troy, N.Y., for a reality check.  —  The New York senator had barely registered in polls all year despite burning through a $10 million campaign war chest.
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 …
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 and shared via the Middlebury Institute …
Discussion: CNN and The Week
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.
CNN:
Trump seriously considering blocking $250M in military aid to Ukraine  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is seriously considering a plan to block $250 million in military assistance to Ukraine, a move that would further ingratiate him with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Bryan Bender / Politico:   Pentagon wants Ukraine military aid to continue
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
The Five Distinct Levels of Donald Trump Ass-Kissing, Explained  —  They may all look the same to you, but in fact, there are subtle differences in the types of Trump brown-nosing.  Dante helps explain it all.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  The last three years have taught us that Donald Trump enjoys sycophancy as few presidents have.
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 …
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 …
BuzzFeed News:
Pete Buttigieg Has Cooled Off But His Campaign Says It's Time For “Phase Three”  —  When Pete Buttigieg walked onstage at this month's Iowa Democratic Wing Ding dinner, the crowd exploded into perhaps their loudest cheer for any of the 20 presidential candidates there that night.
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
Saba Imtiaz / New York Times:
A Plague of Flies Descends on Karachi: 'They're Hounding People'  —  KARACHI, Pakistan — First came the floods, as weeks of monsoon rains deluged neighborhoods across Karachi, sending sewage and trash through Pakistan's largest city.  Then came the long power outages, in some cases for 60 hours and counting.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Issa launches exploratory committee to challenge GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter  —  Former Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has taken his first formal step toward a return to Congress.  —  The former House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman has created an exploratory committee to run …
Mike Cason / al.com:
Gov. Kay Ivey apologizes for racist skit from time at Auburn  —  Gov. Kay Ivey is contacting state legislators, and apologizing for her role in a racist student skit from her time as an Auburn student.  —  Ivey was president of her Alpha Gamma Delta pledge class at Auburn.
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.
New York Times:
Sick Migrants Undergoing Lifesaving Care Can Now Be Deported  —  LOS ANGELES — Maria Isabel Bueso was 7 years old when she came to the United States from Guatemala at the invitation of doctors who were conducting a clinical trial for the treatment of her rare, disfiguring genetic disease.
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.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Arizona's Governor Is Leading Republicans' Quiet, Radical Takeover of State Supreme Courts  —  Democratic presidential candidates are mostly tiptoeing around the idea of court-packing, toying with the idea of adding seats to the U.S. Supreme Court without committing to a real plan.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Economic Growth Revised to 2% in Second Quarter; Corporate Profits Rose
Discussion: Mother Jones
David Enrich / New York Times:
The Trump Secrets Hiding Inside Deutsche Bank
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is ‘joking’ about pardons? How is this a defense?
Discussion: New Republic, The Week and Mediaite
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
The Washington Post's Latest Fact Check of Bernie Sanders Is Really Something
Discussion: Washington Post
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans tell Supreme Court not to be ‘cowed’ by Democratic senators
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Trump 2020 aide denies the President lies despite his repeated lies
Discussion: Mediaite
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Tulsi Gabbard rules out running as an independent presidential candidate
Discussion: Political Wire, Bloomberg and Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Piper Perabo: Resistance Celebrity
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
An inside look: Who could seek Johnny Isakson's seat in 2020
Discussion: Politico
A Storm is Brewing in Rockland:
A STORM IS BREWING IN ROCKLAND.  —  If They Win, We Lose!
Associated Press:
Farmers' loyalty to Trump tested over new corn-ethanol rules
CBS News:
Woman angry at Biden buys $500,000 in ads against him
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
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens

New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

 
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