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6:55 AM ET, August 29, 2019

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Haley Britzky / Task & Purpose:
Some children of US troops born overseas will no longer get automatic American citizenship, Trump administration says  —  Some children born to U.S. service members and government employees overseas will no longer be automatically considered citizens of the United States …
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Patricia Kime / Military.com:
Here's Who's Affected by New Citizenship Policy for Children of Troops Serving Overseas  —  A policy clarification from the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service published Wednesday does not revoke automatic citizenship for children of U.S. citizens born abroad, including troops and federal workers …
Discussion: The Week
Business Insider:
Some children born overseas to certain US troops may not automatically have American citizenship …
Discussion: The Mahablog
INA Categories / USCIS:
Automatic Citizenship or Overseas Naturalization
Discussion: Hot Air
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Kirsten Gillibrand Drops Out of 2020 Democratic Presidential Race  —  The New York senator anchored her candidacy in issues of women's equality, but she was unable to gain traction and her failure to qualify for the next debate convinced her to withdraw.  —  Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democratic Candidates Jostle, and Gripe, as Debates Winnow the Field
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of 2020 race: 'I'm ending my presidential campaign'
The Guardian:
‘Stop the coup’: Protests across UK over Johnson's suspension of parliament  —  Organisers say in London thousands marched from Commons Green towards Downing Street  —  Aamna Mohdin, Maya Wolfe-Robinson and Marvel Kalukembi  —  Play Video  —  Within hours of Boris Johnson's decision …
Discussion: The Week
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Financial Times:
Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament is an affront to democracy  —  Boris Johnson has detonated a bomb under the constitutional apparatus of the United Kingdom.  The prime minister's request to the Queen to suspend parliament for up to five weeks, ostensibly to prepare a new legislative programme, is without modern precedent.
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Boris Johnson's constitutional crisis now resembles America's
Discussion: The Independent
Alex Wickham / BuzzFeed:
Boris Johnson Is Planning A Series Of Extreme Measures In The Coming Weeks To Force Through Brexit
Discussion: The Week
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Timothy Puko / Wall Street Journal:   Energy Companies Set to Get Reprieve on Methane Rules
John Solomon / The Hill:
Trump can change history by declassifying three Obama-era documents  —  My sources tell me President Trump is putting the finishing touches on a White House initiative to declassify documents that have remained hidden from the public for far too long.  —  This welcome effort to provide …
David Karpf / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: I made a joke about Bret Stephens and bedbugs.  His response was never about civility  —  I teach classes in strategic political communication.  Every week, for the last seven years, I have begun each class session with a simple question: “What happened in the news this week?”
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Rex Huppke / Chicago Tribune:   Column: Bret Stephens, Donald Trump and the epidemic of male fragility
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Sends Legal Demand Over Comment From MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell  —  The president's personal attorney tells NBCU brass that legal proceedings could be pursued if there's no retraction or apology for stating that “Russian oligarchs” co-signed loans to Trump.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Stars Push Back as Trump Demands Loyalty: We Don't ‘Work for You’  —  The president on Wednesday morning had a tantrum about the network giving coverage to Democrats.  Fox News, he said, “isn't working for us anymore!”  —  Several Fox News personalities pushed back Wednesday …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department inspector general has done separate report on James Comey  —  The Justice Department inspector general is preparing to release a report on the conduct of fired FBI Director James Comey in the Trump-Russia investigation, according to a number of sources with knowledge of the situation.
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New York Times:
The Israel-Iran Shadow War Escalates and Breaks Into the Open  —  JERUSALEM — Israel has carried out a series of attacks across the Middle East in recent weeks to prevent Iran from equipping its Arab allies with precision-guided missiles, drones and other sophisticated weapons that could challenge Israel's defenses.
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and Pirate's Cove
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Mystery of missing votes deepens as Congress investigates Georgia  —  To find a clue about what might have gone wrong with Georgia's election last fall, look no further than voting machine No. 3 at the Winterville Train Depot outside Athens.  —  On machine No. 3, Republicans won every race.
Discussion: Law & Crime
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:   ‘It is not letting me vote for who I want’: Video shows electronic machine changing ballot in Mississippi
Nigel Jaquiss / Willamette Week:
“I smacked one of them with a hammer a couple of times,” said one man aboard a bus leaving Portland.  —  On Aug. 17, a crowd of right-wing Proud Boys met up with an extremist group called the American Guard for a march through Portland.  Some of them later boarded a black bus for a barbecue in Vancouver …
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Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
Media presented far-right grifter Andy Ngo as a credible journalist. …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Joshua Caplan / Breitbart:
Beto O'Rourke Campaign Claims Breitbart Reporter Ejected to Protect Black Students  —  The flailing 2020 presidential campaign of former Rep. Robert Francis “Beto” O'Rourke (D-TX) claimed Wednesday that a staffer ejected Breitbart News senior editor-at-large Joel Pollak from a speech at Benedict College …
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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 …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Most voters disapprove of Trump's Jewish ‘loyalty’ comment: poll  —  Most voters disapprove of President Trump's remarks calling American Jews who vote for Democrats disloyal, according to a new poll released Wednesday.  —  The Morning Consult/Politico poll found that 59 percent …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and Morning Consult
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 …
Discussion: Page Six and Althouse
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans grow anxious about the Trump economy  —  Trump's trade war with China could undermine GOP chances of holding the White House and Senate in 2020.  —  Republicans have sat patiently with President Donald Trump on his tariff roller-coaster ride with China.  Now they're starting to feel queasy.
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Another Look at Impeachment, at the End of a Long Summer  —  A few months ago, when the question of the impeachment of the President began to be raised seriously, the arguments for and against it seemed to align themselves along a relatively neat axis of principles and prudence.
Discussion: Raw Story and Rolling Stone
CBS Boston:
Boston Teen Allegedly Planned School Shooting At North Carolina's High Point University  —  HIGH POINT, N.C. (CBS/AP) — A 19-year-old from Boston allegedly told police that he was plotting a school shooting at High Point University in North Carolina.  Freshman Paul A. Steber is charged …
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Elon Musk and Jack Ma Will Debate AI at China Summit  — The Tesla impresario will headline a marquee Shanghai confab  — China's ambition of dominating future technology is in focus  —  From Jack Ma to Pony Ma, the leading lights of China's internet industry gather in Shanghai …
Discussion: Breitbart
 
 
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Hong Kong #MeToo rally against police held as Chinese troops cause unease
Discussion: BBC, CNBC and One America News Network
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Knights Of Columbus Face Accusations Of Self-Dealing Amid Insurance Fraud Lawsuit
Mike Spies / The Trace:
The NRA Shielded a Top Executive Accused of Sexual Harassment
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt / The Forward:
Why Does No One Care About Violence Against Orthodox Jews?
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Left Can't Stop Lying About The Tea Party
Discussion: Washington Post and RedState
Jennifer Blakely / Medium:
My Time at Google and After  —  The #MeToo Movement …
Discussion: Fortune and TechCrunch
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Trump slow-walks Ukraine military aid meant to contain Russia
Discussion: The Week
 Earlier Items: 
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
New Government Takes Shape in Italy, Sidelining Salvini and the Hard Right
Discussion: Fox News and The Week
Washington Post:
Maryland was never in play in 2016. The Russians targeted it anyway.
Discussion: Front Page Magazine and Raw Story
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
When Ilhan Omar Is Accused of Anti-Semitism, It's News.  When a Republican Smears Muslims, There's Silence.
Discussion: USA Today and Breitbart
Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
Five years ago, Obama was blasted for wearing a tan suit.  Now, it's used to contrast him with Trump.
Discussion: Daily Kos