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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Wanted on Felony Arrest Warrant  —  The blundering conservative operative faces one charge of unlawfully selling securities in California.  —  Conservative operative Jacob Wohl is wanted on a felony arrest warrant in California, a development that could hamper his spree of bizarre, blundering political schemes.
Miriam Lord / The Irish Times:
How Mike Pence shat on the new carpet in Ireland's spare room  —  Stoical smiles as US vice-president delivers strong endorsement of Johnson and Brexit  —  The hospitable hosts buttered up their important guest and made a big fuss of his family and hoped he would say nice things …
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CNN:
Pence faces heat over Doonbeg boondoggle  —  Pence stayed in Trump hotel during official Ireland visit  —  Washington (CNN)With fealty to President Donald Trump as his defining political trait, Vice President Mike Pence isn't typically the man in the spotlight.
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘Boris knows how to win’: Trump backs Johnson amid Brexit turmoil
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Pence's office now says it wasn't Trump's idea to stay at his hotel in Ireland
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
Soft-landings and Twitter shame: How the White House handles ex-aides with stories to tell  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's relationship with his chief of staff John Kelly was beyond repair when he announced last December that Kelly would be stepping down.  —  So before Kelly could leave …
Discussion: Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
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Los Angeles Times:
Trump's schedule shows a president with plenty of downtime this summer  —  President Trump's daily Twitter feed in recent weeks has been a torrent of personal attacks, news commentary, weather reports, unfounded claims and congratulatory notes.  But when it comes to his day job, the American people have seen little of him.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Ben White / Politico:
‘They are riding a rubber ducky into alligator-infested waters’  —  President Donald Trump is staring down a series of trigger points that will determine whether he enters the 2020 campaign backed by his most valuable asset — a healthy U.S. economy — or empty-handed and further on the defensive.
Discussion: Spectator USA and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is in serious danger, and his own advisers know it
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Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Did Trump Doctor a Hurricane Map With Sharpie to Prove His False Prediction That Dorian Could Hit Alabama?  —  While warning of Hurricane Dorian, President Donald Trump today displayed a NOAA map that appeared to be doctored to line up with his proclamation that Hurricane Dorian could hit Alabama.
Discussion: CNN, Axios and Talking Points Memo
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Why does Trump's hurricane map look different than others?  —  The president has claimed for days Hurricane Dorian was projected to hit Alabama.  Forecasters said it was not.  —  After days of claiming without evidence that Alabama was projected to be hit by Hurricane Dorian …
Wall Street Journal:
Democratic Lawyer Greg Craig Is Acquitted  —  White House counsel for President Obama is vindicated over false-statement charge  —  WASHINGTON—Former White House counsel Greg Craig was acquitted by a federal jury on Wednesday on a felony false-statement charge, a major vindication for one of the most prominent lawyers in Washington.
Discussion: BBC and Political Wire
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Greg Craig found not guilty in Ukraine lobbying case
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Gregg Re / Fox News:   Greg Craig, former Obama White House counsel, found not guilty of false statements over Ukraine work
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Gregory Craig Acquitted on Charge of Lying to Justice Department
Discussion: Axios and The Week
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
A Top White House Reporter Is Taking Over The Washington Free Beacon  —  A leading political reporter is leaving Politico to lead the neoconservative flagship Washington Free Beacon, the latest move in a conservative media world attempting to adjust to the age of Donald Trump.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Trump Voters Whose ‘Need for Chaos’ Obliterates Everything Else  —  Political nihilism is one of the president's strongest weapons.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  Over the four years during …
Andre Castro / Flores:
Bill Flores Announces Intent to Not Seek Re-election in 2020  —  f t # e  —  U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) announced today that he will not seek another term in Congress.  Flores is currently serving his fifth term representing the 17th Congressional District of Texas …
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Is Rolling Back Rules Requiring More Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs  —  The Trump administration announced new rules on Wednesday to roll back requirements for energy-saving light bulbs, a move that could contribute to the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump administration rolls back Obama-era lightbulb rules
Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Document reveals the FBI is tracking border protest groups as extremist organizations  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI is monitoring groups on the border that are protesting U.S. immigration policy, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.  —  The FBI has gathered intelligence from people with …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNBC:
‘Hundreds of other people could be implicated’ in Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell court documents  —  KEY POINTS  — Secret court filings related to Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged procurer Ghislaine Maxwell could implicate “hundreds of other people,” Maxwell's lawyer said.
New York Times:
Hong Kong's Leader, Carrie Lam, to Withdraw Extradition Bill That Ignited Protests  —  HONG KONG — Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's chief executive, said Wednesday that the government would withdraw a contentious extradition bill that ignited months of protests in the city, moving to quell …
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Miya Shay / ABC13:
Woman shoots man who reached into car and tried to steal purse in SW Houston: Police  —  HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman shot and wounded a suspected robber who reached for her purse, police say.  —  It happened around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday on Creekbend at Fondren in southwest Houston.
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Dan Crenshaw is worried that universal background checks might keep him from arming his friends
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Video Shows Anti-Kavanaugh Lawyer Saying Christine Blasey Ford Wanted ‘Asterisk’ By Justice's Name  — Video footage obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation shows Christine Blasey Ford's lawyer Debra Katz discussing Ford's motivations for making accusations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh public.
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
Christine Blasey Ford's Lawyer: Okay Fine, Protecting Abortion Was Part of Why She Accused Kavanaugh
Rebecca Keegan / Hollywood Reporter:
The Season of Scarlett Johansson: Two Hot Films, Her Marvel Future, Woody Allen and a Pick for President  —  With Noah Baumbach's ‘Marriage Story’ and Taika Waititi's ‘Jojo Rabbit’, her Avengers spinoff ‘Black Widow’ and the mantle of the world's highest-grossing actress …
Washington Post:
Top Interior official who pushed to expand drilling in Alaska to join oil company there  —  Joe Balash, a Trump appointee, had served as assistant secretary for land and minerals management until Aug. 30.  —  Last summer, Scott Pruitt left his job heading the Environmental Protection Agency …
Amelia Nierenberg / New York Times:
A Tomato Grows in the East River  —  A single tomato plant has sprouted on a piling by the Brooklyn Bridge.  Who knows how it got there?  —  On a wooden piling in the waters off Brooklyn Bridge Park, a lone red fruit grows between Pier 1, right next to the Brooklyn Bridge, and Pier 2.
Angela Ryan / The Independent:
I was one of those white women who voted for Donald Trump in 2016.  Now I see what a terrible mistake I made  —  And this political era has instilled an outrage and activism in me I never knew existed  —  Prior to the 2016 presidential election, I was a happily uninvolved voter.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
Bill de Blasio May End 2020 Presidential Bid Next Month  —  Mayor de Blasio said he would likely drop out of the race if he does not qualify for the Democratic presidential debate in October.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio's long-shot run for president may have a defined end date: Oct. 1.
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
21 British Conservatives put country over party.  Why can't 21 Republicans do the same?  —  Among them are two former chancellors of the exchequer, an array of former cabinet ministers, and many old and familiar stalwarts of Conservative party conferences and Conservative think tanks.
Discussion: BBC and Hullabaloo
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US offers cash to tanker captains in bid to seize Iranian ships  —  Four days before the US imposed sanctions on an Iranian tanker suspected of shipping oil to Syria, the vessel's Indian captain received an unusual email from the top Iran official at the Department of State.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
The 10 counties that will decide the 2020 election  —  Three years after a presidential election that came down to 77,000 votes in three Midwestern battlegrounds, Democrats and Republicans are eyeing a much larger battlefield ahead of the 2020 contests, one that stretches from the picturesque coastline …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and Daily Wire
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Why the Internet Thinks Cuomo Rigged N.Y.'s License Plate Contest  —  The theory: Four choices featuring the Statue of Liberty would split the vote, allowing the Cuomo Bridge design to prevail.  —  ALBANY — It seemed, at first glance, to be an innocuous idea.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Christien Kafton / KTVU-TV:
San Francisco Board of Supervisors designates NRA domestic terrorist organization  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - The city of San Francisco has formally adopted a resolution calling the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization.  —  San Francisco's Board of Supervisors …
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Conflicting Rulings on the Electoral College Could Throw the Next Election Into Chaos  —  Since the 2016 election, some Democrats have raged against the Electoral College as an anti-democratic institution that does not reflect the will of the people.  Some Republicans have defended the institution …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Four Things That Are Not White Nationalism  —  Conservatism's racism problem is real.  So is a pattern of media smears against non-racist conservatives.  —  The American right in the Trump era has a racism problem.  It's fed by a Republican president who race-baits, a media ecosystem whose guardrails …
 
 
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Shane Croucher / Newsweek:
Most voters will blame Donald Trump if America enters recession: Poll
Discussion: Common Dreams, ISM, Reason and Breitbart
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Democrats Have Reached A Crossroads
Discussion: Townhall
Yael Halon / Fox News:
Grey's Anatomy Star Isaiah Washington opens up about decision to leave the Democratic party …
Discussion: IJR
Charles Franklin / Marquette University Law School:
New Marquette Law School Poll finds Biden leading Trump in head-to-head presidential match …
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope on critics: It's ‘an honor if the Americans attack me’
Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
Charges officially dropped against ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock in unusual deal with feds
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Pentagon tells Congress which projects it will defund to pay for Trump's wall
 Earlier Items: 
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The deadly hidden risks within the most prominent economic model of climate change
Discussion: New York Times
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Jim Mattis's reading list offers a jarring contrast to Trump's lack of intellectual curiosity
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump said he granted a disaster declaration at the request of North Carolina's Republican senator.
Discussion: Roll Call, Fox News and Raw Story
BuzzFeed:
The Brexit Crystal Ball, Explained For People Who Want To Know What The Hell Is Going On
Associated Press:
US watchdog: Separated migrant children suffered trauma
Discussion: Law & Crime and Hullabaloo
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Infowars Loses Appeal in Sandy Hook Defamation Lawsuit
Discussion: Raw Story and Boing Boing