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2:45 PM ET, August 21, 2018

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NBC News:
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen discussing plea deal with prosecutors  —  The deal could come as early as today, say sources familiar with the matter.  —  Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, is discussing a possible guilty plea with federal prosecutors in Manhattan …
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Trump's Former Fixer, Michael Cohen, Reaches a Plea Agreement Over Payments to Women  —  Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors investigating payments he made to women for Mr. Trump, a person familiar with the matter said.
Discussion: Mother Jones, VICE News and Boing Boing
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Michael Cohen in talks to plead guilty to criminal charges  —  (CNN)Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, is in talks to plead guilty to criminal charges in a deal that would bring an end to a months-long investigation that has riled the President, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Michael Cohen, President Trump's former longtime personal attorney, tentatively reaches a plea deal: Sources  —  ABC News has learned that Michael Cohen has entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Wall Street Journal:   Michael Cohen to Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges
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Luke Harding / The Guardian:
Author of Trump-Russia dossier wins libel case in US court  —  Suit against Christopher Steele by three Russian oligarchs thrown out by judge  —  The former MI6 officer Christopher Steele has won a legal battle in the United States against three Russian oligarchs who sued him over allegations …
Discussion: Raw Story and Vox
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Rand Paul, Russian Stooge  —  What does the kooky libertarian see in the authoritarian Putin regime?  —  Senator Rand Paul has been making the rounds in recent days touting deeper U.S. engagement with Vladimir Putin's Russia.  It's often the case when Senator Paul talks about foreign policy …
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A.'s New Coal Pollution Rules Will Lead to More Deaths, Agency's Numbers Show  —  Want climate news in your inbox?  Sign up for our Climate Fwd: newsletter.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday made public the details of its new pollution rules governing coal-burning power plants …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. It's Declining Again
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Kate Mishkin / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Experts: Coal's decline imminent, with or without Trump's regulatory changes
Discussion: Common Dreams
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump is worried that Mueller interview could be a ‘perjury trap’
Associated Press:
Watergate wisdom? Cohen lawyer turns to Nixon turncoat
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to one  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has begun to assign its users a reputation score, predicting their trustworthiness on a scale from zero to one.  —  The previously unreported ratings system, which Facebook has developed …
Steven L. Hall / Washington Post:
CIA officers learn to keep quiet.  Why are so many of us speaking out about Trump?  —  And why is the White House so eager to retaliate for it?  —  Former head of Russian operations for the CIA  —  Here's what is really going on when President Trump rescinds the security clearances …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Daily Wire
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump denies report that he considered restricting Obama's intelligence briefings
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Trump is treating security clearances like reality TV
Discussion: RedState, ThinkProgress and Breitbart
Katherine Lam / Fox News:
Mollie Tibbetts, missing Iowa student, found dead, her father says  —  Two sources tell Fox News that the body of the missing Iowa student has been found; Matt Finn reports.  —  The body of missing college student Mollie Tibbetts was found Tuesday, her father and two sources told Fox News …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Microsoft says it has found a Russian operation targeting U.S. political institutions  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A group affiliated with the Russian government created phony versions of six websites — including some related to public policy and to the U.S. Senate — with the apparent goal of hacking …
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Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues:
We are taking new steps against broadening threats to democracy
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's new reform bill would ban members of Congress from owning individual stocks  — Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposes a new bill that would ban members of Congress and the White House staff from owning individual stocks.  — As an apparent alternative, the legislation would create …
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
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Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Warren proposes sweeping crackdown on lobbying
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Beast
Mitchell P. Brook / USA Today:
Donald Trump should sue John Brennan to bring civility back to our politics  —  Believe it or not, a libel lawsuit against John Brennan could force political commentators back into the realm of fact and reality.  —  CONNECT  —  Now that President Donald Trump revoked ex-CIA Director John …
Discussion: IJR and Washington Free Beacon
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:   Treason, Trust—and Trump
Charlie Kirk / The Hill:
President Trump is making diplomacy great again  —  Russia hysteria has reached such a fever pitch in “the swamp” that one must wonder if we'll soon have to scrub our bars of Vodka, lest we be accused of colluding with Russia.  —  Congratulations if you consider that an absurd notion …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:   Rand Paul Suggests Talking to Russia About the Size of NATO
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
How voting for Kavanaugh could hurt Susan Collins' re-election bid  —  Maine voters are less likely to support Republican Sen. Susan Collins for re-election if she votes to confirm President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:   Poll: Voters less likely to support Collins if she votes to confirm Kavanaugh
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Russia is preparing to search for a nuclear-powered missile that was lost at sea months ago after a failed test  — Moscow is preparing to recover a nuclear-powered missile lost at sea, according to sources with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report.
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Nazi death camp guard arrested by ICE, deported to Germany: Authorities  —  A man who authorities believe is the last known Nazi collaborator living in the U.S. has been arrested and deported to Germany.  —  At the order of President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents …
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Associated Press:
US deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany
Discussion: The Week and Politico
Kelly Conaboy / The Cut:
Do Men Enter Bathtubs on Hands and Knees So Their Balls Hit the Water Last?  —  The bathroom is a mysterious place.  What goes on inside varies for everyone, or maybe it doesn't; we simply do not know.  The question has prompted some discussion in the past, and I suspect it will continue …
Discussion: Althouse
emptywheel:
It Is False to Claim There Was No Follow-Up to the June 9 Meeting  —  On July 15, 2017 — a week after the June 9 meeting was reported in a NYT story publishing the first of numerous White House statements attempting to explain the meeting — Rhona Graff sent Rob Goldstone an email (PDF 44).
Discussion: The Week
The Guardian:
Arctic's strongest sea ice breaks up for first time on record  —  Usually frozen waters open up twice this year in phenomenon scientists described as scary  —  The oldest and thickest sea ice in the Arctic has started to break up, opening waters north of Greenland that are normally frozen, even in summer.
Michael Wilson / New York Times:
A New Wife, a Secret Past and a Trail of Loss and Blood  —  A widower met a younger woman on the street in 2013.  They married soon after.  Then he got to know her.  —  FORT LEE, N.J. — A young man wearing a baseball cap sat alone in his convertible at the drive-through lane of a Dunkin' Donuts here …
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
He brought an American flag to protest fascism in Portland.  Then antifa attacked him  —  Portland antifa attack fellow counter-protester carrying American flag  —  Warning: This story contains graphic content  —  Paul Welch came to the downtown protest Aug. 4 to let his political leanings be known.
Kelly Marie Tran / New York Times:
I Won't Be Marginalized by Online Harassment  —  Editor's note: The actress deleted her Instagram posts this summer in response to online harassment.  Here she speaks out for the first time.  —  It wasn't their words, it's that I started to believe them.  —  Their words seemed to confirm …
John Tibbetts / Washington Post:
Sea level rise is eroding home value, and owners might not even know it  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Elizabeth Boineau's 1939 Colonial sits a block and a half from the Ashley River in a sought-after neighborhood of ancient live oaks, charming gardens and historic homes.
Emily Badger / New York Times:
The Bipartisan Cry of ‘Not in My Backyard’  —  The housing secretary wants to encourage mixed-income, multifamily development as a way of making housing more affordable.  But it's a notion homeowners of all political leanings tend to oppose.  —  Ben Carson, the secretary of the Department …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and CityLab
 
 
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Megan Keller / The Hill:
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Reuters:
U.S. imposes fresh sanctions for Russian cyber-related activity
USA Today:
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The Mueller investigation is showing how badly we've failed to prosecute white-collar crime
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Discussion: New Republic and Weekly Standard
Pratheek Rebala / TIME:
The State Department Hired Cambridge Analytica's Parent Company to Target Terrorist Propaganda
Discussion: Gizmodo
Bloomberg:
Europe Should Stop Trying to Save the Iran Deal
Toni Airaksinen / Campus Reform:
At UCLA, 20 paid diversity advocates isn't enough
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
GOP candidate jokes: ‘The Russians are going to help me’ win in November
Discussion: HuffPost and Shareblue Media
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Once-safe GOP seats threatened by blue wave
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
Facebook Fueled Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany, New Research Suggests