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8:20 PM ET, August 12, 2019

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James B. Stewart / New York Times:
The Day Jeffrey Epstein Told Me He Had Dirt on Powerful People  —  Almost exactly a year ago, on Aug. 16, 2018, I visited Jeffrey Epstein at his cavernous Manhattan mansion.  —  The overriding impression I took away from our roughly 90-minute conversation was that Mr. Epstein knew …
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Daily Mail:
A dozen FBI agents raid Jeffrey Epstein's ‘Pedophile Island’  —  FBI agents were seen raiding Jeffrey Epstein's US Virgin Island Little St James on Monday morning and afternoon, exclusive DailyMailTV footage shows.
New York Post:
Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself with prison bedsheet: source  —  Jeffrey Epstein was found hanging in his Lower Manhattan jail cell with a bedsheet wrapped around his neck and secured to the top of a bunk bed, The Post has learned.  —  The convicted pedophile, who was 6 feet tall …
New York Times:
In Short-Staffed Jail, Epstein Was Left Alone for Hours; Guard Was Substitute  —  Attorney General William P. Barr on Monday sharply criticized the management of the federal jail in Manhattan where Jeffrey Epstein, the financier who was long dogged by accusations of sexual abuse of girls …
Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:
FBI agents are livid that Trump is amplifying 'bulls …
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation's bedrock conservation law credited with rescuing the bald eagle …
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Madeleine Gregory / VICE:   The Trump Administration Just Gutted the Endangered Species Act
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Trump overhauls landmark endangered species protections
Discussion: Politico and Towleroad Gay News
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump administration overhauls Endangered Species Act in bid to reduce red tape
Discussion: Politico
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
The Uneasiness Of Joe Biden's Presidential Campaign Is About More Than The Gaffes  —  DES MOINES — Joe Biden's fight for the soul of America often feels like a fight for the soul of Joe Biden.  —  His four-day swing through Iowa began with a confident rebuke of President Donald Trump's racist rhetoric.
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New York Times:   Joe Biden Knows He Says the Wrong Thing
Cameron Joseph / VICE:   Iowa Democrats Are Getting Nervous About Biden's Trail of Gaffes
Sydney Ember / New York Times:   Why Bernie Sanders Stood Out at the Iowa State Fair
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
The Biden Gaffe Machine: A Running List Of Joe Biden's Best Slip-Ups
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Tom Steyer spends big in race to make debate stage
Discussion: The Daily Caller
German Lopez / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris's controversial Michael Brown tweets, explained  —  Elizabeth Warren delivers a campaign speech at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair on August 10, 2019.  Alex Wong/Getty Images  —  The tweets claimed a police officer “murdered” Michael Brown.
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Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:
Time to retire Ferguson narrative
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
Harry Reid / New York Times:
The Filibuster Is Suffocating the Will of the American People  —  To save our country's future, Democrats must abolish this arcane Senate rule.  —  Mr. Reid is a former Senate majority leader from Nevada.  —  I am not an expert on all of government, but I do know something about the United States Senate.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Sarah McGregor / Bloomberg:
U.S. Budget Deficit Already Exceeds Last Year's Total Figure  —  The U.S. fiscal deficit has already exceeded the full-year figure for last year, as spending growth outpaces revenue.  —  The gap grew to $866.8 billion in the first 10 months of the fiscal year, up 27% from the same period a year earlier …
Discussion: Axios and POLITICUSUSA
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
The US budget deficit is up 27% and getting closer to $1 trillion  —  The U.S. budget deficit widened another $119.7 billion, good for a 27% increase over a year ago, according to government figures released Monday.  —  Total outlays increased by 22.8% over last July as receipts grew 11.6%.
Discussion: Mediaite
Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Sarah Silverman fired from new movie for blackface photo  —  Sarah Silverman revealed that she was recently fired from a movie over an old photo of her in blackface.  —  She said the photo, which was snapped on the set of “The Sarah Silverman Show” in 2007, recently resurfaced and caught the eye of the film's producers.
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Washington Post:
Trump administration tightens rule that could deny green cards, citizenship to immigrants who need public assistance
Discussion: The Crime Report and Daily Kos
Martha C. White / NBC News:
Trump's trade war could spark a recession, Goldman Sachs warns  —  Economists are increasingly worried that the president may have set in motion a chain of events that can't be controlled.  —  President Donald Trump's trade war with China is increasing the odds that America will be thrown into a recession …
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Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
GOP Sen. Rick Scott: Americans should get tax cuts in return for tariffs paid on Chinese goods
Gabby Orr / Politico:
'Using the Lord's name in vain': Evangelicals chafe at Trump's blasphemy  —  Paul Hardesty didn't pay much attention to President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., last month until a third concerned constituent rang his cellphone.  —  The residents of Hardesty's district …
The Daily Beast:
NYT Top Editor: Trump Racism Headline Was a ‘F*cking Mess’  —  In a lengthy town-hall meeting on Monday, the paper's top brass addressed a bevy of recent controversies centering around the Times' coverage of Trump, race, and politics.  —  New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet admitted Monday …
Discussion: Mediaite
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Did a Far-Right Star Recruit Jacob Wohl to Terrorize Women?  —  “I'll make it my mission to torture you so much that you end up killing yourself,” reads a text message from a phone number belonging to notorious smear merchant Jacob Wohl.  —  A perennial House candidate's alleged harassment …
Discussion: Contemptor and Mediaite
New York Times:
How YouTube Radicalized Brazil  —  NITERÓI, Brazil — When Matheus Dominguez was 16, YouTube recommended a video that changed his life.  —  He was in a band in Niterói, a beach-ringed city in Brazil, and practiced guitar by watching tutorials online.
Kate Taylor / Business Insider:
Starbucks is bringing back the Pumpkin Spice Latte on its earliest launch date ever  — Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte will return to menus on Tuesday, August 27, according to employees at the coffee giant.  — An August 27 debut would be the earliest Pumpkin Spice Latte launch date for Starbucks.
Discussion: The Week and WTVR-TV
Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
Trump's (Almost) All-White GOP Emerges  —  We know the president prefers white people.  But a look at the percentages on his appointments gives new meaning to the phrase “White House.”  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  After the 2014 midterm election, there was a sense the GOP was becoming …
CNN:
Trump is impeaching himself  —  Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author, with Kevin Kruse, of the new book “Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974.”  Follow him on Twitter at @julianzelizer.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Serial Hoaxers Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman Swear They'll Solve Epstein's Death  —  The men behind smears of Mueller and Buttigieg offer $100,000 for info about the wealthy sex offender's demise in jail.  They don't exactly have an inspiring track record.  —  Jeffrey Epstein's apparent …
Discussion: VICE, New York Times and TheBlaze
Brian Pascus / CBS News:
Tulsi Gabbard to report for active duty for 2 weeks  —  Tulsi Gabbard, Democrat from Hawaii and presidential candidate, will be taking a two-week absence from her campaign Monday to report for active duty with the Hawaiian Army National Guard in Indonesia, she said in an interview with CBSN's Caitlin Huey-Burns.
 
 
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
D.C. Attorney General Issues New Subpoena Over Trump Inauguration
Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Bolton pushes for Brexit, telling UK officials ‘we are with you’
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Washington Post:
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Alexia Fernández Campbell / Vox:
The US labor shortage, explained
Discussion: Mother Jones
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Russia warns Google against election ‘interference’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Latina organizer Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez enters Democratic primary to challenge Cornyn
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Timothy Johnson / Media Matters for America:
On Sinclair, Sebastian Gorka compared gun regulation to the Holocaust
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr defends police, takes swipe at progressive prosecutors
Discussion: Splinter
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KTVU-TV:
San Jose mayor proposes 1st-in-nation insurance requirement for gun owners
Discussion: Fox News
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Anger at being labeled racist is the new ‘cultural anxiety’ for Trump supporters
Discussion: twitchy.com and Towleroad Gay News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
North Carolina's 9th Congressional District has gotten worse for Republicans
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
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Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic:
The Great Land Robbery
Harmeet Dhillon / Fox News:
Hey, California, Trump has a right to run for reelection. The Constitution is crystal clear
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
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