News
- Trump retweets image of him covering up Obama in ‘best eclipse ever’ (Politico)
- Agitated Trump lashes out at McConnell, Ryan, Clapper, media by Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
- Poll: 62 percent of voters say Trump is doing more to divide country by Negassi Tesfamichael (Politico)
- Top U.S. general in Afghanistan says Trump’s plan means long-term U.S. commitment (Reuters)
- Trump: Mexico paying for the wall is out, Congress pays or else shutdown is in by Gabe Ortiz (Daily Kos)
- Donald Trump Is Now Yelling at Republican Senators Over Russia by Jack Moore (GQ)
- Pakistan in the crosshairs of Trump’s Afghan strategy by Asad Hashim (Al Jazeera)
- Majority of Americans say Trump has encouraged white supremacists by Emily Shugerman (Independent)
- A GOP senator wrote a bill to protect Robert Mueller. Trump called him to try to kill it. by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Trump’s Transgender Ban In Military Will Focus On New Enlistments by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Rabbis cancel annual High Holidays call with Trump over his response to Charlottesville by Tara Isabella Burton (Vox)
- The Bernie voters who defected to Trump, explained by a political scientist by Jeff Stein (Vox)
- 1 In 10 Sanders Primary Voters Ended Up Supporting Trump, Survey Finds by Danielle Kurtzleben (NPR)
- Secretary of the Interior says he won’t recommend eliminating national monuments, but hints at opening up mining and drilling by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- ExxonMobil allegedly misled the public on climate change for 40 years by Luke Barnes (ThinkProgress)
- John Kelly’s latest mission: Controlling the information flow to Trump by Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
- Interior Secretary proposes shrinking four national monuments by Julie Turkewitz and Lisa Friedman (The NY Times)
- DHS reviewing status of Obama’s deferred-action program for illegal immigrants by David Nakamura (NY Times)
- Kushner meets Abbas, Netanyahu to try to restart talks (Al Jazeera)
Analysis
- 7 Rules For Reading Trump’s Approval Rating by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
- The Trump Administration Just Approved a Dangerous Merger by David Dayen (The Nation)
- Sorry, Trump supporters: The White House clearly isn’t going to make Mexico pay for that wall by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
- At CIA, a watchful eye on Mike Pompeo, the president’s ardent ally by Greg Miller (The Washington Post)
- Trump distances himself from GOP lawmakers to avoid blame if GOP agenda stalls by (The Washington Post)
- Trump fences himself in with border wall spending threat by Carl Hulse (The NY Times)
- Why Obamacare didn’t implode by Dylan Scott (Vox)
- Democrats 2018 gerrymandering problem is really bad by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- An anti-Obamacare argument evaporates: No counties now lack exchange insurers by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
Opinion
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Why Trump Can’t Pardon Arpaio by Martin H. Redish (NY Times)
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We’re Journalists, Mr. Trump, Not the Enemy by William Kristoff (NY Times)
- Say no to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Mr.Trump (The NY Times)
- Donald was a creep. Too bad Hillary couldn’t say it. by Jill Filipovic (The NY Times)