Elliott Broidy and Michael Cohen were co-chairs of RNC finance in 2017. Both are now under investigation, as feds have opened probe into whether Broidy was selling access to White House. (Cohen negotiated Broidy's hush payment to pregnant Playmate.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-fundraiser-broidy-under-investigation-for-alleged-effort-to-sell-government-influence-people-familiar-with-probe-say/2018/08/17/c9e55792-a185-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.c084d25b10ff

A #Resistance Twitter hero who claimed to be a Delta Force soldier has been exposed as a pro-Trump gamer https://www.thedailybeast.com/resistance-twitter-hero-exposed-as-pro-trump-gamer

The bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was US made. CNN has confirmed it was laser guided MK 82 bomb made by Lockheed Martin. https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/17/middleeast/us-saudi-yemen-bus-strike-intl/index.html

Amazing. Sarah Sanders and Bill Shine are directly participating in the weaponizing of revoking security clearances for purely cynical political purposes. The WH is not even pretending to be acting in good faith. Breaking from WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-intelligence-officials-rebuke-trump-for-pulling-brennans-security-clearance/2018/08/17/ea8382f2-a20d-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?utm_term=.061b42e97f98

New: Mueller is recommending up to six months in jail for George Papadopoulos; new court filing says he did not offer substantial assistance to the investigation; says his media interviews led them to cancel a session to question him.

Looks like a trial is coming!

Government Claims George Papadopoulos Helped Joseph Mifsud Get Away https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/08/17/george-papadopoulos-helped-joseph-mifsud-get-away/

Netflix is testing video promos that play in between episodes https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/17/17722910/netflix-video-promo-feature?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

ICE arrested a California man on Wednesday when he stopped for gas while driving his wife to the hospital for her C-section. She ended up driving herself the rest of the way, giving birth alone. https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/08/17/joel-arrona-detained-by-ice-san-bernardino-driving-wife-to-deliver-baby/

It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th August after a short illness...

Meanwhile in non-Omarosa news: @HillaryClinton is out here quietly writing to a Girl Scout in Ohio and reminding her, “Fighting for what is right is always worth it....never forget that you are valuable, powerful, and and worthy of every opportunity to fulfill your potential." https://twitter.com/WAFB/status/1029414728253222912

WATCH: GOP state senator: "I don't have a problem" if Trump used the N-word before he was president http://hill.cm/ZTLcLOg

Election Night computer "glitch" in Johnson County, Kansas taints Kobach's recent declaration of victory in Kansas gubernatorial primary. The glitch occurred just as Kobach's opponent gained momentum. By @jennycohn1 for @tytinvestigates #ProtectOurVotes https://tytnetwork.com/2018/08/17/kobachs-kansas-victory-tainted-by-kobachs-election-system/

NEW: Don McGahn, the White House counsel, has cooperated extensively with the special counsel investigation. He has told Mueller crucial information he might not have gotten otherwise. @nytmike @maggieNYT https://nyti.ms/2ONyPWZ

This piece is (searching for the word) funny. It confuses WHCO with personal lawyer. It doesn't mention that one thing McGahn produced (Flynn report) was badly misleading. It uses the word "cooperate" in a misleading way. It continues to treat obstruction as only investigation. https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1030879950872576001

Another day, another example of conservatives being censored on social media. @jack easy fix: explain to Congress what is going on. #StopTheBias cc @IngrahamAngle

While reporters criticized Ocasio-Cortez’s closed press townhall meeting with constituents in the Bronx and Queens, one of their colleagues sat outside the President’s closed press fundraiser in Southampton and another arranged to get him a glossy print of a NYT photo he liked.

The lesson of the past 24 hours is that if a politician wants to meet with people without journalists present and not be criticized for it, she should charge $2,000 to attend.

Astonishing graphic from @CNN, identifying civilian massacres in Yemen with the bomb makers - Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics. This should be standard in war reporting. Searing images. https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/17/middleeast/us-saudi-yemen-bus-strike-intl/index.html