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More than 200,000 Texan homes and businesses are without power Saturday morning; at least 10 people were injured when the roof of a senior center collapsed in Rockport. Residents who did not evacuate the storm's path have been warned to boil water for consumption and asked to &quot;mark their arm with a Sharpie pen with their name and Social Security number&quot; for emergency identification. Heavy rains are expected to continue through Wednesday.
See video of Harvey's flooding in Corpus Christi and a Weather Channel visualization of different storm categories' wind effects below. Bonnie Kristian

THIS IS NOT THE OCEAN! This is what it looks like now on some streets in Corpus Christi because of #HurricaneHarvey https://t.co/Q37TTBqinM pic.twitter.com/JA8scjDKfh
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More than 200,000 Texan homes and businesses are without power Saturday morning; at least 10 people were injured when the roof of a senior center collapsed in Rockport. Residents who did not evacuate the storm's path have been warned to boil water for consumption and asked to &quot;mark their arm with a Sharpie pen with their name and Social Security number&quot; for emergency identification. Heavy rains are expected to continue through Wednesday.
See video of Harvey's flooding in Corpus Christi and a Weather Channel visualization of different storm categories' wind effects below. Bonnie Kristian

THIS IS NOT THE OCEAN! This is what it looks like now on some streets in Corpus Christi because of #HurricaneHarvey https://t.co/Q37TTBqinM pic.twitter.com/JA8scjDKfh
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) August 26, 2017

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							 <p>Hurricane Harvey <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-harvey-texas-coast-live-updates/" target="_blank">was downgraded</a> overnight from its Category 4 peak to Category 1 after making landfall in Texas late Friday. The strongest storm to hit the mainland United States in a decade, Harvey touched down near Port Aransas on the Gulf Coast around 11 p.m. local time. A Category 4 storm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale" target="_blank">has consistent winds</a> in excess of 130 mph; now, as a Category 1, Harvey has consistent winds of 74 mph or higher.</p>
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							 <p>When the <em>Arizona Monitor</em> endorsed Republican Senate candidate Kelli Ward last fall, her campaign quickly touted the news on Facebook. Only, there was one problem: The<em> Arizona Monitor</em> isn't a real publication. It is an "anonymous, pro-Ward blog" that "launched just a few weeks before publishing the endorsement, and its domain registration is hidden, masking the identity of its owner," <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/14/arizona-senate-kelli-ward-fake-news-407281" target="_blank"><em>Politico</em> reports</a>.</p>
<p>In other words, the <em>Arizona Monitor</em> is the very definition of fake news.</p>
<p>You can't be blamed for having assumed differently: In a media landscape populated by websites with names like <em>InfoWars</em>, <em>Liberty Writers News</em>, and <em>UndergroundNewsReport.com</em>, it is usually fairly easy to discern publications that might push an agenda with false stories. That sniff test is no longer reliable, though, <em>Politico</em> reports:</p>
<blockquote><p>The <em>Arizona Monitor</em> seems to be part of a growing trend of conservative political-messaging sites with names that mimic those of mainstream news organizations and whose favored candidates then tout their stories and endorsements as if they were from independent journalists. It's a phenomenon that spans the country from northern New England, where the anonymous <em>Maine Examiner</em> wreaked havoc on a recent mayoral election, all the way out to California, where Rep. Devin Nunes launched — as reported by <em><a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/11/devin-nunes-alternative-news-site-402097">Politico</a></em> — his own so-called news outlet, the <em>California Republican</em>. [<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/14/arizona-senate-kelli-ward-fake-news-407281" target="_blank"><em>Politico</em></a>]</p>
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<p>The director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, described the method as "basically … an appropriation of credibility." Read more about how fake news websites are designed to trick you, and who might be behind them, <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/14/arizona-senate-kelli-ward-fake-news-407281" target="_blank">at <em>Politico</em></a>. <a class="author" href=/authors/jeva-lange><em>Jeva Lange</em></a></p>
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							 <p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) had a rather unromantic beginning to his Valentine's Day. During an interview with Chris Cuomo on CNN's <i>New Day</i>, Jordan tried to spin the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/politics/rob-porter-john-kelly-timeline-white-house/index.html" target="_blank">ongoing scandal regarding Rob Porter</a>, the former White House staff secretary who resigned last week after two of his ex-wives leveled allegations of abuse, into a story about one of <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/jim-jordan-fbi-texts-were-most-extreme-bias-cnntv/index.html" target="_blank">his pet topics</a>: alleged abuses of power in the FBI's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.</p>
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<p>When Cuomo challenged Jordan's description of the FISA court, which oversees surveillance requests, as a "secret court," Jordan said: "Have you ever read a transcript from the FISA court? ... I haven't." Cuomo pointed out the contradiction in Jordan's logic: "That's why I don't have an opinion about them. I don't judge them when I haven't seen them."</p>
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							 <p>The House Oversight Committee <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/963770544637337601" target="_blank">has launched an investigation</a> into the scandal involving former White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter, committee chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) confirmed Wednesday. Porter resigned last week after his ex-wives went public with claims of physical and verbal abuse, although it was reportedly <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/753929/white-house-scrambling-contain-fallout-from-rob-porters-downfall" target="_blank">widely known in the West Wing</a> last fall that Porter's lack of security clearance was due in part to the charges.</p>
<p>Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the committee's ranking member, called for a review of the security clearance process in a letter to Gowdy the day after allegations about Porter came out, <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-director-christopher-wray-rob-porter-security-clearance-805411" target="_blank"><em>Newsweek</em> reports</a>. Speaking on CNN, Gowdy said: "I'm going to direct questions to the FBI that I expect them to answer. And if they don't answer them, then they're going to need to give me a really good reason." Watch below. <var class="author">Jeva Lange</var></p>
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							 <p>Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/569237/know-who-else-kills-african-animals-sport-donald-trumps-sons" target="_blank">enthusiastic hunters</a>, although that does not explain why their 171-acre private hunting preserve in Wingdale, New York, sounds "like you're in a war zone," as one neighbor put it <a href="https://apnews.com/567ad2ab3c4f4a38bbc859203b58b2a8" target="_blank">to <em>The Associated Press</em></a>.</p>
<p>It's not just the regular deer hunting rifle fire residents are used to, though. Neighbors say they hear the deafening sounds of target practice as well as exploding targets and gunfire ringing out from a wooden tower on the property. "It's bad," said another neighbor. "It shakes the windows."</p>
<p>The Trumps bought the property anonymously in 2013 after unsuccessfully attempting to get a discount by arguing it was <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/harlem-valley-psychiatric-center" target="_blank">haunted</a>. The brothers used a limited liability company to scoop up the land, although paperwork traces back to Trump Jr. and Eric Trump directly.</p>
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							 <p>Republicans have at last seized the advantage on a generic congressional ballot following a three-month period that saw Democrats with leads between 2 and 10 points, a new <em>Politico</em>/Morning Consult poll found. Among registered voters, 39 percent said they would vote for a generic Republican candidate for Congress, while 38 percent said they would vote for a Democrat and 23 percent said they are undecided.</p>
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							 <p>On Tuesday, the heads of the U.S. intelligence community, most of them appointed by President Trump, had a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/14/the-u-s-s-top-spies-issue-a-challenge-to-trumps-agenda/" target="_blank">pretty sobering message</a>. "Frankly, the United States is under attack," Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee. "Under attack by entities that are using cyber to penetrate virtually every major action that takes place in the United States," he added. "There should be no doubt that Russia perceives its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 U.S. midterm elections as a potential target for Russian influence operations."</p>
<p>All five other intelligence chiefs agreed, including CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/751788/trumps-cia-director-says-every-expectation-russia-meddle-americas-2018-midterms" target="_blank">told the BBC recently</a> that Russia is almost certainly going to try to interfere with the 2018 election.</p>
<p>Not everyone's buying it. Specifically and importantly, Trump <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/736861/trump-says-really-believes-putins-denial-election-meddling" target="_blank">doesn't seem to buy it</a>. The president "remains unconvinced that Russia interfered in the presidential election," <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/politics/trump-unconvinced-russia-meddled-election/index.html" target="_blank">CNN reports</a>, citing three people familiar with Trump's thinking. "While this issue is separate from the question of whether Trump campaign officials colluded with Russian officials, to Trump the issues are interwoven, the sources say. He views the notion that Russia meddled in the election as an argument that he had help to win, and that he didn't win the election on his own."</p>
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<p>On Tuesday, some senators noted that it matters what Trump believes. "I understand the president's sensitivity about whether his campaign was in connections with the Russians, and that's a separate question," <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/politics/trump-unconvinced-russia-meddled-election/index.html" target="_blank">Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) told the intelligence chiefs</a>. "My problem is I talk to people in Maine who say the whole thing is a witch hunt and a hoax because 'the president told me.'" Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/14/the-u-s-s-top-spies-issue-a-challenge-to-trumps-agenda/" target="_blank">said</a> the Russia threat that Trump "inconceivably continues to deny" demands "a whole-of-government response, and that needs to start with leadership at the top." When asked, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Trump had "not specifically directed" intelligence agencies to take steps to counter Russian election-meddling. <a class="author" href=/authors/peter-weber><em>Peter Weber</em></a></p>
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							 <p>On Tuesday night, President Trump's White House was <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/755085/wh-official-tells-washington-post-john-kelly-big-fat-liar-when-comes-porter-saga" target="_blank">embroiled in an escalating week-long scandal</a> over former staff secretary Rob Porter, and Trump's longtime personal lawyer just <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/755084/trumps-personal-lawyer-says-used-money-pay-stormy-daniels-130000" target="_blank">admitted to making a secret pre-election $130,000 payment</a> to a porn star who said she'd had an extramarital affair with Trump. So naturally, Fox News host Tucker Carlson decided to talk about Omarosa Manigault Newman.</p>
<p>Maybe <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/omarosa-reportedly-fired-abusing-white-house-car-service-article-1.3818099" target="_blank">the White House is worried</a> about Omarosa <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/754192/white-house-pushes-back-omarosas-prophecy-trumpean-doom-by-noting-trump-fired-apprentice" target="_blank">using her <em>Celebrity Big Brother</em> platform</a> to <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/754851/omarosa-says-pence-extreme-thinks-jesus-tells-say-things" target="_blank">dish about the White House</a>, but Carlson's guest, Piers Morgan, judged it "absolutely ridiculous that we're even having to discuss Omarosa." He warmed up to the subject. Trump made a grave error putting Omarosa in the West Wing, he said, and now "she's squealing like a canary and taking them all down, as of course she was going to."</p>
<p>"I mean, for all the time we spend on the Russia story, this is a bigger scandal," Carlson agreed, laughing. Morgan compared Omarosa to Rob Porter, which was a bridge too far for Carlson. Omarosa "is probably in her own category," he said. Trump's White House is "not chock full of Omarosas." He turned to Morgan's <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> stint with Omarosa.</p>
<p>"She's absolutely appalling, literally one of the worst human beings I've ever encountered in my life," Morgan said. He called Omarosa "vicious, conniving, scheming, plotting, treacherous," and claimed the first thing she did when they met on set was proposition him. "She said, 'On <em>The Apprentice</em>, everyone has sex together, so you and I could do that and then we could sell it and make loads of money.' I said, 'Are you completely deluded? What!? Please go away.' She said, 'What? What's the matter with you? Are you gay?'" Carlson found this hilarious. "So this is your #MeToo moment," he said, laughing.</p>
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<p>In the White House, "you can just bet your life she was there listening, plotting, scheming, probably tape-recording," Morgan promised. If so, you know where to tune in. <a class="author" href=/authors/peter-weber><em>Peter Weber</em></a></p>
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