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Closely monitoring #HurricaneHarvey from Camp David. We are leaving nothing to chance. City, State and Federal Govs. working great together!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017

.@ChuckGrassley - got your message loud and clear. We have fantastic people on the ground, got there long before #Harvey. So far, so good!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017

At the request of the Governor of Texas, I have signed the Disaster Proclamation, which unleashes the full force of government help!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017

The largest storm to hit the United States in a decade, Harvey is considered an important test for the Trump administration. &quot;In an instant, natural disasters can become defining moments for a presidency,&quot; notes CNN's Jeremy Diamond. For example, &quot;Hurricane Katrina, which hit the New Orleans area in August 2005, became a defining moment of [the George W. Bush] administration, whose response to the hurricane was marked by a series of errors in preparation and mismanagement that sent the president's approval rating to record lows.&quot; Trump's approval rating is already at record lows, so a fumble here could send him below 30 percent.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator William &quot;Brock&quot; Long is new to his post — he was confirmed by the Senate in June — but he has prior FEMA and state-level emergency management experience and is respected in his field. One of Trump's Saturday tweets, below, praised Long while reminding him &quot;the world is watching.&quot; Bonnie Kristian

You are doing a great job - the world is watching! Be safe. https://t.co/PJLdxy3hD9
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Closely monitoring #HurricaneHarvey from Camp David. We are leaving nothing to chance. City, State and Federal Govs. working great together!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017

.@ChuckGrassley - got your message loud and clear. We have fantastic people on the ground, got there long before #Harvey. So far, so good!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017

At the request of the Governor of Texas, I have signed the Disaster Proclamation, which unleashes the full force of government help!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017

The largest storm to hit the United States in a decade, Harvey is considered an important test for the Trump administration. &quot;In an instant, natural disasters can become defining moments for a presidency,&quot; notes CNN's Jeremy Diamond. For example, &quot;Hurricane Katrina, which hit the New Orleans area in August 2005, became a defining moment of [the George W. Bush] administration, whose response to the hurricane was marked by a series of errors in preparation and mismanagement that sent the president's approval rating to record lows.&quot; Trump's approval rating is already at record lows, so a fumble here could send him below 30 percent.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator William &quot;Brock&quot; Long is new to his post — he was confirmed by the Senate in June — but he has prior FEMA and state-level emergency management experience and is respected in his field. One of Trump's Saturday tweets, below, praised Long while reminding him &quot;the world is watching.&quot; Bonnie Kristian

You are doing a great job - the world is watching! Be safe. https://t.co/PJLdxy3hD9
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017

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							 <p>President Trump's Twitter feed <a href="http://time.com/4916977/donald-trump-fema-chief-hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank">was dominated</a> by posts about <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/720967/hurricane-harvey-slowed-category-1-but-not-done-wreaking-chaos" target="_blank">Hurricane Harvey</a> Friday and Saturday, with the president posting warnings about the extreme weather while praising his administration's response to the storm so far.</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Closely monitoring <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a> from Camp David. We are leaving nothing to chance. City, State and Federal Govs. working great together!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley">@ChuckGrassley</a> - got your message loud and clear. We have fantastic people on the ground, got there long before <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a>. So far, so good!</p>
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<p>The largest storm to hit the United States in a decade, Harvey is considered an important test for the Trump administration. "In an instant, natural disasters can become defining moments for a presidency," <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/donald-trump-hurricane-harvey-natural-disaster-response-test/index.html" target="_blank">notes CNN's Jeremy Diamond</a>. For example, "Hurricane Katrina, which hit the New Orleans area in August 2005, became a defining moment of [the George W. Bush] administration, whose response to the hurricane was marked by a series of errors in preparation and mismanagement that sent the president's approval rating to record lows." Trump's approval rating is <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/26/trump-setting-records-for-low-presidential-approval.html" target="_blank">already at record lows</a>, so a fumble here could send him below 30 percent.</p>
<p>Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator William "Brock" Long is new to his post — he was confirmed by the Senate in June — but he has prior FEMA and state-level emergency management experience <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/08/25/546216170/hurricane-harvey-first-challenge-for-president-trumps-fema-director" target="_blank">and is respected</a> in his field. One of Trump's Saturday tweets, below, praised Long while reminding him "the world is watching." <var class="author">Bonnie Kristian</var></p>
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							 <p class="p1">Fox News host Sean Hannity has claimed with no evidence whatsoever that former President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S., that he is in cahoots with the entire "liberal media," and that under his watch, a Democratic National Committee staffer was killed because he supposedly gave emails to WikiLeaks. Never one to miss something that definitely isn't there, Hannity's <a href="https://www.hannity.com/media-room/portrait-perversion-obama-portrait-features-secret-sperm-artist-joked-about-killing-whitey/" target="_blank">latest conspiracy</a> involves "secret sperm cells" in <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/754725/people-are-flipping-over-barack-michelle-obamas-official-portraits" target="_blank">Obama's official portrait</a>. Yes, really.</p>
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<p class="p3">Artist Kehinde Wiley's bold portrait of Barack Obama has been well received, with <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/02/12/two-iconic-portraits-for-iconic-obama-presidency/Et43cpIKmWNnutkaNxOVoJ/story.html" target="_blank"><em>The Boston Globe</em> calling the painting</a> and its pair, Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama, "socio-cultural documents to surviving with grace and elegance." Obama praised Wiley's work at the unveiling Monday, saying: "What I was always struck by whenever I saw his portraits was the degree to which they challenged our conventional views of power and privilege."</p>
<p class="p5">Hannity sees, well, something else. "Controversy surrounding Kehinde Wiley's wildly non-traditional portrait of the commander-in-chief broke out within minutes of its unveiling," <a href="https://www.hannity.com/media-room/portrait-perversion-obama-portrait-features-secret-sperm-artist-joked-about-killing-whitey/" target="_blank">Hannity's website alleges</a>, "with industry insiders claiming the artist secretly inserted his trademark technique — concealing images of sperm within his paintings."</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Sean Hannity's website claims the Obama portrait includes a hidden sperm <a href="https://t.co/dlQR08l99n">https://t.co/dlQR08l99n</a> <a href="https://t.co/LYpqqB2V0q">pic.twitter.com/LYpqqB2V0q</a></p>
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<p class="p1">Maybe not so much. Hannity got one thing right, anyway: It is nontraditional. Wiley's portrait of Obama "dismantles so much and creates new visions of masculinity that black men rarely have the public permission to explore," <a href="https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/963078607622037505" target="_blank">argues</a> Teach for America's Brittany Packnett. <a class="author" href=/authors/jeva-lange><em>Jeva Lange</em></a></p>
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							 <p class="p1">Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) rejected the Republican legislature's redrawn congressional district maps on Tuesday, saying "the map submitted to my office by Republican leaders is still a gerrymander." The move follows the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/750115/pennsylvania-supreme-court-orders-redrawing-congressional-map-that-plainly-palpably-favors-gop" target="_blank">order</a> in late January for all 18 of the state's districts to be redrawn before the 2018 election after finding gerrymandering that "plainly and palpably" benefited the GOP. Wolf said the Republican legislature's attempt at a map kept 70 percent of the districts the court had found unconstitutional, <a href="http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-nws-wolf-pennsylvania-congress-map-20180213-story.html" target="_blank"><em>The Morning Call</em> adds</a>.</p>
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							 <p>FBI Director Christopher Wray has muddled the White House's official story about the departure of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter. Porter resigned last Wednesday after two of his ex-wives <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5359731/Ex-wife-Rob-Porter-Trumps-secretary-tells-marriage.html" target="_blank">claimed</a> to have <a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/02/07/rob-porter-wives-abuse-trump-aide/" target="_blank">suffered</a> years of physical and mental abuse at his hands. The White House <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/john-kelly-defense-of-rob-porter-roils-the-west-wing">initially defended Porter</a> against the allegations and <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/trump-white-house-stood-by-rob-porter-well-after-fbi-learned-of-domestic-violence-allegations.html" target="_blank">claimed not to have known about them</a> until last week, but Wray called that assertion into question Tuesday during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.</p>
<p>Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked Wray: "Was the FBI aware of allegations related to Rob Porter and domestic abuse? And if so, when was the White House informed this could affect his security clearance?" The FBI director noted a "limit" to what he could disclose publicly, but<strong> </strong>said his intelligence agency "submitted a partial report on the investigation … in March" of 2017, and that a background check on Porter was completed by July of last year. He continued: "Soon thereafter we received requests for a follow-up inquiry … and provided that information in November." Wray said that this month the FBI "received some additional information and we passed that on as well," but the investigation officially concluded in January.</p>
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<p>Wray's statements seem to contradict the White House's story about the FBI background check. As <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>'s Rebecca Ballhaus points out, <a href="https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/963450488694992896" target="_blank">White House spokesperson Raj Shah claimed</a> the background check into Porter was "ongoing" when the allegations came to light. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders <a href="https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/963449877408747521" target="_blank">made the same assertion Monday</a>. <a class="author" href=/authors/kelly-omeara><em>Kelly O'Meara Morales</em></a></p>
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							 <p class="p1">Former staff secretary Rob Porter was reportedly in active talks about a promotion, possibly to deputy chief of staff, when his ex-wives went public with allegations that he had physically and verbally abused them, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/politics/rob-porter-promotion-west-wing/index.html" target="_blank">CNN reports</a>. </p>
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							 <p>Angus is a very good boy, but even that won't pass muster in Kansas, where he has been banned from running for governor, <a href="https://apnews.com/db7cf7e1c050471aa1c7b6944312567d?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP_Oddities" target="_blank"><em>The Associated Press</em> reports</a>. Angus' human representative, Terran Woolley, filed paperwork for the 3-year-old hunting dog to run as a Republican, although the Kansas secretary of state's office quickly halted those plans.</p>
<p>"Basically, I was reading some stories about the young teenagers that were entering the governor's race and I thought, 'I wonder what it takes to be in the race,'" <a href="http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Hutchinson-dog-enters-KS-governors-race-473854823.html" target="_blank">Woolley told KWCH 12</a>. "And I thought, 'I wonder if my dog Angus could run.'" Woolley did some research, and determined there was nothing stopping a Wirehaired Vizla from becoming a public servant.</p>
<p>Angus "is a caring, nurturing individual who cares about the best for humanity and all creatures other than squirrels," added Woolley, and would he have been elected, Angus would have appointed his siblings Babe and Max as lieutenant governor and secretary of state respectively. <a class="author" href=/authors/jeva-lange><em>Jeva Lange</em></a></p>
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							 <p>A panel of mental health experts who spoke in Washington Monday agreed President Trump's "mental health may be a threat to the United States," <em>Politico</em> <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/13/trump-mental-state-tom-steyer-407176" target="_blank">reports</a>. The panel <a href="https://twitter.com/TomSteyer/status/963201850119016448" target="_blank">was convened</a> by Democratic billionaire <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Steyer" target="_blank">Tom Steyer</a> — founder of Need to Impeach, a group that calls for Trump's impeachment — and participants were predictably sympathetic to Steyer's cause.</p>
<p>Of particular concern to the panelists was Trump's authority to launch nuclear weapons. "[T]he entire military chain of command are all held to the highest degree of emotional and psychological stability except one man, the president of the United States, the very person who has his finger on a nuclear button," said panelist Steven Buser, a former Air Force physician. </p>
<p>The speakers also considered the 25th Amendment, a <a href="http://theweek.com/articles/718950/could-25th-amendment-really-remove-trump-from-office" target="_blank">possible</a> but <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/689315/sorry-liberals-president-trump-not-going-removed-from-office-by-25th-amendment" target="_blank">improbable</a> avenue to removing Trump from office without impeachment. The amendment provides that if the president is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," the vice president can be tasked with assuming the presidency. </p>
<p>And they discussed <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/610958/heres-ethical-problem-labeling-trump-narcissist" target="_blank">the Goldwater Rule</a>, an American Psychiatric Association prohibition on diagnosing public figures from afar. "When you see the rise of an autocrat," <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/13/trump-mental-state-tom-steyer-407176" target="_blank">argued</a> panelist and psychologist John D. Gartner, "silence is a sin, Goldwater be damned." Watch the full panel <a href="https://www.facebook.com/officialtomsteyer/videos/1593682587419863/" target="_blank">here</a>. <a class="author" href=/authors/bonnie-kristian><em>Bonnie Kristian</em></a></p>
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							 <p>Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr officially won his 251st game on Monday — in a game he didn't coach.</p>
<p>The Warriors, despite their league-leading 44-13 record, have been going through something of a <a href="http://warriorswire.usatoday.com/2018/02/07/steve-kerr-and-stephen-curry-arent-worried-about-warriors-slump/">slump</a> lately. They'd dropped three of their last six games before Monday night. So Kerr decided to shake things up and let his team do the coaching against the lowly Phoenix Suns, one of the league's worst teams.</p>
<p>The Warriors won 129-83. It was their second-biggest margin of victory all season.</p>
<p>Reserve center JaVale McGee was tasked with running the team's preparatory film session. Cerebral veteran Andre Iguodala was given responsibility over the team's pregame shootaround. Throughout the course of the game, coaching duties were shared between Iguodala, 37-year-old center David West, star guard Stephen Curry, and the Warriors' <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/2017/4/25/15420756/draymond-green-defense-breakdown-nba-warriors-blazers" target="_blank">brilliant</a> and <a href="http://www.complex.com/sports/2017/11/draymond-green-savage-trash-talking-moments" target="_blank">brash</a> defensive star Draymond Green. Kerr hung out on the sidelines and remained uninvolved.</p>
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<p>— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/963275801650057216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>After the game, <a href="https://theathletic.com/239549/2018/02/13/thompson-steve-kerr-handed-the-clipboard-and-huddles-to-his-players-and-it-worked-kind-of/" target="_blank">Kerr explained</a> that he could only do so much as a coach: "It's [the players'] team and they have to take ownership of it. As coaches, our job is to nudge them in the right direction and guide them, but we don't control them." <a class="author" href=/authors/kelly-omeara><em>Kelly O'Meara Morales</em></a></p>
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