Новости за 13.08.2018

Matthew Betley, TWS
The league uses patriotism to sell tickets and merch, but Roger Goodell doesn't care at all about the people for whom the national anthem means something.

Liam Denning, Bloomberg
He just gave the huge oil producer dangerous leverage over his electric-car maker.

Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Consider this the most boring version of “Where’s Waldo” ever.

Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
When all is said and done, President Trump's trade war may be fated to fail. There are many reasons why. One is that the target countries -- prominently, China, Japan and Germany -- won't accede to his demands. This is already happening. Another threat is a backlash among U.S. firms, hurt by tariffs that raise their products' prices. This, too, is happening.

Randall King, Indianapolis Star
President Trump’s media criticism sticks all too easily when the public doesn’t get the difference between news and opinion.

Dana Perino, FOX News
Even if Omarosa Maginault Newman didn't think that the president of the United States deserved better from her, I believe the citizens of this country do.

Michael Arceneaux, NBC News
Manigault Newman knew who Trump was long ago and she made the choice to work with him anyway. So spare us.

Amy Sikma, The Federalist
The winner of Tuesday's primary will face incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin in what Democrats are treating as a vulnerable seat this year.

Gromer Jeffers, Dallas Morning News
Texas has been a Republican bastion for a quarter century, leaving little incentive for national Democrats to invest in local candidates and help...

James Gagliano, Washington Examiner
I received the news with zero emotion. Former FBI senior executive Peter Strzok had been fired. My custom when a fellow law enforcement colleague has fallen on hard times or gotten caught up in bad circumstances, even of their own design, has typically been to feel empathy. And yet Strzok’s deserved firing has left me feeling empty, hollow, and numb.

Susan Estrich, Boston Herald
Media outlets last week were all over a new Pew study that found that President Trump's support is not quite as broad and not quite as happy as his stunningly stable approval rating might suggest.

Lee Smith, RCI
The June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between high-ranking members of the Republican presidential campaign staff and a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties remains the cornerstone of claims that Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the election.

Lee Smith, RCI
The June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between high-ranking members of the Republican presidential campaign staff and a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties remains the cornerstone of claims that Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the election.

Liz Peek, FOX News
With the Times reporter looking on, Avenatti prepared for yet another CNN hit by chatting privately with a grinning CNN President Jeff Zucker.

Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg

Juan Williams, The Hill

Gabriel Debenedetti, NY Magazine
On the heels of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's tectonic win, a Massachusetts primary tests the limits of insurgency.

Josh Vorhees, Slate

John Fund, National Review

Lee Smith, RCI

Chris Cillizza, CNN