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10:40 PM ET, September 20, 2017

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Washington Post:
Manafort offered to give Russian billionaire ‘private briefings’ on 2016 campaign  —  FILE - In this July 17, 2016 file photo, then-Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland as Rick Gates listens at back left.
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Mueller Seeks White House Documents Related to Trump's Actions as President  —  Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, is interested in Mr. Trump's firing of his F.B.I. director and national security adviser and other events.  —  September 20, 2017  —  Republican Leaders Defy Bipartisan Opposition to Health Law Repeal
Wall Street Journal:
All Mr. Comey's Wiretaps  —  Congress needs to learn how the FBI meddled in the 2016 campaign.  —  When Donald Trump claimed in March that he'd had his “wires tapped” prior to the election, the press and Obama officials dismissed the accusation as a fantasy.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Wire
Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:
It looks like Obama did spy on Trump, just as he apparently did to me
Discussion: Bloomberg
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Manafort used Trump campaign account to email Ukrainian operative
Washington Post:
Mueller casts broad net in requesting extensive records from Trump White House
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Sen. Graham implores colleague to vote for GOP health bill  —  https://apnews.com/a017d33b2344493e8098 d47ed2ceb087  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an overheard phone call Wednesday, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham leaned on a fellow senator to back his GOP health care bill despite “all its imperfections.”
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
GOP senators are rushing to pass Graham-Cassidy.  We asked 9 to explain what it does.  —  Republican senators are struggling to articulate why they are rushing to pass their last-ditch effort to repeal and replace Obamacare over the next 10 days before running into their September 30 deadline.
Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Chuck Grassley: Fulfilling campaign promise just as important as ‘substance’ of health bill  —  Republican Senators have taken up another bill to repeal Obamacare.  Here's what's in the legislation.  USA TODAY  —  CONNECT  —  Despite many evident shortcomings in a bill to repeal …
Avalere Health:
Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Bill Would Reduce Federal Funding to States by $215 Billion  —  New analysis from Avalere finds that the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (GCHJ) bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would lead to a reduction in federal funding to states …
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Jimmy Kimmel Has No Moral Authority On Health Care Just Because His Son Had Heart Surgery.  Here's Why.  —  On Tuesday evening, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel spoke from the heart once again about Obamacare.  Citing his baby son's experience with open heart surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles …
Discussion: Politico, IJR, twitchy.com and Vox
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
The new healthcare bill includes an ‘Alaska Purchase’ to woo a key senator  —  On Tuesday evening, Robert VerBruggen of National Review noticed something odd: The financial projections produced by Sen. Bill Cassidy's office showed that, in 2026, his healthcare proposal would award each state …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Daily Kos
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
I've covered the GOP repeal plans since day one. Graham-Cassidy is the most radical.
Reihan Salam / Slate:
Graham-Cassidy could turn a red electoral map blue.
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Cassidy is selling his health plan with misleading numbers
Avik Roy / Washington Post:
Cassidy-Graham is attractive in theory. But it has a giant flaw.
Discussion: Forbes
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
LEAKED: Watch MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell's Unhinged Outtakes...for Eight Crazy Minutes (UPDATE)  —  Lawrence O'Donnell had a really bad night on August 29, 2017.  —  We draw that conclusion based on the above clip obtained by Mediaite, showing behind the scenes footage of a furious O'Donnell absolutely …
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Strange Authenticity of Hillary Clinton  —  By now, you know the news nuggets from Hillary Clinton's new campaign memoir, What Happened.  You know that she blames herself for the most shocking upset in American political history, while indicting (in varying degrees of anger and exasperation) …
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Hillary Clinton Slams Vladimir Putin For ‘Manspreading’
Discussion: AOL and IJR
The Daily Beast:
Russians Appear to Use Facebook to Push Pro-Trump ‘Flash Mobs’ in Florida … Suspected Russia propagandists on Facebook tried to organize more than a dozen pro-Trump rallies in Florida during last year's election, The Daily Beast has learned.  —  The demonstrations—at least …
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Black employees of BLT Prime, in Trump International Hotel, allege racial discrimination  —  Dominique Hill and Irving Smith Jr. had good jobs.  —  Last year, Hill worked as a bartender at P.F. Chang's in Tysons Corner and Smith had recently been promoted to bartender at Wildfire grill, also in Tysons.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
NBC News:
Trump Leaning Toward Decertifying Iran Nuclear Deal, Say Sources  —  President Donald Trump is leaning toward decertifying the Iran nuclear deal and putting the decision of whether the United States withdraw from the accord in the hands of Congress, according to four sources …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Tillerson, Haley Clash Over Iran Nuclear Deal
Discussion: RedState, Bloomberg and IJR
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
Turning Off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11's Control Center Doesn't Actually Turn Off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth  —  And it's a feature, not a bug.  —  Turning off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when you're not using them on your smartphone has long been standard, common sense, advice.
NBC News:
All Power Out as Hurricane Maria's Winds, Floods Crush Puerto Rico  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria is likely to have “destroyed” Puerto Rico, the island's emergency director said Wednesday after the monster storm smashed ripped roofs off buildings and flooded homes across the economically strained U.S. territory.
New York Times:
Manafort Working on Kurdish Referendum Opposed by U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Paul J. Manafort, the former campaign chairman for President Trump who is at the center of investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, is working for allies of the leader of Iraq's Kurdish region …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Politico
Sheryl Sandberg:
Last week we temporarily disabled some of our ads tools following news reports that slurs or other offensive language could be used as targeting criteria for advertising.  If someone self-identified as a ‘Jew-hater’ or said they studied ‘how to burn Jews’ in their profile …
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Preet Bharara joins CNN as senior legal analyst  —  Preet Bharara, whom President Donald Trump fired as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is joining CNN as a Senior Legal Analyst, POLITICO has learned.  —  Bharara was known for his media savvy on the job in Manhattan …
Bret Baier / Fox News:
Samantha Power sought to unmask Americans on almost daily basis, sources say  —  Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was ‘unmasking’ at such a rapid pace in the final months of the Obama administration that she averaged more than one request for every working day in 2016 …
mystatesman:
Immigrant taken by ICE from Austin courthouse was killed in Mexico  —  METRO-STATE By Ryan Autullo and Taylor Goldenstein - American-Statesman Staff  —  Highlights  —  Family members say four men broke into a home in the middle of the night and kidnapped Coronilla-Guerrero.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
J.R. Taylor / National Enquirer:
Apology Regarding Judge Judy And Nicole Sheindlin  —  A statement from The National ENQUIRER  —  The National ENQUIRER and sister publication The National Examiner recently published articles which stated that Judge Judy Sheindlin suffered from “brain disease,” was “fighting” …
Discussion: Daily Wire, Jezebel and IJR
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Voter Fraud?  A Trump Nominee Looks Like He Cast an Illegal Ballot  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump's voter integrity commission looks under rocks for possible voter malfeasance, its members might want to examine a presidential nominee awaiting confirmation by the Senate Finance Committee.
Politico:
How America feels about Trump  —  The latest approval ratings for the president and Congress from POLITICO/Morning Consult  —  Most Americans think President Donald Trump isn't doing a good job, according to the latest POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  Compared with last week's numbers …
Kimberly Roots / TVLine:
Law & Order Vet Sam Waterston to Bring Jack McCoy to SVU Season 19  —  These are their stories... and some are so good, you wanna hear 'em again: Law & Order alum Sam Waterston will reprise his role from that series on an upcoming episode of SVU's Season 19, TVLine has learned.
 
 
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
In sign of U.S. economy's strength, Fed to start reducing $4.5 trillion balance sheet
Discussion: TheBlaze and Mother Jones
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County probation officer accused of sex abuse pleads guilty to assaulting girls at juvenile hall
Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Ryan / Bloomberg:
Nicaragua Joins Paris Accord, Leaving Trump Alone With Syria
Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:
Governor Justice, now Republican, tells Republicans he supports Manchin's Senate bid
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Why Is Congress Conducting Its Russia Investigation in Secret?
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Jeannie Suk Gersen / New Yorker:
Laura Kipnis's Endless Trial by Title IX
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Bobby Moynihan / CBS News:
Man captures dramatic rescue at Mexico school on video
Discussion: Raw Story, NPR and CBS San Francisco
Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
There is meddling in Germany's election — not by Russia, but by U.S. right wing
Discussion: Raw Story
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Linda Hamilton Set to Return to ‘Terminator’ Franchise (Exclusive)
 

 
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