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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Danger of President Pence  —  Trump's critics yearn for his exit.  But Mike Pence, the corporate right's inside man, poses his own risks.  —  On September 14th, the right-wing pundit Ann Coulter, who last year published a book titled “In Trump We Trust,” expressed what a growing number of Americans …
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
The Mystery Of Wilbur Ross' Missing Billions  —  Dressed in a blue suit and red tie, Donald Trump's 79-year-old pick for Secretary of Commerce sat before a panel of senators for nearly four hours in January, deflecting dozens of questions with relative ease.
Discussion: Raw Story
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Miami politician says aliens took her on a spaceship.  Now she's running for Congress.  —  WASHINGTON  —  Florida has a U.S. senator who once flew aboard the Space Shuttle.  —  A congressional candidate from Miami can go one better: Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera says she's been aboard a spaceship too.
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Inside the ‘adult day-care center’: How aides try to control and coerce Trump  —  President Trump listens as officials heap praise on him at a Cabinet meeting June 12.  From left, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
Sara Murray / CNN:
Trump allies worry that losing the House means impeachment  —  (CNN)Top White House aides, lawmakers, donors and political consultants are privately asking whether President Donald Trump realizes that losing the House next year could put his presidency in peril.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump predicts ‘long-term fix’ for Obamacare by March or April
Discussion: ABC News
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Bowe Bergdahl, Called a ‘Traitor’ by President Trump, Pleads Guilty  —  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009, setting off a military manhunt and political furor, pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy on Monday before a military judge in Fort Bragg, N.C.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump promises to ‘look into’ report on drug czar nominee Marino in wake of Post/'60 Minutes' probe  —  President Trump said “we're going to be looking into” a report about his drug czar nominee Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) in the wake of a Washington Post/"60 Minutes" investigation that found …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
‘Today’ editor fired over Lawrence O'Donnell meltdown leak … NBC has tracked down and fired the staffer who leaked the infamous — and wildly entertaining — tape of Lawrence O'Donnell's meltdown during which he swore at his crew because of “insanity in my earpiece.”
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cochran still out of commission because of health woes  —  Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) will not return to Washington on Monday as planned due to continued health problems — denying Senate Republicans a reliable vote as they take up a must-pass budget later this week.
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Associated Press:
GOP Sen. Thad Cochran grappling with illness
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Bloomberg:
Kushner Plan for Fifth Avenue Tower Is Being Blocked by Partner  —  Vornado wants modest renovation and to rent out offices  —  The building has been losing money since it was bought in 2007  —  An ambitious plan by Jared Kushner's family to recast its indebted Fifth Avenue office building …
Discussion: Raw Story
Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
Here's the Memo the Kremlin-Linked Lawyer Took to the Meeting With Donald Trump Jr.  —  No dirt on Clinton, a passing mention of adoptions, and a lot on Bill Browder and the Magnitsky Act.  —  Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya arrived at a June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. armed …
Glenn Whipp / Los Angeles Times:
Kate Winslet didn't thank Harvey Weinstein when she won the Oscar.  Here's why  —  When Kate Winslet won the lead actress Oscar for “The Reader” in 2009, she thanked 19 people by name along with many others in general.  —  She did not mention Harvey Weinstein, whose company financed and distributed the movie.
Discussion: Mashable, AOL, Full Feed and Refinery29
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Erin Durkin / New York Daily News:
Pilot boots New York activist Tamika Mallory from American Airlines flight over seat dispute  —  New York activist Tamika Mallory says she was booted from an American Airlines flight in Miami after a pilot inserted himself into a dispute over her seat assignment.
Discussion: IJR and The Root
Meduza:
An ex St. Petersburg ‘troll’ speaks out Russian independent TV network interviews former troll at the Internet Research Agency  —  Dozhd calls him “Maxim,” but that's not his real name.  The TV network says Max's employment records confirm that he spent 18 months at 55 Savushkina in St. Petersburg …
Discussion: Yahoo
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Judge deals blow to Menendez  —  NEWARK — After raising Sen. Robert Menendez's hopes last week, a federal judge crushed them on Monday morning.  —  U.S. District Court Judge William Walls refused to toss any of the 18 charges in the corruption case against Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat …
Discussion: Political Wire
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's attacks on Senate Republicans are paying political dividends  —  THE BIG IDEA:  —  NEW YORK—Scapegoating the Senate GOP is proving to be an effective political strategy for President Trump.  Activists and donors on the right are primed to blame congressional Republicans …
Thomas J. Farnan / Townhall.com:
Roger Goodell Killed the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg  —  Y.A. Tittle died last week.  A Hall of Fame quarterback for the New York Giants, he is best known for the taking a knee on a football field.  Actually, it was two knees.  —  In September 1964, the Giants were facing the Pittsburgh Steelers at old Pitt Stadium.
Mike Allen / Axios:
The next CIA director could be Tom Cotton  —  We told you about internal administration conversations about sliding CIA Director Mike Pompeo over to replace SecState Rex Tillerson, whenever he heads back to Texas.  —  Now we're hearing about a top possibility for the next chess move …
Discussion: AOL, IJR and Political Wire
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
WPA2 security flaw puts almost every Wi-Fi device at risk of hijack, eavesdropping  —  Security experts have said the bug is a total breakdown of the WPA2 security protocol.  —  A security protocol at the heart of most modern Wi-Fi devices, including computers, phones, and routers …
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
White House paper: Corporate tax cut would boost wages  —  The White House on Monday is rolling out a paper arguing that the GOP's plan to slash the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent would “very conservatively” increase average household income by $4,000 per year.
Discussion: Vox, RedState and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Resistance’ vs. George Washington  —  If a president can't take emoluments, the founders were crooks.  —  The Trump administration has been under siege from the left's self-professed “legal resistance.”  Perhaps the highest-profile example involves President Trump himself.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Fussy Attack of the Domesticated Conservatives  —  Getting named to Salon's list of The 25 Conservatives Actually Worth Following On Twitter is either a grievous insult or a certification that you suck.  Salon is saying that you're not a carrier of a hardcore conservative contagion …
Discussion: NewsBusters and twitchy.com
Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues:
US Supreme Court will hear petition to review Microsoft search warrant case while momentum to modernize the law continues in Congress  —  In July 2016, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit agreed with Microsoft that U.S. federal or state law enforcement cannot use traditional search warrants …
Laura Moriarty:
Dear friends, I write this with a heavy but hopeful heart.  If and when you have time, I would appreciate your thoughts on this (longer than average) post.  And feel free to share.  —  My new novel, American Heart, is a crossover novel (for both older teens and adults) …
Discussion: National Review and Kirkus Reviews
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
TRUMP'S GOLDEN RULE OF GOVERNING  —  It's November 2013 and you're Donald Trump.  By your standards it's a normal weekend, which means you're sitting in the presidential suite of the Moscow Ritz Carlton fuming at Barack Obama.  In part you're fuming because you're very racist …
Discussion: Eschaton
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
How Not to Marginalize the Alt-Right  —  Leftist critics only help it by exaggerating its power and attacking even conservatives who oppose it.
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Megyn Kelly's ratings hit ‘possible all-time low’ … A big get with Harvey Weinstein accuser Lauren Sivan wasn't big enough to pull Megyn Kelly out of her ratings slump.  —  Her “Megyn Kelly Today” viewership slipped from 0.77 ratings points on Monday to 0.54 ratings points on Tuesday of last week.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Michael Wilson / New York Times:
New Jersey Man Found Guilty in Chelsea Bombing
Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
LIGO Detects Fierce Collision of Neutron Stars for the First Time
Discussion: NPR and The Daily Caller
USA Today:
Trump sells out your health insurance
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
EPA won't settle lawsuits from environmental groups
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Post
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
The founders of the firm behind the Trump-Russia dossier say they'll refuse to testify …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Standing on the Shoulders of Diversocrats
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Trump's Irrational Hatred of the Iran Deal
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Sen. Dick Durbin: Democrats can lose to Trump if they ‘overdo it’ by being too liberal
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Jimmy Kimmel speaks his mind
CIS.org:
U.S. Immigrant Population Hit Record 43.7 Million in 2016
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Marie Simoneaux / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Platform explosion rocks Kenner, injures 7 people Sunday
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Florida's Senate race shaping up as a clash of titans
Discussion: miamiherald
Bloomberg:
Facebook Is Looking for Employees With National Security Clearances
 

 
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