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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
President non grata: Trump often unwelcome and unwilling to perform basic rituals of the office  —  Shunned at two funerals and one (royal) wedding so far, President Trump may be well on his way to becoming president non grata.  —  The latest snub comes in the form of the upcoming funeral …
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Politico:
Ducey aims to please Trump with McCain fill-in  —  The Arizona governor has grown closer to the White House since cautiously embracing the president in 2016, but can't risk alienating moderate voters.  —  Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey's decision to replace the late John McCain …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
McCain conspiracists say his brain cancer was a hoax  —  President Trump displayed his innate grace and decency Saturday by spiking a White House statement honoring the late Sen. John McCain's life.  Monday morning, the flag over the White House was ( until criticism poured in ) back to full staff …
Discussion: The Atlantic, CNN and Fox News
Ashley Killough / CNN:
GOP senator praises McCain but says he's ‘partially to blame’ for White House flag controversy  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. James Inhofe told reporters Monday that Sen. John McCain was “partially to blame” for the controversy over the lowering of the White House flag.
Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Manafort Sought Deal in Next Trial, but Talks Broke Down  —  Negotiations stalled after Mueller raised issues  —  Paul Manafort's defense team held talks with prosecutors to resolve a second set of charges against the former Trump campaign chairman before he was convicted last week …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham says any new attorney general must let Mueller finish his job  —  Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said Tuesday that if President Trump replaces Attorney General Jeff Sessions, his new nominee would have to promise the Senate that he would allow special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to complete his investigation.
Discussion: Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
BREAKING: Divided Three Judge Court Holds North Carolina Congressional Redistricting an Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander, Considers New Districts for 2018 Elections  —  In a case with potentially national implications both short term and long, a three judge district court in North Carolina …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Three-judge panel rules unconstitutional gerrymandering in North Carolina
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Splinter and Politico
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: On Trump and McCain
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
SOURCES: China Hacked Clinton's Private Email Server  — A Chinese-owned company penetrated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private server, according to sources briefed on the matter.  — The company inserted code that forwarded copies of Clinton's emails to the Chinese company in real time.
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed News:
Lanny Davis Says He Was A Source For CNN's Trump Tower Story  —  Attorney Lanny Davis says he was an anonymous source in a July CNN story that reported his client, Michael Cohen, had privately claimed that President Trump had advance knowledge of the infamous Trump Tower meeting between his son …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Source: FBI Agent Told Congress The Bureau Used Leaked Stories To Obtain Spy Warrants  — FBI Special Agent Jonathan Moffa told Congress on Friday that the FBI has used leaked stories to obtain FISA warrants  — Meadows' tweet was referring to Moffa's testimony, a source tells The Daily Caller News Foundation
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Amy Chozick / Vogue:
Stormy Daniels Isn't Backing Down  —  Michael Avenatti and Stormy Daniels, photographed in New York.  Zac Posen dress.  Tiffany & Co. earrings.  —  Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, October 2018  —  BY THE TIME I knock on the door of Stormy Daniels's room at the Roger Smith Hotel …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Mollie Tibbetts's father decries vitriol against Hispanics, saying they're ‘Iowans with better food’  —  Rob Tibbetts spoke kind words about the Hispanic community during his daughter's funeral.  —  It did not take long after authorities in Iowa named a suspect in the killing …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Ted Cruz passes the hat for campaign cash as concern rises about challenger Beto O'Rourke  —  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, during a lunch with colleagues last week in Washington passed the hat for campaign cash, as the Texas Republican's anxiety mounts about the unusually brisk challenge from Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke.
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Justin Wise / The Hill:   Poll: Cruz leads O'Rourke by 1 point in Texas Senate race
New York Times:
In Defending Trump, Is Giuliani a Shrewd Tactician — or ‘Untethered’?  —  Rudolph Giuliani, President Trump's lawyer, detailed for the first time his strategy for representing the president, in blunt and divisively political terms.  —  The man identified these days as President Trump's lawyer seems vaguely familiar.
Discussion: Political Wire
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CNN:   Giuliani: Trump's lawyers haven't heard from Mueller in weeks
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Why Trump cancelled Pompeo's trip to North Korea  —  Last Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced he was departing on his fourth trip to Pyongyang.  On Friday, just hours before Pompeo was supposed to leave, President Trump tweeted that the trip was off.
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Jessica Donati / Wall Street Journal:   Mike Pompeo's Unexpected Diplomatic Crisis: He Took #Swagger Without Asking
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Whistleblower Exposes Key Player in FBI Russia Probe: “It was all a Set-up”  —  Former DOD employee uncovered a long history of questionable behavior by FBI informant  —  Key player in Russia probe appears to have significant ties to Russian government  —  Adam Lovinger, a former Defense …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fox News Hasn't Always Shared Robert Driscoll's Credentials With Its Viewers  —  Fox News has repeatedly gone to former Justice Department official Robert Driscoll to comment on the Russia investigations, but what viewers don't hear is that he's also the attorney for Maria Butina, the suspected Russian spy charged with criminal counts.
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Pete Madden / ABC News:   Lover or cover? Maria Butina and the romance at the heart of an alleged Russian influence operation
David Nather / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Americans believe Cohen, don't want impeachment  —  Data: Survey Monkey online poll conducted August 22-24, 2018 among 4,362 U.S. adults.  Total margin of error is ±3.0 percentage points.  Modeled error estimates: African-American women ±7.0, age 18 to 34 ±4.5 …
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
The Catholic abuse scandal now leads all the to way the Vatican  —  An ecclesial straight shooter.  A reliable character.  A serious man.  That's how sources familiar with Carlo Maria Viganò describe the Italian archbishop, who served as the Vatican ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2016.
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Devin Nunes's Curious Trip to London  —  Earlier this month, as all eyes were on the courtroom dramas unfolding in Virginia—where President Donald Trump's campaign chairman was just convicted on bank- and tax-fraud charges—and in New York—where the president's longtime personal lawyer pleaded guilty …
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
Andrew Mayeda / Bloomberg:
Here's How the U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal Would Differ From Nafta  —  President Donald Trump wants to sign a new trade agreement with Mexico and toss the name “Nafta” into the dustbin of history.  —  There's still lots of work to be done — the administration is calling the deal with Mexico a …
Discussion: BloombergQuint
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Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News:
Here Are The Rumors And Hoaxes We're Tracking About The Jacksonville Shooting  —  A shooting at a Madden NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, left two dead and 11 injured Sunday.  The suspect has been named as David Katz, a participant in the tournament.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
Ethan Hawke Is Still Taking Ethan Hawke Extremely Seriously  —  Now he's 47, but when he was much younger, Ethan Hawke read “Cassavetes on Cassavetes,” the indie filmmaker bible, and then went to hear the author's widow, Gena Rowlands, speak.  She looked out at the crowd and laughed.
The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventeenth Wave of Judicial Nominees  —  Today President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate a seventeenth wave of judicial nominees as follows:  —  Allison Jones Rushing of North Carolina, to serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Discussion: National Review
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Crisis of Democracy’ Is Overhyped  —  Ask the professional hand-wringers: Would you rather be in Iran?  Venezuela?  China?  —  As Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashes out against the “interest-rate lobby” for his country's economic crisis, as Nicaragua's dictatorship mobilizes …
Anya Kamenetz / NPR:
The School Shootings That Weren't  —  How many times per year does a gun go off in an American school?  —  We should know.  But we don't.  —  This spring the U.S. Education Department reported that in the 2015-2016 school year, “nearly 240 schools ... reported at least 1 incident involving a school-related shooting.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Only Latino Employee Resigns From Anti-Immigration Group Over Racial Slurs
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Melena Ryzik / New York Times:
Louis C.K. Performs at Club for First Time Since #MeToo Accusations
Discussion: AOL, Consequence of Sound and Mediaite
Steve Bousquet / miamiherald:
Rick and Ann Scott's financial trail leads to Cayman Islands tax haven
Discussion: Politico
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Pallbearers, speakers announced for McCain's DC memorial service and Capitol ceremony
Discussion: Axios
Elena Schneider / Politico:
What to watch on the last big primary day
Discussion: Political Wire
Lissette Rodriguez / ABC News:
Ahead of midterm, Florida hopes to bridge gap with potential Puerto Rican voters
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
White House role in FBI headquarters plan detailed in watchdog report
Patrick Redford / Deadspin:
Report: Baylor Secretly Infiltrated Sexual Assault Survivor Groups
Discussion: Boing Boing and Inside Higher Ed
 Earlier Items: 
Joshua Emerson Smith / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Poll: Rep. Duncan Hunter leads by 8 points in reelection bid following federal indictment
Erik Pedersen / Deadline:
‘Rachel Maddow Show’ Tops Cable For Fourth Consecutive Night, Even With Guest Host
The Onion / politics.theonion.com:
White House Releases Moving Statement Honoring Woman Who Called Obama An Arab In 2008
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Joker’ Movie: Alec Baldwin to Play Bruce Wayne's Father
NBC News:
Secret message board drives 'pizzagate'-style harassment campaign of small businesses