memeorandum: How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank (Steven Kurutz/New York Times)

1:20 PM ET, September 2, 2018

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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:

John McCain's Funeral Was the Biggest Resistance Meeting Yet — Two ex-Presidents and one eloquent daughter team up to rebuke the pointedly uninvited Donald Trump. — Donald Trump's name was never mentioned. It didn't have to be. The funeral service for John Sidney McCain III …

Discussion: Power Line, No More Mister Nice Blog, American Greatness, Hullabaloo, Politico and New York Times

Annie Karni / Politico:

Trump allies fume at McCain memorial addresses, urge counterattack — President Donald Trump's allies went on the counterattack Saturday after tributes to the late Sen. John McCain took pointed aim at the president. — As Washington mourned McCain, Trump's people grew angry.

Discussion: Raw Story, Axios, Breitbart and ABC News

Mike Allen / Axios:

D.C. dreams of saner times — Amid the Trump-shaming at the emotional Washington National Cathedral sendoff for Sen. John McCain, the televised eulogies and private conversations reflected a broader dream that the United States is still capable of a saner politics.

Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and Raw Story

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump fans accuse grieving Meghan McCain of being ‘trashy’ for ‘America was always great’ eulogy comment

Discussion: Sputnik International, LifeZette and The Gateway Pundit

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
John McCain's Funeral Was a Council of War—Just as He Meant It to Be

Discussion: CNN, Hullabaloo, Daily Wire and Townhall

Washington Post: McCain's funeral was a melancholy last hurrah for what's been lost in Trump era

Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
McCain tributes echo with criticism of Trump

Discussion: Breitbart, Chicago Sun-Times and The Gateway Pundit

Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Washington Mourned John McCain. President Trump Went Golfing.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, Washington Post and Refinery29

Rob Tibbetts / Des Moines Register:

From Mollie Tibbetts' father: Don't distort her death to advance racist views — Mollie was nobody's victim. Nor is she a pawn in others' debate — CONNECT — Ten days ago, we learned that Mollie would not be coming home. Shattered, my family set out to celebrate Mollie's extraordinary life …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Vox, Political Wire, Washington Post, Axios, Refinery29, Splinter, Talking Points Memo, HuffPost, CNN, The Week, ImmigrationProf Blog, POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite

John Bowden / The Hill:

DeSantis: Gillum wants to turn Florida ‘into Venezuela’ — is going after his Florida Democratic gubernatorial rival Andrew Gillum as the GOP congressman seeks to move on from controversy surrounding a racially-charged remark made last week. — DeSantis told host John Catsimatidis …

Discussion: Breitbart

Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:

‘We Negroes’ robocall is an attempt to ‘weaponize race’ in Florida campaign, Gillum warns — An assertion Wednesday by a white Republican gubernatorial candidate that Florida voters can't afford to “monkey this up” by voting for his black Democratic opponent, Andrew Gillum, was widely viewed as a “dog whistle” to rally racists.

Discussion: Politico, Althouse and Des Moines Register

Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:

Ethnicity not a factor in Elizabeth Warren's rise in law — CAMBRIDGE — The 60-plus Harvard Law School professors who filed into an auditorium-style room on the first floor of Pound Hall on that February 1993 afternoon had a significant question to answer: Should they offer a job to Elizabeth Warren?

Discussion: Axios

Associated Press:

Kansas high court rules grand jury must be convened to investigate Kris Kobach … A grand jury must be convened to investigate whether Republican gubernatorial candidate and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach intentionally failed to register voters in 2016, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled.

Discussion: The Mahablog

Peter Hancock / The Lawrence Journal-World:
Kansas Supreme Court agrees Douglas County must summon grand jury to investigate Kobach

Discussion: Vox, POLITICUSUSA, Law & Crime and Talking Points Memo

Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Manafort's daughter files petition to change her name to ‘separate herself from public perception’ after her father was convicted of fraud … Convicted felon Paul Manafort's daughter Jessica is wasting no time distancing herself from the family by filing legal documents to change her name.

Steven Kurutz / New York Times:

How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank — Fed up with their high-pressure jobs, some millennials are quitting and embracing the FIRE movement. (It stands for financial independence, retire early). — Carl Jensen experienced what he calls “the awakening” sometime around 2012.

Discussion: Althouse

The Hill:

Obama readies fall campaign push, but some Dems say no thanks — Former President Obama is set to dive into the midterm elections next week with a speech in Illinois where he is expected to urge Democrats across the country to vote — addressing a problem that plagued the party in 2016.

Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller

New York Times:

After Deadly Raid, Pentagon Weighs Withdrawing Almost All Commandos From Niger — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering withdrawing nearly all American commandos from Niger in the wake of a deadly October ambush against a Green Beret team that killed four United States soldiers.

National Journal:

Democrats Blowing Winnable Governor Races — By nominating progressives in battleground states, Democrats are improving the GOP's chances of winning consequential contests. Just look to liberal Maryland as a textbook example. — DUNDALK, Md. — The crowd cheering on Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan …

Theresa May / Telegraph:

There will be no second referendum on Brexit - it would be a gross betrayal of our democracy — Follow the author of this article Follow the topics within this article … The coming months will be critical in shaping the future of our country and I am clear about my mission.

Discussion: Breitbart, Politico, Outside the Beltway, The Guardian and France 24

Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:

This Race in Houston Is the Future of Texas Politics — HOUSTON—On a Saturday morning in Houston, the high was 94 degrees with a chance of rain. It was hardly friendly weather for canvassing—the door-knocking, yard sign-delivering, get-out-the-vote efforts that define a politician's grassroots network.

Anna Sanders / New York Post:

AMI employees donated thousands of dollars to Cuomo campaigns … National Enquirer boss David Pecker isn't just Donald Trump's longtime pal and campaign confidant — he's quietly lavished tens of thousands of dollars on Gov. Cuomo. — Pecker's American Media Inc., company executives …

New York Post:

Suspected MS-13 member broke into sleeping girl's bedroom, raped her: cops — A purported member of the MS-13 gang broke into the bedroom of a sleeping 11-year-old Brooklyn girl and raped her in her bed, cops said Saturday as the suspect was taken into custody.

Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:

Kavanaugh ‘an inspired choice,’ Sullivan says — With Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Senate Judiciary hearing slated for Tuesday, Sen. Dan Sullivan had nothing but good things to say about President Donald Trump's pick. — “Look, I've known Brett Kavanaugh for a long time,” …

Discussion: CNN

Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:

GOP's Tough Task in House Races: Reach Beyond Trump's Base — Endangered Republicans must find supporters who will vote for them even though they disapprove of the president — One of the biggest questions facing House Republicans seeking re-election in November is this: How popular is President Trump in their district?

Discussion: Political Wire