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7:10 AM ET, September 6, 2018

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New York Times:
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration  —  We work for the president but we have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. … President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.  —  It's not just that the special counsel looms large.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘The sleeper cells have awoken’: Trump and aides shaken by ‘resistance’ op-ed  —  President Trump and his aides reacted with indignation Wednesday to an unsigned opinion column from a senior official blasting the president's “amorality” and launched a frantic hunt for the author …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
This Is a Constitutional Crisis  —  Impeachment is a constitutional mechanism.  The Twenty-Fifth Amendment is a constitutional mechanism.  Mass resignations followed by voluntary testimony to congressional committees are a constitutional mechanism.  Overt defiance of presidential authority …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The story behind the New York Times' anonymous op-ed blasting Trump  —  Several days ago a senior official in the Trump administration used an intermediary to contact New York Times op-ed page editor Jim Dao.  —  Through the go-between, the senior official expressed interest in writing …
BuzzFeed News:
I Am Part Of The Resistance Inside The New York Times Opinion Desk  —  BuzzFeed News today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous, and entirely satirical, op-ed essay.  We have done so at the request of the author, a senior editor for the New York Times Opinion page …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The White House is discussing potential replacements for Jim Mattis  —  Well before this week's revelations about President Trump's interactions with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Bob Woodward's new book, officials inside the White House have been actively discussing who will replace Mattis …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
We're Watching an Antidemocratic Coup Unfold  —  The title of Bob Woodward's new book, Fear, contains a multitude of meanings.  For one thing, it describes the attitude of many of President DonaldTrump's own aides toward his judgment.  —  It's not just that many sources were willing …
Axios:
Exclusive: Trump's nightmare: “The snakes are everywhere”  —  President Trump is not just seething about Bob Woodward.  He's deeply suspicious of much of the government he oversees — from the hordes of folks inside agencies, right up to some of the senior-most political appointees …
Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Woodward book prompts West Wing witch hunt, sources say  —  Sanders discredits Woodward book on Trump  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump, showing his outrage over Bob Woodward's explosive new book, is ordering a real witch hunt in the West Wing and throughout his administration …
Associated Press:
Trump rips searing Times op-ed from unnamed senior official  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a striking anonymous broadside, a senior Trump administration official wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times on Wednesday claiming to be part of a group of people “working diligently from within” …
Jessica Roy / Los Angeles Times:
No, anonymous Trump official, you're not ‘part of the resistance.’ You're a coward  —  A New York Times op-ed allegedly written by a senior Trump administration official has set the internet ablaze.  Its headline: “I am part of the resistance inside the Trump administration.”
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
White House Searches For Anonymous Inside Critic
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Woodward's Account of Trump's Mock Interview With Prosecutors Isn't Pretty
Discussion: Vox and CNN
David Siders / Politico:
‘This is the first wave of an invasion’  —  Channeling their anger, progressives are staging their own tea party-style revolt.  —  Ordinary voters flocking to political protests.  Activists channeling their anger at the president and his policies.  Several otherwise safe incumbents taken down in primaries.
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Politico:
Liberal insurgency targets Delaware senator next
Discussion: The Hill and Outside the Beltway
Marc Caputo / Politico:
DeSantis to name Nuñez as Florida's first Cuban-American female running mate
Discussion: Florida Politics
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Hits Campaign Trail as Prospect of Midterm Defeat Looms  — Democrats need to pick up 23 seats to gain control of House  — President to hold rallies in Montana, Dakotas this week  —  Donald Trump takes his fight to keep his party in control of Congress to the Great Plains this week …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Reuters:
In quick reversal, Trump threatens shutdown over border wall
Discussion: HuffPost
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jerome Corsi, Conspiracy Theorist, Is Subpoenaed in Mueller Investigation  —  Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist and political commentator with connections to the former Trump adviser Roger J. Stone Jr., has been subpoenaed to testify on Friday before the grand jury in the special counsel investigation …
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John Solomon / The Hill:
The Mueller probe's troubling reliance on journalists as sources
Discussion: American Greatness
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh stumbled over two critical tripwires  —  More than abortion or gun control or health care, what is at stake in the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh is the security of our constitutional system and the rule of law.  We've not had such a Supreme Court battle …
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Judge orders independent candidate off the ballot in Va. congressional race, citing ‘out and out fraud’  —  RICHMOND — A Richmond Circuit Court judge on Wednesday ordered independent candidate Shaun Brown removed from the ballot in Virginia's 2nd District congressional race …
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Patrick Wilson / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Richmond judge finds ‘out and out fraud,’ …
Discussion: LEX18.com and ThinkProgress
Johnathan Silver / Austin American-Statesman:
Unapproved O'Rourke text message asks for ‘undocumented immigrant’ vote  —  A person who a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke's Senate campaign said was pretending to be a “texting team” volunteer sent an unauthorized message to voters Wednesday asking them to help “transport undocumented immigrants” to the polls.
CNN:
State Department's top candidate to lead efforts countering disinformation: A Fox News reporter  —  (CNN)A Fox News correspondent is a leading candidate to head the State Department agency tasked with combating propaganda and disinformation from foreign adversaries, CNN has learned.
Zachary Young / Politico:
Seehofer: Migration is ‘mother of all problems’  —  German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer called migration the “mother of all problems,” saying he understood the anger that fueled far-right demonstrations in Chemnitz.  —  Seehofer, who has waged public battles with Angela Merkel …
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
NBC/Marist poll: Democrat Joe Donnelly has slight edge in Indiana Senate race  —  Donnelly leads 49 percent to Mike Braun's 43 percent support among likely voters in a two-way race.  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly has a slight advantage over Republican challenger Mike Braun …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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NBC News:
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