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10:30 PM ET, September 9, 2018

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CBS News:
Bob Woodward: “People better wake up to what's going on” in the Oval Office  —  Watergate journalist Bob Woodward made headlines once again this past week, with his new book about the Trump White House, entitled “Fear.”  This morning, in his first TV interview, Woodward paints a picture …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The stress on Trump's machine  —  It's hard to overstate the extremity and variety of pressures bearing down on President Trump and his understaffed White House.  —  The bottom line: Taken together, it's a jaw-dropping list of problems, and Trump's “fine-tuned machine” is creaking under this stress.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Trump's biggest hire  —  President Trump was bluffing when he tweeted that he knows the successor to White House counsel Don McGahn, and instead he is vacillating about new legal leaders as he girds for open warfare with Democrats and Robert Mueller.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Nobody's Heroes  —  Bob Woodward's new book presents Trump staffers as our last line of defense.  We're doomed.  —  Nearly 300 pages into Bob Woodward's new book, Fear: Trump in the White House, a West Wing aide named Zach Fuentes cautions fellow staffers.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Shareblue Media
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
'I wouldn't have used it': Bob Woodward disses New York Times op-ed  —  A massively circulated anonymous New York Times op-ed depicted a crisis situation within the corridors of President Trump's administration.  “I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts …
Axios:
Omarosa claims White House staffers had hashtag to discuss 25th Amendment
Discussion: Breitbart
Politico:   At-risk House Republicans say no to new tax bill
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
As Leslie Moonves Negotiates His Exit from CBS, Women Raise New Assault and Harassment Claims  —  Members of the board of the CBS Corporation are negotiating with the company's chairman and C.E.O., Leslie Moonves, about his departure.  Sources familiar with the board's activities …
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William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
Les Moonves Admits to Unwanted Kissing of His Doctor 19 Years Ago  —  Another wrinkle emerges in Moonves's negotiated exit from CBS, and within one of the more head-spinning #MeToo storylines yet.  —  BY - WILLIAM D. COHANSeptember 9, 2018,  —  The career arc of Les Moonves …
Discussion: Deadline and Mediaite
CBS News:
Leslie Moonves departs as chief of CBS, financial package to be withheld pending investigation  —  CBS Corporation announced on Sunday that chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves is departing the company, effective immediately.  Moonves' exit comes hours after The New Yorker published accounts …
Discussion: CBS New York, IJR and Mashable
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
CEO Leslie Moonves will leave CBS without severance package; separate deal will reshape CBS board, sources say
Washington Post:
GOP candidate for Fla. governor spoke at racially charged events  —  Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Urgent Question of Trump and Money Laundering  —  How Bruce Ohr, President Trump's latest Twitter target, fits a suspicious pattern of behavior on Russia.  —  Donald Trump has a long history of doing what he thinks is best for Donald Trump.  If he needs to discard friends, allies or wives along the way, so be it.
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Axios:
Trump expected to declassify Carter Page and Bruce Ohr documents  —  President Trump is expected to declassify, as early as this week, documents covering the U.S. government's surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and the investigative activities of senior Justice Department lawyer Bruce Ohr …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
New York Times:
Dirty Politics in New York  —  A last-minute mailer from Democrats wrongly describing Cynthia Nixon as anti-Semitic is a disgrace.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
Discussion: New York Post and Splinter
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New York Times:   A Delayed Bridge Opening and an ‘Inappropriate’ Mailer Puts Cuomo on the Defensive
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Inside the GOP's rescue mission for Ted Cruz  —  With a string of polls showing GOP Sen. Ted Cruz's lead slipping, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick showed up in Washington on July 25 to deliver an urgent plea to White House officials: Send President Donald Trump.  —  Patrick, who chaired Trump's …
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Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
Whining Serena Williams is tennis's Hillary Clinton … No one expected Naomi Osaka to win the US Open yesterday.  Everyone favoured her opponent.  The crowd was solidly with Serena Williams, as were the bookies.  But the 20-year-old Japanese-Haitian, who became the first player representing Japan …
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Serena Williams Got What She Deserved
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
It's shameful what US Open did to Naomi Osaka
Discussion: Daily Wire, Althouse and The Atlantic
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scary signs for Republicans  —  My colleague Mike Allen, who's covered a few midterm elections in his time, says it's rare to see so much evidence of a trend accumulate so many months out, only for all the signals to be proven wrong.  —  The big picture: Yes, the punditocracy is being cautious …
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Three Miami Dolphins players protest during national anthem  —  Three Miami Dolphins players protested during the national anthem before their season opener against Tennessee on Sunday.  —  Wide receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson knelt during the anthem while defensive end Robert Quinn raised …
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Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
Despite Trump tweet, Ford says it won't make hatchback in US  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ford won't be moving production of a hatchback wagon to the United States from China — despite President Donald Trump's claim Sunday that his taxes on Chinese imports mean the Focus Active can be built in America.
Geoffrey Kabaservice / Politico:
Liberals Don't Know Much About Conservative History  —  And both sides suffer for it.  —  The growing tendency of late for liberals and conservatives to regard each other as not just opponents, but enemies, has been one of the most alarming in an alarming era.
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
Taya Kyle / Fox News:
Nike, I love your gear, but your Colin Kaepernick ad exhausts my spirit  —  Nike is a business, and their decision to make Colin Kaepernick the star of their new ad campaign wasn't just a political move, it was a business move.  But is it paying off?  Sales surged in the days immediately …
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
Catholic clergyman calls on Wuerl to resign, says he'll refuse to participate in Mass with him  —  A highly visible member of Washington's Catholic clergy has made a dramatic declaration calling on Cardinal Donald Wuerl to resign, the latest blow to Washington's embattled archbishop.
Frank Miele / Daily Inter Lake:
‘I am part of the resistance inside the news media,’ and I'm not anonymous  —  Over the years, I've been asked to run anonymous letters dozens of times, but I've never done so.  The explanation is always the same: Our readers have a right to judge the validity of a submitted opinion based …
Washington Post:
Under Trump, the jobs boom has finally reached blue-collar workers.  Will it last?  —  Growth in this sector is occurring at the fastest rate since 1984.  —  Blue-collar jobs are growing at their fastest rate in more than 30 years, helping fuel a hiring boom in many small towns and rural areas …
Tom Mitchell / Financial Times:
Beijing hopes Wall Street bankers can break Trump trade impasse  —  The Chinese government is inviting Wall Street's top bankers to a hastily arranged meeting in Beijing as President Donald Trump threatens to impose punitive tariffs on all Chinese exports to the US.
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Pence slams ‘disappointing’ Obama speech, says he'd take lie detector to prove he didn't write NYT Op-Ed
Discussion: Political Wire and Splinter
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New York Times:
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Drone Mission, Curtailed by Obama, Is Expanded in Africa Under Trump
Discussion: Axios
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Ex-Bloomberg campaign manager sees hard path for independents in 2020
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
North Korea stresses economy, not nukes, on 70th anniversary
Washington Post:
Florence strengthens to hurricane and poses extreme threat to Southeast and Mid-Atlantic
Discussion: NPR, CBS Chicago and The Daily Caller
Bernd Hüppauf / Salon:
A witch hunt or a quest for justice: An insider's perspective on disgraced academic Avital Ronell
Vinnie Longobardo / Washington Press:
A new ethics complaint could have just put the fate of Brett Kavanaugh in Merrick Garland's hands
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Cory Booker places staff in Iowa ahead of potential 2020 White House run
Discussion: twitchy.com and Political Wire
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
Sen. Ben Sasse said he thinks about leaving the GOP ‘every morning’
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart