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10:05 PM ET, September 10, 2018

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CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump approval down 6 points in a month, hits low among independents  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen 6 points in the last month and stands at a new low among political independents, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Omarosa Releases Tape of Sarah Huckabee Sanders Agreeing With Trump's ‘Lies’  —  In a new tape played by Omarosa Manigault Newman on ‘The View,’ Sarah Huckabee Sanders can be heard confirming Trump's distortion of the Russia story.  —  With Bob Woodward's new book climbing the best-seller charts ahead …
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Exclusive: White House again changes phone policy amid heightened paranoia  —  Washington (CNN)After Omarosa Manigault Newman revealed last month that she secretly taped White House chief of staff John Kelly as he fired her in the Situation Room, a change was made to the West Wing's phone policy.
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Documents Reveal Maria Butina Has Offered to Betray Her Lover (a GOP Operative)  —  In a new court filing, prosecutors say alleged Russian agent Maria Butina is willing to divulge new information on Paul Erickson's “illegal activities”  —  Their love story may have bridged the divide between …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed News:   The Maria Butina Case Was Never About The Sex Life Of A Russian Spy
Pete Madden / ABC News:
Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina was paid to pursue access to Vladimir Putin for TV show
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Judge silences both sides in alleged Russian spy Butina's case
Discussion: ABC News and Boing Boing
Nancy Barnes / Houston Chronicle:
A note from the editor of the Houston Chronicle  —  In these challenging times for our country, with journalism and journalists often under attack, trust between a newspaper and its readers is absolutely essential.  —  We spend our days trying to ferret out the truth on school quality …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FBI Officials Discussed ‘Media Leak Strategy’ Ahead Of Major Trump-Russia Revelation  — Peter Strzok sent Lisa Page a text message about “media leak strategy” during a key point in the Trump-Russia probe.  — Strzok sent the message just before The Washington Post published a bombshell story …
Discussion: Washington Times and Townhall
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Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
New Texts Reveal FBI Leaked Information to the Press to Damage Trump  —  Rep. Meadows sent a letter to Deputy AG Rosenstein saying a “review of the new documents raises greave concerns regarding an apparent systemic culture of media leaking by high-ranking officials at the FBI and DOJ related to ongoing investigations”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Hurricane Florence prompts mandatory evacuations  —  How are you preparing for Hurricane Florence?  Text, iMessage or WhatsApp your videos, photos and stories to CNN: 347-322-0415  —  Wilmington, North Carolina (CNN)As Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast of the United States …
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Seanna Adcox / Post and Courier:   Evacuations ordered for SC coast as Hurricane Florence nears, effective Tuesday
Rachel Gutman / The Atlantic:
Hurricane Florence Could Be the Worst Storm to Ever Hit North of Florida
Discussion: NPR, ThinkProgress and Bustle
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Administration Wants to Make It Easier to Release Methane Into Air  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, taking its third major step this year to roll back federal efforts to fight climate change, is preparing to make it significantly easier for energy companies to release methane into the atmosphere.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and POLITICUSUSA
CNNMoney:
Bob Woodward's publisher says it's printing 1 million copies of ‘Fear’  —  What Woodward's book says about Trump's fitness  —  Bob Woodward's book “Fear” is already one of the biggest publishing success stories of the year.  —  And it still isn't even in bookstores yet.
Discussion: Political Wire and twitchy.com
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The Daily Beast:
Rob Porter's Spousal Abuse Allegations Are Largely Ignored in Bob Woodward's Trump Book
Discussion: ABC News
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
SEE IT: Cynthia Nixon Orders Cinnamon Raisin Bagel With... Lox And Capers  —  There's something about New York's endless supply of authentic eateries that transforms aspiring politicians into weird aliens who've never before encountered the concept of food: Back in the 1970s …
Alex Whiting / Just Security:
Why John Bolton vs. Int'l Criminal Court 2.0 is Different from Version 1.0  —  It is tempting to read or listen to John Bolton's speech on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and think, we've seen this movie before and know its ending.  And in many ways, that's true.
Discussion: The White House
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Heather Nauert / US Department of State:
Closure of the PLO Office in Washington
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Adam Clymer, Political Reporter, Editor and Pollster, Dies at 81  —  Adam Clymer, who covered congressional intrigue, eight presidential campaigns and the downfall of both Nikita S. Khrushchev and Richard M. Nixon as a reporter and editor for The New York Times and other newspapers, died early Monday at his home in Washington.
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
The Last 2018 Primary Briefing: New Hampshire, Rhode Island And New York  —  All good things must come to an end.  After six months, 19 election days and seven live blogs, it's time to say goodbye to primary season.  But before you grieve, a parting gift: three consecutive nights of electiony goodness.
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Alex Kotch / Sludge:
Real Estate Tycoon Funds Last-Minute $100,000 Attack on Zephyr Teachout in New York AG Race
Discussion: The Nation
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
New York State Attorney General Race Remains a Tossup, New Poll Shows
Discussion: Bustle and HuffPost
Chris Isidore / CNN:
Trump's latest boast about the economy isn't even close to accurate  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump spent the morning bragging about the economy.  At least one of his claims didn't come close to being true.  —  “The GDP Rate (4.2%) is higher than the Unemployment Rate (3.9%) …
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg and New York Times
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Corrects Trump's Tweet on GDP, Unemployment
Discussion: Raw Story
Manuela Tobias / Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings …:
Did Brett Kavanaugh call birth control abortion-inducing drugs?  No  —  Democrats rallied around Judge Brett Kavanaugh's reference to popular contraceptive methods as “abortion-inducing” during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing.  —  Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., tweeted an 11-second clip …
action.romneyforutah.com:
As I See It: National Debt  —  The mathematical peril of debt came forcefully to my awareness when I received my bank's statement for my first mortgage payment of $246.  Of that payment, I was informed that $241 went to pay interest and only $5 to retire principal.
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
Sessions Urged Immigration Judges To Show Less Sympathy, Setting Off A Firestorm Of Complaints  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday warned incoming immigration judges that lawyers representing immigrants are trying to get around the law like “water seeping through an earthen dam” …
Discussion: CNN, Bustle and Splinter
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy?  —  The most famous entrepreneur of his generation is facing a public reckoning with the power of Big Tech.  —  At ten o'clock on a weekday morning in August, Mark Zuckerberg, the chairman and C.E.O. of Facebook …
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Ken Starr says he considered perjury charges against Hillary Clinton, in explosive new memoir  —  Former independent counsel Ken Starr writes in his new memoir that he considered — but ultimately abandoned — the idea of perjury charges against then-first lady Hillary Clinton after her …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
Wall Street Journal:
CBS's Handling of Les Moonves Accusations Hampered by Battle for Control  —  CBS board members were aware for months that the company's chief was facing a claim of sexual assault and rumors of more  —  In January, six months before the blockbuster accusations became public …
Robert Herguth / Chicago Sun-Times:
Cupich on scandal: ‘We have a bigger agenda than to be distracted by all of this’  —  The young man studying at Mundelein Seminary to become a Catholic priest seemed anguished as he vented to Cardinal Blase Cupich about the clergy sex-abuse scandal that threatens to topple Pope Francis and drive more people away from the faith.
Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
Who Will Replace Chris Collins, the Indicted Congressman, on the Ballot?  Perhaps No One  —  After Representative Chris Collins was indicted last month, the Republican from western New York seemed to leave no doubt about his immediate political future: There was none.
Discussion: Political Wire
Sharon Weinberger / Yahoo:
Scientists say ‘Neuroweapons’ were behind Cuba attacks  —  WASHINGTON — Could a foreign country build a directed-energy weapon tailored to target a single diplomat walking through a house, leaving other occupants unaffected?  What about drugs that target a person's brain, or even a specific part of the brain?
David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
“The House Is Already Lost”: As the Midterms Approach, G.O.P. Insiders Prepare for an Electoral D-Day  —  Inside the swamp, Republican operatives have already made their peace with losing the House.  But the coming Democratic wave won't affect all Republicans equally, purging moderates and leaving only Trump loyalists behind.
Martina Navratilova / New York Times:
What Serena Got Wrong  —  Just because the guys might be able to get away with it doesn't mean it's acceptable.  —  Ms. Navratilova is a broadcaster, former tennis champion and human rights activist.  —  Serena Williams has part of it right.  There is a huge double standard for women …
Discussion: AOL, Mediaite, Hot Air and The Guardian
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Face it, Tucker Carlson: Your anti-diversity segment was racist  —  Back when Bill O'Reilly held down the pivotal 8 p.m. prime-time slot at Fox News, he'd occasionally make racist or otherwise offensive statements.  When a backlash materialized, he'd commonly cite “left-wing zealots” or some such movement.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Mother of man killed by Dallas cop seeks answers  —  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting involving an off-duty Dallas police officer (all times local):  —  The mother of a man who was gunned down inside of his Dallas home by a police officer who said she mistook …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
We're Trying Something New.  This Is ‘On Politics.’  —  Hi.  Welcome to the first edition of On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics.  I'm Lisa Lerer, your host and curator.  You may have noticed, I'm new here.  —  [Get On Politics delivered to your inbox.]
Adam Wollner / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Rogue billionaires are giving the GOP and Democrats a migraine  —  Republican Richard Uihlein and Democrat Tom Steyer have poured tens of millions of dollars into the 2018 campaign.  And their political parties are irritated about it.  —  The two billionaires have backed candidates and causes …
 
 
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