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11:35 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.
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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Rachel Gutman / The Atlantic:
Hurricane Florence Could Be the Worst Storm to Ever Hit North of Florida  —  Since records began, only 10 major hurricanes have made landfall around the Carolinas.  This one has the potential to blow them all out of the water.  —  As Hurricane Florence continues its charge toward …
Discussion: AccuWeather.com, NPR and ThinkProgress
Seanna Adcox / Post and Courier:   Evacuations ordered for SC coast as Hurricane Florence nears, effective Tuesday
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 …
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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: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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: twitchy.com and Political Wire
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:   Bob Woodward Has A Trail Of Accuracy Issues That Nobody Is Talking About
The Daily Beast:
Rob Porter's Spousal Abuse Allegations Are Largely Ignored in Bob Woodward's Trump Book
Discussion: ABC News
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Protecting American Constitutionalism and Sovereignty from the International Criminal Court  —  SAFEGUARDING AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY: President Donald J. Trump is committed to defending our national sovereignty and security interests.  — The International Criminal Court (ICC) …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Alex Whiting / Just Security:
Why John Bolton vs. Int'l Criminal Court 2.0 is Different from Version 1.0
Discussion: The White House
Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Weighs Sanctions Against Chinese Officials Over Muslim Detention Camps
Discussion: Axios and Daily Wire
Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed News:
The Maria Butina Case Was Never About The Sex Life Of A Russian Spy  —  A tantalizing sentence inserted into the case against Maria Butina proved irresistible for journalists and lawyers alike.  —  Although it was just an aside in a sweeping case alleging that the 29-year-old Russian worked …
Discussion: Boing Boing
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Documents Reveal Maria Butina Has Offered to Betray Her Lover (a GOP Operative)
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Pete Madden / ABC News:
Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina was paid to pursue access to Vladimir Putin for TV show
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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Alex Kotch / Sludge:
Real Estate Tycoon Funds Last-Minute $100,000 Attack on Zephyr Teachout in New York AG Race  —  On Sept. 7, a digital ad campaign against progressive New York attorney general candidate Zephyr Teachout began, funded with a six-figure donation from a prominent real estate figure who's backing her opponent Sean Patrick Maloney.
Discussion: The Nation
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
New York State Attorney General Race Remains a Tossup, New Poll Shows
Discussion: Bustle and HuffPost
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
The Last 2018 Primary Briefing: New Hampshire, Rhode Island And New York
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
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 …
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: New York Times, Bloomberg and CNBC
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Corrects Trump's Tweet on GDP, Unemployment
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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.
Allan Smith / INSIDER:
Trump reportedly exploded at his ex-lawyer after he heard Mueller was looking into his relationship with Deutsche Bank: ‘This is bulls—!’  — President Donald Trump exploded at his former lawyer, John Dowd, after reading news reports that said special counsel Robert Mueller had subpoenaed records from Deutsche Bank.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and New York Times
Zerlina Maxwell / Teen Vogue:
Serena Williams' Treatment at the U.S. Open Is About More Than Tennis  —  In this op-ed, writer Zerlina Maxwell explores how Serena Williams' mistreatment at the U.S. Open is deeply relatable for black women.  —  The much anticipated U.S. Open women's final match Saturday …
Discussion: smokeroom.com, Daily Wire and Bustle
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Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
Stephen Colbert once again calls out former boss Les Moonves over new allegations  —  Watch: Norah O'Donnell reacts to Moonves exit  —  Stephen Colbert wasted no time in addressing the news of Les Moonves' forced resignation, which came after additional sexual misconduct allegations were leveled against the former CBS chief on Sunday.
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
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Ahead of the Primary, Cuomo Administration Offered Sweeteners to Get New Bridge Open  —  The administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo offered the contractor building the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge enticements to meet a late August deadline to open, including the possibility of absorbing extra costs …
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 …
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.]
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
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?
Joe Lawlor / Press Herald:
Progressive groups ratcheting up pressure on Collins ahead of Kavanaugh vote  —  The Maine senator finds herself in the crosshairs of social media campaigns, a lengthening series of rallies and a fundraising drive to bankroll a 2020 Democratic challenger to her re-election if she votes to confirm Kavanaugh.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
CBS's Handling of Les Moonves Accusations Hampered by Battle for Control
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Human Rights Watch:
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Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Diplomat
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Shotgun-toting Manchin shoots anti-Obamacare lawsuit in new ad for re-election bid in West Virginia
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Thanks, Obama!  —  Barack Obama reminds us why Donald Trump is president
Adam Wollner / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Rogue billionaires are giving the GOP and Democrats a migraine
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
‘Tone deaf’ Playboy Club opens in New York, defying the #MeToo era
Discussion: New York Times
Robert Herguth / Chicago Sun-Times:
Cupich on scandal: ‘We have a bigger agenda than to be distracted by all of this’
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy?