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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Dianne Feinstein Withholding Brett Kavanaugh Document From Fellow Judiciary Committee Democrats  —  Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have privately requested to view a Brett Kavanaugh-related document in possession of the panel's top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein …
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh offers details on Nationals tickets purchases that led to debt  —  Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh on Wednesday described in detail how he regularly bought Washington Nationals tickets and split the cost with friends — purchases the White House has said led Kavanaugh …
king.senate.gov:
After Thorough Review, King Announces Opposition to Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination to Supreme Court  —  King: “There are no do-overs or second chances on this”  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) announced his opposition to the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Axios and Politico
Burgess Everett / Politico:
New emails show Kavanaugh's involvement in controversial nomination
Discussion: National Review and SCOTUSblog
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
2018 Senate Forecast  —  FiveThirtyEight's predictions for the 2018 Senate elections
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Republicans Are Favorites In The Senate, But Democrats Have Two Paths To An Upset  —  Many of the individual race forecasts in the FiveThirtyEight Senate model, which launched on Wednesday, look pretty optimistic for Democrats.  The model shows Sen. Joe Manchin in a strong position to retain his seat in West Virginia, for instance.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:   Fox News Poll: Republican challenger ahead in North Dakota Senate race
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Women, GOP crossovers help Democrat in Arizona Senate race
Discussion: Politico
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
LEAKED VIDEO: Google Leadership's Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election  —  A video recorded by Google shortly after the 2016 presidential election reveals an atmosphere of panic and dismay amongst the tech giant's leadership, coupled with a determination to thwart both the Trump agenda …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
It's Official: Google Is a Democratic Party Front
Discussion: Breitbart
Andrea Drusch / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Meet the ‘new’ Texas Democrats fueling Beto O'Rourke's race  —  FORT WORTH  —  Beto O'Rourke is awakening a grassroots movement in Texas — one that's led by gray-haired, once-loyal Democrats who are aggressively working to end decades of their own political dormancy in Texas.
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Joseph Hudak / Rolling Stone:   Willie Nelson Will Headline a Rally for Beto O'Rourke
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Threats and Deception: Why CBS's Board Turned Against Leslie Moonves  —  Why CBS's Board Turned Against Leslie Moonves … Top CBS News Producer Is Ousted After Misconduct Allegations … CRACKDOWN ON VAPING  —  Youth E-Cigarette Use Reaches ‘Epidemic Proportion,’ F.D.A. Finds
Discussion: Mediaite, Engadget, Gothamist and Bustle
New York Times:
Scott Pruitt, Former E.P.A. Chief, Is in Talks for His Next Job: Coal Consultant  —  WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is in discussions to work as a consultant to the Kentucky coal mining tycoon Joseph W. Craft III, according to two industry executives familiar with the plans.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Pruitt faced mounting financial pressures as EPA chief, new documents show
Discussion: Political Wire
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Hurricane Florence grows larger as it bears down on Carolinas with ‘life-threatening’ fury  —  Decreasing in strength but expanding in size, Category 2 Hurricane Florence is within 36 hours of making landfall on the Southeast coast with potentially catastrophic impacts, from damaging winds to flash flooding to widespread power outages.
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Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press:   Storm's uncertain track sows fear; 10 million in crosshairs
CBS News:
Fired “60 Minutes” boss warned CBS News reporter: “There are people who've lost their jobs trying to harm me”  —  NEW YORK — Jeff Fager, the longtime executive producer of “60 Minutes” who was fired on Wednesday, sent a text message to CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan with a warning …
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Politico:
GOP senators: No Sessions replacement could get confirmed  —  The possible axing of Jeff Sessions is giving Republican senators a migraine.  —  Senate Republicans are in a jam when it comes to Jeff Sessions.  —  While resigned to President Donald Trump firing the attorney general …
Discussion: Raw Story
BuzzFeed News:
A Series Of Suspicious Money Transfers Followed The Trump Tower Meeting  —  The June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower has become one of the most famous gatherings in American political history: a flashpoint for allegations of collusion, the subject of shifting explanations by the president and his son …
David French / National Review:
Why I Changed the Way I Write about Police Shootings  —  Here's the truth: Most cops are good, and too many bad cops go free.  —  Yesterday I wrote a piece that's gone viral — an extended denunciation of a terrible police shooting in Texas.  A white officer went to black man's apartment, apparently thinking it was her own.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
William Saletan / Slate:
The Weekly Standard's Kavanaugh Fact Check Was Correct  —  Can journalists on the right honestly fact-check journalists on the left?  That question erupted this week in a fight over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.  The fight, as promised, has exposed media bias.
HuffPost:
Republicans Line Up Tax Cut Messaging Bill While Abandoning Tax Cut Message  —  Just 12 percent of GOP TV ads have mentioned the tax cut bill.  —  WASHINGTON While Republicans on the campaign trail have largely dropped the tax cut bill from their midterm messaging, GOP leadership is gearing …
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Washington Post:   Raw tensions over race and gender shape midterms, reflecting schism in Trump era
John Santucci / ABC News:
Manafort seeking plea deal with special counsel that would avoid cooperation ahead of second trial: Sources  —  Sources familiar with negotiations tell ABC News former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been in ongoing negotiations with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office over a potential plea agreement.
Ricochet:
Norm MacDonald, #MeToo, and the Fatal Flaw in the New Morality  —  Jon Gabriel, Ed.  —  Twitter is a cesspool.  As if we needed more evidence, legendary comedian and acclaimed author Norm MacDonald was targeted for saying words to a reporter that a microscopic minority of humorless scolds didn't care for.
CNN:
Mueller circles Roger Stone  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller appears to be zeroing in on Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump who briefly served on Trump's presidential campaign.  So far, prosecutors have secured testimony from at least nine Stone associates, including some who were subpoenaed.
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
GOP lawmaker caught on tape: Orphanages better than gay adoption  —  In an exchange with high school students that was caught on tape, a Republican congressman from New Jersey was tongue-tied over the prospect of same-sex couples adopting children and suggested kids would be better off in orphanages than with LGBT families.
Linda Bloodworth Thomason / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Designing Women’ Creator Goes Public With Les Moonves War: Not All Harassment Is Sexual (Guest Column)  —  Linda Bloodworth Thomason, one of CBS' biggest hitmakers, reveals the disgraced mogul kept her shows off the air for seven years: “People asked me for years, ‘What happened to you?’
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Damning New Strzok Text to Page: “The Times is Angry With Us About the WP Scoop”  —  Strzok's latest text message seems to contradict what his attorney said earlier this week  —  A series of text messages released Wednesday reveal that former FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok was in contact …
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Jamie Dimon says he could beat Trump in an election: 'I'm smarter than he is'  —  J.P. Morgan Chase Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon took a swipe at President Donald Trump, claiming that he could defeat the president in a head-to-head election.  —  “I think I could beat Trump,” …
David Badash / Raw Story:
Eric Trump's ugly ‘three extra shekels’ attack on Bob Woodward draws accusations of anti-Semitism  —  ‘Damn, That Is Some Top Shelf Antisemitism’  —  Eric Trump is lashing out at veteran Watergate journalist Bob Woodward, and his remarks are drawing accusations of anti-Semitism.
Bloomberg:
Betsy DeVos Loses Student Loan Lawsuit Brought by 19 States  — Judge says department's postponment of rule was improper  — Hearing on remedies in case scheduled for Friday in Washington  —  U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos lost a lawsuit brought by 19 states and the District of Columbia …
Discussion: Axios
Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
The cyclist who flipped off Trump's motorcade is running for public office  —  Juli Briskman, the cyclist who flashed her middle finger at President Trump's motorcade — and lost her job at a government contracting firm as a result — is parlaying an act of resistance into a run for local office in Northern Virginia.
CNN:
GOP senator offers law to require presidential candidates release tax returns - CNN Video  —  Republican Senator Ben Sasse discusses an ethics reform package he plans to introduce Thursday.
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Mother of slain journalist James Foley says filmmaker took their story  —  As Diane Foley watched the new movie “Viper Club,” about an American freelance journalist taken hostage by terrorists in Syria and his mother's struggles to free him, her suspicions were confirmed — and her anger stoked.
Rachel Feintzeig / Wall Street Journal:
Tax Change Helps Executives Afford Pricier Planes  —  Jet sales soar as business owners take advantage of new tax write-off  —  The recent changes to the tax code are giving business executives a new perk: the opportunity to deduct the entirety of a corporate-jet purchase.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Elizabeth Warren Is Dominating the Democratic Presidential Race  —  Elizabeth Warren is often bracketed with Bernie Sanders, a fellow folk hero of the party's progressive activists, and a competitor for much of the same support base she will need to win the nomination.
New York Times:
Rhode Island Primary Election Results  —  What to watch: Gov. Gina Raimondo faces a challenge in the Democratic primary from Matt Brown, a former Rhode Island secretary of state who has positioned himself to her left.  Mr. Brown has collected support from an eclectic mix of activist groups …
Meduza.io:
‘First it was his vision, then his speech, and then his legs’ Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov is hospitalized in critical condition and friends fear he was poisoned  —  Pyotr Verzilov, a member of Pussy Riot and one of the publishers of the independent news website Mediazona, was hospitalized in critical condition late on September 11.
 
 
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New York Daily News:
NYPD cops arrested over alleged role in prostitution and gambling ring
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Gothamist
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Republican Rep. Steve King Retweets A Known White Supremacist On Twitter... Again
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Russian bombers flew near Alaska, intercepted by Air Force jets, US military says
New York Times:
U.S. Plans to Pay Mexico to Deport Unauthorized Immigrants There
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Never give an inch’: Trump keeps touting perceived failures as successes
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Poll: Gillum leads DeSantis by 4 points in Florida governor race
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Emily Witt / New Yorker:
Is New York Progressive Enough for Cynthia Nixon?
Discussion: Bustle
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Another Washington Post book to attack Trump, ‘crime of the century’
Discussion: Raw Story
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Teens Are Protesting In-Class Presentations