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1:25 PM ET, September 13, 2018

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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump's FEMA chief under investigation over use of official cars  —  Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long is the target of an ongoing Department of Homeland Security inspector general investigation into whether he misused government vehicles during his commutes …
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New York Times:
Rejecting Puerto Rican Death Toll, Trump Accuses Democrats of Inflating It  —  President Trump on Thursday falsely accused Democrats of inflating the death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year, rejecting that government's assessment that the storm had claimed nearly 3,000 lives.
NBC News:
Democrats, Puerto Ricans blast Trump's ‘beyond ridiculous’ Hurricane Maria death toll claims  —  Lawmakers, governors, candidates and Puerto Ricans denounced Trump for saying that “3,000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico.”  —  Democrats denounced President Donald Trump …
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Trump falsely claims nearly 3,000 Americans in Puerto Rico ‘did not die’  —  (CNN)Nearly 3,000 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.  President Donald Trump denied this reality as a hurricane barrels toward the Carolinas.  —  “3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico.
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Never give an inch’: Trump keeps touting perceived failures as successes
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Trump has made more than 5,000 false or misleading claims
BuzzFeed News:
Senate Democrats Have Referred A Secret Letter About Brett Kavanaugh To The FBI  —  Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have referred a letter concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI.  —  The contents of the letter have been closely guarded by Sen. Dianne Feinstein …
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Audio Reveals Potentially Illegal Coordination Between NRA and Montana Senate Hopeful Matt Rosendale  —  The gun-rights group gave Jon Tester's challenger a heads-up that it'd be spending money trying defeat the senator.  That's a no-no, watchdogs say.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Democrats' midterm advantage holds among likely voters  —  (CNN)Democrats maintain a wide lead over Republicans in the race for control of the House of Representatives, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds, including a 10-point lead among those most likely to turn out this November.
Discussion: Political Wire and CBS Sacramento
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:   Uncertain Dem Edge in CD07
Politico:
Giuliani: Trump sees no danger in Manafort plea  —  Trump's lawyer says of Manafort: 'It's pretty clear if they were going to get anything from him they'd have gotten it already.'  —  The prospect of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort cutting a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's office …
Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
Eric Mack / CNET:
Mysterious observatory evacuation stirs alien conspiracy theories … Corners of the internet are atwitter about a possible alien coverup after reports that a Blackhawk helicopter and federal agents swooped in and inexplicably evacuated a remote part of New Mexico, including a prominent solar observatory.
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Jennings Brown / Gizmodo:
This Is How It Starts: FBI Suspiciously Locks Down, Evacuates Solar Observatory in New Mexico
Discussion: Instapundit
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Rick Scott Is Preparing to Pack the State Supreme Court After His Term Ends  —  On Jan. 8, 2019, a new governor of Florida will be sworn in.  On that same day, three of the Florida Supreme Court's seven justices will complete their final terms.  Based on those facts alone …
RT:
'We're not agents': UK's suspects in Skripal case talk exclusively with RT's editor-in-chief (VIDEO) … WATCH BELOW PARTS 1, 2 & 3 OF THE INTERVIEW THE FOURTH PART OF THE VIDEO TO FOLLOW SOON.  —  UK prosecutors claimed their names were not real, but Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov …
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The Guardian:
Salisbury novichok suspects say they were only visiting cathedral
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Telegraph and 444
Jennifer Selva / CNN:
6 people are dead after shooting spree in California  —  (CNN)Six people are dead — including the suspect — after a man opened fire at multiple locations in Bakersfield, California, on Wednesday, a local sheriff said.  —  Officers responded to calls of a shooting at a trucking business …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Bakersfield Californian:
Six dead — five victims and suspect — in southeast Bakersfield shooting
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Plans to Rebrand Nafta  —  President wants to call it the ‘USMC’ pact, telling donors he will drop the ‘C’ if Canada doesn't agree to changes  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump revealed plans to rebrand the North American Free Trade Agreement as the “USMC” pact—for the U.S. …
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.
Politico:
The one thing Trump can't sell: A booming economy  —  White House aides and other top Republicans are giving up on their efforts to keep the president on message to rescue the GOP this fall.  —  In an alternate universe, President Donald Trump would be heading into the midterms relentlessly touting …
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Detention of Migrant Children Has Skyrocketed to Highest Levels Ever … Household incomes increased in 2017, the Census Bureau said, returning to roughly the levels before the recession.  —  President Trump is planning to pay Mexico $20 million to deport unauthorized immigrants there.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The NRA's Catch-22 for Black Men Shot by Police  —  The city of Dallas, Texas, has been rocked by news of an off-duty police officer shooting a black man in his own apartment.  On September 6, the off-duty police officer Amber Guyger entered Botham Jean's apartment and shot him dead.
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
U.S. Has Highest Share of Foreign-Born Since 1910, With More Coming From Asia  —  WASHINGTON — The foreign-born population in the United States has reached its highest share since 1910, according to government data released Thursday, and the new arrivals are more likely to come from Asia …
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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Ben Sasse / USA Today:
My new reform plan will drain Democratic and Republican ethics swamp: Sen. Ben Sasse  —  Despite promises to drain the swamp from both sides, Washington is filled with greed.  It's time to clean this mess up.  No more looking the other way.  —  CONNECT  —  In 2016, Republicans promised to “drain the swamp.”
Discussion: RedState
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's historic gift to media  —  Aboard Air Force One recently, an aide was showing President Trump detailed data, complete with graphics and fine print.  Usually the president prefers top lines and the big picture.  This time, he was going deeper.  The topic of the commander-in-chief's attention …
Bloomberg:
Men Get the First, Last and Every Other Word on Earnings Calls  — Women are elusive on quarterly calls, Prattle analysis shows  — Male speakers made 5 million of 5.4 million comments on calls  —  Forget the board room.  Women's voices are barely even present on conference calls.
Tanya Basu / The Daily Beast:
Trump Adviser Gina Loudon's Book Claims She Has a Ph.D. in Psychology.  She Doesn't.  —  Gina Loudon's book jacket proclaims she's 'America's favorite psychological expert.' The problem?  She doesn't have the credentials to be one.  —  Gina Loudon, the Republican commentator and author …
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 …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Abusive media moguls harmed more than just individual women.  They shaped a misogynistic culture.  —  Two moments on Wednesday.  Both startling, both telling.  —  Jericka Duncan, live on the CBS Evening News, looked unflinchingly into the camera as she explained how the story she had been covering …
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
Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
Americans Aren't Practicing Democracy Anymore  —  Editor's Note: This article is part of a series that attempts to answer the question: Is democracy dying?  —  Democracy is a most unnatural act.  People have no innate democratic instinct; we are not born yearning to set aside our own desires in favor of the majority's.
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Tim Allen gets candid about politics and Trump: 'I'm kind of an anarchist'  —  Tim Allen has a message for anybody on the fence about watching the revival of the conservative comedian's sitcom Last Man Standing this fall: “Who cares what I think?!” the actor-comedian declares.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Daily Wire
Bloomberg:
Trump Says Jamie Dimon Isn't Smart Enough to Run for President  — President responds to JPMorgan chief's Wednesday taunts  — Trump says policies make bankers look smarter than they are  —  One day after JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Jamie Dimon boasted that he's smarter than Donald Trump …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
UN Secretary-General: American Power Is in Decline, the World Is ‘in Pieces’  —  Editor's Note: This article is part of a series that attempts to answer the question: Is democracy dying?  —  For the past two years, the secretary-general of the United Nations, António Guterres …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Thomas McKinless / Roll Call:
Paul Ryan Says “Entitlement Reform” Will Continue in 2019
Discussion: Mother Jones
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem says he'll investigate Trump money laundering allegations if House flips
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
It happened there: how democracy died in Hungary
France 24:
Dalai Lama says ‘Europe belongs to Europeans’
Discussion: Breitbart and Daily Wire
Rep. Steve Scalise / Fox News:
A crazed gunman nearly killed me — Leaders must do more to keep violence out of politics
Marsha Blackburn / YouTube:
Non-Starter |  Marsha Blackburn for U.S. Senate
James McAuley / Washington Post:
France's Macron admits to military's systematic use of torture in Algeria war
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rand Paul ramps up his alliance with Trump
Discussion: Political Wire and Splinter
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
N.R.A. Show Puts Thomas the Tank Engine in K.K.K. Hood to Criticize Diversity Move
Discussion: USA Today and Mediaite
David Siders / Politico:
Hickenlooper moves closer to 2020 presidential bid
Discussion: NTK Network
CNN:
Mueller circles Roger Stone
Bloomberg:
Betsy DeVos Loses Student Loan Lawsuit Brought by 19 States
Discussion: Splinter and Axios
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Damning New Strzok Text to Page: “The Times is Angry With Us About the WP Scoop”