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12:15 PM ET, September 15, 2018

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Harry Litman / USA Today:
Manafort plea is new proof that Mueller is Trump's worst nightmare.  He's on to him.  —  Trump never expected Manafort to flip on him.  The plea and cooperation agreement Mueller won proves that truth is truth, whatever Rudy Giuliani says.  —  It's tempting to view Paul Manafort's guilty plea …
Discussion: The Guardian, Politico and CNBC
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump can start panicking now: Manafort will cooperate with the special counsel  —  The Post reports: … That's the news Trump never wanted to hear.  The prospect of just such a deal is why his lawyers reportedly dangled the promise of a pardon in front of Manafort's lawyers.
Lawfare:
The Manafort Guilty Plea, the Mueller Investigation, and the President  —  Paul Manafort, his wife, and his lawyer Kevin Downing arriving at court for a status update hearing on Feb. 14, 2018.  (Flickr/Victoria Pickering)  —  Only three weeks ago, the president of the United States lauded Paul Manafort …
Discussion: Washington Post, ThinkProgress and Vox
CNN:
Federal prosecutors weigh charges against Democratic powerbroker in Manafort-linked probe  —  (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York are weighing criminal charges against former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig as part of an investigation into whether he failed to register as a foreign agent …
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
How a Ukrainian Hairdresser Became a Front for Paul Manafort
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Michael Cohen Is the Latest Former Trump Ally to Talk to Mueller
New York Times:
Manafort Folds. Now What?
Discussion: New Yorker and Raw Story
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Fraying Ties With Trump Put Mattis's Fate in Doubt  —  WASHINGTON — Back when their relationship was fresh and new, and President Trump still called his defense secretary “Mad Dog” — a nickname Jim Mattis detests — the wiry retired Marine general often took a dinner break to eat burgers with his boss in the White House residence.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Our System Is Too Broken to Assess the Sexual Assault Claim Against Kavanaugh  —  This, then, was the fatal flaw of #MeToo: We thought that patriarchal systems, based in entrenched power, and supported by others in power, could be brought down by individual, brave women.  —  Why don't women come forward?
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Kavanaugh Classmate Named in Letter Strongly Denies Allegations of Misconduct
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
FEMA to test ‘Presidential Alert’ system next week  —  Experts expressed little concern that the wireless emergency alerts could be used for political purposes.  —  President Donald Trump may soon be communicating with you directly on your phone — even if you don't follow him on Twitter.
Discussion: Political Wire and AOL
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Suzanne Goldsmith / The Columbus Dispatch:
Les Wexner renounces Republican Party affiliation after Obama stops in Columbus  —  After former Democratic President Barack Obama made a quiet stop in Columbus on Thursday night, the wealthiest Republican supporter in the state told a small audience at a Downtown event that he is fed up and has quit the Republican Party.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Florence by the numbers: 7 dead, more than 900K without power, strongest wind gust in 60 years hits Wilmington
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Grist and The Guardian
Christopher Clarey / New York Times:
Are Women Penalized More Than Men in Tennis?  Data Says No  —  Serena Williams argued that she was subject to a double standard when she was cited for verbal abuse by the chair umpire Carlos Ramos during the United States Open women's final last Saturday.  —  “There are men out here who do a lot worse …
Discussion: Althouse
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Ryan Young / Yahoo Sports:   Report: Men penalized significantly more than women in tennis
Harry Enten / CNN:
Democrats may have more polling upside in House races than GOP  —  Poll: Dems have advantage with likely voters  —  (CNN)First things first: The theme song of the week is Roundball Rock by John Tesh from the NBA on NBC.  —  Poll of the week: The New York Times and Siena College have released multiple House polls over the last week.
Discussion: Bloomberg
CNN:
Arizona Senate: Kyrsten Sinema's anti-war group blasted ‘U.S. terror,’ depicted soldier as skeleton in 2003 flyers  —  (CNN)As an anti-war activist in the early 2000s, Arizona Senate candidate Kyrsten Sinema led a group that distributed flyers depicting an American soldier as a skeleton inflicting …
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
A Grassroots Uprising in Amish Country Begins to Find Meaning in Politics  —  The morning after the presidential election in November 2016, Annie Weaver, like millions around the country, was in a stupor.  —  “I remember coming to work that day and I stopped at the Wawa and I didn't even make eye contact …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
A private letter from Ronald Reagan to his dying father-in-law shows the president's faith  —  Something tugged at Ronald Reagan on that otherwise slow August weekend in 1982.  —  “Again at the W.H.,” the president noted in his diary.  “More of Saturdays work plus a long letter I have to write to Loyal.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:   Ronald Reagan's letter to his dying father-in-law, annotated
Amanda Luz Henning Santiago / Mashable:
Weatherman dramatically braces for Hurricane Florence while 2 guys casually stroll by  —  As Hurricane Florence continues to wreak havoc on the Carolinas, weather people and storm chasers are heading as close as they can to the eye of the storm without putting themselves in danger.
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Why Did the New York Review of Books Publish That Jian Ghomeshi Essay?  —  Well before the world associated the phrase #MeToo with sexual assault, Jian Ghomeshi was a popular Canadian radio host and musician.  In 2014 and 2015, however, he became the subject of numerous allegations of sexual assault …
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Julia Salazar, the Left's Post-Truth Politician  —  The democratic socialist lied.  And lied.  And lied.  Then she won handily in Brooklyn.  —  Ms. Weiss is a staff writer and editor for the Opinion section.  — Sept. 14, 2018  —  According to The Washington Post's running count …
Axios:
2020 Dems: Rebels v. restorationists  —  The most telling split among 2020 Democratic hopefuls won't be over policy, but whether to match President Trump's scorched-earth tactics, top Democrats tell Jonathan Swan and me.  —  “The key question is: How crazy will Trump make us?” asked a veteran of Democratic presidential campaigns.
Discussion: Political Wire
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Deficit hawks are dead, and few in Washington can muster any outrage  —  The deficit hawks are dead.  —  Their demise technically came Tuesday when the Congressional Budget Office calculated the federal deficit at $895 billion for the first 11 months of fiscal 2018 — a stunning gap …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: James O'Keefe Teases Next Week's Hit — DEEP STATE SHOULD BE WORRIED!  —  Phyllis Schlafly's Gateway Eagle Council XLVIIstarts today in St. Louis, Missouri, Sept. 13-16.  —  This year The Gateway Pundit, one of the most influential conservative websites in US politics …
Discussion: Washington Times
Brian Flood / Associated Press:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admits conservative staffers 'don't feel safe to express their opinions' at liberal tech giant  —  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted that the social media giant's staffers who have right-leaning political views don't feel comfortable to speak up because of the company's ultra-liberal work environment.
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Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
After Trump's tweets on Hurricane Maria, Hispanic Caucus chair declines invitation to the White House
Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Mexican national pleads guilty to illegal voting in Harris County
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Rick Scott says Democrats should forego pay while campaigning
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Erin Durkin / The Guardian:
Andrew Cuomo says progressive wave is ‘not even a ripple’ after primary win
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Stephen Young / Dallas Observer:
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Christine Simmons / New York Law Journal:
Trump Ambassador Pick Faced Sexual Harassment Claims at Former Law Firm
Discussion: Raw Story and Above the Law
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Government Can't Love You  —  We are weaponizing norms …
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
White House Considered Replacing FEMA Chief as Florence Was Gathering Steam
Discussion: Bustle and New York Times
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Lawyer Says President's Legal Team Erred in Cohen Reversal
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Washington Post:
A solar observatory in New Mexico is evacuated for a week and the FBI is investigating.  No one will say why.
Discussion: TheDrive