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12:45 AM ET, September 16, 2018

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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Bob Woodward on the ‘Best Obtainable Version of the Truth’ About Trump  —  By the time I arrived at Bob Woodward's townhouse in Georgetown on Friday morning, his latest book, Fear, was already in its ninth printing, with more copies sold on just the first day of its release than there are people living in the city of Washington.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Woodward: No Evidence Of Trump-Russia Collusion, I Searched For Two Years  —  In an interview with Hugh Hewitt on Friday, Bob Woodward said that in his two years of investigating for his new book, ‘Fear,’ he found no evidence of collusion or espionage between Trump and Russia.
Andrew Carter / Raleigh News & Observer:
Kitten clings for life as man awaits rescue from Florence.  The cat's name says it all.  —  NEW BERN  —  From his seat on the back of a small jon boat, Robert Simmons Jr. surveyed the floodwater in his neighborhood in northwest New Bern.  The water, which spilled over from the Neuse River …
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Associated Press:
Sheriff: US Border Patrol agent suspected of killing 4 women  —  LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent suspected of killing four prostitutes was arrested early Saturday after a fifth woman managed to escape from him and notify the authorities, law enforcement officials said, describing the agent as a “serial killer.”
Discussion: Raw Story
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The Daily Beast:
U.S. Border Patrol Agent in Texas Arrested in Killing of 4 Prostitutes, Kidnapping Another  —  Police were reportedly tipped off to the suspect after a woman he allegedly tried to abduct escaped.  —  A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent in Texas, who authorities are calling a “serial murderer …
Discussion: CNN
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
'Robert Mueller's real quest here is for the truth': How Paul Manafort's plea brings the special counsel probe closer to its end game  —  First came George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who was arrested by the FBI when he stepped off a plane at Dulles International Airport …
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CNN:   Here's how Paul Manafort might be helpful to the Russia investigation
Harry Litman / USA Today:
Manafort plea is new proof that Mueller is Trump's worst nightmare. He's on to him.
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump has decided to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods in dramatic escalation of trade battle  —  President Trump has decided to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, two people briefed on the decision said, one of the most severe economic restrictions ever imposed by a U.S. president.
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Announce New Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods  —  The plan comes ahead of high-level trade talks between the U.S. and China to try to resolve differences  —  President Trump plans to announce new tariffs of about $200 billion on Chinese imports, according to people familiar with the matter …
Discussion: CNBC and Axios
New York Times:
The Economy Is Humming, but Trump Is Tweeting.  Republicans Are Worried.  —  WASHINGTON — As Democrats enter the fall midterm campaign with palpable confidence about reclaiming the House and perhaps even the Senate, tensions are rising between the White House and congressional Republicans …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Paula Schwartz / Showbiz411:
Michael Moore Thinks Donald Trump Wrote NYTimes Op-Ed Piece: “He's the master of distraction, he wants us to believe there are adults in the room”  —  Michael Moore made the scary prediction that Donald Trump was “the last president of the United States” in the trailer to his new documentary …
Discussion: Breitbart and Chicks On The Right
Finger Lakes Times:
Maduro's huge salary increases force 40% percent of Venezuelan stores to close  —  Nearly 40 percent of all Venezuelan stores have closed —some of them perhaps permanently —after the government of President Nicolas Maduro increased the minimum salary by nearly 3,500 percent in one fell swoop …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
What's in It for Republicans?  —  Vox's Dylan Matthews tries to catch Senator Feinstein's Hail Mary pass, even as he acknowledges that we can at present see no ball: … What's “in it for Republicans?”  You mean other than refusing to establish a precedent by which any nominee for anything …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Rod Liddle / Spectator:
Is it possible to draw Serena Williams without being racist?  —  I have spent the morning trying to draw a cartoon of a black person without it being racist.  It's bloody difficult.  Especially the lips.  Make them too big and anti-racist people will accuse you of being a white supremacist peddling …
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.
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Justin Wise / The Hill:
Wealthiest Republican supporter in Ohio quits party
Discussion: IJR and Outside the Beltway
David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times:
As Trump and Mattis clash in public, officials question how long he'll last at the Pentagon … When Defense Secretary James N. Mattis declared last month that he had “no plans” to cancel future joint military exercises with South Korean forces, it brought him a very public rebuke from President Trump.
Discussion: Vox
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Weather Channel correspondent busted for dramatic wind lean-in  —  CNN correspondent Nick Watt was reporting on Hurricane Florence on Friday morning from North Myrtle Beach, S.C., when he captured the hypocrisy that TV networks display when it comes to storm coverage.
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Ruth Spencer / The Cut:
What I Know About Jian Ghomeshi  —  Before anyone knew anything else about him, it was charm that made Jian Ghomeshi a big deal.  It began in the mid 2000s, when he hosted a Canadian arts-and-culture radio show, Q. In one episode, the actor Billy Bob Thornton was a guest …
CBS New York:
Mother Of MS-13 Victim Killed At Daughter's Memorial Site  —  WHAT WE KNOW...  - Evelyn Rodriguez was the outspoken mother of a daughter killed by alleged MS-13 gang members.  — She was a featured guest of President Donald Trump at his State of the Union address.
Discussion: Fox News, New York Post and Breitbart
Washington Post:
A Coast Guard officer on Florence duty made a hand gesture on TV.  Some saw a white-power sign.  —  In the background of a Coast Guard briefing on MSNBC on Friday evening, in a bustling aid center, a Coast Guard member flashed what some TV viewers claimed was a white-power sign at the camera.
 
 
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
It Takes More Than ‘Adults in the Room’ to Control a Petulant Leader Like Trump
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Google Built China A Prototype Search Engine That Allows Government To Spy On Citizens' Search Queries
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Money Talks. Will the G.O.P. Listen?
Justin Caruso / Breitbart:
CNN Ratings Down 41 Percent from Last Year
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Arlette Saenz / CNN:
Joe Biden will headline major LGBTQ dinner as he mulls 2020 run
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
How a Ukrainian Hairdresser Became a Front for Paul Manafort
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Atlantic
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
A Grassroots Uprising in Amish Country Begins to Find Meaning in Politics
Harry Enten / CNN:
Democrats may have more polling upside in House races than GOP
Discussion: Bloomberg
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Ronald Reagan's letter to his dying father-in-law, annotated
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