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1:25 PM ET, October 9, 2018

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump has accepted Nikki Haley's resignation  —  President Trump has accepted Nikki Haley's resignation as UN Ambassador, according to two sources briefed on their conversation.  The timing of her departure is still unclear.  —  What we're hearing: Haley discussed her resignation …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Nikki Haley Resigned as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations  —  President Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, has resigned, ahead of what Mr. Trump promised on Twitter on Tuesday was a “Big announcement” with Ms. Haley at the White House.
Washington Post:
Read Nikki Haley's resignation letter  —  Text of U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's resignation letter.
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Haley calls Jared Kushner Trump's ‘hidden genius’  —  Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday morning lauded White House senior adviser Jared Kushner as a “hidden genius” of the Trump administration.  —  Haley made the remark from the Oval Office as she announced her resignation.
Discussion: Political Wire
Robert Donachie / Washington Examiner:
Richard Grenell a ‘family favorite’ to replace Nikki Haley at UN  —  U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell is a name to watch as speculation commences on who will replace outgoing United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, a source with knowledge of administration's thinking told the Washington Examiner.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Andy Shain / Post and Courier:   Watchdog wants investigation of Nikki Haley's private jet flights to SC
Bristow Marchant / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Nikki Haley's private plane flights raise ethics questions, watchdog says
Discussion: Political Wire
John Santucci / ABC News:
Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador, will leave at end of the year, Trump says
Discussion: Axios, Mother Jones and The Week
Washington Post:
Nikki Haley resigns as Trump's U.N. ambassador
Discussion: Mother Jones
Associated Press:   UN Ambassador Haley resigning in latest Trump shakeup
Talking Points Memo:
Nikki Haley Resigns As UN Ambassador
Discussion: Fox News, ABC News and CNN
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Watchdog Group Calls For Probe Of Nikki Haley Flights Funded By Businessmen
Discussion: Raw Story and CREW
NBC News:
Nikki Haley to resign as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations
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BuzzFeed News:
Taylor Swift's Instagram Post Has Caused A Massive Spike In Voter Registration  —  Since Taylor Swift flexed her star power Sunday with an Instagram post that encouraged her 112 million followers to register to vote, Vote.org has experienced an unprecedented flood of new voter registrations nationwide.
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
‘A betrayal beyond words’: The far right melts down over Taylor Swift's endorsement of Democrats
Grace Sparks / CNN:
CNN poll: Democrats are fired up and maintain a strong 2018 lead  —  Washington (CNN)Four weeks out from Election Day, Democrats remain well ahead of Republicans in a generic ballot matchup, with 54% of likely voters saying they support the Democrat in their district and 41% backing a Republican …
Discussion: Political Wire
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Kavanaugh catapults Marsha Blackburn into lead in key Tennessee Senate race  —  GERMANTOWN, Tenn. — Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn holds her first sustained lead in the race for an open Tennessee Senate seat, catapulted ahead of Democrat Phil Bredesen by the partisan battle …
Discussion: RedState and Outside the Beltway
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Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Democrats' latest excuse: Blame the Constitution
Discussion: Washington Post
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Superior ruthlessness isn't why Republicans control the Supreme Court  —  They had some good luck — and, most importantly, they had the votes.  —  A strange explanation for Brett Kavanaugh's ascension to the Supreme Court emerged soon after the Senate confirmed him.
Discussion: Breitbart and Erick on the Radio
Steven Shepard / Politico:
POLITICO race ratings: The GOP House is crumbling  —  There are now 209 seats either firmly or leaning in the Democratic column — only 9 shy of the 218 needed to win control.  —  The Republican House majority continues to show signs of collapsing, with Democrats steadily gaining ground toward erasing …
New York Times:
Trump Campaign Aide Requested Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm  —  WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence …
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
‘This is MY son’: Navy vet horrified as mom's tweet miscasts him as #HimToo poster boy — and goes viral  —  Pieter Hanson was in the middle of a marketing exam when his phone started blowing up, buzzing and buzzing until he was convinced something terrible had happened.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The one conspiracy theory that Republicans won't believe  —  The Party of Trump has proved itself keen to propagate any conspiracy theory, no matter how ridiculous or racist.  —  Well, almost any conspiracy theory.  —  There were the microwave ovens that surveil your every move.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Paranoid Style in G.O.P. Politics
Discussion: Mediaite, CNN, Raw Story and Harper's
The Moscow Times:
Infamous St. Petersburg ‘Troll Factory’ Set on Fire  —  The office of Russia's infamous troll factory believed to be at the vanguard of Russia's information war has been set on fire in St. Petersburg overnight.  —  An investigation revealed last year that the secretive troll factory …
Discussion: Raw Story
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Kanye West Expected to Visit Trump at the White House  —  President Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are expected to meet with the musician Kanye West on Thursday at the White House, two people familiar with the plans said.  —  Mr. West, who has faced a backlash over his vocal support …
Isabel Debre / Associated Press:
US student detained in Israel for alleged boycott support  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — In a first-of-its-kind case, Israel has held an American graduate student at its international airport for a whole week, accusing her of supporting a Palestinian-led boycott movement against the Jewish state.
Kaja Whitehouse / New York Post:
Weiner on track for early release … Disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner has finally found something he can do without screwing it up.  —  Nearly a year after he began his 21-month prison sentence for sexting with an underage girl, Weiner, 54, is set to be released early for good conduct.
Matt Wynn / USA Today:
Trump country had bad football  —  A flailing home team dampens interest in football in a market, regardless of politics.  —  Take a look at those five Trump-leaning markets with the worst NFL ratings drops and you'll find bad football.  —  The worst plunge happened in Phoenix.  There, Trump was strong.
YouTube:
Is Ted Cruz “Tough As Texas”?  —  Is Ted Cruz really “Tough as Texas”?  Hardly.  Here's one Texan's take on that Ted Cruz fella... - Directed by Richard Linklater
Discussion: Daily Kos, IJR and Roll Call
Lawrence Summers / Financial Times:
I discovered the rest of America on my summer holiday  —  Economists like me see the world through the prism of models, fitted to statistical data and tested against market realities.  Economic models provide uniquely powerful perspectives: I have used them to argue that had the economy been left to itself …
Discussion: Splinter
Michael Rubinkam / Associated Press:
Treasure hunters challenge FBI over dig for Civil War gold  —  DENTS RUN, Pa. (AP) — Surrounded by dozens of stone-faced FBI agents on a frigid winter's day, Dennis and Kem Parada stared down at the empty hole and knew something wasn't right.  —  The father-son duo spent years combing …
Asha Rangappa / New York Times:
The Mueller Investigation Is Bigger Than Rod Rosenstein  —  Even if he got fired, a replacement dead set on shutting down the investigation would find it nearly impossible to pull off.  —  Ms. Rangappa was an F.B.I. special agent focusing on counterintelligence investigations.
Karen Weise / New York Times:
Why Some Amazon Workers Are Fuming About Their Raise  —  SEATTLE — Last week, Dave Clark, Amazon's senior vice president in charge of operations, stood on a ladder in a warehouse near Los Angeles and announced to employees that Amazon was raising pay for its vast blue-collar work force.
Ian Samuel / The Guardian:
Kavanaugh will be on the US supreme court for life.  Here's how we fight back  —  We are in, it seems, for decades of misery for labor unions, voting rights and regulation of businesses.  Or are we?  —  Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed, and he will serve as a justice on the supreme court for the rest of his life.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Shock report: US paying more for illegal immigrant births than Trump's wall  —  Americans are paying more to cover the costs of illegal immigrants having children in the United States than Congress plans to give President Trump in border wall funding this year, according to an explosive new analysis of Census Bureau data.
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
The Kavanaugh cash surge  —  The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation fight has led to a huge increase in donations to Democrats and groups that support them — and Republicans say the battle has been good for their fundraising, too.  —  Why it matters: It's tangible evidence that the bitter Supreme Court showdown …
Discussion: Splinter, POLITICUSUSA, CNBC and Raw Story
 
 
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Rich Noyes / NewsBusters:
Study: Economic Boom Largely Ignored as TV's Trump Coverage Hits 92% Negative
Discussion: LifeZette and The Daily Caller
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence Announces Cold War II
Bernie Sanders:
Building A Global Democratic Movement to Counter Authoritarianism
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Eric Dreiband and Jeff Clark will finally get a floor vote
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Tom Cotton On The Left's Descent Into The Tactics of Intimidation
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
FBI lawyer's testimony at odds with Rosenstein denial on ‘wire’ report
Discussion: twitchy.com
Joe Ripley / WYFF-TV:
Sen. Lindsey Graham to run for re-election in 2020, has ‘zero interest’ in Trump appointment
 Earlier Items: 
Talking Points Memo:
‘They Told Me I Would Never See Her Again’: Deported Parents Lose Kids To Adoption
Discussion: Shakesville and Jezebel
Paul A. Eisenstein / NBC News:
Trump's tariffs have already cost Ford $1B; now it's planning layoffs
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Democrat Wexton leads Rep. Comstock by 12 points in northern Va. district, survey finds
Discussion: Political Wire
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Kavanaugh Killed the ‘Never Trump’ Movement
Discussion: Mediaite
Dana Bash / CNN:
Heidi Heitkamp was ready to vote ‘yes’ on Kavanaugh. Then she watched him with the sound off.