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New York Times:
Trump Won't Let No. 2 Spy Chief Take Over When Coats Leaves  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is planning to block Sue Gordon, the nation's No. 2 intelligence official, from rising to the role of acting director of national intelligence when Dan Coats steps down this month …
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New York Times:
Trump Drops Plans to Nominate John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday abruptly dropped his plan to nominate Representative John Ratcliffe, Republican of Texas, as the nation's top intelligence official, following bipartisan questions …
The Daily Beast:   John Ratcliffe's Ties to Whistleblower Case Surfaced as Officials Warned Against Him for DNI
Washington Post:
Ratcliffe withdraws from consideration for intelligence chief less than a week after Trump picked him
Washington Post:
GOP senator held up Trump nominee, demanding to see border wall contracts after Army Corps panned construction firm he prefers  —  A Republican senator held up the confirmation of a White House budget official this week in an attempt to obtain sensitive information about border wall contracts he's …
Discussion: Political Wire
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Chief of Staff and Communications Director Will Depart Her Office  —  Two of Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez's top staffers are leaving her office.  —  Saikat Chakrabarti, her chief of staff, and Corbin Trent, her director of communications — who …
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Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:   Ocasio-Cortez chief of staff to leave her office
John Gage / Washington Examiner:
Upheaval: AOC's chief of staff and top spokesman quit
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden holds two-to-one lead over Sanders in post-debate poll  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 2-to-1 lead nationally over the next closest Democratic presidential contender after the second round of debates, according to the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll.
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CNN:   Elizabeth Warren is running a brilliant campaign
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Iran's Foreign Minister Was Invited to Meet Trump in the Oval Office  —  Last month, amid a rapid-fire escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, received an unexpected invitation—to meet President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Colorado Pols:
Hick4Senate: New Domains Signal Big Moves In Senate Race?  —  UPDATE: Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette's politics page fills in the details: … We take longtime local political fixture Curtis Hubbard at his word, of course-but we'll also be waiting, and at this point probably expecting, for the other shoe to drop.
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Bethonie Butler / Washington Post:
Ben Folds makes a song called ‘Moscow Mitch’
H. Alan Scott / Newsweek:   ‘Moscow Mitch’ McConnell is Now a Ben Folds Song
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
At rally, Trump seethes with elite contempt for Real Americans  —  The candidate for president was seething with disdain for a large swath of Real Americans.  The candidate scoffed at their suffering.  The candidate oozed with haughty superciliousness as he wrote off all those Americans as unworthy of concern or outreach.
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Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Fear and gloating in Cincinnati
Discussion: Colorado Pols and Althouse
Pelosi Press / Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Progress of House Investigations  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement on the progress of the House's investigations:  —  “When we take the oath of office, we solemnly vow 'to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies …
Discussion: Fox News
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NBC News:   Majority of House Democrats now support Trump impeachment inquiry
Quinta Jurecic / New York Times:
Look at the Mueller Report as a Detective Story.  It Will Blow Your Mind.  —  It may turn out to be a film noir.  The investigators uncovered the plot, but the society is too rotten to do anything about it.  —  Ms. Jurecic is the managing editor of Lawfare.
Samuel R. Bagenstos / SSRN:
Abstract  —  The Roberts Court has recently handed several high-profile wins in labor and employment law cases to anti-labor and pro-employer forces.  This paper argues that those decisions replicate crucial moves made by some infamous Lochner-era cases—and that those same moves continue …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Muslim Activist Laura Loomer to Run for Congress  —  Banned from every major social media network, Laura Loomer will almost certainly lose her challenge to Rep. Lois Frankel.  —  Anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer launched a congressional bid on Friday, setting herself up for almost certain defeat …
Ted Hesson / Politico:
Emails show Stephen Miller pressed hard to limit green cards  —  White House senior adviser Stephen Miller wasn't getting an immigration regulation he wanted.  So he sent a series of scorching emails to top immigration officials, calling the department an “embarrassment” for not acting faster, according to emails obtained by POLITICO.
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Trump's Judicial Legacy  —  Toggle more options  —  President Trump has now appointed nearly one in four of all federal circuit court judges, cementing an important part of his legacy.  The picks are far less diverse than his predecessor's.  —  STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Los Angeles Times:
Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter killed himself, coroner says, contradicting police version of events  —  The Gilroy Garlic Festival gunman killed himself, the county medical examiner concluded Friday, contradicting an earlier police account that three officers had shot him dead within a minute.
Discussion: KTLA
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It didn't take long for Democratic candidates to rush to embrace Obama  —  It took progressive Democratic candidates for president less than 24 hours to realize they had gone way overboard in slamming President Barack Obama's record and suggesting that defense of it was akin to “Republican talking points.”
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Nikki Haley hits Trump's ‘unnecessary’ response to Cummings break-in  —  Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Friday pushed back against President Trump's tweet in which he appeared to mock an attempted robbery at the home of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
Alex Kotch / Sludge:
Delaney Super PAC's Biggest Donor is Wife of Former Health Care CEO  —  The $50,000 donation is one of many ways individuals tied to the health care industry are supporting the anti-Medicare for All candidate.  —  EDITED BY  —  As former Maryland representative John Delaney campaigns …
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
A reporter says the White House suspended his credentials in an ‘attempt to stifle the free press’  —  Brian Karem, the chief White House correspondent for Playboy magazine, said Friday that his press pass is being suspended for 30 days in what he called an “anti-First Amendment move.”
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Climate Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb, Republican Strategists Fear  —  WASHINGTON — When election time comes next year, Will Galloway, a student and Republican youth leader at Clemson University, will look for candidates who are strong on the mainstream conservative causes he cares about most …
Washington Post:
‘Take Texas seriously’: GOP anxiety spikes after retirements, Democratic gains  —  Republicans have long idealized Texas as a deep-red frontier state, home to rural conservatives who love President Trump.  But political turbulence in the sprawling suburbs and fast-growing cities are turning …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and ThinkProgress
Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
Garner, Pantaleo, de Blasio and truth: Let's be honest about how New York City got here  —  Bill de Blasio is gaslighting New Yorkers again.  —  “Today, for the first time in these long five years, the system of justice is working,” he said Friday, after a deputy NYPD commissioner issued a secret …
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Russian-backed Kentucky mill makes PR push amid Democratic concerns  —  Braidy Industries, which is developing a new Kentucky aluminum mill partially backed by the Russian aluminum giant Rusal, has hired a firm with ties to Sen. Mitch McConnell (r-Ky.) to give the project a public relations boost …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Host Neil Cavuto Tells Viewers Trump Is Wrong: 'China Isn't Paying These Tariffs.  You Are.'
Stephen Cunningham / Bloomberg:
Trump Officials Still Pushing for a Coal Bailout, Regulator Says
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump calls Bannon ‘one of my best pupils’ over positive 2020 analysis
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U.S. Headed Toward Blockade of Venezuela, Trump Official Says
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Chris Kenning / Courier-Journal:
‘I think Trump needs to show his face’: Laid-off miners losing faith in coal promises
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan's Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon
Discussion: Breitbart and Power Line
Washington Post:
Brittany Kaiser's work with Cambridge Analytica helped elect Donald Trump.  She's hoping the world will forgive her.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Top State Department adviser fired over ‘abusive’ management style
Discussion: New York Times
Will Wilkinson / New York Times:
Conservatives Are Hiding Their ‘Loathing’ Behind Our Flag
 

 
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