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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's personal assistant fired after comments about Ivanka, Tiffany  —  Madeleine Westerhout, who left her White House job suddenly on Thursday as President Trump's personal assistant, was fired after bragging to reporters that she had a better relationship with Trump than his own daughters …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Getting Fired Ain't the Story
Discussion: Hot Air, Politico and RedState
CNBC:
Trump says the US wasn't involved in apparent launch pad explosion in Iran  —  KEY POINTS  — President Donald Trump on Friday insisted that the U.S. had nothing to do with the apparent launch pad explosion of an Iranian rocket.  — Trump's denial also included what looked …
Discussion: Mediaite, twitchy.com, POLITICUSUSA and NPR
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Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
President Trump Tweets Sensitive Surveillance Image of Iran  —  President Trump has tweeted what experts say is almost certainly an image from a classified satellite or drone, showing the aftermath of an accident at an Iranian space facility.  —  “The United States of America was not involved …
Washington Post:
Bolton sidelined from Afghanistan policy as his standing with Trump falters  —  As the president's top aides prepared for a high-stakes meeting on the future of Afghanistan earlier this month, one senior official was not on the original invite list: national security adviser John Bolton.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Caitlin Lally / KMOX-AM:
KMOX EXCLUSIVE: Illinois GOP congressman John Shimkus will not run in 2020  —  He announced it Friday on the Mark Reardon Show.  —  ST. LOUIS (KMOX) — Illinois GOP Rep. John Shimkus announced Friday on the Mark Reardon Show that he will not run for reelection in 2020.
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and UPI
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Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
Rep. Shimkus won't seek reelection, joins growing list of Republicans heading for the exit
Discussion: Axios and KMOX-AM
John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's classified misconduct and the media's flawed coverage of it  —  A major headline from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest inspector general report is that fired FBI Director James Comey mishandled classified information.  But you'd never know it from most of the day-after media reporting on the historic findings.
Discussion: Newsweek, Washington Post and RedState
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Of Course Comey Was Right to Share the Memos
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Comey IG report exposes the hypocrisy of the ‘Russia hoax’ crowd
Discussion: RedState and Right Wing Watch
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A Fox host's tirade against Trump exposes depths of the president's corruption  —  The impunity is the point.  —  For days now, President Trump has been embroiled in a public feud of sorts with Fox News, because he's angry that the network isn't functioning dutifully enough as his 24/7 propaganda channel.
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Vicky Ward / CNN:
Pro-Trump super PAC paid thousands to firm owned by Brad Parscale's wife  —  (CNN)A company owned by the wife of Brad Parscale, President 239; Donald Trump's campaign manager, has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the President's flagship political action committee …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Firm tied to top Trump campaign aide Brad Parscale has side deal with pro-Trump super PAC  —  A digital data firm connected to President Donald Trump's campaign manager has received more than $900,000 in business from a pro-Trump super PAC, a low profile financial entanglement that could renew questions …
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Hurricane Dorian already stirring political storm as Dems rip Trump  —  As Florida stared down a massive hurricane that could soon engulf the state, a political storm is already brewing over President Trump's response.  —  Democrats railed against Trump even before the storm makes landfall over the state …
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Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Former Canadian prime minister roots for Dorian to hit Trump's Mar-a-Lago
Bruce Ritchie / Politico:
More than half of South Florida gas stations are out of gas ahead of Dorian
Leah Askarinam / Inside Elections:
North Carolina 9: McCready Has Narrow Lead in New Bipartisan Poll  —  By Nathan L. Gonzales and Leah Askarinam  —  Democrat Dan McCready has a narrow advantage over Republican Dan Bishop heading into the final days of the Sept. 10 redo election in North Carolina's 9th District, according to a new bipartisan poll for Inside Elections.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Pull it together, Joe Biden  —  As you may have heard, speaking to an audience in New Hampshire, Joe Biden told a very moving story about his interaction with a war hero.  The only problem is that he got just about every detail in the story wrong, as a Post investigation subsequently revealed.
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
World's ‘Saddest’ Rally?  Donald Trump Jr. Mocked For Speaking To Mostly Empty Arena  —  Just a couple hundred people turned out for the event meant to help Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R).  —  Don't expect to hear much bragging about this crowd.  —  Donald Trump Jr., son of President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Shareblue Media, The Root and Raw Story
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Michael Flynn's Lawyers Escalate Attacks on Prosecutors  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Michael T. Flynn, the president's first national security adviser, escalated their attacks on prosecutors on Friday, recycling unfounded conspiratorial accusations in a last-ditch bid to delay his sentencing …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Prosecutors call for Flynn sentencing amid impasse with defense attorneys
Discussion: Fox News and Daily Kos
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
World War II and the Ingredients of Slaughter  —  The spirit of certitude that dominated the politics of the 1930s is not so distant from us today.  —  World War II began 80 years ago this Sunday after Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a “nonaggression” pact that was, in fact, a mutual aggression pact.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Diamond and Silk Lawyer Up  —  Plus, Santa Claus fanatics have opened up a civil war in QAnon, and the Iraqi dinar gets a rival scam.  —  NEWSLETTERS  —  Right Richter  —  See what's happening with the extreme right wing from the safety of your inbox.  —  Subscribe  —  This week:
Discussion: Law & Crime and Boing Boing
Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Tomi Lahren Admits Her ‘Freedom’ Clothing Line Not Made in USA  —  Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren admitted Friday that her new “Freedom” athleisure line, a collaboration with athletic-wear line Alexo Athletica, was not made in the United States.  —  “Like many American small business owners, Alexo aims to be Made in America.
Discussion: Breitbart
Gerry Shih / Washington Post:
China expels Wall Street Journal reporter over coverage of Xi's family  —  BEIJING — China effectively expelled a Wall Street Journal reporter from the country, one month after the newspaper published a report detailing allegations that a cousin of Chinese leader Xi Jinping was involved …
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Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times:   China Expels Wall Street Journal Reporter After Article on Xi's Cousin
Richard J Evans / Prospect Magazine:
Britain's Reichstag Fire moment  —  Weimar warns us about what happens when politicians give up on their own parliaments—as one of our most distinguished historians argues in this exclusive essay  —  Democracy is in trouble.  The optimism that swept the world in the wake of communism's collapse has vanished.
Discussion: spiked and naked capitalism
David Harrison / Wall Street Journal:
Historic Asset Boom Passes by Half of Families  —  Scant wealth leaves families vulnerable if recession hits, economists say  —  The decadelong economic expansion has showered the U.S. with staggering new wealth driven by a booming stock market and rising house prices.  —  But that windfall has passed by many Americans.
Discussion: The Intellectualist
Laura Reiley / Washington Post:
How the Trump administration limited the scope of the USDA's 2020 dietary guidelines  —  The 80 topics that will be addressed do not include the health effects of consumption of red and processed meat. the dramatic increase in ultraprocessed foods and sodium levels.
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Longtime lobbyist and former congressman Vin Weber resigns from consulting firm  —  Vin Weber, the former Minnesota congressman who has provided guidance to Republican presidential candidates and corporate executives, resigned his position Friday as a partner in a prominent consulting firm …
Discussion: CNN and Talking Points Memo
Anna Merlan / Jezebel:
Emily Yoffe Back on Her Bullshit—Here's What an Alleged Victim Says She Left Out in Her Latest Contested MeToo Story  —  Emily Yoffe, a current contributing editor at the Atlantic and Slate's former advice columnist, has a specialty, of sorts: as I wrote in the prehistoric days of 2015 …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Man Trump Wishes He Were  —  Jim Mattis and the formation of character.  —  In the first few months of his presidency, Donald Trump surrounded himself with a certain sort of ramrod military man: John Kelly, Michael Flynn, H.R. McMaster and Jim Mattis.  These men had or appeared …
David K. Li / NBC News:
Alabama man who spent 36 years behind bars after stealing $50 set free  —  He was convicted of robbing a bakery in 1983, which netted him $50.75, and had previously broken into a vacant service station.  He was sentenced to life.  —  An Alabama man who has spent almost 36 years in prison …
Jennifer Mendelsohn / Medium:
Their Own Two Feet  —  As the new public face of the Trump administration's draconian immigration policies, acting USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli has wasted no time stirring up collective ire.  Most notably, he set off a firestorm of criticism by rewriting the iconic Emma Lazarus poem …
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Trial for Men Accused of Plotting 9/11 Attacks Is Set for 2021  —  WASHINGTON — Moving toward a final reckoning as the nation approaches the 20th anniversary of the day that led to the longest war in American history, a military judge on Friday set a date for the death penalty trial …
 
 
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
NY Times Tightens Up on Social Media After Scandals: ‘People Are Locking Down Their Accounts’
Federal Register:
AGENCY:  —  Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Iran's attacks on one U.S. think tank are a threat to all
Sigal Samuel / Vox:
Brain-reading tech is coming. The law is not ready to protect us.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Raw Story
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
Man with links to neo-Nazi group charged with threatening to kill Jewish man and infant in L.A.
Discussion: KTLA
Andrew C. McCarthy / The New Criterion:
Full-court press  —  A review of Justice on Trial …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The 2020 Democratic Candidates and Their Coalitions
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:
West Virginia Poll: If Manchin gets in, right now he would beat Justice
Brian Naylor / NPR:
As FEC Nears Shutdown, Priorities Such As Stopping Election Interference On Hold
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Here Are 7 ‘Left Wing’ Ideas (Almost) All Americans Can Get Behind
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Women voters spell trouble for Trump in 2020
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Suspected Assassin In The Berlin Killing Used Fake Identity Documents