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12:30 AM ET, September 10, 2019

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New York Times:
C.I.A. Informant Extracted From Russia Had Sent Secrets to U.S. for Decades  —  WASHINGTON — Decades ago, the C.I.A. recruited and carefully cultivated a midlevel Russian official who began rapidly advancing through the governmental ranks.  Eventually, American spies struck gold …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Possible Russian spy for CIA now living in Washington area  —  The former Russian government official, who had a job with access to secrets, was living openly under his true name.  —  A former senior Russian official is living in the Washington area under U.S. government protection …
Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017  —  Washington (CNN)In a previously undisclosed secret mission in 2017, the United States successfully extracted from Russia one of its highest-level covert sources inside the Russian government, multiple Trump administration officials with direct knowledge told CNN.
Washington Post:
U.S. got key asset out of Russia following election hacking  —  In 2017, the United States extracted from Russia an important CIA source who had provided information about the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to current and former officials.
New York Times:
Commerce Chief Threatened Firings at NOAA After Trump's Dorian Tweets, Sources Say  —  WASHINGTON — The Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at NOAA on Friday after the agency's Birmingham office contradicted President Trump's claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama …
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Washington Post:
NOAA's chief scientist will investigate why agency backed Trump over its experts on Dorian, email shows
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump Had Deal With Scotland Airport That Sent Flight Crews to His Resort  —  WASHINGTON — Back in 2014, soon after acquiring a golf resort in Scotland, Donald J. Trump entered a partnership with a struggling local airport there to increase air traffic and boost tourism in the region.
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Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Donald Trump says he has ‘nothing to do’ with military bookings at his Turnberry resort
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Ossoff to run for US Senate in Georgia  —  Former congressional candidate Jon Ossoff said he will challenge Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and “mount a ruthless assault on corruption in our political system” that's prevented Congress from addressing urgent issues.
Michelle Theriault Boots / Anchorage Daily News:
Todd Palin files for divorce from former Alaska governor Sarah Palin  —  Todd Palin appears to have filed for divorce from former Alaska governor and one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, his wife of 31 years.  —  In a document filed Friday in Anchorage Superior Court, Todd Palin …
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Todd Palin Reportedly Files For Divorce From Sarah Palin
Discussion: Craig Medred and The Daily Caller
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump makes unfounded voter fraud claim — while campaigning for seat opened by GOP cheating  —  The height of irony in Fayetteville.  —  On Monday night, President Donald Trump was in North Carolina to stump for Dan Bishop, a Republican who is competing with Democrat Dan McCready …
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
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Associated Press:
At rally, Trump paints bleaks picture of Democratic control
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
Washington Post:
Trump, Pence rally support for Republican candidate in North Carolina special election
Discussion: Axios, Roll Call and Slate
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
GOP faces must-win race in North Carolina
Discussion: Progress Pond, Daily Kos and Vox
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
A controversial dog park that divided Chevy Chase will be dismantled  —  More than 100 people packed into a public hearing in Chevy Chase Village Monday to debate what one board member called “the most contentious and emotionally-charged issue” in the community's history: the barking of dogs.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Dynasty Ends With King Donald  —  The United States of America might not be a hereditary monarchy, but that doesn't keep us from willing political dynasties into existence.  Speaking at a California Republican Party convention over the weekend, President Donald Trump's campaign manager …
Discussion: CNN, BizPac Review and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Tennessee Senator calls higher education a ‘liberal breeding ground,’ calls to remove it all together  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Republican Tennessee lawmaker says he supports getting rid of higher education because he argues it would cut off the “liberal breeding ground.”
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Valerie Plame: Let's Just Forget about that Anti-Semitism Thing
David Uberti / VICE:
Milo Yiannopoulos Says He's Broke  —  “I can't put food on the table this way.”  —  Silicon Valley appears to have blown up Milo Yiannopoulos's business model.  —  The disgraced right-wing troll is complaining that the major social media companies have effectively cut off his alt-right audience …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Splinter
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
50 U.S. states and territories announce broad antitrust investigation of Google  —  Only California and Alabama have not signed onto the probe  —  Attorneys general for 50 U.S. states and territories on Monday officially announced an antitrust investigation of Google, embarking …
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Madeline Peltz / Media Matters for America:
Jeanine Pirro went on C-SPAN.  It didn't go well.  —  A September 8 appearance Fox News host Jeanine Pirro made on C-SPAN's Washington Week to promote her new book backfired after callers confronted her over various controversies she's generated.  —  The session began with host Steve Scully asking Pirro …
Dan Weil / Wall Street Journal:
Summers Sounds the Alarm  —  The Harvard economist says recession chance before 2021 is ‘just below 50%’; unemployment can't get any better  —  Harvard University economist Lawrence Summers sees economic danger ahead.  —  A Treasury secretary under President Clinton …
Nick Grube / Honolulu Civil Beat:
Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Paying This Obscure Consultant Big Bucks?  —  STEHEKIN, Wash. — Deep in the Washington state wilderness, a highly paid political consultant is raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars from U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign.
Discussion: Spectator USA
Brandon Ambrosino / Politico:
'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth': Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence  —  At Liberty University, all anyone can talk about is Jerry Falwell Jr. Just not in public.  —  “When he does stupid stuff, people will mention it to others they consider confidants and not keep it totally secret …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Controversial Trump Court Pick Gets Expedited Senate Confirmation Hearing  —  Steven Menashi, a White House aide with a record of denouncing feminism and diversity, is on track to become a lifetime federal judge.  —  WASHINGTON ― The White House and Senate Republicans on Monday quietly advanced …
Terry Spencer / Associated Press:
Trespassing trial of Chinese woman stalls over underwear  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of a Chinese businesswoman charged with lying to a Secret Service agent and trespassing at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club bogged down Monday before jury selection over her lack of underwear …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: UK Parliament rejects holding snap elections  —  LONDON (AP) — The latest on Brexit (all times local):  —  British lawmakers have rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson's request for an election before the country's scheduled departure from the European Union next month.
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BBC:
LIVEMPs vote on PM's call for early election
Discussion: The Guardian
Washington Post:
For the first time ever, most new working-age hires in the U.S. are people of color  —  When Mónica Hernández told her husband that her 2019 New Year's resolution was to go back to work, he was surprised.  He kept asking her if that's what she really wanted to do.
Melody Gutierrez / Los Angeles Times:
California vaccine bills signed by Newsom as protesters are arrested at Capitol  —  California will enact sweeping new restrictions on medical exemptions for vaccines under bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday, despite near-constant protests in the state Capitol that resulted in arrests …
Discussion: U.S. Political News … and KTLA
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
Tina Turner Is Having the Time of Her Life  —  A Swiss chateau.  A Broadway musical all about her.  And absolutely nothing she has to do.  —  KÜSNACHT, Switzerland — There is a metal plaque on the gate to Tina Turner's estate that says “Vor 12.00 Uhr nicht läuten, keine Lieferungen …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
As billions flow to farmers, Trump administration faces internal concerns over unprecedented bailout  —  Senior government officials, including some in the White House, privately expressed concern that the Trump administration's nearly $30 billion bailout for farmers needed stronger legal backing …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
Tulsi Gabbard Says She Supports Regulating Abortion in the Third Trimester  —  In an interview with Dave Rubin yesterday, Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard conceded that abortion should not be permitted during the last three months of pregnancy unless the mother was at severe risk.
Melissa Boughton / The Progressive Pulse:
BREAKING: Republican attorneys send legislature prohibited partisan data during remedial mapmaking  —  The law firm representing Republican legislative leaders in an ongoing partisan gerrymandering case may have just polluted the remedial mapmaking process by sending them partisan data prohibited from use.
 
 
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Nigel Jaquiss / Willamette Week:
Ginger McCall was hired to further Gov. Kate Brown's goal of making Oregon's government more transparent.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
The Moral Logic of Humanitarian Intervention
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Federal budget deficit tops $1 trillion: CBO
Discussion: CBO Publications
Washington Post:
Trump pronounces Taliban agreement ‘dead’ and peace talks over
Discussion: ABC News, Occupy Democrats and Hot Air
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Bernie Sanders on what he learned from baseball, Brooklyn and his family's immigrant roots
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
North Korea fires 2 projectiles after offering talks with U.S.: South Korea
Annabelle Dickson / Politico:
Theresa May appoints top allies to House of Lords
Martha Waggoner / Associated Press:
Poor People's Campaign to register voters on 20-state tour
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Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:
The Right Wing's Cultural Civil War Is a Drag
CNN:
House panel says Flynn failed to comply with subpoena
Discussion: Law & Crime
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Dem Congressman's Wife: ‘Mind-Blowing’ Our Insurance Doesn't Cover Marriage Counseling
Discussion: The Other McCain and TheBlaze
Washington Post:
‘UVA has ruined us’: Health system sues thousands of patients, seizing paychecks and putting liens on homes
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Elizabeth Warren endorses Texas U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's Democratic primary challenger
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Mark Halperin ‘Threatened’ MSNBC Chief Phil Griffin for Nixing His Comeback
 

 
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Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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