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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Air Force leaders order probe of Trump resort stays  —  The U.S. Air Force has ordered a world-wide review of how it chooses overnight accommodations on long flights following revelations that air crews had occasionally stayed at President Donald Trump's Scotland resort while refueling at a small commercial airport nearby.
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
On Trump, Sharpiegate, Turnberry, the Taliban and Chaos  —  Good government decays when compromised by a cult of personality.  —  Close to midnight on Saturday, the leader of the free world tweeted a loopy and nearly inscrutable video that included his doctored, Sharpie-enhanced weather map …
Washington Post:
NOAA's chief scientist will investigate why agency backed Trump over its experts on Dorian, email shows  —  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration acting chief scientist said in an email to colleagues Sunday that he is investigating whether the agency's response …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Has Figured Out How to Corrupt the Entire Government  —  Donald Trump came to the presidency a complete novice to government and often found his corrupt, authoritarian impulses frustrated by its bureaucracy.  But he is slowly learning how to control the machine that has stymied him.
Discussion: Raw Story, Gizmodo, Mediaite and RedState
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
No sign of Trump's hurricane here in Alabama
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Daily Beast
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
New York Times:
How Trump's Plan to Secretly Meet With the Taliban Came Together, and Fell Apart  —  WASHINGTON — On the Friday before Labor Day, President Trump gathered top advisers in the Situation Room to consider what could be among the profound decisions of his presidency — a peace plan with the Taliban …
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Daniel DePetris / The Federalist:
Don't Believe These Tired Myths About Ending The 18-Year War In Afghanistan
Discussion: Instapundit and Bloomberg
Chas Danner / New York Magazine:
Trump's Canceled Meeting With Taliban Was a Failed Attempt to Rush a Peace Deal
Discussion: BizPac Review, Bloomberg and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and The Resurgent
Trent Spiner / Politico:
Internal Kamala Harris document acknowledges ‘Summer Slump’  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — A briefing memo accidentally left behind at a restaurant here showed Kamala Harris' staff expected her to be grilled on her lack of presence in the state as well as her campaign's “summer slump.”
Discussion: Political Wire
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CNN:
Harris draws upon background in unveiling criminal justice plan
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:   Kamala Harris, Confronting Critics, Releases a Criminal Justice Plan
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Kamala Harris rolls out broad plan for criminal justice reform
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris's new criminal justice plan looks to overhaul the system
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
In North Carolina Do-Over Vote, a Reliable Republican District Is Up for Grabs  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bob Dylan's nasally voice singing of changing times blasted from the speakers and Democratic activists crowded the patio of a craft-beer emporium on Friday as Megan and Christopher Kubala explained why …
Discussion: The Guardian
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump heads to N.C. for House special election — and 2020 test run  —  WEDDINGTON, N.C. — The last, lingering piece of the 2018 election is about to preview the fundamental dynamic shaping the fight for the White House in 2020.  —  Tuesday's do-over election for a congressional seat marred …
Old North State Politics:   Could We Finally Have an Election in the NC 9th?
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Not Well  —  During the 2016 campaign, I received a phone call from an influential political journalist and author, who was soliciting my thoughts on Donald Trump.  Trump's rise in the Republican Party was still something of a shock, and he wanted to know the things I felt he should keep …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump takes aim at Mark Sanford, his newest GOP challenger
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Mark Halperin ‘Threatened’ MSNBC Chief Phil Griffin for Nixing His Comeback  —  Sources said the disgraced political reporter became hostile in a phone chat with his ex-boss after reports emerged that MSNBC brass axed plans for Halperin to return to punditry.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
'It's a deceptive lead': Why Biden's rivals are planning around his big collapse  —  He continues to outdistance the rest of the Democratic primary field in most polls.  And his head-to-head numbers against President Donald Trump are stronger than anyone else's.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Elizabeth Warren Raised Big Money Before She Denounced Big Money  —  Ms. Warren wooed wealthy donors for years, stockpiling money from fund-raisers, and has used $10.4 million from her 2018 Senate race to underwrite her 2020 bid.  —  On the highest floor of the tallest building in Boston …
Discussion: Daily Wire
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Heir  —  The empire begins with a brothel.  It stands, sturdy and square, at the heart of a gold-rush boomtown in northwest British Columbia, a monument to careful branding.  The windows of the Arctic Restaurant have no signs offering access to prostitutes—even in a lawless Yukon outpost in 1899 …
Lessig / Medium:
On Joi and MIT  —  A couple of weeks ago, I signed a petition (the site has since been taken down, but you can see it at archive.org) expressing my support for Joi Ito.  Not unexpectedly, that signing produced anger and outrage among many, and among some of my friends.
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Washington Post:
Americans of both parties overwhelmingly support ‘red flag’ laws, expanded background checks for gun buyers, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds  —  Americans across party and demographic lines overwhelmingly support expanded background checks for gun buyers and allowing law enforcement …
Discussion: Axios
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
6 in 10 fear a mass shooting; most think gun laws can help: POLL
Mark Hemingway / RealClearInvestigations:
Trump-Russia and Clinton-Libya: A Story of 2 Probes and the FBI  —  Records recently posted online by the FBI indicate that it did little to investigate allegations from private sources connected to Republicans about a scheme in which associates of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Eileen Ng / Associated Press:
Hong Kong tells US to stay out; students form protest chains  —  HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of students formed human chains outside schools across Hong Kong on Monday to show solidarity to push for democratic reforms after violent weekend clashes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.
Discussion: Reuters and Axios
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Democrats, Stop Helping Trump  —  The 2020 election is too important.  —  How important do Democrats think it is to beat President Trump in 2020?  —  Obviously, most Democrats would say it's vitally important.  Four more years of the Trump presidency could allow him to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Democrats to Broaden Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump to Corruption Accusations  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats return to Washington this week poised to significantly broaden their nascent impeachment inquiry into President Trump beyond the findings of the Russia investigation, but they will confront a fast-dwindling political clock.
Discussion: Slate and POLITICUSUSA
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Matti Friedman / New York Times:
The One Thing No Israeli Wants to Discuss
Discussion: Jewish Insider and Instapundit
Andy Puzder / Fox News:
August jobs report showed a strong economy — and that's very bad for Democrats
Marc Bennetts / Politico:
Putin's party takes hit in Moscow election
Jennifer Peltz / Associated Press:
At 9/11 memorial, new recognition for a longer-term toll
Richard L. Hasen / Vox:
Michigan has a smart idea for fixing gerrymandering. Conservatives want to crush it.
Rebecca Onion / Slate:
How Greta Thunberg Captured Our Attention on Climate
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham and far-right leader Geert Wilders were photographed smiling together
Discussion: DailySabah
Martin Sandbu / Financial Times:
Third of foreign investment is multinationals dodging tax
 Earlier Items: 
Emma Newburger / CNBC:
JP Morgan has created an index to track the effect of Trump's tweets on financial markets: ‘Volfefe index’
Shawn Donnan / Bloomberg:
A Manufacturing Recession Could Cost Trump a Second Term
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Trump Raids Funds Meant to Deter Russia to Pay for His Wall
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Inside the Democrats' massive trove of Trump 2020 opposition research
Discussion: The Hill and Townhall