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8:25 PM ET, September 10, 2019

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NBC News:
As frustration with Bolton mounted, Trump reached out to ex-adviser McMaster  —  In phone calls to McMaster, Trump told his second national security adviser that he misses him.  —  WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump began losing confidence in national security adviser John Bolton …
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Washington Post:
Trump pushing for major crackdown on homeless camps in California, with aides discussing moving residents to government-backed facilities  —  President Trump has ordered White House officials to conduct a sweeping crackdown on homelessness in California, citing the state's growing crisis …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Ousts John Bolton as National Security Adviser  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Tuesday that he had fired John R. Bolton, his third national security adviser, amid fundamental disagreements over how to handle major foreign policy challenges like Iran, North Korea and most recently Afghanistan.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Speak Up, John Bolton  —  Whatever else he has been through in his career, John Bolton is a patriot.  He has been impelled by a strong vision of the national interest.  He has run career risks and sacrificed life opportunities for the sake of his principles.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Something is fishy about Trump's John Bolton announcement  —  President Trump announced Tuesday that he had effectively fired national security adviser John Bolton.  But two key details call into question his version of how it went down — including Bolton's own comment.
The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Gloats as Bolton Bolts  —  “I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions,” the president said, claiming he fired the nat-sec adviser.  Bolton, however, disputed that account.  —  Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he had fired his national security adviser John Bolton …
Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
John Bolton Will Hold This Grudge  —  Donald Trump tweeted this morning that he had fired his national security adviser, John Bolton, and that Bolton's “services are no longer needed at the White House.”  The cold language was not accidental, and it was a strategically odd way to fire …
Brian Bennett / TIME:
Breaking Point: How Trump and Bolton Finally Hit Their Limit
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump ousts Bolton after anger over Afghan news coverage
Washington Post:
Six in 10 Americans expect a recession and higher prices as Trump's approval rating slips, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds  —  President Trump is ending a tumultuous summer with his approval rating slipping back from a July high as Americans express widespread concern about the trade war …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Bolton out, and we're on the ground in NC-9
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, CNN and Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Share of uninsured Americans rises for 1st time in a decade
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
CNN Poll: 6 in 10 say Trump does not deserve a second term  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Six in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump does not deserve to be reelected, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, and more now say he's doing a poor job than a good one of keeping important campaign promises.
Discussion: Washington Post
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John Harwood / CNBC:
These are the three biggest warning signs for Trump's reelection bid  —  KEY POINTS  — Vegas oddsmakers, shrugging off the House Democrats' midterm election triumph, favor President Trump to win a second term in 2020.  So do Wall Street insiders.  — It's easy to understand why they would consider 2018 a temporary setback.
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
Trump skeptical of using foreign spies to collect intel on hostile countries, sources say  —  US quietly removed top spy from Russia in 2017  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has privately and repeatedly expressed opposition to the use of foreign intelligence from covert sources …
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Biden Aims to Use Debate to Question Warren's Corporate Work  — Former vice president has released two decades of tax returns  — Warren occasionally advised corporations on bankruptcy issues  —  Joe Biden plans to argue at this week's debate that all presidential candidates …
Discussion: Political Wire
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CNN:   Joe Biden expected to argue in upcoming debate that ‘we need more than plans’
Daniel Marans / U.S. Political News …:
Elizabeth Warren Doubles Down On ‘Medicare For All’ In Interview With Dying Activist
Discussion: YouTube and Jacobin
Seth Browarnik / World Red Eye:
Rebuke to Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Comment to Politico's “'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth': Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence” Article  —  For 21 years, I have maintained an impeccable reputation for documenting Miami Beach's storied social scene.
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Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Flynn Hearing Reveals Existence of Bombshell DOJ Memo Exonerating Michael Flynn  —  A bombshell revelation was barely noticed at National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's hearing Tuesday, when his counsel revealed in court the existence of a Justice Department memo from Jan. 30, 2017 exonerating Flynn of any collusion with Russia.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and emptywheel
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Michael Flynn Is Looking For A Way Out Of His Guilty Plea
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
Politico:
Live results: North Carolina elections  —  The latest vote count from North Carolina's 3rd and 9th districts  —  Voters in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District vote Tuesday in a re-do election, after the results of the 2018 midterm were thrown out over allegations of fraud against a consultant for the Republican candidate.
Discussion: RedState, The Hill and Political Wire
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Roll Call:
GOP leadership lowers expectations for North Carolina special election
Discussion: The Other McCain
Alana Goodman / Washington Examiner:
Secret Service arrested El Paso shooting ‘hero’ as he was about to be honored by Trump at White House  —  One of the people President Trump honored for his heroism during a mass shooting in an El Paso Walmart last month was arrested by the Secret Service during his visit to the White House …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Republican Party Is (Probably) Not Doomed  —  The Republican Party and American democracy are having a bit of a falling out.  —  A half-century ago, conservatives claimed to speak for a silent majority of the electorate; now they brag about representing the (even quieter) majority of American dirt and grass.
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Stanley B. Greenberg / New York Times:   The Republican Party Is Doomed
KABE-LP:
Univision News poll: Democrats surge in Texas, no longer a safe state for Trump in 2020  —  Democrats have an advantage among registered voters in the state, according to a new Univision poll which shows that Hispanics could be a decisive factor in 2020.  Democratic candidates meet for a third debate in Houston on Thursday.
New York Times:
Former FEMA Official Accused of Taking Bribes in Hurricane Maria Recovery  —  MIAMI — A former top administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was arrested on Tuesday in a major federal corruption investigation that found that the official took bribes from the president of a company …
Discussion: National Review
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
McConnell Said No to Money for Miners, Yes to Russian-Backed Plant  —  The Senate majority leader worked to keep money out of Kentucky coal miners' hands—even as he maneuvered to steer federal cash to an aluminum plant connected to a Putin ally.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
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Adam Jentleson / GQ:   Beating Trump Is Almost Meaningless Without Reforming Mitch McConnell's Senate
Viola Gienger / Just Security:
Trump and Giuliani's Quest for Fake Ukraine “Dirt” on Biden: An Explainer  —  Vice President Mike Pence was about to finish a routine joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw last week, when he got two astutely specific questions about his meeting the previous day with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
Michael Kruse / Politico:
'He's Like, “OK, Well, Screw It"'  —  BOSTON—Beto O'Rourke last week stopped here for beers.  He wasn't hunting big-dollar donors or votes in a state with a meaningful primary.  He instead wanted to stand on a box in the middle of a pub and just let it rip.  So that's what he did.
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Dems stumble on impeachment messaging  —  Democrats are mired in an impeachment mess of their own making.  —  Conflicting signals from the House's most powerful Democrats have left rank-and-file lawmakers exasperated, unable to say confidently whether the House is, in fact …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Congressional Progressive Caucus backs impeachment inquiry into Trump
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Fox News:
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
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Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
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CNN:
Democratic candidates warned not to curse at Thursday's debate
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Jeff Hauser / The Daily Beast:
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