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10:45 PM ET, September 10, 2019

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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 …
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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 …
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.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Bolton lost the latest Trump administration factional battle, but not the last  —  In every administration — but especially in the Trump administration — personalities are policy and internal factions form assorted alliances to exert influence and maintain power.
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 …
John Gans / New York Times:
How John Bolton Broke the National Security Council
Washington Post:
John Bolton's turbulent tenure comes to a Trumpian end
Discussion: Daily Wire, Mediaite and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Bolton out as national security adviser after clashing with Trump
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
New York Times:
North Carolina Special Election Results: Ninth House District
Discussion: Mother Jones, Mediaite and IJR
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Bolton out, and we're on the ground in NC-9
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Antonio Brown Accused of Rape in a Lawsuit  —  The Patriots receiver is accused of three incidents of sexual assault, in 2017 and 2018, against a woman who attended college with him.  —  Antonio Brown of the New England Patriots, the most prominent receiver in the N.F.L. …
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: Axios, POLITICUSUSA and Washington Post
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John Harwood / CNBC:
These are the three biggest warning signs for Trump's reelection bid
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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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
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 …
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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
Natalie Beach / The Cut:
I Was Caroline Calloway Seven years after I met the infamous Instagram star, I'm ready to tell my side of the story.  —  The author (right) with Caroline Calloway Photo: Courtesy of Natalie Beach  —  When I was a sophomore in college, I took a creative-nonfiction workshop and met a girl who was everything I wasn't.
Rick Newman / Yahoo Finance:
Trump's trade war has killed 300,000 jobs  —  winning big time, against China.  " But his trade war is causing measurable damage to the U.S. economy, with the pain likely to worsen.  —  Forecasting firm Moody's Analytics estimates that Trump's trade war with China has already reduced U.S. employment …
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 …
Associated Press:
Share of uninsured Americans rises for 1st time in a decade  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The proportion of Americans without health insurance edged up in 2018 — the first evidence from the government that coverage gains under President Barack Obama's health care law might be eroding under President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Splinter and The Week
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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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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 …
Adam Carlson / People.com:
Ivanka & Jared 'Aren't Good People,' Meghan McCain Says After Report of Trump Infighting — as White House Hits Back  —  “The idea that the hosts of The View ... have any factual reads on what goes on within the Trump family is completely asinine” a White House spokeswoman says
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.
Fox News:
DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of Trump's asylum restrictions  —  The Supreme Court is considering an emergency appeal from the Justice Department that would allow them to enforce, for now, the Trump administration's ban on asylum for anyone trying to cross the southern border by transiting through a third country.
Discussion: Washington Post and Vox
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Ilya Shapiro / USA Today:
Liberal Supreme Court justices vote in lockstep, not the conservative justices
Discussion: Power Line
Adam Jentleson / GQ:
Beating Trump Is Almost Meaningless Without Reforming Mitch McConnell's Senate  —  Adam Jentleson on how McConnell remade the Senate into a minority-rule institution by abusing a once-obscure procedural rule—and how to restore its integrity.  —  In the noir classic The Maltese Falcon …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
McConnell Said No to Money for Miners, Yes to Russian-Backed Plant
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Texas Monthly:
Announcing Five New Hires, Including Our First Taco Editor!  —  Dallas-based writer José R. Ralat, known for his Taco Trail blog, joins the staff later this month.  —  Pass the tortillas.  As of September 18, Texas Monthly will have a taco editor on staff.
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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Griffin Connolly / Roll Call:
Issa on challenging fellow Republican Hunter: ‘He cannot win reelection’
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump's housing finance plan will make mortgages more expensive, especially for black borrowers, housing groups say
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Vanity Fair
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Judge sides with doctors and blocks North Dakota abortion counseling law
Discussion: Raw Story
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Congressional Progressive Caucus backs impeachment inquiry into Trump
Discussion: Politico
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
What Samantha Power Learned on the Job
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Republican Party Is (Probably) Not Doomed
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 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Democratic candidates warned not to curse at Thursday's debate
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Splinter
Hillel Halkin / New York Times:
The Persistence of the Oldest Hatred
Philip Gefter / New York Times:
Robert Frank, Pivotal Figure in Documentary Photography, Is Dead at 94
Discussion: The Week and Meduza.io