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John Bolton / LobeLog:
The Catastrophic Tenure of John Bolton — John Bolton's tenure was a complete disaster. The national security architecture after Bolton looks like the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian. — Seventeen months ago, before Bolton became Donald Trump's third national security advisor …
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Axios:
Bolton's chaotic White House departure — The last time National Security Adviser John Bolton spoke with President Donald Trump was Monday afternoon around 2 p.m. in the Oval Office — offering to resign — about 22 hours before the president's Tuesday tweet suggesting that he had fired Bolton …
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Breitbart, The Daily Beast, TheBlaze, Raw Story and The Week
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.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Inside Trump and Bolton's spectacular split
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Talking Points Memo, Just Security and The Week
Washington Post:
John Bolton's turbulent tenure comes to a Trumpian end
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The Federalist, Vox, BizPac Review, The Week, The Intercept, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
New York Times:
‘Trump Unplugged’: A President as His Own National Security Adviser
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Washington Post, The Atlantic and Foreign Policy
John Gans / New York Times:
How John Bolton Broke the National Security Council
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Insight, The Atlantic, Political Wire, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post and USA Today
Associated Press:
Inside Bolton's exit: Mongolia, a mustache, a tweet
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Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
John Bolton's legacy: Chaos, dysfunction and no meaningful accomplishments
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New York Times, The Atlantic, The Week, One America News Network, Occupy Democrats, Mediaite and Los Angeles Times
Alex Daugherty / Miami Herald:
Florida Republicans had no idea Venezuela hawk John Bolton was being fired
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The Week, The Daily Dot, Foreign Policy, BizPac Review, Algemeiner.com, Front Page Magazine and Breitbart
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Democrats Most Like Warren, But Voters Overall Are Lukewarm On Democrats, Trump — Toggle more options — Elizabeth Warren is on the rise among Democratic voters, but she and other Democrats are less popular with the overall electorate, raising concerns about a bruising primary …
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Washington Times and Political Wire
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Washington Post:
President Trump trails potential Democratic challengers in 2020 test — President Trump overcame formidable odds and discouraging poll numbers to win the White House in 2016. More than a year out from the 2020 election, it appears he might have to repeat that performance to win a second term …
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VICE, Daily Wire, Political Wire and Raw Story
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden camp thinks the media just doesn't get it — The first thing you notice at a Joe Biden event is the age: Many of the reporters covering him are really young. Biden is not. The press corps, or so the Biden campaign sees it, is culturally liberal and highly attuned to modern issues around race and gender and social justice.
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ProPublica:
The Myths of the “Genius” Behind Trump's Reelection Campaign — Brad Parscale has said he's taking a relative pittance to run the president's reelection operation. But as with much of what Parscale has claimed about his work and life, that's not the full story. This is.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Alarm bells should be ringing at Trump HQ after N.C. House scare — Analysis: It's always better to win than lose — but Republicans holding onto a GOP seat by a hair is reason for the president to worry heading into 2020. — Does a tight win for NC Republican Dan Bishop spell 2020 trouble for Trump?
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Shareblue Media, Washington Free Beacon and Daily Wire
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New York Times:
North Carolina Special Election Results: Ninth House District
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Republican Dan Bishop narrowly wins North Carolina special election
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Washington Post:
Trump says ‘boneheads’ at Fed should cut interest rates to zero — or even set negative rates — President Trump upped his attacks on the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, demanding the central bank slash interest rates to zero, or even push them into negative territory, claiming that he wants …
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Kamini Ramdeen / AOL.com:
President Trump sparks anger with ‘never forget’ 9/11 tweet — President Donald Trump drew ire on Twitter Wednesday morning with the way he marked the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. — Trump shared a photograph of himself and first lady Melania Trump …
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
US marks 18th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks
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National Review
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 …
Raleigh News & Observer:
House overrides budget veto in surprise vote with almost half of lawmakers absent — In a surprise move on Wednesday morning, the N.C. House of Representatives voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the state budget with just over half of the 120 members present to vote.
Monique O. Madan / Miami Herald:
12-year-old Bahamian girl separated from parents, ends up in Miami home for migrant kids — A 12-year-old Bahamian girl was separated from family at a South Florida airport after fleeing the destruction of Hurricane Dorian and was sent by U.S. Customs officials to a Miami Gardens shelter for abused or abandoned children.
Daniel Byman / Foreign Policy:
It's Hard to Commemorate 9/11 If You Don't Understand It. — Today's university freshmen were born after the Twin Towers fell. In the Trump era, lack of historical perspective makes young people susceptible to alarmism and more likely to misread threats. — Sept. 11, 2019 marks …
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.
Washington Post:
Is Trump afraid to face primary competition? — REPUBLICAN PARTY officials in four states have decided not to hold presidential primaries or caucuses next year but instead simply to assign their delegates at the 2020 Republican National Convention directly to President Trump.
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New York Times:
California Bill Makes App-Based Companies Treat Workers as Employees — SACRAMENTO — California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees, a move that could reshape the gig economy and that adds fuel …
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Tom Lobianco / Politico:
How Pence's Camp Persuaded Trump to Pick Their Guy as VP — It was July 14, 2016, just four days before the Republican National Convention, and Donald Trump was still waffling on who to pick as his running mate. — He had just told Indiana Gov. Mike Pence he was his pick, but then …
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Sarah Rankin / Associated Press:
Liberty's Falwell says he's target of ‘attempted coup’ — By SARAH RANKIN and ALAN SUDERMANyesterday — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said Tuesday that he is asking the FBI to investigate what he called a “criminal” smear campaign orchestrated …
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Political Wire
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
How to Lose the Revolution — Democrats are well-positioned to win back power in 2020 and enact liberal change—unless the progressive revolutionaries running for president sabotage it. — Democrats don't appreciate how close they are to securing unfettered power in Washington come January 2021.
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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. …
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