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PBS NewsHour:
Man Trump once called ‘my African American’ leaves Republican Party  —  Gregory Cheadle, the black man President Donald Trump once described at a rally as “my African American,” is fed up.  —  After two years of frustration with the president's rhetoric on race and the lack of diversity …
Jake Gibson / Fox News:
US attorney recommends proceeding with charges against McCabe, as DOJ rejects last-ditch appeal  —  U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu has recommended moving forward with charges against Andrew McCabe, Fox News has learned, as the Justice Department rejects a last-ditch appeal from the former top FBI official.
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Washington Post:
Justice Department authorized prosecutors to charge Andrew McCabe
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Prosecutors recommend indicting Andrew McCabe over ‘lack of candor’ about media leaks
Discussion: Fox News, TheBlaze and National Review
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
‘Simply Unacceptable’: Executives Demand Senate Action on Gun Violence  —  “Doing nothing about America's gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable,” the corporate chiefs urged senators in a letter.  —  In a direct and urgent call to address gun violence in America, the chief executives …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cruz warns GOP support for expanded background checks could help elect Warren president
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Israel / Shareblue Media:
Ted Cruz: Stopping gun violence could help Elizabeth Warren become president
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and VICE
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Ted Cruz warns Texas will be ‘hotly contested’ in 2020
Discussion: National Review and Mediaite
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House  —  The U.S. government concluded within the past two years that Israel was most likely behind the placement of cellphone surveillance devices that were found near the White House and other sensitive locations around Washington …
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:   The liberal world order helped Israel flourish. Now, the state is pushing back.
DeRay Mckesson / Medium:
On Shaun King  —  Integrity.  —  A movement is only as strong as its integrity.  Part of our collective work is to protect this integrity, even when, or especially when, doing so is uncomfortable or hard.  It is in this spirit that I write, to address a lapse in integrity within …
Discussion: Breitbart and Daily Wire
Media Matters for America:
Sebastian Gorka and Michelle Malkin warn that “Soros-allied organizations” are working toward “demographic conquest”  —  Trump administration hopes to catch media flat-footed in pushing far-right lawyer toward lifetime judgeship  —  Wash. Post pushes Trump's spin as he makes America's waterways dirtier
Bill Scher / Politico:
The Buttigieg Money Pit  —  With great fanfare last month, Pete Buttigieg has announced “Phase Three” of his presidential campaign.  Campaign adviser Lis Smith described the first two phases as teaching people how to pronounce his name and then raising gobs of money.
Discussion: National Review
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:   Buy, Sell, Hold (September Edition)
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Andrew Yang to announce $120,000 giveaway during debate  —  Presidential candidate Andrew Yang will announce during Thursday night's debate that his campaign will randomly select 10 families and give them a total of $120,000 over the next year as part of a pilot program for his universal basic income plan.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Lissandra Villa / TIME:
Andrew Yang Plans To Give Out $1,000 A Month to 10 Families.  That May Be a Violation of Election Law, Experts Say
Discussion: The Daily Dot and Deseret News
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rendell lights pre-debate stink bomb  —  Former Democratic National Committee chairman and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell sparked a firestorm on social media by escalating attacks on Elizabeth Warren ahead of Thursday's closely watched debate, assailing her as a “hypocrite” in an op-ed.
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Roll Back Clean Water Protections  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday announced the repeal of a major Obama-era clean water regulation that had placed limits on polluting chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and other bodies of water.
Discussion: Axios and The Week
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Finalize Rollback of Clean Water Protections
Discussion: Earther and Politico
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Suburban Vote Isn't as Blue as It Looks  —  My colleague, David Wasserman wrote a (typically) insightful analysis on GOP state Sen. Dan Bishop's narrow win in Thursday's special election in North Carolina's 9th district.  His main conclusion was that the special election continued …
The Federalist:
Christine Blasey Ford's Father Supported Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation  —  After Christine Blasey Ford publicly alleged that Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her, her father repeatedly communicated to Kavanaugh's father that he supported Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Elizabeth Warren / Medium:
Expanding Social Security  —  I've dedicated most of my career to studying what's happening to working families in America.  One thing is clear: it's getting harder to save enough for a decent retirement.  —  A generation of stagnant wages and rising costs for basics like housing …
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David Dayen / American Prospect:   Warren Plan Would Close Tax Loophole Joe Biden Uses
Lexington Herald-Leader:
Jury convicts dad of Alison Lundergan Grimes for giving illegally to Senate campaign  —  A federal jury found two longtime Democratic operatives guilty Thursday of funneling illegal corporate campaign contributions into Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes' 2014 U.S. Senate campaign …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
‘My time is growing near’: John Lewis dangles impeachment announcement  —  Rep. John Lewis has called Donald Trump an illegitimate leader and boycotted his inauguration, but he's remained conspicuously silent on demands for the president's impeachment.  —  Despite his silence …
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Democrats Are Past the Point of No Return on Impeachment
Discussion: Bloomberg, Hullabaloo and Politico
Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Trump team rushes to find escape hatch for China tariffs  —  President Donald Trump's top advisers are rushing to find an escape hatch for a series of tariff increases in the coming months, worried about the potential for further economic damage.  —  Many of the president's top economic officials …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Kate Davidson / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Deficit Tops $1 Trillion in First 11 Months of Fiscal Year, Treasury Says  —  The deficit, up 19% compared with a year ago, has exceeded $1 trillion for the first time since 2012  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. budget gap widened to more than $1 trillion in the first 11 months of the fiscal year …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Donna Borak / CNN:
The US deficit topped $1 trillion. The year's not even over yet
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
For Military Personnel, Trump's Turnberry Hotel Is ‘Better Than a Tent’  —  TURNBERRY, Scotland — The middle-aged golfers had finished their last single-malt whiskeys late one night this July, and the bartenders were closing up.  —  Then a bus pulled up to the Trump Turnberry hotel …
Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
New York City Is Ending a Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy.  Here's Why.  —  The City Council fears that if a lawsuit challenging the ban reaches the Supreme Court, the panel could issue a ruling protecting the practice.  —  Nearly two years ago, the New York City Council celebrated when it passed …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
ABC Tells Democrats to Keep Debate Clean.  Looking at You, Beto.  —  There will be no delay on the broadcast so no chance to censor any obscenities, should a candidate let loose.  —  There was a time in American history when candidates for president did not need to be reminded …
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
MIT President: Oh Yeah, We DID Cover Up Epstein's Donations  —  In fact, he wrote an Epstein a thank you note for one gift.  Even if he doesn't remember it.  —  The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is admitting that not only did the school hide donations from Jeffrey Epstein …
Manu Raju / CNN:
Mitt Romney says he doesn't plan to endorse anyone in 2020  —  (CNN)Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah said Thursday that he's planning to withhold his endorsement in the 2020 race both in the primary and in the general election, underscoring the uneasy relationship between …
Discussion: Political Wire
Baltimore Sun:
U.S. Secret Service, protesters descend on Baltimore ahead of Trump's visit Thursday  —  President Trump, who infamously insulted Baltimore as “rodent infested,” will be greeted by a 14-foot inflatable rat on his planned visit to the city Thursday evening, among the props that protesters put in place in advance of his arrival.
Politico:
Ted Cruz will oppose Trump's judicial nominee  —  ‘Sul’ Ozerden's nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals could be in jeopardy.  —  Sen. Ted Cruz will oppose President Donald Trump's nominee for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Halil Suleyman “Sul” Ozerden, a major setback for the embattled nomination.
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Times
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
Record-fundraiser Dan Baer drops US Senate bid, supports Hickenlooper in 2020  —  The Democratic primary field, which once numbered a dozen candidates, is slowly clearing for Hickenlooper, choice of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.  —  DENVER — Dan Baer tells Next with Kyle Clark …
 
 
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump says he won't also name Pompeo national security adviser
Discussion: Political Wire
Darwin BondGraham / The Guardian:
California bans private prisons - including Ice detention centers
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Is the Supreme Court too deferential to Trump — or worried some judges are overstepping their power?
Discussion: Fox News, Slate and Lawfare
SSRN:
Abstract  —  The U.S. economy exhibits high inequality …
NBC News:
They're telling us there's a chance: Why the debate nonqualifiers won't quit (yet)
Discussion: The Week and Politico
Congressman Scott Peters:
Rep. Peters Introduces Legislation to Build More Housing Near Transit
Michael Ettlinger / Medium:
The Vastly Varying Importance of American Voters (Updated and Revised September 2019)
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Why Can't Joe Biden Win a Debate?
Discussion: National Review
 Earlier Items: 
Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein's Secret Charity Gratitude America Was Operated via Deutsche Bank
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
A nonprofit paid to rent Trump's D.C. hotel ballrooms. Its headliners: Pence and Pompeo
Discussion: Raw Story
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Ron DeSantis' political team planned $25K golf games, $250K ‘intimate gatherings,’ memos say
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Michael Shellenberger / Forbes:
Why California Keeps Making Homelessness Worse
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
David French, Sohrab Ahmari, and the Battle for the Future of Conservatism
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
The FBI is investigating a venture capital fund started by Peter Thiel for financial misconduct