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2:30 PM ET, September 17, 2019

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Karma Allen / ABC News:
Legendary journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts dies at 75  —  Renowned ABC News journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts has died at the age of 75.  —  Roberts won countless awards, including three Emmys, throughout her decades-long career.
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies At 75  —  Toggle more options  —  Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics before later going to ABC News, has died.
Neil Genzlinger / New York Times:   Cokie Roberts, Veteran Broadcast Newswoman, Is Dead at 75
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Mad About Kavanaugh and Gorsuch?  The Best Way to Get Even Is to Pack the Court  —  The lifetime appointments cry out for Democratic hardball.  —  President Trump bragged on Twitter recently about his success filling up the federal judiciary.  “I want to congratulate” Senate majority leader …
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The Babylon Bee:
Hypocrisy: Right-Wingers Who Love It When The Babylon Bee Makes Stuff Up Suddenly Get Mad When The NYT Does It  —  U.S.—Many on the right have reacted with outrage to The New York Times on its story about Brett Kavanaugh where it basically made up a new charge against him.
Heather Caygle / Politico:
‘Get real’: Senior Democrats shut down Kavanaugh impeachment push
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:   Go ahead, impeach Brett Kavanaugh
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Could Kavanaugh sue New York Times over allegation report?
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Times
Mimi Rocah / USA Today:
Confirmed: Powerful men ignored women in short-circuited Brett Kavanaugh investigation
Washington Examiner:
In New York Times v. Kavanaugh, flagrant prosecutorial misconduct
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
First look: Harris asks for Kavanaugh investigation
Scaachi Koul / BuzzFeed News:
How Did Lauren Duca's Revolution Backfire?  —  The viral writer wants to galvanize young people with her new book, How to Start a Revolution.  But past controversies — and a new complaint filed by her New York University students — threaten to undermine her message.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Sean Spicer Has Most Embarrassing ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Debut Ever, Period  —  “It's like you were being attacked by a swarm of wasps,” one judge said after Spicer attempted a salsa dance.  —  Despite its best efforts, America could not shame Sean Spicer out of joining Dancing With the Stars.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House intervenes in General Motors strike
Discussion: Political Wire
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Pentagon Readying a Public Show of Evidence in Saudi Attacks  — Defense Intelligence Agency plans public report in 48 hours  — 'We're ready,' Vice President Pence says amid Gulf tensions  —  The Pentagon is preparing a report on who was responsible for the weekend attack …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   How the Iran conflict would have unfolded under a normal president
The Daily Beast:
Team Trump: Saudis See This Attack as Their 9/11
Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
California Republican Rep. Paul Cook to retire from Congress, run for county supervisor seat  —  Rep. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) will retire from Congress at the end of his term and will announce a run for a seat on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, according to John Sobel, the congressman's chief of staff.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Trump and Warren Lay Out Competing Visions of Populism  —  In New York, Senator Elizabeth Warren described a government compromised by the influence of the wealthy.  President Trump, in New Mexico, denounced a “failed liberal establishment.”  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren stood beneath …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Common Dreams and The Week
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Bhaskar Sunkara / Jacobin:
The Working Families Party Has Written Itself Out of History
Discussion: TIME, The Week and Washington Post
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
A teen allegedly wanted to ‘shoot 400 people for fun.’ Cops found an AK-47 in her bedroom.  —  Alexis Wilson was working an afternoon shift at the local Pizza Inn in McAlester, Okla., on Sunday, when she pulled a co-worker aside to boast about her new gun.  —  The slight 18-year-old …
Discussion: VICE, Raw Story and Law & Crime
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Back First 2020 Challenger to Sitting Democrat  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plans on Tuesday to announce her endorsement of Marie Newman, a progressive candidate seeking to oust Representative Daniel Lipinski, a conservative-leaning Illinois Democrat …
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Associated Press:
Ocasio-Cortez backs liberal challenger to Dem congressman
Discussion: Washington Post
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Air Force crews stayed at Trump's Turnberry resort for days at a time  —  TURNBERRY, Scotland— Air Force officers who have earned medals for their tours of duty can pick up some more brass with a short pit stop in Southwest Scotland.  —  As part of its relationship with the Air Force …
U.S. Department of Justice:
United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The United States today filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden, a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA), who published a book entitled Permanent Record …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
American Migration Patterns Should Terrify the GOP  —  Liberals in America have a density problem.  Across the country, Democrats dominate in cities, racking up excessive margins in urban cores while narrowly losing in suburban districts and sparser states.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Angie Martoccio / Rolling Stone:
Mitch McConnell: The Man Who Sold America  —  Fittingly enough, it was hot as blazes in Kentucky when Mitch McConnell slunk back home for Congress' annual summer recess.  One week earlier, Robert Mueller had testified that Russia was meddling in the 2020 U.S. elections.
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Sheriff helped plot his own deputy's killing over ‘racially offensive’ tape, prosecutors say  —  Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins learned one of his deputies had a tape of him making “racially offensive” comments, prosecutors say.  So the North Carolina lawman encouraged another man …
Richard Lardner / Associated Press:
Trump's Cabinet has had more ex-lobbyists than Obama or Bush  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In less than three years, President Donald Trump has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than his most recent predecessors did in eight, putting a substantial amount of oversight in the hands …
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Border fence construction could destroy archaeological sites, National Park Service finds  —  The bulldozers and excavators rushing to install President Trump's border fence could damage or destroy up to 22 archaeological sites within Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in coming months …
New York Times:
Women Poop.  At Work.  Get Over It.  —  Why must the bathroom continue to be fraught?  —  There once was a woman who walked regularly from her office in Midtown Manhattan to a hotel across the street in order to use the restroom, and that woman may have been one of us.
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Trump campaign cuts ties with top adviser in Florida  —  TALLAHASSEE — President Donald Trump's campaign has severed ties with Florida adviser Susie Wiles, leaving the president without a top adviser in a major battleground state going into the 2020 election.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Sarah Smarsh / New York Times:
Something Special Is Happening in Rural America  —  There is a “brain gain” afoot that suggests a national homecoming to less bustling spaces.  —  Ms. Smarsh is the host of the podcast “The Homecomers” and the author of the memoir “Heartland.”  —  WICHITA, Kan. — For more than a century following …
 
 
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Congress weighs legislation to support Hong Kong protests, with local activists urging action
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Wilbur Ross Still Holds Interest In Shipping Fund He Promised To Divest
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump, McConnell of ‘abdicating their responsibility’ on election security
Discussion: Breitbart
Joyce Karam / The National:
US Senate confirms John Rakolta as new ambassador to UAE
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Judge forced off bench after online posting of noose, ‘Make America Great Again’ message
Discussion: Raw Story
Thom Tillis / YouTube:
Warrior  —  On the heels of Senator Thom Tillis officially announcing …
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Stand by your sham: An introduction
Discussion: IJR and The Federalist
Bloomberg:
Health Insurance That Doesn't Cover the Bills Has Flooded the Market Under Trump
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David Stein / The Intercept:
The Untold Story: Joe Biden Pushed Ronald Reagan to Ramp Up Incarceration — Not the Other Way Around
Georgi Boorman / The Federalist:
Majority-Woman City Council In Texas Votes To Create Second ‘Sanctuary City For The Unborn’
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Pentagon puts brakes on 3 border barrier projects because of cost
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democrats fret presidential field's leftward lurch presents down-ballot dilemma
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Abortion Mysticism of Pete Buttigieg
Discussion: The Federalist and Althouse
John Murawski / RealClearInvestigations:
Woke History Is Making Big Inroads in America's High Schools
 

 
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