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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
New book: Trump nearly fired Jared and Ivanka via tweet  —  Then-President Donald Trump nearly fired his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner from the White House via tweet, according to new book from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.  —  Trump raised the prospect …
Rolling Stone:
Trump Saw Staffers of Color at White House, Assumed They Were Waiters, Book Says  —  When Democratic leaders brought a racially diverse group of staffers to a meeting, the former president assumed they were there to serve food  —  IT WAS JANUARY of 2017, and a newly inaugurated President Donald Trump held …
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Haberman's New Book Details Trump's Transphobic and Anti-Gay Behavior  —  Maggie Haberman lays out a number of scenes that stunned Trump aides and showed off the former president's transphobia and homophobia, including his penchant for hate words. … When Donald Trump was preparing …
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: White House mulling potential Yellen departure after midterms  —  White House officials are quietly preparing for the potential departure of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen after the midterms, the first and most consequential exit in what could be a broad reorganization …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden and DeSantis pledge ‘close coordination’ as Ian bears down  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  EYE ON THE STORM — Hurricane Ian is set to reach Florida's Gulf Coast as early as this afternoon after days of dire warnings about its potential impacts.
Discussion: The Hill
Steve Contorno / CNN:
DeSantis faces leadership test as Hurricane Ian comes bearing down on Florida
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Right's Lust for Violence  —  Roger Stone, Michael Anton, Kyle Young, and the Oath Keepers.  —  The House January 6th Committee has postponed today's hearing because of the massive Hurricane Ian bearing down on Florida.  But we have an idea what we were going to see.
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
‘I hope you suffer’: Ex-D.C. officer confronts Jan. 6 attacker in court
U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Russia:
Security Alert for U.S. Citizens in Russia  —  Event: On September 21, the Russian government began a mobilization of its citizens to the armed forces in support of its invasion of Ukraine.  Russia may refuse to acknowledge dual nationals' U.S. citizenship, deny their access to U.S. consular assistance …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
What Country Is the Wall Street Journal Living In?  —  The paper's editorial board deludes itself with its endorsement of Kari Lake.  —  The headline of a Wall Street Journal editorial caught my eye: “Arizona's School Choice Election.”  Rubbing my eyes, I read it again.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Poll: Most U.S. Republicans reject ‘MAGA’ label  —  Overall, 42% of Republicans embraces the “MAGA” label while 58% disavow the term, according to a new poll.  —  A total of 42% of Republicans in the U.S. identify as “MAGA” Republicans, while 58% disavow the term, according to a new national poll by J. Ann Selzer and Grinnell College.
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
C.I.A. warned European governments of potential attacks on undersea pipelines.  —  The C.I.A. issued a vague warning in June to a number of European nations, including Germany, that the two Nord Stream gas pipelines that carry natural gas from Russia could be targeted in forthcoming attacks …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Billionaire-backed legal group sues to block student loan forgiveness  —  In August, President Biden announced he would provide student debt relief to lower and middle-class borrowers.  Under the plan, eligible individuals would get up to $20,000 in student debt canceled if they received Pell Grants and up to $10,000 otherwise.
Katie Couric Media:
Why NOT Me?  —  June 21, 2022, was the first day of summer, my 8th wedding anniversary, and the day I found out I had breast cancer.  —  “You're due for a mammogram,” my gynecologist said, looking over my medical chart.  It was May; I had just gotten a pap smear and was still sitting …
Christopher Cann / Tallahassee Democrat:
Gadsden County commissioner appointed by Gov. DeSantis resigns after KKK costume photo emerges  —  Jeffery Moore, a Havana resident and former Department of Revenue employee, abruptly resigned from the post in Florida's only predominantly Black county after the photo began circulating.
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iranian woman whose death led to mass protests was shy and avoided politics  —  The young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody triggered nationwide protests, was a shy, reserved resident of a small town who never challenged the country's clerical rulers or its Islamic dress code, sources close to the family said.
Jamie Goldberg / Oregonian:
Christine Drazan, Tina Kotek neck-and-neck in race for Oregon governor, new poll from The Oregonian/OregonLive shows  —  Republican Christine Drazan and Democrat Tina Kotek are neck-and-neck in the three-way race for governor six weeks before the November election, according to a new poll commissioned …
Phillips Payson O'Brien / The Atlantic:
What Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson Don't Understand About War  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin and his generals aren't the only people who think that the more ruthless, hypermasculine, and reflexively brutal an army is, the better it performs on the battlefield.  That view also has fans in the United States.
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Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Hurricane Ian gets nasty quickly, turbocharged by warm water  —  Hurricane Ian is quickly gaining monstrous strength as it moves over oceans partly heated up by climate change, just like 30 other Atlantic tropical storms since 2017 that became much more powerful in less than a day.
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Orlando Sentinel:
Hurricane Ian forecast to strike Florida as Category 4 storm; Orlando area under hurricane warning
New York Times:
As Russians Flee, Some Find Draft Notices Waiting at the Border  —  The Kremlin dispatched federal security forces to frontier border crossings packed with Russian men trying to escape the draft by entering countries like Georgia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.  —  KYIV, Ukraine …
Discussion: The Guardian and Washington Post
Bloomberg:
Alzheimer's Progression Slowed by Drug in Major Trial  —  Shares of Eisai Co. and partner Biogen Inc. surged after they reported that a drug significantly slowed Alzheimer's disease, making it the first medicine to blunt progression of the most common dementia in a definitive, large-scale trial.
Pitchfork:
The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s  —  The tracks that defined the '90s, including Björk, Biggie, Mariah, Bikini Kill, Aaliyah, 2Pac, and many, many more.  —  One of the great joys of listening to music in the '90s was then being able to curate your own best-ofs.
April Slayton / blogs.loc.gov:
It's About (Danged) Time: Lizzo at the Library!  —  It all started with a tweet.  —  Last Friday, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden saw that the one and only Lizzo was coming to D.C. for a concert.  The pop megastar is a classically trained flautist.  The Library has the world's largest flute collection.
Hyonhee Shin / Reuters:
N.Korea fires two ballistic missiles ahead of Harris visit to South  —  North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, a day before U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is set to arrive in Seoul.
Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Millions of Americans will save on Medicare fees next year  —  For the first time in a decade, Americans will pay less next year on monthly premiums for Medicare's Part B plan, which covers routine doctors' visits and other outpatient care.  The rare 3% decrease in monthly premiums is likely …
C Mandler / CBS News:
Top surgery drastically improves quality of life for young transgender people, study finds  —  The quality of life of young transmasculine people dramatically improves after receiving top surgery — a mastectomy procedure that removes breast tissue — according to a study by Northwestern Medicine.
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Media company hacked, racist push notifications sent to Apple iPhones  —  The distribution of messages supposedly from Fast Company magazine marked one of the largest breaches ever of Apple's content controls  —  Hackers breached internal systems at Fast Company magazine Tuesday evening …
 
 
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PRRI:
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Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
From American sectionalism grows American fascism
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
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Ariana Garcia / Chron:
Ted Cruz booed by Texas crowd for saying more police needed to make schools safer
Janan Ganesh / Financial Times:
Truss learns the hard way that Britain isn't America