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David Struett / Chicago Sun Times:
Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said ‘Do something b—  ’ before shooting  —  Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b—
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Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:   Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen
NBC News:
FAA reports staffing issues at airports as government shutdown continues
Discussion: The Independent and UPI
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate votes for fifth time against advancing legislation to end the shutdown … But Monday evening, Democratic Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada — alongside Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats — were once again …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:   Shutdown Politics Has G.O.P. Singing Government's Praises
MSNBC:
Top prosecutor is refusing to charge New York AG despite Trump pressure  —  A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.  —  A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges …
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act … “You look at what's happening with Portland over the years, it's a burning hell hole,” Trump added.  “And then you have a judge that lost her way that tries to pretend that there's no problem.”  —  The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a federal law …
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Chris Edelson / The UnPopulist:   Trump Is Destroying the U.S. Constitution and Amassing Unprecedented Powers by Sending Federal Troops to Invade American Cities
Robert Reich:
Trump's Plan  —  The direction we're going is either martial law or civil war.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
No evidence fire at South Carolina judge's home was arson ‘at this time,’ law enforcement says  —  The cause of the fire is not yet known, but Democrats were quick to blame the right after the judge had ruled against the Trump administration.  —  Law enforcement officials in South Carolina …
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Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Demanded ‘Holy Hell Fire’ Before Judge's Home Exploded
Discussion: Raw Story and elhayat-life.com
New York Times:
Fire Consumes the Home of a South Carolina State Judge
Associated Press:
Trump non-committal about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon, says he ‘will speak to the DOJ’  —  President Donald Trump dodged a question Monday on whether he'd consider pardoning Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, saying he will “speak to the DOJ” about it.
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John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest - using photos of South America  —  A federal judge had blocked Trump's request to deploy California national guard to Portland  —  Before a federal judge blocked Donald Trump from putting members of California's national guard on the streets of Portland …
New York Times:
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency's Top Legal Official With Himself  —  It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist.  A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.  —  Michael Ellis, the deputy director of the C.I.A. …
Discussion: Above the Law, GovExec.com and SpyTalk
Jessica Testa / New York Times:
How Bari Weiss Won … “I'm a newspaper woman without a newspaper,” Bari Weiss said four years ago on the first episode of her podcast, “Honestly.”  —  Today Ms. Weiss still does not have a newspaper.  But she was just handed the sterling silver keys to the Tiffany network.
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MSNBC:
Bari Weiss runs a Trump-friendly site — now she'll be in charge of CBS News
CNN:
Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say  —  The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers …
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Mike Johnson faces bipartisan heat over delayed vote on Epstein files  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson's decision to keep his chamber on recess during the government shutdown is stalling a long-awaited vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. … - But Johnson called claims that he's keeping …
Eric Friedman / New York City Bar Association:
Unlawful Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels  —  New York City Bar Association Statement  —  This September, President Donald J. Trump ordered U. S. military strikes against three private Venezuelan-flagged vessels on the high seas, killing at least 17 individuals and severely damaging or sinking those vessels.
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Pentagon Relaxes Press Access Rules … The Defense Department on Monday loosened and clarified its new restrictions for press access to the Pentagon, after more than two weeks of negotiations with national news organizations.  —  Under the rules, journalists requiring credentials to the Pentagon …
Rhitu Chatterjee / NPR:
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary  —  Psychiatrists have joined other public health groups in calling for the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary.  —  Two psychiatry organizations — the Southern California Psychiatry Society …
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
New conspiracies over Trump's health swirl after text interview with CNN's Jake Tapper  —  The president famously does not use email and is not known to frequently use text messages  —  in Washington, D.C.  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights …
Discussion: The Independent and RedState
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
CHICAGO'S ‘ICE-FREE ZONE.’ One of the main themes of the second Trump administration has been the explosive collision between the president's determination to enforce federal immigration law and many Democratic leaders' determination not to enforce federal immigration law.
Brandon Jarvis / Virginia Scope:
Coyner alleges Jones told her in a 2020 phone call that a few police officers dying would stop them from killing other people  —  Del. Carrie Coyner, R-Chesterfield, sat down with Virginia Scope on Monday morning to discuss the controversy surrounding text messages sent to her in 2022 …
Washington Post:
Trump's new IRS ‘CEO’: The head of Social Security  —  Frank Bisignano will run both agencies, though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will formally remain the acting IRS commissioner.  —  The Trump administration has found its seventh leader for the Internal Revenue Service since the start …
Clara Jeffery / Mother Jones:
It's Time for Soft Secession  —  In 2013, venture capitalist Tim Draper launched a “Six Californias” ballot initiative.  The upshot was that with some 40 million people, more than the population of the 20 smallest states combined, California was too big, too diverse, to be “efficiently” governed.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump official bypassed ethics rules in criminal referrals of Fed governor and other foes, sources say  — Pulte bypassed inspector general in criminal referrals, sources say  — Legal experts say Pulte's actions violate ethics rules  — Trump has applauded Pulte's actions against political opponents
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA Turns on Trump's Top Lawyer  —  Todd Blanche faces MAGA heat  —  It's hard to imagine a more loyal Trump foot soldier than Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.  A former defense attorney for Trump, Blanche has played a role in administration controversies big and small.
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students  —  Many students don't do the reading and don't speak up in class, according to a report.  Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.  —  Harvard University …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Salt Lake Tribune
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Miller's Uncle Agrees That He's a ‘Depraved Fiend’  —  NO WORDS MINCED  —  Loved ones of the White House adviser are publicly turning on him.  —  Critical posts by a second disgusted relative of Stephen Miller have emerged as the White House's deputy chief of staff digs his heels …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
A swing-district Iowa Republican says she'll hold town halls ‘when hell freezes over’  —  Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans in an August meeting that she'll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over.”  —  The Republican, who represents one of the nation's …
Fox News:
Jack Smith tracked private communications, calls of nearly a dozen GOP senators during J6 probe, FBI says  —  EXCLUSIVE: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith was allegedly tracking the private communications and phone calls of nearly a dozen Republican Senators as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6 …
 
 
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Slate:
The Supreme Court's First Blockbuster Case This Term Looks Pretty Fake
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
The Trump Admin's Mostly Unnoticed Move to Crack Down on the Opposition
Reuters:
Rome calls on US to reconsider extra tariff on pasta imports
Discussion: New York Times and Variety
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 Earlier Items: 
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Hundreds of ex-DOJ staffers demand oversight ahead of Pam Bondi hearing
Discussion: PBS NewsHour
Bloomberg:
US to Take 10% Stake in Trilogy Metals to Unlock Alaska Mining
pbump:
You can't get anti-institutionalists to trust an institution
Discussion: New Yorker
Annie Bang / The Daily Beast:
AOC Mocks ‘Short Troll’ Stephen Miller And Urges Dems to ‘Laugh’ at MAGA Men
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Manosphere Influencers Who Boosted Trump Are Now Cooling on Him
Discussion: Raw Story and Comic Sands
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Power Is the Order of the Day, and Other Beds Trump Has Made
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
The “Dual State” Theory Was Invented to Describe Nazis. The Supreme Court Could Take Us There.
 

 
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Will Sommer / @willsommer:
The Blaze retracts its article accusing a former Capitol Police officer of being the January 6 pipe bomber after the FBI arrested a different person

 
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