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10:25 AM ET, September 2, 2018

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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
John McCain's Funeral Was the Biggest Resistance Meeting Yet  —  Two ex-Presidents and one eloquent daughter team up to rebuke the pointedly uninvited Donald Trump.  —  Donald Trump's name was never mentioned.  It didn't have to be.  The funeral service for John Sidney McCain III …
Discussion: Power Line and Hullabaloo
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump allies fume at McCain memorial addresses, urge counterattack  —  President Donald Trump's allies went on the counterattack Saturday after tributes to the late Sen. John McCain took pointed aim at the president.  —  As Washington mourned McCain, Trump's people grew angry.
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story, ABC News, Breitbart and Vox
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
John McCain's Funeral Was a Council of War—Just as He Meant It to Be  —  A dispatch from the National Cathedral. … WASHINGTON — In the magnificent, lordly church-house, there were speeches and prayers.  There were songs and hymns.  There were bands and pipers and choirs and soloists.
Discussion: CNN, Daily Wire and Townhall
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump fans accuse grieving Meghan McCain of being ‘trashy’ for ‘America was always great’ eulogy comment  —  Fans of President Donald Trump refused to show any sympathy for Meghan McCain who gave a tearful eulogy for her late father, Sen. John McCain, on Saturday, attacking her as “trashy” …
Washington Post:   McCain's funeral was a melancholy last hurrah for what's been lost in Trump era
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
McCain tributes echo with criticism of Trump
Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
WATCH: Obama, Bush, Meghan McCain Swipe at Trump During John McCain Funeral Service
Discussion: IJR and Breitbart
Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:
Barack Obama's Eulogy for John McCain
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Read Barack Obama's eulogy for Sen. John McCain
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Ethnicity not a factor in Elizabeth Warren's rise in law  —  CAMBRIDGE — The 60-plus Harvard Law School professors who filed into an auditorium-style room on the first floor of Pound Hall on that February 1993 afternoon had a significant question to answer: Should they offer a job to Elizabeth Warren?
Rob Tibbetts / Des Moines Register:
From Mollie Tibbetts' father: Don't distort her death to advance racist views  —  Mollie was nobody's victim.  Nor is she a pawn in others' debate  —  CONNECT  —  Ten days ago, we learned that Mollie would not be coming home.  Shattered, my family set out to celebrate Mollie's extraordinary life …
Associated Press:
Kansas high court rules grand jury must be convened to investigate Kris Kobach … A grand jury must be convened to investigate whether Republican gubernatorial candidate and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach intentionally failed to register voters in 2016, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled.
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Peter Hancock / The Lawrence Journal-World:
Kansas Supreme Court agrees Douglas County must summon grand jury to investigate Kobach
Anna Sanders / New York Post:
AMI employees donated thousands of dollars to Cuomo campaigns … National Enquirer boss David Pecker isn't just Donald Trump's longtime pal and campaign confidant — he's quietly lavished tens of thousands of dollars on Gov. Cuomo.  —  Pecker's American Media Inc., company executives …
Martin Cizmar / Raw Story:
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro brutally shames Jeff Sessions for refusing to quit: 'Where is your dignity?  You're not wanted'  —  Fox News host Jeanine Pirro delivered a rant addressed to Jeff Sessions to open her show on Saturday night.  —  In her customary format of addressing herself directly …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Steven Kurutz / New York Times:
How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank  —  Fed up with their high-pressure jobs, some millennials are quitting and embracing the FIRE movement.  (It stands for financial independence, retire early).  —  Carl Jensen experienced what he calls “the awakening” sometime around 2012.
Discussion: Althouse
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Wall Street Journal:
Anatomy of a Fusion Smear
Discussion: Power Line and The Last Refuge
Theresa May / Telegraph:
There will be no second referendum on Brexit - it would be a gross betrayal of our democracy  —  Follow the author of this article Follow the topics within this article … The coming months will be critical in shaping the future of our country and I am clear about my mission.
Discussion: The Guardian, Politico and France 24
Paul Sullivan / New York Times:
Taking the College Tour by Private Jet  —  High school students heading back to class this fall have more on their minds than finding homeroom.  Many juniors, sophomores and even freshmen are already turning their attention toward picking a college.  —  For most of them, a college tour will play a crucial part of the decision.
WDRB 41 Louisville News:
Truck carrying Axe body spray explodes in Texas  —  Interstate 35 was shut down for eight hours.  —  BELTON, Texas (WDRB) — A semi fire shut down a Texas interstate Friday morning.  —  Officials in Belton, Texas say the truck carrying Axe body spray caught fire about 4 a.m. on Interstate 35.
 
 
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