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7:00 AM ET, September 18, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Lawyers Clash Over How Much to Cooperate With Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's legal team is wrestling with how much to cooperate with the special counsel looking into Russian election interference, an internal debate that led to an angry confrontation last week between …
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Rolling Stone, Once a Counterculture Bible, Will Be Put Up for Sale  —  From a loft in San Francisco in 1967, a 21-year-old named Jann S. Wenner started a magazine that would become the counterculture bible for baby boomers.  Rolling Stone defined cool, cultivated literary icons …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's dark view of North Korea options  —  Forget DACA or tax reform.  One topic consumes the vast majority of President Trump's inner circle: North Korea.  —  Contrary to the president's breezy tweet this morning, in which he refers to Kim Jong-un as “Rocket Man,” top administration officials …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump retweets GIF of him hitting Clinton with golf ball
Luke Barnes / ThinkProgress:
Meet the racist birther Donald Trump just retweeted
Discussion: The Guardian
Alicia Melville-Smith / BuzzFeed:
Trump Retweeted A Video From An Anti-Semitic Account Showing Him Hitting Hillary Clinton With A Golf Ball
Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump shares GIF of himself striking Hillary Clinton in the back with a golf ball
Kailani Koenig / NBC News:   Bernie Sanders on Some Supporters Not Voting for Clinton: ‘No Kidding!’
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:   Trump starts his Sunday by promoting obsessive violence against Hillary Clinton
Jim Carlton / Wall Street Journal:
Interior Report Recommends Cuts or Changes to Seven National Land Monuments  —  White House has yet to act on the recommendations  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended cutbacks or other changes to nearly half the geographic national monuments he recently reviewed at the request …
Discussion: Washington Times
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Shrink at least 4 national monuments and modify a half-dozen others, Zinke tells Trump  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended that President Trump modify 10 national monuments created by his immediate predecessors, including shrinking the boundaries of at least four western sites …
Discussion: East Bay Times
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Tucker: Trump Thinks TV More Accurately Reveals The Public's Beliefs Than Polls Do  —  Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson says President Trump told him that television programming is a more accurate reflection of the public's beliefs than polling is.  —  “I know that he watches a lot of television.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Senate GOP tries one last time to repeal Obamacare  —  Obamacare repeal is on the brink of coming back from the dead.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his leadership team are seriously considering voting on a bill that would scale back the federal government's role …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trumpcare's back, and now it will let insurers jack up premiums as soon as you get sick
Discussion: New York Times and Hullabaloo
George Stephanopoulos / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 9-17-17: British Prime Minister Theresa May, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster and Rep. Adam Schiff  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AND WILL BE UPDATED.  —  UNIDENTIFIED MALE: THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulos starts right now.
Discussion: AOL and Politicus USA
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Haley: If diplomacy doesn't work, Mattis will ‘take care of’ North Korea
Discussion: Politico and IJR
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Fake Outrage Over Breastgate Shows Why We Must Not Play Liberals' New Rules Game  —  The Brooke Baldwin mammary mess is just another example of how liberals leverage their ability to create new rules out of thin air as a means of asserting their power over us normals.
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Feinstein: We intend for Trump Jr. to testify publicly  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday it was her and the Republican committee chairman's intention to bring Donald Trump Jr. before the committee for public testimony.
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CNN:
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to appear before Senate panel Tuesday
Discussion: IJR
Reuters:
Cohen, close Trump business adviser, to testify in Senate on Tuesday
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
Four Boston College students attacked with acid in France  —  Four US tourists attacked with acid in France  —  (CNN)Four American college students were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in Marseilles, southern France, a spokeswoman for the Prefecture of Police of Bouches-du-Rhône said.
Discussion: Jezebel and Mediaite
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Rex Tillerson alienated every ally he needs  —  The most challenging task in Washington, these days, is finding somebody who'll enthusiastically endorse Rex Tillerson.  In just nine months, the Secretary of State has managed to alienate nearly every constituency that matters:
Discussion: israpundit.org
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump's divisive presidency reshapes a key part of his private business … For two years, a shelter for victims of domestic violence called Safe+Sound Somerset held its fundraiser golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.  —  They loved it.  —  Then they quit it.
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Stop acting surprised, America: Donald Trump is a white supremacist  —  Trump has made clear to America for decades where he stands on race.  It's long past time to accept the facts  —  Young children believe that they disappear or otherwise become invisible if they close or otherwise cover their eyes.
Christina Caron / New York Times:
Sign Language Interpreter Warned of ‘Pizza’ and ‘Bear Monster’ at Irma Briefing  —  As Hurricane Irma charged toward Florida, Manatee County officials held a news conference to inform residents of mandatory evacuation orders for those most at risk.  —  “We just need you to be safe,” …
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Jezebel
 
 
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David Siders / Politico:
California tears into Trump
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Maria, following Irma's path, is now a Category 1 hurricane
Discussion: The Week, Gizmodo and IJR
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Mike Huckabee and the Rise of Christian Media Under Trump
 Earlier Items: 
Joseph Morton / Omaha World-Herald:
Sen. Joni Ernst takes new swing at taxpayer-subsidized perks of former presidents
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Normalizing Trump: An incredibly brief explainer
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Balloon Juice
Fox News Insider:
MO Governor on St. Louis Protests: Only Safe Space for Looters Is a Jail Cell
Nicki Zink / ABC News:
British prime minister Theresa May opens up about her relationship with Trump
Discussion: NBC News
Philippe Sotto / Associated Press:
Official: 4 US tourists attacked with acid in Marseille
 

 
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