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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump, at war with everyone, mocks McCain, McConnell — In private, President Trump has taken to physically mocking M&M: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (slumped shoulders; lethargic body language) and Sen. John McCain (imitating the thumbs-down of his historic health-care vote).
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CNN:
Trump infuriated after backing Alabama loser — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Returning from a high-dollar fundraiser in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, an infuriated President Donald Trump watched aboard Air Force One as Fox News called the Alabama Senate primary for Roy Moore against Trump's favored candidate, Luther Strange.
New York Times:
Roy Moore's Alabama Victory Sets Off Talk of a G.O.P. Insurrection — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Republicans are confronting an insurrection on the right that is angry enough to imperil their grip on Congress, and senior party strategists have concluded that the conservative base now loathes …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just endorsed a lawless bigot in Alabama. Here's how Democrats will run against him. — THE MORNING PLUM: — Roy Moore, the new GOP nominee for Senate in Alabama, defied a court order directing him to remove a tablet bearing the Ten Commandments from a state court building.
Russell Goldman / New York Times:
Trump Deletes Tweets Supporting Luther Strange
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Jordan Gehrke:
Alabama Senate Memo: Return of the Civil War and the Fall of Mitch McConnell
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
How Roy Moore's Win Roils Republicans
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Alex Conant / FIREHOUSE Strategies:
BREAKING: New data on NFL & health care
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
The ‘doubled standard deduction’ in the GOP tax plan is a lie — In selling their soon-to-be-released tax plan, Republicans have been leaning hard on what they say is a provision to cut and simplify taxes for the middle class: doubling the standard deduction that people who pay income tax may take.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's new tax plan shows how unserious Republicans are about governing — “I will give you everything,” Donald Trump promised as a presidential candidate, and as president, not only has he continued to make that promise, but also the entire Republican Party has followed suit.
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Washington Post:
GOP tax document reveals plan for massive tax cuts, preserves key deductions
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Here's the GOP tax plan
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New York Times:
Trump Proposes the Most Sweeping Tax Overhaul in Decades
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer: Trump tax plan ‘wealth-fare’
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Ashley Feinberg / Wired:
Jared Kushner Voted As a Woman, According to His Registration — SINCE MOVING INTO the White House months ago, Jared Kushner—senior advisor and son-in-law to the President, savior of the Middle East, and possible person of interest in a federal investigation—has amassed a rather extensive project portfolio.
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Kushner registered to vote in New York as a female
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The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Russians Impersonated Real American Muslims to Stir Chaos on Facebook and Instagram … The Facebook group United Muslims of America was neither united, Muslim, nor American. — Instead, sources familiar with the group tell The Daily Beast, it was an imposter account …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Russian-bought Black Lives Matter ad on Facebook targeted Baltimore and Ferguson — At least one of the Facebook ads bought by Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign referenced Black Lives Matter and was specifically targeted to reach audiences in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
White House is restricting lawmakers from visiting Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, aides say — The Trump administration is restricting lawmakers in both parties from visiting storm-ravaged Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands aboard military aircraft this weekend in order to keep focused …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
In the Virgin Islands, Hurricane Maria Drowned What Irma Didn't Destroy
Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers Seek Waiver of Law Barring Foreign Ships From Delivering Aid to Puerto Rico
Wall Street Journal:
Second-Class Puerto Rico
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Dialynn Dwyer / Boston Globe:
Michelle Obama: ‘Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice’ — Former First Lady Michelle Obama criticized women who voted for President Donald Trump during a wide-ranging conversation in Boston Wednesday that addressed life in the White House, her forthcoming book …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump twists Democratic Sen. Donnelly's arm over taxes in Indiana
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Luke Dittrich / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Great Escape — On the evening of Sept. 14, a man who looked an awful lot like Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the president of the United States, boarded Air Canada Jazz Flight AC 8889 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He made his way down the aisle of the Bombardier CRJ 900 …
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Courier-Journal:
Rick Pitino ‘effectively fired,’ on unpaid leave amid Louisville FBI basketball investigation — University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino has been put on unpaid administrative leave after the FBI alleged in a criminal complaint that coaches with the program participated in a scheme to pay recruits' families.
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Ivy League / ESPN:
Louisville's Rick Pitino and Tom Jurich placed on administrative leave
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Mark Harris / Wired:
God Is a Bot, and Anthony Levandowski Is His Messenger — Many people in Silicon Valley believe in the Singularity—the day in our near future when computers will surpass humans in intelligence and kick off a feedback loop of unfathomable change. — When that day comes, Anthony Levandowski will be firmly on the side of the machines.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump fuming over Price's charter flights — President Donald Trump and his top aides are fuming over Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price's use of expensive private jets, with some advisers privately calling for Price's ouster. — Trump rebuked Price in sharp terms Wednesday …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Corker: ‘Possible’ that Peyton Manning runs for Senate — It's “possible” but not necessarily likely that former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning will run for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate seat, retiring Sen. Bob Corker said Wednesday. — The outgoing GOP senator said he spoke with Manning …
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Mark Zuckerberg:
I want to respond to President Trump's tweet this morning claiming Facebook has always been against him. — Every day I work to bring people together and build a community for everyone. We hope to give all people a voice and create a platform for all ideas. — Trump says Facebook is against him.
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Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Trump preparing executive order to let Americans purchase health insurance across state lines — President Trump is preparing an executive order to allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines, a reform conservatives have long championed as a way to bring costs …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Key senators prepare subpoena for Manafort to appear at hearing — Manafort's journey to center of Mueller investigation — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Senate judiciary committee leaders have reached a deal to issue a subpoena to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort compelling …
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Trump administration abruptly drops out of Obamacare events in Mississippi — “It's clearly sabotage.” — For the past three years, the US Health and Human Services Department has partnered with a health advocacy group in Mississippi on an education tour before Obamacare enrollment started.
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Rebecca Traister / thecut:
Elizabeth Warren Is Getting Hillary-ed — The elite, ambitious candidate, saying one thing on the stump but another to wealthy donors, willing to cede big dreams for incremental, pragmatic fixes ... You recognize her, right? Of course you do. She's Massachusetts Senator …
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