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12:20 PM 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 …
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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: Raw Story, Axios, Breitbart, ABC News and Vox
Mike Allen / Axios:
D.C. dreams of saner times
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
John McCain's Funeral Was a Council of War—Just as He Meant It to Be
Discussion: CNN, Hullabaloo, Daily Wire and Townhall
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
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 …
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
‘We Negroes’ robocall is an attempt to ‘weaponize race’ in Florida campaign, Gillum warns  —  An assertion Wednesday by a white Republican gubernatorial candidate that Florida voters can't afford to “monkey this up” by voting for his black Democratic opponent, Andrew Gillum, was widely viewed as a “dog whistle” to rally racists.
John Bowden / The Hill:   DeSantis: Gillum wants to turn Florida ‘into Venezuela’
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?
Discussion: Axios
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Manafort's daughter files petition to change her name to ‘separate herself from public perception’ after her father was convicted of fraud … Convicted felon Paul Manafort's daughter Jessica is wasting no time distancing herself from the family by filing legal documents to change her name.
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
New York Times:
After Deadly Raid, Pentagon Weighs Withdrawing Almost All Commandos From Niger  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering withdrawing nearly all American commandos from Niger in the wake of a deadly October ambush against a Green Beret team that killed four United States soldiers.
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
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 …
New York Post:
Suspected MS-13 member broke into sleeping girl's bedroom, raped her: cops  —  A purported member of the MS-13 gang broke into the bedroom of a sleeping 11-year-old Brooklyn girl and raped her in her bed, cops said Saturday as the suspect was taken into custody.
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
GOP's Tough Task in House Races: Reach Beyond Trump's Base  —  Endangered Republicans must find supporters who will vote for them even though they disapprove of the president  —  One of the biggest questions facing House Republicans seeking re-election in November is this: How popular is President Trump in their district?
Discussion: Political Wire
The Hill:
Obama readies fall campaign push, but some Dems say no thanks  —  Former President Obama is set to dive into the midterm elections next week with a speech in Illinois where he is expected to urge Democrats across the country to vote — addressing a problem that plagued the party in 2016.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
This Race in Houston Is the Future of Texas Politics  —  HOUSTON—On a Saturday morning in Houston, the high was 94 degrees with a chance of rain.  It was hardly friendly weather for canvassing—the door-knocking, yard sign-delivering, get-out-the-vote efforts that define a politician's grassroots network.
Roey Hadar / ABC News:
Democrats should wait for Mueller report before taking steps on impeachment: Panetta  —  A former top-ranking official under Presidents Obama and Clinton said Democrats should hold off on impeachment proceedings if they win control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Emma Bowman / NPR:
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New York Times:
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Haley Britzky / Axios:
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

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