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1:45 PM ET, September 6, 2018

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Leaked Documents From Kavanaugh's Time in White House Discuss Abortion and Affirmative Action  —  WASHINGTON — As a White House lawyer in the Bush administration, Judge Brett Kavanaugh challenged the accuracy of deeming the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision to be …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Kavanaugh stumbles when grilled on whether he discussed Mueller probe  —  Nearly 12 hours into Brett Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation hearing, Kamala Harris opened with a tantalizing query: Has the Supreme Court nominee ever discussed Robert Mueller's probe with a lawyer at Kasowitz Benson & Torres …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Booker releases ‘confidential’ Kavanaugh documents  —  (D-N.J.) on Thursday released emails from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's time as a White House counsel, escalating a heated fight over his documents.  —  Booker released approximately 12 pages of emails tied to discussions Kavanaugh …
Discussion: CNN and The Gateway Pundit
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
'Most of Bush's nominees are Nazis' — those memos Patrick Leahy griped about were damning to the Democrats
Discussion: Daily Wire
Axios:
Exclusive: Trump's nightmare: “The snakes are everywhere”  —  President Trump is not just seething about Bob Woodward.  He's deeply suspicious of much of the government he oversees — from the hordes of folks inside agencies, right up to some of the senior-most political appointees …
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I am the real Resistance, the Resistance within the Trump administration  —  When you think of the Resistance, you probably don't think of a group of senior Trump administration officials.  But, you see, that is your mistake.  That is exactly what I am, and I am resisting more than any of you, in your hats with your signs.
Discussion: IJR, CNN and Full Feed
Washington Post:
Trump's reputation precedes him.  So does Woodward's.  —  BOB WOODWARD'S new book, “Fear,” does not paint a different picture of the early Trump White House than the one that has already emerged from credible news organizations in daily reporting on President Trump.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘The sleeper cells have awoken’: Trump and aides shaken by ‘resistance’ op-ed  —  President Trump and his aides reacted with indignation Wednesday to an unsigned opinion column from a senior official blasting the president's “amorality” and launched a frantic hunt for the author …
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Ben Sasse On Day Two Of The Kavanaugh Hearings  —  Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, a member of the Judiciary Committee, joined me this morning:  —  09-06hhs-sasse  —  Transcript:  —  HH: Joined by Ben Sasse, Senator from Nebraska.  Senator, welcome back.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Publishing that anonymous New York Times article wasn't ‘gutless.’ But writing it probably was.  —  Was the New York Times's decision to publish a mystery op-ed piece describing an organized resistance inside the Trump administration “gutless,” as the president has angrily deemed it?
Discussion: CNN, The Federalist and National Review
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
13 people who might be the author of The New York Times op-ed
BuzzFeed News:   I Am Part Of The Resistance Inside The New York Times Opinion Desk
Phelim McAleer / Townhall:
Relax, President Trump: New York Times Has History of Exaggerating Seniority of Anonymous Officials
Discussion: Geller Report and New York Post
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Revealed: Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened  —  Exclusive: documents released to Guardian reveal government photographer cropped space ‘where crowd ended’  —  A government photographer edited official pictures of Donald Trump's inauguration …
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The Daily Beast:   Government Photographer Edited Inauguration Pics to Make Crowd Look Bigger: Documents
Washington Post:
Trump administration to circumvent court limits on detention of child migrants  —  The Trump administration said Thursday it is preparing to circumvent limits on the government's ability to hold minors in immigration jails by withdrawing from the Flores Settlement Agreement …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Trump admin plans to hold migrant kids indefinitely, upending decades-old ban  —  DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the new rule is necessary to enforce immigration laws.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced a new rule Thursday that would allow immigrant children …
Yair Rosenberg / Tablet Magazine:
State Senate Candidate Julia Salazar Was Arrested in 2011 On Suspicion of Criminal Use of Personal Information  —  Julia Salazar, the Democratic Socialist candidate running for New York State Senate, was arrested in 2011 on allegations of fraudulently attempting to access the bank account of Kai Hernandez …
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Daily Mail:
NY Democratic Senate hopeful Julia Salazar was accused of having affair with Mets Keith Hernandez  —  EXCLUSIVE: New York Socialist Democratic candidate, 27, who ‘faked her Jewish immigrant biography’ was accused of affair with Mets star Keith Hernandez, 64, and arrested over claim of stealing from his wife
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:   Want to Be the Next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Be Careful What You Wish.
Economist:
Donald Trump's approval ratings are pulled down by college-educated whites  —  His current numbers are only just above the low point of December 2017  —  ANYONE wondering how long it takes Americans to digest the news that their president has been implicated in a conspiracy …
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Demands Millions of North Carolina Voter Records, Confounding Elections Officials  —  Federal prosecutors have issued sweeping subpoenas demanding that millions of North Carolina voter records be turned over to immigration authorities by Sept. 25.
Discussion: Election Academy, CNN and HuffPost
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Zach Carter / HuffPost:
Zephyr Teachout Sues Sean Patrick Maloney Over Campaign Finances  —  The Democratic congressman funneled $1.4 million from his federal re-election campaign to his state AG run.  —  Zephyr Teachout filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) of violating state campaign finance law …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
D.C. Wise Man Had Early Access To Trump's Pro-Russia Speech  —  Photos obtained by The Daily Beast show that controversial think tank chief Dimitri Simes was closer than previously known to the speech's drafting.  —  In the morning of April 21, 2016, a staffer at the Center for the National Interest …
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
The Bullet in My Arm  —  I was shot on a Sunday.  It was late and it was hot and I was 21, on my way home from dinner during summer break.  I'd rolled the windows down because the breeze felt good.  —  I pulled up to a red light, about half a mile from my home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Daily Mail:
Four UFOs are spotted flying over US president's Scottish golf course  —  Trump's visitors!  Four UFOs are spotted flying over US president's Scottish golf course  —  Four UFOs were spotted flying over US President Donald Trump's golf course in Scotland.  —  A golf fan shared a picture …
David Klepper / Associated Press:
Source: NY Catholic dioceses subpoenaed in sex abuse probe  —  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has subpoenaed all eight Roman Catholic dioceses in the state as part of her office's investigation into the church's handling of sex abuse allegations.
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Christopher Steele Again Eludes His Republican Pursuers  —  Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa had sought the former British spy's deposition in a civil suit related to his Trump-Russia dossier, but a judge in Florida ruled Grassley would have to follow normal court procedures to get Steele's testimony.
Discussion: RedState
Karen Pilarski / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Black teen who was handcuffed after false robbery report in Wauwatosa has retained an attorney  —  Police handcuffed and questioned him before releasing him Sept. 2 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  A young black man on his way home from church with his white grandmother was handcuffed …
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Tom McCarthy / The Guardian:
'I'm a popularist': Trump struggles with Bannon's coaching in Woodward book  —  Jared Kushner claims boss lacks cash and Melania Trump refuses to defend her husband in a tale of infighting and confusion  —  Before Donald Trump ran for president, he needed to build his political vocabulary.
Joe Uchill / Axios:
Justice Department files complaint against North Korean for cyberattacks  —  The Department of Justice announced Thursday it had filed a criminal complaint in June of this year against a North Korean and a North Korean entity for hacking Sony Pictures in 2014, digitally stealing millions …
Sun-Sentinel:
New video shows school cop Scot Peterson hiding as gunman shoots Parkland students  —  A video released Wednesday gives the first look at what law enforcement officers were doing and saying as gunman Nikolas Cruz prowled through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
 
 
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Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
House Speaker says he has understanding with Trump to fund government
Discussion: Political Wire
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Video surfaces refuting Trump's claim that he's never called someone ‘retarded’
Hyonhee Shin / Reuters:
North Korea's Kim sets denuclearization time line, prompting thanks from Trump
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
CNN:
Republican congressman had lengthy dinner with extremist anti-Muslim politician during London trip
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Senate 2018: At Least for Now, the Elephant Endures
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Abandoned trucks litter California highway as wildfire rages
 Earlier Items: 
Phil Dawson / WZZM-TV:
Snyder not endorsing Scheutte for Governor
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Gwen Stefani may have inspired Trump to run for president
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
David K. Li / New York Post:
Bookies place odds on anonymous White House official
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Exclusive: FBI Kept From U.S. Spy Court Russian View of Carter Page as ‘an Idiot’
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Rose Minutaglio / Cosmopolitan:
The Intern Who Yelled ‘F*ck You’ at Trump Does Not Regret It
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Molly Ball / TIME:
Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Care What You Think of Her. And She Isn't Going Anywhere
Discussion: Bustle and Raw Story
Danielle Decker Jones / Virginian-Pilot:
A campaign to beat cancer
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon, in His $1,400 Hotel Suite, Rails Against the ‘Elite’