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6:25 PM ET, September 5, 2018

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New York Times:
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration  —  We work for the president but we have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. … President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.  —  It's not just that the special counsel looms large.
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Woodward book prompts West Wing witch hunt, sources say  —  Sanders discredits Woodward book on Trump  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump, showing his outrage over Bob Woodward's explosive new book, is ordering a real witch hunt in the West Wing and throughout his administration …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The White House is discussing potential replacements for Jim Mattis  —  Well before this week's revelations about President Trump's interactions with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Bob Woodward's new book, officials inside the White House have been actively discussing who will replace Mattis …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Everybody on the Inside Knows It's True”: Woodward's Reality Bomb Is Blowing Up the West Wing  —  “Pandemonium” reigns as Trump cancels meetings, a top aide bemoans “Judas” colleagues, Jared and Ivanka try to talk sense into the president, and Gary Cohn wonders how he came off.
Axios:
Furious Trump trapped by hundreds of Woodward tapes  —  President Trump is livid at the betrayal and stunning allegations in Bob Woodward's forthcoming “Fear,” but limited in his ability to fight back because most of the interviews were caught on hundreds of hours of tape, officials tell Axios.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Attack on Woodward's Book Hits a Bump: He Actually Did Call Jeff Sessions a ‘Retard’  —  It's shocking, we know, that this president would say such a thing.  —  Donald Trump has forcefully insisted that the latest book detailing the chaos, tensions, and name-calling at the heart …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, IJR and Splinter
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The 2 most overlooked, inexplicable stories from Bob Woodward's Trump book  —  President Trump's denials of the stories in Bob Woodward's new book on Wednesday turned to tacit admission: Trump may be an unwieldy boss, he seemed to admit, but that's part of why Americans elected him.
Discussion: Axios, POLITICUSUSA and Breitbart
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Woodward's Account of Trump's Mock Interview With Prosecutors Isn't Pretty
Discussion: Vox, CNN and NPR
Dwight Garner / New York Times:   In ‘Fear,’ Bob Woodward Pulls Back the Curtain on President Trump's ‘Crazytown’
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's comments after not attacking Nike raise even more questions
Discussion: CBS Chicago, CNBC and HuffPost
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jerome Corsi, Conspiracy Theorist, Is Subpoenaed in Mueller Investigation  —  Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist and political commentator with connections to the former Trump adviser Roger J. Stone Jr., has been subpoenaed to testify on Friday before the grand jury in the special counsel investigation …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Rubio to Alex Jones: 'Don't touch me, man'
Discussion: Mashable and Florida Politics
Tom Winter / NBC News:   Mueller subpoenas Jerome Corsi, birther and ex-Alex Jones associate
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Watch: Alex Jones and Marco Rubio nearly come to blows in the Senate hallway
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Leahy Trips Kavanaugh Up With Questions About Allegedly Stolen Emails  —  At Wednesday's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) threw Brett Kavanaugh off his flow of so far providing steady and confident answers to senators' questions with a line of inquiry about allegations …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
Parkland victim's father and Kavanaugh: The handshake that wasn't
Discussion: New York Times, CBS News and TheBlaze
David French / National Review:
The Democrats' No Good, Frivolous, Ridiculous Day
Discussion: TIME, Vox and Law & Crime
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   Kavanaugh stumbled over two critical tripwires
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Progressives Turn Their Anger On Chuck Schumer Over Brett Kavanaugh Hearing
Discussion: Daily Wire
sandiegouniontribune.com:
Hunter indictment sheds light on ‘personal relationships’ for congressman  —  Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret Hunter were arraigned on charges related to a 60-count indictment filed this week in San Diego.  —  The criminal indictment issued against Rep. Duncan Hunter …
Discussion: HuffPost, Political Wire and Raw Story
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Griffin Connolly / Roll Call:
Duncan Hunter's ‘Personal Relationships’ Get New Attention in Indictment  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter once called Washington whispers that he had engaged in multiple extramarital affairs “tabloid trash.”  —  But the California Republican — who, along with his wife, Margaret …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's approval rating drop looks real, and it could be a disaster for the GOP in 2018  —  (CNN)A new ABC News/Washington Post poll puts President Donald Trump's approval rating at just 36%.  An IBD/TIPP poll also puts the President's approval rating at 36%.
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Susannah Luthi / Modern Healthcare:
MENU  —  FORT WORTH, TEXAS—A federal judge today seemed skeptical …
The Daily Caller:
Full Transcript Of Trump's Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sat for an exclusive Oval Office interview Tuesday with The Daily Caller's Saagar Enjeti and Vince Coglianese for approximately 38 minutes.  —  The transcript is as follows:
Lyz Lenz / Columbia Journalism Review:
The mystery of Tucker Carlson  —  Tucker Carlson is shouting when he tells me he isn't shouting.  The barrage of his voice has been relentless throughout the interview.  —  “I don't want to be John McLaughlin yelling at people.  Why would I want to do that?  I don't need to do that,” he insists.
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KDFW:
Man arrested after crashing truck into FOX4 building in downtown Dallas  —  Image Gallery  —  A man was arrested Wednesday morning after crashing a truck into the side of the FOX4 building in downtown Dallas.  —  The man, after repeatedly crashing his vehicle into a side of the building …
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NBC News:
Trump admin rejected report showing refugees did not pose major security threat  —  Hardliners issued their own report that several ex-officials say misstates evidence and inflates the threat posed by people born outside the U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has consistently sought …
HuffPost:
Trump DOJ Official Overseeing Voter Fraud Hunt Subpoenas Millions Of Voting Records  —  A new broad request for voter information in North Carolina is raising alarm bells.  —  The office of a federal prosecutor appointed by President Donald Trump issued a broad subpoena for North Carolina voter information …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Election Officials Are Alarmed as Trump Administration Subpoenas Voter Data From 44 North Carolina Counties
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Huge turnout in Ayanna Pressley's victory over Michael Capuano … LATEST POSTS FROM THE RUNDOWN  —  More than 102,000 voters turned out for last night's Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District Democratic primary, where Boston City Counselor Ayanna Pressley upset longtime incumbent Rep. Michael Capuano.
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Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Ayanna Pressley's victory proves it matters to Democratic primary voters ‘who those Democrats are’
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
NBC/Marist poll: Democrat Joe Donnelly has slight edge in Indiana Senate race  —  Donnelly leads 49 percent to Mike Braun's 43 percent support among likely voters in a two-way race.  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly has a slight advantage over Republican challenger Mike Braun …
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Michael Moore Plays His Trump Card: A New Movie, Modern Fascism and a 2020 Prediction  —  He's America's most successful documentarian and one of the few on the left who predicted the 2016 election upset.  Now, as Moore readies his anticipated polemic ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ for its Toronto film festival debut …
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Gives $10 Million to Super PAC in First Major Political Contribution  —  Bezos and wife are supporting With Honor, a super PAC aiming to elect military veterans from both parties to Congress  —  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife are making their first major foray …
 
 
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Patrick Wilson / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Richmond judge finds ‘out and out fraud,’ …
Rich Calder / New York Post:
More than 10K city employees stopped paying union dues
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Judge denies Manafort's request to move next trial from DC to Virginia
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
This might be the next progressive underdog to shock establishment Dems
 Earlier Items: 
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Justice to convene meeting on whether social media companies are ‘intentionally stifling’ free speech
Discussion: Politico
BuzzFeed News:
Republicans Want An NFL “Culture War” To Help Defeat A Blue Wave
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
James Estrin / New York Times:
Photographing an Indelicate but Deadly Subject
Politico:
Why Rahm bailed on reelection
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump suggests protesting should be illegal
 

 
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