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5:45 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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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Marc Kasowitz denies Kavanaugh ever spoke to anyone at his firm about Mueller probe, contradicting Kamala Harris claim  — “There have been no discussions regarding Robert Mueller's investigation between Judge Kavanaugh and anyone at our firm,” a spokesman for Marc Kasowitz said in a statement first provided to CNBC on Thursday.
Discussion: Daily Wire
HuffPost:
Here's Another Brett Kavanaugh Email Republicans Didn't Want You To See  —  Kavanaugh and his bros were planning a sailing weekend.  —  A major issue in Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings is Democratic anger over the limited release of documents related to his time working for President George W. Bush.
Discussion: AOL
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh hearing: ‘Confidential’ emails were already cleared for public release
Elana Schor / Politico:
Kavanaugh stumbles when grilled on whether he discussed Mueller probe
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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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The crisis isn't Trump. It's his Republican enablers.
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I am the real Resistance, the Resistance within the Trump administration
Discussion: CNN, Vox, CNNMoney and USA Today
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Ben Sasse On Day Two Of The Kavanaugh Hearings
Discussion: Washington Post and MSNBC
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Publishing that anonymous New York Times article wasn't ‘gutless.’ But writing it probably was.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Twitter bans Alex Jones and InfoWars  —  Why Facebook, YouTube and Apple are removing InfoWars content  —  Twitter banned far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his website InfoWars from its platform Thursday afternoon, a month after several of its Silicon Valley counterparts did so.
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BuzzFeed:
After Multiple Provocations, Twitter Bans Alex Jones And Infowars  —  “We took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behavior policy, in addition to the accounts' previous violations.”  —  After weeks of equivocation …
The Daily Beast:
Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars  —  A video of him berating a CNN reporter with ‘the eyes of a rat’ was the final violation after a series of them by Infowars and its founder.  —  Twitter banned Infowars and its founder, the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, following months of public pressure to do so.
Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Twitter permanently bans Alex Jones and Infowars accounts  — The accounts violated the company's abusive behavior policies, Twitter said in a series of tweets.  — The ban comes weeks after Jones was banned or suspended by other major tech companies like Apple, Facebook and YouTube.
Mattathias Schwartz / New Yorker:
Facebook and Twitter's Rehearsed Dance on Capitol Hill
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 …
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 …
Discussion: RedState
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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
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
Discussion: Splinter
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Scoop: George Papadopoulos Spills on Mueller Cooperation in First TV Interview With Jake Tapper  —  George Papadopoulos, the former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign and a figures at the center of the Russia investigation, will appear in his first-ever T.V. interview with CNN's Jake Tapper …
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 …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/Marist poll: It's a neck-and-neck Senate race in Tennessee  —  Democrat Phil Bredesen gets support from 48 percent of likely voters, compared with 46 percent for Republican Marsha Blackburn.  —  WASHINGTON — Democrat Phil Bredesen and Republican Marsha Blackburn are running neck and neck …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prosecutors use grand jury as investigation of Andrew McCabe intensifies  —  Federal prosecutors have for months been using a grand jury to investigate former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe — an indication that the probe into whether he misled officials exploring his role …
Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Burt Reynolds, Movie Star Who Played It for Grins, Dies at 82  —  The ex-jock from Florida starred in ‘Deliverance’ and ‘Boogie Nights’ but preferred making such populist, fun fare as ‘Smokey and the Bandit,’ ‘The Cannonball Run’ and ‘Starting Over.’  —  Burt Reynolds, the charismatic star …
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.
Discussion: National Review, Axios and Breitbart
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Washington Post:
New York attorney general's office has issued subpoenas to every Catholic diocese in the state
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Live From the Battleground Districts: Polls of the Key Races for House Control  —  In a first, the Upshot and Siena College will publish polling results in real time.  —  Over the next two months, The New York Times will talk to more voters than ever before.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Ex-CNN Trumpkin Star Scottie Nell Hughes Now Working for RT, the Kremlin's News Outlet  —  Once among the most prominent pro-Trump cable-news stars, Scottie Nell Hughes is now apparently working for RT, the Kremlin-backed propaganda outlet.  —  It appears Scottie Nell Hughes has a new job …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Daily News:
Yes to Cuomo, no to Nixon: The Daily News picks Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for governor  —  In the Democratic primary, two-term incumbent Gov. Cuomo is being challenged from the far left by a newcomer to state politics.  —  Cuomo has more than earned a ticket to the general election.
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Christopher Steele Again Eludes His Republican Pursuers  —  When the news broke earlier this summer that the elusive former British spy Christopher Steele had for the first time testified under oath and on camera in a deposition about his explosive and controversial dossier outlining …
Wall Street Journal:
Federal Prosecutors Exploring New Charges Against Harvey Weinstein  —  Prosecutors look at whether Weinstein committed fraud in alleged efforts to silence accusers  —  Federal prosecutors are investigating whether former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein violated wire fraud or other laws …
 
 
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Alex Pasternack / Fast Company:
A Facebook employee tied to Cambridge Analytica has quietly left Facebook
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Sanders-Khanna Bill Risks Unintended Side Effects That Could Hurt Lower-Income Workers …
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Former Minneapolis cop's behavior before shooting death of Australian woman raised concerns, court filings say
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Power Line
Brooke Sopelsa / NBC News:
Brown University criticized over removal of transgender study
Roger Clegg / National Review:
The Trump Administration Needs a ‘Disparate Impact Inventory’
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Associated Press:
Inside the makeover of the Democratic Party
Discussion: Politico
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
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Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Abandoned trucks litter California highway as wildfire rages
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
D.C. Wise Man Had Early Access To Trump's Pro-Russia Speech
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
The Bullet in My Arm
Daily Mail:
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Bloomberg:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks
 
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