memeorandum: Gwen Stefani may have inspired Trump to run for president (Ian Mohr/Page Six)

10:40 AM ET, September 6, 2018

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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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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 …

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 …

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

The story behind the New York Times' anonymous op-ed blasting Trump — Several days ago a senior official in the Trump administration used an intermediary to contact New York Times op-ed page editor Jim Dao. — Through the go-between, the senior official expressed interest in writing …

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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.

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BuzzFeed News:

I Am Part Of The Resistance Inside The New York Times Opinion Desk — BuzzFeed News today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous, and entirely satirical, op-ed essay. We have done so at the request of the author, a senior editor for the New York Times Opinion page …

David Frum / The Atlantic:

This Is a Constitutional Crisis — Impeachment is a constitutional mechanism. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment is a constitutional mechanism. Mass resignations followed by voluntary testimony to congressional committees are a constitutional mechanism. Overt defiance of presidential authority …

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: Trump, alone — DRIVING THE DAY — ALONE. — THAT IS WHAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP must be feeling this morning. In the last two days, the Washington establishment has pummeled him like no president has been pummeled before. BOB WOODWARD's book “Fear” …

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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Pence and Pompeo Deny Writing Op-Ed Critical of the Trump Administration

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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The White House is discussing potential replacements for Jim Mattis

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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Staff's Resistance Can't Avert a Crisis. It Is One.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Washington Post, BloombergQuint and MSNBC

Chris Cillizza / CNN:
13 people who might be the author of The New York Times op-ed

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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
We're Watching an Antidemocratic Coup Unfold

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Associated Press: Trump rips searing Times op-ed from unnamed senior official

NBC News:
Trump admin rejected report showing refugees did not pose major security threat

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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 …

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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

Sean Wilentz / New York Times: Why Was Kavanaugh Obsessed With Vince Foster?

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 — A U.S. government photographer edited the official pictures of Donald Trump's January 2017 inauguration to make the crowd appear bigger, following a personal intervention from the president …

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 …

Julia Ainsley / NBC News: Trump admin plans to hold migrant kids indefinitely, upending decades-old ban

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

Delaware's Heated Senate Race Threatens to Rip Apart Its Centrist Political Fabric — WILMINGTON, Del. — Senator Tom Carper is 13 for 13 in statewide races here, a record of success that dates to his election as state treasurer in 1976. And Mr. Carper's formula for victory has largely remained constant …

Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Want to Be the Next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Be Careful What You Wish.

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Politico:
Liberal insurgency targets Delaware senator next

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David Siders / Politico:
‘This is the first wave of an invasion’

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Molly Ball / TIME:

Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Care What You Think of Her. And She Isn't Going Anywhere — Nancy Pelosi stopped caring about what people think of her a long time ago, so she has no qualms about eating ice cream for breakfast with a stranger. Dark chocolate, two scoops, waffle cone.

Discussion: Raw Story

Politico: Pelosi vs. McConnell could dominate Congress in 2019

Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:

Putin's ‘Friend’ Had Early Access to Trump's Infamous Pro-Russia Speech — Photos obtained by The Daily Beast show that think tank chief Dimitri Simes—whom Putin called a ‘friend and colleague’—was closer than previously known to the speech's drafting. — In the morning of April 21 …

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 …

Rose Minutaglio / Cosmopolitan:

The Intern Who Yelled ‘F*ck You’ at Trump Does Not Regret It — In an exclusive interview, Caitlin Marriott talks about her decision to shout profanity at the president of the United States. — When Donald Trump walked past the Capitol Rotunda to meet with Republican lawmakers …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

David K. Li / New York Post:

Bookies place odds on anonymous White House official — SEE ALSO — Vice President Mike Pence - and “the field” - lead offshore bookmaking picks as the White House mole behind the anonymous bombshell New York Times op-ed blasting President Trump. — Pence was listed at 2-to-3 odds …

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Ellen Barry / New York Times:

From Mountain of CCTV Footage, Pay Dirt: 2 Russians Are Named in Spy Poisoning — LONDON — In March, when British detectives began their investigation into the poisoning of Sergei V. Skripal, the former Russian spy, they had little to work with but mounds of CCTV footage.

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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:

Trump Hits Campaign Trail as Prospect of Midterm Defeat Looms — Democrats need to pick up 23 seats to gain control of House — President to hold rallies in Montana, Dakotas this week — Donald Trump takes his fight to keep his party in control of Congress to the Great Plains this week …

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Reuters:
In quick reversal, Trump threatens shutdown over border wall

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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.

Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:

Exclusive: FBI Kept From U.S. Spy Court Russian View of Carter Page as ‘an Idiot’ — The FBI omitted from its application to spy on Carter Page the fact that Russian spies had dismissed the former Trump campaign adviser as unreliable - or as one put it, an “idiot” - and therefore unworthy of recruiting …

Discussion: Real Clear Politics

Ian Mohr / Page Six:

Gwen Stefani may have inspired Trump to run for president … Seth Meyers has taken credit for spurring Donald Trump's 2016 presidential run by making fun of him at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner, but it was actually Gwen Stefani who inspired Trump, at least according to Michael Moore.

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