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12:20 PM ET, September 6, 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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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 …
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.
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: The Guardian, Breitbart and Althouse
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 …
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 …
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
David Frum / The Atlantic:
This Is a Constitutional Crisis  —  Impeachment is a constitutional mechanism.
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Pence and Pompeo Deny Writing Op-Ed Critical of the Trump Administration
Phelim McAleer / Townhall:   Relax, President Trump: New York Times Has History of Exaggerating Seniority of Anonymous Officials
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Senior White House Officials Deny Writing Anonymous Op-Ed Piece
Discussion: USA Today and Louder With Crowder
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Staff's Resistance Can't Avert a Crisis. It Is One.
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 …
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh hearing: New set of documents highlight Roe v. Wade, race
Sean Wilentz / New York Times:
Why Was Kavanaugh Obsessed With Vince Foster?
Discussion: LAW.com and Splinter
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 …
Discussion: RedState and NPR
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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 …
Ted Hesson / Politico:   Trump family detention plan challenges court settlement
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
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Yair Rosenberg / Tablet Magazine:   State Senate Candidate Julia Salazar Was Arrested in 2011 On Suspicion of Criminal Use of Personal Information
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Want to Be the Next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Be Careful What You Wish.
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Hyonhee Shin / Reuters:
North Korea's Kim sets denuclearization time line, prompting thanks from Trump  —  Hyonhee Shin, Susan Heavey  —  SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's Kim Jong Un has given his first time line for denuclearization, aiming for the end of U.S. President Donald Trump's first term …
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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 …
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
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.
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.
Phil Dawson / WZZM-TV:
Snyder not endorsing Scheutte for Governor  —  Governor Snyder says he is focusing on governing, not politics.  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Two months before the November election, and Governor Rick Snyder says he is not endorsing any of the candidates to replace him.  Not even fellow republican Bill Schuette.
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 …
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Senate 2018: At Least for Now, the Elephant Endures  —  GOP maintains edge in race for upper chamber, but Democratic path to majority remains open  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — In what is a somewhat unusual development, the incumbent party is not a clear underdog in any single Senate race with just two months left to go.
Associated Press:
Abandoned trucks litter California highway as wildfire rages  —  REDDING, Calif. (AP) — An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people.
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Campaign Says Texts About Illegal Voting Were Sent by an ‘Impostor’  —  Voters in Texas received a mysterious text message on Wednesday, one that purported to be from a campaign volunteer for Beto O'Rourke, the Democrat who is running against Ted Cruz for Senate this fall.
 
 
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CNN:
Republican congressman had lengthy dinner with extremist anti-Muslim politician during London trip
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Delaware's Heated Senate Race Threatens to Rip Apart Its Centrist Political Fabric
Discussion: The Intercept
Sun-Sentinel:
New video shows school cop Scot Peterson hiding as gunman shoots Parkland students
Discussion: twitchy.com and Florida Politics
Brian Murphy / Raleigh News & Observer:
ICE demands ‘exhaustive’ voting records from North Carolina
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
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Roy Moore sues Sacha Baron Cohen, CBS and Showtime for $95 million, claiming ‘extreme emotional distress’
 Earlier Items: 
Rose Minutaglio / Cosmopolitan:
The Intern Who Yelled ‘F*ck You’ at Trump Does Not Regret It
Mike Wall / NBC News:
Weird hexagon on Saturn is way bigger than scientists thought
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Molly Ball / TIME:
Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Care What You Think of Her. And She Isn't Going Anywhere
Discussion: Raw Story
Danielle Decker Jones / Virginian-Pilot:
A campaign to beat cancer
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
From Mountain of CCTV Footage, Pay Dirt: 2 Russians Are Named in Spy Poisoning
David Nather / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Big GOP majority fears bias in search engines
Discussion: NewsBusters and Political Wire
CNN:
State Department's top candidate to lead efforts countering disinformation: A Fox News reporter
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon, in His $1,400 Hotel Suite, Rails Against the ‘Elite’
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

 
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