memeorandum: Publishing that anonymous New York Times article wasn't ‘gutless.’ But writing it probably was. (Margaret Sullivan/Washington Post)

12:25 PM ET, September 6, 2018

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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 …

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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 …

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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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:

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

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump, alone

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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

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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

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

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:

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Elana Schor / Politico:

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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Democrat releases ‘confidential’ Kavanaugh emails as Supreme Court confirmation hearings gets combative

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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh hearing: New set of documents highlight Roe v. Wade, race

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Sean Wilentz / New York Times:
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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 …

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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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
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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 …

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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.

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.

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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 …

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.

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.