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Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Newly Released Emails Show Brett Kavanaugh May Have Perjured Himself at Least Four Times — Formerly confidential emails have been released that show the Supreme Court nominee contradicting statements he made under oath to the Senate. — You can forgive Democratic senators for saying “I told you so.”
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Lisa Graves / Slate:
I Wrote Some of the Stolen Memos That Brett Kavanaugh Lied to the Senate About — Much of Washington has spent the week focusing on whether Judge Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the Supreme Court. After the revelations of his confirmation hearings, the better question is whether …
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News One, Above the Law, SARAH PALIN and twitchy.com
John Wagner / Washington Post:
‘Unusual behavior’: McConnell says Booker could face Ethics Committee scrutiny — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in an interview that aired Friday that Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) could face scrutiny from the Senate Ethics Committee for violating a rule that prohibits the release of confidential material.
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Axios, Breitbart and Political Wire
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Democrats bring in their closer against Kavanaugh: Felon and ‘master manipulator’ of Watergate, John Dean — In their final effort to derail the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (because he doesn't pledge allegiance to Roe v. Wade) Democrats will drag out one of their favorite old props …
Al Franken / USA Today:
Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings showcase Republican partisanship, hypocrisy
Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings showcase Republican partisanship, hypocrisy
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New York Times, Washington Free Beacon, CNN, Reason and The Daily Caller
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Booker to McConnell on ethics charges: ‘Bring it!’
Booker to McConnell on ethics charges: ‘Bring it!’
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The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Jenavieve Hatch / HuffPost:
Brett Kavanaugh Refers To Birth Control As ‘Abortion-Inducing Drugs’ At Confirmation Hearing
Brett Kavanaugh Refers To Birth Control As ‘Abortion-Inducing Drugs’ At Confirmation Hearing
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New York Times, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, USA Today, Common Dreams, Salon and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Theater of the Absurd Has Taken Over the Senate
Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
White House officials flagged Trump's behavior to psychiatrist last year — White House officials reached out to a noted Yale University psychiatrist last fall out of concern over President Trump's increasingly erratic behavior. — Dr. Bandy Lee, who edited the best-selling book …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
My Wife Has a Good Theory on Who the White House Mole Is — The family is in agreement. — As every room in the White House echoes with the sound of cocks crowing, I am going to subcontract the job of guessing who the Anonymous Op-Ed writer is to my wife, Margaret Doris—journalist,
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Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite, Fox News and NBC News
Mark Penn / The Hill:
White House in chaos — what's new? — The president decided the entire staff was working against him, running their own agenda, not his or the nation's. Poll ratings had plummeted, with job approval in the 30s. Leaks were commonplace as staffers hyped their own policy positions, even brazenly floated them in trial balloons.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Melania's Lament Rings Hollow in Trump's Glass House — Her husband has spent decades spreading anonymous - and damaging - gossip. — Melania Trump came to her husband's defense on Thursday, gamely letting meanies inside the White House and over at The New York Times know it was improper …
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Axios, American Greatness and Investor's Business Daily
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Crazytown: A Bob Woodward Book, an Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed, and a Growing Crisis for the Trump Presidency
John Wagner / Washington Post:
'I don't talk the way I am quoted': Trump offers fresh criticism of Woodward book
'I don't talk the way I am quoted': Trump offers fresh criticism of Woodward book
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MSNBC, Politico, Sputnik International and Mediaite
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Exclusive: Psychiatrist Bandy Lee says White House officials told her Trump was “unraveling”
Exclusive: Psychiatrist Bandy Lee says White House officials told her Trump was “unraveling”
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Washington Post:
Trump says Justice Department should investigate who wrote anonymous New York Times op-ed …
Trump says Justice Department should investigate who wrote anonymous New York Times op-ed …
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Associated Press and Political Wire
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Anonymous NY Times op-ed is a liberal media attack on President Trump
Anonymous NY Times op-ed is a liberal media attack on President Trump
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Weekly Standard, The Atlantic, CNN and MelaniePhillips.com
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Economy adds more jobs than expected in August, and wage growth hits post-recession high — Nonfarm payrolls grew by 201,000 in August. Economists surveyed by Reuters expected a 191,000 increase.
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
U.S. Added 201,000 Jobs in August; Unemployment Rate Is Steady at 3.9%
U.S. Added 201,000 Jobs in August; Unemployment Rate Is Steady at 3.9%
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New Republic, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Wall Street Journal, CNN and NPR
Jeffry Bartash / MarketWatch:
U.S. adds 201,000 jobs as worker wages accelerate to nine-year high
U.S. adds 201,000 jobs as worker wages accelerate to nine-year high
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Louder With Crowder, NTK Network, MSNBC and The Gateway Pundit
Sho Chandra / Bloomberg:
U.S. Wage Gains Pick Up to 2.9% While Payrolls Rise 201,000
U.S. Wage Gains Pick Up to 2.9% While Payrolls Rise 201,000
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Power Line
Axios:
The U.S. jobs machine still chugging along
The U.S. jobs machine still chugging along
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Politico, Mother Jones, Bloomberg, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
'I Don't Talk' That Way, Trump Says. Except When He Does. — President Trump said he has never used terms like “mentally retarded” or “dumb Southerner,” as he is quoted in Bob Woodward's new book. But the record shows he has. — Numerous Trump officials denied writing the anonymous Op-Ed published by The New York Times.
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Raw Story, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Giuliani to AP: Trump will not answer obstruction questions — NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump will not answer federal investigators' questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Axios:
Trump dares Mueller to subpoena him
Trump dares Mueller to subpoena him
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The Resurgent, NBC News, The Guardian, Washington Post, Raw Story and Mediaite
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Giuliani says deal near for written questions from Mueller
Giuliani says deal near for written questions from Mueller
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IJR and Washington Times
David Crow / Financial Times:
Opioid billionaire granted patent for addiction treatment — A billionaire pharmaceuticals executive who has been blamed for spurring the US opioid crisis stands to profit from the epidemic after he patented a new treatment for drug addicts. — Richard Sackler, whose family owns Purdue Pharma …
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STAT, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
The Guardian:
Tesla shares crash after Elon Musk smokes joint on live web show — Two senior executives quit electric carmaker as market value falls 8% — Play Video — Tesla shares crashed 8% on Friday as two of its senior executives quit, just hours after the electric carmaker's chief executive …
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Bryan Lowry / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Fearful mother in ad attacking Sharice Davids is a Kansas GOP official — A fearful mother stares into a camera and warns that Democratic candidate Sharice Davids will put her four children at risk. — In a new ad from a super PAC linked to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Alana Roethle of Leawood …
Sam Tanenhaus / Vanity Fair:
“I'm Tired of America Wasting Our Blood and Treasure”: The Strange Ascent of Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince — Since the 1970s, the DeVos family has been quietly advancing a plan to make government act more like a private business. Now, they appear ready to take the next step.
New York Times:
Trump to Preside Over U.N. Security Council, Prompting Anxiety All Around — WASHINGTON — Three weeks from now, in New York, President Trump will find himself in the setting he most relishes: seated at the head of a polished table, calling on those seated around him, rewarding those he likes and cutting off those who displease him.
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The American Conservative and Defense One
NBC News:
Yes, Democrats do have a legitimate path to win back the Senate — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — The takeaway from the trio of NBC/Marist polls we released this week is that …
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Washington Post:
Florence is predicted to restrengthen and is a hurricane threat to the East Coast — The once powerful Florence took a hit Thursday, but its life as a major hurricane is likely not over just yet, and it has East Coast residents on the edge of their seats. — The tropical storm is predicted …
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David Fickling / Bloomberg:
The Trade Slowdown Has Already Begun — As tariffs pile up, the world economy is starting to look holed below the waterline. — One of the paradoxes of this year's trade tensions is that in many parts of the world, it doesn't yet feel like a crisis. — For all the turmoil …
Wall Street Journal:
Russia-Linked Money-Laundering Probe Looks at $150 Billion in Transactions — Transactions uncovered at Danske's Estonian branch highlight the growing concern about illicit money flows from the former Soviet Union — Investigators at Denmark's largest bank are studying around $150 billion …
Hannah Allam / BuzzFeed News:
For A Lot Of Muslim Republicans, Their Party's Over — Anwar Khalifa is about as Texan as you can get. He speaks in a sharp twang and cruises around in a Chevy truck with real longhorns mounted on the front. He never skips “worship day,” he taught his three daughters to shoot, and …
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Raw Story
Duane Patterson / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on MSNBC w/Hugh — The audio: — 09-07hhs-mcconnell — The transcript: — HH: Leader McConnell, thanks for sitting down with me today. — MM: Glad to be with you. — HH: You've said many times that Judge Kavanaugh will be confirmed …
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CNN, Talking Points Memo and Daily Wire
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Eagles Bring Out “Philly Special” To Win But NFL Kickoff Ratings Down From 2017 — The Heavens did not seem well disposed to the official beginning of the NFL season last night as rain and possible lightening in the City of Brotherly Love pushed back the start of the Philadelphia Eagles gridiron battle against the Atlanta Falcons.
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Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Henrik Pryser Libell / New York Times:
A Security Expert Tied to WikiLeaks Vanishes, and the Internet Is Abuzz — OSLO — In a remote Norwegian town north of the Arctic Circle, a cybersecurity expert with ties to WikiLeaks checked out of a hotel, dressed in khaki hiking gear and carrying heavy baggage. — That was on Aug. 20.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama delivers full-throated rebuttal to Trump's presidency — In rare public speech, Obama says Trump poses such a threat to America that it forced him to speak out. — CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Barack Obama launched his midterm campaigning Friday at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign …
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Axios
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Twitter Briefed Establishment Media Ahead of Alex Jones Blacklisting — Twitter appears to have notified a number of establishment media publications ahead of its permanent ban of Alex Jones, while neglecting to inform conservative media. — A tweet from CNN's Oliver Darcy was published …
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