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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
2018 Senate Forecast  —  FiveThirtyEight's predictions for the 2018 Senate elections
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:   Republicans Are Favorites In The Senate, But Democrats Have Two Paths To An Upset
Dana Blanton / Fox News:   Fox News Poll: Republican challenger ahead in North Dakota Senate race
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Women, GOP crossovers help Democrat in Arizona Senate race
Discussion: Politico
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Dianne Feinstein Withholding Brett Kavanaugh Document From Fellow Judiciary Committee Democrats  —  Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have privately requested to view a Brett Kavanaugh-related document in possession of the panel's top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein …
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king.senate.gov:
After Thorough Review, King Announces Opposition to Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination to Supreme Court  —  King: “There are no do-overs or second chances on this”  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) announced his opposition to the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Axios and Politico
Burgess Everett / Politico:
New emails show Kavanaugh's involvement in controversial nomination
Alex Swoyer / Washington Times:
Dems send 1,278 additional questions to Kavanaugh, more than all other SCOTUS nominees combined
Discussion: The Daily Caller
BuzzFeed News:
A Series Of Suspicious Money Transfers Followed The Trump Tower Meeting  —  The June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower has become one of the most famous gatherings in American political history: a flashpoint for allegations of collusion, the subject of shifting explanations by the president and his son …
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Detention of Migrant Children Has Skyrocketed to Highest Levels Ever  —  Even though hundreds of children separated from their families after crossing the border have been released under court order, the overall number of migrant children under detention has exploded to the highest ever recorded …
CBS News:
Fired “60 Minutes” boss warned CBS News reporter: “There are people who've lost their jobs trying to harm me”  —  NEW YORK — Jeff Fager, the longtime executive producer of “60 Minutes” who was fired on Wednesday, sent a text message to CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan with a warning …
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Politico:
CBS ousts ‘60 Minutes’ chief Jeff Fager amid harassment allegations  —  CBS announced on Wednesday that Jeff Fager, the longtime executive producer of “60 Minutes,” would be leaving the company amid allegations that he inappropriately touched female employees and condoned a toxic culture …
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“Shock and a Sadness”: Inside CBS News After the Ax Falls on Fager
Discussion: Law & Crime
New York Times:
Scott Pruitt, Former E.P.A. Chief, Is in Talks for His Next Job: Coal Consultant  —  WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is in discussions to work as a consultant to the Kentucky coal mining tycoon Joseph W. Craft III, according to two industry executives familiar with the plans.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Pruitt faced mounting financial pressures as EPA chief, new documents show
Discussion: Political Wire
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
LEAKED VIDEO: Google Leadership's Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election  —  A video recorded by Google shortly after the 2016 presidential election reveals an atmosphere of panic and dismay amongst the tech giant's leadership, coupled with a determination to thwart both the Trump agenda …
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Jamie Dimon says he could beat Trump in an election: 'I'm smarter than he is'  —  J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made some interesting comments on today's political affairs, even though he's said publicly he won't run for president and is committed to head the bank for the next five years.
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Bloomberg:
Jamie Dimon Quickly Backtracks on Bragging He Could Beat Trump
New York Post:
Mailer linking Nixon to anti-Semitism was approved by top Cuomo aides … The slimy mailer that sought to link Cynthia Nixon to anti-Semitism was drafted and approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's closest advisors, including former top aide Larry Schwartz, sources told The Post Wednesday.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:   Former Cuomo Aide Drafted Language for Inflammatory Anti-Semitism Flier
Barbara Res / New York Daily News:
Trump and his flunkies: Why aren't staffers standing up to him?  —  On this particular day, the architect had come to Donald Trump's office to show him what the interior of the residential elevator cabs would look like.  —  Trump looked at the panels where the buttons you push to reach a floor were located.
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Jessica Kwong / Newsweek:   Donald Trump Ordered Illegal Removal of Braille Because ‘No Blind People are Going to Live in Trump Tower’: Report
John Santucci / ABC News:
Manafort seeking plea deal with special counsel that would avoid cooperation ahead of second trial: Sources  —  Sources familiar with negotiations tell ABC News former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been in ongoing negotiations with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office over a potential plea agreement.
Andrea Drusch / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Meet the ‘new’ Texas Democrats fueling Beto O'Rourke's race  —  FORT WORTH  —  Beto O'Rourke is awakening a grassroots movement in Texas — one that's led by gray-haired, once-loyal Democrats who are aggressively working to end decades of their own political dormancy in Texas.
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Joseph Hudak / Rolling Stone:   Willie Nelson Will Headline a Rally for Beto O'Rourke
Politico:
GOP senators: No Sessions replacement could get confirmed  —  The possible axing of Jeff Sessions is giving Republican senators a migraine.  —  Senate Republicans are in a jam when it comes to Jeff Sessions.  —  While resigned to President Donald Trump firing the attorney general …
Discussion: Raw Story
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Threats and Deception: Why CBS's Board Turned Against Leslie Moonves  —  On a Monday in late July, CBS's board of directors convened a conference call to determine the fate of its chairman and chief executive, Leslie Moonves, who had been publicly accused of sexual harassment and assault.
Linda Bloodworth Thomason / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Designing Women’ Creator Goes Public With Les Moonves War: Not All Harassment Is Sexual (Guest Column)  —  Linda Bloodworth Thomason, one of CBS' biggest hitmakers, reveals the disgraced mogul kept her shows off the air for seven years: “People asked me for years, ‘What happened to you?’
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: West Wing intrigue distracts from what the Trump administration is, and isn't, doing  —  THE BIG IDEA: Speculation about who wrote that anonymous op-ed continues to be an absorbing parlor game, but few people are talking about the crushing national debt.
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Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press:   Storm's uncertain track sows fear; 10 million in crosshairs
David Badash / Raw Story:
Eric Trump's ugly ‘three extra shekels’ attack on Bob Woodward draws accusations of anti-Semitism  —  ‘Damn, That Is Some Top Shelf Antisemitism’  —  Eric Trump is lashing out at veteran Watergate journalist Bob Woodward, and his remarks are drawing accusations of anti-Semitism.
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
GOP lawmaker caught on tape: Orphanages better than gay adoption  —  In an exchange with high school students that was caught on tape, a Republican congressman from New Jersey was tongue-tied over the prospect of same-sex couples adopting children and suggested kids would be better off in orphanages than with LGBT families.
Ron Charles / Washington Post:
Bob Woodward's ‘Fear’ is the fastest-selling adult title in three years  —  Sales of “Fear,” Bob Woodward's new book about the first year of the Trump administration, are off to a phenomenal start this week.  —  Barnes and Noble announced that “Fear” is the fastest-selling adult title since Harper Lee's …
Discussion: Axios
Raphael Ahren / The Times of Israel:
Not just Salazar: 12 women cite pattern of improper behavior by PM's aide Keyes  —  As well as NY State Senate hopeful, 2nd woman, insisting on anonymity, alleges physical aggression; others say Keyes was kept away from female interns; he denies claims  —  A total of 12 women have accused David Keyes …
David French / National Review:
Why I Changed the Way I Write about Police Shootings  —  Here's the truth: Most cops are good, and too many bad cops go free.  —  Yesterday I wrote a piece that's gone viral — an extended denunciation of a terrible police shooting in Texas.  A white officer went to black man's apartment, apparently thinking it was her own.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Rachel Feintzeig / Wall Street Journal:
Tax Change Helps Executives Afford Pricier Planes  —  Jet sales soar as business owners take advantage of new tax write-off  —  The recent changes to the tax code are giving business executives a new perk: the opportunity to deduct the entirety of a corporate-jet purchase.
Victor Skinner / The American Mirror:
Twitter blocks posts that use phrase ‘illegal alien’ as ‘hateful content’  —  The federal government, U.S. Supreme Court, and lawyers across the country use the word “illegal alien” to describe immigrants who illegally enter the country, because that's the definition in the law.
Meduza.io:
‘First it was his vision, then his speech, and then his legs’ Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov is hospitalized in critical condition and friends fear he was poisoned  —  Pyotr Verzilov, a member of Pussy Riot and one of the publishers of the independent news website Mediazona, was hospitalized in critical condition late on September 11.
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Mother of slain journalist James Foley says filmmaker took their story  —  As Diane Foley watched the new movie “Viper Club,” about an American freelance journalist taken hostage by terrorists in Syria and his mother's struggles to free him, her suspicions were confirmed — and her anger stoked.
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Planned Parenthood Names Leana Wen, a Doctor, its New President  —  Planned Parenthood, under fire from conservatives in Washington and state capitols, chose Leana Wen, an emergency room doctor whose family fled China when she was a child, as its next president Wednesday …
Discussion: Breitbart, Bustle, IJR, Daily Wire, YouTube and Axios
Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
School safety commission poised to oppose new age limits on gun buys  —  It reportedly won't recommend new curbs on firearms purchases  —  The school safety commission established by President Trump after the deadly shooting in Parkland, Fla., will not recommend new age restrictions …
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Another hurricane is about to batter our coast.  Trump is complicit.  —  YET AGAIN, a massive hurricane feeding off unusually warm ocean water has the potential to stall over heavily populated areas, menacing millions of people.  Last year Hurricane Harvey battered Houston.
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Damning New Strzok Text to Page: “The Times is Angry With Us About the WP Scoop”  —  Strzok's latest text message seems to contradict what his attorney said earlier this week  —  A series of text messages released Wednesday reveal that former FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok was in contact …
Reuters:
Special Report: Slamming the door - How Trump transformed U.S. refugee program  —  WASHINGTON/KAKUMA, KENYA (Reuters) - On Jan. 19, 2017, Aden Hassan's long wait to start a new life ended when he stepped off a plane in Columbus, Ohio, half a world away from the Kenyan refugee camp where he had lived for a decade.
William Saletan / Slate:
The Weekly Standard's Kavanaugh Fact Check Was Correct  —  Can journalists on the right honestly fact-check journalists on the left?  That question erupted this week in a fight over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.  The fight, as promised, has exposed media bias.
Discussion: Vox, Washington Times and NewsBusters
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Teens Are Protesting In-Class Presentations  —  For many middle- and high-school students, giving an in-class presentation was a rite of passage.  Teachers would call up students, one by one, to present their work in front of the class and, though it was often nerve-racking …
Hannah Thomas-Peter / Sky News:
World exclusive: Video shows Harvey Weinstein behaving inappropriately with businesswoman  —  Sky News has obtained a video that shows Harvey Weinstein behaving inappropriately with a young woman at a business meeting.  —  The footage, which has never been broadcast before, shows him hugging …
 
 
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CNN:
GOP senator offers law to require presidential candidates release tax returns - CNN Video
The Daily Beast:
Democrats Won't Stop, Can't Stop, Spending Big Bucks on Television Ads
HuffPost:
Republicans Line Up Tax Cut Messaging Bill While Abandoning Tax Cut Message
Discussion: Washington Post
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Another Washington Post book to attack Trump, ‘crime of the century’
Discussion: Raw Story
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
McCain family ‘disappointed’ with GOP attack ads using his words
U.S. Department of Justice:
Russian National Who Operated Kelihos Botnet Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Conspiracy, Computer Crime …
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Deviating from McCain, Sen. Graham goes all in on Team Trump
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
New lawsuit alleges Larry Nassar drugged, raped and impregnated teen at Michigan State
Discussion: Detroit News and Daily Wire
Noah Smith / Bloomberg:
Ben Carson and HUD Get Ready to Take On the Nimbys
Joseph Trevithick / TheDrive:
U.S. Refuses To Allow New Russian Planes To Fly Open Skies Flights Over Its Territory
Discussion: TASS
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
The Policymakers Saved the Financial System. And America Never Forgave Them.
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Novelist who wrote about ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ charged with murdering her husband
 

 
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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

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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