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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.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
GOP senators condemn ‘vulgar’ messages directed at Collins over Kavanaugh — GOP senators on Wednesday lashed out at individuals who made “vulgar” calls to Sen. Susan Collins — (R-Maine) in recent days urging her to reject Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh offers details on Nationals tickets purchases that led to debt
Kavanaugh offers details on Nationals tickets purchases that led to debt
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Politico, Washington Examiner and HuffPost
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Susan Collins Complains of “Bribery” After Nonbillionaires Try to Influence Her Kavanaugh Vote
Susan Collins Complains of “Bribery” After Nonbillionaires Try to Influence Her Kavanaugh Vote
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The Nation, Daily Kos, Common Dreams and Mashable
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 — Many of the individual race forecasts in the FiveThirtyEight Senate model, which launched on Wednesday, look pretty optimistic for Democrats. The model shows Sen. Joe Manchin in a strong position to retain his seat in West Virginia, for instance.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Women, GOP crossovers help Democrat in Arizona Senate race
Fox News Poll: Women, GOP crossovers help Democrat in Arizona Senate race
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Politico
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Threats and Deception: Why CBS's Board Turned Against Leslie Moonves — Why CBS's Board Turned Against Leslie Moonves … Top CBS News Producer Is Ousted After Misconduct Allegations … CRACKDOWN ON VAPING — Youth E-Cigarette Use Reaches ‘Epidemic Proportion,’ F.D.A. Finds
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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 …
Politico:
CBS ousts ‘60 Minutes’ chief Jeff Fager amid harassment allegations
CBS ousts ‘60 Minutes’ chief Jeff Fager amid harassment allegations
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“Shock and a Sadness”: Inside CBS News After the Ax Falls on Fager
“Shock and a Sadness”: Inside CBS News After the Ax Falls on Fager
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Law & Crime
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 …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
It's Official: Google Is a Democratic Party Front
It's Official: Google Is a Democratic Party Front
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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 …
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Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Detention of Migrant Children Has Skyrocketed to Highest Levels Ever … Household incomes increased in 2017, the Census Bureau said, returning to roughly the levels before the recession. — President Trump is planning to pay Mexico $20 million to deport unauthorized immigrants there.
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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
Pruitt faced mounting financial pressures as EPA chief, new documents show
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Political Wire
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Jamie Dimon says he could beat Trump in an election: 'I'm smarter than he is' — J.P. Morgan Chase Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon took a swipe at President Donald Trump, claiming that he could defeat the president in a head-to-head election. — “I think I could beat Trump,” …
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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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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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Grace Segers / CBS News:
New poll shows Ted Cruz only 4 points ahead of Beto O'Rourke
New poll shows Ted Cruz only 4 points ahead of Beto O'Rourke
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New York Times, CBS Dallas and Political Wire
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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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.
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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 …
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Raw Story
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?’
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HuffPost:
Republicans Line Up Tax Cut Messaging Bill While Abandoning Tax Cut Message — Just 12 percent of GOP TV ads have mentioned the tax cut bill. — WASHINGTON While Republicans on the campaign trail have largely dropped the tax cut bill from their midterm messaging, GOP leadership is gearing …
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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.
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JustOneMinute
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.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Poll: Gillum leads DeSantis by 4 points in Florida governor race — Democrat Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is leading Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) by 4 points in Florida's gubernatorial race, according to a new Florida Chamber of Commerce poll released Wednesday.
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 …
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Axios
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.
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.
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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 …
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Axios
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.
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 …
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Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press:
Storm's uncertain track sows fear; 10 million in crosshairs — MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence put a corridor of more than 10 million people in the crosshairs Wednesday as the monster storm closed in on the Carolinas, uncertainty over its projected path spreading worry across a widening swath of the Southeast.
Ricochet:
Norm MacDonald, #MeToo, and the Fatal Flaw in the New Morality — Jon Gabriel, Ed. — Twitter is a cesspool. As if we needed more evidence, legendary comedian and acclaimed author Norm MacDonald was targeted for saying words to a reporter that a microscopic minority of humorless scolds didn't care for.
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New York Post, Page Six, Washington Post and Instapundit