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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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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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Wall Street Journal, The Gateway Pundit, Media Matters for America, Townhall, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Vox
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh offers details on Nationals tickets purchases that led to debt — Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh on Wednesday described in detail how he regularly bought Washington Nationals tickets and split the cost with friends — purchases the White House has said led Kavanaugh …
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Politico, Washington Examiner and HuffPost
king.senate.gov:
After Thorough Review, King Announces Opposition to Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination to Supreme Court
After Thorough Review, King Announces Opposition to Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination to Supreme Court
Burgess Everett / Politico:
New emails show Kavanaugh's involvement in controversial nomination
New emails show Kavanaugh's involvement in controversial nomination
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National Review and SCOTUSblog
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, Mashable and Common Dreams
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 — After initial harassment allegations against the CBS chief, some board members reflexively defended Mr. Moonves. It took weeks for his support to fade.
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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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Breitbart
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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Axios, POLITICUSUSA, Splinter, Bustle, CBS Chicago and thenewcivilrightsmovement.com
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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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Republican challenger ahead in North Dakota Senate race — Republican Kevin Cramer tops incumbent Democrat Sen. Heidi Heitkamp among North Dakota likely voters by 48-44 percent, in a Fox News poll released Wednesday. Cramer's edge in the Senate race is within the poll's margin of sampling error.
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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
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
2018 Senate Forecast — FiveThirtyEight's predictions for the 2018 Senate elections
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Washington Press, ABC News and Florida Politics
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
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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CBS Dallas, New York Times and Political Wire
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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The Daily Beast, Splinter, The Daily Caller, Gothamist, Washington Free Beacon, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Boing Boing
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Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Hurricane Florence grows larger as it bears down on Carolinas with ‘life-threatening’ fury — Decreasing in strength but expanding in size, Category 2 Hurricane Florence is within 36 hours of making landfall on the Southeast coast with potentially catastrophic impacts, from damaging winds to flash flooding to widespread power outages.
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Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press:
Storm's uncertain track sows fear; 10 million in crosshairs
Storm's uncertain track sows fear; 10 million in crosshairs
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CBS New York
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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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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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
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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CANNONFIRE, AOL, CNBC, Law & Crime, emptywheel, Raw Story and Political Wire
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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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
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.
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Vox, Washington Times and NewsBusters
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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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
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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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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Politico, The Hill, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Bustle, Washington Press, Mashable, Mediaite and No More Mister Nice Blog
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.
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, Washington Post, Page Six and Instapundit
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.
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.
New York Times:
U.S. Plans to Pay Mexico to Deport Unauthorized Immigrants There — WASHINGTON — President Trump has promised for years that Mexico would pay for a vast border wall, a demand that country has steadfastly refused. Now, in the Trump administration's campaign to stop illegal immigration, the United States plans instead to pay Mexico.
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The Atlantic
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Elizabeth Warren Is Dominating the Democratic Presidential Race — Elizabeth Warren is often bracketed with Bernie Sanders, a fellow folk hero of the party's progressive activists, and a competitor for much of the same support base she will need to win the nomination.
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Hit & Run and The Harvard Law School Forum …
Bloomberg:
Betsy DeVos Loses Student Loan Lawsuit Brought by 19 States — Judge says department's postponment of rule was improper — Hearing on remedies in case scheduled for Friday in Washington — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos lost a lawsuit brought by 19 states and the District of Columbia …
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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 …
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Axios