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6:40 PM ET, September 21, 2018

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New York Times:
Rosenstein Suggested He Secretly Record Trump and Discussed 25th Amendment  —  WASHINGTON — The deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, suggested last year that he secretly record President Trump in the White House to expose the chaos consuming the administration, and he discussed …
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Washington Post:
McCabe memos say Rosenstein considered secretly recording Trump  —  Memos written by Andrew McCabe, then the acting FBI director, say deputy attorney general Rod J. Rosenstein suggested he secretly record his talks with President Trump, and that Rosenstein discussed possibly trying to remove him from office …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump ditches plans to quickly release Russia probe documents  —  President Donald Trump on Friday abandoned plans to quickly declassify and release sensitive documents connected to the FBI's Russia investigation, citing a “perceived negative impact” on the probe and concerns raised by “key allies” about dumping the materials.
NBC News:
Rosenstein joked about secretly recording Trump, Justice Department officials say  —  “Well, what do you want me to do, Andy, wear a wire?” the deputy attorney general asked FBI official Andrew McCabe at a meeting last year.  —  WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was joking …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump walks back his plan to declassify Russia probe documents
Eric Russell / Press Herald:
Collins ‘appalled’ by Trump's tweet criticizing Kavanaugh accuser  —  The Maine senator said the president was ‘completely inappropriate’ in his tweets about Christine Blasey Ford this morning.  —  Maine Sen. Susan Collins said she was “appalled” by President Trump's tweets Friday morning …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
PR firm helped Whelan stoke half-baked Kavanaugh alibi  —  CRC Public Relations, a powerhouse conservative firm, guided Ed Whelan on a bad Twitter adventure.  —  It turns out that the Keystone Cops detective work by conservative legal activist Ed Whelan — which set Washington abuzz …
Politico:
Senate GOP makes counteroffer to Kavanaugh accuser with Friday deadline  —  Republicans are giving her until the end of the day to work out testimony details.  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee is giving Christine Blasey Ford attorney's until the end of the day Friday to work out terms …
CNN:
GOP Senate nominee: Kavanaugh accusation ‘absurd’ because they were drunk and assault attempt ‘never went anywhere’  —  (CNN)North Dakota GOP Senate nominee Kevin Cramer said on Friday that the accusation against Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh was “even more absurd” than Anita Hill's accusation …
Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
Kavanaugh Bears the Burden of Proof  —  The manner in which Senate Republicans and Brett Kavanaugh's supposed allies are championing the judge's innocence should sting as the ultimate humiliation.  They apparently don't have sufficient confidence in the nominee to let a routine investigation take place before holding a hearing.
Yale Law School:
Open Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee from Yale Law Faculty
Discussion: Law & Crime and BuzzFeed News
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Officials in overdrive to keep Trump from attacking Kavanaugh accuser
HuffPost:
Brett Kavanaugh Controversy Rocks Yale Law School
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Is Ed Whelan's Conspiracy the Best the GOP Has?
Associated Press:   Collins: Delay vote to let Kavanaugh accuser testify
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Kavanaugh Backer Presents Bonkers Theory: Christine Ford Was Assaulted by Judge's Doppelgänger
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:   It's Time for Some Brett Kavanaugh Game Theory
Associated Press:
The Latest: GOP senator ‘appalled’ by Trump's tweet on Ford
Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:   Yes, Rejecting Kavanaugh Now Would Disgrace Him
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Conservative Pundit Points Finger at Another Man to Deflect from Kavanaugh
Discussion: Hmm Daily, Law.com and Vox
Streiff / RedState:
BREAKING. Senate Republicans Don't Completely Cave to the Demands of Kavanaugh's Accuser
Discussion: Breitbart and twitchy.com
BuzzFeed News:
Trump Tower Meeting Planners Moved Millions, Mueller Now Investigating  —  On June 3, 2016, Donald Trump Jr. received one of the most striking emails of the presidential campaign, offering dirt on Hillary Clinton as part of the Russian government's “support for Mr. Trump.”
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
Hoagie Chain Taylor Gourmet Will Close All of Its Stores  —  Taylor Gourmet will close all 17 of its DC-area stores after Sunday, September 23.  Friday is the last day for the hoagie chain's two Chicago stores.  The closures come as Connecticut-based private equity firm KarpReilly …
Discussion: DCist, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
mprnews.org:
Minnesota state Rep. Jim Knoblach drops re-election bid, citing MPR News investigation  —  Republican state Rep. Jim Knoblach of St. Cloud abruptly ended his re-election campaign Friday as MPR News prepared to publish detailed accusations from his adult daughter of what she described …
The Guardian:
Revealed: Russia's secret plan to help Julian Assange escape from UK  —  Tentative plot to whisk fugitive from London embassy on Christmas Eve was considered too risky  —  Russian diplomats held secret talks in London last year with people close to Julian Assange to assess whether they could help …
Discussion: emptywheel, RT and Talking Points Memo
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Alexandra Valencia / Reuters:   Exclusive: Ecuador attempted to give Assange diplomat post in Russia: document
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Trump Lawyer Tried to Help Pay Legal Fees for Manafort, Gates  —  Advisers objected to John Dowd's efforts to divert funds and solicit donors for former Trump aides, citing impropriety  —  WASHINGTON—A top lawyer for President Trump this year sought to help pay legal fees for Paul Manafort …
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“He's Committed to Working with Mueller on Everything”: Michael Cohen Is Ready to Divulge “His Deep Concerns About Trump's Suitability as President”  —  Cohen, as people close to him have told me, knows he is going to prison, and has been taking necessary steps to prepare for that eventuality.
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NBC News:
Michael Cohen is talking to Mueller about Trump and Russia
Yale Insights:
Yale Study Finds Twice as Many Undocumented Immigrants as Previous Estimates  —  Generally accepted estimates put the population of undocumented immigrants in the United States at approximately 11.3 million.  A new study, using mathematical modeling on a range of demographic and immigration operations data …
Discussion: Breitbart and National Review
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journals.plos.org:
The number of undocumented immigrants in the United States: Estimates based on demographic modeling …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Dam breach at Duke plant; coal ash could spill  —  Duke Energy said Friday that a dam containing a large lake at a Wilmington power plant has been breached by floodwaters from Florence, and it's possible coal ash from an adjacent dump is flowing into the Cape Fear River.
Patti Davis / Washington Post:
I was sexually assaulted.  Here's why I don't remember many of the details.  —  Patti Davis is the author, most recently, of the novel “The Earth Breaks in Colors” and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.  —  Roughly 40 years ago, I showed up at a prominent music executive's office …
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Another Roger Stone associate meets with Mueller grand jury  —  Another associate of political operative Roger Stone met Friday with a federal grand jury convened to hear testimony in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling, appearing at the U.S. District Court House in Washington …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Tim Mak / NPR:
Russia's Pro-Gun Influence Accounts Copied The NRA — And Sometimes, Vice Versa  —  Russian social media agitators who pushed pro-gun messages in the United States sometimes copied the language of the National Rifle Association.  And sometimes, the NRA copied them.
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Tim Mak / NPR:
Russia's Divisive Twitter Campaign Took A Rare Consistent Stance: Pro-Gun
Discussion: Boing Boing
 
 
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