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7:00 PM ET, September 24, 2018

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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“The Strategy Was to Try and Do Something Really Big”: Trump Wanted to Nuke Rosenstein to Save Kavanaugh's Bacon  —  But Trump allies are privately imploring him to cut Kavanaugh loose to save Republicans' electoral chances in the midterms.  —  BY - GABRIEL SHERMANSeptember 24, 2018,
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Rod Rosenstein offered to resign  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has verbally “offered to resign” in discussions with White House Chief of Staff Kelly, according to a source close to Rosenstein, but as of now, it's unclear whether his resignation has been accepted.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyers Demand Mueller Probe ‘Time Out’ if Rosenstein Is Ousted  —  Graham and other Republicans who sit on the judiciary committee have said Ford should be respected and heard, but they have publicly pushed back on her decades-old allegations, pointing to alleged witnesses …
New York Times:
Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, Is Expected to Leave Job  —  WASHINGTON — Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, was expected on Monday to leave his job at the Justice Department, days after private discussions were revealed in which he talked about invoking the 25th Amendment …
USA Today:
Robert Mueller is playing a long game on the Russia investigation, and it's paying off  —  If you're paying attention to the developments of special counsel Bob Mueller's Russia probe it may be easier to see it in terms of sports.  At least that's the way former FBI Director James Comey, is looking at things.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Justice Department drafted exit statement for Rod Rosenstein  —  Shortly after Axios published its story this morning, saying that Rod Rosenstein had “verbally resigned” to John Kelly, Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores drafted a statement that would announce Rosenstein's departure …
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
With Rod Rosenstein Possibly on His Way Out at the Justice Department, Who Will Protect Robert Mueller's Investigation?
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and emptywheel
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A chaotic opening to what could be a fateful week
Discussion: VICE News and The Root
Brian Karem / The Montgomery County Sentinel:
Updated: Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh defends himself against accusers  —  UPDATE 3 p.m. - additional reporting with excerpts from Kavanaugh's letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee and a letter from Dr. Ford to the judiciary committee  —  Embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh …
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in Fox News exclusive: 'I know I'm telling the truth'  —  Exclusive: Judge Kavanaugh talks to Martha MacCallum about the sexual misconduct allegations.  —  EXCLUSIVE - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied accusations of sexual misconduct …
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Maryland police aren't reviewing second Brett Kavanaugh high school allegation, chief says  —  The chief of police in Montgomery County, Md., says his officers are not looking into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, appearing to contradict a local news report that …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Brett Kavanaugh, Facing New Allegations, Vows He Will Not Withdraw  —  WASHINGTON — Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, facing mounting allegations of sexual impropriety and growing doubts over his confirmation to the Supreme Court, vowed on Monday to fight the “smears,” saying he will not withdraw his nomination.
Dylan Scott / Vox:
The very simple reason Republicans are fighting so hard for Brett Kavanaugh
Discussion: The Hill, CBS News and Breitbart
BostonGlobe.com:
Yale cancels some classes as law students protest Brett Kavanaugh nomination
Discussion: Daily Wire
Hot Air:
Yes, Let's See The Emails That Led To Deborah Ramirez's Accusation Against Kavanaugh
David French / National Review:
When Evidence No Longer Matters
Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
For Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation, GOP needs to start acting like the majority
Sean Davis / The Federalist:   Republicans Have A Simple Choice: Vote To Confirm Kavanaugh Or Get Slaughtered In November
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
On The New Yorker's Grossly Irresponsible Story
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Brett Kavanaugh Still Has A Lifetime Judgeship If He Doesn't Get On The Supreme Court
Discussion: PoliticalCharge, The Federalist and CNN
Jim Norman / Gallup:
Republican Party Favorability Highest in Seven Years  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-five percent of Americans now have a favorable view of the Republican Party, a nine-point gain from last September's 36%.  It is the party's most positive image since it registered 47% in January 2011 …
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump  —  A meticulous analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign makes a powerful case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.  —  Donald Trump has adopted many contradictory positions since taking office …
NBC News:
Rob Goldstone wishes he'd never set up that Trump Tower meeting with the Russians  —  Goldstone, who arranged the Trump Tower meeting at the request of a pop star, says Mueller's team wanted to know about links between Trump and Russia.  —  The British-born music publicist who helped arrange …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Asked About Trump's Link to Billionaire Russian-Azerbaijani Family  —  Publicist Rob Goldstone, who arranged Trump Tower meeting in June 2016 with Donald Trump Jr., met with special counsel team in March  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller asked questions about the relationship between President Trump …
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / Jezebel:
The Next Step for #MeToo Is Into the Gray Areas  —  As we near the one-year mark of the public accusations against Harvey Weinstein—that he serially assaulted women; that he used his power to avoid any consequences for doing so—and the subsequent spread of the nationwide #MeToo movement, we are also facing its backlash.
more at Mediagazer »
FiveThirtyEight:
We Looked At Hundreds Of Endorsements.  Here's Who Republicans Are Listening To.  —  This story was produced in collaboration with ABC News and Ballotpedia.3  —  On the afternoon of July 18, President Trump tweeted his “full and total endorsement” of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp …
Discussion: The Week
Dana Branham / Dallas Morning News:
Dallas officer Amber Guyger fired after manslaughter charge for killing Botham Jean  —  Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger, who fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean in his Cedars apartment Sept. 6, was fired Monday.  —  Guyger is facing a manslaughter charge and was arrested more than two weeks ago.
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Jack Crowe / National Review:   Dallas PD Fires Cop Who Killed Man after Entering Wrong Apartment
Abigail Geiger / Pew Research Center:
Views of Mueller's investigation - and Trump's handling of the probe - turn more partisan  —  As Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller continues to investigate Russian involvement in the 2016 election, Americans' views of his investigation - and Donald Trump's handling of the matter - continue to grow more polarized.
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
James Woods refuses to delete meme that he says got him locked out of Twitter  —  Actor James Woods has been locked out of his Twitter account over a two-month-old tweet that was found to be in violation of the tech company's rules.  —  The tweet, posted July 20, included a hoax meme …
Ramsen Shamon / Politico:
Trump officials tout sovereignty as Trump's talking point at U.N.  —  President Donald Trump will express a desire for other nations “to exert their sovereignty to solve challenges” and to listen “to what America can do to help” when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly later this week …
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Robert Kagan / New York Times:
‘America First’ Has Won  —  The three pillars of the ideology …
 
 
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Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Florida Democratic congressional candidate dies at 54
Discussion: Political Wire
WTTG-TV:
74-year-old man trapped for 5 days, rescued from rubble of SE senior center fire, officials say
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Gina Haspel Is Skeptical of North Korea's Willingness to Give Up Nuclear Arms
Katharine Ricke / Nature:
Country-level social cost of carbon
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Citing U.S. sanctions, Iranian president says he has no plans to meet Trump
JFF:
The $1 Billion Wage Gain Challenge
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Trump: No statehood for Puerto Rico with critics in office
Discussion: Washington Post and TheBlaze
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
We are very dependent on millionaires. If the millionaires get a cold, we all die of the flu.
 Earlier Items: 
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
GOP Must Confirm Kavanaugh or Kiss Midterms Goodbye
Discussion: Washington Times and Breitbart
The Onion:
BREAKING: Wait—Sorry, False Alarm
Eric Felten / Weekly Standard:
Why Is the NYT Suddenly Opposed to Declassifying the FISA Docs?
Discussion: Instapundit
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The rise of YouTube's reactionary right
Discussion: Mother Jones
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Inside Barstool Sports' Culture of Online Hate: ‘They Treat Sexual Harassment and Cyberbullying as a Game’
more at Mediagazer »
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
The male cultural elite is staggeringly blind to #MeToo. Now it's paying for it
Sam Thielman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Emptywheel's Marcy Wheeler knows more than she tells, but she tells a lot
more at Mediagazer »
Adam Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Poll: Andrew Gillum leads DeSantis by 4, Rick Scott and Bill Nelson tied
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Florida Politics
 

 
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Financial Times:
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