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11:45 PM ET, September 4, 2019

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Washington Post:
President Trump shows doctored hurricane chart.  Was it to cover up for ‘Alabama’ Twitter flub?  —  President Trump had erroneously stated Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama.  —  On Wednesday, it appears the White House attempted to retroactively correct a tweet that President Trump issued …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's war on reality enters bizarre new terrain  —  Specifically: A not-exactly-hurricane-ravaged Alabama.  —  Hurricane Dorian seemed poised to slam directly into Florida as recently as last Thursday.  Projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed a track …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Why does Trump's hurricane map look different than others?  —  The president has claimed for days Hurricane Dorian was projected to hit Alabama.  Forecasters said it was not.  —  After days of claiming without evidence that Alabama was projected to be hit by Hurricane Dorian …
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Did Trump Doctor a Hurricane Map With Sharpie to Prove His False Prediction That Dorian Could Hit Alabama?
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Charged With Felony in California  —  The blundering conservative operative faces one charge of unlawfully selling securities in California.  —  California authorities issued an arrest warrant for blundering conservative operative Jacob Wohl, who is now due to be arraigned on a felony charge next month, court records show.
Bryan Pietsch / Reuters:
Pentagon pulls funds for military schools, daycare to pay for Trump's border wall  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from 127 Defense Department projects, including schools and daycare centers for military families, as it diverts $3.6 billion …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Hurricane-hit bases among those losing funds to Trump wall
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
PBS NewsHour:   Full list: The 127 defense projects postponed for the border barrier
The Daily Beast:
Trump Raids Elementary Schools to Pay for Wall; Mexico Off Hook
Discussion: Mother Jones and Washington Post
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Trump defends cash grab for border projects as lawmakers lash out
Discussion: Breitbart, Daily Kos and Task & Purpose
Miriam Lord / The Irish Times:
How Mike Pence shat on the new carpet in Ireland's spare room  —  Stoical smiles as US vice-president delivers strong endorsement of Johnson and Brexit  —  The hospitable hosts buttered up their important guest and made a big fuss of his family and hoped he would say nice things …
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CNN:
Pence faces heat over Doonbeg boondoggle  —  Pence stayed in Trump hotel during official Ireland visit  —  Washington (CNN)With fealty to President Donald Trump as his defining political trait, Vice President Mike Pence isn't typically the man in the spotlight.
Washington Post:
Trump offers full support for Johnson as Pence prepares to visit London amid Brexit chaos
Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Republican Jim Sensenbrenner won't run for re-election in 2020 after more than 40 years in Congress … (Photo: Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)  —  Wisconsin Republican Jim Sensenbrenner, the second longest-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives, will not run for a 22nd term, he said Wednesday.
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Andre Castro / Flores:
Bill Flores Announces Intent to Not Seek Re-election in 2020
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:   Republican Jim Sensenbrenner announces he won't seek reelection
Gigi Sukin / Axios:
GOP Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner will not seek re-election
Julio Rosas / Washington Examiner:
Biden's eye fills with blood during CNN climate town hall  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden's left eye appeared to have a blood vessel burst while he was participating in CNN's town hall on climate change.  —  Biden, 76, has long been plagued by health issues.
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Labor Department To Reinstate Aide Wrongfully Accused Of Anti-Semitism  — Trump appointee Leif Olson will return to his post after resigning following a Bloomberg Law article that falsely accused him of anti-Semitism.  — The Facebook post at issue was actually sarcastically mocking …
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Suffer From Debilitating Back Pain?  So Does Seb Gorka, According to His New Gig as Spokesman For Fish Oil Pills  —  Former White House assistant Seb Gorka once suffered from debilitating lower back pain, but he is now miraculously “pain free” after taking a job hawking fish oil supplements …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that a federal government database that compiles people deemed to be “known or suspected terrorists” violates the rights of American citizens who are added to the watchlist …
Discussion: The Week
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Joe Biden mocks gaffes to Stephen Colbert: ‘The reason I came on the Jimmy Kimmel show is ...’  —  NEW YORK — Joe Biden on Wednesday night alternated between humor and solemnity Wednesday when he was pressed several times by comedian Stephen Colbert on the frequency with which he commits gaffes …
Discussion: Slate, The Wrap and Mercury News
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Bo Erickson / CBS News:
Biden tells Colbert his gaffes aren't “substantive,” jokingly calls him Jimmy Kimmel
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Wire
Congresswoman Susan Davis:
Rep. Susan Davis Announces Her Last Term, Will Not Pursue Another Term in Congress  —  f t # e  —  In a personal letter to her constituents, Congresswoman Susan A. Davis today announced that this is her final term in Congress.  —  “I have struggled to make this very difficult decision.
Discussion: CNN and fox5sandiego.com
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Democratic Rep. Susan Davis says she won't seek reelection in 2020
Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Document reveals the FBI is tracking border protest groups as extremist organizations  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI is monitoring groups on the border that are protesting U.S. immigration policy, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.  —  The FBI has gathered intelligence from people with …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
A Top White House Reporter Is Taking Over The Washington Free Beacon  —  A leading political reporter is leaving Politico to lead neoconservative flagship the Washington Free Beacon, the latest move in a conservative media world attempting to adjust to the age of President Donald Trump.
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Matt Berman / BuzzFeed News:   CNN Is Not Renewing A Political Reporter's TV Deal After She Got A New Job Running A Conservative News Site
Michael Leidig / Mirror.co.uk:
Hitler's ‘last living relative’ convicted of paedophilia after kissing girl, 13  —  Romano-Lukas Hitler claims to be the only man alive bearing the name of the murderous Nazi leader and claims to be related to the Fuhrer through Hitler's father Alois  —  A man who claims to be the last remaining relative …
Wall Street Journal:
Democratic Lawyer Greg Craig Is Acquitted  —  White House counsel for President Obama is vindicated over false-statement charge  —  WASHINGTON—Former White House counsel Greg Craig was acquitted by a federal jury on Wednesday on a felony false-statement charge, a major vindication for one of the most prominent lawyers in Washington.
Discussion: BBC
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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Gregory Craig Acquitted on Charge of Lying to Justice Department
Discussion: Axios and The Week
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
It's time to create a conservative ecosystem that doesn't welcome racists  —  Liberal commentators will always say conservatives are just a bunch of racists.  This is a lie.  But conservatives need to do a better job convincing the racists that it's a lie.
Discussion: New York Times
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
After Climate Forum, Biden Heads to a Fundraiser Co-Hosted by a Fossil Fuel Executive  —  The day after Joe Biden participates in CNN's climate forum in New York, the former vice president will head to a high-dollar fundraiser co-hosted by a fossil fuel executive tied to a major natural gas development project.
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun-Times:
Jussie Smollett lawyers: Even if actor faked attack, cops didn't need to investigate it so vigorously  —  SNEED EXCLUSIVE: The ex-"Empire" actor's latest court filing, while not admitting he staged the incident, pins the decision to spend so much money on the police probe squarely on law enforcement.
CNN:
Soft-landings and Twitter shame: How the White House handles ex-aides with stories to tell  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's relationship with his chief of staff John Kelly was beyond repair when he announced last December that Kelly would be stepping down.  —  So before Kelly could leave …
Tony Lee / Breitbart:
Marianne Williamson: 'I Didn't Think the Left Lied like This'  —  Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson (D) revealed that she did not think the left was “so mean” and “lied like this” until she ran for president as an outsider candidate.  —  “I know this sounds naive.  I didn't think the left was so mean.
Discussion: New Yorker, BizPac Review and TheBlaze
Amelia Nierenberg / New York Times:
A Tomato Grows in the East River  —  A single tomato plant has sprouted on a piling by the Brooklyn Bridge.  Who knows how it got there?  —  On a wooden piling in the waters off Brooklyn Bridge Park, a lone red fruit grows between Pier 1, right next to the Brooklyn Bridge, and Pier 2.
 
 
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Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
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