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New York Times:
White House Pressed Agency to Repudiate Weather Forecasters Who Contradicted Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The White House was directly involved in pressing a federal scientific agency to repudiate the weather forecasters who contradicted President Trump's claim that Hurricane Dorian would probably strike Alabama …
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Washington Post:
President Trump ordered staff to correct statement that contradicted his inaccurate Alabama hurricane claim  —  Lawmakers, Commerce Department launch investigations into NOAA's decision to back President Trump over forecasters  —  President Trump told his staff that the National Oceanic …
Axios:
Bolton's chaotic White House departure  —  The last time National Security Adviser John Bolton spoke with President Donald Trump was Monday afternoon around 2 p.m. in the Oval Office — offering to resign — about 22 hours before the president's Tuesday tweet suggesting that he had fired Bolton …
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Joseph Cirincione / LobeLog:
The Catastrophic Tenure of John Bolton
Steve Holland / Reuters:   Three Bolton aides submit their resignations at White House
Eliza Relman / Business Insider:
Meet Charlie Kupperman, Trump's acting national security adviser who advised a group …
Discussion: CNN, Fox News and New York Times
Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
FNC's Tucker Carlson: Potential Bolton Replacement Brian Hook 'an Unapologetic Neocon …
Discussion: Axios and Politico
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Inside Trump and Bolton's spectacular split
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Top Bolton aide out at White House
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Beast
Bloomberg:
Trump Discussed Easing Iran Sanctions, Prompting Bolton Pushback
Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air and Washington Post
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Ben Sasse scores Trump endorsement after biting his tongue and keeping his head down
Discussion: Townhall and Hot Air
Raleigh News & Observer:
House overrides budget veto in surprise vote with almost half of lawmakers absent  —  In a surprise move Wednesday morning, the N.C. House of Representatives voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the state budget with just over half of the 120 members present to vote.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Alarm bells should be ringing at Trump HQ after N.C. House scare  —  Analysis: It's always better to win than lose — but Republicans holding onto a GOP seat by a hair is reason for the president to worry heading into 2020.  —  Does a tight win for NC Republican Dan Bishop spell 2020 trouble for Trump?
Sean Collins / Vox:
Trump is trying to discredit recent polls because he's losing in nearly all of them
CBS17.com:   NC House Republicans override Gov. Cooper's budget veto while he's at 9/11 memorial event
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Democrats Most Like Warren, But Voters Overall Are Lukewarm On Democrats, Trump  —  Toggle more options  —  Elizabeth Warren is on the rise among Democratic voters, but she and other Democrats are less popular with the overall electorate, raising concerns about a bruising primary …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden camp thinks the media just doesn't get it  —  The first thing you notice at a Joe Biden event is the age: Many of the reporters covering him are really young.  Biden is not.  The press corps, or so the Biden campaign sees it, is culturally liberal and highly attuned to modern issues around race and gender and social justice.
Boston Herald:
Bernie Sanders jumps to the lead in NH: Franklin Pierce-Herald poll shows  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has lost his lead in New Hampshire with U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders jumping ahead in what is now clearly a three-person race for the Democratic primary, a new Franklin Pierce University-Boston Herald poll shows.
Discussion: Political Wire
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Amy Klobuchar Is Tired of Debate Questions About Other Candidates  —  The Minnesota senator has been frustrated by debate moderators' tactic asking her to attack policies by her progressive rivals in the Democratic presidential primary.  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Amy Klobuchar keeps having …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
How to Lose the Revolution
Discussion: NBC News and ABC News
ProPublica:
The Myths of the “Genius” Behind Trump's Reelection Campaign  —  Brad Parscale has said he's taking a relative pittance to run the president's reelection operation.  But as with much of what Parscale has claimed about his work and life, that's not the full story.  This is.
Cheryl Hall / Dallas Morning News:
T. Boone Pickens, larger-than-life energy tycoon and OSU diehard, dies at 91  —  Pickens had an energy career that went from laborer to tycoon — and the Oklahoma State benefactor was among the few business elites granted “dual citizenship” on both sides of the Red River.
Discussion: Breitbart and CollegeFootballTalk
Daniel Byman / Foreign Policy:
It's Hard to Commemorate 9/11 If You Don't Understand It.  —  Today's university freshmen were born after the Twin Towers fell.  In the Trump era, lack of historical perspective makes young people susceptible to alarmism and more likely to misread threats.  —  Sept. 11, 2019 marks …
Discussion: New York Times
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Olivia B. Waxman / TIME:
9/11 Is History Now. Here's How American Kids Are Learning About It in Class
Discussion: Daily Wire
Kamini Ramdeen / AOL.com:
President Trump sparks anger with ‘never forget’ 9/11 tweet  —  President Donald Trump drew ire on Twitter Wednesday morning with the way he marked the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.  —  Trump shared a photograph of himself and first lady Melania Trump …
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James Barron / New York Times:
Remembering Those Lost 18 Years Ago on 9/11
Matthew Jacobs / HuffPost:
The Steady Cultural Demise Of ‘American Beauty’  —  How the Best Picture winner, which turns 20 this year, went from esteemed suburban satire to widespread punchline.  —  When “American Beauty” nabbed the Oscar for Best Picture in March 2000, its win seemed forward-thinking.
Monique O. Madan / Miami Herald:
12-year-old Bahamian girl separated from parents, ends up in Miami home for migrant kids  —  A 12-year-old Bahamian girl was separated from family at a South Florida airport after fleeing the destruction of Hurricane Dorian and was sent by U.S. Customs officials to a Miami Gardens shelter for abused or abandoned children.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
No One Should Take Black Voters for Granted  —  Recent research shows that a crucial bloc of Democrats is at once more moderate and more radical than its counterparts.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.
Discussion: Power Line and Politico
Washington Post:
Dangerous new hot zones are spreading around the world  —  LA CORONILLA, Uruguay — The day the yellow clams turned black is seared in Ramón Agüero's memory.  —  It was the summer of 1994.  A few days earlier, he had collected a generous haul, 20 buckets of the thin-shelled …
Zamira Rahim / The Independent:
India builds detention camps for up to 1.9m people ‘stripped of citizenship’ in Assam  —  Ten centres ‘planned’ across northeastern state after national register published  —  The Indian government is building mass detention camps after almost two million people were told they could be effectively stripped of citizenship.
Washington Post:
President Trump trails potential Democratic challengers in 2020 test  —  President Trump overcame formidable odds and discouraging poll numbers to win the White House in 2016.  More than a year out from the 2020 election, it appears he might have to repeat that performance to win a second term …
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
ThinkProgress Was Always Doomed  —  The site ThinkProgress, long a stalwart among left-leaning news organizations, was shuttered last week by its owner, the Center for American Progress (CAP), who laid off the remaining members of the staff that hadn't been absorbed into the larger company.
Karl Etters / Tallahassee Democrat:
Tallahassee police identify suspect in stabbing that injured five at Dyke Industries  —  The man who allegedly stabbed several people this morning at a west-side Tallahassee business has been identified as Antwann D. Brown, a current employee at Dyke Industries.
 
 
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
House committee pushes forward on gun control bills as Senate and Trump waver
Discussion: RedState, Townhall and The Hill
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
The Last Apple Keynote (Hopefully)
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump court pick whose family fled persecution blasts racism accusation as ‘hurtful’ during confirmation hearing
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Scottish court rules Boris Johnson illegally suspended Parliament and misled the queen
Discussion: YouGov
James Arkin / Politico:
Republicans support Trump's wall even after he grabs military funds from their states
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Pagers, Pay Phones, and Dialup: How We Communicated on 9/11
Angelica LaVito / CNBC:
Trump administration readies ban on flavored e-cigarettes amid outbreak of vaping-related deaths
Discussion: Reason
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
US military fuel deal with Prestwick ‘kicked into long grass’ over Trump investigation
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Marot / Associated Press:
NCAA urges California governor not to sign ‘fair pay’ bill
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Democrats' leftward shift on third-trimester abortion
Discussion: Washington Examiner and RedState
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Trump Faith Adviser Paula White Dedicates White House as ‘Holy Ground’ Sanctified by ‘The Superior Blood of Jesus’
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Raw Story
Hayley Halpin / TheJournal.ie:
51% of people in Northern Ireland support Irish unification, new poll finds
Sarah Rankin / Associated Press:
Liberty's Falwell says he's target of ‘attempted coup’
Discussion: PJ Media Home and Political Wire
Rick Newman / Yahoo Finance:
Trump's trade war has killed 300,000 jobs
 

 
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