Top Items:
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 …
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Post, U.S. Political News …, The Atlantic, Raw Story, Mother Jones, Political Wire, Daily Kos, Morning Consult, Denver Post and Mediaite
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, U.S. Political News …, Raw Story, Mediaite, New York Times and The Daily Caller
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump denies asking Mulvaney to pressure federal agency on hurricane claims
Discussion:
Political Wire, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
House Committee on Science, Space and Technology:
Committee Launches Investigation into Commerce Department's Involvement in NOAA Actions Regarding Hurricane Dorian
John Whitehouse / Media Matters for America:
Fox News has basically ignored stories related to Trump's corruption
Discussion:
Shareblue Media, Politico, Sunlight Foundation and Source Politics
CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden leads as Warren and Sanders battle for second on eve of debate — This number should concern Trump's 2020 campaign — WASHINGTON (CNN)Joe Biden leads the Democratic presidential primary but a tight race for second place has formed behind him as Sen. Elizabeth Warren leads …
Discussion:
KTLA
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Hullabaloo, Washington Times and Political Wire
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.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Common Dreams, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Breitbart and The Week
Washington Post:
President Trump trails potential Democratic challengers in 2020 test
Discussion:
Politico, Fox News, CNN, VICE, Daily Wire, Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
Discussion:
Washington Post, CNN, U.S. Political News …, Associated Press, Raw Story, Shareblue Media, Daily Kos, Washington Press, The Week and Law & Crime
RELATED:
Raleigh News & Observer:
NC Republicans' shameless theft of democracy — The verdict is now plain. North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders — not actually leaders, but connivers — are beyond shame. — In a stunning display of contempt for democracy, House Speaker Tim Moore, a Cleveland County Republican …
Eliza Relman / Business Insider:
Meet Charlie Kupperman, Trump's acting national security adviser who advised a group that promotes anti-Muslim conspiracy theories — After President Donald Trump announced that he had fired his national security adviser, John Bolton, the White House named Charles Kupperman …
Discussion:
CNN, Fox News, NBC News and New York Times
RELATED:
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Sends Regards to Departed ‘Mr. Tough Guy’ Bolton
Discussion:
Breitbart and U.S. Political News …
Axios:
Bolton's chaotic White House departure
Discussion:
Washington Post, Politico, The Daily Beast, Breitbart, TheBlaze and Raw Story
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump Finally Fired John Bolton, but Does It Really Matter?
Discussion:
CNN, Axios and The Daily Beast
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Ben Sasse scores Trump endorsement after biting his tongue and keeping his head down
Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
FNC's Tucker Carlson: Potential Bolton Replacement Brian Hook 'an Unapologetic Neocon …
Discussion:
Politico
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.
Discussion:
Texas Monthly, Washington Post, Raw Story, Splinter and Bleeding Heartland
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?
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, The Nation, The Daily Dot, Progress Pond, Washington Free Beacon, Shareblue Media, Axios and Daily Wire
RELATED:
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What happened in North Carolina — and what, if anything, it tells us about 2020
Discussion:
One America News Network
Sean Collins / Vox:
Trump is trying to discredit recent polls because he's losing in nearly all of them
Discussion:
Breitbart, emersonpolling.com and Washington Post
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Why Republicans shouldn't breathe a sigh of relief after N.C. win
Discussion:
Associated Press, Salon, FiveThirtyEight, Outside the Beltway, Power Line, Raw Story, New York Times and Washington Post
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, CollegeFootballTalk and Instapundit
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 …
Discussion:
U.S. Political News …
RELATED:
James Barron / New York Times:
Remembering Those Lost 18 Years Ago on 9/11
Discussion:
Breitbart, twitchy.com, Townhall, Louder With Crowder, Patterico's Pontifications, Washington Free Beacon, Fox News, Jihad Watch, TheBlaze and NB Blog
Sister Toldjah / RedState:
“Airplanes Took Aim”: NY Times Shamefully Goes the Ilhan Omar Route in Describing How 9/11 Happened
Discussion:
Instapundit and Townhall
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
The Last Apple Keynote (Hopefully) — The company's product launch pageant has become a parody. Time to call it quits. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. — Roughly six minutes into Apple's annual keynote presentation on Tuesday, I watched with grim fascination …
Discussion:
Scripting News and VICE, more at Techmeme »
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Republicans and Democrats hammer Trump's judicial nominee — Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday castigated President Donald Trump's nominee to the powerful Second Circuit Court of Appeals for dodging their questions as well as his prior controversial writings.
Discussion:
Raw Story
RELATED:
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:
Talking Points Memo, NBC News, Daily Kos and No More Mister Nice Blog
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, Politico and Geller Report News
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 …
Discussion:
The Week
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.
Discussion:
Common Dreams, New York Times and The Nation
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
