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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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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 …
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump denies asking Mulvaney to pressure federal agency on hurricane claims
Trump denies asking Mulvaney to pressure federal agency on hurricane claims
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Reported White House involvement takes NOAA scandal to new level
Reported White House involvement takes NOAA scandal to new level
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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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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 …
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
‘Shame on you’: North Carolina GOP votes to override veto while Democrats were absent
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
How to Lose the Revolution
How to Lose the Revolution
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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 …
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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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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.
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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 …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump Finally Fired John Bolton, but Does It Really Matter?
Trump Finally Fired John Bolton, but Does It Really Matter?
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Axios:
Bolton's chaotic White House departure
Bolton's chaotic White House departure
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Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Sends Regards to Departed ‘Mr. Tough Guy’ Bolton
Trump Sends Regards to Departed ‘Mr. Tough Guy’ Bolton
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Ben Sasse scores Trump endorsement after biting his tongue and keeping his head down
The Daily 202: Ben Sasse scores Trump endorsement after biting his tongue and keeping his head down
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Three Bolton aides submit their resignations at White House
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.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's war on truth just got a lot more cult-like
Trump's war on truth just got a lot more cult-like
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Bleeding Heartland
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.
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Exclusive: Michael Cohen is interviewed for probe into Trump Organization — (CNN)Prosecutors with the New York district attorney's office interviewed Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen in recent weeks as part of their investigation of the Trump Organization's handling …
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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
Remembering Those Lost 18 Years Ago on 9/11
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Sister Toldjah / RedState:
“Airplanes Took Aim”: NY Times Shamefully Goes the Ilhan Omar Route in Describing How 9/11 Happened
“Airplanes Took Aim”: NY Times Shamefully Goes the Ilhan Omar Route in Describing How 9/11 Happened
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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?
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Uber Says It Is Not Subject to California Gig-Worker Law — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber pushed back on Wednesday against a newly passed California bill that effectively requires companies to reclassify their contract workers as employees, in a sign of the emerging resistance that the measure is prompting across the gig economy.
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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.
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Democrats decry double standard in fact checking
Democrats decry double standard in fact checking
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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.
Brandon Morse / RedState:
Gun Sales See Spike Despite Democrat Efforts to Slow It Down — Just yesterday, I reported on the fact that support for gun control amongst the public was dropping despite Democrats and the mainstream media attempting to play up the role of guns in recent mass shootings.
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