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QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  August 28, 2019 - All Top Dems Beat Trump As Voters' Economic Outlook Dims Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dem Primary Stays Stable With Biden Holding The Lead  —  If the 2020 presidential election were held today, 54 percent of registered voters say that they would vote …
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USA Today:
Poll: Americans dread the 2020 election and have doubts about the outcome; Biden maintains his lead  —  Americans are facing the 2020 presidential election with a dominant feeling: Dread.  —  A nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found a sharply divided country …
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Top Democrats all lead in head-to-head matchups with Trump in Michigan  —  Our Free Press columnists break down the 2nd night of the Detroit Democratic debates.  Is Joe Biden still the frontrunner?  Was Kamala Harris a winner?  —  CONNECT  —  WASHINGTON - All of the top Democrats running …
Washington Post:
‘Take the land’: President Trump wants a border wall.  He wants it black.  And he wants it by Election Day.  —  President Trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast-track billions of dollars' worth …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Ordering Crimes to Get Wall Built Before Election  —  Donald Trump is an instinctive authoritarian who came into office lacking even a rudimentary understanding of government.  But he is beginning to grasp the potentialities available to a despotically inclined leader …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:   Behind Trump's craziness, there's always corruption. Here's the latest.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
You Should at Least Read My Column before Writing a Hit Piece
Discussion: New York Times
Jim Mattis / Wall Street Journal:
Duty, Democracy and the Threat of Tribalism  —  Lessons in leadership from a lifetime of service, from fighting in the Marines Corps to working for President Donald Trump  —  In late November 2016, I was enjoying Thanksgiving break in my hometown on the Columbia River in Washington state …
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Washington Post:
Mattis says he served ‘as long as I could,’ warns of a leader not committed to working with allies
Discussion: The Week
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at end of the year  —  Sen. Johnny Isakson is resigning at the end of 2019 in the face of mounting health problems, adding another competitive seat as Republicans look to defend their narrow majority in 2020.  —  “I am leaving a job I love because my health challenges …
Discussion: Axios and One America News Network
The Hill:
Stacey Abrams says she won't run for Georgia Senate seat
Washington Post:
Sen. Johnny Isakson says he will resign at the end of the year, citing health problems
Discussion: Vox, Slate and Outside the Beltway
Jack Crowe / National Review:
GOP Senator Johnny Isakson to Resign at the End of the Year
Discussion: WJCL
BBC:
Government asks Queen to suspend Parliament  —  The government has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline.  —  Boris Johnson said a Queen's Speech would take place after the suspension, on 14 October, to outline his “very exciting agenda”.
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Evan Semones / Politico:
Trump attacks Jeremy Corbyn for trying to oust Boris Johnson  —  President Donald Trump attacked U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday for aggressively pushing for a vote of no confidence against newly minted Prime Minister Boris Johnson.  —  “Would be very hard for Jeremy Corbyn …
The Guardian:
Boris Johnson asks Queen to suspend parliament
Washington Post:
Boris Johnson moves to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit deadline
Discussion: Foreign Policy and New York Times
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
‘NO EXCESSIVE BARKING’: A Chevy Chase dog park divides the rich and powerful  —  Everyone knows there's a problem with Chubbs.  —  Dirt is smeared across his face.  His tongue is rolling out of his mouth.  He's surrounded by signs that say “NO EXCESSIVE BARKING.”
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
The Tea Party Didn't Get What It Wanted, but It Did Unleash the Politics of Anger  —  Ten years after a summer of rage over spending, trillion-dollar deficits are back.  —  In the late summer of 2009, as the recession-ravaged economy bled half a million jobs a month, the country seemed to lose its mind.
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
The Washington Post Newsroom Has a Roach Problem  —  A memo says it's “a newsroom problem and not happening on other floors.”  —  The New York Times may have bed bugs, but the Washington Post has a roach problem.  —  “We have a growing pest problem,” Post director of newsroom operations …
Arren Kimbel-Sannit / Politico:
Trump delivers another blow to Fox News: 'Fox isn't working for us anymore!'  —  President Donald Trump let loose on Fox News on Wednesday, saying the network “isn't working for us anymore” while encouraging his followers to look for an alternative to his long-cherished cable news channel.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:   “Fox isn't working for us anymore”: Trump turns against his favorite cable news channel
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Ahead of 2020, Democratic Voters Are Moving Left on Immigration  —  The overall electorate prefers a harder line as the party looks to take on Trump  —  Demonstrators march through Chicago on Aug. 16 calling for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Discussion: Washington Times and The Hill
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John Solomon / The Hill:   How Trump can avoid a GOP fumble on health care that could derail his reelection
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Poll: Dems more likely to support candidate who backs Medicare for All over fixing Obamacare
Discussion: Reason, Raw Story and Vox
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Doorbell-camera firm Ring has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance reach  —  The doorbell-camera company Ring has quietly forged video-sharing partnerships with more than 400 police forces across the United States, granting them access to homeowners' camera footage …
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Sara A. Carter:
The Man Having an Affair with Ilhan Omar Received $230K from Her Campaign
Discussion: Fox News and Instapundit
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
U.S. Intel Gatekeeper Dragging Feet on Trump-Russia Files, Insiders Say  —  Above, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in Tysons Corner, Va. (Intelligence.gov)  —  More than three months after President Trump granted his attorney general unprecedented power to declassify intelligence files …
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Lee Ferran / ABC News:
Trump's secretive intelligence advisory board takes shape with security pros and GOP donors
Discussion: Raw Story
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
We Aren't Seeing White Support for Trump for What It Is  —  A crucial part of his coalition is made up of better-off white people who did not graduate from college.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.
Politico:
Trump, GOP fret loss in bellwether House special election  —  At a retreat with top GOP donors in Wyoming last week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy broached a growing concern for senior Republicans: a crucial, do-over election for a North Carolina congressional seat.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David Karpf / Esquire:
I Called Bret Stephens a Bedbug.  Then He Tried to Squelch My Freedom of Speech.  What a Day.  —  Bret Stephens is above me in the status hierarchy.  He knows this.  I know this.  He has won a Pulitzer Prize and has a regular op-ed column in the  —  New York Times  —  . I am just some professor.
Gina Heeb / NBC News:
U.S. has paid more than $1M in interest for late bailout payments to farmers  —  “We had farmers waiting at the door from 7 o'clock in the morning to 7 o'clock at night.  And if you've only got two people working at the counter ... it was just overwhelming,” one official said.
WXYZ-TV:
FBI, IRS raiding UAW president's home in Canton Township  —  CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — A raid was conducted at a home in Canton Township Wednesday morning.  —  It is a joint raid between the FBI and IRS, the FBI reported.  —  The raid is being carried out at what is believed to be at the home of UAW President Gary Jones.
Discussion: Detroit Free Press and Raw Story
Project On Government Oversight:
Overruled: Top Justice Department Appointees Quash Felony Charge Against Monsanto  —  This investigation was co-published with Yahoo News.  —  This spring, Justice Department prosecutors were on the verge of charging biotech giant Monsanto with a felony for illegally spraying a banned …
Michael Wilner / Miami Herald:
Trump wants Jewish voters in Florida.  He may be pushing them further away.  —  President Donald Trump's standing among Jewish voters may be deteriorating even further despite his efforts to court this critical demographic group, jeopardizing victory next year in the must-win state of Florida.
Discussion: Informed Comment
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
The Weekly Standard's Corporate Owner Considered Buying The Federalist  —  As Donald Trump rose to take over the Republican Party, conservative media splintered: Some outlets became his mouthpieces, some his enemies, and others found shelter in an anti-anti-Trump stand.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Falwell steered Liberty University land deal benefiting his personal trainer  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. (Reuters) - Evangelical leader and prominent Donald Trump backer Jerry Falwell Jr personally approved real estate transactions by his nonprofit Christian university that helped …
 
 
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Mystery of missing votes deepens as Congress investigates Georgia
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Lefty media rushes to puff up Elizabeth Warren
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
The Joe Walsh Challenge
Alyssa Milano / The Hill:
The key to beating Trump? Elect all of the Democratic candidates
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
COLlive:
Jewish Man Attacked With Brick in Crown Heights Park
Discussion: Gothamist and abc7NY
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Stephanie Grisham is Trump's communications czar. Only most people wouldn't know it.
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Tom Steyer Appears to Fall Short of Qualifying for Next Democratic Presidential Debate
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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