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12:05 PM ET, September 8, 2019

Top Items:

Elizabeth Warren rises as Joe Biden clings to delegate edge — CBS News Battleground Tracker — This poll tells a story of Elizabeth Warren rising. But not Joe Biden falling. — The former vice president now clings to a narrow lead over Warren in our CBS News/YouGov Tracker estimate …

Discussion: Axios and Political Wire

Washington Post:

Joe Biden ahead in Democratic race, with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren filling out the top tier — Former vice president Joe Biden holds a modest lead in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, bolstered by his personal appeal and current perceptions among Democratic voters …

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, Washington Times, Unfogged and Political Wire

Jonathan Martin / New York Times: The One-Two Punch That Second-Tier Democrats Are Counting On

Fox News:
Warren says Democrats 'can't chose a candidate we don't believe in because we're scared,' in possible slap at Biden

Discussion: Politico

Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
Biden says he suggested to Clinton not to talk about Access Hollywood tape on debate stage

Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller and BuzzFeed News

Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:

Manager: Trump family building ‘dynasty’ for decades to come — INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign manager predicted Saturday that the president and his family will become “a dynasty that will last for decades,” transforming the Republican Party while hewing to conservative values.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:

He's in: Mark Sanford, SC Republican, formally declares GOP White House 2020 bid — Facing long odds in a fractured Republican Party, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford this morning formally announced his bid to challenge President Donald Trump for the White House.

Discussion: Fox News, Slate and Political Wire

Carla Marinucci / Politico:

‘The Trumps will be a dynasty that lasts for decades’ — INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — With their dominance dissolved in once-storied bastions like Orange County and ranks reduced to third party status, California Republicans this weekend gathered to reboot and forge strategy for a 2020 comeback …

Discussion: Rolling Stone, Fox News and Raw Story

Matt Stevens / New York Times:

Mark Sanford Will Challenge Trump in Republican Primary — Mr. Sanford, the former governor and representative from South Carolina, was ousted from his seat in Congress after becoming a vocal critic of President Trump. — Mark Sanford, the former governor and representative from South Carolina …

Discussion: WFLA-TV, Hot Air, CNBC, NPR and CNN

Reid Wilson / The Hill:

South Carolina GOP appears to violate own rules in canceling primary for Trump — The South Carolina Republican Party appeared to violate its own rules on Saturday when the party's executive committee voted to cancel next year's primary election. — The executive committee voted nearly unanimously …

Allan Smith / NBC News: Former Rep. Mark Sanford announces he will challenge Trump in GOP primary

Axios:
Mark Sanford announces GOP primary challenge against Trump

Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos

Christopher Hooks / New York Times: Something Strange Is Going On With All Those Retiring Texans

Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
SC, Kansas GOP scrap 2020 presidential preference votes

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Axios

Mujib Mashal / New York Times:

Taliban Talks Hit a Wall Over Deeper Disagreements, Officials Say — KABUL, Afghanistan — Even as President Trump blamed a recent Taliban attack for his decision to call off nearly year-long negotiations with the insurgents, officials suggested on Sunday it had more to do with the Taliban's resistance …

Discussion: USA Today, ABC News, Politico, Bloomberg, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, NBC News, NPR, New York Post and Mediaite

New York Times:

Trump Says He's Called Off Negotiations With Taliban After Afghanistan Bombing — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Saturday that he had canceled a secret meeting at Camp David with Taliban leaders and the president of Afghanistan and was calling off monthslong negotiations that had appeared to be nearing a peace agreement.

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Lawfare, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, Axios, Althouse, U.S. Political News …, Victory Girls Blog, Informed Comment, The Week, Daily Kos, Politico and Daily Wire

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story: ‘Fake peace plan!’: CNN conservative rains hell on Trump for publicity stunt Taliban meeting announcement

Associated Press:
Pompeo: Taliban ‘overreached’ in attack that killed American

Discussion: Politico, Vox, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Slate and BizPac Review

Cara Anna / Associated Press:
AP Explains: How Trump upended US-Taliban peace talks

Discussion: Politico and Breitbart

Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Canceled Secret Camp David Talks With the Taliban

Discussion: U.S. Political News …, The Guardian, Denver Post, Raw Story, New York Post and Mediaite

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:

Previously Unknown Sources Come Forward in a New Book About Harvey Weinstein — Two years before the allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against Harvey Weinstein became public, his own brother and business partner, Bob Weinstein, confronted him, pleading with him to get medical treatment …

Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:

How the New York Times broke Harvey Weinstein — Review of ‘She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement’ by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey — It was Oct. 5, 2017, just hours after the New York Times published a brutal story detailing Harvey Weinstein's alleged …

Washington Post:

NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump — Nearly a week before the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publicly backed President Trump over its own scientists, a top NOAA official warned its staff against contradicting the president.

Discussion: Slate, Raw Story, Source Politics, The Week, POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Beast

Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
NOAA assailed for defending Trump's Hurricane Dorian claim

Discussion: Axios, Deadline and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Mark Landler / New York Times:

Boris Johnson Finds His Party Loyalists Aren't as Loyal as Trump's — LONDON — Britain and the United States have often seemed lashed together amid the populist storms of the last few years — Brexit and the Trump White House echoing and amplifying each other across the Atlantic.

Discussion: New York Post

BBC:

Amber Rudd quits government over Johnson's Brexit stance — Amber Rudd has quit the cabinet and surrendered the Conservative whip saying she cannot “stand by” while “moderate Conservatives are expelled”. — The work and pensions secretary said she no longer believed leaving the EU with a deal was the government's “main objective”.

Discussion: The Times & The Sunday Times, Al Jazeera and Politico

Zosia Wanat / Politico:
French minister: EU won't grant UK Brexit delay as things stand

Discussion: Reuters and One America News Network

Jenni Russell / New York Times:
The ‘Political Anarchist’ Behind Britain's Chaos

Discussion: Breitbart and Podbean

Michael Savage / The Guardian:
MPs ‘checked with EU chiefs over Brexit delay’ before passing bill

Discussion: Breitbart and The Week

Jonathan Franzen / New Yorker:

What If We Stopped Pretending? — The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can't prevent it. — “There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “only not for us.” This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters strive …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Eric Lipton / New York Times:

Military Stopover at Scottish Airport Sometimes Includes a Stay at a Trump Resort — WASHINGTON — United States military personnel have occasionally stayed at the Trump Turnberry golf resort in Scotland while Defense Department planes stop over and refuel at the nearby airport …