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12:05 PM ET, September 8, 2019

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CBS News:
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
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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 …
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
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
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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 …
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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.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   ‘Fake peace plan!’:  CNN conservative rains hell on Trump for publicity stunt Taliban meeting announcement
Cara Anna / Associated Press:
AP Explains: How Trump upended US-Taliban peace talks
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
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 …
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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.
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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
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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”.
Zosia Wanat / Politico:
French minister: EU won't grant UK Brexit delay as things stand
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
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New York Times:
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Guy Lodge / Variety:
‘Joker’ Wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, Roman Polanski Takes Runner-Up Prize
Discussion: twitchy.com
John Bowden / The Hill:
Gabbard: Impeachment would only tear US apart
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:
Immigration agents arrest Houston father and community activist lauded by the city after he invited ICE to a town hall
Source Politics:
Lindsey Graham jets off to Europe as Hurricane Dorian batters his state of South Carolina
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Stout / BostonGlobe.com:
Suffolk/Globe poll finds Kennedy leading Markey in possible Senate primary matchup
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Is China Trying to Elect a Democrat?
New York Times:
Director of M.I.T.'s Media Lab Resigns After Outcry Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Robert Mueller helped Saudi Arabia cover up its role in 9/11 attacks: suit
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
New York Times:
Checking In at Trump Hotels, for Kinship (and Maybe Some Sway)
 

 
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OpenAI:
OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation

Zachary Small / New York Times:
Video game executives say making cinematic games is getting so expensive and time-consuming that investing in graphics is providing diminished financial returns

Bloomberg:
Montenegro says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to the US, potentially ending a standoff over competing demands by the US and South Korea
 
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