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12:40 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 …
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Tom Steyer Qualifies for October Debates, Bringing Field to 11  —  Mr. Steyer has made the cut for the Democratic presidential debates in October, though he will not be onstage this week.  Tulsi Gabbard is also close to securing a spot.  —  Tom Steyer, the billionaire and former hedge fund …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:   The One-Two Punch That Second-Tier Democrats Are Counting On
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
DNC Chair Perez defends stricter criteria for next Democratic primary debate
Discussion: Breitbart
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
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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Cara Anna / Associated Press:
AP Explains: How Trump upended US-Taliban peace talks  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — With a series of tweets, President Donald Trump has upended nearly a year of U.S.-Taliban negotiations on ending America's longest war.  He has “called off” the talks and asserted that a planned secret meeting between …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
CNN:
US still interested in Taliban peace deal, Pompeo says
Discussion: Bloomberg, Axios and Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump Says He's Called Off Negotiations With Taliban After Afghanistan Bombing
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   ‘Fake peace plan!’:  CNN conservative rains hell on Trump for publicity stunt Taliban meeting announcement
Politico:
Mike Pompeo: Peace talks with Taliban canceled ‘for the time being’
Discussion: Army Times and Breitbart
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
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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 …
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
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
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.
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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
Christopher Hooks / New York Times:   Something Strange Is Going On With All Those Retiring Texans
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 …
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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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
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.
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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Joe Mcdonald / Associated Press:
China's trade with US shrinks as tariff war worsens
Discussion: Axios
Jonathan Alter / The Daily Beast:
Yes, Democrats Should Impeach Trump — and Make Mitch McConnell Defend His Acquittal
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN, KTLA and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
End Legacy College Admissions
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
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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
Matt Stout / BostonGlobe.com:
Suffolk/Globe poll finds Kennedy leading Markey in possible Senate primary matchup
New York Times:
Director of M.I.T.'s Media Lab Resigns After Outcry Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
 

 
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the NFL's two Christmas Day games that streamed on Netflix averaged 24.2M US viewers, peaking at 27M for Beyoncé's Ravens-Texans halftime show

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

New York Times:
Sources: after Trump's election win, NPR is preparing for a variety of funding possibilities, including that government money will be clawed back immediately
 
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