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Washington Post:
Americans of both parties overwhelmingly support ‘red flag’ laws, expanded background checks for gun buyers, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds — Americans across party and demographic lines overwhelmingly support expanded background checks for gun buyers and allowing law enforcement …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Democrats to Broaden Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump to Corruption Accusations — WASHINGTON — House Democrats return to Washington this week poised to significantly broaden their nascent impeachment inquiry into President Trump beyond the findings of the Russia investigation, but they will confront a fast-dwindling political clock.
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Slate and POLITICUSUSA
Gary Langer / ABC News:
6 in 10 fear a mass shooting; most think gun laws can help: POLL — With six in 10 worried about a mass shooting in their community, Americans by a 17-point margin express confidence that stricter gun control laws would reduce such incidents, and even more endorse improved mental health monitoring and treatment to that end.
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Democrats Plan Vote to Formalize Procedures for Impeachment Investigation
Democrats Plan Vote to Formalize Procedures for Impeachment Investigation
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CNSNews, New York Post and Fox News
New York Times:
How Trump's Plan to Secretly Meet With the Taliban Came Together, and Fell Apart — WASHINGTON — On the Friday before Labor Day, President Trump gathered top advisers in the Situation Room to consider what could be among the profound decisions of his presidency — a peace plan with the Taliban …
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Washington Post, The Week, The American Conservative, Mother Jones and Informed Comment
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
He Who Must Not Be Tolerated — Joi Ito's fall from grace for his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was much deserved. But his style of corner-cutting ethics is all too common in tech. — Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer. — Voldemort?
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Axios, Fortune, Financial Times and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »
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Lessig / Medium:
On Joi and MIT — A couple of weeks ago, I signed a petition (the site has since been taken down, but you can see it at archive.org) expressing my support for Joi Ito. Not unexpectedly, that signing produced anger and outrage among many, and among some of my friends.
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Air Force leaders order probe of Trump resort stays — The U.S. Air Force has ordered a world-wide review of how it chooses overnight accommodations on long flights following revelations that air crews had occasionally stayed at President Donald Trump's Scotland resort while refueling at a small commercial airport nearby.
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The Week, Raw Story, U.S. Political News …, Axios, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, TheBlaze, BizPac Review, Talking Points Memo, Press Herald and CNN
Lydia O'Connor / U.S. Political News …:
Donald Trump To Attend GOP Retreat In Baltimore, City He Called ‘Disgusting’ — The president is scheduled to speak at the House Republican Conference retreat this week despite his previous insults. — President Donald Trump will attend a Republican retreat in Baltimore …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump heads to N.C. for House special election — and 2020 test run — Tuesday's congressional election features a stark suburban-rural divide, one of the hallmarks of the Trump era. — WEDDINGTON, N.C. — The last, lingering piece of the 2018 election is about to preview …
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Trent Spiner / Politico:
Internal Kamala Harris document acknowledges ‘Summer Slump’ — MANCHESTER, N.H. — A briefing memo accidentally left behind at a restaurant here showed Kamala Harris' staff expected her to be grilled on her lack of presence in the state as well as her campaign's “summer slump.”
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Political Wire
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Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris's new criminal justice plan looks to overhaul the system — Sen. Kamala D. Harris (Calif.) is building her Democratic presidential campaign, in large part, around her experience as a prosecutor, a job she regularly tells voters she took to help improve what she viewed as a broken and biased system from the inside.
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Politico
Politico:
'It's a deceptive lead': Why Biden's rivals are planning around his big collapse — Most rivals have some variation of ‘when Biden fails’ written into their campaign plans. — He continues to outdistance the rest of the Democratic primary field in most polls.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Warren gains, Harris slips — and the room for movement is vast
Warren gains, Harris slips — and the room for movement is vast
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Washington Post, CBS News, Slate, twitchy.com, CNN, New York Post and Politico
Susan Faludi / New York Times:
‘She Said’ Recounts How Two Times Reporters Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story — SHE SAID — Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement — Tell the truth: Do you really need to hear more about Harvey Weinstein? The open bathrobe, the hotel hot tubs …
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite, NPR, Washington Post, Page Six and Althouse, more at Mediagazer »
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Kate Aurthur / Variety:
Rose McGowan Wants Lisa Bloom Disbarred
Rose McGowan Wants Lisa Bloom Disbarred
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U.S. Political News …, The Independent, Page Six and The Wrap
Eileen Ng / Associated Press:
Hong Kong tells US to stay out; students form protest chains — HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of students formed human chains outside schools across Hong Kong on Monday to show solidarity to push for democratic reforms after violent weekend clashes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
In photos: Students form protest chains around Hong Kong as authorities issue warning to U.S.
In photos: Students form protest chains around Hong Kong as authorities issue warning to U.S.
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Victory Girls Blog, Xinhua News Agency and One America News Network
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
No sign of Trump's hurricane here in Alabama — MOBILE, Ala. — The city stands. — The grocery stores are fully stocked, the Home Depot has no lack of generators, tarps and plywood, and it's business as usual at the Waffle Houses. — Boaters on the Mobile River have been urged to caution …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Trump Raids Funds Meant to Deter Russia to Pay for His Wall — National security experts believe it could be a gut punch to U.S. diplomatic and security interests in a part of the world that's been a sore spot for the president: Europe. — The Trump administration's move to divert billions …
Brandon Ambrosino / Politico:
'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth': Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence — More than two dozen current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world. … At Liberty University …
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
Train wreck Britain still shows America a thing or 2 about political courage, cowardice — Who would ever want to live in this train wreck of a Western democracy? The government is led by an utter buffoon — an oversize clown with yellow hair blowing every which way who can't utter …
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Politico
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Inside the Democrats' massive trove of Trump 2020 opposition research — The DNC research team has mined thousands of lawsuits from nearly 50 states as part of a massive new trove on President Trump that will be weaponized through pols and reporters in key battlegrounds.