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Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
McCollister endorses Biden, invites other Nebraska Republicans to join  —  Sen. John McCollister of Omaha said Friday he's joining a number of fellow Republicans in deciding to formally endorse Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in his bid to unseat Republican President Donald Trump.
Discussion: AFP
CNN:
Democrats to stage week of counterprogramming to Republican convention
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
Insights - Nielsen:
Media Advisory: Fourth Night of 2020 Democratic National Convention Draws 24.6 Million Viewers
CNN:
Appeals court sets September 1 hearing on deadline for Trump's financial records subpoena  —  (CNN)A federal appeals court denied President Donald Trump's attempt to halt the enforcement of a subpoena for his financial records but at the same time set a rapid schedule for oral arguments in the case …
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NBC News:
Trump files emergency motion to block release of his tax returns … President Donald Trump's battle with Manhattan prosecutors entered a new phase Friday as lawyers for the president filed an emergency motion with an appeals court to stop the release of his tax returns.
Jacqueline Thomsen / LAW.com:   SDNY Judge Rejects Trump's Objections to Manhattan Grand Jury Subpoena Seeking Financial Records
The Daily Beast:
National Enquirer Chief David Pecker Out After AMI Merger  —  The tabloid king has been dethroned as the financially troubled American Media Inc. merges with a company that markets face masks and vitamin supplements.  —  American Media Inc.'s longtime chairman and chief executive David Pecker …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
National Enquirer Chief David Pecker Loses Top Job in Company Merger  —  As the longtime media executive moves to an adviser role, American Media, the parent of The National Enquirer, has been renamed A360Media as part of a planned merger with a logistics company.
Associated Press:
David Pecker out as CEO of National Enquirer parent company
Discussion: PR Newswire and The Hill
Financial Times:
Alexei Navalny given all clear to be evacuated from Russia  —  Alexei Navalny is set to be airlifted to Germany for specialist medical treatment as Russia's most prominent critic of the Kremlin remains in a coma after a suspected poisoning.  —  The decision to allow for his evacuation …
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Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
The world must pay attention to the suspected poisoning of Alexei Navalny. My own case shows why.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Army Special Forces Officer Charged in Russian Espionage Conspiracy  —  Former Green Beret Allegedly Conspired to Provide National Defense Information to Russian Intelligence  —  A Gainesville, Virginia, man was arrested today for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives …
Discussion: Just The News
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Washington Post:
Ex-CIA director John Brennan questioned for 8 hours in U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe, a Brennan adviser says  —  Former CIA director John Brennan was interviewed for eight hours Friday by the federal prosecutor specially assigned by Attorney General William P. Barr to review …
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and Twitchy
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Gets Hope Hicks' Financials  —  Late on Friday, CREW received Hope Hicks' financial disclosure forms filed when she reentered the Trump administration.  The forms show that her time away from the White House was lucrative for the once and future senior Trump aide.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016  —  In a private meeting inside Trump Tower days before his inauguration, Donald Trump told a group of civil rights leaders something most Republicans wouldn't dare publicly acknowledge: lower turnout among Black voters did …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Mediaite
John Verhovek / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir: ‘I would shut [country] down’ to prevent spread of COVID-19 if scientists recommended  —  Biden, Harris' first joint interview airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” …
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Averi Harper / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's Robin Roberts: 'I don't want to defund' the police, but Trump does
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and Breitbart
Luke Barr / ABC News:
Trump says he wants police at polling sites. Experts say that's unlawful.
Discussion: The US Sun and Washington Post
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Kanye West's Presidential Campaign Is Both Proceeding and Unraveling  —  The last 48 hours have presented a series of new challenges for Kanye West's haphazard campaign for president.  —  In a span of two days, West was booted from the ballot in five states: Illinois, Montana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
CNN:
Kris Kobach claimed he spoke with ‘enthusiastic’ Trump three times about border wall project at center of fraud investigation  —  (CNN)Donald Trump ally Kris Kobach said in an interview last year that he had spoken with the President three times about the private border wall project …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Joe Biden, America's Un-Trump  —  For the Democratic nominee, the 2020 election has always been all about the President.  —  For Joe Biden, the 2020 election has always been about Donald Trump—his outrages and lies, his attacks on the very foundations of American democracy.
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Harmeet Kaur / CNN:
Covid-19 cases tied to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota have reached across state lines  —  (CNN)Coronavirus cases linked to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota last week have now reached across state lines to Nebraska, public health officials said.
Discussion: The Hill
Michael Casagrande / al.com:
New restrictions coming to Alabama campus, Greek houses amid ‘significant’ COVID increase  —  University of Alabama Fall 2020 First Day  —  Changes are coming to the University of Alabama COVID-19 plan three days into the new semester.  —  The school on Friday announced a moratorium …
Redfield & Wilton Strategies:
Latest US Swing States Voting Intention (16-19 August)  —  Share our research:  —  The latest US swing states poll by Redfield & Wilton Strategies finds that Joe Biden is ahead of Donald Trump in five out of six swing states.  Nonetheless, for the first time since we started polling …
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
The postmaster general just robbed Democrats of their dumb Postal Service mystery  —  Congressional Republicans can always be counted on to screw something up — they're easily intimidated by what the national media will say about them — but credit to the GOP-led Senate Homeland Security Committee …
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NBC News:
QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags  —  On the second Saturday of August, about 100 protestors gathered at the “Big Red Wagon,” a well-known attraction in downtown Spokane, Washington.  Men, women and children marched through the streets chanting, “Save the children.”
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Brayden Harrington says DNC appearance boosted his confidence, wants to help others who stutter  —  Brayden Harrington, the teen who shared his story on the final night of the Democratic National Convention about how Joe Biden helped him with his stutter, told NBC News Friday it has boosted …
KASW-TV:
McSally asks supporters to ‘fast a meal’ so they can donate to her campaign  —  In an audio clip, Sen. Martha McSally asked supporters to “fast a meal” so they can donate to her campaign but her people said it was just a joke.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacqueline Thomsen / LAW.com:
After Admitting to False Statements in Court, Trump DOJ Agrees to $200K Settlement With Arnold & Porter  —  Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge last month that officials made “inaccurate or misleading statements” in defending a ban on New Yorkers from certain DHS programs.
 
 
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
‘Severe inhumanity’: California prisons overwhelmed by Covid outbreaks and approaching fires
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“Unity” Event Canceled Due to Threats of Violence [Updated]
Discussion: Instapundit
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo sentenced to life without possibility of parole
Discussion: TMZ.com, Breitbart and ABC7
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Potential Challenges to a President's Attempt to Deploy Law Enforcement to the Polls on or Around Election Day
Washington Post:
Trump's suggestion of deploying law enforcement officials to monitor polls raises specter of voting intimidation
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Richard Hall / The Independent:
Carter Centre to launch first-ever US election initiative, citing ‘erosion’ of democracy
Stephen Lam / Reuters:
California battles 560 wildfires, university threatened
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Jolie McCullough / The Texas Tribune:
Texas put hundreds of hours into finding and arresting police brutality protesters. Lawyers call it a “witch hunt.”
Discussion: The Root
 

 
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