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11:30 PM ET, August 22, 2020

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Daniel Cassady / Forbes:
Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines  —  Postal workers in Washington State have reinstalled high-speed mail sorting machines—dismantled after controversial orders from the U.S. Postal Service— despite USPS orders not to put machines back in use.  —  KEY FACTS
Discussion: Rolling Stone and The Hill
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New York Times:
Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up  —  At President Trump's behest, the Treasury Secretary sought out appointees who would restructure the United States Postal Service.  —  WASHINGTON — In early February, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin invited two Republican members …
House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
New Postal Service Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worse Than Postal Service Has Acknowledged  —  Internal “PMG Briefing” Shows Alarming Delays Across the Board— First-Class, Marketing, Periodicals, and Priority Mail  —  “After being confronted on Friday with first-hand reports …
Washington Post:
How Trump, Mnuchin and DeJoy edged the Postal Service into a crisis  —  Soon after Louis DeJoy arrived at the U.S. Postal Service's L'Enfant Plaza headquarters in mid-June, Mark Dimondstein, the veteran leader of the agency's largest union, called to get on the new postmaster general's schedule.
Washington Post:
House passes bill to boost U.S. Postal Service amid Trump attacks
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Column: DeJoy's appointment as postmaster general looks even more dishonest than you thought
Discussion: Forbes and BillMoyers.com
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
In secretly recorded audio, President Trump's sister says he has ‘no principles’ and 'you can't trust him'  —  Maryanne Trump Barry was serving as a federal judge when she heard her brother, President Trump, suggest on Fox News, “maybe I'll have to put her at the border” amid a wave of refugees entering the United States.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
President's Sister Describes Trump as Liar With ‘No Principles’ in Recordings  —  In a series of recordings published by The Washington Post, Maryanne Trump Barry can be heard disparaging her brother's performance as president.  —  WASHINGTON — Maryanne Trump Barry, President Trump's older sister …
Discussion: Boston.com
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
William Barr told Murdoch to ‘muzzle’ Fox News Trump critic, new book says  —  The attorney general, William Barr, told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a prominent Fox News personality who became a critic of Donald Trump, according to a new book about the rightwing TV network.
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Danika Fears / The Daily Beast:
AG Barr Asked Rupert Murdoch to ‘Muzzle’ Fox News' Judge Napolitano for Criticizing Trump: Book
Discussion: The Guardian
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Gets No Immediate Convention Bounce, but Still Leads Trump  —  Democratic nominee earns best favorability ratings yet in post-DNC poll  — In a post-convention poll, former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 9 points among likely voters, compared with an 8-point margin earlier in the week.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Young voters prefer Biden, but they may not vote
Discussion: Mashable and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Carrie Sheffield / Just The News:   Joe Biden's mysteriously disappearing “Dislikes” on YouTube
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns
New York Times:
Republicans Rush to Finalize Convention ('Apprentice' Producers Are Helping)  —  The party is promising a more traditional in-person spectacle with President Trump speaking every night.  Coming into this weekend, producers at the major TV networks had only a foggy idea of what to expect.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:   An Apprentice producer and a TV-obsessed president: Inside the GOP's convention scramble
Politico:
Trump set to block controversial Alaska gold mine  —  The Trump administration is planning to block the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska early next week, six people familiar with the plans told POLITICO, marking a surprise reversal that could be the death knell for the massive copper and gold project.
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Washington Post:
Trump administration to pause permit for Alaska's Pebble Mine on Monday
Discussion: Axios and Wall Street Journal
Seth Cohen / Forbes:
The Real Reason Alyssa Milano Attracts Such Fierce Animosity From The Right  —  If you spend time reading or listening to conservative media outlets these days, you would think that the United States faces a far greater threat than Covid-19, global warming, racial injustice, or economic inequality.
Joe Mario Pedersen / Orlando Sentinel:
Once in a lifetime: two hurricanes, same time, same place  —  As if the 2020 hurricane season needed another reason to be remembered, meteorologists are now predicting two hurricanes may hit near the same location at about the same time.  —  The phenomenon is one that has never been recorded before …
Discussion: Twitchy
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Portland police stand by as Proud Boys and far-right militias flash guns and brawl with antifa counterprotesters  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — On Saturday afternoon, a large crowd of more than 100 far-right activists, including Proud Boys and armed militia members, descended on Portland, Ore. …
Discussion: The US Sun, New York Times and Twitchy
Mary Papenfuss / Yahoo News:
Trump Told Homeland Security To Take Its Orders From Lou Dobbs, Former Official Says  —  Donald Trump told officials from the Department of Homeland Security to get their marching orders by listening to Fox Business host  —  Lou Dobbs “every night,” former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor told Anderson Cooper on Friday.
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Trump looks to Republican convention for campaign reboot  —  Republicans will open their national convention Monday with an urgent mission: To convince voters pessimistic about the state of a country battered by the novel coronavirus, economic recession and racial upheaval that President Trump deserves four more years at the helm.
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Tennessee governor signs bill increasing punishments for certain protests  —  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) quietly signed a bill into law ramping up punishments for certain kinds of protests, including losing the right to vote.  —  The GOP-controlled state General Assembly passed the measure …
Discussion: Fox News and Townhall
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Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
Switzerland may ban terrorist organization Hezbollah  —  A full ban of Hezbollah's activities Switzerland would mean that the Lebanese organization's symbols would be banned and its bank accounts and assets seized and frozen within Swiss territory.  —  The central European country Switzerland …
Dan Evon / Snopes.com:
Did Democrats Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance?  —  Claim  —  The Democratic National Convention omitted the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in 2020.  —  Rating  —  What's True  —  The phrase “under God” was omitted from at least two recitations of the Pledge …
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Lafayette police fire 11 rounds, kill Black man after tasing him in disturbance call
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Hill
Kirk Nielsen / Washington Post:
I mailed my ballot in on time. Florida tossed it. 2020 will be much worse.
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
How the NXIVM Sex Cult Defended Trump from Media Attacks
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: USPS battle hits House floor
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump is leading Republicans to an unwanted record in the popular vote
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Pam Fessler / NPR:
More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016
Thomas Barrabi / Fox Business:
Navy SEAL banned by Delta over mask flap wants meeting with CEO
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
A Glimmer of Hope for Trump? How Bush Mounted a Comeback in 1988
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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