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9:25 AM ET, August 23, 2020

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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: CANNONFIRE and Mediaite
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.
Discussion: The Hill
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
An Apprentice producer and a TV-obsessed president: Inside the GOP's convention scramble  —  President Donald Trump had just pulled the plug on plans for an in-person convention bash in Jacksonville, Florida when a handful of his top political aides met in a conference room in suburban Washington, sitting in front of a blank whiteboard.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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
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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.
New York Times:
Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up
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: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Joe Biden faces new plagiarism claim over DNC acceptance speech  —  That's sloppy, Joe.  —  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden reprised his penchant for borrowing lines from other people's work this week — apparently relying a bit too heavily on the words of a deceased Canuck party leader during …
Discussion: The Post Millennial
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USA Today:   DNC: On racial equality, Joe Biden made the problem clear. Is he ready to do the work?
Carrie Sheffield / Just The News:   Joe Biden's mysteriously disappearing “Dislikes” on YouTube
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir on Trump's attacks on mental fitness: ‘Watch me, Mr. President’  —  Biden, Harris' first joint interviews air tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden tackled questions about his age in an exclusive interview with “World News Tonight” …
New York Times:
Threatened by Facebook Disinformation, a Monk Flees Cambodia  —  A smear campaign linked to the Cambodian government went viral on the social media platform, sending an activist Buddhist cleric into exile to protect himself.  —  BANGKOK — In just four days, the reputation of a Buddhist monk …
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Biden enjoys post-convention bump in favorability: POLL  —  Biden's favorability ticked up from 40% just over a week ago to 45%.  —  LIVE NOW  —  The Democratic National Convention, which attracted a smaller audience compared to last cycle, still delivered a favorability boost …
Discussion: The Hill
NBC News:
Go to map  —  Source: NBC News Decision Desk and NBC News Data Graphics.  Information was collected by contacting state and local election officials, monitoring official websites, executive orders from governors, announcements from government officials and secretaries of state offices.
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: Wall Street Journal and Axios
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Win or Lose, Trump Will Hold Power Over the G.O.P.  —  But what Republicans learn from the Trump era will make all the difference.  —  It must pain Donald Trump, deep down in his showman's soul, to have had his convention taken away from him.  The arguable peak of his presidency …
Discussion: Associated Press and CNN
Danika Fears / The Daily Beast:
AG Barr Asked Rupert Murdoch to ‘Muzzle’ Fox News' Judge Napolitano for Criticizing Trump: Book  —  ‘INCENSED’  —  At Donald Trump's behest, Attorney General William Barr asked Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano after he began criticizing the president on air, according to a new book.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Seth Cohen / Forbes:
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Harry Enten / CNN:
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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