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7:35 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, Mediaite and The Hill
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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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 …
Axios:
House passes bill to reverse U.S. Postal Service changes  —  The House voted 257-150 on Saturday to give the U.S. Postal Service $25 billion and reverse operational changes made during widespread mail delays.  26 Republicans supported the measure, but the bill is unlikely to move forward after a White House veto threat.
New York Times:
Congress Votes to Block U.S.P.S. Changes  —  The Democratic bill would send $25 billion to the Postal Service and reverse changes that have slowed service until after November's election.  —  WASHINGTON — The House interrupted its summer recess on Saturday for a rare weekend session …
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:
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.
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 and The Hill
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
Harry Enten / CNN:
Young voters prefer Biden, but they may not vote  —  (CNN)There is good news for former Vice President Joe Biden when it comes to younger voters.  He's no longer underperforming where Hillary Clinton ended up in the final 2016 polls.  —  The big question coming out of the Democratic National Convention …
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Carrie Sheffield / Just The News:   Joe Biden's mysteriously disappearing “Dislikes” on YouTube
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
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
NBC News:
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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:
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Seth Cohen / Forbes:
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 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump looks to Republican convention for campaign reboot
New York Times:
Another Putin Critic Apparently Poisoned
Discussion: Forbes
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Judge orders Trump to pay legal fees to Stormy Daniels
 

 
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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

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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