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10:05 PM ET, August 23, 2020

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Washington Post:
Trump to announce emergency authorization of convalescent plasma as covid-19 treatment  —  The FDA action will be highlighted at a news conference later Sunday afternoon.  —  On the eve of the Republican National Convention where President Trump hopes to revive his flagging political fortunes …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek  —  Welcome to Sneak Peek, our weekly look ahead from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, plus our best scoops.  —  Today's newsletter is 1,845 words, a 7-minute read.  —  1 big thing: GOP convention is a Trumpian production  —  This week's Republican National Convention …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:   Trump echoes Peter Navarro's “deep state” rhetoric about the FDA
Associated Press:
Trump pushes for COVID-19 treatments, claims slowdown at FDA
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: Jared Kushner's Private Channel With Putin's Money Man  —  DIRECT LINE  —  More than a dozen Trump administration officials, current and former, described a clandestine relationship between Jared Kushner and the CEO of a Kremlin sovereign wealth fund.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Zeynep Tufekci Keeps Getting the Big Things Right  —  Ms. Tufekci, a computer programmer who became a sociologist, sounded an early alarm on the need for protective masks.  It wasn't the first time she was right about something big.  —  When the Centers for Disease Control …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The Republican convention will be The Trump Show from start to finish  —  This week's Republican National Convention will be The Trump Show from start to finish, aiming for ratings-juicing stunts, attention-grabbing speeches from MAGA stars, and executive power as performance art, people familiar with the plans tell Axios.
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Amy Davidson Sorkin / New Yorker:
Did the Democratic National Convention Go Too Smoothly?
Discussion: ABC News, Axios, The Hill and The US Sun
ABC News:
Police arrest 5 during RNC protests in Charlotte
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Washington Post:
Trump's family members, conservative allies dominate GOP convention lineup
David Bauder / Associated Press:
‘Hoax’ book reveals extent of internal unease at Fox  —  FILE - This combination of photo shows, from left, Tucker Carlson, host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Laura Ingraham, host of “The Ingraham Angle,” and Sean Hannity, host of “Hannity” on Fox News.  Brian Stelter, who wrote “Hoax …
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David Enrich / New York Times:   The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump is 'Fox's Frankenstein,' insiders told CNN's Brian Stelter — and here's the toll it's taken
CBS News:
Republicans see U.S. as better off now than 4 years ago ahead of convention — Battleground Tracker poll  —  It was mostly Democrats who watched last week's convention, and they liked what they saw.  Now, as the Republicans begin theirs, we find a Republican Party whose voters not only hold …
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Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:   GOP Voters Say Economy, Covid-19 Response Good in CBS Poll
Financial Times:
Trump considers fast-tracking UK Covid-19 vaccine before US election  —  FDA could use emergency authorisation rules despite fears over high-profile resignations due to safety concerns  —  The Trump administration is considering bypassing normal US regulatory standards to fast-track …
Discussion: Slate, CNBC and Bloomberg
Ali Harb in / Middle East Eye:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden aides apologise privately over attack on Linda Sarsour  —  In a private call with community activists, a recording of which was obtained by MEE, Biden campaign officials said statements against Sarsour were an ‘egregious misstep’  —  Top aides to presidential candidate Joe Biden …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington's Fears About TikTok  —  Social-media tycoon emphasized threat from Chinese internet companies as he worked to fend off U.S. regulation of Facebook  —  When Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg delivered a speech about freedom of expression …
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Arielle Mitropoulos / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir on raising taxes: ‘No new taxes’ for anyone making less than $400,000  —  Biden: ‘No new taxes’ will be raised for anyone making under $400K  —  In the first joint interview with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris …
Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill and Townhall
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Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir on Trump's attacks on mental fitness: ‘Watch me, Mr. President’
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Trump Campaign Sr. Advisor Jason Miller potentially facing criminal contempt of court charges  —  The Trump campaign's senior advisor and top national spokesman is facing a hearing in which a Florida judge will decide about the appointment of a special prosecutor to pursue criminal contempt of court charges against him.
Discussion: Mediaite
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Twitter flags Trump tweet about mail drop boxes for violating election rules  —  Twitter flagged a tweet by President Trump on Sunday that claimed, without evidence, that mail drop boxes are a “voter security disaster” and are “not Covid sanitized.”  —  Driving the news: “We placed …
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries.  That could make the difference in battleground states this fall.  —  More than 540,000 mail ballots were rejected during primaries across 23 states this year — nearly a quarter in key battlegrounds for the fall …
Discussion: NPR
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
QAnon giving America a scary look at what a ‘Biden resistance’ would look like in 2021  —  It took up 30 seconds Saturday night on the nightly news in Scranton — footage of maybe 20-30 white women (the kind our president likes to call “Suburban Housewives") and their kids marching through …
Washington Post:
Debt, eviction and hunger: Millions fall back into crisis as stimulus and safety nets vanish  —  Without federal aid to stave off the impact of the pandemic and economic recession, households that were already on the margins are now being pushed to the brink of financial ruin.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Ohio, a Father and Stepdaughter Show the Political Shifts in the Trump Era  —  He's a union worker and former Democrat now solidly behind President Trump.  She's a onetime Republican now worried about her sons growing up in the Trump era.  Family get-togethers can be difficult.
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
We're doing our best with Zoom.  But we'll still need offices — and each other.  —  It's been more than five months since any of us who edit, produce or write for this Opinions section worked in the same room together.  Hopefully you, dear reader, have noticed no ill effects.
Donald J. Trump for President:
Trump Campaign Announces President Trump's 2nd Term Agenda: Fighting for You!  —  Building on the incredible achievements of President Donald J. Trump's first term in office, the President's re-election campaign today released a set of core priorities for a second term under the banner of “Fighting for You!”
 
 
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USA Today:
The threat to Postal Service is a threat to US values. Harmful changes must be reversed: Ex-official
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Access Denied: Trying to report from a covid convention and angry protests
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
In Portland, a Prosecutor Must Decide: Which Protesters Should Go to Jail?
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Former Lt. Gov. John H. Hager dies
The Tennessean:
Pastor Greg Locke's Mt. Juliet church vandalized ahead of Roger Stone appearance
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Billions in Hospital Virus Aid Rested on Compliance With Private Vendor
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The first job of a Biden administration: Getting to, and telling, the truth
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Full Mark Warner: Intelligence community should ‘lay out more of the facts’ on election interference
 Earlier Items: 
Billy Witz / New York Times:
Doctors Enter College Football's Politics, but Maybe Just for Show
Sarah Mucha / CNN:
Biden's campaign to run ad seizing on Trump's Goodyear comments
New York Times:
Virgin Islands Will Subpoena Billionaire Investor in Epstein Case
Discussion: Forbes
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alex Morse Was Accused, Condemned and Then Vindicated. Will His Experience Change Anything?
Sara Sidner / CNN:
The US Senate candidate who took a QAnon pledge
 

 
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Financial Times:
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Ming-Chi Kuo:
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