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9:40 AM ET, August 26, 2020

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: ‘This is absolutely not how it works’  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  OK, SORRY ... WE KNOW the convention was Tuesday night, but this was too good to bury.  THE USPS is looking for a VP of government affairs and public policy.  It might be smart to poke around …
Discussion: New York Times, NPR and Politico
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Politico:
Trump shatters norms on second night of convention: Key moments  —  President Donald Trump staged a norm-busting show on the second night of the Republican National Convention, pardoning a convicted bank robber, hosting a naturalization ceremony, and providing a primetime platform to Americans …
Washington Post:
Focus on Trump's official White House actions as part of Republican convention programming raises Hatch Act concerns  —  The decision by the Republican National Convention to feature President Trump conducting official business inside the White House underscores how he is leveraging the powers …
CNN:
Melania Trump Rose Garden speech attendees not all required to get coronavirus tests  —  (CNN)Those who attended first lady Melania Trump's speech in the White House Rose Garden that capped the second night of the Republican National Convention were not required to get tested for coronavirus, a person who attended the speech told CNN.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Republicans revel in Trump's prime-time convention surprises  —  President Donald Trump trails former vice president Joe Biden in polls nationwide and in key battleground states.  The majority of Americans say they dislike the president and believe the country is on the wrong track.
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Melania Trump goes where other Republicans won't in convention address  —  Melania Trump pushed for racial unity during her keynote on the second night of the Republican National Convention, offering a far more conciliatory address than other speakers who used their lecterns to bombastically promote the president.
Karol Markowicz / Spectator USA:   The most memorable RNC speakers are not the stars
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Melania Trump, Mike Pompeo and a Pardon: Takeaways From the RNC's Second Night
Discussion: Washington Post and Roll Call
Washington Post:
Two dead and one wounded in Kenosha shootings during Jacob Blake protests  —  KENOSHA, Wis. — Two people were killed and one was seriously wounded by gunfire late Tuesday at a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake Jr., Kenosha police said early Wednesday.
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Two Killed and One Injured on Third Night of Unrest in Kenosha, Wis.  —  The violence occurred early Wednesday during a confrontation between demonstrators and a group of men armed with guns as protests continued over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.  —  KENOSHA, Wis. …
jsonline:
2 shot dead and 1 injured in Kenosha during protests; police looking for man armed with a long gun  —  Kenosha Police said early Wednesday morning that two people had been shot and killed and a third injured during protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake; authorities were looking for a man armed with a long gun.
jsonline:
White House says Gov. Tony Evers turned down federal help to quell Kenosha disturbances  —  White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Tuesday night that Gov. Tony Evers turned down an offer of federal help from President Donald Trump to help quell the outbreak of violence in Kenosha.
NBC News:
2 dead, 1 injured, in Wisconsin protests over shooting of Jacob Blake
Discussion: Raw Story, Jacobin and NBC Los Angeles
Maya King / Politico:
Lindsey Graham questions why Jacob Blake 'didn't yield' in Wisconsin police shooting
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Axios:
How Trump could pull off another upset  —  It feels like August of 2016 all over again.  Polls show Donald Trump losing big.  Pundits proclaim he can't win.  Reporters sneer at Trump voters on Twitter and cable.  —  Why it matters: There are several signs that should give the Trump-is-toast self-assured pause.
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Raw Story
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Registered Foreign Agent Pam Bondi Says Biden Is Corrupt
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and NBC Connecticut
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
RNC Speaker Cancelled After Boosting QAnon Conspiracy Theory About Jewish Plot to Enslave the World  —  Mary Ann Mendoza, an “angel mom,” was set to speak on Tuesday night.  But then she took to Twitter to encourage followers to read a thread about the Rothschilds.
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Fredrick Kunkle / Washington Post:
Protesters target D.C. diners, triggering backlash after heckling woman  —  Lauren Victor refused to go along with raising her fist — although she supports the movement  —  A demonstration that began Monday evening in the District to protest the shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin wound …
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
The BLM Mob Doesn't Just Want You To Raise Your Fist, It Wants To Rule You
Skyler Swisher / Sun-Sentinel:
Congressman's old social media posts about sex with 15-year-old girls, rape surface in South Florida re-election fight  —  South Florida Congressman Brian Mast joked about rape and referenced sex with 15-year-old girls in old Facebook comments to a friend who is now his campaign manager.
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
Yale Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld Has Been Suspended for Sexual Harassment  —  On Monday morning, members of the Yale Law School faculty received a terse message from their provost informing them that Professor Jed Rubenfeld “will leave his position as a member of the YLS faculty for a two-year period …
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
They tried to get Trump to care about right-wing terrorism.  He ignored them.  —  Elizabeth Neumann spent March 13 and 14 of 2019 at a conference in the picturesque Spanish port city of Málaga.  The topic: terrorism.  Western leaders were deeply worried about the dangers foreign …
Discussion: Raw Story
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
A Dubious Pompeo Speech for an Empty Trump Foreign Policy  —  On the second night of the Republican National Convention, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is widely known in Washington to have his own Presidential ambitions, broke with long-standing diplomatic tradition and delivered …
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Katherine J. Wu / New York Times:
C.D.C. Now Says People Without Covid-19 Symptoms Do Not Need Testing  —  The revision prompted confusion and alarm from experts, who called the move “potentially dangerous.”  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly modified its coronavirus testing guidelines this week …
Discussion: KRON4 and KNSD-TV
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Aaron Coleman's Ex-Girlfriend Says He Slapped and Choked Her in the Past Year … When Taylor Passow first met Aaron Coleman last November, she was impressed by his drive and his passion for a better world.  “I had never been with somebody who seemed so focused on a career, and how he wanted to change the country.
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Fort Hood soldier likely found dead, attorney says, after disappearance, sexual assault claims  —  A soldier assigned to Fort Hood who was missing was likely found dead on Tuesday, his family's attorney said, adding to the toll of soldiers at the Texas installation who have vanished or died in recent months.
William Wan / Washington Post:
Natalie Harp said Trump saved her life.  Experts doubt that's true.  —  Under the bright lights of the Republican National Convention on Monday night, California entrepreneur Natalie Harp said President Trump literally saved her life.  —  “When I failed the chemotherapies that were on the market …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, IJR and Reason
 
 
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Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
Top Kerry Aide, Key Conduit for Steele Dossier, Once Worked for Russian Oligarch, as Did Its Author
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Charles Lipson / Spectator USA:
Playing with fire … Some conflicts begin with clear aims but morph into endless battles, the original motives forgotten.
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Trump uses Republican convention to try to rewrite coronavirus history, casting himself as lifesaving hero
Discussion: Daily Kos
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump is hosting the Greatest Reality Show on Earth
Discussion: Power Line
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Trump's Fights Are Their Fights. They Have His Back Unapologetically.
Discussion: Washington Post
Kamala D. Harris / Washington Post:
Voting is the best way to honor generations of women who paved the way for me
Discussion: NBC News, POLITICUSUSA and Axios
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
What happens to the Supreme Court (and the Constitution) if Trump wins
 Earlier Items: 
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's electoral vulnerabilities were visible in 2018, internal RNC report showed
Discussion: New York Magazine
Washington Post:
Jerry Falwell Jr. confirms he has resigned as head of Liberty University
William Saletan / Slate:
The Republican Coronavirus Strategy: Lie About Everything
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump Has Now Moved $2.3 Million Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Private Business
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK
 
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