memeorandum: Pence reinvents Trump's presidency on a disorienting night of crises (CNN)

7:36 AM ET, August 27, 2020

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The Kenosha Shooting Suspect Was In The Front Row Of A Trump Rally In January — The law-enforcement obsessed 17-year-old who was charged with shooting and killing two people and injuring another in Kenosha during protests for Jacob Blake appeared in the front row at a Donald Trump rally in January.

New York Times:

Tracking the Suspect in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings — Footage appears to show a teenager shooting three people during protests in Wisconsin. We tracked his movements that night. — A teenager who walked among protesters in Kenosha, Wis., carrying a military-style semi-automatic rifle …

Discussion: NPR, ABC7, The Daily Caller and NBC Chicago

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Facebook chose not to act on militia complaints before Kenosha shooting — Multiple users reported the account for inciting violence, but were told it did not violate platform policy — In the wake of an apparent double murder Tuesday night in Kenosha, Facebook has faced a wave of scrutiny …

Discussion: Vox, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Reuters, TechCrunch, Reason, Daily Kos, The Mahablog and jsonline, more at Techmeme »

New York Times:

How Chaos in Kenosha Is Already Swaying Some Voters in Wisconsin — As residents see fires and looting, some worry that local Democratic leaders are failing to keep control of the situation. — John Geraghty, a 41-year-old worker in a tractor factory, has barely paid attention to the presidential race or the conventions.

Discussion: Politico, Al Jazeera, Chicago Sun-Times and Breitbart

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
An inescapable echo between Trump's campaign rhetoric and the deaths of protesters in Kenosha

Discussion: Associated Press, The Nation and Bloomberg

jsonline:
Kyle Rittenhouse, charged in Kenosha protest homicides, considered himself militia

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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Kenosha gunman Kyle Rittenhouse arrested for murder after cops let him flee out of state

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Haven Orecchio-Egresitz / INSIDER:
Kyle Rittenhouse — the teen charged with murder after shooting 3 Kenosha protesters with an AR-15 — was obsessed with Blue Lives Matter and appeared ‘on edge’ before shots rang out

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

3 takeaways from the third night of the Republican National Convention — The Republican National Convention held its third of four prime-time sessions on Wednesday night, with Vice President Pence headlining and a younger generation of lesser-known Republicans featured on the undercard.

Discussion: National Review, Breitbart, The Wrap, The Week and Reuters

Quint Forgey / Politico:

Kellyanne Conway: Hurricane adds uncertainty to Trump speech — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway suggested Wednesday that President Donald Trump might postpone his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention due to concerns about Hurricane Laura's potentially devastating impact on the Gulf Coast.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, The Hill and One America News Network

CNN:
Pence reinvents Trump's presidency on a disorienting night of crises

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Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Pence addresses Kenosha in RNC speech: “The violence must stop”

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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Kristi Noem says ‘Democrat-run cities’ are being ‘overrun by violent mobs’

Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill

Axios:
25-year-old GOP candidate: “In times of peril, young people saved this country”

Discussion: Breitbart, New York Post, The Hill and The Daily Beast

Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
RNC speech serves as farewell address for Kellyanne Conway

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Breitbart, ABC30, Fox News and Politico

Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Pence accepts VP nomination, warns voters 'you won't be safe in Joe Biden's America'

Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times, Politico, Washington Post, ABC30, Al Jazeera, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, NPR and Washington Times

CBS News:
Pence hits Biden and makes case for Trump on third night of RNC

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Axios:
Kayleigh McEnany shares personal story at RNC about preventative mastectomy

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst blasts Biden-Harris ticket during GOP convention for being ‘hostile to farmers’

Discussion: Associated Press, Breitbart, The Hill, Reuters and Commentary Magazine

Wall Street Journal:

Immigrants in Trump-Led Ceremony Didn't Know They Would Appear at RNC — Two women say they didn't mind being featured as they became citizens; critics accuse president of using them, politicizing government functions — Sudha Narayanan and Neimat Awadelseid looked forward to Tuesday …

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Jose Del Real / Washington Post:
Woman who became a citizen on TV did not know she would be part of Republican National Convention

Discussion: Reuters and The Hill

Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post: The Republican convention is paving a path for White voters to again choose Trump

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Trump calls for drug tests before Biden debate — President Trump says he will call for drug tests for both former Vice President Joe Biden and himself before the first candidates' debate on Sept. 29. In an Oval Office interview Wednesday, the president expressed suspicion at what he said was a sudden …

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Anita Kumar / Politico:

Don Jr. robocall urges supporters to vote by mail — Donald Trump Jr. is urging voters to cast absentee ballots in robocalls detected across the nation Wednesday — even as his father continues to rail against widespread mail-in voting. — The robocalls, which reference …

Discussion: Stop robocalls …, Breitbart, The Hill and Political Wire

Axios:

Trump's former spy chief: Being called a “nationalist” is not an insult — Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell praised President Trump in his Republican National Convention speech for being a Washington “outsider” and scoffed at the “DC crowd” for thinking that being called a “nationalist” is an insult.

Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart

Michael Croley / New York Times:
Fact-Checking Night 3 of the Republican National Convention

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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Richard Grenell claims he watched Trump ‘charm’ Germany's Angela Merkel

Discussion: Washington Blade and ABC News

Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Pence national security adviser Keith Kellogg: “Trump is no hawk”

Discussion: Breitbart

Financial Times:

TikTok chief Kevin Mayer quits after Trump threatens to ban app — Former Disney executive resigns just months after appointment by Chinese video platform — Kevin Mayer has quit TikTok just months after becoming chief executive of the Chinese video app accused by the Trump administration …

Discussion: Variety, Associated Press, The Verge, Deadline, CNBC, The Week and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

TikTok Chief Executive Kevin Mayer Resigns — Less than four months after joining the video app, Mr. Mayer said he was leaving. TikTok has been under pressure from the Trump administration. — SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Mayer, the chief executive of Chinese-owned video app TikTok …

Discussion: NPR, The Wrap and TechCrunch

Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:

Fauci says he was in surgery when task force discussed CDC testing guidelines — (CNN)White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was undergoing surgery and not part of the discussion during the August 20 task force meeting when updated US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines were discussed.

Discussion: Axios, Raw Story, Politico, Forbes, The Week, CNBC, Mediaite and Gizmodo

CNN:
CDC was pressured ‘from the top down’ to change coronavirus testing guidance, official says

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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Top U.S. Officials Instructed the C.D.C. to Change Testing Guidelines

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Alex Nitzberg / Just The News:

Wisconsin authorities say there was knife in Jacob Blake's vehicle — Blake admitted he had a knife in his possession, which was found in the driver's side floorboard, police say. — Jacob Blake, the man wounded by a police officer In Kenosha, Wis., on Sunday, had a knife in his car …

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Jason Whitlock / OutKick:
BLM 101: Career Politicians Who Created Systemic Unfairness Are Playing LeBron And His Disciples For Suckers

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Stephanie Winston Wolkoff / New York Magazine:

Melania Trump's Ex-BFF Tells (Almost) All An insider's account of falling out with the First Lady. — Excerpted from Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship With the First Lady, by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff — I'd heard Melania Trump speak before. But I'd never heard her sound like this.

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Turmoil consumes Chamber of Commerce as it backs Democrats — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is poised to endorse nearly two dozen freshmen House Democrats for reelection, triggering a revolt within the right-leaning organization and drawing fierce pushback from the group's powerful GOP donors.

Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News:

RNC Video Showing Rioters In “Biden's America” Is Actually Spain — On the first night of the Republican National Convention, the party aired a segment featuring Catalina and Madeline Lauf warning of dire consequences if Democratic candidate Joe Biden is elected president.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Giovanni Russonello / New York Times:

The Harsh Reality Behind Trump's Reality Show — Night 2 of the R.N.C. took a more conciliatory tone, in contradiction to his actual policies. … At the Democratic National Convention last week, former President Barack Obama accused his predecessor of treating his presidency like “one more reality show.”

Discussion: osc.gov

Doreen St. Félix / New Yorker: The Special Hypocrisy of Melania Trump's Speech at the Republican National Convention

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

Over 100 Ex-Staff Members for John McCain Endorse Joe Biden — The group endorsement of Mr. Biden is the latest effort from anti-Trump Republicans to lure conservatives and moderates away from the president, who often clashed with the former Arizona senator.