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8:45 PM ET, August 28, 2020

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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
N.Y.C. Tenants Say They Were Tricked Into Appearing in R.N.C. Video  —  “I am not a Trump supporter,” one of the tenants said, adding that she was furious that her interview with a government official was used for the convention.  —  It started with an unexpected call last week from Lynne Patton …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Hill
Caleb Parke / Fox News:
Rand Paul calls for FBI arrests, investigation into ‘mob’ he believes ‘would have killed us,’ if not for police  —  ‘It was horrific,’ the GOP senator tells ‘Fox & Friends’  —  Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told “Fox & Friends” he believes he would have been killed if not for the police …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
21 states sue White House over rollback of bedrock environmental law  —  A coalition of 21 states sued the Trump administration Friday for rolling back what they say is a “rule that is, at its heart, the gutting” of America's bedrock environmental law.  —  The White House in July finalized …
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:   Trump's Republican National Convention Was a Spectacle Fit for a Would-Be King
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds gripe about wall backer's rants against prosecution
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Protesters confront Rand Paul outside White House after RNC
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
2 attendees, 2 RNC workers in Charlotte test positive for coronavirus, NC county says
New York Times:
Two P.R. Experts at F.D.A. Have Been Ousted After Blood Plasma Fiasco  —  The agency's chief spokeswoman, Emily Miller, was removed from her position just 11 days into the job.  —  Two senior public relations experts advising the Food and Drug Administration have been ousted from their positions …
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CNN:
FDA spokeswoman Emily Miller fired, sources say  —  (CNN)US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn has fired the agency's spokesperson Emily Miller one week after he announced her arrival at FDA, two sources confirmed to CNN.  —  She had only been on the job for a matter of days …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
New York Times:   Covid-19 Live Updates: 2 F.D.A. Public Relations Experts Are Fired After Plasma Fiasco
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
President Trump's acceptance speech draws 21.6 million TV viewers, trailing the audience for Biden  —  The final night of the Republican convention, which featured President Trump's acceptance speech from the White House South Lawn, had an average audience of 21.6 million viewers Thursday …
Discussion: Mercury News
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Biden hits Trump where it hurts: in the convention speech ratings  —  New York (CNN Business)President Trump's Thursday night convention speech making the case for his reelection was lower-rated than his challenger Joe Biden's speech one week ago, according to overnight Nielsen ratings.
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
RNC Ratings for Night 4, on Broadcast Networks Remains Low with Just 5 Million Viewers  —  Whatever Donald Trump and the Republicans were selling, broadcast Tv viewers weren't buying it.  —  The 4th night of the RNC brought in a steady 5 million people last night.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump campaign rakes in $76 million during Republican National Convention
Discussion: The Hill and Wall Street Journal
George Will / Washington Post:
Biden needs a Sister Souljah moment
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret Service copes with coronavirus cases in aftermath of Trump appearances  —  When President Trump gave a speech to a group of sheriffs in Tampa late last month, his decision to travel forced a large contingent of Secret Service agents to head to a state that was then battling one of the worst coronavirus surges in the nation.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Advisers: He Was ‘Triggered’ by Talk of White Supremacy  —  Two disaffected officials recount a president who simply didn't want to hear things he thought were bad for him.  —  Two former top Homeland Security officials in the Trump administration tell The Daily Beast …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“Melania Did.  Not.  Care”: In a Blistering New Book by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Melania Trump Sounds a Lot Like Her Husband  —  Wolkoff's book is remarkable both for its intimacy and for the sheer volume of receipts it contains.  It's also the first real look at what's under Melania Trump's hood …
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
The Trap The Democrats Walked Right Into  —  If law and order are what this election is about, they will lose it. … It finally happened.  We have lethal battles in the streets between the two tribes of our polarized politics.  This week, a 17-year-old man, Kyle Rittenhouse …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Althouse
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Top general says no role for military in presidential vote  —  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, July 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)
Anthony G. Attrino / New Jersey Online:
N.J. teen who held Black Lives Matter protest gets hit with $2,500 bill for police overtime  —  When Emily Gil learned of the lack of affordable housing in Englewood Cliffs — and the fact she believes Black residents are priced out of her Bergen County hometown — she felt an urgent need to enact change.
Discussion: Townhall, CBS New York, The Hill and ABC30
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
White Vigilantes Have Always Had A Friend In Police
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Employees Are Outraged At Mark Zuckerberg's Explanations Of How It Handled The Kenosha Violence  —  Frustrated Facebook employees slammed CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday during a companywide meeting, questioning his leadership and decision-making, following a week …
CNN:
Top Colorado RNC official spread conspiracy theories and made Islamophobic and sexist comments  —  (CNN)A recently installed Republican National Committee official for the state of Colorado has a history of spreading conspiracies and making sexist and Islamophobic comments.
Discussion: Political Wire
Donald J. Trump for President:
As the Vice President Lands in Duluth, Mayors From Historically Democrat Strongholds on the Iron Range of Minnesota Announce Their Endorsement of President Trump  —  As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris embrace the socialist agenda of the radical left, Democrats and Democrat communities across America …
Discussion: Breitbart
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detroitnews:
Rep. Stevens: Biden would make Michigan's auto industry a priority, as he did before
Discussion: Breitbart and Michigan Advance
Reuters:
Trump willing to sign a $1.3 trillion coronavirus relief bill: Meadows  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is willing to sign a $1.3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, a top Trump aide said on Friday, marking a $300 billion increase from an initial $1 trillion offer from the White House and Senate Republicans.
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Politico:
Trump aides interviewing replacement for embattled FTC chair
Shams Charania / The Athletic:
Sources: LeBron James sought out Barack Obama for advice to players  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After walking out of Wednesday's players meeting in support of sitting out NBA's games, LeBron James led a small group of players who turned to perhaps America's biggest basketball fan for advice.
Discussion: Fox News, INSIDER, LeBron Wire and Twitchy
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Video shows activists in Kenosha arrested by officers who jumped out of unmarked vehicle  —  A Seattle-based nonprofit group that serves food to protesters said Thursday that several of its members were still in police custody in Kenosha, Wis., after law enforcement officers sprang …
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Peter Coy / Bloomberg:
New Study Suggests Polls Are Missing Shy Trump Voters  —  A new online study finds that Republicans and independents are twice as likely as Democrats to say they would not give their true opinion in a telephone poll question about their preference for president in the 2020 election.
Politico:
Mick Mulvaney's new side gig: A hedge fund betting on D.C.  —  Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's special envoy to Northern Ireland, has a new side gig: He's starting a hedge fund.  —  Mulvaney is launching the fund with the longtime investor Andrew Wessel.  The angle?
CNN:
Controversial organization led by Trump allies has tax-exempt status revoked by IRS  —  Trump ally uses controversial tactic to woo black voters  —  (CNN)A nonprofit organization started by two Trump administration allies that stirred up controversy earlier this year for holding cash giveaways …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's parade of desperate lies reveals one big and awful truth  —  When Donald Trump accepted the presidential nomination from the Republican Party in 2016, he declared to the nation: “I alone can fix it.”  —  Four years later, as he accepted the nomination for a second term on Thursday night …
Discussion: Sputnik News and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
IRS Puts Burden on Companies That Use Trump's Payroll Tax Option  — Companies unlikely to defer taxes they have to pay back  — Taxes would be collected next year unless Congress acts  —  President Donald Trump's move to defer payroll taxes through year-end likely will face resistance …
Hans von der Burchard / Politico:
Merkel laughs off suggestion that she was charmed by Trump  —  BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacted with a smile — and no comment — when a reporter asked if it was true that U.S. President Donald Trump had enchanted her.  —  Richard Grenell, the former U.S. director …
Katy Lederer / New York Times:
A Gen-X Adviser to Biden Argues Equality Is Good for Growth  —  Heather Boushey is at the forefront of a generation of economists rethinking their discipline — just as the government deploys trillions to address a once-in-a-century emergency.  —  Heather Boushey, who is unofficially …
Elaine S. Povich / The Pew Charitable Trusts:
Fearing Delays and Chaos, Swing States Weigh Early Counting of Mail-In Ballots  —  The cumbersome and sometimes slow counting of an expected record number of mail-in ballots — especially in some crucial swing states — could delay results and open the door to challenges in this year's elections.
 
 
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
FBI: Chinese researcher caught trying to fly to China with stolen bio-inspired computer code
Discussion: Sputnik News
jsonline:
Suburbs are vital, but Donald Trump needs another rural rout to win Wisconsin again
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Sen. Thom Tillis says he “fell short” by not wearing mask at Trump's RNC speech
KING-TV:
Father of man killed inside Seattle's CHOP zone files $3 billion in claims against city, county, state
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Instapundit
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
The Police Are Pretty Sure They're Going to Get Away With It
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
The perfectly logical case for Donald Trump
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Trump friend and donor Ronald Lauder goes quiet on the fundraising front in 2020
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Law Firm for Teenager Accused of Kenosha Killings Has Represented Trump Lawyer Giuliani
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Host Greg Gutfeld Pulls a 180 on Trump's ‘Very Fine People’ in Charlottesville, Now Calls It a ‘Hoax’
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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