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6:45 AM ET, August 31, 2020

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Ben Smith / New York Times:
I'm Still Reading Andrew Sullivan.  But I Can't Defend Him.  —  He's one of the most influential journalists of the last three decades, but he's shadowed by a 1994 magazine cover story that claimed to show a link between race and I.Q.  —  PROVINCETOWN, Mass. — The only restaurant open late …
Joe Biden for President:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Deadly Violence in Portland  —  The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable.  Shooting in the streets of a great American city is unacceptable.  I condemn this violence unequivocally.  I condemn violence of every kind by any one, whether on the left or the right.
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Portland Shooting Amplifies Tensions in Presidential Race
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Portland mayor responds to Trump: “Support us or stay the hell out of the way”
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Biden condemns violence on all sides after deadly Portland shooting
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Mark Meadows: “Most of Donald Trump's America is peaceful”
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump praises right-wing supporters and rails against protesters following unrest in Portland
Paige Austin / Los Angeles, CA Patch:
Shooting At Pro-Trump Rally Leads To Standoff On Ventura Blvd.  —  A Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Team has surrounded three suspects in a shooting at a pro-Trump caravan in Woodland Hills. … WOODLAND HILLS, CA — The Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Team has surrounded three suspects holed …
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Los Angeles Times:
Confusion after LAPD responds to reports of gunfire at pro-Trump car caravan  —  A car caravan of President Trump supporters parading down Ventura Boulevard turned chaotic Sunday as Los Angeles police searched for three people who might have been involved in an incident connected to the event.
Maya Lau / Los Angeles Times:   Police PR machine under scrutiny for inaccurate reporting, alleged pro-cop bias
Jane Calderwood / Portsmouth Herald:
OPINION/GUEST VIEW: I can no longer support Sen. Susan Collins  —  I was raised to believe I should cast my vote for the person with the best ideas, regardless of their party.  My father took me down to Bangor City Hall when I turned 18 to get me registered to vote.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It's time to challenge the cockeyed reaction to violence  —  Donald Trump has incited racist fears since he came down the gold escalator in 2015 to announce his presidential campaign.  He had peaceful protesters gassed and deployed camouflaged troops to Portland, Ore., to grab protesters off the street without probable cause.
Discussion: The Mahablog and Mediaite
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
GOP's Ron Johnson refuses to condemn Kenosha shooter in manic interview with CNN's Bash
Discussion: The Daily Beast
David Edwards / Raw Story:   DHS chief refuses to condemn violent Trump supporters under grilling by CBS host: ‘So you endorse this?’
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Leaked McGahn memo reveals alarms about Kushner's top-secret security clearance  —  Trump ultimately intervened to ensure Kushner got his top-secret security clearance.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Jack Davis / The Western Journal:
CDC Now Says 94% of COVID Deaths Had an Underlying Condition  —  Share on Facebook(100k) Tweet P Share Email Print  —  A new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that in 94 percent of the cases of those who died from COVID-19, another disease was also at work on the victim.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump offered FBI director job to John Kelly, asked for loyalty  —  The day after President Trump fired FBI boss James Comey, the president phoned John Kelly, who was then secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, and offered him Comey's job, the New York Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning …
Discussion: Raw Story and CANNONFIRE
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Never Fully Examined Trump's Ties to Russia, Ex-Officials Say  —  The former deputy attorney general maneuvered to keep investigators from completing an inquiry into whether the president's personal and financial links to Russia posed a national security threat.
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Wisconsin Man Who Says He Marched With Rittenhouse in Kenosha Was Immersed in White Supremacist Propaganda  —  Ryan Balch, a 31-year-old Wisconsin man who joined Kyle Rittenhouse and a contingent of militia conducting armed patrols in Kenosha, used his social media accounts to link to a Nazi propaganda video …
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Twitter slaps ‘manipulated media’ tag on video shared by Scalise that alters activist's question to Biden  —  Twitter on Sunday flagged a manipulated clip posted by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) that alters a question from activist Ady Barkan to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Discussion: DCCC, Raw Story, Mediaite and Daily Kos
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Twitter flags GOP video after activist's computerized voice was manipulated
Discussion: The Hill, Mashable and The Verge
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Mike Pompeo is the worst secretary of state in history  —  As secretary of state, Mike Pompeo has presided over the collapse of negotiations with North Korea, the failure of a pressure campaign against Iran and an abortive attempt to oust Venezuela's authoritarian regime.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Called Kimberly Guilfoyle After Her Roaring RNC Speech, Compared Her to Eva Perón  —  After Kimberly Guilfoyle's RNC speech became a target of memes and talk-show mockery, sources confirm President Trump called her and said, “That was fantastic...so amazing.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
New Yorkers Are Fleeing to the Suburbs: ‘The Demand Is Insane’  —  The pandemic is spurring home sales as prosperous city residents seek more space.  One listing had 97 showings and received 24 offers.  —  Over three days in late July, a three-bedroom house in East Orange, N.J. …
Discussion: New York Post
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Embraces Fringe Theories on Protests and the Coronavirus  —  In a Twitter barrage, the president advanced conspiracy theories claiming that protests are an organized coup and that the virus death toll is inflated.  He also reposted a call to imprison New York's governor.
Janelle Irwin Taylor / Florida Politics:
Poll: Charlie Crist begins General Election campaign vs. Anna Paulina Luna with16-point lead  —  U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist begins the General Election campaign for Florida's 13th Congressional District with a 16-point lead over Republican challenger Anna Paulina Luna.
CNN:
Wisconsin Lt. Governor on Trump visiting Kenosha: 'We don't need that right now'  —  (CNN)Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes said Sunday that President Donald Trump should not travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, this week and that his presence would not be helpful amid ongoing protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
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Chemi Shalev / Haaretz:
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Sidney Leng / South China Morning Post:
China censors Thomas Piketty's book on inequality
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Will Brown / Telegraph:
Investigation: African migrants ‘left to die’ in Saudi Arabia's hellish Covid detention centres
John Harwood / CNN:
Americans love Social Security but fear ‘socialism.’ Trump is exploiting that
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Angela Hart / NPR:
Public Health Leaders Deserve More Respect
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