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8:15 PM ET, August 31, 2020

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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Times:
How Has Donald Trump Survived?  —  DONALD TRUMP V. THE UNITED STATES  —  Inside the Struggle to Stop a President  —  When a Republican-led Senate committee issued a nearly 1,000-page report in mid-August that detailed the prodigious extent of the contacts between Russian officials and members …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump mulled “settling” with Mueller amid Russia investigation  —  One of the crazy nuggets in a deeply reported book by the N.Y. Times' Michael Schmidt — “Donald Trump v. the United States,” out tomorrow — is that President Trump mulled the idea of “settling” with special counsel Robert Mueller.
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Alice Johnson Accosted By Demonstrators Outside White House
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn case does not have to be immediately dismissed, appeals court rules
CNN:
READ: Appeals court ruling in Michael Flynn case
Discussion: Power Line and Political Wire
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Biden: Trump is “rooting for chaos”  —  Joe Biden on Monday gave his most forceful counterargument to President Trump on the issue of law and order, arguing in Pittsburgh there would be more violence in America if the president is re-elected.  —  What he's saying: “You know me.  You know my heart.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's rhetoric about Joe Biden and violence doesn't make sense
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In Massachusetts, Markey Outflanks Kennedy by Running as Bold Insurgent
Discussion: Washington Times, Fox News and Politico
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Joe Biden smacks down Trump in Pittsburgh
Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Man under investigation in fatal shooting of right-wing demonstrator in Portland was outside mayor's condo night before with daughter  —  Michael Reinoehl in front of Ted Wheelers residence, August 28, 2020  —  Michael Forest Reinoehl, the 48-year-old man under investigation …
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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Man under investigation in fatal shooting after pro-Trump rally allegedly took loaded gun to earlier Portland protest
Joe Barrett / Wall Street Journal:   Police Investigating Antifa Supporter Michael Reinoehl in Portland Shooting
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
As Trump's popularity slips in latest Military Times poll, more troops say they'll vote for Biden  —  The latest Military Times poll shows a continued decline in active-duty service members' views of President Donald Trump and a slight but significant preference for former Vice President Joe Biden …
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
White House privately warned states of Covid-19 ‘red zone’ threat, records show  —  Senior Trump administration officials in June privately warned seven states about dangerous coronavirus outbreaks that put them in the highest risk “red zone” while publicly dismissing concerns about a second wave of Covid-19 …
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
White House ignored warnings as it pushed for reopenings, newly released coronavirus task force reports show
Discussion: Raw Story, CNBC and Axios
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
U.S. Faces A ‘Perfect Storm’ Of Political Violence Heading Into November Election  —  There have been nearly 11,000 demonstrations in the U.S. this summer — as well as a rising tide of state repression and vigilante violence.  —  Law enforcement and other authorities used force while intervening …
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Lisa Marie Pane / Associated Press:   Americans divided over armed civilians who flock to protests
Mike Levine / ABC News:
Barr's removal of career national security official, weeks before election, raises concerns  —  A little-known office in the Justice Department has lost its long-time chief.  —  Current and former national security officials are raising concerns over Attorney General William Barr's recent decision …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Martin J. Sheil / Just Security:
Does Cy Vance Already Have the Trump Organization Tax Returns?  —  This term, the Supreme Court declined President Donald Trump's attempts to shield personal financial records from congressional and judicial subpoena.  The ruling's impacts on executive powers and attorney-client privilege …
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
From students to our coach, one last huge hug for Big John Thompson  —  From the front row of the Seattle Kingdome on April 2, 1984, Georgetown students felt like we too were being hugged by John Thompson Jr.  —  First, the huge coach hugged Fred Brown, the hug that brought a great story full circle.
Discussion: ESPN, WJLA-TV and The Daily Caller
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Randall Roberts / Los Angeles Times:
Mark Mothersbaugh nearly died from COVID-19.  FaceTiming with his family kept him alive  —  As Mark Mothersbaugh lay in a Cedars-Sinai hospital bed in early June after contracting the novel coronavirus, a ventilator tube snaking into his throat to help him breathe, the Devo cofounder …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
HHS bids $250 million contract meant to ‘defeat despair and inspire hope’ on coronavirus  —  As the presidential election fast approaches, the Department of Health and Human Services is bidding out a more than $250 million contract to a communications firm as it seeks to “defeat despair and inspire hope” …
Discussion: Financial Times
New York Times:
Trump Books Keep Coming, and Readers Can't Stop Buying  —  White House memoirs, journalistic exposés, full-throated defenses of the president: Publishers are producing books for every partisan and wondering if the gravy train ends on Election Day.  —  Since it was released in May …
Russell Contreras / Associated Press:
Ailing Kenosha on edge as Trump visit looms amid tensions  —  KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Some residents in Kenosha fear a planned visit by President Donald Trump after unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake may stir more emotions and cause more violence and destruction …
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
Democrats warn Trump's visit to Kenosha ‘fanning the flames’
Discussion: The Hill and Florida Politics
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Judge rules Georgia ballots mailed by Election Day must be counted  —  A federal judge on Monday extended the deadline for absentee ballots to be returned in Georgia, ruling that they must be counted if postmarked by Election Day and delivered up to three days afterward.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Political Wire and The Hill
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's vile tweetstorm reveals the ugly core of his ‘law and order’ campaign  —  “Law and order” without the rule of law is neither “law” nor “order.”  And any news organization that uncritically describes President Trump's reelection campaign as premised on “law and order” appeals …
Ashe Schow / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Man Arrested For Stalking, Threatening Devin Nunes' Wife, An Elementary School Teacher  —  A California man was arrested earlier this month for sending threatening messages to Elizabeth Nunes, wife of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), who is the ranking member on the powerful House Intelligence committee …
Discussion: TheBlaze
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Swift Boat mastermind to launch massive super PAC to boost Trump  —  Senior Republicans are launching a massive super PAC this week to bolster Donald Trump's reelection in the final stretch of the campaign — a move that comes as the president has been pummeled by Joe Biden on TV.
Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Sowed Covid Supply Chaos.  ‘Try Getting it Yourselves.’  —  A landmark White House move left states to secure medical equipment themselves, causing problems that still haven't abated  —  Sergio Melgar, the chief financial officer for the largest health-care system in central Massachusetts …
New York Times:
In Steve Bannon Case, Prosecutors Have ‘Voluminous’ Emails  —  Documents found in email accounts will be used to help link the president's former aide to a fraudulent scheme to build a border wall, the government said.  —  Federal prosecutors have seized “voluminous” emails and other communications …
Discussion: Political Wire, NBC New York and ABC30
 
 
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David Lawder / Reuters:
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Casey Michel / New Republic:
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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