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Washington Post:
Justice Department zeroing in on longtime GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy — Federal prosecutors are preparing to charge longtime GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy in connection with efforts to influence the U.S. government on behalf of foreign interests, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Facebook takes down Russian operation that recruited U.S. journalists, amid rising concerns about election misinformation — The social media giant acted against a small network of pages and accounts that directed users to a fake left-leaning news site called Peace Data
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Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Russians Again Targeting Americans With Disinformation, Facebook Says — The company said it had been warned by the F.B.I. that a so-called troll farm in St. Petersburg set up a network of fake user accounts and a website. — The Russian group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Trump's ‘plane loaded with thugs’ rumor matches months-old conspiracy theory — The conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump pushed on Monday that a plane “almost completely loaded with thugs” was set to disrupt protests was almost identical to a rumor that went viral on Facebook three months ago.
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
The Essence of Late Stage Trumpism — “People that you've never heard of. People that are in the dark shadows. People that...” - Donald J. Trump, the actual president of the United States. — World War II began 80 years ago. The day was commemorated by W.H. Auden in a poem named, appropriately enough, “September 1, 1939”.
ProPublica:
The Trump Administration Is Backing Out of a $647 Million Ventilator Deal After ProPublica Investigated the Price — The government overpaid by hundreds of millions for Philips ventilators, says a House investigation spurred by ProPublica reporting. Now that deal is off and Congress …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / ProPublica:
Now in Government Food Aid Boxes: A Letter From Donald Trump
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FiveThirtyEight and Political Wire
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Expected to Surpass $300 Million Raised in August, Shattering Record — The fund-raising total would exceed previous monthly hauls and is more than double what the former vice president raised in July. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. is expected to report a record-breaking haul of donations for August …
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Biden campaign launches official Animal Crossing: New Horizons yard signs — It's the campaign's latest foray into online organizing — Starting today, September 1st, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players will be able to deck out their island homes with official Joe Biden yard signs as part …
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Arizona Stands Out From a Mostly Static Presidential Race in Battleground States — State-level polling trends reveal little recent change in 2020 contest, but Biden now leads by 10 in Arizona — Amid unrest in Kenosha, Wis., Biden leads Trump by 9 points, 52% to 43%.
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Larry Flynt / The Daily Beast:
My Final Farewell to the Falwells — The Hustler publisher, who won a landmark First Amendment legal battle against Jerry Falwell Sr., writes about Jerry Falwell Jr.'s fall from grace—and the Trump of it all. — When I heard that Jerry Falwell Jr. had resigned the presidency of Liberty University …
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Raw Story
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Trump has slipped among key groups that backed him in 2016 — President Trump's support has eroded among key groups of voters who backed him in 2016 — a major reason why he continues to trail former Vice President Joe Biden and a prime motivator for the president's reelection strategy …
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill and Mediaite
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Trump campaign aide was paid $20,000 a month by Bannon nonprofit linked to alleged fraud — Trump campaign's shell game: No reported payments to campaign manager Bill Stepien or drama-prone aide Jason Miller — Senior Trump campaign official Jason Miller appears to have been paid about $20,000 …
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Daily Kos and Political Wire
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Needs His Own Sister Souljah Moment — The president must condemn those responsible for violence and disavow those who act in his name. Easy, right? — I want to make a prediction about the election in November. — Here it is: If Joe Biden wins, it will be, in part …
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Jack Mirkinson / Discourse Blog:
What ‘Law and Order’ Really Means
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Mackenzie Mays / Politico:
California lawmaker brings newborn to Assembly floor after being denied proxy vote — SACRAMENTO — While remote voting was allowed in the California State Senate on Monday, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, who gave birth in late July, said Assembly leadership denied her request to vote by proxy despite Covid-19 concerns.
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Exclusive: Bloomberg group warns Trump will appear to win big on election night — A top Democratic data and analytics firm told “Axios on HBO” it's highly likely that President Trump will appear to have won — potentially in a landslide — on election night, even if he ultimately loses when all the votes are counted.
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The National Pulse, The Gateway Pundit, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, CounterPunch, Althouse and Raw Story
ABC News:
Senate GOP poised to offer slimmed down COVID-19 relief bill as Mnuchin takes the hot seat in the House — The bill is expected to be dismissed by Democrats as inadequate. — Capitol Hill — With the collapse of bipartisan coronavirus relief talks, Senate Republicans are looking to introduce …
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New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: As Trump Visits Kenosha, Hundreds Gather Where Jacob Blake Was Shot — The president offered a conspiracy theory about his Democratic challenger and made forgiving comments about the teenager charged in the killings of two protesters.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pelosi used shuttered San Francisco hair salon for blow-out, owner calls it ‘slap in the face’ — ‘We have been shut down for so long,’ owner says — EXCLUSIVE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited a San Francisco hair salon on Monday afternoon for a wash and blow-out …
The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Warns Colleges: Don't Send Your COVID-Infected Students Home! — In a call on Monday, top officials on the coronavirus task force made it clear that they realize sending students back to school has created a risk of cascading outbreaks. — Top White House officials rang …
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Raw Story, Associated Press, The Hill and Slate
Sam Baker / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: A harsh verdict for government's coronavirus response — Most Americans think the federal government is making the coronavirus pandemic worse, according to the latest installment of the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index. — Why it matters: This is a pretty searing indictment …
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The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Most expect quick election results
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Outside the Beltway, The Hill and Political Wire
Jesmyn Ward / Vanity Fair:
Jesmyn Ward on Her Husband's Death and Grief During COVID-19 — The acclaimed novelist lost her beloved husband—the father of her children—as COVID-19 swept across the country. She writes through their story, and her grief. — My Beloved died in January.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Totally Real Source Reveals How Trump Discovered the Planeload of Looters — Last night, in an interview with Laura Ingraham, President Trump made an astonishing charge. “We had people get on a plane from a certain city this weekend,” he said. “And in the plane, it was almost completely loaded …
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Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
D.C. committee recommends stripping the names of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Francis Scott Key and others from city government buildings — A committee reporting to D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser recommends renaming dozens of public schools, parks and government buildings in the nation's capital …
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Townhall
Washington Post:
U.S. says it won't join WHO-linked effort to develop, distribute coronavirus vaccine — The Trump administration said it will not join a global effort to develop, manufacture and equitably distribute a coronavirus vaccine, in part because the World Health Organization is involved …
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Associated Press, Political Wire, The Hill and Daily Kos
David Wasserman / NBC News:
Trump is trying to grab some of Biden's most valuable supporters. Here's why. — It's too soon to say whether last week's Republican convention made any dent in the polls. But it did make clear President Donald Trump's chief line of attack going forward: after months …
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Politico, Washington Monthly, New York Post, Just The News and The National Interest
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump: I did not have ‘mini-strokes’ — President Donald Trump denied Tuesday that he had a “series of mini-strokes” several months ago that resulted in him seeking treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. — “It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President …
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Talking Points Memo, CNN, Washington Post, Forbes and Raw Story
David Siders / Politico:
An unlikely state tightens up — Minnesota, which once looked like a vanity project for Donald Trump, is suddenly emerging as a critical test of his effort to turn his campaign around. — Interviews with more than a dozen officials and strategists from both parties in recent days depict …
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The Federalist, The Hill and FiveThirtyEight
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Cop Who Charged Black Senator With ‘Injuring’ Confederate Statues Nurtured A Long Grudge — Portsmouth Police Department Sgt. Kevin McGee was under investigation for authoring a heated letter blasting Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas (D) and others. — A Portsmouth, Virginia, police sergeant ― …
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Raw Story
WBAY-TV:
Neenah man arrested at Green Bay protest has ties to Antifa — Matthew Banta is also charged with pointing a loaded gun at a police officer during a protest in Waupaca County — GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A Neenah man had a flamethrower, smoke grenades and fireworks during a demonstration …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Oregon sheriffs reject feckless governor's call for assistance in Portland — Oregon sheriffs have rejected a request by Gov. Kate Brown to send personnel and resources to help “keep the peace and protect free speech” in Portland. It's not that the sheriffs don't want to help keep the peace.
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Biden's GOP endorsements show the cracks in Trump's coalition — (CNN)Joe Biden is attracting more crossover endorsements from prominent members of the opposing party than any other presidential candidate from either side in decades. That doesn't guarantee the former vice president victory in November …
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Meduza.io:
Russian Darkweb shares personal data of nearly every voter in Michigan, plus a million more voters in four other states — Russian Internet users have shared the personal data of nearly every voter in Michigan (7.6 million of the state's 7.8 million voters), as well as the information …
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kommersant.ru, Techdirt and Detroit Metro Times
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Media Accepts Biden Claim He Won't Ban Fracking — Media members were quick to accept Joe Biden's claim on Monday that he is “not banning fracking,” ignoring past statements from both Biden and running mate Kamala Harris in support of a complete ban. — CNN's Jim Acosta, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell …
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IJR and Spectator USA
Amy Fried / Bangor Daily News:
The lesson Susan Collins taught Donald Trump … After the completion of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, Susan Collins opined that surely Trump learned something from the ordeal. Speaking to Norah O'Donnell of CBS News, Collins said, “I believe that the president has learned from this case.”
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
China is censoring Hollywood's imagination — China's economic carrots and sticks are putting pressure on Hollywood to produce films that might soar in the country's box office — and avoid those that may displease Beijing. — The big picture: By censoring American blockbusters …
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