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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”.
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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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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 …
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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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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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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Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Liberty Will Investigate University's Operations Under Jerry Falwell Jr.
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Dave Levinthal / Business Insider:
Legal insiders brace for a world where Trump loses in November and the ex-president faces down a slew of reinvigorated court fights — More than a dozen legal experts and practitioners tell Insider that President Donald Trump's many legal fights are primed to cause him headaches should he lose the 2020 presidential election.
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
DOJ, FBI announce ‘corrective actions’ in push to prevent FISA abuse
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Barr tightens rules on surveillance of political candidates and advisers
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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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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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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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Alana Wise / NPR:
Trump Defends Kenosha Shooting Suspect — President Trump on Monday declined to condemn the actions of the suspected 17-year-old shooter of three protesters against police brutality in Kenosha, Wis., claiming, without evidence, that it appeared the gunman was acting in self defense.
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Pence was on standby to ‘take over’ during Trump's unannounced Walter Reed visit, new book reports — Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence was put on standby to temporarily assume the powers of the presidency during President Donald Trump's unannounced visit to Walter Reed hospital in November 2019 …
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Pence told to be on standby to assume powers during Trump's abrupt Walter Reed visit: book
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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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Jake Gibson / Fox News:
DHS: Portland mayor must ‘prioritize public safety’ or feds will have ‘no choice but to protect’ Americans — Acting Secretary Chad Wolf accused the mayor of standing by ‘passively’ during months of riots — EXCLUSIVE — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has sent a letter …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
DHS Chief Tells Tucker the Feds Are ‘Working On’ Conspiracy Charges Against BLM Leaders
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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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Reuters:
Thousands of small-business loans may have been fraudulent, House panel finds — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of loans worth billions of dollars may have been subject to fraud, waste and abuse in the $659 billion taxpayer-funded Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Meadows sees progress on relief talks, but keeps hard line on Pelosi proposals
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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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New York Times:
As Guns Get Drawn at Protest Sites, Demonstrators Fear a Volatile New Phase — As right-wing groups increasingly move to confront unrest in cities, clashes are breaking out between demonstrators with starkly different views on how to keep cities safe. — PORTLAND, Ore. — For months …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Journalist Quits Kenosha Paper in Protest of Its Jacob Blake Rally Coverage — Daniel Thompson, an editor at The Kenosha News, resigned over a headline that highlighted a speaker who made a threat during a peaceful protest. — A journalist resigned on Saturday from his job at The Kenosha News …
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New York Times:
It Has Come to This: Ignore the C.D.C. — The agency's new guidelines are wrong, so states have to step up on their own to suppress the coronavirus. — Harold Varmus is a former director of the National Institutes of Health. Rajiv Shah is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
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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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Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:
Poll: Biden up by 5 in Nevada — Washoe County Registrar of Voters Office on June 8, 2020. Photo by David Calvert. — Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 5 percentage point lead over President Donald Trump in Nevada, according to the first public poll in the state in four months.
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Ben Jacobs / VICE:
Kanye West's Campaign Is Filled to the Brim With GOP Operatives — A lawyer linked to the campaign worked to make women have vaginal ultrasounds before getting an abortion. Another shared “White Lives Matter” content. — BJ — Kanye West's presidential campaign still hasn't filed …
NBC News:
Last 24 hours reveal the stark differences between Trump and Biden — WASHINGTON — In one of the most revealing 24 hours of the general election and the sprint to Election Day, one presidential nominee condemned violence and destruction from all sides of the political spectrum.
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Courier-Journal:
Breonna Taylor's boyfriend sues Louisville police. His lawyer says he didn't shoot officer — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Breonna Taylor's boyfriend has filed a lawsuit saying he is a victim of police misconduct and seeking immunity from prosecution for firing a single shot that wounded …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / ProPublica:
Now in Government Food Aid Boxes: A Letter From Donald Trump — Democrats say the letter violates the law against using government resources to campaign. It's just the latest example of President Trump using his office to boost his reelection hopes.
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New York Times:
New York City Gambles Big on Reopening Schools: ‘We Are on a Tightrope’ — Four million masks, 80,000 containers of wipes, a million-plus students: How New York is seeking to become the lone big city to reopen its public schools. — Mayor Bill de Blasio walked briskly out the back door …
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Russian Journalists Find U.S. Voter Data on Hacker Site — Russian journalists have discovered data from Michigan voter data rolls-including the personal info of 7.6 million Michigan voters-on a Russian hackers' platform, Julia Ioffe reports. — It also includes voter info from other swing states …
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Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Far-Right Columnist Pat Buchanan Declares Moderate Republicans ‘Lost the Battle’ — Pat Buchanan says the Republican Party can never “go back” to what it was before President Donald Trump, but the far-right paleoconservative columnist thinks that's a good thing.
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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