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5:50 PM ET, September 2, 2020

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CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden's lead persists post-conventions  —  (CNN)After two political conventions unlike any the United States had seen before, Joe Biden maintains an advantage over Donald Trump in the race for the presidency, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.  —  Among registered voters, 51% back Biden, 43% Trump.
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Presidential Race Tightens  —  Democrats lead in other state contests  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 4-point lead over Donald Trump among all registered voters in Pennsylvania according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.  Among likely voters, the race is a tight 1 to 3 points …
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
No bounce in support for Trump as Americans see pandemic, not crime, as top issue: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his re-election campaign has yet to boost his political standing, as most Americans …
Grinnell College:
Joe Biden Leads Donald Trump in Latest Grinnell College National Poll  —  If the election were held today, the newest edition of the Grinnell College National Poll shows Joe Biden winning the popular vote in his quest to become to be the 46th President of the United States.
USA Today:
Exclusive: The conventions over, Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by a narrower 50%-43% in USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll  —  The political conventions over, Joe Biden now leads Donald Trump in the race for the White House by 50%-43%, the new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The latest polling evidence suggests Trump's convention flopped
Discussion: Bloomberg, Fox News and The Hill
San Francisco Chronicle:
Speaker Pelosi calls salon visit a ‘set-up,’ refuses to apologize  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to apologize Wednesday for her controversial visit to a San Francisco hair salon, calling it “a set up” and suggesting that she had been tricked by the business owner.
New York Times:
C.D.C. Tells States How to Prepare for Covid-19 Vaccine by Early November  —  As Trump pushes the possibility of a vaccine this year, the C.D.C. has outlined technical scenarios to state public health officials for an unidentified “Vaccine A” and “Vaccine B.”
Discussion: Political Wire
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
CDC letter urges governors to prepare for coronavirus vaccine distribution in ‘fall of 2020’
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Stephanie Armour / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Asks States to Be Ready for Vaccine by November
Discussion: NBC Chicago
Ben Jordan / TMJ4:
Kenosha business owner declines President Trump photo-op, former owner replaces him  —  A Kenosha business owner is accusing President Donald Trump of using his destroyed store for political gain.  —  Tom Gram's century-old camera shop burned to the ground a week ago during the unrest in Uptown Kenosha.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: New Poll Shows Biden's Lead Over Trump Narrowing in Pennsylvania  —  In Massachusetts, Senator Ed Markey held off a challenge from Joseph P. Kennedy III.  Joe Biden will give a speech today faulting President Trump over reopening schools.
jsonline:
Joe Biden to visit Kenosha on Thursday, making his first campaign visit to Wisconsin
Washington Post:
First covid-19 death linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally reported in Minnesota  —  The case, involving a biker in his 60s, is one of at least 260 infections traced to the event last month where many declined to wear masks.  —  A Minnesota biker who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump told Sarah Sanders to ‘take one for the team’ after Kim Jong-un wink  —  Donald Trump told Sarah Sanders she would have to “go to North Korea and take one for the team”, after Kim Jong-un winked at the then White House press secretary during a summit in Singapore in June 2018.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden posts stunning monthly cash haul: $365 million  —  Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee reported raising a record $365 million in August, surprising even seasoned party fundraisers and putting to rest fears that President Trump would drown him in campaign spending.
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Commission on Presidential Debates:
Kristen Welker, Co-Anchor Weekend TODAY, White House Correspondent, NBC News  —  Thursday, October 22, Belmont University, Nashville, TN  —  Fahrenkopf, Ridings and Wollack said that, “We are grateful to these experienced journalists, who will help ensure that the general election presidential …
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Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
House Democrats Demand Climate Be ‘Centerpiece’ Of 2020 Presidential Debates
Discussion: The Hill
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. Clay Higgins Threatens To Shoot Armed Protesters: 'I'd Drop Any 10 Of You'  —  His social media post, which was removed by Facebook, had a photo of armed Black men.  —  Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) said he'd be more than willing to shoot any armed demonstrators in Louisiana …
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ABC News:
Facebook removes congressman's post over ‘incitement’
Discussion: Reuters
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Trump in Kenosha  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  TRUMP IN KENOSHA.  President Trump wasn't on the ground in Wisconsin for very long, but it was long enough to show …
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Is this really all Trump has to offer on violent protests?
Discussion: Raw Story, Fox News and TheBlaze
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Trump Hearts Wisconsin (Cuz if He Loses It, He Could End Up in Jail)
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org and Raw Story
ABC News:
DHS withheld July intelligence bulletin calling out Russian attack on Biden's mental health  —  The Trump campaign has repeatedly engaged in a similar line of attack.  —  In early July the Department of Homeland Security withheld publication of an intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement agencies …
Katie Lobosco / CNN:
US debt will overtake GDP next year for the first time since 1946, CBO says  —  Washington (CNN)The US debt is projected to exceed the size of the entire country's economy next year, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.  —  It will be the first time the federal debt could be bigger …
Discussion: CBO Publications, Reason and Breitbart
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Kate Davidson / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Debt Is Set to Exceed Size of the Economy Next Year, a First Since World War II
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
Georgia likely removed nearly 200k from voter rolls wrongfully, report says  —  (CNN)The state of Georgia has likely removed nearly 200,000 Georgia citizens from the voter rolls for wrongfully concluding that those people had moved and not changed the address on their voter registration …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump melts down after Lincoln Project ad mocks his RNC TV ratings: ‘We have FAR more people!’  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw a tantrum about a new Lincoln Project ad that mocked him for scoring lower television ratings for the Republican National Convention than Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and IJR
Grace Panetta / Business Insider:
5 mistakes that can disqualify your November mail ballot and how to avoid them  — More states and counties than ever are allowing Americans to vote from home with a paper ballot mailed to their house this fall.  — But voting by mail can be more prone to human error than voting in person …
Discussion: Breitbart
Jonathan Guyer / American Prospect:
A Cartoon of Peace and Outrage  —  Kushner can't paper over the unpopularity of the Emirati-Israel accord in the Arab world.  —  Kushner's flight of fancy from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi  —  The headlines in the Emirati papers proclaimed peace.  “Salam, Shalom,” read one.
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
Alexei Navalny poisoned with Novichok, says German government … The German government has said toxicological exams at Berlin's Charité hospital have yielded “unequivocal proof” that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
‘So skeptical’: Sen. Joni Ernst echoes conspiracy theory questioning coronavirus death count  —  When a man in the crowd of her Iowa campaign stop told Sen. Joni Ernst (R) on Monday that he believed the number of U.S. coronavirus deaths had been overcounted, Ernst replied that she too was “so skeptical.”
Katie Way / VICE:
The Little Cards That Tell Police 'Let's Forget This Ever Happened'  —  Some cops give their friends and family union-issued “courtesy cards” to help get them out of minor infractions.  The cards embody everything wrong with modern policing.  —  KW  —  Mike, a white man in his 50s …
Discussion: Gothamist
Meg O'Connor / The Appeal:
HIS BROTHER CALLED FOR HELP AFTER HE WAS ACTING STRANGELY.  POLICE KNELT ON HIM UNTIL HE WAS BRAIN DEAD.  —  Body camera video shows that Daniel Prude was complying with police when they knelt on his back and pushed his face to the ground for so long that he stopped breathing.
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
This Is Democrats' Doomsday Scenario for Election Night  —  What if early results in swing states on Nov. 3 show President Trump ahead, and he declares victory before heavily Democratic mail-in votes, which he has falsely linked with fraud, are fully counted?
Yashar's Newsletter:
Scoop: Andrew Gillum and his wife, R. Jai Gillum, To Sit Down With Tamron Hall For First Television Interview  —  It would mean so much to me if you would subscribe to my newsletter by clicking the button above or the button at the end of this post.  You can subscribe for free …
Discussion: Political Wire
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Fauci predicts ‘safe and effective’ coronavirus vaccine by end of year … Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts that a coronavirus vaccine will be developed by the end of 2020.  —  “I believe that by the time we get to the end of this calendar year that we will feel comfortable that we do have a safe …
ABC News:
Alleged ‘boogaloo’ member arrested for mailing threats to California public health official  —  Authorities in California charged an alleged member of the far-right extremist “boogaloo movement” Tuesday with threatening a public official after investigators say he sent threatening letters to a county health officer.
Madeline Peltz / Media Matters for America:
HHS spokesperson Michael Caputo pushed COVID-19 conspiracy theories and praised white supremacists in unearthed podcast  —  In a podcast unearthed by Media Matters, Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Michael Caputo spread baseless conspiracy theories about the coronavirus …
Michael J. Sandel / New York Times:
Disdain for the Less Educated Is the Last Acceptable Prejudice  —  It's having a corrosive effect on American life — and hurting the Democratic Party.  —  Mr. Sandel is a political philosopher.  —  Joe Biden has a secret weapon in his bid for the presidency: He is the first Democratic nominee …
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Three years ago, an officer was filmed beating up a handcuffed Black man.  Now, he's the police chief.  —  When Kentdrick Ratliff tried to reach for a pill bottle that police had confiscated from him, his physical struggle with officers in Hammond, La., quickly got violent.
Discussion: The Root
 
 
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump presses Barr (again) to target his enemies before election
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Des Moines Register:
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Tallahassee Democrat:
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