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4:10 PM ET, September 3, 2020

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Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Cooper Leads for Guv, Tight Senate Race, Prez in Play  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden and Donald Trump are separated by a negligible 2-point margin among all registered voters in North Carolina according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll, while the U.S. Senate race is even tighter.
Discussion: The Hill
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NCSBE:
A Message from Karen Brinson Bell to NC Voters  —  Raleigh, N.C. - The following is a message to North Carolina voters from Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections:  —  It is illegal to vote twice in an election.  N.C.G.S.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's awful advice on voting twice  —  President Trump caused a stir Wednesday by advising his supporters in North Carolina to attempt to vote twice.  This would be, if completed and done intentionally, illegal.  What's more, North Carolina state law also makes it a Class I felony “to induce” someone to do this.
Washington Post:
Trump tries to clarify suggestion that voters cast ballots twice, which if done intentionally is illegal
WECT-TV:
President suggests voters should attempt to cast ballot twice in interview with WECT's Jon Evans
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:   Pentagon restarts projects defunded for Trump's wall, helping some GOP senators
Detroit Free Press:
Former Michigan governor Rick Snyder: I am a Republican vote for Biden  —  Forty-four years ago, I celebrated my 18th birthday at the 1976 Republican National Convention as part of Gerald Ford's national youth group.  At that convention, I had the honor to watch two great leaders in action — Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden garners more Republican endorsements, this time from ex-governors  —  (Reuters) - Nearly 100 Republican and independent leaders will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president on Thursday, including one-time 2020 Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld and the former Republican governors …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Anti-Trump Lincoln Project to unleash Facebook army to get out the vote for Biden
Discussion: The Hill
Rosa Brooks / Washington Post:
What's the worst that could happen? … We wanted to know: What's the worst thing that could happen to our country during the presidential election?  President Trump has broken countless norms and ignored countless laws during his time in office, and while my colleagues and I at the Transition …
Jessica A. Krug:
The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies  —  For the better part of my adult life, every move I've made, every relationship I've formed, has been rooted in the napalm toxic soil of lies.  —  Not just any lies.  —  To an escalating degree over my adult life, I have eschewed …
New York Times:
In Act of Heresy, N.R.A.'s Former No. 2 Calls for Gun Control  —  A new book from a controversial former executive accuses the National Rifle Association of “appealing to the paranoia and darkest side of our members.”  —  The National Rifle Association's former second-in-command is breaking …
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ABC News:
Ex-NRA insider speaks out: Gun owners should be ‘horrified’ by what I saw  —  In an exclusive interview, Joshua Powell breaks ranks with the NRA.  —  A former high-ranking official within the National Rifle Association is breaking ranks with the powerful gun lobby, publishing a book …
Discussion: IJR and Political Wire
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Moves to Limit Election Chaos in November  —  The social network said it would block new political ads in late October, among other measures, to reduce misinformation and interference.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Thursday moved to clamp down on any confusion about the November election …
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Mark Zuckerberg:
The US elections are just two months away, and with Covid-19 affecting communities across the country …
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Thought It Was Bad Before, America?  Welcome to Trump's Real Hellscape.  —  Everything up until now has been the good times.  These next two months are going to be like nothing we've ever seen.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  What the fuck did we do to deserve this?  Why is our so-called president so entirely batshit crazy?
Discussion: Raw Story
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
McEnany plays footage of Pelosi in hair salon on loop, says speaker ‘ought to apologize’ to Americans  —  Salons in San Francisco had been closed since March and could only reopen for outdoor hairstyling services on Sept. 1.  —  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany played footage …
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Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi just entered history's salon of politically perilous haircuts and hairdos
Michael Hill / Associated Press:
Video in Black man's suffocation shows cops put hood on him  —  A Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes …
New York Post:
Gov. Cuomo says: Trump ‘better have an army’ to protect him if he comes to NYC  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday all but threatened President Trump's safety if he returns to New York City in a rant responding to an exclusive story by The Post that Trump is looking to pull federal funds from “lawless” cities including New York.
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New York Times:
Trump Moves to Cut Federal Funding From Democratic Cities
BuzzFeed News:
How Facebook Failed Kenosha  —  Facebook said it removed a militia event associated with the shooting of three protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  It didn't.  Here's what really happened, and why it could happen again.  —  Copy  —  Despite Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's previous statements …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Focus group: Wisconsin swing voters feel overlooked by Biden  —  OSHKOSH, Wis. — Some voters in Wisconsin say they feel Joe Biden cares less about them and their concerns than about the people protesting systemic racism.  —  Why it matters: As Trump leans into a law-and-order message to try …
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Ed Shanahan / New York Times:   How Trump Is Using Westchester to Stir Up Suburban Fears
New York Times:
Trump's Tactic: Sowing Distrust in Whatever Gets in His Way  —  From business competition in New York to President Barack Obama's birthplace to mail-in voting, President Trump's goal has been to undermine the opposition and leave people uncertain about what to believe.
Discussion: Raw Story
Justice News:
New York Hedge Fund Founder Arrested And Charged With Fraud, Extortion, And Obstruction Of Justice In Connection With Neiman Marcus Bankruptcy  —  Daniel Kamensky Allegedly Extorted a Rival Bidder to Abandon a Higher Bid and Engaged in Obstruction of Justice by Asking the Rival Bidder to Cover Up the Crime
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Trump silent as world leaders call for answers from Putin on Navalny poisoning  —  Germany: Alexey Navalny poisoned with nerve agent Novichok  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration remained largely silent Wednesday as leaders around the world expressed concern and demanded answers …
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Alan Yuhas / New York Times:
One Man's Plea to His City Council: Rename Boneless Wings  —  “Nothing about boneless chicken wings actually comes from the wing of a chicken,” he told the Lincoln, Neb., council.  “We've been living a lie for far too long.”  —  The City Council meeting on Monday in Lincoln, Neb. …
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Plans to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks  —  The attorney general is said to have set a deadline over the objections of career lawyers who say they need more time to build the case.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to bring an antitrust case …
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Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Officer Charged in Fatal Shooting of a Black Man in a California Walmart  —  The Alameda County district attorney said an officer used “unreasonable” deadly force in a confrontation that lasted less than 40 seconds.  —  A California police officer was charged on Wednesday with felony manslaughter …
Discussion: alcoda.org, The Root, WISC-TV, The Hill and KTLA
Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
Active shooter drills are meant to prepare students.  But research finds ‘severe’ side effects.  —  A few things go through Tim Tredwell's mind when he's in the middle of an active shooter drill, leading his physical education class into the locker room at John Winthrop Middle School in Deep River, Connecticut.
Zara Abrams / American Psychological Association:
APA calls for true systemic change in U.S. culture  —  The association is working to dismantle institutional racism over the long term, including within APA and psychology  —  Police brutality may be what sparked a wave of protests across the United States and beyond, but the “racism pandemic” …
Discussion: Twitchy and The Post Millennial
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Seven in 10 new coronavirus cases are emerging in red states  —  For the first time, red counties are seeing as many new cases as blue ones.  —  It's hard to overstate the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has been saturated with partisan politics.  Simple recommendations like wearing …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Launches Probe Into Pension Payments to Firefighters Union Leaders  —  FBI and others issue subpoenas to International Association of Fire Fighters  —  WASHINGTON—Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into pension distributions made to two top executives …
Discussion: Political Wire
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
A Lawless Attorney General Hits New Lows  —  In a CNN interview, William Barr showed total willingness to bend, break or deny the law on behalf of his boss.  —  It's tough to choose the worst thing Attorney General William Barr said in a shocking Wednesday interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It's not just Trump.  All Republicans must go.  —  The argument for keeping House and Senate Republicans rests on the premise they somehow lack the disqualifying characteristics (e.g., congenital lying, racism, constitutional illiteracy, conspiracy-mongering) that addle President Trump.  Think again.
Rasmussen Reports:
Pennsylvania: Trump 46%, Biden 46%  —  President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are running dead even in Pennsylvania.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone and online survey of Likely Voters in the Keystone State finds Trump and Biden with 46% support each.
 
 
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David Byler / Washington Post:
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Trump's Base Is Shrinking As Whites Without A College Degree Continue To Decline
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Donald J. Trump:
Based on the massive number of Unsolicited & Solicited Ballots that will be sent to potential Voters …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Michael I. Krauss / Wall Street Journal:
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