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6:40 PM ET, September 3, 2020

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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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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Anti-Trump Lincoln Project to unleash Facebook army to get out the vote for Biden  — The Lincoln Project, a group led by anti-Trump Republicans, will be launching a new initiative on Friday, The Lincoln Project Digital Coalition.  — The plan is to have thousands of Lincoln Project …
Discussion: Political Wire, Raw Story and The Hill
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 …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’  —  When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn't fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn't drive him there.
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.
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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.
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 …
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The Economist:   Donald Trump is very likely to challenge the results of the US election
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 …
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: Raw Story, IJR and Political Wire
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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 …
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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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Pelosi, Mnuchin agree to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month
Bloomberg:
Pelosi, Mnuchin Agree to Avoid Government Shutdown in October
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Gardner ‘Flatly Outnumbered’ by Independents as He Seeks Re-Election in Colorado Senate Race  —  Hickenlooper holds 29-point lead over GOP incumbent with unaffiliated voters, who make up more than 40% of the state's electorate … Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner has a math problem.
Discussion: Political Wire
ABC News:
Russia is ‘amplifying’ claims of mail-in voter fraud, intel bulletin warns  —  Bulletin: “Russian malign influence actors” targeted absentee voting process.  —  Russia has sought to “amplify” concerns over the integrity of U.S. elections by promoting allegations that mail-in voting will lead …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Biden jokes that Kenosha audience would ‘shoot me’ if he didn't wrap up his remarks  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to joke on Thursday that if he spoke any longer about his plan to increase taxes on the wealthy “he'll shoot me,” as he addressed a group of Kenosha, Wis., residents after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Plans Las Vegas Fundraiser With Big Donors on Sept. 13
Discussion: Redstate and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Would Like to Momentarily Pause This Campaign to Tell You How Good His Brain Is  —  The president can't help trampling on his message, especially if his self-image is on the line.  —  Following a carefully manicured, four-day convention in which Donald Trump's chief lieutenants branded …
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Thought It Was Bad Before, America? Welcome to Trump's Real Hellscape.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Facebook bans new political ads in week before election
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 …
Scott D. Pierce / Salt Lake Tribune:
Ann Romney will join Michelle Obama on TV to get out the vote  —  Ann Romney will team up with Michelle Obama on prime-time television to encourage people to vote this fall.  —  The former first lady and Romney — whose husband, Sen. Mitt Romney, lost the 2012 race to former President Barack Obama …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
I'm Doomsday Prepping for the End of Democracy  —  Even if Trump loses, there's no guarantee we'll make it to the other side.  —  To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.  —  My wife, Helen, and I got into a quarrel …
Scott Hounsell / Redstate:
Nate Silver's Latest Shows Biden Is Headed for a Very Bad November  —  Nate Silver, the popular statistician and data geek who publishes his predictions for political outcomes throughout the country has released some new findings for the November Presidential Election and the news for Team Biden isn't great.
Discussion: TheBlaze
Washington Post:
Debate rages over whether FDA should use emergency powers to clear a coronavirus vaccine early  —  Speeding the process could save lives, but some say it might also make it easier for the White House to push regulators to clear an unproven vaccine before Election Day
Discussion: COURIER, Bangor Daily News, Reuters and CNBC
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Said It Removed A Militia Event Page Threatening Violence In Kenosha.  It Didn't.  —  Sandra Fiehrer thought she was helping Facebook enforce its own rules when she reported “Armed Citizens to Protect our Lives and Property,” an event being organized on the social network for the evening of Aug. 25 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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.
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. …
Kathleen McGrory / Tampa Bay Times:
[Click to read the Sheriff's Office response to the Times]  —  The Sheriff's Office said its program was designed to reduce bias in policing by using objective data.  And it provided statistics showing a decline in burglaries, larcenies and auto thefts since the program began in 2011.
 
 
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