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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.
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Trump Angrily Denies Report He Called Fallen Soldiers ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’ — The report, in The Atlantic, could be problematic for the president because he is counting on strong support among the military for his re-election bid. — WASHINGTON — President Trump heatedly denied …
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Washington Post:
Trump said U.S. soldiers injured and killed in war were ‘losers,’ magazine reports — President Trump called U.S. soldiers injured or killed in war “losers,” questioned the country's reverence for them and expressed confusion over why anyone would choose to serve, according to a new report …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
After wild week, Trump looks close to full derailment — Washington (CNN)There have been many weeks when the Trump train has looked like it's going to jump the tracks. But in the seven days since the Republican convention, the President has come perhaps as close as he ever has to a full derailment.
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James Laporta / Associated Press:
Report: Trump disparaged US war dead as ‘losers,’ ‘suckers’ — DELRAY BEACH, FLa. (AP) — A new report details multiple instances of President Donald Trump making disparaging remarks about members of the U.S. military who have been captured or killed, including referring to the American war dead …
Bonchie / Redstate:
The Latest Garbage Hit Piece On Trump Begins to Fall Apart as Verifiable Counter Evidence Emerges
The Latest Garbage Hit Piece On Trump Begins to Fall Apart as Verifiable Counter Evidence Emerges
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
‘The last full measure of his disgrace’: Veterans scorn Trump over report that he calls fallen soldiers ‘losers’
‘The last full measure of his disgrace’: Veterans scorn Trump over report that he calls fallen soldiers ‘losers’
USA Today:
The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down for no good reason — Even for those of us who are all too wearily familiar with President Donald Trump's disdain for journalists, his administration's latest attack on the free press is a bit of a jaw-dropper.
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New York Times:
Suspect in Fatal Portland Shooting Is Reported Killed as Officers Move In — Michael Forest Reinoehl, an antifa supporter, died when law enforcement went to arrest him. He was being investigated in the fatal shooting of a member of the far-right group Patriot Prayer.
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Associated Press:
AP source: Suspect in Portland death killed by investigators — LACEY, Wash. (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week after a caravan of Donald Trump backers rode through downtown was killed Thursday as investigators moved in to arrest him …
VICE:
Man Linked to Killing at a Portland Protest Says He Acted in Self-Defense
Man Linked to Killing at a Portland Protest Says He Acted in Self-Defense
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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Michael Reinoehl, sought in fatal Portland shooting after Trump rally, killed by officers in Washington
Michael Reinoehl, sought in fatal Portland shooting after Trump rally, killed by officers in Washington
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Vincent Barone / New York Post:
Suspect in fatal Portland protest shooting killed by feds during arrest attempt
Suspect in fatal Portland protest shooting killed by feds during arrest attempt
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
With Two Months To Go, a Steady Presidential Race — These last two weeks provided Pres. Trump the best opportunity to change the trajectory of this race. His GOP convention offered a rosy (and inaccurate) portrayal of a president who effectively tackled the coronavirus pandemic.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Barr claims a man collected 1,700 ballots and filled them out as he pleased. Prosecutors say that's not what happened. — In his latest warning about the dangers of mass mail-in voting, Attorney General William P. Barr pointed to a case in Texas that he said highlighted the risk of fraud.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payrolls increase by nearly 1.4 million as the unemployment rate tumbles — Unemployment rate falls to 8.4% as U.S. economy adds 1.37 million jobs in August — Nonfarm payrolls increased by 1.37 million in August and the unemployment rate tumbled to 8.4% as the U.S. economy continued to climb its way out of the pandemic downturn.
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Sarah Chaney / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Unemployment Rate Fell to 8.4% in August as Hiring Continued
U.S. Unemployment Rate Fell to 8.4% in August as Hiring Continued
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
U.S. Added 1.4 Million Jobs in August: Live Updates
U.S. Added 1.4 Million Jobs in August: Live Updates
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Megan Cassella / Politico:
U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent in August
U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent in August
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Em Steck / CNN:
Political group tied to Kanye West campaign law firm sent misinformation on Biden with mail-in ballot applications to battleground state voters — This mailer was sent by a dark money group to Pennsylvania voters last month. — (CNN)An Ohio-based political advocacy group that shares …
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Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Judge bars Kanye West from appearing on Arizona's ballot
Judge bars Kanye West from appearing on Arizona's ballot
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Trump's rhetoric on protests seen as detrimental by majority of Americans: POLL — Even Republicans are divided on his approach, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. — A significant majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump's rhetoric on the unrest in parts of the country …
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
‘The United States is in crisis’: Report tracks thousands of summer protests, most nonviolent — About 93 percent of the racial-justice protests that swept the United States this summer remained peaceful and nondestructive, according to a report released Thursday, with the violence …
Jesselyn Cook / HuffPost:
Trump Campaign Running Photo Ads Edited To Make Joe Biden Appear Older — Yet again, Trump officials are using deceptively altered imagery to attack the former vice president. — President Donald Trump's campaign launched a series of Facebook ads on Thursday featuring a manipulated photo …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The 2020 Election, a Race in Which Everything Happens and Nothing Matters — If a pandemic that has killed nearly two hundred thousand Americans can't significantly hurt Trump's support, can anything? — Does anything matter anymore in American politics?
Declan Leary / The American Conservative:
The Media Have Lost their Minds — Through the most newsworthy year in recent memory, reporters make a habit of gaslighting America. — “Why did police shoot my daddy?” — Now there's an impartial heading if ever I've seen one. No attempts at emotional manipulation to be found.
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
A Self-Proclaimed GOP ‘Bad Guy’ Says He's Trying to Turn Christians Against Trump — Steve Goldberg created push polls for Dole and wrote racist “hate speech” for Netanyahu. Now he says he's asking voters to “trust your faith in Jesus... and vote for Joe Biden.”
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Politico:
Trump team plots how to bust Biden in the debates — During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump blew off his first round of debate prep. — He refused to do a mock debate with a fake lectern, didn't want any single person to play Hillary Clinton and wouldn't simulate …
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NBC News:
Pelosi, Mnuchin move to defuse potential for government shutdown — The Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are planning to work together to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September, making an informal agreement to support continuing funding for existing programs without making any controversial changes.
David Limbaugh / Townhall:
Are African Americans Truly Warming up to Trump? — I get the sense that rightward movement is occurring in the African American community. This is more than anecdotal. It's not random. It is for good reason. — At least since the '60s, the Democrats have had a lock on the black vote …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
'Who's Putting These Ideas in His Head?' — Fate offered Peter Strzok a place in history that he never sought. The son of an Army officer, Strzok also served in the United States military before joining the FBI's counterintelligence operation in 1996. He excelled at his job: In 2001 …
Associated Press:
North Carolina kicks off mail voting as requests spike — RALEIGH (AP) — Mail balloting in the presidential election is set to begin Friday as North Carolina starts sending out more than 600,000 ballots to voters — responding to a massive spike in requests that has played out across …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden lags among Florida Hispanic voters — MIAMI — Joe Biden is underperforming among Florida Hispanic voters while Donald Trump has marginally increased his numbers from 2016, according to a new poll in the must-win battleground state for the president. — Biden leads Trump among Hispanics …
Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
Nearly 10 Miles Of Cars Line Up For Trump — And A Raucous Night In Small Town America — The county paper predicted a crowd of 2,000-plus for President Donald Trump's 7 p.m. hanger stop. There are more than twice that many vehicles in the parking lots and fields by 4. — LATROBE, Penn.