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1:55 PM ET, September 4, 2020

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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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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, to cease publication at the end of the month, despite Congressional efforts to continue funding the century-old publication.
Discussion: Stars & Stripes, ABC30 and Raw Story
Corey Dickstein / Stars & Stripes:
Bipartisan group of senators urges Esper to keep funding Stars and Stripes
Discussion: Daily Kos and IJR
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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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.
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 …
New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Biden Campaign Hits Trump Over Report He Called Fallen Soldiers ‘Losers’  —  Democrats called the report another example of President Trump disparaging service members.  Joe Biden and Mr. Trump brought diverging messages to their visits to Kenosha …
Bonchie / Redstate:
The Latest Garbage Hit Piece On Trump Begins to Fall Apart as Verifiable Counter Evidence Emerges  —  Last night, I wrote on The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg attempting a clearly coordinated hit on Donald Trump (see The Media Vomit Up Another Anonymous Hit Piece On Trump, and It's Obviously Garbage).
James Laporta / Associated Press:
Report: Trump disparaged US war dead as ‘losers,’ ‘suckers’
Donald J. Trump for President:   Officials go on the record to refute anonymous sources in false The Atlantic story
NBC News:
Trump changed the subject, but he's still losing the race
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: Politico
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BuzzFeed News:
Here's Why BuzzFeed News Is Calling QAnon A “Collective Delusion” From Now On  —  What is QAnon?  —  It's not easy to describe, but one thing we know to be true: It's not a conspiracy theory — it's bigger.  —  What started as a thread on the anonymous message board 4chan has long since entered …
Discussion: New York Times
Virginian-Pilot:
Portsmouth police chief ousted amid Confederate monument case  —  PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene was removed from her position Friday morning, weeks after she announced felony charges against state Sen. Louise Lucas and more than a dozen others stemming from a protest …
Discussion: Blue Virginia
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:   Prosecutor Fights Cop's ‘Bad Faith’ Bid To Usurp Authority In Confederate Statue Cases
Gwynne Hogan / Gothamist:
Video: Pro-Trump Counterprotesters Received NYPD Escort Before Driving Through Black Lives Matter March  —  The vehicle used by a driver to plow through a crowd of Black Lives Matter marchers in Times Square on Thursday was carrying a group of Trump-supporting counterprotesters who had just received …
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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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Postal Service police block Florida congresswoman from touring USPS plants  —  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says she notified the mail service of her plans, but the agency says she did not give enough notice.  —  U.S. Postal Service police officers barred a Florida congresswoman …
Discussion: Forbes
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.”
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
CBP chief has no evidence of black-clad Antifa protesters taking planes to protests, says spokesman  —  WASHINGTON — In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Customs and Border Protection chief Mark Morgan said that “groups like Antifa” are sending organized protestors by plane to cities around the country to incite violence.
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Serbia, Kosovo normalize economic ties, gesture to Israel  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Serbia and Kosovo announced Friday that they have normalized economic ties as part of U.S.-brokered discussions that also include Belgrade moving its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and Pristina recognizing Israel.
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 …
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?
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart and Bloomberg
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Judge bars Kanye West from appearing on Arizona's ballot  —  A judge has barred Kanye West from appearing on the Nov. 3 ballot in Arizona, concluding that a voter who challenged his candidacy had shown he would probably prevail and had established the possibility of an irreparable harm if the rapper's name were to appear on the ballot.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
USA Today:
South Dakota dismisses ‘elite class of so-called experts,’ carries on with state fair after Sturgis rally fueled COVID-19 surge  —  South Dakota is one of the nation's hot spots for COVID-19 infections.  That didn't stop another large-scale event from kicking off Thursday.
Pew Research Center:
A majority of young adults in the U.S. live with their parents for the first time since the Great Depression  —  The coronavirus outbreak has pushed millions of Americans, especially young adults, to move in with family members.  The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents …
 
 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Journalist to appeal ruling that Telegraph apology over her Melania Trump reporting was not defamatory
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Reuters:
How Jerry Falwell Jr mixed his personal finances with his university's
Nikita Stewart / New York Times:
Marian Wright Edelman Steps Down, and a New Generation Takes Over
Discussion: Eduwonk
Washington Post:
Presidents are expected to set the national tone. What we got with Trump has been catastrophic.
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Missouri Men Charged with Firearms Offenses
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The QAnon problem facing local journalism this election season
Discussion: ABC News
Bloomberg:
Bolton Says Trump Remarks on Military ‘Despicable’ If Accurate
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Pelosi, Mnuchin move to defuse potential for government shutdown
Discussion: The Hill
David Limbaugh / Townhall:
Are African Americans Truly Warming up to Trump?
Declan Leary / The American Conservative:
The Media Have Lost their Minds
ICE:
19 aliens charged with voter fraud in North Carolina following ICE investigation
Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
Nearly 10 Miles Of Cars Line Up For Trump — And A Raucous Night In Small Town America
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
‘The United States is in crisis’: Report tracks thousands of summer protests, most nonviolent
Discussion: Twitchy, Vox, IJR and The Hill
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Q&A with Kara Swisher about a potential bid for Washington Post, what she would do as its owner, Jeff Bezos' effusive comments to Trump, Will Lewis, and more
 
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