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3:05 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, KTLA, ABC30 and Raw Story
Corey Dickstein / Stars & Stripes:
Bipartisan group of senators urges Esper to keep funding Stars and Stripes
Discussion: NPR, Daily Kos and IJR
New York Times:
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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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
New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Biden Campaign Hits Trump Over Report He Called Fallen Soldiers ‘Losers’
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Biden Lights Into Trump for Reportedly Calling War Dead ‘Losers’
James Laporta / Associated Press:
Report: Trump disparaged US war dead as ‘losers,’ ‘suckers’
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
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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U.S. Department of Justice:   Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on the Tracking Down of Fugitive Michael Forest Reinoehl
Gary A. Harki / Virginian-Pilot:
Entrenched racist culture at heart of Portsmouth's police department, officers and former chief say  —  From offensive jokes to fighting reform and endangering Black officers, the Portsmouth Police Department has an entrenched racist culture that hurts female and minority officers …
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Virginian-Pilot:
Portsmouth police chief ousted amid Confederate monument case
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:   Prosecutor Fights Cop's ‘Bad Faith’ Bid To Usurp Authority In Confederate Statue Cases
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
More than 175 current, former law enforcement officials endorse Joe Biden, slam Trump as ‘lawless’ president  —  The list includes former US attorneys, former state attorneys general, former sheriffs and former police chiefs  —  EXCLUSIVE: More than 175 current and former law enforcement officers …
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Jesselyn Cook / HuffPost:
Trump Campaign Running Photo Ads Edited To Make Joe Biden Appear Older
Discussion: Politico
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.
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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Ed Morrissey / Hotair:
Breaking: Trump Administration Brokers Serb-Kosovo Deal — With Normalized Israel Relations  —  Score another foreign-policy win for the Trump administration, and this one's a surprising two-fer.  More than twenty years after the Balkan Wars concluded, Serbia and Kosovo have settled …
Discussion: Just The News
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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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Paul Kengor / The American Spectator:
Biden-Harris Have a Big Problem in Pennsylvania
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
Courier-Journal:
Thomas Massie praises Kyle Rittenhouse, says he showed ‘incredible restraint’  —  Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie in a radio interview Thursday defended the 17-year-old who fatally shot two protesters and injured a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last week, saying he acted in self-defense and showed “incredible restraint.”
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
The Lawyer Raising Money for Kyle Rittenhouse Nearly Sank His Own Law Firm
Discussion: Law & Crime and INSIDER
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.
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
Averi Harper / ABC News:
Biden to speak about Trump's role in economic crisis  —  His speech is expected to zero in on the economic fallout from COVID-19.  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden is slated to offer remarks about the state of the economy from Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payrolls increase by nearly 1.4 million as the unemployment rate tumbles
Discussion: Redstate and The National Interest
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 …
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
Reuters:
How Jerry Falwell Jr mixed his personal finances with his university's  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After parting ways with President Jerry Falwell Jr in the wake of personal scandals, Liberty University has hired a firm to investigate “all facets” of Falwell's tenure, including the school's financial and real estate operations.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.”
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.
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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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
‘A downright dirty plan’: Trump admin quietly pulls funding for disinfecting N.Y. subways, schools
Clay Travis / OutKick:
Washington Post Strikes Out In Hit Piece Attempt
Discussion: Washington Post
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Judge OKs extradition for men accused of aiding Ghosn escape
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Journalist to appeal ruling that Telegraph apology over her Melania Trump reporting was not defamatory
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
CBP chief has no evidence of black-clad Antifa protesters taking planes to protests, says spokesman
David Brooks / New York Times:
What Will You Do if Trump Doesn't Leave?  —  Playing out the nightmare scenario.
Discussion: Althouse
 Earlier Items: 
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
Pew Research Center:
A majority of young adults in the U.S. live with their parents for the first time since the Great Depression
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
‘The United States is in crisis’: Report tracks thousands of summer protests, most nonviolent
Discussion: Twitchy, IJR, Vox and The Hill
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden lags among Florida Hispanic voters
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Judge bars Kanye West from appearing on Arizona's ballot
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
 

 
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
UMG and Amazon Music strike a new deal to collaborate on audiobooks and livestreams, address unlawful AI-generated content, protect against fraud, and more

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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