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3:50 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 and ABC30
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  —  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 …
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’
New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Biden Campaign Hits Trump Over Report He Called Fallen Soldiers ‘Losers’
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
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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Gary A. Harki / Virginian-Pilot:   Entrenched racist culture at heart of Portsmouth's police department, officers and former chief say
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:   Prosecutor Fights Cop's ‘Bad Faith’ Bid To Usurp Authority In Confederate Statue Cases
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Over 190 law enforcement officials endorse Biden  —  Over 190 law enforcement officials on Friday endorsed Joe Biden for president, per a campaign statement.  —  Why it matters: The endorsements rebut a theme of the Trump re-election campaign, which has falsely claimed that Biden wants to defund the police.
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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.
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: The Hill
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 …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
The Lawyer Raising Money for Kyle Rittenhouse Nearly Sank His Own Law Firm  —  “This dude's on Twitter like a complete lunatic, trying to rile up people and get money,” a former colleague said.  —  Defenders of accused murderer Kyle Rittenhouse, who is in jail after allegedly fatally shooting …
Discussion: Law & Crime and INSIDER
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Courier-Journal:
Thomas Massie praises Kyle Rittenhouse, says he showed ‘incredible restraint’
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 …
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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.
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
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 …
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.
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 …
Kimberly Bookman / WHDH-TV:
Woman accused of hurling racial slurs at group of women, children, nearly running them over in Swampscott  —  LYNN, MASS. (WHDH) - A Lynn woman who came “dangerously close” to running over a group of women and children before hurling a slew of racial slurs at them during an incident outside …
Discussion: Raw Story
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
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Spokane Protester: I Was Abducted By Unidentified Officers, Put In Unmarked Van  —  The arrest of Jeremy Logan, co-chair of a DSA chapter, appears to have been politically motivated and carried out by a sheriff hostile to “antifa.”  —  A co-chair of the Spokane, Washington …
 
 
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 More Items: 
Associated Press:
Biden confirms virus test, says he'll be tested regularly
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill and Mediaite
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: 
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
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
A Self-Proclaimed GOP ‘Bad Guy’ Says He's Trying to Turn Christians Against Trump
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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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
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