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12:30 PM ET, September 5, 2020

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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Jennifer Griffin of Fox News Did Not Confirm ‘Most Salacious’ Part of Atlantic Story  —  Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reported Friday that two anonymous former “senior” U.S. officials had confirmed “key parts” of the Atlantic's story about the president, but could not confirm “the most salacious” part.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Defenders: He Doesn't Hate the Troops, He Just ‘Sounds Like an Asshole’  —  Yes, his allies admit, Trump routinely makes callous comments about U.S. military personnel.  But it's because he hates the wars they're forced to fight, not the troops themselves.
Donald Trump / The Guardian:
Trump calls for Fox News journalist to be fired for report on war dead scandal  —  The row over Donald Trump's alleged remarks denigrating American soldiers has now seen the US president target one of his core areas of support as he called for a Fox News journalist who reported details of the scandal to be fired.
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Breitbart
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Trump Calls for Firing of Fox News Reporter Who Confirmed President Disparaged Veterans  —  President Donald Trump is calling for a Fox News reporter to be fired after she confirmed some details of a bombshell story that said he disparaged veterans.  The Atlantic sparked huge controversy …
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Journalism's New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean its Opposite … One of the most humiliating journalism debacles of the Trump era played out on December 8, 2017, first on CNN and then on MSNBC.  The spectacle kicked off on that Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. when CNN …
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Cockburn / Spectator USA:
Sources: Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg weeps in his office ‘all the time’  —  This week, the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg dropped what could be his biggest piece since he won a major award for drawing bogus links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.  The piece claims that during a 2018 visit …
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
‘I will not take his word for it’: Kamala Harris says she would not trust Trump alone on a coronavirus vaccine  —  Harris says she won't trust Trump's word alone on a vaccine  —  Washington (CNN)Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said that President Donald Trump's word alone …
Discussion: Mercury News
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CNN:
Fauci unsure what Trump means by saying the country is ‘rounding the corner on the virus’
Discussion: Gothamist and Political Wire
Washington Post:
White House directs federal agencies to cancel race-related training sessions it calls ‘un-American propaganda’  —  Administration seeks list of contracts for those that refer to ‘white privilege,’ according to memo  —  President Trump is moving to revamp federal agencies' racial sensitivity trainings …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI pondered whether Trump was ‘a Manchurian candidate elected,’ former agent alleges in new book  —  Former FBI agent Peter Strzok alleges in a new book that investigators came to believe it was “conceivable, if unlikely” that Russia was secretly controlling President Trump after he took office …
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Ex-F.B.I. Agent in Russia Inquiry Says Trump Is a National Security Threat
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Ex-FBI agent: Attacks from Trump ‘outrageous’ and ‘cruel’
Discussion: Political Wire, NPR and Bloomberg
Ashley Collman / Business Insider:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders called one of her former White House colleagues a ‘liberal, aggressive, foulmouthed Jew from New York City’  —  Foto: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, March 11, 2019.
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
How Trump Draws on Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills  —  As he has done with other aspects of the presidency, Donald J. Trump has redefined the practice in ways that have unsettled even some Republicans.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was proudly litigious before his victory in 2016 and has remained so in the White House.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Bloomberg:
Democrats Hold Secret Edge If Election Is Too Close to Call  — Majority of top swing state election posts held by Democrats  — Record mail-in voting expected despite Trump attacks  —  Twenty years ago, as Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush battled for weeks …
Nancy Rommelmann / Reason:
'You're Not Allowed To Film': The Fight To Control Who Reports From Portland  —  “YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM!” is a cry you hear incessantly at protests in Portland, Oregon, always shouted at close range to your face by after-dark demonstrators.  You can assert that, yes, you can film …
Marissa Lang / Washington Post:
After 100 days of demonstrations, more radical protest tactics are likely here to stay  —  After 100 days of dissent in Washington, the boundaries between cities, states and even countries have dissolved as protesters from Hong Kong to Portland to D.C. swap tactics, share strategies and ping from one demonstration to the next.
Jim Small / Arizona Mirror:
Trump campaign going dark in Arizona, cancels planned TV blitz  —  Donald Trump's re-election campaign is going off Arizona airwaves after the Labor Day holiday, and may not resume television advertising in the Grand Canyon State until early voting begins in early October.
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
CNN:
FDA rejects oleandrin, an unproven coronavirus therapeutic pushed by MyPillow CEO, as a dietary supplement ingredient  —  (CNN)The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a submission from Phoenix Biotechnology Inc. to market oleandrin as a dietary supplement ingredient, citing …
Discussion: Forbes and New York Post
Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Review Of Federal Charges In Portland Unrest Shows Most Are Misdemeanors  —  In President Trump's telling of it, Portland, Ore., is a city under siege by violent radical leftists, and he's suggested that only the strong hand of federal law enforcement can save it.
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Osama bin Laden's niece says only Trump can prevent another 9/11  —  Another 9/11-style attack may be just around the corner if Joe Biden is elected president, warns Noor bin Ladin, the niece of Sept. 11 terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.  —  “ISIS proliferated under the Obama/Biden administration, leading to them coming to Europe.
Washington Post:
Experts warn U.S. covid-19 deaths could more than double by year's end  —  The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic could triple by year's end, with an additional 1.9 million deaths, while a fall wave of infections could drive fatalities in the United States to 410,000 …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Political Wire
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Wall Street Journal:
Voters Face a Complicated Election as the Pandemic Remakes Voting  —  Mail-in voting, Covid-19, disinformation and a possibly lengthy wait for results make the 2020 election unlike others  —  In a year of uncertainties, one thing seems certain: This November's general election is shaping …
New York Post:
Black Lives Matter protesters riot in Manhattan, cause $100,000 damage: NYPD  —  Eight people were arrested Friday night when a group of 150 Black Lives Matter protesters smashed windows and graffitied the storefronts of Lower Manhattan chain stores and banks, police sources said.
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
After 6 Murder Trials and Nearly 24 Years, Charges Dropped Against Curtis Flowers  —  Mr. Flowers had faced the possibility of a seventh trial in the quadruple-murder case from Mississippi.  —  Six times, prosecutors took Curtis Flowers, a Black Mississippi resident, to trial on the same murder case before mostly-white juries.
Discussion: The Root, APM Reports and The Wrap
 
 
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CNN:
As world leaders condemn Russian aggression, Trump says he and Putin ‘get along’
Discussion: Contemptor
Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Michael Reinoehl appeared to target right-wing demonstrator before fatal shooting in Portland, police say
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders: America must be prepared for when Trump refuses to leave office
Discussion: Axios
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Rittenhouse Mistake
The Texas Tribune:
In Texas, Republicans fight voting by mail expansion while encouraging their voters to use it
Michael Anton / The American Mind:
The Coming Coup?  —  Democrats are laying the groundwork for revolution right in front of our eyes.
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
NFL asked Snyder to ‘back off’ use of private investigators, lawyer says, as PI visits rattle ex-employees
Discussion: The Root
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A new Trump ad features some oddly placed footage. Now its owner may sue.
John Binder / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Nearly 700 U.S. Veterans Issue Open Letter in Support of Trump
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
DHS draft document: White supremacists are greatest terror threat
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

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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