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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
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 …
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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Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Party's Over: Trump Orders Purge of ‘Critical Race Theory’ from Federal Agencies  —  At the direction of President Trump, the White House Office of Management and Budget will move to identify and eliminate any trace of “critical race theory” in the federal government.
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Ex-F.B.I. Agent in Russia Inquiry Says Trump Is a National Security Threat  —  Peter Strzok, who was fired for sending anti-Trump texts, played a central role in both the Hillary Clinton email and Trump-Russia investigations.  —  WASHINGTON — A former senior F.B.I. agent at the center …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI pondered whether Trump was ‘a Manchurian candidate elected,’ former agent alleges in new book
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Ex-FBI agent: Attacks from Trump ‘outrageous’ and ‘cruel’
Discussion: Political Wire, NPR and Bloomberg
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 …
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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
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 …
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Trump and Russia echo each other in presidential race  —  An hour into his rally Thursday night in a Pittsburgh suburb, President Trump slammed states that have expanded mail-in voting, a familiar target for his reelection campaign.  —  “These mail-in ballots are a disgrace, and they know it,” he scoffed.
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CNN:
As world leaders condemn Russian aggression, Trump says he and Putin ‘get along’
Discussion: Contemptor
Tori B. Powell / The Daily Beast:
Kyle Rittenhouse's Attorney Resigns From Legal Fundraiser After Dodgy Financial Past Revealed  —  ROLLING IN DEBT  —  John Pierce, the lead attorney for accused Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse, has resigned from the #FightBack Foundation, a day after The Daily Beast reported that some of the funds …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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.
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 …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who served in Vietnam went to war  —  Watch Trump's response when asked about John Kelly and bombshell story  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who served in Vietnam went to war, according to someone who has heard him make the remarks.
Discussion: Politico, The Wrap and Breitbart
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.
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.
Discussion: Redstate
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 …
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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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.
Nicole Ogrysko / Federal News Network:
Non-negotiable: all military members will be subject to Trump's payroll tax deferral
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
DHS draft document: White supremacists are greatest terror threat
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