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9:15 PM ET, September 5, 2020

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KEYE:
Multiple boats in distress, sinking at Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis  —  Multiple 911 calls have been made regarding boats being in distress, some sinking at the ‘Trump Boat Parade’ scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Lake Travis, according to the Travis County Sheriff's Office.
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Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
Multiple vessels sink during a Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis in Texas and people are rescued from the water - as nationwide MAGA celebrations kick off for the Labor Day weekend  — Travis County Sheriff's Office said it's responding to ‘many boats in distress’ on Lake Travis, Texas
KVUE-TV:
‘Many boats in distress,’ several have sunk during ‘Trump Boat Parade’ on Lake Travis, TSCO says  —  Reports of sinking boats on Lake Travis began coming in on the Citizen app at around 1:20 p.m. Saturday.  —  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — The Travis County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) has responded to …
Discussion: New York Daily News and ABC7
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Trump boat parade ends in disaster after multiple vessels sink in Texas lake  —  Texas Republicans endangered themselves on Saturday by failing to safely hold a boat parade.  —  “Multiple 911 calls have been made regarding boats being in distress, some sinking at the ‘Trump Boat Parade’ scheduled …
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
At Least 4 Boats Sink During Disastrous Trump Parade in Texas  —  The sheriff's office received distress calls just 15 minutes after the parade began on Saturday.  —  A parade of boats near Austin, Texas meant to honor President Donald Trump ended in disarray Saturday afternoon …
Discussion: Axios, Associated Press and KRON4
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Jennifer Griffin defended by Fox News colleagues after Trump Twitter attack over confirmation of Atlantic reporting  —  Jennifer Griffin caused an unexpected media firestorm Friday when she did something fairly routine for a reporter: A competitor had broken a story on her beat, so she set out to see whether she could match it.
Phillip Nieto / Mediaite:
Fox News' Jennifer Griffin Defends Reporting After Trump Calls For Her Firing: ‘My Sources Are Unimpeachable’  —  Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin defended her reporting confirming The Atlantic's story detailing how President Donald Trump disparaged veterans and war dead as “losers” and “suckers.”
Discussion: Deadline
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Biden expands transition team, adding key campaign allies and top Obama-Biden policy hands  —  Biden fires back at Trump: My son wasn't a sucker  —  (CNN)Democratic nominee Joe Biden is expanding his transition team, adding a former presidential rival, vice presidential contenders …
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Biden transition team shapes up with Obama-Biden alum hires
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Exclusive: Leaked meeting notes show Boris Johnson said Trump was ‘making American great again’  —  The Prime Minister is quoted telling the US ambassador in August 2017, when foreign secretary, that Mr Trump was doing ‘fantastic stuff’  —  Boris Johnson privately told US diplomats that Donald Trump was …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Ann Colwell / CNN:
Anita Hill vows to vote for Joe Biden and work with him on gender issues  —  Anita Hill says she would work with Joe Biden  —  (CNN)Anita Hill never pictured herself voting for Joe Biden.  —  But given the political reality the nation is facing, she's not only going to vote for Biden …
Washington Post:
In new book, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen describes alleged episodes of racism and says president likes how Putin runs Russia  —  President Trump's longtime lawyer and personal fixer, Michael Cohen, alleges in a new book that Trump made “overt and covert attempts to get Russia to interfere …
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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David Cay Johnston / DCReport.org:
The Ugly Numbers Are Finally In on the 2017 Trump Tax Rewrite  —  Radical Republicans Ramrodded that Law through Congress, and, You Guessed It, the Rich Made Out Like Bandits While the Rest of Us Got Bupkis  —  The first data showing how all Americans are faring under Donald Trump reveal …
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 …
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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.
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The deafening, devastating sound of John Kelly's silence  —  The sound of John F. Kelly's silence is deafening.  —  For President Trump, it is devastating.  —  The former White House chief of staff has remained quiet in the face of Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg's report …
Joe Kent / NBC News:
Trump came to Dover after my wife was killed fighting ISIS.  He absolutely respects our service. … “Hey, Joe,” a quiet but familiar voice said to me from the doorway of a small room with plush furniture.  The room was meant to provide as much comfort as possible for the families …
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 …
Discussion: Spectator USA and Twitchy
NBC News:
Kentucky Derby: Racial justice protesters, armed militia groups confront each other … LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hundreds of protesters demanding racial justice and an end to police brutality marched to the Churchill Downs racetrack on Saturday as the Kentucky Derby got underway.
Discussion: Reuters, ABC News, The Hill and WISC-TV
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
New York attorney general to organize grand jury on Daniel Prude death  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James said Saturday she will empanel a grand jury as part of the state's investigation into the March 30 death of Daniel Prude, a Black man, who died seven days after being hooded and held down by Rochester police.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Cory Gardner and the Toxic Republican Party  —  This is what “Party Over Country” looks like.  —  1. Cory Gardner  —  Very quickly: If you haven't, you should read Charlie's excellent piece on Trump and Jeffrey Goldberg's story in the Atlantic.  —  I don't have anything to add except …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Parents Got More Time Off.  Then the Backlash Started.  —  Pandemic policies at tech companies have created a rift between parents offered more benefits and resentful workers who don't have children.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — When the coronavirus closed schools and child care centers …
Harry Enten / CNN:
These maps show how 2020 could come down to 1 electoral vote  —  (CNN)Long election nights are what make junkies go wild and partisans go crazy.  It's been 144 years since the Electoral College (how we decide our presidents) was last decided by a mere 1 electoral vote.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Bans Foreign Plant Sales to U.S. Amid Global Seed Mystery  —  Shift by the e-commerce giant comes as agricultural authorities investigate the delivery of thousands of packets of seeds  —  Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -2.18% is barring foreign sales of seeds into the U.S. after thousands …
Andrea Mitchell / NBC News:
North Korea may be prepping submarine-launched ballistic missile test, U.S. weapons experts warn  —  U.S. weapons experts say they believe North Korea may be preparing to test a new strategic weapon system that would vastly expand Kim Jong Un's arsenal and defy President Donald Trump's threshold requirements …
Ellise Shafer / Variety:
‘The Princess Bride’ Cast Reunites for Wisconsin Democratic Party Fundraiser … Reiner, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn and Billy Crystal will read the script on Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. CT, followed by a Q&A with the cast hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt.
Discussion: Mashable, Breitbart and WISC-TV
ABC News:
Which states will have Kanye West on the ballot now that access deadlines have passed?  —  West will be on the ballot in at least 11 states.  —  It's becoming clearer which states Kanye West might have an impact on the 2020 election, though it remains unclear what difference his long shot campaign could make in the overall results.
Discussion: Washington Post, Deadline and The Wrap
 
 
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Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times:
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Jean Guerrero / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Daily Kos
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
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Marissa Lang / Washington Post:
After 100 days of demonstrations, more radical protest tactics are likely here to stay
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders: America must be prepared for when Trump refuses to leave office
Discussion: Power Line, Slate and Axios
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
How Trump Draws on Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills
Discussion: Political Wire, Raw Story and The Hill
Michael Anton / The American Mind:
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