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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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POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller and Law & Crime
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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 …
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New York Times, New York Daily News and ABC30
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
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
At Least 4 Boats Sink During Disastrous Trump Parade in Texas
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Bloomberg, Associated Press and ABC News
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.
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump referred to Marines buried at cemetery in France in crude and derogatory terms, a former senior administration official says
Trump referred to Marines buried at cemetery in France in crude and derogatory terms, a former senior administration official says
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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who served in Vietnam went to war
Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who served in Vietnam went to war
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Raw Story, Outside the Beltway and Mercury News
Phillip Nieto / Mediaite:
Fox News' Jennifer Griffin Defends Reporting After Trump Calls For Her Firing: ‘My Sources Are Unimpeachable’
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Trump Calls for Firing of Fox News Reporter Who Confirmed President Disparaged Veterans
Trump Calls for Firing of Fox News Reporter Who Confirmed President Disparaged Veterans
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Daily Kos, The Guardian, Breitbart, The Wrap, The Hill, Deadline and Washington Times
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 — A Biden administration-in-waiting is slowly taking shape. — On the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, the Biden transition team announced a long list of new hires, advisers and co-chairs to lead the effort to staff up a potential administration.
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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The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Hill, Political Wire, New York Times and NBC News
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Top Biden Advisers Preview Fall Election Strategy
Top Biden Advisers Preview Fall Election Strategy
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The Guardian, Fox News and East Bay Times
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Harris on vaccine: ‘I would not trust Donald Trump’
Harris on vaccine: ‘I would not trust Donald Trump’
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Political Wire, Politico, Denver Post, KTLA, The US Sun and STAT
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 …
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Raw Story, Axios, Political Wire 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 …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
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’
Sources: Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg weeps in his office ‘all the time’
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Instapundit and Twitchy
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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Fox News, Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Al Jazeera, One America News Network, ABC News, The Guardian, The Hill and Mediaite
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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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
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FITSNews, Politico, MSNBC and The Moderate Voice
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.
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POLITICUSUSA, The Gateway Pundit, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Daily Caller
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 …
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 …
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One America News Network
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.
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Raw Story
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.
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Fox News, NY State Attorney General and Bloomberg
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 …
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 …
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Raw Story
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Approves Warrantless Surveillance Rules While Scolding F.B.I. — The release of a newly declassified ruling follows a separate decision by an appeals court that a defunct National Security Agency program was illegal. — WASHINGTON — The nation's surveillance court found that the F.B …
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Washington Post and Engadget
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Peter Strzok would like to clear a few things up — The former FBI agent at the center of the Russia probe is finally having his say. — Peter Strzok's new book recaps the full arc of Crossfire Hurricane from the perspective of an enterprising counterintelligence expert who perceived Donald Trump …
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Political Wire and Bloomberg
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI pondered whether Trump was ‘a Manchurian candidate elected,’ former agent alleges in new book
FBI pondered whether Trump was ‘a Manchurian candidate elected,’ former agent alleges in new book
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Associated Press, NPR, Axios, Raw Story and New York Times
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 …
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The Daily Beast
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.
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Spectator USA, Redstate and Associated Press