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Erica Orden / CNN:
In tell-all book, Michael Cohen says Trump hired a ‘Faux-Bama’ during White House run  —  (CNN)Before Donald Trump ever sought the Oval Office, he was preoccupied by its occupant President Barack Obama, publicly questioning his birthplace and privately describing him as “a Manchurian candidate” …
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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 …
New York Times:
At Least 4 Boats Sink During ‘Trump Boat Parade’ in Texas, Officials Say  —  No injuries were immediately reported at the event, which was taking place on Lake Travis.  —  The authorities rescued numerous people from the waters of Lake Travis in Texas on Saturday after at least four boats sank …
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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.
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
Discussion: Axios
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
At Least 4 Boats Sink During Disastrous Trump Parade in Texas
Hojun Choi / Austin American-Statesman:
Hundreds rally but some boats are swamped in Lake Travis parade for Trump
Discussion: NBC News
KVUE-TV:
‘Many boats in distress,’ several have sunk during ‘Trump Boat Parade’ on Lake Travis, TSCO says
Discussion: New York Daily News
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   Trump boat parade ends in disaster after multiple vessels sink in Texas lake
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Trump erases Biden's lead in Texas, as Hegar chips away at Cornyn's edge in Senate race  —  New Dallas Morning News/UT-Tyler poll shows Texas remains a battleground, but the president has regained momentum despite ongoing pandemic and economic woes.  —  WASHINGTON - Texas remains a toss-up in the presidential race.
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Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
Republicans vs. Imaginary Biden  —  Fighting a far left opponent despite not having one  —  In  —  2020, the Democrats are running against Donald Trump, focusing their collective ire on the incumbent president.  The Republicans, by contrast, are barely running against Joe Biden.
Bloomberg:
Trump Ended 2018 France Trip Having Art Loaded on Air Force One  — President decided he wanted pieces from ambassador's residence  — Painting, bust, figurines flown home to display at White House  —  After Donald Trump's planned trip to a French cemetery for fallen Marines …
Discussion: NBC News
New York Times:
A New Front in America's Pandemic: College Towns  —  The coronavirus is spiking around campuses from Texas to Iowa to North Carolina as students return.  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa — Last month, facing a budget shortfall of at least $75 million because of the pandemic, the University …
Discussion: Politico
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump prepares a new fall offensive: Branding Kamala Harris  —  Kamala Harris is about to get the Trump treatment.  —  President Donald Trump has long excelled at ridiculing opponents and fomenting rivalries among those around him — from contestants on “The Apprentice” to his top aides inside the White House.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's law and order campaign isn't working  —  (CNN)Poll of the week: A new CNN/SSRS poll has former Vice President Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by a 51% to 43% margin.  —  That 8-point margin matches a Grinnell College/Selzer & Co. poll published this week as well and is in-line with the national polling average.
Discussion: Townhall
jsonline:   Kamala Harris to make Labor Day stop in Milwaukee, same day Mike Pence campaigns in La Crosse
New York Times:
In Final Stretch, Biden Defends Lead Against Trump's Onslaught  —  The president is attempting to overtake his Democratic challenger with a strategy of racial polarization in heavily white Midwestern states, even as Democrats make inroads in the Republican-leaning South and West.
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump referred to Marines buried at cemetery in France in crude and derogatory terms, a former senior administration official says  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump referred to fallen US service members at the Aisne-Marne cemetery in crude and derogatory terms during a November 2018 trip to France …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:   Trump's bad marriage with the military has finally exploded
Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News:
He once thought Hillary Clinton and Lady Gaga ate babies.  Now he wants to help people out of QAnon  —  Stephen Ross went from being one of Lady Gaga's “little monsters” in high school to believing she was a cannibal pedophile.  —  The Massachusetts native says he was a sheltered kid with …
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
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:
Trump fixates on the promise of a vaccine — real or not — as key to reelection bid  —  President Trump is so fixated on finding a vaccine for the novel coronavirus that in meetings about the U.S. pandemic response, little else captures his attention, according to administration officials.
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill, ABC News and Daily Kos
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Census Work Has Been Winding Down, But A Judge Says It Needs To Press On For Now  —  The Trump administration must, for now, stop winding down in-person counting efforts for the 2020 census, a federal judge in California ordered Saturday, while a legal fight over the shortened schedule for the national head count continues.
Oregonian:
100 Days of Protests in Portland  —  How one of America's whitest major cities became the center of the national conversation over systemic racism and police brutality.  —  By Eder Campuzano |  The Oregonian/OregonLive, Brooke Herbert |  The Oregonian/OregonLive, Beth Nakamura |
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 …
 
 
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Fox News' Jennifer Griffin Defends Reporting After Trump Calls For Her Firing: ‘My Sources Are Unimpeachable’
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Andrea Mitchell / NBC News:
North Korea may be prepping submarine-launched ballistic missile test, U.S. weapons experts warn
Jean Guerrero / The Daily Beast:
Border Patrol Pulls Vid Reflecting How Stephen Miller Helped Make Homeland Security a Race War Propaganda Shop
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Approves Warrantless Surveillance Rules While Scolding F.B.I.
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
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