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11:05 AM ET, September 8, 2020

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New York Times:
How Trump's Billion-Dollar Campaign Lost Its Cash Advantage  —  Five months ago, President Trump's re-election campaign had a huge financial edge over Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s.  The Times conducted an extensive review of how the Trump team spent lavishly to show how that advantage evaporated.
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Politico:
The 8 states where 2020 will be won or lost: A POLITICO deep dive  —  Within each of these swing states, the roadmap ahead for President Donald Trump and Joe Biden is clear.  Polling, however, is not.  —  POLITICO Illustration  —  Minnesota's Iron Range.  Wisconsin's “WOW” counties.
Bloomberg:
Trump Weighs Putting Up to $100 Million of His Cash Into Race  — Discussions follow heavy spending by campaign earlier in year  — Biden reported record $365 million fundraising haul in August  —  President Donald Trump has discussed spending as much as $100 million of his own money …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Michael Cohen explains why Trump likes Putin, and what Trump really thinks of his supporters  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is an authoritarian, racist sexual predator, according to a new book by his former lawyer and confidant, who says Trump admires ruthless dictators and openly mocks …
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Stephen Rodrick / Rolling Stone:   Michael Cohen Says Sorry. (And That His Ex Boss Is an Asshole)
Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR:
Trump Fired A ‘Faux-Bama,’ Michael Cohen Says In Tell-All Memoir
Discussion: Raw Story and UPI
Isaac Stone Fish / Washington Post:
Why Disney's new ‘Mulan’ is a scandal  —  The most devastating part of “Mulan,” Disney's much-anticipated live-action remake of the 1998 animated film, isn't the story.  It's the credits.  The film retells the ancient Chinese tale of Hua Mulan, a filial daughter who dresses as a man to join the army …
Yael Halon / Fox News:
John Bolton denies claim Trump disparaged fallen American soldiers in France: ‘Simply false’  —  ‘The main issue was whether or not weather conditions permitted the president to go’  —  Former national security adviser John Bolton disputed the main thesis of The Atlantic's recent report alleging …
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Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:   3 Crucial Breakdowns In Journalistic Standards That Explain The Atlantic's Trump Political Hit Piece
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
The Left Secretly Preps for MAGA Violence After Election Day  —  DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS  —  The progressive coalition Fight Back Table has been meeting to game out what happens if Joe Biden doesn't win by a landslide.  It's not pretty.  —  Last week, a coalition of leading progressive groups gathered …
CNN:
Video shows USPS mail being dumped in a California parking lot.  A postal union says USPS employees weren't involved  —  CNN obtained surveillance video from a Glendale, California, spa showing bags of mail being dumped in a parking lot earlier this month  —  (CNN)Bags of mail were dumped …
Discussion: Breitbart
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CBS News:   Probe launched after bags of mail dumped in 2 spots in L.A. area
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
No, Trump Is Not Threatening the Military-Industrial Complex's Profits  —  President Trump has spent three and a half years persuading his supporters that the only reason his own officials constantly expose his conduct and warn the public of his unfitness for office is that he is the target of a deep state cabal.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
Senate returns with a path to nowhere on coronavirus aid  —  The Senate returns from its August recess Tuesday with no signs of progress on a new coronavirus relief package — and only days to reach a deal before lawmakers head back home to campaign.  —  Despite weeks of high-level talks between …
Evan Walker / Surveys:
Missouri Statewide General Election Survey Results  —  We Ask America, a nationally recognized polling firm, today released its second statewide survey analyzing the Missouri Presidential and Gubernatorial races this November and gauged voters' attitudes toward protesting that has occurred in cities across the country.
Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
Vaccine makers promise safety amid shaky public confidence in Covid developments  —  Public confidence in the shots has dropped as President Donald Trump repeatedly predicts a vaccine could come before the Nov. 3 election.  —  A researcher prepares a Covid-19 vaccination at Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida.
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Naomi Kresge / Bloomberg:   Drugmakers Pledge to Avoid Safety Shortcuts on Covid Vaccine
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
House Oversight Committee will investigate Louis DeJoy following claims he pressured employees to make campaign donations  —  House Democrats are launching an investigation of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and called for his immediate suspension following accusations that he reimbursed former employees …
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Hundreds of Americans Planted ‘Chinese Mystery Seeds’  —  What I learned by reading thousands of internal emails about the Chinese mystery seeds.  —  Jason Koebler  —  In late July, America was briefly enthralled with “Unsolicited Seeds from China,” which started showing up in mailboxes in all 50 states.
Discussion: New York Post
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Several deaths have been connected to protests, but the story is more complicated  —  Personal disputes and looting linked to some of the deaths.  —  The images are stark — people clashing with police, buildings on fire, vandalism, shootings and even killings.
Gray Rohrer / Orlando Sentinel:
DeSantis itching to reopen just about everything but Florida's government  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to reopen Florida to help the state emerge from the coronavirus shutdown, but the government he oversees remains largely closed.  —  There hasn't been an in-person Cabinet meeting since February.
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump's Net Worth Drops $600 Million In A Year To $2.5 Billion  —  Senior editor at Forbes, covering Donald Trump's business.
JONATHAN TURLEY:
ACLU Official Attacks University For Admitting Nick Sandmann While Professor Promises To Monitor His Conduct  —  I have previously written, as a long supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), about my concern over how the venerable group has changed under its current leadership …
Discussion: National Review and Twitchy
Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
Julian Assange warned by judge after outburst during extradition trial  —  WikiLeaks founder told he faces removal after interjection during lawyers' exchange  —  Julian Assange has been warned by the judge in his extradition case that he could be removed from court with the case continuing …
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
“He Is Throwing Gasoline on a Fully Raging Fire”: Trump's Kid-Glove Handling of White Supremacists Could Create a Home-Grown Crisis  —  The Trump White House has always given white supremacists a pass, say former administration officials.  But as tensions rise in the wake of more police violence …
Discussion: The Unz Review and Raw Story
John Ismay / New York Times:
At Least 37 Million People Have Been Displaced by America's War on Terror  —  A new report calculates the number of people who fled because of wars fought by the United States since Sept. 11, 2001.  —  At least 37 million people have been displaced as a direct result of the wars fought …
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Former officials critical of Trump are ‘disgruntled employees’  —  Sanders spoke in an exclusive interview with ABC's “Good Morning America.”  —  Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday in an exclusive interview …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kanye West / TMZ.com:
President Trump Autographed Bible for Sale  —  Here's a shocker for 54 percent of the country ... President Trump opened a Bible (that's not the shocker), signed his name in it, and now the good book could now be worth nearly $40k.  There it is.  —  Yes, as Trump would almost certainly put it …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Tory Newmyer / Washington Post:
The Finance 202: Publicly, Biden promises a Wall Street crackdown.  Privately, his camp is offering reassurance.  —  With 56 days until the election, not even Joe Biden's supporters know what his victory would mean for Wall Street.  —  Even after building a 36-year track record of service in Washington …
Discussion: Associated Press and CNBC
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
‘Not The Same Joe Biden’: White House Stenographer Says Former VP's ‘Mental Acuity’ Has Deteriorated  —  Joe Biden's former White House stenographer said the vice president's public speaking ability has deteriorated significantly since leaving office to the point where he's “not the same Joe Biden.”
 
 
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Stanley B. Greenberg / American Prospect:
How Trump Is Losing His Base
Discussion: Raw Story
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
All the President's Norms  —  Trump haters wage a war on standards and use his bad behavior as an excuse.
Wall Street Journal:
Rhode Island's Senior Ballot Harvest
Anonymous:
CV Vitolo “Haddad”: Another Academic Racial Fraud?
Neil Genzlinger / New York Times:
Gerald Shur, Architect of Witness Protection Program, Dies at 86
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Joe Biden is beefing up his campaign in Georgia
Wall Street Journal:
Will Courts Pick the Next President?
Kate King / Wall Street Journal:
Immigration to New York City Declines, Amplifying Economic Concerns
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
For the First Time, America May Have an Anti-Racist Majority
Discussion: The Nation
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Trump is shouting his racism. He must be stopped.
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Something's Happening Here: Democrats laying foundation for action with their post-Election Day doomsday warnings
Discussion: Redstate and Politico
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
A battleground haunted by the ghosts of 2016
Majda Ruge / Politico:
Trump's Kosovo show: No big deal
Sam Sutton / Politico:
How Covid-19 made New Jersey's Phil Murphy the most powerful governor in America
Matthew Doran / ABC:
Last two Australian correspondents pulled out of China after five-day diplomatic standoff over national security case
Jacob Silverman / Slate:
A Russian Disinformation Operation Tried to Recruit Me
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
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