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1:50 PM ET, September 12, 2020

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New York Times:
Trump Onslaught Against Biden Falls Short of a Breakthrough  —  President Trump has leveled scathing law-and-order attacks on Joseph Biden for weeks.  But a new poll shows Mr. Biden ahead in three states Mr. Trump hopes to pick up, and maintaining a lead in Wisconsin.  —  THE NEW YORK TIMES / SIENA COLLEGE POLL
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Harry Enten / CNN:
If nothing matters, Biden likely wins  —  (CNN)Some people call Donald Trump's term in office the “nothing matters” presidency.  The phrase is usually applied to Trump by his detractors, who cannot believe his standing with the American public is stable despite what he says and does.
Discussion: The National Interest
New York Times:
In Wisconsin Poll, Unrest Concerns Don't Translate Into Surge for Trump
Discussion: Washington Post and Bloomberg
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19  —  The health department's politically appointed communications aides have demanded the right to review and seek changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly scientific reports charting the progress of the coronavirus pandemic …
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders expresses concerns about Biden campaign  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is privately expressing concerns about Joe Biden's presidential campaign, according to three people with knowledge of the conversations, urging Biden's team to intensify its focus on pocketbook issues and appeals to liberal voters.
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Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:   Making Joe Biden Cool
Anita Kumar / Politico:
‘A huge risk’: Trump's allies can't sway him on mail-in voting  —  For a few weeks, Donald Trump's advisers had seemingly gotten through to him — the president was finally encouraging his supporters to vote by mail, at least some of the time.  —  On-message Trump didn't last long.
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Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Court examines North Carolina's new law that requires photo IDs for voting
Discussion: The Hill
Liam Brennan / Just Security:
Dannehy Resignation Confirms Barr's Intent to Use Durham Probe for Political Ends  —  On Friday, the Hartford Courant reported that Assistant United States Attorney Nora Dannehy had resigned in protest from the Department of Justice's inquiry into the origins of the Russia probe.
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New York Times:
Top Aide in Review of Russia Inquiry Resigns From Justice Dept.  —  The resignation came amid increasing expectations that the department may disclose partial results from the review before it is completed but ahead of the presidential election.  —  WASHINGTON — A top aide …
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
All of the biggest threats to America are unfolding before our eyes  —  All the biggest threats to America — most of them predicted, if not known well in advance — are unfolding before our eyes, in real-time, in unmistakable ways.  —  Why it matters: It's as if God or the galaxy …
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
Decision to drop Michael Flynn case was ‘corrupt and politically motivated,’ court-appointed lawyer says  —  (CNN)The Justice Department's decision to drop the criminal case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn was a “corrupt and politically motivated favor,” …
Discussion: CNBC, Politico and The Hill
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Johnson seeks IG probe of wiped Mueller team phones
John Blake / CNN:
Trump called him ‘my African-American.’ His life hasn't been the same since  —  (CNN)If Gregory Cheadle had not cracked a joke, his life would be a lot less complicated today.  —  His troubles began when he attended a rally by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in Redding, California, in June 2016.
Discussion: Mediaite
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Voters have made up their minds  —  The 2020 presidential election features a pared-back pool of undecided voters after four years of a highly controversial and media-saturated presidency.  —  Why it matters: Entrenched views mean there's less reason for campaigns to try to change voters' minds …
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Debunked ‘Antifa’ Wildfire Rumors Spread on Facebook Overload 911, Spur Calls to Violence  —  By Thursday evening, more than 10 percent of Oregon's 4.2 million residents were under an evacuation order, according to state estimates.  Uncontained wildfires fueled by sustained global heating …
David Sharp / Associated Press:
Collins won't say in debate who she'll vote for in November  —  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Sara Gideon sought to link Republican Sen. Susan Collins, of Maine, with President Donald Trump during their first debate Friday night, and she demanded several times that Collins say whether she'll vote …
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Rod Dreher:
Pretty Babies  —  Well, I watched Cuties so you don't have to.  I don't like people condemning something without having seen or read it.  So I saw it last night.  It's almost as bad as you think, and Netflix deserves all the grief it's taking over the thing.
Elex Michaelson / FOX 11 Los Angeles:
Exclusive: President Trump to visit California Monday  —  President Trump toured California wildfire damage with then Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom in 2018.  Fox 11's Elex Michaelson served as pool reporter that day and took this picture.  —  LOS ANGELES - White House officials exclusively tell FOX 11 Los Angeles …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Sen. David Perdue Says His Perfectly Timed Stock Trades Are Completely Innocent  —  STONKS TO HIGH HEAVEN  —  The Georgia senator pushed to roll back regulations on prepaid debit cards.  Then he acquired stock in an industry leader.  —  Two weeks after Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) …
Associated Press:
Trump looks west, eyeing new paths to White House  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for new roads to reelection, President Donald Trump will go on offense this weekend in Nevada, a state that hasn't supported a Republican presidential candidate since 2004.  —  Trump will plunge head-on into a battle …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal
Associated Press:
Dozens missing as firefighters battle two large Oregon fires  —  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters battled two large wildfires Friday that threatened to merge near the most populated part of Oregon, including the suburbs of Portland, and the governor said dozens of people are missing in other parts of the state.
ProPublica:
The Big Corporate Rescue and the America That's Too Small to Save  —  Girish Patel doubts his small, 20-year-old shop will survive the pandemic economy.  Thirty stories above, aerospace company TransDigm has sustained eye-popping profits thanks to steep layoffs and raised over a billion with help from the U.S. government.
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
Afghanistan Peace Talks Open in Qatar, Seeking End to Decades of War  —  The Afghan government and the Taliban are finally coming to the table, after repeated delays.  But the violence continues, and the challenges are vast.  —  DOHA, Qatar — The Taliban and the Afghan government began historic peace talks …
Discussion: Ariana News and Bloomberg
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Afghanistan, Taliban launch US-brokered peace talks
Politico:
Biden's transition team, wary of Trump and Covid-19, sets massive fundraising goal  —  Joe Biden's transition team has expanded its fundraising goal far beyond what Hillary Clinton raised in 2016, anticipating that, should they prevail in November, the Trump administration could actively work …
Discussion: Washington Post
Associated Press:
Biden audio first shared by ‘Russian agent’ thrives online  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaked recordings were hardly a political bombshell: The apparent phone conversations between Joe Biden and Ukraine's then-president largely confirm Biden's account of his dealings in Ukraine.
Discussion: New York Daily News
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Prosecutor Quits Trump's Law Enforcement Commission, Saying The Fix Is In  —  John Choi is worried the group is intent on “providing cover” for a predetermined law-and-order agenda that “will only widen the divisions in our nation.”  —  An elected prosecutor who took a role …
Jeff Berardelli / CBS News:
Wildfires and weather extremes: It's not coincidence, it's climate change  —  Right on the heels of arguably the West Coast's most intense heat wave in modern history comes the most ferocious flare-up of catastrophic wildfires in recent memory.  Meanwhile, just a few hundred miles east …
Boris Johnson / Telegraph:
Let's make the EU take their threats off the table and pass this Bill  —  'Let's remove this danger to the very fabric of the United Kingdom... and let's get this Bill through'  —  It is now more than seven months since this country left the EU on January 31, and since then we have been working hard …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Damien Fisher / InsideSources:
Transsexual Satanist Anarchist Is GOP Nominee for Cheshire County Sheriff  —  KEENE — New Hampshire's first trans, anarchist, Satanic candidate for county sheriff says she's not getting a lot of support from the Republican Party.  —  “I can't imagine they're happy about this,” said Aria DiMezzo.
Discussion: Instapundit
 
 
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New York Daily News:
Trump administration admits defunding FDNY's 9/11 healthcare program
Dana Ferguson / Twin Cities:
After Biden announces Minnesota campaign trip, Trump plans one of his own on same day
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Taxpayers Paid More Than $1 Million for Barrier Erected Around White House Amid Protests
Rachel Deahl / Publishers Weekly:
Book Deals: Week of September 14, 2020
Washington Post:
Here's how Joe Biden would combat the pandemic if he wins the election
Discussion: KFF
Richard Sisk / Military.com:
Trump Says Troops Won't Have to Pay Back Deferred Payroll Taxes — If He Wins
MSNBC:
Nicholas Kristof: Trump bragging about protecting Saudi Crown prince over Khashoggi's murder ‘breaks my heart’
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Matt Taibbi / Reporting:
Tape shows: ethically, CNN chief a little shaky
Discussion: Mediaite
Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:
Theranos' Holmes May Pursue ‘Mental Disease’ in Her Defense
Discussion: Breitbart
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“He Had a Twisted Umbilical Cord to Trump”: Michael Cohen's Daughter Reflects On His Time With the President, and Becoming Trumpworld “Collateral Damage”
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Trump falls 10 points behind Biden amid reports he misled Americans about COVID-19 and disparaged U.S. soldiers
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Breitbart
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democratic insiders set up a ‘war room’ to quickly kill the filibuster
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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