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Timothy Johnson / Media Matters for America:
Roger Stone calls for Trump to seize total power if he loses the election — Stone also said federal authorities should seize all Nevada ballots, federal agents and GOP state officials should “physically” block voting, that Trump should nationalize police forces, and that Trump should order widespread arrests
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The Guardian, Raw Story, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Political Wire
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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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The Nevada Independent, Daily Kos, The Signorile Report, Outside the Beltway, Politico, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill and Raw Story
Mary Papenfuss / Yahoo News:
Roger Stone Calls For Trump To ‘Declare Martial Law’ To Seize Power If He Loses — Roger Stone said that the president should declare “martial law” to seize power if he loses what Stone characterized as an already corrupt election. — The results will only be legitimate if the “real winner” …
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Trump tries his luck in Nevada — WASHINGTON — As the clock ticks down to Election Day, President Donald Trump is spending valuable time this weekend in Nevada — a state he lost in 2016, but that his campaign sees as a critical part of a backup path to re-election, as his current electoral odds continue …
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Reuters, Raw Story, One America News Network, The Guardian, NBC4 Washington, Bloomberg and Associated Press
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
All Michigan State students asked to quarantine due to ‘exponential growth’ of COVID-19 — Cases rose once students returned to the area for the fall, officials said. — All local Michigan State University students have been asked to self-quarantine immediately for the next two weeks to contain the …
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The Hill
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives' Private Views on Climate Change — At a meeting last year, industry leaders contradicted public claims that emissions of climate-warming methane are under control — Last summer, oil and gas-industry groups were lobbying to overturn federal rules …
Rebecca Hersher / NPR:
Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired At NOAA — David Legates, a University of Delaware professor of climatology who has spent much of his career questioning basic tenets of climate science, has been hired for a top position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump to Visit California After Criticism Over Silence on Wildfires — The announcement came after the president acknowledged a wildfire season that so far has claimed 17 lives and destroyed millions of acres of land in California, Oregon and Washington. — WASHINGTON — After weeks …
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Daily Kos, Los Angeles Times and Conservative Review
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Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Trump to visit California amid criticism for silence on fires
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CBS San Francisco, Mother Jones, Axios and NBC Bay Area
Elex Michaelson / FOX 11 Los Angeles:
Exclusive: President Trump to visit California Monday
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TheBlaze and Mercury News
Meerah Powell / opb:
Clackamas County deputy placed on leave after sharing antifa wildfire rumors in online video — A Clackamas County sheriff's deputy was placed on administrative leave Saturday after a video was posted online of the deputy claiming anti-fascist activists had been starting fires in the area.
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Oregonian, KOIN-TV and The Daily Beast
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Has Already Begun to Sabotage Absentee Voting — A Green Party challenge gave the conservative majority a new way to sow chaos. — On Thursday morning, it looked like Wisconsin was positioned to run a smooth election this fall.
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Washington Monthly, Howie Hawkins for President and The Nation
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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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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Hill, MyNorthwest.com, Bloomberg and Viking Pundit
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Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
Is This the Secret to Selling Joe Biden?
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Big League Politics
Matthew Brown / Associated Press:
Pence drops plan to go to fundraiser hosted by QAnon backers — BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has canceled plans to attend a Trump campaign fundraiser in Montana following revelations that the event's hosts had expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory.
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The Hill, Raw Story, Mother Jones, Axios and Talking Points Memo
Lauren Dezenski / CNN:
An epically bad week for Trump — (CNN)Now that we're in the post-Labor Day sprint toward Election Day, the incumbent president should, in theory, have the upper hand in the news cycle. But a series of stories have shaken President Donald Trump's narrative.
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Fact-check: Trump White House promotes misleading expectations for election night results — Washington (CNN)While election officials across the country try to prepare Americans for the chance of a prolonged vote-counting process this year, President Donald Trump and his allies have drawn …
BBC:
Navid Afkari: Iran executes young wrestler despite global outcry — Iran has executed a wrestler accused of murder, defying international appeals for him to be spared. — Navid Afkari, 27, was sentenced to death over the murder of a security guard during a wave of anti-government protests in 2018.
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Townhall, Just The News, TheBlaze, The Hill and TMZ.com
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Siena College Research Institute:
Biden Favorability Rating Outpaces Trump's in Four States — The New York Times / Siena College Battleground Polls: — Minnesota: Biden 50% - Trump 41% — Nevada: Biden 46% - Trump 42% — New Hampshire: Biden 45% - Trump 42% — Wisconsin: Biden 48% - Trump 43%
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Breitbart, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Eva Hartog / Politico:
Despite Navalny's absence, Russian elections test his strategy — New generation of opposition politicians aims to undermine Putin. — NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia — On the outskirts of Russia's third-largest city, 19-year-old Anna Lapty is doing her best to convince an elderly man to accept …
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One America News Network
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 …
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New York Times
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Andrew Giuliani considering run for NYC mayor in 2021 — Mayor Giuliani? Yes it could happen again. — While the 76-year-old former occupant of Gracie Mansion won't be returning to his old job, his 34-year-old son Andrew is taking a hard look at running for mayor in 2021.
Washington Post:
Warmer. Burning. Epidemic-challenged. Expensive. The California Dream has become the California Compromise. — SAN FRANCISCO — The cityscape resembles the surface of a distant planet, populated by a masked alien culture. The air, choked with blown ash, is difficult to breathe.
New York Times:
Trump Pressed for Plasma Therapy. Officials Worry, Is an Unvetted Vaccine Next? — New details of how the president has demanded faster action from health agencies help explain the intensifying concern that he could demand pre-Election Day approval of a vaccine.
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The Moderate Voice and ABC News
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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Redstate, JustOneMinute and The Gateway Pundit
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
All the President's Insecurities — Donald Trump is his own whistle-blower. — WASHINGTON — During his 2016 bid, Donald Trump would sometimes pause from bashing elites and the media to speak with awe about a phone call he had with a Very Important Journalist.
NBC News:
A major American city may soon allow 16-year-olds to vote — and others could follow suit — San Francisco residents will be casting ballots in November to determine not just who should be in the White House, but if the city should be allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in local elections.
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The Hill and Conservative Review
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