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Debra J. Saunders / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
In exclusive interview, Trump slams Sisolak, defends indoor rally — President Donald Trump is interviewed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal outside a campaign rally at Xtreme Manufacturing in Henderson, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
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Associated Press:
In defiance of Nevada governor, Trump holds indoor rally — LAS VEGAS (AP) — In open defiance of state regulations and his own administration's pandemic health guidelines, President Donald Trump hosted his first indoor rally since June, telling a packed, nearly mask-less Nevada crowd that the nation was …
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Trump's Reckless, Atrocious, Deceitful Rally — The spittle was flying. So were the lies. — President Trump attempted to hold an unmasked, indoor superspreader event in Henderson, Nevada on Sunday night, running afoul of Nevada regulations and his own administration's guidelines.
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
‘Shameful, dangerous and irresponsible’: Nevada governor blasts Trump for indoor rally against state rules
‘Shameful, dangerous and irresponsible’: Nevada governor blasts Trump for indoor rally against state rules
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Reckless and selfish’: Nevada Gov. Sisolak slams Trump for holding big indoor rally, violating state rules
‘Reckless and selfish’: Nevada Gov. Sisolak slams Trump for holding big indoor rally, violating state rules
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
On Western swing, Trump aims to court pivotal Latino voters
On Western swing, Trump aims to court pivotal Latino voters
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
L.A. deputies tackled and arrested a reporter. Her videos contradict their claims about the incident. — As Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies tackled Josie Huang to the street on Saturday night, the reporter for NPR affiliate KPCC screamed repeatedly she was a journalist.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Video catches Los Angeles sheriffs in lie about events outside hospital where ambushed cops were recovering — The LA County Sheriff's Department has been caught in a series of lies about their arrest of KPCC Josie Huang, who was reporting outside of St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Alexander Vindman: Trump Is Putin's ‘Useful Idiot’ — Shortly after midnight on June 17, 1972, an unusually attentive security guard named Frank Wills discovered an unlocked door in the garage of the Watergate office complex. A piece of tape had been placed over the latch.
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Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
California, 19 other states, sue Trump administration for weakening methane rules — (Reuters) - California and 19 other states on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to weaken curbs on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, saying …
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Trump goes to California amid devastating fires, as governors put focus on climate change
Trump goes to California amid devastating fires, as governors put focus on climate change
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New York Times:
Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds — The detection of a gas in the planet's atmosphere could turn scientists' gaze to a planet long overlooked in the search for extraterrestrial life. — High in the toxic atmosphere of the planet Venus, astronomers on Earth have discovered signs of what might be life.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
The Intercept Promised to Reveal Everything. Then Its Own Scandal Hit. — Internal documents show how a source ended up in jail — and the fallout in the newsroom. — Where were you when you first heard about the Snowden leak? — The huge breach of the National Security Agency's …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Woodward: ‘The president of the U.S. possessed specific knowledge that could have saved lives’ — WASHINGTON — Journalist Bob Woodward said Monday that he was shocked when he learned that President Donald Trump “possessed the specific knowledge that could have saved lives” in January.
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Donald Trump's conversations with Bob Woodward about coronavirus, Black Lives Matter and nuclear war
Donald Trump's conversations with Bob Woodward about coronavirus, Black Lives Matter and nuclear war
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Lock Him Up? For the Republic to survive Trump's presidency, he must be tried for his crimes. Even if that sparks a constitutional crisis of its own. — In the end, the most salient fact about Donald Trump may simply be that he is a crook. He has been defying the law since at least the early 1970s …
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New York Times:
Is the Mail Getting Slower? We're Tracking It — In July and August, when a public outcry rose over late mail, there was indeed slower delivery from the United States Postal Service. — Since then, on-time delivery of the mail has improved slightly. But for first-class mail …
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Politico:
‘This is f—ing crazy’: Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories — MIAMI — George Soros directs a “deep state” global conspiracy network. A Joe Biden win would put America in control of “Jews and Blacks.” The Democratic nominee has a pedophilia problem.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Creates Legal War Room, Preparing for a Big Fight Over Voting — With two former solicitors general and hundreds of lawyers, the Biden campaign is bracing for an extended legal battle and hoping to maintain trust in the electoral process. — Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s campaign is establishing …
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Law & Crime, The Atlantic, The Hill and The Guardian
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Goodbye, readers, and good luck — you'll need it — It's time to quit. Since coming to Washington in 1969 as a young reporter, I have written, by my crude calculation, about 2 million words, most of them columns for The Post, Newsweek and the National Journal.
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
The majority backs Whitmer's pandemic actions. But it could only take 3% to stop her. — If I were governor, most things would still be shut down in Michigan, including outdoor dining, malls and gyms that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has allowed to open with restrictions.
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Trump Says He Will ‘Negotiate’ Third Term Because He's ‘Entitled’ To It — President Trump said Saturday that he plans to “negotiate” to run again in 2024 if he wins reelection in November, his latest in a series of comments that have alarmed critics who say he has little regard for constitutional boundaries.
Argus Leader:
Noem: Attorney General involved in fatal crash Saturday night — Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was involved in a fatal crash Saturday night, Gov. Kristi Noem said in an unscheduled press conference Sunday evening. — The crash occurred at around 10:30 p.m. on Highway 14 in Hyde County just west of Highmore, Noem said.
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Politico:
‘Keep back!’: How the Biden campaign obsesses over Covid — WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden's chartered airplanes and SUVs are meticulously sprayed with disinfectant and scrubbed. The microphones, lecterns and folders he uses are wiped down in the moments before his arrival.
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
The Founders of The Environmental Movement Have a Message: Don't Vote For The Green Party — They spearheaded the breakthroughs in the '70s; saw the damage of the '80s; witnessed Nader's role in '00 and Jill Stein's in '16. Now, they have thoughts to share.
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Politico:
Officials: Iran weighing plot to kill U.S. ambassador to South Africa — The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and another official who has seen the intelligence.
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steveschale.squarespace.com:
Everything You Wanted To Know About Florida, But Were Afraid To Ask - The 2020 Version — Pull up a chair friends, and it is time for a little chat about your favorite state - the place, as Congressman Charlie Crist often remarks, with prettiest state with the prettiest name. That of course is La Florida.
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who considered 2020 presidential bid, endorses Joe Biden — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday in a message to his email list that warned that “what is at risk is democracy itself.”
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Breaking Points — What led Trump's most prominent former supporters to give up on him. — For all the loyalty Donald Trump enjoys from his most sycophantic followers, many prominent figures who famously assisted him have given up on the president altogether.
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Miriam Kramer / Axios:
Andrew Gillum says he is bisexual — Andrew Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee, Fla., came out as bisexual in an interview with Tamron Hall on Monday. — Driving the news: “I don't identify as gay. I identify as bisexual. I've never shared that publicly before,” Gillum …
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James Downie / Washington Post:
The whiny core of Trumpism — Few Trump White House members have survived the administration's tumult as well as Peter Navarro. The economics professor and failed California political candidate is officially the director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy; unofficially …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
CDC: Kids can spread coronavirus to their households — Children can and do transmit the coronavirus to members of their household, a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms. — Why it matters: As the coronavirus spreads through schools across the country …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
There are no good choices — In shifting so much responsibility to individual people, America's government has revealed the limits of individualism. — Where I live, the sky is choking. Wednesday was the worst. The day was a dark, burnt haze; red as the end of the world. My dogs paced and barked.
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The Federalist:
Michelle Obama Is Complicit In Netflix Child Porn Film ‘Cuties’ — No one should doubt the considerable power former first lady Michelle Obama wields within Netflix or the unrivaled cultural influence she has to speak out in defense of preserving girlhood and innocence.