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4:25 PM ET, September 14, 2020

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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Trump Health Aide Falsely Alleges Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt  —  Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary of health for public affairs, told a Facebook audience without evidence that left-wing hit squads were being trained for insurrection, and he accused C.D.C. scientists of “sedition.”
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Top HHS official accuses scientists of plotting against Trump, tells supporters to buy ammunition
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
7 ways Trump and his cabal are using government to corrupt the election
Discussion: Common Dreams
The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Staged Fake FBI Raid on Business Partner, Actor Hired for Production Says  —  A Virginia man who responded to a Craigslist ad seeking actors to play FBI agents quickly discovered he'd been roped into yet another Wohl/Burkman hoax  —  A supposed FBI raid of a home …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
FBI raids home of conservative conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman  —  Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the home of lobbyist, conspiracy theorist and right-wing operative Jack Burkman early Monday morning.  —  Burkman confirmed the raid and said he was not arrested.
Discussion: Washingtonian and Raw Story
Arielle Zionts / Rapid City Journal:
DPS: Attorney General reported hitting a deer, but man's body discovered the next morning  —  South Dakota's attorney general reported hitting a deer Saturday night but actually hit and killed a man whose body wasn't discovered until the next morning, the Department of Public Safety said Monday morning.
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Argus Leader:
Jason Ravnsborg: What we know about fatal crash involving pedestrian
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
South Dakota AG Reported Hitting Deer, Actually Killed Man, Investigators Say
Discussion: Raw Story
Argus Leader:   Documents: South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has history of speeding
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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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Trump's Reckless, Atrocious, Deceitful Rally
Discussion: Raw Story and ProFootballTalk
CNN:
‘Nothing more could have been done’: Trump's final phone call to Woodward  —  Washington (CNN)On August 14, the coronavirus pandemic was on fire in the US.  More than 168,000 Americans had died, with more than 1,300 deaths that day alone.  But when President Donald Trump called legendary …
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jsonline:
Ron Johnson says Donald Trump should win ‘at least one’ Nobel Peace Prize
Discussion: The Hill
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump says he gets along better with world leaders “the tougher and meaner they are”
Discussion: Political Wire
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
‘Like an Experimental Concentration Camp’: Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center  —  Several legal advocacy groups on Monday filed a whistleblower complaint on behalf of a nurse at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center documenting …
Discussion: The Intercept
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Blue Virginia
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Federal judge temporarily blocks Postal Service from sending election mailer to more voters in Colorado
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
DeJoy Gave $600,000 to GOP After Postmaster Job Opened Up
Discussion: Raw Story, Forbes and Vox
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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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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Jeff Wise / New York Magazine:
The People v. Donald J. Trump The criminal case against him is already in the works — and it could go to trial sooner than you think.
Discussion: Raw Story
BuzzFeed News:
“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation  —  Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent …
Associated Press:
Judge strikes down Pennsylvania virus policies  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's pandemic restrictions that required people to stay at home, placed size limits on gatherings and ordered “non-life-sustaining” businesses to shut down are unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Discussion: CBS Pittsburgh, Fox News and The Hill
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Biden leads Trump 67-30 among Jewish voters, survey finds  —  (JTA) — A survey of Jewish voters shows 67 percent plan to vote for Joe Biden in November and 30 percent plan to vote for Donald Trump.  —  The numbers in the survey released Monday by the Jewish Electorate Institute broke …
Discussion: Political Wire
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
Two major Antarctic glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints, scientists say  —  Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers already contribute 5 percent of sea-level rise  —  Two Antarctic glaciers that have long kept scientists awake at night are breaking free from the restraints that have hemmed them in …
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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Former Trump economic adviser: 'I honestly haven't made up my mind' on 2020 vote  —  President Donald Trump's former top economic adviser said Monday he had not yet decided who he will vote for in November's presidential election.  —  “You know, I honestly haven't made up my mind,” Gary Cohn told CNBC in an interview.
Discussion: CNBC and Raw Story
Jonathan S. Tobin / The Federalist:
Censoring Scott Atlas Should Be The Last Straw For Big Tech's Censorship  —  Google-owned YouTube removed video of a presidential advisor discussing COVID-19 lockdowns.  Anti-trust action and legislation must cap this abuse of power.  —  If the coronavirus pandemic has proved anything …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
U.S. bans some imports of cotton, other products from Xinjiang made with forced labor  —  U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a series of orders on Monday barring some imports of cotton, apparel, hair products, computer parts and other goods from China's Xinjiang region due to the government's …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
There are no good choices  —  Land of the free, home of the failed.  Gary Hershorn/Corbis via Getty Images  —  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.
Discussion: Twitchy
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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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Biden campaign adds more staff in Texas
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
The big national news providers need threat modeling teams
Discussion: The Verge
Brian Flood / Fox News:
CNN's Jake Tapper pestered GOP candidate Sean Parnell for statement dismissing scandalous DM: source
Discussion: Twitchy
Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Law & Order Seen As Major Problem
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Progressives fret Feinstein won't be tough enough in handling Biden judicial nominees
 Earlier Items: 
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
11 ways to fix America's fundamentally broken democracy
Discussion: Raw Story and Deseret News
New York Daily News:
Retire this man: After promising to protect the retirement programs, Trump has made mischief with Social Security and Medicare
The Federalist:
Michelle Obama Is Complicit In Netflix Child Porn Film ‘Cuties’
Discussion: Axios and The Guardian
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Breaking Points  —  What led Trump's most prominent former supporters to give up on him.
Discussion: Raw Story
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
The majority backs Whitmer's pandemic actions. But it could only take 3% to stop her.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Creates Legal War Room, Preparing for a Big Fight Over Voting
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Trump Says He Will ‘Negotiate’ Third Term Because He's ‘Entitled’ To It
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 

 
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

Bill Donahue / Billboard:
Drake launches legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to inflate Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track attacking Drake

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

 
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