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8:00 AM ET, September 15, 2020

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Danielle Pletka / Washington Post:
I never considered voting for Trump in 2016.  I may be forced to vote for him this year.  —  Danielle Pletka is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.  —  In 2016, I never considered voting for Donald Trump.  The Johnny-come-lately Republican and his nasty schoolyard jibes seemed …
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Financial Times:
What happens if Trump loses but refuses to concede?  —  A contested result and the risk of civil unrest would pose a dilemma for Congress, courts and the military  —  As Americans prepare to cast their vote in the US election, a nightmare scenario looms large: what if Donald Trump were to lose …
Discussion: Law & Liberty
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Defends Indoor Rally, but Aides Express Concern  —  “I'm on a stage, and it's very far away,” Mr. Trump said of the gathering on Sunday.  His own campaign aides privately called the move a game of political Russian roulette.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump and his campaign are defending …
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Politico:
Trump ad asks people to support the troops.  But it uses a picture of Russian jets.  —  A digital ad released by a fundraising arm of the Trump campaign on Sept. 11 calling on people to “support our troops” uses a stock photo of Russian-made fighter jets and weapons.
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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Washington Post:   Top Trump health appointee Michael Caputo warns of armed insurrection after election
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A Trump official's insane rant should reflect back on Trump himself
Laura Ly / CNN:
Judge rules Chad Wolf likely unlawfully serving as Homeland Security secretary and temporarily blocks some asylum restrictions  —  (CNN)A Maryland federal judge on Friday ruled that Chad Wolf is likely unlawfully serving as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and temporarily barred …
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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 …
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Carter Sherman / VICE:   Staggering Number of Hysterectomies Happening at ICE Facility, Whistleblower Says
Politico:
How Trump's Middle East Plan Could Boost the Region  —  Four years ago, in the midst of a divisive U.S. presidential election, we led a bipartisan task force taking a renewed and comprehensive look at the Middle East.  In addition to the region's many problems, we identified “green shoots” …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
White evangelicals and Catholics may finally be opening their ears  —  To whom can I speak and give warning?  Who will listen to me?  Their ears are closed so they cannot hear.  —  Jeremiah was as good as it gets in the prophet business, but he could be a bit of a downer.
Discussion: Forbes
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Inside the House Dem leadership talks  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP MET in the Capitol for the first time in a while Monday evening, and they began to confront what many of them see as an only-in-a-TRUMP-presidency question: If DONALD TRUMP loses …
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Daniel Walters / News, Inlander:
After an Inlander article about her links to conspiracy theory websites, Rep. Jenny Graham responds with profanity, threats and another conspiracy website  —  State Rep. Jenny Graham (R-Spokane) called me on my cellphone the day the Inlander published my story about her unwittingly linking to conspiracy theory posts on Facebook.
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Washington's cozy media-political cocktail circuit needs a cooling-off.  Now is the perfect time.  —  From the perspective of the Washington women involved in “Girls' Night Out,” the social gathering was friendly, professionally helpful, and harmless.  —  For about 10 years …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Biden spending alarms Trump allies  —  Joe Biden's mammoth $364 million August fundraising haul is leading to tens of millions worth of ads in battleground states.  —  The big picture: “It should be an alarm to every Republican donor that they've got to dig deep and give more,” Club for Growth head David McIntosh told AP.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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
Discussion: Washingtonian and Raw Story
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible for state ballot  —  The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible to appear on the state ballot, a relief for state and local election officials who feared an addition …
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jsonline:
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules to keep Green Party off the ballot
Discussion: CNN and Washington Times
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Bob Woodward Reveals New Tape of Trump's Shocking COVID Comments  —  “It's so easily transmissible, you wouldn't even believe it,” the president can be heard telling Bob Woodward on the new recording.  —  The hits keep coming from Rage author Bob Woodward, who premiered a new exclusive audio recording …
Discussion: Axios
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 …
ABC News:
Delaware ends primary voting, setting up historic November  —  The First State is the last to hold statewide primaries this year.  —  Delaware, which was crowned the First State in 1787, is the last to hold statewide primaries this year before Election Day in November.
Discussion: Washington Post
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WPRI-TV:
Here's what the November election looks like for the RI General Assembly
Discussion: Daily Kos
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs to Be Deposed in Seth Rich Case  —  A new court filing says the Fox stars have agreed to answer questions on their role in spreading conspiracy theories about the murdered DNC staffer.  —  Fox News star Sean Hannity was once his network's most prominent booster …
Stephen Gandel / CBS News:
Trump alma mater says Biden plan would lead to more economic growth  —  Joe Biden's economic proposals would create a faster growing economy, higher wages for American workers and reduce the debt compared to where the U.S. is headed under President Donald Trump, according to new analysis …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin decided the 2016 election.  We'll have to wait on them in 2020.  —  Huge surges in mail voting will change how and when votes are counted in 2020.  Here's our guide to the rules.  —  The most important states in the 2016 election are among …
Discussion: leg.state.fl.us
Axios:
The Trump identity and fashion statement  —  If President Trump defies today's swing-state polls and pulls off another upset, what will we have missed that could have been a clue?  —  Here's a big one: Trump flotillas ... Trump flags bigger than American flags ... Trump truck rallies …
Discussion: The Day
Wall Street Journal:
How Dark Horse Oracle Became TikTok's Leading Suitor  —  The emergence of the oddball alliance between a business-software giant and social-media sensation is the latest twist in six weeks of negotiations  —  Oracle Corp. is one of the most lucrative but unflashy companies in Silicon Valley …
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:
Family speaks out after man killed in crash involving Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg
 
 
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Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Don't expect our elites to learn from the Los Angeles horror
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Zach Fuentes, Top Aide to John Kelly, Denies Atlantic Story About Trump
Robert McCartney / Washington Post:
Trump's hostility to cities threatens to worsen the recession
Discussion: Daily Kos and Vanity Fair
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Jerry Brown on a California Exodus: ‘Tell Me: Where Are You Going to Go?’
David Gilbert / VICE:
Hate Speech on Facebook Is Pushing Ethiopia Dangerously Close to a Genocide
Matthew Franck / Public Discourse:
Racism Is Real. But Is “Systemic Racism”? That Time I Was Published by Newsweek—For Two Hours
Wall Street Journal:
Billionaire Steven Cohen Reaches Deal to Buy New York Mets
 Earlier Items: 
Elura Nanos / Law & Crime:
Devin Nunes Determined to Keep Filing Lawsuits That He Has No Hope of Winning
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Poll: U.S. Jews ‘Locked’ Behind Biden, but There's Also Good News for Trump
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
If Trump loses, you can thank women
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
Two major Antarctic glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints, scientists say
Discussion: Informed Comment
New York Times:
Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds