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7:40 AM ET, September 2, 2021

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Alyssa Lukpat / New York Times:
Joe Rogan, A Podcasting Giant Who Has Been Dismissive of Vaccination, Has Covid  —  Joe Rogan, the host of the hugely popular podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” said on Wednesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus after he returned from a series of shows in Florida, where the virus is rampant.
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Washington Post:
Massive randomized study is proof that surgical masks limit coronavirus spread, authors say
Discussion: The Atlantic and ScienceAlert
Politico:
Top U.S. diplomat during Kabul evacuation tests positive for Covid
Discussion: Insider
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:
Sweetgreen CEO: Vaccines and Masks Will Not Save Us, But Salads Might
Discussion: CNBC, Gizmodo, New York Magazine and Eater
Moderna, Inc.:
Moderna Announces Submission of Initial Data to U.S. FDA for Its COVID-19 Vaccine Booster
Discussion: NPR and CBS News
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Texas shows us what post-democracy America would look like  —  Texas this week showed us what a post-democracy America would look like.  —  Thanks to a series of actions by the Texas legislature and governor, we now see exactly what the Trumpified Republican Party wants …
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Texas Law SB8
Sarah McCammon / NPR:
What The Texas Abortion Ban Does — And What It Means For Other States
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Don Lemon: ‘Stop beating up’ on Biden admin over Afghanistan, 'We don't know' if we left Americans behind  —  CNN anchor claims the silver lining in Afghanistan is ‘what happens going forward’  —  CNN anchor Don Lemon offered a full-throated defense for the Biden administration amid the fallout …
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Geneva Sands / CNN:
White supremacist praise of the Taliban takeover concerns US officials  —  Video reportedly shows Taliban celebrating with military parade  —  (CNN)As the United States-backed government in Afghanistan fell to the Taliban and US troops raced to leave the country, White supremacist …
CNN:
McConnell: 'There isn't going to be an impeachment' of Biden
Alexander Ward / Politico:
‘Majority’ of Afghan SIVs left behind, State Dept. official estimates
CNN:
Another Trump Organization executive to appear before NY grand jury as prosecutors probe former President's business  —  Toobin: Trump Organization can try to pretend this is Weisselberg problem  —  (CNN)The Trump Organization's corporate director of security is expected to appear …
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Washington Post:
Trump Organization's security director agrees to testify to grand jury  —  The Trump Organization's director of security has agreed to testify before a Manhattan grand jury investigating the former president and his company, according to a person familiar with the case.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Employees to Testify Before Manhattan Grand Jury  —  Senior finance official and director of security set to appear this week as criminal probe into Donald Trump's business affairs continues  —  Two Trump Organization employees are expected to testify before a grand jury …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story and CNBC
Associated Press:
AP sources: Intel shows extremists to attend Capitol rally  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Far right extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are planning to attend a rally later this month at the U.S. Capitol that is designed to demand “justice” for the hundreds of people who have been charged …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Prosecutors: Jan. 6 rioters committed more than 1,000 assaults on police  —  The rioters who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection committed more than 1,000 assaults on federal officers, according to a review of body-cam footage that prosecutors described in a court filing late Wednesday.
Discussion: Raw Story
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
The effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom is struggling, new California poll shows  —  Most likely California voters are opposed to the Republican-led recall effort against Gov. Gavin Newsom and a growing number fear the consequences of removing him from office with a hard-right conservative best positioned …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
McCarthy Threatens Technology Firms That Comply With Riot Inquiry  —  The top House Republican said his party would retaliate against any company that cooperated with an order to preserve the phone and social media records of G.O.P. lawmakers.  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy …
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Wall Street Journal:   The Democratic Norm Breakers
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Purdue Pharma Is Dissolved and Sacklers Pay $4.5 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims  —  The ruling in bankruptcy court caps a long legal battle over the fate of a company accused of fueling the opioid epidemic and the family that owns it.  —  Purdue Pharma, the maker of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin …
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Ramon Antonio Vargas / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Woman hurls racist slurs at Jefferson Parish workers, aims car at deputy, is shot dead  —  'There didn't seem to be a whole lot right with her,' sheriff says  —  A crew of Jefferson Parish workers was repairing a Metairie water main broken by Hurricane Ida when a woman pulled up in her car Wednesday, called them “f—
New York Times:
Mueller Scrutinized an Unidentified Member of News Media in Russia Inquiry  —  The scrutiny was one of several new disclosures the Justice Department made about investigative actions involving the news media during the Trump years.  —  WASHINGTON — The special counsel who investigated …
Maya King / Politico:
The election gambit that's sending Georgia Democrats into a frenzy  —  A lesser known provision of the state's restrictive new voting law could enable Republicans to execute pieces of the Trump playbook that failed in 2020.  —  Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) questions a witness during …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
For Afghan evacuees arriving to U.S., a tenuous legal status and little financial support  —  The Biden administration is preparing to screen and resettle tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees in the United States over the coming weeks and months, but the majority will arrive without visas as …
Politico:
Democrats race to resolve House-Senate disputes on $3.5T megabill  —  “It is pushing it.  All we can do is try,” said House Budget Chair John Yarmuth.  —  Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who is in charge of drafting the largest piece of the spending plan, described it as …
Discussion: Fox News and FiveThirtyEight
Jean Guerrero / Los Angeles Times:
How anti-California propaganda and racism are driving the recall  —  In the summer of 2019, as early efforts to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom foundered, right-wing commentators launched a smear campaign against California to discredit its progressive policies and stoke anger at its leaders.
 
 
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Katherine Knott / Daily Progress:
Albemarle mask policy keeps some students with disabilities out of buildings
Vivek Ramaswamy / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Stakeholder Capitalism Is a Trojan Horse for China
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
House panel backs proposal aimed at countering ‘wokeness’ in the military
Discussion: Politico and New Republic
Sean Price / Colorado Times Recorder:
Hickenlooper Commits to Fighting for Health Care Equity at Event Featuring State Lawmakers and Advocates
Associated Press:
Photos show black slick in water near Gulf oil rig after Ida
Wall Street Journal:
New York Poised to Join Ranks of States Extending Eviction Moratorium
 Earlier Items: 
Colleen Slevin / Associated Press:
Officers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Giuliani Records Cameo Endorsing Case Against His Own Client
Discussion: Daily Kos
J. Bradford DeLong / Project Syndicate:
Will Biden Make a Historic Mistake at the Fed?
Matt McFarland / CNN:
Amtrak might add more than 50 new routes. But they still won't be faster than a car
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Exclusive: Government can't reach one-in-three released migrant kids
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Judge Dismisses Hunter Biden Laptop Guy's Defamation Lawsuit with Prejudice, Forces Him to Pay Twitter's Attorneys' Fees Under Anti-SLAPP Law
Balázs Gulyás / The Bulwark:
An Open Letter to Tucker Carlson from a Hungarian Conservative
 

 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
In his amended lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk names new defendants including Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, and ex-OpenAI board member and Microsoft VP Dee Templeton

Financial Times:
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