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10:15 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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Katherine Knott / Daily Progress:   Albemarle mask policy keeps some students with disabilities out of buildings
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Floyd County boy dies as COVID surges among Georgia's children
Discussion: Source New Mexico and Raw Story
NBC News:
Texas law could flip script on abortion politics, with Democrats eying gains  —  WASHINGTON — Virginia was once at the forefront of anti-abortion efforts, going to the Supreme Court to defend its right to prosecute a newspaper publisher for running an ad promoting abortion.
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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 …
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Texas Law SB8
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 …
Discussion: CNN and NBC News
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Facts are finally starting to penetrate bad Afghanistan punditry
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cotton leads Senate GOP push on Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal
CNN:
McConnell: 'There isn't going to be an impeachment' of Biden
CNN:
Liz Cheney named vice chair of the January 6 select committee  —  (CNN)Democratic Chairman of the January 6 Select Committee Bennie Thompson announced on Thursday that Republican Rep. Liz Cheney will become the panel's vice chair, the latest sign that the Democrat-run committee is attempting …
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Wall Street Journal:   The Democratic Norm Breakers
Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Record Rainfall Swamps Roads and Strands Travelers  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  ‘A historic weather event’: The New York area is under a state of emergency after Ida floods the city.  —  The New York area was under a state of emergency on Thursday after the remnants …
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New York Times:
Scenes from New York City as Ida paralyzes region.  —  City buses turned into amphibious vehicles, plowing through several feet of water, past orange traffic cones floating like buoys in the muck.  —  Subway stations roared with the sounds of rushing water that cascaded through platforms …
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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Public Policy Institute of California:
PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government  —  Supported with funding from the Arjay and Frances F. Miller Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and the PPIC Donor Circle  —  Key Findings  —  Californians have had an eventful summer.  Since the state's COVID restrictions …
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
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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 …
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 …
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—
Discussion: Raw Story
ProPublica:
Heeding Steve Bannon's Call, Election Deniers Organize to Seize Control of the GOP — and Reshape America's Elections  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Giuliani Records Cameo Endorsing Case Against His Own Client  —  Freedom of speech and freedom from compelled speech are protected rights in America, but nothing can protect Rudy Giuliani from himself.  —  In a video obtained by New York, the former mayor stars in an inadvertent public-service announcement …
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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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Maya King / Politico:
The election gambit that's sending Georgia Democrats into a frenzy  —  Georgia Republicans say it's merely an attempt to improve a chronically mismanaged elections administration.  —  But a newly-formed election review panel in Atlanta's Fulton County is nevertheless sparking outrage …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Washington Free Beacon:
California's State Pension Invests Millions in Chinese State-Owned Companies
Discussion: IJR
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Biden's Job Approval Has Entered Dangerous Territory
Financial Times:
China's changing role in the world economy
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio sees hope in gubernatorial field as he faces political wilderness
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Free Beacon:
Republicans Blame Pentagon Planner Colin Kahl for Bungled Afghanistan Strategy
Discussion: Instapundit
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Amazon asked FCC to reject Starlink plan because it can't compete, SpaceX says
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Reason
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
DeSantis, Abbott Retain GOP Backing Even as Overall Popularity Declines Amid COVID-19 Surges
 Earlier Items: 
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
Colleen Slevin / Associated Press:
Officers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
J. Bradford DeLong / Project Syndicate:
Will Biden Make a Historic Mistake at the Fed?
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
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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