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8:30 AM ET, September 4, 2021

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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
GoDaddy cut off Texas Right to Life's abortion ‘whistleblowing’ website, but it's staying online  —  The web host gave the Texas anti-abortion group 24 hours to find a new home  —  In case you haven't heard, Texas now has a law that makes it illegal for anyone to help women get an abortion …
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Associated Press:
Judge shields Texas clinics from anti-abortion group's suits  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A state judge has shielded, for now, Texas abortion clinics from lawsuits by an anti-abortion group under a new state abortion law in a narrow ruling handed down Friday.  —  The temporary restraining order Friday …
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
TikTok Users and Coders Flood Texas Abortion Site With Fake Tips  —  To protest Texas' new abortion law, activists said, they pranked a website set up by the state's largest anti-abortion group.  —  After a Texas law restricting abortion went into effect on Wednesday, the state's largest …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The harsh truth of this moment: Republicans understand power.  Democrats do not.  —  Democrats look like they're the ones with the greater share of political power in America today, holding both the White House and Congress.  So why do they so often seem weak and ineffectual …
Discussion: The Mahablog
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor / The Nation:   Sotomayor's Defiant Dissent
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The pandemic is almost certainly a bigger political risk for Biden than Afghanistan  —  Friday arrived with bad news.  Economists had expected the country to continue to add jobs at a healthy pace, only to learn that only 235,000 more people went to work in August.
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Is Unlikely to Get Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Shot  —  Former president has urged his supporters to get vaccinated but tells WSJ he 'probably won't' get a booster shot when it is available  —  WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump, who received a Covid-19 vaccination …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Facebook Apologizes After A.I. Puts ‘Primates’ Label on Video of Black Men  —  Facebook called it “an unacceptable error.”  The company has struggled with other issues related to race.  —  Facebook users who recently watched a video from a British tabloid featuring Black men saw …
CREW:
CREW files ethics complaint against Kevin McCarthy & Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  The Office of Congressional Ethics should investigate whether House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene violated House rules by threatening to retaliate against companies that comply …
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Ethics Watchdog Requests Probe Into Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene For ‘Threatening’ Telecom Firms
Discussion: Mediaite
NBC News:
About 100 Afghan evacuees to U.S. flagged for possible ties to Taliban or terror groups, sources say  —  The U.S. plans to send at least two Afghan evacuees back out of the country to Kosovo because of security concerns raised after they arrived at a U.S. airport, said two sources familiar with the U.S. evacuation.
Lyft:
Defending drivers and women's access to healthcare  —  Following the passage of Texas SB8 we're sending the following message to drivers and riders in the Lyft community.  —  Dear Lyft Riders and Drivers,  —  A new Texas law, SB8, threatens to punish drivers for getting people where they need to go …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Sen. Joni Ernst falsely claims Biden has ‘not once’ expressed gratitude to troops who fought in the last 20 years  —  Senator falsely claims Biden ‘not once’ thanked overseas veterans  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, a veteran of the war in Iraq and a member …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
9/11 was a test.  The books of the last two decades show how America failed. … Deep within the catalogue of regrets that is the 9/11 Commission report — long after readers learn of the origins and objectives of al-Qaeda, past the warnings ignored by consecutive administrations …
Rebecca Rosman / NPR:
France And Russia Are In A Tussle Over Who Gets To Call Champagne ... ‘Champagne’  —  EPERNAY, France - In a chilly windowless basement in this provincial French city, workers stack bottles of bubbly.  Not just any bubbly, but le vrai champagne, which thanks to a special protected status …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Capitol Rioter Known as QAnon Shaman Pleads Guilty  —  Jacob Chansley, who stormed onto the Senate floor in face paint and a horned hat, accepted a deal under which federal prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 41 to 51 months in prison.  —  Jacob Chansley, a former actor …
Adela Suliman / Washington Post:
Here's what we know about the mu variant … A coronavirus variant known as “mu” or “B.1.621” was designated by the World Health Organization as a “variant of interest” earlier this week and will be monitored by the global health body as cases continue to emerge across parts of the world.
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
WH admits Biden's claim he visited Tree of Life synagogue is not true  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden did not visit the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after the murder of 11 congregants — despite saying so, the White House admitted Friday.  —  Biden on Thursday told Jewish leaders …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Biden Moves to Declassify Some Documents Related to Sept. 11  —  In an executive order, the president instructed Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to publicly release the declassified documents over the next six months.  —  WASHINGTON — Making good on a campaign promise …
Discussion: National Review
Washington Post:
Oklahoma congressman says he has no regrets about attempts to enter Afghanistan  —  Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) appeared on Fox News on Friday evening to defend his widely criticized attempts to enter Afghanistan last month, saying he had no regrets and would make the attempts again “without even hesitation.”
Discussion: KFOR-TV, New York Post and TheBlaze
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexually abused.
Austin Horn / The State Journal:
Misinformation abounds at Southworth election security event  —  State Sen. Adrienne Southworth, R-Lawrenceburg, wants to go back to using only paper ballots and hand-counting them for Kentucky elections.  —  But much of the purported evidence supporting her argument, which Southworth …
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
U.S. Struggles to Learn Who's Who in Afghan Airlift of 124,000  — Few were on the priority list of those who aided U.S., allies  — Most eligible for Special Immigrant Visas were left behind  —  Days after the Biden administration finished evacuating about 124,000 people from Afghanistan …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Al Jazeera
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Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
Sanctioning Iranian Intelligence Affiliates for Targeting Dissidents Abroad  —  Iran's attempt to kidnap a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil because she used her freedom of speech to criticize the Iranian government is unacceptable and an egregious violation of fundamental international norms.
New York Times:
Inside the Afghan Evacuation: Rogue Flights, Crowded Tents, Hope and Chaos  —  President Biden has insisted that the evacuation of Kabul was done as efficiently as possible.  But key documents obtained by The New York Times suggest otherwise.  —  WASHINGTON — On the last day of August …
Discussion: Insider and Page Array
Sharon Bernstein / Reuters:
California Republicans launching campaign to boost trust in mail-in voting  —  California Republicans will launch a campaign on Friday to convince conservatives to trust the state's mail-in balloting system, hoping to boost turnout in the election to recall Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, party officials said.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mercury News
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
CNN Analyst Bakari Sellers Says the GOP Is Homophobic.  He Lobbies for a Country Where It's Illegal To Be Gay.  —  A CNN analyst and Democratic operative who says the Republican Party opposes gay rights has registered to lobby as a foreign agent of the government of Liberia, which criminalizes homosexuality.
Bente Birkeland / NPR:
Voting Data From A Colorado County Was Leaked Online.  Now The Clerk Is In Hiding  —  It's been nearly a month since sensitive data about voting equipment in Colorado's Mesa County was posted online by conspiracy theorists eager to cast doubt on the outcome of the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
Thomas Joscelyn / FDD's Long War Journal:
Taliban blames America for 9/11 in video celebrating its own suicide squads  —  The Taliban blames America for the 9/11 hijackings in a newly-released video that was aired on Afghan television.  The production, “Victorious Force 3,” is the latest in a series of short films celebrating the Taliban's …
 
 
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Fazelminallah Qazizai / Newlines Magazine:
The Special Units Leading the Taliban's Fight against the Islamic State
James Fallows / the:
Eloquence is Overrated  —  Don't remember lines from a speech?  That could be a sign of its success.
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Exclusive: 'They'll kill us' - Afghan pilots at Uzbek camp fear deadly homecoming
Jake Lahut / Insider:
FEC unanimously rejects complaint that Maggie Haberman and news organizations illegally contributed to Hillary Clinton's campaign with favorable coverage
Discussion: Fox News
Wall Street Journal:
Fitness Industry Recruits Candy Lobbyist to Help Muscle Up
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
‘Squad’ members call on Biden to shut down Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota
Zachary Petrizzo / Salon:
Mike Lindell paid millions to “cyber experts”; allegedly bought luxury home for accused fraudster
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Bloomberg:
Hints of Worker Confidence Belie Rise in Black Unemployment
Discussion: Insider
Kathy Mccormack / Associated Press:
Governor in hospital with flu symptoms; COVID tests negative
Discussion: Bangor Daily News and The Hill
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Exclusive: Amazon to remove more content that violates rules from cloud service, sources say
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
Former Trump campaign operative plans rally for those charged in Capitol riot
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks
 
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