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8:45 PM ET, August 30, 2022

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Marilyn Berger / New York Times:
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91  —  Adopting principles of glasnost and perestroika, he weighed the legacy of seven decades of Communist rule and set a new course, presiding over the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the U.S.S.R.
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David E. Hoffman / Washington Post:
Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91  —  He embarked on a path of radical reform that propelled the communist country toward collapse  —  Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who embarked on a path of radical reform that brought about the end of the Cold War …
David Cohen / Politico:
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's final leader, dies  —  Mikhail Gorbachev, who enabled the Cold War to come to a peaceful end during his astonishing tenure as the leader of the Soviet Union, has died.  —  He was 91 and reportedly died after a long illness, Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital said.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Woke Up and Went on a 60-Post, QAnon-Fueled Social Media Spree  —  You can take the man off of Twitter, but you can't take the urge to post out of the man  —  FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD Trump spent Tuesday morning feverishly sharing content from supporters on his social media platform Truth Social …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Truth Social's Google Play Store holdup  —  Google hasn't yet approved Truth Social's Android app for distribution via its Play Store because of insufficient content moderation, a Google spokesperson tells Axios. … - “Last week Truth Social wrote back acknowledging our feedback …
NBC News:
Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and MSNBC
New York Times:
Frustrations Mount at Washington Post as Its Business Struggles  —  With digital subscriptions and digital advertising revenue stagnating, the company is on pace to lose money this year.  —  In the years after Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, business boomed.
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four  —  Home Polls Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four  —  The latest Emerson College Polling survey of the Georgia general …
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Can Thiel and McConnell Strike a Deal?  —  As Republicans unexpectedly labor to retake the Senate, the standoff between Thiel, the consummate contrarian, and McConnell, the consummate pragmatist, has suddenly become one of the most important relationships in the G.O.P. financial universe.
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David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
House Overview: GOP Control No Longer a Foregone Conclusion  —  Three months ago, it looked like a category five hurricane was heading for President Biden and House Democrats clinging to a flimsy 221-214 seat edge.  Today, not only has it weakened to a tropical depression …
Discussion: New York Post
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Is Sedition Now A Policy of the GOP?  —  It's not just mean tweets.  —  1. Hard Truths  —  The former president of the United States has made a new pronouncement.  He now demands that the federal government either:  — Declare him the winner of the 2020 election and install him as president.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion:
Gibson's Bakery Wins!  Ohio Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Oberlin College Appeal  —  Hopefully the long, hard road Gibson's Bakery has traveled in its fight with Oberlin College has come to an end.  The Gibsons now can collect approximately $36 million.  — Telegram  — Gab  — MeWe
CNN:
A ‘radical shift’ at the border is making things tougher for Biden  —  There's a major detail missing from many conversations about the rising number of migrants coming to the US-Mexico border.  Decades ago, the vast majority of migrants attempting to cross the border between ports of entry were Mexican.
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Kelly Laco / Fox News:
Border Patrol chief says border crisis a result of Biden's ‘no consequences’ policy for illegal migrants
Fox News:
White House claimed people aren't illegally ‘walking’ across border; footage shows the opposite
Discussion: RedState
Chris Farrell / Washington Times:
Why Gen. Mark Milley should be court-martialed  —  The most egregious examples of treasonous subversion by a commissioned officer since Benedict Arnold  —  OPINION:  —  Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be subject to an Article 32 Hearing under the provisions …
Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
The Monkees' Micky Dolenz Would Like a Word With the FBI  —  The group's last surviving member is suing the FBI after they failed to hand over band's J. Edgar Hoover-era FBI file  —  WHEN THE MONKEES launched their inaugural tour in 1967, they played to throngs of screaming teenagers - and at least one FBI informant.
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Trump hires former Florida solicitor general in criminal probe of Mar-a-Lago documents  —  Chris Kise, Florida's former solicitor general who served on Gov. Ron DeSantis's transition team, inked a contract to represent Donald Trump in the criminal case that resulted in the FBI search …
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Ukraine lures Russian missiles with decoys of U.S. rocket system  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine may be outgunned but in the latest sign it is not yet outfoxed, a fleet of decoys resembling advanced U.S. rocket systems has tricked Russian forces into wasting expensive long-range cruise missiles on dummy targets …
CBS News:
Top-level FBI agent under fire for role in Hunter Biden investigation resigns  —  Timothy Thibault, a top-level FBI agent who had been under fire for his role in investigations regarding President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, resigned late last week and was walked out of the FBI, two U.S. officials confirmed.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Army Grounds Entire Fleet of Chinook Helicopters  —  Flights of the workhorse choppers are halted due to engine fires, U.S. officials say  —  The U.S. Army has grounded its entire fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters due to a risk of engine fires, U.S. officials said.
Discussion: CNN, Bloomberg, Fox News and Just The News
Dr. David Taylor / Roanoke College:
Roanoke College Poll looks at Youngkin, Supreme Court favorability and more  —  Virginians Feel Somewhat Better; Supreme Court Favorability Declines; Abortion, Ukraine and More  —  The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research (IPOR) at Roanoke College interviewed 640 adult residents …
Politico:
Biden dodges the August curse  —  President Joe Biden overcame Covid, the presidential August curse and the legislative blockade built by members of his own party.  —  Now as the stretch run to the midterms begins, the White House is looking to aim big.  The president over the next week …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Fox News
Washington Post:
Fox News stars questioned by election tech company in defamation case  —  Dominion Voting Systems has deposed Tucker Carlson, Jeanine Pirro and others in its $1.6 billion suit to try to prove the network knew wild election claims were false  —  Some of the biggest stars on Fox News …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
DVIDS:
U.S. Navy Foils Iranian Attempt to Capture Unmanned Vessel in Arabian Gulf … The U.S. Navy prevented a support ship from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel operated by the U.S. 5th Fleet in the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 29-30.
Josh Baker / BBC:
Shamima Begum: Spy for Canada smuggled schoolgirl to Syria  —  Shamima Begum, who fled the UK and joined the Islamic State group, was smuggled into Syria by an intelligence agent for Canada.  —  Files seen by the BBC show he claimed to have shared Ms Begum's passport details with Canada, and smuggled other Britons to fight for IS.
Discussion: The Sun
The Verge:
How Twitter's child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor  —  Internal documents and Twitter employees reveal the need for massive investment to remove illegal content — but executives haven't listened  —  In the spring of 2022, Twitter considered making a radical change to the platform.
Susan Dynarski / New York Times:
Why I Changed My Mind on Student Debt Forgiveness  —  As an economist who studies education, I long thought that forgiving student loans was a crude and inequitable tool for fixing student aid.  College graduates, after all, are the winners in our society.  College certainly changed my life …
Discussion: Axios
Chris Brennan / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
More Republicans back Josh Shapiro for Pennsylvania governor  —  The ranks of Republicans rejecting State Sen. Doug Mastriano, their party's nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, grew this week as a former national security Cabinet member and a former Trump administration lawyer endorsed …
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden calls out ‘MAGA Republicans’ as he talks police funding, crime prevention  —  Biden referenced Jan. 6 and the Mar-a-Lago search as he spoke in Pennsylvania.  —  President Joe Biden delivers remarks on gun crime and his “Safer America Plan” during an event in Wilkes Barre, Pa., Aug. 30, 2022.
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
Bill Barr Made the Decision to Clear Trump, and That Should Still Frighten Us  —  The Trump-era memo released last week by the Justice Department closing the book on the report of the special counsel Robert Mueller and his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election is a frightening document.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Howard Fischer / Arizona Daily Star:
Kelli Ward: Arizona GOP at risk if personal phone records released
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
No Whites Allowed: Pfizer Fellowship Flagrantly Violates the Law, Lawyers Say
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Why Effective Altruists Fear the AI Apocalypse
Discussion: Althouse
Ari Drennen / Media Matters for America:
Libs of TikTok vows to continue targeting hospitals after Twitter suspension for hateful conduct
Discussion: Twitchy and The Daily Dot
Texas Department of State Health Services:
Texas Confirms First Death of a Person with Monkeypox
Eric S. Edelman / The Bulwark:
Putin Thinks He Can Wait Out U.S. Support for Ukraine
 Earlier Items: 
Pippa Stevens / CNBC:
First Solar announces new U.S. panel factory following the Inflation Reduction Act
Discussion: Washington Examiner and UPI
Jay Root / New York Times:
Skirting Ethics Order, Hochul Seeks Donations From Cuomo Appointees
Discussion: New York Post
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Death in Navy SEAL Training Exposes a Culture of Brutality, Cheating and Drugs
Discussion: Insider
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
U.S. Approval of Labor Unions at Highest Point Since 1965
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
Analysts say Netflix's live boxing match Friday night between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is designed to get new subscribers, particularly on its ad-supported tier

Mia Sato / The Verge:
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