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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
MAGA Republicans are seething with rage because Biden hit his target — Republicans are in a rage over President Biden's speech in Philadelphia, in which he flatly declared that the American democratic experiment is in serious danger due to Donald Trump and the Republicans who remain allied with his political project.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
As Biden warned about democracy's collapse, TV networks aired reruns — While broadcasters typically air a prime-time address by the president, they determined that this speech was more ‘political’ than newsworthy for live coverage. — While President Biden warned the nation about threats …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Figuring out how many ‘MAGA Republicans’ there actually are — There are two views of who President Biden was excoriating in his speech on Thursday night. — To Biden and his team, the group was clearly delineated: “MAGA Republicans,” a group of Americans who support former president Donald Trump …
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The White House:
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE CONTINUED BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION — THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat, take it. I speak to you tonight from sacred ground in America: Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
'I don't consider any Trump supporter a threat to the country': Now Biden walks BACK his attacks on MAGA Republicans …
'I don't consider any Trump supporter a threat to the country': Now Biden walks BACK his attacks on MAGA Republicans …
MSNBC:
Eugene Robinson: Biden speech was an urgent, wartime address
Eugene Robinson: Biden speech was an urgent, wartime address
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Hypocrite Biden's speech was about one thing only — trying to bait Trump
Hypocrite Biden's speech was about one thing only — trying to bait Trump
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Heckler chants ‘F-k Joe Biden’ throughout primetime speech
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Broadcast Networks Pass On Carrying Joe Biden's Primetime Speech — Update
Broadcast Networks Pass On Carrying Joe Biden's Primetime Speech — Update
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump search inventory released, reveals new details on docs — FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the Justice Department on Friday.
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Found 48 Empty Folders That Had Contained Classified Documents at Trump's Home — A detailed inventory of items seized in the F.B.I.'s search of Mar-a-Lago raised the question of whether the government had fully recovered the documents or any remained missing.
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Washington Post:
Deep inside bustling Mar-a-Lago, a storage room where secrets were stashed — FBI agents were directed to windowless storage room when they came looking for classified documents in June — The ornate centerpiece of the historic Mar-a-Lago estate that Donald Trump bought for cheap in 1985 is an expansive …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
FBI materials seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home included 90 empty folders
FBI materials seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home included 90 empty folders
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Déjà Vu? DOJ's ‘Classified Documents’ Narrative Feels Like A Get-Trump Trick We've Seen Before
Déjà Vu? DOJ's ‘Classified Documents’ Narrative Feels Like A Get-Trump Trick We've Seen Before
Deepa Shivaram / NPR:
Empty folders with classified banners are among the items seized from Mar-a-Lago
Empty folders with classified banners are among the items seized from Mar-a-Lago
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Judge unseals more detailed inventory of what FBI seized at Mar-a-Lago
Judge unseals more detailed inventory of what FBI seized at Mar-a-Lago
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Farewell to Hot Air — Last night I got to thinking about how many posts I've written for Hot Air. I've looked at the total before but it never sticks in my mind. Big numbers seldom do. — My guess was 15,000. The reality: 36,590. That's six per day, every day. For 16 years.
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Sonnet Swire / CNN:
William Barr, on Fox, says there's no legitimate reason for classified docs to be at Mar-a-Lago and doubts Trump declassified — Former Attorney General William Barr appeared on Fox News on Friday to say there is no “legitimate reason” for classified documents to have been at Mar-a-Lago …
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago records were ethically indefensible — Former President Donald Trump's defenders in the matter of the Mar-a-Lago documents controversy are defending the indefensible. — Forget the legalities: For the sake of (spurious) argument, let's stipulate that somehow Trump …
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Mar-a-Lago search inventory shows documents marked as classified mixed with clothes, gifts, press clippings
Mar-a-Lago search inventory shows documents marked as classified mixed with clothes, gifts, press clippings
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Politico:
Climate chief Gina McCarthy leaving White House as John Podesta returns — Gina McCarthy, President Joe Biden's top domestic climate adviser, will leave the White House on Sept. 16, just weeks after Congress passed the largest-ever U.S. law to tackle climate change — legislation that her office helped craft.
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David Siders / Politico:
Why Sarah Palin's loss is a warning for the GOP — Everyone who could read a poll or a room in Alaska knew Sarah Palin was unpopular in her home state. What was jarring to Republicans about her defeat in a U.S. House race there was that so many conservatives were unwilling to vote for her, anyway.
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Natalie Schachar / New York Times:
Barbara Ehrenreich, Explorer of Prosperity's Dark Side, Dies at 81 — Her book “Nickel and Dimed,” an undercover account of the indignities of being a low-wage worker in the United States, is considered a classic in social justice literature. — It was a casual meeting.
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Gil Barndollar / The Atlantic:
Don't Believe the Generals — A T-shirt that was popular with veterans for much of America's nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan showed a helicopter in flight with the caption We Were Winning When I Left. U.S. generals seem to be the only ones who didn't get the joke.
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
IRS Says It Exposed Some Confidential Taxpayer Data on Website — Tax agency says error led to posting about some taxpayers with IRAs — WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service inadvertently posted what is normally confidential information involving about 120,000 individuals before discovering …
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
U.S. adds solid 315,000 jobs in August — America had another month of solid job gains: The economy added 315,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% as more workers entered the labor force, the government said on Friday. … - Job growth eased from July's breakneck pace …
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Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, a bright spot in the economy
Labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, a bright spot in the economy
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Zachary Zane / Men's Health:
Sexplain It: I Don't Care About My Partners' Gender. I Just Want Them to Have a Vagina. — “Does that make me pansexual? My whole life, I've identified as a straight man.” … Dear Sexplain It, — MORE FROM MEN'S HEALTH — If I'm sexually attracted to people AFAB [assigned female at birth] …
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Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:
The most-regretted (and lowest-paying) college majors — Almost half of humanities and arts majors regret their choice — and enrollment in those disciplines is shrinking rapidly — Nearly 2 in 5 American adults have major regrets. — That is, they regret their college major.
Anna Bower / Lawfare:
A Mar-a-Lago Showdown in Federal Court — It is 1:07 p.m. ET at the federal courthouse in Palm Beach, Florida, and it's time for the first big courtroom showdown between former President Trump and federal prosecutors over the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago. — Judge Aileen Cannon enters the courtroom …
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