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11:00 AM ET, September 4, 2022

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David Wilson / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German killed outside home  —  Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, one of Nevada's most accomplished and trusted journalists, was found dead with stab wounds outside his home Saturday morning.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Distinguished pol of the week: Biden hits his stride  —  Republicans who excuse a coup, vilify the FBI and rationalize defeated former president Donald Trump's holding on to highly sensitive national security secrets as he left the White House are whining that President Biden, at a fundraiser, called the MAGA movement “semi-fascist.”
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Does Biden Really Believe We Are in a Crisis of Democracy?
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How a Record Cash Haul Vanished for Senate Republicans  —  The campaign arm of Senate Republicans had collected $181.5 million by the end of July — but spent 95 percent of it.  A big investment in digital, and hyperaggressive tactics, have not paid off.  —  It was early 2021, and Senator Rick Scott wanted to go big.
Discussion: RedState and National Memo
Washington Post:
Under pressure, security firm Cloudflare drops Kiwi Farms website  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Reversing course under growing public pressure, major tech security company Cloudflare Inc. announced Saturday that it would stop protecting the Kiwi Farms website, best known as a place for stalkers to organize hacks …
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NBC News:
Internet services company Cloudflare blocks fringe web forum Kiwi Farms citing targeted threats  —  Internet hosting and security services provider Cloudflare said Saturday that it would block Kiwi Farms, a website associated with harassment campaigns against transgender people.
Matthew Prince / The Cloudflare Blog:
Blocking Kiwifarms  —  Loading...  We have blocked Kiwifarms.  Visitors to any of the Kiwifarms sites that use any of Cloudflare's services will see a Cloudflare block page and a link to this post.  Kiwifarms may move their sites to other providers and, in doing so, come back online …
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Fear and Loathing in Pennsylvania  —  At Donald Trump's first major rally since the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, the mood among his MAGA supporters veered from desperation to defiance.  —  WILKES-BARRE, Pa.—Donald Trump's rally on Saturday night was his first major public appearance since …
Discussion: New York Times
Tom Bonier / New York Times:
Women Are So Fired Up to Vote, I've Never Seen Anything Like It  —  I've watched Americans in recent years acclimate to some very grim realities.  Especially since the ascension of Donald Trump, numerous tragedies and extreme policies have been met with little political consequence …
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
Iran sentences two gay rights activists to death  —  Iran's regime has executed between 4,000 and 6,000 gays and lesbians since the nation's Islamic revolution in 1979.  —  The Islamic Republic of Iran imposed the death penalty on two LGBTQ activists for allegedly promoting homosexuality …
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump suggests the Mar-a-Lago documents were bound for his library.  But advisers say he's rarely talked about it.  —  A central question involving the records former President Donald Trump stored at his Mar-a-Lago home is why he was keeping reams of government documents and classified material.
Fatima Bhutto / New York Times:
What Is Owed to Pakistan, Now One-Third Underwater  —  We heard the story all the time, told as a warning: When man first set foot on Earth, all the winged animals flew high into the sky and the fish dived deeper into the sea, scattering in fear, because they knew the destroyer of the world had arrived.
Carolyn Giardina / The Hollywood Reporter:
Barack Obama Wins Emmy  —  The former president was recognized for narrating Netflix docuseries ‘Our Great National Parks.’
Discussion: Insider
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Hats off to Hillary: Prosecuting Trump in the shadow of Clinton's emails  —  THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  Hillary Clinton recently hawked a line of hats with a mocking logo — “But her emails.”
Discussion: Insider and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Joe Conason / National Memo:
How Many Of ‘Her Emails’ Were Classified? Actually, Zero
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
 
 
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John Blake / CNN:
When ‘wokeness’ comes to Middle-earth: Why some say diverse casting ruins the new ‘Lord of the Rings’ series
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Ted Cruz returning to New Hampshire to support Leavitt in GOP primary in crucial House race
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Emily Bobrow / Wall Street Journal:
Pastor Timothy Keller Speaks to the Head and the Heart
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Lee Zeldin trails Gov. Kathy Hochul by just 4 points, new poll finds
Discussion: HotAir
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Discussion: Sputnik News
emptywheel:
The FBI Seized No Boxes with Press Clippings that Postdate November 2020
Ronny Reyes / Daily Mail:
CNN staffers are ‘terrified’ that new boss Chris Licht is launching a purge of the woke after Brian Stelter and John Harwood were unceremoniously fired …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has history of employing convicts
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Biden Brings the War on Terror Home
 

 
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Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters:
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Semafor plans to launch an invite-only newsletter for CEOs, The CEO Signal, in January 2025, written by former FT US News Editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Neil Cavuto is leaving Fox News after 28 years at the network; source: Fox offered him a new deal that he declined to accept and ultimately decided to leave

 
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