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12:55 PM 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.
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Trump Returns to Rally Team MAGA  —  WILKES-BARRE, Pa.—Donald Trump's rally on Saturday night was his first major public appearance since the FBI searched his Florida home—and you could tell.  A kind of manic, vengeful energy circulated among the throngs of supporters in the blue stadium seats at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
Simon Schuster / MLive.com:
Campaign finance filings show Tudor Dixon's campaign at ‘critical juncture’  —  The differences on paper are stark.  —  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's campaign held 26 fundraisers in 35 days, has 49 people on its payroll and $14 million in the bank as of Aug. 22.
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
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.
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.”
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democrats Make A Play To Win Over Seniors, Long A Base For GOP  —  Across the country, the party is focusing on prescription drug costs and Social Security.  —  PHOENIX — Democrats in key races around the country are making an aggressive push for older voters, a key bloc in lower-turnout midterm elections …
Discussion: USA Today
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
John Legend Bet on Himself  —  The singer-songwriter and Instagram Dad talks about his next album, his time as a management consultant, and his falling out with Kanye West.  —  “I'm not dressed for public consumption,” John Legend apologized, before turning on his Zoom camera.
John Blake / CNN:
When ‘wokeness’ comes to Middle-earth: Why some say diverse casting ruins the new ‘Lord of the Rings’ series  —  Cynthia Addai-Robinson portrays Queen Regent Miriel in Amazon's new “Lord of the Rings” series, “The Rings of Power.”  Addai-Robinson is among a number of actors of color playing …
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 …
Anthony Sabella / WTKR-TV:
2 dead, 5 hurt in Norfolk mass shooting on Killam Ave.  —  NORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk police say two are dead and five others injured following a mass shooting in the Highland Park section of the city near Old Dominion University.  —  According to police, officers were called to a home …
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
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 …
 
 
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Carolyn Giardina / The Hollywood Reporter:
Barack Obama Wins Emmy
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What Is Owed to Pakistan, Now One-Third Underwater
Emily Bobrow / Wall Street Journal:
Pastor Timothy Keller Speaks to the Head and the Heart
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Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Lee Zeldin trails Gov. Kathy Hochul by just 4 points, new poll finds
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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 …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WBD and the NBA settle a lawsuit and agree to let WBD develop new shows with NBA content and grant rights in parts of Northern Europe and Latin America

Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Attorneys for X entered an appearance during the November 14 court hearing about Infowars' auction and asked to be included on future case communications

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