memeorandum: Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series (Associated Press)

1:05 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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New York Times:

Trump Lashes Out in First Rally Since F.B.I. Search — Donald J. Trump and President Biden have both made recent appearances in Pennsylvania, one of the key states in November's midterm elections. — WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — In his first rally since his home was searched by the F.B.I. on Aug. 8 …

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The Philadelphia Inquirer:

In Pa. visit, Trump attacks Biden for ‘vicious, hateful and divisive’ address — WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump lashed out at President Joe Biden on Saturday night, saying the Democrat's recent address in Philadelphia was “the most vicious, hateful, and divisive speech ever delivered …

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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.

Associated Press:

Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series — Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys. — Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.”

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Carolyn Giardina / The Hollywood Reporter:
Barack Obama Wins Emmy

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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.

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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.”

Discussion: Insider, Washington Examiner, RedState, The Daily Caller, Newsbusters, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Indian Express, BizPac Review, Townhall, IJR and Election Law Blog

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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Matthew Prince / The Cloudflare Blog:
Blocking Kiwifarms

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NBC News: Internet services company Cloudflare blocks fringe web forum Kiwi Farms citing targeted threats

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 …

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Hill, New York Post and CNN

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 …

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 …