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9:50 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.
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Former GOP rep: Trump gave Democrats ‘major gift’ with speech in Pennsylvania  —  Former Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Charlie Dent on Saturday said former President Trump's speech at a rally on Saturday night in the Keystone state was a “major gift” for Democrats.
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Raw Story
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In Pa. visit, Trump attacks Biden for ‘vicious, hateful and divisive’ address
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Trump Returns to Rally Team MAGA
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Chile Says ‘No’ to Left-Leaning Constitution After 3 Years of Debate  —  The rejected Constitution would have legalized abortion, adopted universal health care and enshrined more than 100 constitutional rights, a global record.  —  SANTIAGO, Chile — For the past three years …
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Amazon's putting a three-day pause on reviews for The Rings of Power  —  The new policy applies to all of Amazon's shows and movies  —  Amazon is reportedly putting a three-day delay on user reviews for all of its content on Prime Video, including the newly-released The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Emmanuel Felton / Washington Post:
Living in a city with no water: ‘This is unbearable’  —  JACKSON, Miss. — What stood out this week was the calm.  The streets were quiet, and residents queued expectantly for resources.  —  The entire city of more than 150,000 was without safe drinking water, with no end in sight.
Brian MacQuarrie / The Boston Globe:
Free Staters seek to undo New Hampshire government from within  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — The doormat outside Carla Gericke's house carries the warning “Come back with a warrant.”  It's a stark reflection of her broad distrust of government bureaucracy, an attitude that is the driving force behind …
Douglas Rushkoff / The Guardian:
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse  —  Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers and hiring military security to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences
U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Russia:
Ambassador Sullivan's Departure  —  U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation John J. Sullivan has concluded his tenure as U.S. envoy and departed Moscow today.  Ambassador Sullivan was appointed in December 2019 and has served as Ambassador for almost three years.
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Associated Press:
U.S. ambassador to Russia leaving post as Ukraine war drags on
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
J.D. Vance largely avoids pivot to center in Ohio's U.S. Senate race after culture-war heavy Republican primary  —  LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio - J.D. Vance hit more than a few right-wing notes in the lead-up to his victory in the Republican U.S. primary earlier this year.
Lisa Prevost / New York Times:
Town After Town, Residents Are Fighting Affordable Housing in Connecticut  —  Local residents and elected officials are seeking to block large housing projects, warning that increased density could change the character of their towns.  —  In the town of Fairfield, Conn. …
Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
China Threatens Reaction After U.S. Announces Arms Sales to Taiwan  —  A $1.1 billion package would “severely jeopardize” ties, Chinese officials say in demanding that Washington revoke the deal.  —  HONG KONG — China threatened over the weekend to take countermeasures …
Discussion: RedState
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Mar-a-Lago espionage scandal is a three-alarm national security crisis.  We should act like it.  —  Republicans are treating the investigation of defeated former president Donald Trump's purloining of classified government documents as another opportunity to play victim and attack law enforcement.
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Jamie Raskin on “Face the Nation,” Sept. 4, 2022  —  The following is the transcript of an interview with Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland that aired Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, on “Face the Nation.”  —  MAJOR GARRETT: We're joined now by Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin …
Discussion: Breitbart, PoliticusUSA and Insider
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Ian Talley / Wall Street Journal:
Islamic State Turns to NFTs to Spread Terror Message  —  National-security analysts see potentially dangerous platform for recruiting and funding  —  WASHINGTON—A simple digital card praising Islamist militants for an attack on a Taliban position in Afghanistan last month …
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.
Brianna Keilar / CNN:
Biden's use of Marines during Philadelphia speech adds to debate over politicization of the military  —  As President Joe Biden stood outside Philadelphia's Independence Hall on Thursday night, making the case ahead of the midterm elections that “equality and democracy are under assault,” he wasn't standing alone.
Discussion: Washington Times
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
Discussion: Insider
 
 
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Stephanie Lai / New York Times:
In the California Desert, L.G.B.T.Q. Voters Could Sway a Key House Race
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Biden's Student Loan Debt Cancellation is a Trumpian Abuse of Emergency Powers
Discussion: The Atlantic
Washington Post:
Florida let them vote. Then DeSantis's election police arrested them.
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
John Legend Bet on Himself
Discussion: TMZ.com
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democrats Make A Play To Win Over Seniors, Long A Base For GOP
Discussion: USA Today
John Blake / CNN:
When ‘wokeness’ comes to Middle-earth: Why some say diverse casting ruins the new ‘Lord of the Rings’ series
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
Iran sentences two gay rights activists to death
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Distinguished pol of the week: Biden hits his stride
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.
Fatima Bhutto / New York Times:
What Is Owed to Pakistan, Now One-Third Underwater
Discussion: The Guardian
 

 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
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