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7:40 AM ET, September 5, 2022

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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.  —  Jack Nicas, a correspondent in South America …
Discussion: UPI and The Daily Wire
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Seek Path for Constitutional Convention  —  A new book by a former Democratic senator warns of the risks of allowing states to call for a convention.  Some in the G.O.P. see it as the only way to rein in the federal government.  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Jodey Arrington …
Discussion: Insider
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Biden Laid the Trap.  Trump Walked Into It.  —  In 2016, Hillary Clinton warned that Donald Trump was a fool who could be baited with a tweet.  This past Thursday night, in Philadelphia, Joe Biden upped the ante by asking, in effect: What idiot thing might the former president do if baited with a whole speech?
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Former GOP rep: Trump gave Democrats ‘major gift’ with speech in Pennsylvania
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Raw Story
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 and The Guardian
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Investigations Face a Dilemma Before the Midterm Elections  —  Justice Department officials are debating how an unwritten rule should affect the criminal investigations into Jan. 6 and the former president's handling of sensitive documents.  —  WASHINGTON — As the midterm elections near …
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
Chelsey Dulaney / Wall Street Journal:
British Pound Falls to Lowest Level Since 1985 as U.K. Economic Pain Mounts  —  Investors see increased odds that the pound will tumble below parity with the dollar, something that hasn't happened in their more than 200-year trading history  —  Inflation Looks Different Worldwide.  Who's Getting It Right?
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.
Jake Rosenfeld / Washington Post:
Why labor unions are more popular than they've been in six decades  —  Today's record-low unemployment makes workers more aware of the benefits unions offer  —  Gallup polls have been surveying Americans' attitudes toward labor unions for nearly 90 years.  Last week, the most recent Gallup survey found …
ABC News:
Exclusive: Zelenskyy tells David Muir ‘Russians using Zaporizhzhia as nuclear weapon’  —  The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been the site of intense shelling.  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir in Kyiv accused …
Discussion: The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Makes Final Push to Shape Restored Iran Nuclear Deal  —  U.S. ally has stepped up its rhetoric against the agreement amid its election season  —  Israeli officials are scrambling to influence the Biden administration as the U.S. attempts to revive the Iran nuclear deal …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Sputnik News
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. …
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 …
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
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: Fox News and Washington Times
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 …
Associated Press:
U.S. ambassador to Russia leaving post as Ukraine war drags on  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, ended his tenure as America's top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career …
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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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Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
MAGA is fascism  —  Outrage sells — or at least it does around some conference tables …
Stephen Kalin / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Is Betting $1 Trillion It Can Become the Next Tourist Hotspot
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
Emmanuel Felton / Washington Post:
Living in a city with no water: ‘This is unbearable’
Discussion: CBS News
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Washington Post:
Florida let them vote. Then DeSantis's election police arrested them.
Discussion: Wikidworld
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
John Legend Bet on Himself
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube plans to start a crackdown on “egregious clickbait”, or videos where the titles or thumbnails make claims the videos don't back up, beginning in India

Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters:
The European Commission opens a probe into Liberty Media's proposed $3.62B acquisition of Dorna Sports, citing possible reduced competition for broadcast rights

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
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