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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Politico's New Owner Invited Colleagues to ‘Pray’ for Trump's Re-Election
Discussion: Election Law Blog and Twitchy
CNN:
Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach  —  A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county's election offices …
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Washington Post:
Election deniers repeatedly visited Ga. county office at center of criminal probe, video shows  —  Technology consultants who sought evidence that Donald Trump's 2020 defeat was fraudulent made multiple visits to a county elections office in rural Georgia in the weeks after an alleged post-election breach …
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FiveThirtyEight:
More Than 1 In 2 Americans Will Have An Election Denier On The Ballot This Fall  —  From the Carolinas to California, Montana to Florida, election denialism has spread across the country.  Candidates who support former President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story, ABC News, NPR and Althouse
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
‘Deeply Problematic’: Experts Question Judge's Intervention in Trump Inquiry  —  A ruling by a judge appointed by former President Donald J. Trump surprised specialists and could slow the documents investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge's extraordinary decision on Monday to interject …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Unpacking Judge Cannon's Order for a Special Master in Trump Search  —  I had a column on Monday analyzing Judge Aileen Cannon's order, earlier in the day, granting former president Trump's petition for a special master to review materials the government seized from Mar-a-Lago last month pursuant to a search warrant.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Beneath campaign nastiness, legitimate concerns about Fetterman's health  —  Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman has not fully recovered from the serious stroke he suffered in May. His campaign has acknowledged his obvious struggles with “auditory processing” …
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Russia Is Buying North Korean Artillery, According to U.S. Intelligence  —  Moscow's purchase of millions of shells and rockets from North Korea is a sign that global sanctions have hampered the Russian military's supply lines.  —  WASHINGTON — Russia is buying millions of artillery shells …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fox producer's warning against Jeanine Pirro surfaces in Dominion defamation suit  —  The November 2020 email from an anguished Fox News news producer to colleagues sent up a flare amid a fusillade of false claims.  —  The producer warned: Fox cannot let host Jeanine Pirro back on the air.
Politico:
Democrats weigh same-sex marriage vote in pre-election sprint  —  Susan Collins believes the Senate is on the cusp of enshrining same-sex marriage protections.  And she doesn't want to wait until after the election.  —  “My impression is that the majority leader is eager to put this bill …
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Bloomberg:   Big Tech's $95 Million Spending Spree Leaves Antitrust Bill on Brink of Defeat
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
'They're getting killed among women': Skeptical female voters stand in way of GOP Senate  —  Republicans this election cycle thought they had finally achieved a breakthrough with suburban women after years of losing support.  —  Now, as the primary season has all but ended …
Anna Merlan / VICE:
Peter Thiel's Investment Firm Is Backing a Menstrual Cycle-Focused ‘Femtech’ Company  —  Evie Magazine is COVID-skeptical, transphobic, and obsessed with traditional womanhood.  Now, with Thiel Capital's help, they're launching a “wellness” company based on menstrual cycles.  —  Anna Merlan
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Past Pentagon leaders warn of strains on civilian-military relations  —  The Pentagon's former defense secretaries and top generals warned Tuesday that political polarization and other societal strains are creating an “exceptionally challenging” environment for maintaining …
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War on the Rocks:
To Support and Defend: Principles of Civilian Control and Best Practices of Civil-Military Relations
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
CNBC:
Deal partner for Trump's Truth Social fails to get backing for SPAC extension: Reuters, citing sources  — The blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with Donald Trump's social media company failed to secure enough shareholder support for a one-year extension to complete the deal …
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Pro-MAGA D.C. Cop Secretly Worked to Undermine Seth Rich Investigation  —  A hard-nosed federal prosecutor was determined to figure out who killed the 27-year-old Democratic National Committee staffer.  But someone with access to the case file had a different agenda
Discussion: Raw Story
Abby Aguirre / Vogue:
Jennifer Lawrence Talks Motherhood, Causeway, and the End of Roe v. Wade  —  Lawrence has no patience for the politically unengaged.  “You have to be political.  It's too dire.  Politics are killing people.”  Dior top, skirt, and belt.  Photographed by Tina Barney, Vogue, October 2022.
Associated Press:
Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle states' teen vaping probe  —  Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Big Media to U.S. democracy: Drop dead  —  It's definitely a day late and maybe a dollar short, but Happy Labor Day 2022.  For most of my lifetime, Labor Day has been a time for last-gasp cookouts, glumness over earlier sunsets, and newspaper articles bemoaning the death of union power.
David Enrich / New York Times:
How Abbott Kept Sick Babies From Becoming a Scandal  —  Abbott's lawyers at Jones Day negotiated secret settlements and used scorched earth tactics with families whose infants fell ill after consuming powdered formula.  —  Early on a Saturday morning in 2013, Mark Bennett, a federal judge …
Jason Hancock / Missouri Independent:
Missouri secretary of state throws support behind controversial election theory  —  Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (official photo)  —  Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has lined up behind a U.S. Supreme Court case legal experts believe could radically reshape how federal elections …
Maria Bartiromo / Fox Business:
Pelosi seeks ambassadorship to Italy if GOP wins House majority in midterms  —  Biden has not yet nominated an ambassador to Italy since entering White House  —  Check out what's clicking on FoxBusiness.com  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning her next move after an expected Republican victory in November.
Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Below average, Joe: Photos show small crowd at Biden and Fetterman Labor Day rally  —  A small group of supporters gathered in Pennsylvania for a rally hosted by President Joe Biden and Senate candidate John Fetterman on Monday as the president sought to seize on recent party wins to gain momentum ahead of the November election.
Discussion: NRSC
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Victoria Knight / Axios:
Republican campaigns are silent on health care
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A longtime conservative insider warns: The GOP can't be saved
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and Raw Story
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Revealed: jailed Saudi woman was convicted of ‘spreading lies through tweets’
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Biden Administration Has Admitted One Million Migrants to Await Hearings
The Daily Beast:
Rich Dems Worried About Trump Are Buying Second Citizenships
New York Times:
Breaking Taboo, Germany Extends Life of 2 Nuclear Reactors
Discussion: Reuters
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Before Midterms, Election Officials Increase Security Over Threats
The Daily Beast:
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Fetterman Taps Cop Killer Ally For Board of Pardons
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