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Washington Post:
Steve Bannon faces state indictment in N.Y., will surrender Thursday — The former Trump strategist, convicted of contempt of Congress this summer, was pardoned by Trump on federal charges in 2020 — NEW YORK — Stephen K. Bannon is expected to surrender to state prosecutors on Thursday …
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Bannon to Surrender to New York Authorities to Face Sealed Indictment
Bannon to Surrender to New York Authorities to Face Sealed Indictment
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Washington Post, Raw Story and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Material on foreign nation's nuclear capabilities seized at Trump's Mar-a-Lago — Some seized documents were so closely held, only the president, a Cabinet-level or near-Cabinet level official could authorize others to know — A document describing a foreign government's military defenses …
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Chris Truax / The Bulwark:
Let Donald Trump Have His Special Master
Let Donald Trump Have His Special Master
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Politico and The Federalist
Politico:
GOP offers strained Trump defenses in Mar-a-Lago probe — for now
GOP offers strained Trump defenses in Mar-a-Lago probe — for now
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Washington Post, MSNBC, RedState, Mediaite and The Guardian
Wall Street Journal:
DOJ Considers Next Move After Judge Greenlights Trump's Request for Special Master
DOJ Considers Next Move After Judge Greenlights Trump's Request for Special Master
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Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Slate, CNN, The Hill, Fox News, The Federalist, Townhall, The Guardian, Just The News, KFOR-TV, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Trump search case judge doesn't get the national security stakes
The Trump search case judge doesn't get the national security stakes
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Vox and BizPac Review
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Police search county official's home in connection with reporter's killing — Authorities served search warrants Wednesday morning in connection with the slaying of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, Las Vegas police said. — Around 7 a.m., reporters observed uniformed officers …
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Just The News, The Western Journal, The Daily Wire and UPI
Associated Press:
Elected officials, police chiefs on leaked Oath Keepers list — The names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that's accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021 …
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Axios, Washington Examiner, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and Politico
Wesley Lowery / GQ:
AOC's Fight for the Future — Almost four years after her improbable arrival in Washington, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become the political voice of a generation—and a cultural star whose power transcends politics. Now, as the country hurtles toward the midterm elections …
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Insider, New York Post, Jezebel, National Review and Twitchy
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
'Don't Vote': A Look At Blake Masters' Emails To His Vegan Co-op At Stanford University — A trove of emails from 2006 found Masters - who's now a Republican Senate candidate - disparaging democracy and defending a 9/11 conspiracy theorist. — As a college student, Blake Masters ― …
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Mother Jones and Bloomberg
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
America Is a Rich Death Trap — Sign up for Derek's newsletter here. — Last week, the National Center for Health Statistics alerted Americans to two facts about life and death in the U.S. — The first fact was sadly unsurprising: The coronavirus pandemic killed so many people …
Politico:
Senate GOP delivers early blow to Biden's Covid and monkeypox request — Senate Republicans are signaling early resistance to attaching billions of dollars for Covid and monkeypox aid in a must-pass government funding bill, a troublesome sign for a White House that says vaccine money is rapidly running out.
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
As Obamas visit White House on Wednesday, tensions linger between Obama, Biden camps
As Obamas visit White House on Wednesday, tensions linger between Obama, Biden camps
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Lawrence Andrea / Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson says he won't support same-sex marriage bill in its current form, indicates the 2015 ruling was ‘wrongly decided’ — WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's vote on a bill to codify same-sex marriage has been in question since the Wisconsin Republican initially said he saw “no reason to oppose” the legislation.
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The Hill, Washington Post, Political Wire and Vox
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
At Head Start, Masks Remain On, Despite C.D.C. Guidelines — Some of the nation's poorest pre-K students are the last still under mask mandates, affecting enrollment. — PERTH AMBOY, N.J. — The Biden administration has taken credit for a relative return to normalcy in schools over the last year of the coronavirus pandemic.
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HotAir, Reason, Just The News and Althouse
Jeannie Clary / Center Street:
POLL: Tim Ryan Leads J.D. Vance 48% to 39% in Ohio's Senate Race — Center Street PAC's latest poll on Ohio's U.S. Senate race shows Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) continues to lead Republican J.D. Vance 48% to 39% among likely voters, with 13% undecided. While there was little movement since August polling …
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Plain Dealer
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's lead grows as fall campaign begins, new poll finds — Lansing — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's lead over Republican Tudor Dixon has expanded to 13 percentage points with two months remaining before Election Day, according to a new poll from The Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4).
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The Hill, WDIV-TV and Political Wire
Amy Yurkanin / al.com:
Pregnant women held for months in one Alabama jail to protect fetuses from drugs — Police arrested Ashley Banks on May 25 with an unregistered gun and a small amount of marijuana. — Under normal circumstances, the 23-year-old from Gadsden would have been able to post bond and leave jail until her criminal trial.
Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:
Michael Flynn: From government insider to holy warrior — The crowd swayed on its feet, arms pumping, the beat of Twisted Sister's “We're Not Gonna Take It” thumping in their chests. The people under the revival tent hooted as Michael Flynn strode across the stage, bopping and laughing …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
CNN's on-air talent get the message — When Chris Licht took over as CNN chairman earlier this year, the network's staffers had difficulty discerning his vision for the network. Licht signaled broad shifts, including what The New York Times described as a move toward “dialing back partisanship on the air.”
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Politico:
All the former president's lawyers (that we know of) — Donald Trump's career has been defined by legal fights and the eclectic crew of lawyers who've waged them. That's never been more true than since he left the presidency and his legal woes have metastasized.
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Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
A QAnon-Touting Election Denier Could Soon Run This Swing State's Elections — The person who may end up running Pennsylvania's elections has pushed QAnon-linked conspiracies about a global cabal of pedophiles. — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US — In June 2020, stuck at home …
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Raw Story
Democracy Docket:
Michigan Republicans Sue To Overturn the Results of the 2020 Presidential Election — WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Sept. 2, the Macomb County Republican Party, a candidate for Michigan governor, a non-profit organization, voters and a county clerk — who allegedly turned …
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Michigan Advance
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Niou won't mount third-party challenge in N.Y.'s 10th District — Democrats will avoid a protracted fight for New York's newly redrawn 10th Congressional District after New York Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou said she would not mount a third-party challenge to former federal prosecutor Daniel Goldman in November.
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The Hill, Fox News, The Nation, New York Magazine and New York Post
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Latest poll of Florida Governor race: Ron DeSantis 50%, Charlie Crist 47% … Jacob Ogles — Jacob Ogles has covered politics in Florida since 2000 for regional outlets including SRQ Magazine in Sarasota, The News-Press in Fort Myers and The Daily Commercial in Leesburg.
New York Times:
Vice, Exploring a Sale, Weighs a Content Deal With a Saudi-Backed Firm — The company is in talks to develop a content partnership with MBC, a Saudi Arabian media giant partially owned by the government. — After Saudis killed the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, Vice Media joined …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
In Voter Fraud, Penalties Often Depend on Who's Voting — WASHINGTON — After 15 years of scrapes with the police, the last thing that 33-year-old Therris L. Conney needed was another run-in with the law. He got one anyway two years ago, after election officials held a presentation …
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Notes on the State of Politics: Sept. 7, 2022 — House rating changes; MA-GOV to Safe Democratic; next week's primaries — Table 1: Crystal Ball House rating changes — District Old Rating New Rating … Table 2: Crystal Ball Gubernatorial rating change — Governor Old Rating New Rating
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Anchorage Daily News
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
NYC officials make a quiet visit to the border without Mayor Eric Adams — New York City Mayor Eric Adams sent a delegation of officials on a fact-finding mission to the southern border on Tuesday. The mayor did not make the trip. There was no press coverage of the delegation's visit other than by Fox News.
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Media Matters for America, Just The News and Fox News
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Jennifer Lawrence Reveals She Had 2 Miscarriages As She Slams Roe Reversal — The actor talked about the political rift in her family, asking, “How could you raise a daughter from birth and believe that she doesn't deserve equality?” — Jennifer Lawrence told Vogue in a new cover story …
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