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6:35 PM ET, September 4, 2023

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Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Age, Economic Worries Endanger Re-Election in 2024, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Nearly three-quarters of voters say the president is too old to run again  —  Voters overwhelmingly think President Biden is too old to run for re-election and give him low marks for handling the economy …
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Chinese Gate-Crashers at U.S. Bases Spark Espionage Concerns  —  Washington has tracked about 100 incidents involving Chinese nationals trying to access American military and other installations  —  WASHINGTON—Chinese nationals, sometimes posing as tourists, have accessed military bases …
New York Times:
Kim Jong-un and Putin Plan to Meet in Russia to Discuss Weapons  —  Russia seeks more weaponry for its war in Ukraine, and a North Korean delegation recently traveled to Russia by train to plan for Mr. Kim's visit this month, officials say.  —  Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses  —  Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada  —  The social media company formerly known as Twitter has been accused in a revised civil US lawsuit …
Politico:
Why the White House thinks impeachment may prove risky for Republicans  —  And that's not the only political hot spot Biden aides are gearing up to confront.  —  The White House has been gradually preparing for a GOP impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and increasingly feels …
Discussion: Raw Story, Breitbart and Fox News
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Eric He / Politico:
An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve  —  California would be the first state to explicitly ban the practice, but the process has been divisive.  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Caste discrimination wasn't on the radar of many lawmakers in California.
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Wisconsin GOP weighs moves to sideline elections chief and liberal Supreme Court majority  —  Wisconsin Republicans, after a string of losses in hotly contested statewide races, are taking steps toward sidelining the state's nonpartisan elections chief and undercutting the new liberal majority on the state Supreme Court.
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Invasive species are costing society more than $423 billion a year: report  —  A new report by the United Nations found that the global economic cost of invasive alien species exceeded more than $423 billion annually in 2019, noting costs have at least quadrupled in every decade since 1970.
Doha Madani / NBC News:
Elon Musk blames ADL for lost revenue, says he's ‘against anti-Semitism of any kind’  —  The tech mogul said Monday he was considering legal action after blaming pressure from the Anti-Defamation League for lost advertisers.  —  Elon Musk posted that he was against antisemitism Monday …
Breccan F. Thies / Washington Examiner:
Mother of trafficked Virginia girl sues school district over secret gender transition  —  EXCLUSIVE — A Virginia mother is suing her local school district in federal court, saying staff there secretly transitioned her daughter, putting her in such dangerous situations that she ran away only to be kidnapped and sex-trafficked.
Discussion: New York Post and IJR
The Daily Beast:
The California Megachurch Pushing Public Schools to the Far Right  —  From fights over LGBT rights to prayer at school board meetings, Chino Valley public schools have become ground zero for the culture wars.  —  Outside the California State Capitol last month, a fitness trainer turned …
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Politico:
Chris Christie is actually gaining support for president.  From Democrats.  —  They can't get enough of his new Trump-bashing persona.  —  SALEM, N.H. — Chris Christie is running away with support from at least one major voting bloc in his presidential bid.
Discussion: New Jersey Globe
Stephanie Liechtenstein / Associated Press:
UN nuclear watchdog report seen by AP says Iran slows its enrichment of near-weapons-grade uranium  —  Iran has slowed the pace at which it is enriching uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels, according to a report by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday.
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Francois Murphy / Reuters:
Iran expands stock of near-weapons grade uranium, IAEA reports no progress
Luke Roberts / Kern County Fire Department:
Sheep's Trail Incident - Technical Rescue  —  INCIDENT NUMBER INCIDENT TYPE  —  LOCATION: COMMANCHE POINT ROAD BETWEEN EAST ARVIN AND STALLION SPRINGS  —  CLOSEST COMMUNITY: COMMANCHE POINT ROAD BETWEEN EAST ARVIN AND STALLION SPRINGS  —  INCIDENT NARRATIVE
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Why Illinois eliminating cash bail is a big deal  —  While red states restrict rights, the Land of Lincoln blazes a more hopeful trail.  —  ∙ Paid … The GOP have turned the states into laboratories of tyranny, innovating a slew of bold, brutal assaults on voting rights …
 
 
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Daniel K. Williams / The Atlantic:
What Really Happens When Americans Stop Going to Church
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Associated Press:
DeSantis Florida redistricting map is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says
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Harry Enten / CNN:
As Clarence Thomas faces record unpopularity, Americans want an ethics code for the Supreme Court
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Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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