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Release Detail  —  August 28, 2019 - All Top Dems Beat Trump As Voters' Economic Outlook Dims Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dem Primary Stays Stable With Biden Holding The Lead  —  If the 2020 presidential election were held today, 54 percent of registered voters say that they would vote …
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USA Today:
Poll: Americans dread the 2020 election and have doubts about the outcome; Biden maintains his lead  —  Americans are facing the 2020 presidential election with a dominant feeling: Dread.  —  A nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found a sharply divided country …
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Top Democrats all lead in head-to-head matchups with Trump in Michigan
Discussion: Political Wire
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Poll: Dems more likely to support candidate who backs Medicare for All over fixing Obamacare
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Washington Post:
‘Take the land’: President Trump wants a border wall.  He wants it black.  And he wants it by Election Day.  —  President Trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast-track billions of dollars' worth …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Ordering Crimes to Get Wall Built Before Election
Jim Mattis / Wall Street Journal:
Duty, Democracy and the Threat of Tribalism  —  Lessons in leadership from a lifetime of service, from fighting in the Marines Corps to working for President Donald Trump  —  In late November 2016, I was enjoying Thanksgiving break in my hometown on the Columbia River in Washington state …
BBC:
Government asks Queen to suspend Parliament  —  The government has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline.  —  Boris Johnson said a Queen's Speech would take place after the suspension, on 14 October, to outline his “very exciting agenda”.
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Washington Post:
Boris Johnson moves to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit deadline
Discussion: Bloomberg and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Cheers!  Barr books Trump's hotel for $30,000 holiday party  —  Experts say private, 200-person party adds to questions about attorney general's independence from president.  —  U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr is planning a holiday treat for his boss.
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CNN:
Attorney General William Barr planning private holiday party at Trump's DC hotel
Reuters:
Exclusive: Falwell steered Liberty University land deal benefiting his personal trainer  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. (Reuters) - Evangelical leader and prominent Donald Trump backer Jerry Falwell Jr personally approved real estate transactions by his nonprofit Christian university that helped …
Star Tribune:
D.C. doctor alleges her husband left her for Rep. Ilhan Omar  —  Divorce filings claim that Omar is in a romantic relationship with her campaign fundraiser.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  Washington - A Washington, D.C., physician alleged in divorce filings Tuesday that her husband …
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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
My husband dumped me for Ilhan Omar, DC mom says in divorce filing
David Karpf / Esquire:
I Called Bret Stephens a Bedbug.  Then He Tried to Squelch My Freedom of Speech.  What a Day.  —  Bret Stephens is above me in the status hierarchy.  He knows this.  I know this.  He has won a Pulitzer Prize and has a regular op-ed column in the  —  New York Times  —  . I am just some professor.
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Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
‘NO EXCESSIVE BARKING’: A Chevy Chase dog park divides the rich and powerful  —  Everyone knows there's a problem with Chubbs.  —  Dirt is smeared across his face.  His tongue is rolling out of his mouth.  He's surrounded by signs that say “NO EXCESSIVE BARKING.”
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
U.S. Intel Gatekeeper Dragging Feet on Trump-Russia Files, Insiders Say  —  Above, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in Tysons Corner, Va. (Intelligence.gov)  —  More than three months after President Trump granted his attorney general unprecedented power to declassify intelligence files …
Discussion: Power Line and Real Clear Politics
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Lee Ferran / ABC News:
Trump's secretive intelligence advisory board takes shape with security pros and GOP donors
Discussion: Raw Story
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Doorbell-camera firm Ring has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance reach  —  The doorbell-camera company Ring has quietly forged video-sharing partnerships with more than 400 police forces across the United States, granting them access to homeowners' camera footage …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
The Tea Party Didn't Get What It Wanted, but It Did Unleash the Politics of Anger  —  Ten years after a summer of rage over spending, trillion-dollar deficits are back.  —  In the late summer of 2009, as the recession-ravaged economy bled half a million jobs a month, the country seemed to lose its mind.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Joe Biden took questions from black reporters for 90 minutes.  He did not disappoint.  —  Joe Biden's campaign convened a dozen or so black reporters from major media outlets Tuesday for what was offered as a private, off-the-record sit-down with the Democratic front-runner.
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Politico:
Trump, GOP fret loss in bellwether House special election  —  At a retreat with top GOP donors in Wyoming last week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy broached a growing concern for senior Republicans: a crucial, do-over election for a North Carolina congressional seat.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Deutsche Bank Tells Court It Has Some Tax Returns Related to Trump Inquiry  —  Deutsche Bank told a federal appeals court on Tuesday that it was in possession of some tax returns sought by congressional subpoenas issued earlier this year to President Trump, his family and his businesses.
Discussion: BizPac Review and Law & Crime
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Deutsche Bank all but confirms it possesses some of Trump's tax returns
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN announces details for climate crisis town hall  —  Washington (CNN)CNN on Tuesday announced the candidate lineup for its unprecedented prime-time event focused on the climate crisis.  —  Ten Democratic presidential hopefuls will appear in New York at back-to-back town halls on Wednesday …
Andrew Ferguson / The Atlantic:
Cheering the Constitution's Demise  —  “I can tell you this much,” the old-timer at the end of the bar said to me the other night while I waited to meet a friend for a Broadway show.  “I don't think that lady likes men very much.”  —  We were at Sardi's, and he was referring to Heidi Schreck …
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Thoughts on the Impending Prosecution of Andrew McCabe  —  I confess that this story shocks me.  —  The New York Times reported yesterday that “Federal prosecutors in Washington appear to be in the final stages of deciding whether to seek an indictment of Andrew G. McCabe …
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Sundance / The Last Refuge:   Lawfare Expects McCabe Arrest - That Explains Why CNN Hired Him....
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Sanders: China has done more to address extreme poverty ‘than any country in the history of civilization’  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) offered praise for China while stating in an interview that he believed the U.S. could have a positive relationship with the country, saying it had made …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernie Sanders won't kiss your baby, but he feels your pain
Discussion: New York Times
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
As Labor Day Turns 125, Union Approval Near 50-Year High  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixty-four percent of Americans approve of labor unions, surpassing 60% for the third consecutive year and up 16 percentage points from its 2009 low point.  This comes 125 years after President Grover Cleveland signed …
Tara Ross / The Daily Signal:
No, the Electoral College Is Not ‘Affirmative Action’ for Rural Voters  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loves to hate on the Electoral College.  Once again, she has the nation up in arms about America's unique presidential election system.  —  The Electoral College, the New York Democrat …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Joe Walsh falsely denied that he endorsed giving guns to small American children  —  Newly minted presidential candidate Joe Walsh this week falsely denied that he had endorsed the arming of small American children on tape.  —  Walsh, a former one-term congressman from Illinois …
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Week
 
 
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