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2:45 PM ET, August 28, 2019

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QU Poll:
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  —  Our Free Press columnists break down the 2nd night of the Detroit Democratic debates.  Is Joe Biden still the frontrunner?  Was Kamala Harris a winner?  —  CONNECT  —  WASHINGTON - All of the top Democrats running …
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Behind Trump's craziness, there's always corruption. Here's the latest.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
You Should at Least Read My Column before Writing a Hit Piece
Discussion: New York Times
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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Carlo Piovano / Associated Press:   Q&A: What Boris Johnson's move means for Brexit
Andrew Woodcock / The Independent:
Queen approves Boris Johnson request to suspend parliament
Discussion: The Guardian
Alex Wickham / BuzzFeed:
Boris Johnson Is Planning A Series Of Extreme Measures In The Coming Weeks To Force Through Brexit
Discussion: The Week
The Guardian:
Boris Johnson asks Queen to suspend parliament
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 …
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Washington Post:
Mattis says he served ‘as long as I could,’ warns of a leader not committed to working with allies
Discussion: The Week
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at end of the year
Discussion: Axios and One America News Network
The Hill:
Stacey Abrams says she won't run for Georgia Senate seat
Washington Post:
Sen. Johnny Isakson says he will resign at the end of the year, citing health problems
Discussion: Vox, Slate and Outside the Beltway
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at end of year
Discussion: CNBC and American Greatness
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.
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.”
WXYZ-TV:
FBI, IRS raiding UAW president's home in Canton Township  —  CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — A raid was conducted at a home in Canton Township Wednesday morning.  —  It is a joint raid between the FBI and IRS, the FBI reported.  —  The raid is being carried out at what is believed to be at the home of UAW President Gary Jones.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Detroit News:   FBI at UAW President Jones' house as corruption probe explodes into 4-state sweep
Detroit Free Press:
FBI finds ‘bundles of cash’ in raid at UAW president's home
Discussion: Big League Politics
Arren Kimbel-Sannit / Politico:
Trump delivers another blow to Fox News: 'Fox isn't working for us anymore!'  —  President Donald Trump let loose on Fox News on Wednesday, saying the network “isn't working for us anymore” while encouraging his followers to look for an alternative to his long-cherished cable news channel.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:   “Fox isn't working for us anymore”: Trump turns against his favorite cable news channel
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
The Washington Post Newsroom Has a Roach Problem  —  A memo says it's “a newsroom problem and not happening on other floors.”  —  The New York Times may have bed bugs, but the Washington Post has a roach problem.  —  “We have a growing pest problem,” Post director of newsroom operations …
Garrett Archer / KNXV:
Martha McSally picks up primary challenge from Daniel McCarthy  —  PHOENIX — Businessman Daniel McCarthy announced his intention to run against Martha McSally in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in 2020 during an interview with ABC15 today.  —  It has been rumored for several months …
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Mystery of missing votes deepens as Congress investigates Georgia  —  To find a clue about what might have gone wrong with Georgia's election last fall, look no further than voting machine No. 3 at the Winterville Train Depot outside Athens.  —  On machine No. 3, Republicans won every race.
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 …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
We Aren't Seeing White Support for Trump for What It Is  —  A crucial part of his coalition is made up of better-off white people who did not graduate from college.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Dems Sound Alarm: Trump Is ‘Carpet-Bombing’ Us in Key Battlegrounds  —  “Where's all the support?  They keep talking about the calories coming.  People generally are feeling Trump is beating us on all fronts right now,” one DNC official said.  —  Several Democratic National Committee members …
Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
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.
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Sara A. Carter:
The Man Having an Affair with Ilhan Omar Received $230K from Her Campaign
Discussion: Fox News and Instapundit
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Cyberattack Hurt Iran's Ability to Target Oil Tankers, Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — A secret cyberattack against Iran in June wiped out a critical database used by Iran's paramilitary arm to plot attacks against oil tankers and degraded Tehran's ability to covertly target shipping traffic …
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
The Weekly Standard's Corporate Owner Considered Buying The Federalist  —  As Donald Trump rose to take over the Republican Party, conservative media splintered: Some outlets became his mouthpieces, some his enemies, and others found shelter in an anti-anti-Trump stand.
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.
Gina Heeb / NBC News:
U.S. has paid more than $1M in interest for late bailout payments to farmers  —  “We had farmers waiting at the door from 7 o'clock in the morning to 7 o'clock at night.  And if you've only got two people working at the counter ... it was just overwhelming,” one official said.
 
 
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Sarah Sanders in talks with consulting firm founded by former Clinton aides
USA Today:
Pharma cash donations target ‘vulnerable’ lawmakers as industry tries to defend itself
Splinter:
Splinter Prevails in $100 Million Defamation Suit Brought by Ex-Trump Staffer Jason Miller
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Praises Reformed Segregationist Fritz Hollings — Again — in South Carolina
John Solomon / The Hill:
How Trump can avoid a GOP fumble on health care that could derail his reelection
Project On Government Oversight:
Overruled: Top Justice Department Appointees Quash Felony Charge Against Monsanto
Michael Wilner / Miami Herald:
Trump wants Jewish voters in Florida. He may be pushing them further away.
Discussion: Informed Comment
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Ahead of 2020, Democratic Voters Are Moving Left on Immigration
Discussion: Washington Times and The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Stephanie Grisham is Trump's communications czar. Only most people wouldn't know it.
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
Trump says ‘no bedbugs’ at his Doral resort. But inspectors have found a host of other problems.
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
U.S. Intel Gatekeeper Dragging Feet on Trump-Russia Files, Insiders Say
Andrew Ferguson / The Atlantic:
Cheering the Constitution's Demise
 

 
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