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9:05 AM ET, August 10, 2020

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New York Times:
Hong Kong Publisher Jimmy Lai Is Arrested Under National Security Law  —  The pro-democracy figure is the most high-profile figure detained under the sweeping law imposed by Beijing on the semiautonomous territory.  —  HONG KONG — The Hong Kong police on Monday arrested seven people …
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Shibani Mahtani / Washington Post:
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law  —  HONG KONG — Media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai, his sons and several others were arrested early Monday for allegedly colluding with foreign forces, a crime under Hong Kong's new national security law, according to the newspaper he founded and a close associate.
Discussion: NPR and Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Colum Murphy / Bloomberg:
China Hits U.S. Officials With Sanctions, Avoids Top Trump Aides
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Zen Soo / Associated Press:   Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested, newsroom searched
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
China announces retaliatory sanctions on Rubio, Cruz and other U.S. officials
William Saletan / Slate:
How Trump Killed Tens of Thousands of Americans  —  On July 17, President Donald Trump sat for a Fox News interview at the White House.  At the time, nearly 140,000 Americans were dead from the novel coronavirus.  The interviewer, Chris Wallace, showed Trump a video clip in which Robert Redfield …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Pro-Trump Forces Work the Refs in Silicon Valley  —  The new referees in American politics are Facebook, Google and Twitter, and they would be wise to pay attention to lessons the old media tried to learn.  —  One of the oddest moments during last month's tech hearings on Capitol Hill came …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Business Insider:
Trump pledged to permanently scrap the payroll taxes used to fund Social Security and Medicare if he wins re-election  —  Foto: JIM WATSON / AFP US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, on August 7, 2020.  — President Donald Trump vowed on Saturday …
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Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Trump Attempts To Sidestep Congress By Ordering 4 Points Of Coronavirus Relief
CNN:
Trump declares war on Social Security, Medicare
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Social Security Works:
Donald Trump: If Reelected, I will “Terminate” Social Security
Discussion: Daily Kos
Don Babwin / Associated Press:
Shots fired as crowds clash with police in downtown Chicago  —  Hundreds of people smashed windows, stole from stores and clashed with police in Chicago's Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city's downtown  —  CHICAGO — Hundreds of people smashed windows …
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Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police return fire as looters hit Mag Mile, smashing windows and confronting officers  —  Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, confronting police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, authorities said.
Willie Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
Kamala Harris should say no to vice presidency  —  If Joe Biden offers the vice presidential slot to Sen. Kamala Harris, my advice to her would be to politely decline.  —  Harris is a tested and proven campaigner who will work her backside off to get Biden elected.
Discussion: Fox News and Breitbart
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
As decision day nears, VP hopefuls rake in big money for Biden  —  The Democrats vying to be Joe Biden's running mate have made the rounds of the Sunday shows.  They've enlisted surrogates to talk them up to the vetting committee and have been preparing for their one-on-one interviews with Biden himself.
Axios:
Behind the scenes: Trump assembles team of closest aides to prepare for Biden debates  —  Two weekends ago, President Trump met with a group of his closest aides in the conference room of his Bedminster golf club to discuss a subject that has been weighing heavily on his mind: the three scheduled debates with Joe Biden.
Discussion: The US Sun, Raw Story and IJR
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
There Will Be No October Surprise This Year
Discussion: New York Times, Vox and NBC News
Argus Leader:
Mount Trumpmore?  It's the president's ‘dream,’ Rep. Kristi Noem says  —  Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2018 when Rep. Kristi Noem was running for governor of South Dakota.  —  A year before Donald Trump became president, an editorial cartoonist …
Discussion: Fox News, The Wrap and Rolling Stone
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Benji Jones / Business Insider:   The White House reportedly asked South Dakota's governor how to add another president to Mount Rushmore, and she later gave Trump a 4-foot replica with his face on it
Politico:
Facing bleak November, Republicans look to stoke BLM backlash  —  For a brief moment after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis policeman in late May, some members of the GOP joined calls for change as protests exploded onto streets across the country.  That moment is over.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
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Associated Press:   Black people in Portland struggle to be heard amid protests
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: At Least 97,000 Children in the U.S. Tested Positive in Last 2 Weeks of July  —  Trump's unilateral economic relief actions come under fire.  Ohio's governor urges use of rapid tests, but with caution after his false positive.  —  RIGHT NOW A Georgia school whose …
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon and Mall Operator Look at Turning Sears, J.C. Penney Stores Into Fulfillment Centers  —  Hookup between Simon Property Group, Amazon would show how retail and logistics are converging more rapidly  —  Simon Property Group Inc., the biggest mall owner in the U.S. …
Niall Ferguson / Bloomberg:
TikTok Is Inane.  China's Imperial Ambition Is Not.  —  The U.S. won the Cold War by exporting its values, and China has a similar plan for Cold War II.  —  It's hard to get past the initial sheer inanity of TikTok.  —  I spent half an hour trying to make sense of the endless feed …
Rachael Levy / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Agency Sidelines Planned $765 Million Loan to Kodak Amid Probes  —  The move comes as the SEC investigates Kodak's disclosure of the loan and stock options granted to executives  —  WASHINGTON—A federal agency has put a planned $765 million loan to Eastman Kodak Co. KODK -7.64% on hold …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Trump tries to set a tax trap for Biden  —  President Trump is trying to lure Joe Biden into a Walter Mondale trap — attempting to force the Democratic nominee to embrace middle-class tax increases as part of his election strategy.  —  Why it matters: With his Saturday evening executive action …
Evie Fordham / Fox News:
US would share coronavirus vaccine with world after Americans' needs are met: Azar  —  US companies including Moderna and Novavax are in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine
Discussion: Reuters and Raw Story
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Belarus election: Lukashenko's claim of landslide victory sparks widespread protests … Clashes broke out in cities across Belarus on Sunday evening as riot police used rubber bullets, flash grenades, teargas and water cannon to quash protests against the results of the contested presidential election.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 
 
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Savannah Smith / NBC News:
Calendar of confusion: From February to August, Trump's mixed messages on masks
Reuters:
China targeting U.S. election infrastructure with cyberattacks, says O'Brien
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Ron Johnson subpoenas documents from FBI director
Discussion: Fox News and Axios
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Trump is learning to bend the bureaucracy to his will
Harry Enten / CNN:
Another electoral college-popular vote split? It's possible
Discussion: CBS News and YouGov
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
'You can't control people's anger': Portland protesters set fire to police union headquarters as tensions rise again
Discussion: Breitbart
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Washington Post celebrates destruction of books
Tina Bellon / Reuters:
Fed's Evans says another coronavirus aid package ‘incredibly important’: interview
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Knight / Washington Times:
Communists approve Biden for president
Max Horberry / New York Times:
C.D.C. Closes Some Offices Over Bacteria Discovery
New York Times:
The Wallets of Wall Street Are With Joe Biden, if Not the Hearts
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
A president ignored: Trump's outlandish claims increasingly met with a collective shrug
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Mnuchin warns Democrats against challenging Trump's executive orders
Washington Post:
At least 21 people shot, one fatally, at a party in Southeast Washington
 

 
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Sources: ByteDance is exploring scenarios for selling a majority stake in TikTok US, preferably to a non-tech company, and without the recommendation algorithm

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate the US' net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says “tens of millions of people” have “tried” Meta AI but making money from generative AI in Meta's apps is likely going to take several years
 
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