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7:50 AM ET, August 22, 2020

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Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
McCollister endorses Biden, invites other Nebraska Republicans to join  —  Sen. John McCollister of Omaha said Friday he's joining a number of fellow Republicans in deciding to formally endorse Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in his bid to unseat Republican President Donald Trump.
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Meghan Roos / Newsweek:
GOP Vermont Gov. Says He Won't Vote for Trump But ‘Would Consider’ Supporting Biden
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Ex-Green Beret Charged With Spying for Russia in Elaborate Scheme  —  Prosecutors said he provided classified information to Russian intelligence operatives for years, betraying the United States.  —  WASHINGTON — A former Army Green Beret captain was accused on Friday of violating espionage laws …
Discussion: Raw Story and WCCO | CBS Minnesota
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Army Special Forces Officer Charged in Russian Espionage Conspiracy  —  Former Green Beret Allegedly Conspired to Provide National Defense Information to Russian Intelligence  —  A Gainesville, Virginia, man was arrested today for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Just The News
The Daily Beast:
National Enquirer Chief David Pecker Out After AMI Merger  —  The tabloid king has been dethroned as the financially troubled American Media Inc. merges with a company that markets face masks and vitamin supplements.  —  American Media Inc.'s longtime chairman and chief executive David Pecker …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
National Enquirer Chief David Pecker Loses Top Job in Company Merger  —  As the longtime media executive moves to an adviser role, American Media, the parent of The National Enquirer, has been renamed A360Media as part of a planned merger with a logistics company.
Associated Press:
David Pecker out as CEO of National Enquirer parent company
Discussion: PR Newswire and The Hill
Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Trump remains largely silent on reported poisoning of Russian dissident as Europe, US lawmakers offer support  —  (CNN)The Trump administration has not made any substantial statement on the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, in sharp contrast to European reaction …
Discussion: New York Post and The Week
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Financial Times:
Alexei Navalny given all clear to be evacuated from Russia
CNN:
Appeals court sets September 1 hearing on deadline for Trump's financial records subpoena  —  (CNN)A federal appeals court denied President Donald Trump's attempt to halt the enforcement of a subpoena for his financial records but at the same time set a rapid schedule for oral arguments in the case …
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Washington Post:
Ex-CIA director John Brennan questioned for 8 hours in U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe, a Brennan adviser says  —  Former CIA director John Brennan was interviewed for eight hours Friday by the federal prosecutor specially assigned by Attorney General William P. Barr to review …
Discussion: Breitbart, Politico and Twitchy
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Gets Hope Hicks' Financials  —  Late on Friday, CREW received Hope Hicks' financial disclosure forms filed when she reentered the Trump administration.  The forms show that her time away from the White House was lucrative for the once and future senior Trump aide.
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Kanye West's Presidential Campaign Is Both Proceeding and Unraveling  —  The last 48 hours have presented a series of new challenges for Kanye West's haphazard campaign for president.  —  In a span of two days, West was booted from the ballot in five states: Illinois, Montana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016  —  In a private meeting inside Trump Tower days before his inauguration, Donald Trump told a group of civil rights leaders something most Republicans wouldn't dare publicly acknowledge: lower turnout among Black voters did …
Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill and Raw Story
Luke Barr / ABC News:
Trump says he wants police at polling sites.  Experts say that's unlawful.  —  The president was responding to a question from Sean Hannity.  —  A day after Donald Trump told Sean Hannity he wanted law enforcement officers at polling places, a chorus of experts including multiple secretaries …
Discussion: The US Sun and Washington Post
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Washington Post:
Trump's suggestion of deploying law enforcement officials to monitor polls raises specter of voting intimidation
Mariam Khan / ABC News:
House set to vote on USPS bill amid mail-in voting controversy  —  Pelosi: “In a time of a pandemic, the Postal Service is Election Central.”  —  The House is set to vote on a bill related to the ailing U.S. Postal Service in an unusual Saturday session amid an ongoing political controversy over mail-in voting.
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KASW-TV:
McSally asks supporters to ‘fast a meal’ so they can donate to her campaign  —  In an audio clip, Sen. Martha McSally asked supporters to “fast a meal” so they can donate to her campaign but her people said it was just a joke.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
CNN:
Kris Kobach claimed he spoke with ‘enthusiastic’ Trump three times about border wall project at center of fraud investigation  —  (CNN)Donald Trump ally Kris Kobach said in an interview last year that he had spoken with the President three times about the private border wall project …
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Harmeet Kaur / CNN:
Covid-19 cases tied to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota have reached across state lines  —  (CNN)Coronavirus cases linked to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota last week have now reached across state lines to Nebraska, public health officials said.
Discussion: The Hill
Michael Casagrande / al.com:
New restrictions coming to Alabama campus, Greek houses amid ‘significant’ COVID increase  —  University of Alabama Fall 2020 First Day  —  Changes are coming to the University of Alabama COVID-19 plan three days into the new semester.  —  The school on Friday announced a moratorium …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Joe Biden captured the romance of decency  —  In making a convention speech without the benefit of an actual convention, Joe Biden was denied certain advantages.  Staring into the unblinking lens of a camera, he could not carry his remarks along on periodic waves of applause.
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Redfield & Wilton Strategies:
Latest US Swing States Voting Intention (16-19 August)  —  Share our research:  —  The latest US swing states poll by Redfield & Wilton Strategies finds that Joe Biden is ahead of Donald Trump in five out of six swing states.  Nonetheless, for the first time since we started polling …
detroitnews:
Michigan election officials call Detroit's primary voting problems ‘appalling,’ ‘alarming’  —  Lansing — All four members of the State Board of Canvassers on Friday blasted problems with counting ballots in Detroit's primary election as “alarming” and “concerning,” and one asked whether Secretary …
John Verhovek / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir: ‘I would shut [country] down’ to prevent spread of COVID-19 if scientists recommended  —  Biden, Harris' first joint interview airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” …
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
‘Severe inhumanity’: California prisons overwhelmed by Covid outbreaks and approaching fires … California's raging wildfires have created a crisis at multiple state prisons, where there are reports of heavy smoke and ash making it hard to breathe, unanswered pleas for evacuation …
Discussion: Earther
 
 
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Evan Simko-Bednarski / CNN:
Court orders Donald Trump to pay legal fees in Stormy Daniels suit
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“Unity” Event Canceled Due to Threats of Violence [Updated]
Discussion: Instapundit
Jacqueline Thomsen / LAW.com:
After Admitting to False Statements in Court, Trump DOJ Agrees to $200K Settlement With Arnold & Porter
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo sentenced to life without possibility of parole
Discussion: TMZ.com, Breitbart and ABC7
Protect Democracy:
Potential Challenges to a President's Attempt to Deploy Law Enforcement to the Polls on or Around Election Day
Associated Press:
Mounting US deaths reveal an outsize toll on people of color
Discussion: The Marshall Project
 Earlier Items: 
Richard Hall / The Independent:
Carter Centre to launch first-ever US election initiative, citing ‘erosion’ of democracy
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Brayden Harrington says DNC appearance boosted his confidence, wants to help others who stutter
Stephen Lam / Reuters:
California battles 560 wildfires, university threatened
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Jolie McCullough / The Texas Tribune:
Texas put hundreds of hours into finding and arresting police brutality protesters. Lawyers call it a “witch hunt.”
Discussion: The Root
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Some VOA journalists forced to leave US soon as visas expire
Discussion: The Hill
NBC News:
QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags