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12:20 PM ET, August 23, 2020

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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
In secretly recorded audio, President Trump's sister says he has ‘no principles’ and 'you can't trust him'  —  Maryanne Trump Barry was serving as a federal judge when she heard her brother, President Trump, suggest on Fox News, “maybe I'll have to put her at the border” amid a wave of refugees entering the United States.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
President's Sister Describes Trump as Liar With ‘No Principles’ in Recordings  —  In a series of recordings published by The Washington Post, Maryanne Trump Barry can be heard disparaging her brother's performance as president.  —  WASHINGTON — Maryanne Trump Barry, President Trump's older sister …
New York Times:
Republicans Rush to Finalize Convention ('Apprentice' Producers Are Helping)  —  The party is promising a more traditional in-person spectacle with President Trump speaking every night.  Coming into this weekend, producers at the major TV networks had only a foggy idea of what to expect.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
An Apprentice producer and a TV-obsessed president: Inside the GOP's convention scramble
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Daniel Cassady / Forbes:
Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines  —  Postal workers in Washington State have reinstalled high-speed mail sorting machines—dismantled after controversial orders from the U.S. Postal Service— despite USPS orders not to put machines back in use.  —  KEY FACTS
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Washington Post:   How Trump, Mnuchin and DeJoy edged the Postal Service into a crisis
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Biden enjoys post-convention bump in favorability: POLL  —  Biden's favorability ticked up from 40% just over a week ago to 45%.  —  LIVE NOW  —  The Democratic National Convention, which attracted a smaller audience compared to last cycle, still delivered a favorability boost …
Discussion: The Hill
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CBS News:
Republicans see U.S. as better off now than 4 years ago ahead of convention — Battleground Tracker poll  —  It was mostly Democrats who watched last week's convention, and they liked what they saw.  Now, as the Republicans begin theirs, we find a Republican Party whose voters not only hold …
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Biden's Center Hold?  —  After a career built on incremental progress, Joe Biden is promising a Presidency of transformational change.  The election will test whether his campaign can bring together a divided party and a beleaguered country.  —  “Welcome to my mom's house,” …
Sara Sidner / CNN:
The US Senate candidate who took a QAnon pledge  —  (CNN)When Jo Rae Perkins walked over to greet us for the very first time, she did not introduce herself or ask our names, the first thing she did was move her hand across her face and say, “What are these things on your faces?”
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Win or Lose, Trump Will Hold Power Over the G.O.P.  —  But what Republicans learn from the Trump era will make all the difference.  —  It must pain Donald Trump, deep down in his showman's soul, to have had his convention taken away from him.  The arguable peak of his presidency …
Discussion: CNN
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Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir on Trump's attacks on mental fitness: ‘Watch me, Mr. President’  —  Biden, Harris' first joint interviews air tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden tackled questions about his age in an exclusive interview with “World News Tonight” …
U.S. Federal Election Commission:
FEC's response to possible violations  —  In exercising its regulatory and enforcement authority, the Commission uses a variety of methods to uncover possible election law violations.  Each of the following may lead to an FEC enforcement case or Matter Under Review (MUR).
Mary Papenfuss / Yahoo News:
Trump Told Homeland Security To Take Its Orders From Lou Dobbs, Former Official Says  —  Donald Trump told officials from the Department of Homeland Security to get their marching orders by listening to Fox Business host  —  Lou Dobbs “every night,” former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor told Anderson Cooper on Friday.
Discussion: Mediaite and Lawyers, Guns & Money
David Shaywitz / The Bulwark:
Trump's Self-Defeating Attacks on the FDA  —  If the president wants to help efforts to discover treatments for COVID, he should probably stop tweeting about them.  —  After distinguishing himself this week by his embrace of the conspiracy theorists at QAnon, President Trump posited early Saturday morning …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Fox News
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
LA jails refuse to turn 25,000 criminal illegal immigrants over to ICE  —  Los Angeles, home to the largest jail system in the United States, has ignored more than 25,000 requests from federal authorities to turn over illegal immigrants after they have been arrested for crimes by local law enforcement …
NBC News:
Go to map  —  Source: NBC News Decision Desk and NBC News Data Graphics.  Information was collected by contacting state and local election officials, monitoring official websites, executive orders from governors, announcements from government officials and secretaries of state offices.
Rob Wolfe / Press Herald:
Maine CDC now links 53 COVID-19 cases to Millinocket wedding reception  —  The news follows the announcement of 32 new coronavirus cases and one additional death Saturday.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alex Morse Was Accused, Condemned and Then Vindicated.  Will His Experience Change Anything?  —  Vague allegations against the Massachusetts congressional candidate offer a case study in how progressives navigate issues of sex and power in politics when judgment is often swift and unforgiving.
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Mark Meadows defends Trump's “deep state” attacks on FDA  —  White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said he applauds President Trump's accusation that the “deep state, or whoever” at the FDA is making it harder for drug companies to develop coronavirus treatments and vaccines in order to hurt him politically.
Discussion: Bloomberg, ABC News, Deadline and The Hill
 
 
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Chad Wolf says DHS has no authority to send agents to polling stations
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
NBC News:
Postal Service delays of prescription drugs put thousands of American lives at risk
Discussion: NBC New York
New York Times:
Threatened by Facebook Disinformation, a Monk Flees Cambodia
USA Today:
DNC: On racial equality, Joe Biden made the problem clear. Is he ready to do the work?
 Earlier Items: 
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Joe Biden faces new plagiarism claim over DNC acceptance speech
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
Switzerland may ban terrorist organization Hezbollah
Kirk Nielsen / Washington Post:
I mailed my ballot in on time. Florida tossed it. 2020 will be much worse.
Joe Mario Pedersen / Orlando Sentinel:
Once in a lifetime: two hurricanes, same time, same place
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans

Neal Mohan / The Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan argues that creators should be eligible for Emmys, as the awards “should reflect what viewers are actually watching on their TV screens”

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