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3:10 PM ET, August 27, 2020

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New York Times:
Tracking the Suspect in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings  —  Footage appears to show a teenager shooting three people during protests in Wisconsin.  We tracked his movements that night.  —  A teenager who walked among protesters in Kenosha, Wis., carrying a military-style semi-automatic rifle …
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police across US, report says  —  A former FBI agent has documented links between serving officers and racist militant activities in more than a dozen states  —  White supremacist groups have infiltrated US law enforcement agencies in every region …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: More than 100 Bush-McCain-Romney alums go for Biden  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  IT'S THURSDAY, and President DONALD TRUMP will close the Republican convention this evening from the White House.  And, as the GOP seeks to rally around TRUMP 68 DAYS before Election Day, here's what the world looks like:
BuzzFeed News:
The Kenosha Shooting Suspect Was In The Front Row Of A Trump Rally In January
New York Times:
How Chaos in Kenosha Is Already Swaying Some Voters in Wisconsin
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Stop Downplaying the Violence in Our Cities
Discussion: Townhall, Financial Times and Breitbart
Arizona Republic:
Weekly Gilbert pro-police rallies escalate to violence as attendees look for ‘antifa’
Discussion: Raw Story
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'It's playing into Trump's hands': Dems fear swing-state damage from Kenosha unrest
Discussion: Reason, Raw Story and National Review
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump set to skewer Biden in convention address  —  President Donald Trump will unload on Joe Biden in a blistering convention speech Thursday night, according to two people familiar with the address.  —  Trump is expected to go after the former vice president on everything from the economy to trade.
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Mark Salter / Washington Post:
Why dozens of John McCain aides, including me, are endorsing Joe Biden  —  Mark Salter served as a staff aide and speechwriter for Sen. John McCain.  —  This week, I joined more than 100 aides of the late Sen. John McCain, including former chiefs of staff, senior legislative and campaign workers …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Over 100 Ex-Staff Members for John McCain Endorse Joe Biden  —  The group endorsement of Mr. Biden is the latest effort from anti-Trump Republicans to lure conservatives and moderates away from the president, who often clashed with the former Arizona senator.
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden to troll Trump with 2-minute ad set to run during renomination speech  —  Joe Biden isn't onstage this week as Republicans celebrate their presidential nominating convention.  But his campaign is trying to make sure he's on TV.  —  That presence will come in the form …
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Pelosi says Biden shouldn't debate Trump: 'I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him'
USA Today:   LGBTQ+ leaders: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the most pro-equality ticket in US history
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump to raise $10M before his convention speech
Discussion: Reuters
Adam Forrest / The Independent:
Trump had public meltdown over missed phone call from Putin, former No 10 aide says  —  ‘If Putin wants a call with me you just put him through,’ US president yelled according to Theresa May's former chief of staff  —  Donald Trump exploded with anger at one of his most senior aides …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Room rentals, resort fees and furniture removal: How Trump's company charged the U.S. government more than $900,000  —  The Secret Service had asked for a room close to the president.  But Mar-a-Lago said it was too late.  The room was booked.  Would agents like a room across the street from the president, instead?
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
CDC director walks back change in coronavirus testing guidelines  —  The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday issued new guidance for coronavirus testing, days after a quiet change sparked protests from the scientific and medical communities.
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Pelosi not hopeful of resuming coronavirus relief negotiations  —  WASHINGTON — As a stalemate over coronavirus relief legislation persists, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will speak on the phone Thursday afternoon for the first time in weeks …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Reuters:
White House's Meadows to discuss COVID-19 aid with Pelosi on Thursday
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
A look at the legislative graveyard
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News:
China Secretly Built A Vast New Infrastructure To Imprison Muslims  —  China rounded up so many Muslims in Xinjiang that there wasn't enough space to hold them.  Then the government started building.  —  Copy … China has secretly built scores of massive new prison and internment camps …
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BuzzFeed News:   Blanked-Out Spots On China's Maps Helped Us Uncover Xinjiang's Camps
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Billionaire's Son Jared Kushner Takes Swipe at NBA Players for Their Wealth and Privilege  —  PICK YOUR BATTLES  —  Jared Kushner, the son of a billionaire whose only professional achievements have been handed to him by members of his family, has taken a bold swipe at NBA players for their wealth and privilege.
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“QAnon Is Batshit Crazy”: Lindsey Graham Talks TikTok, Online Conspiracies, and Why He's Sticking With Trump  —  The South Carolina senator, facing a tough reelection fight, recalls warning Trump not to shut down TikTok after getting calls from Hannity, Petraeus, and his niece …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Accused of Starting a Voter Suppression Scheme  —  The notorious huckster is allegedly behind a robocall campaign clearly designed to spook people from voting by mail.  —  Michigan state officials are investigating a voter-suppression robocall allegedly tied to blundering conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
We Need to Talk About the GOP's ‘Black Friends’  —  The Republican National Convention has been all about using Black people to convince white people it's OK to vote for a bigot.  —  In between the lies and the fear mongering and the stories about having intimate conversations with Jesus …
Ryan Glasspiegel / OutKick:
Max Kellerman: Trump Base in SEC Seems Susceptible to Low Quality Information and Easy to Propagandize  —  Max Kellerman, speaking in a segment on First Take today about what all of the ongoing protests in the NBA and canceled practices mean in the NFL, said that President Donald Trump's base voters …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Wrap
David Corn / Mother Jones:
New Hot-Mic Video: What Trump Told His Lawyer When He Didn't Know a Camera Was Rolling  —  For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones' newsletters.  —  On December 10, 2015, Donald Trump took time off from campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Turmoil consumes Chamber of Commerce as it backs Democrats  —  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is poised to endorse nearly two dozen freshmen House Democrats for reelection, triggering a revolt within the right-leaning organization and drawing fierce pushback from the group's powerful GOP donors.
Discussion: Big League Politics and Raw Story
Marlene Lenthang / Daily Mail:
Wisconsin AG reveals police recovered a knife from the driver's side floor of Jacob Blake's car and says ONE cop shot him seven times as they responded to 911 call from Blake's girlfriend  — Jacob Blake, the black man shot in the back seven times by Wisconsin police, had a knife in his posession …
Discussion: Bangor Daily News and IJR
jsonline:
Kenosha County sheriff's 2018 comments that some people 'aren't worth saving' resurface after violence  —  Controversial 2018 comments by Kenosha Sheriff David Beth have sparked renewed outrage as the city deals with the aftermath of an officer shooting a Black man in the back on Sunday …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Why This Pro-Life Conservative Is Voting for Biden  —  Since I announced publicly that I will be voting for Joe Biden in November, I've received a few communications from puzzled readers.  “How can you, a supposedly pro-life woman, support someone who believes in killing babies?”
Discussion: Raw Story
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Kanye West Is Breaking Campaign Finance Law and Keeping His GOP Backers a Secret  —  By not filing campaign finance forms with the Federal Election Commission, West's campaign is hiding expenditures from public view.  —  Kanye West's presidential campaign continues to push to get him on the ballot in states across the country.
Discussion: Political Wire
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Ronald Reagan sends you to do war crimes in the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War trailer  —  He's one of the new characters in the game  —  Activision and its development studios, Treyarch and Raven Software, debuted a new trailer for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War …
Discussion: Task & Purpose
 
 
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Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump shared a video of her meeting a homeless D.C. woman. That woman says she's still waiting for her to keep a promise.
Discussion: Political Flare and Raw Story
Sarah Jones / The Cut:
The Progressive New Face of ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Aaron Coleman committed revenge porn at age 12. Now he's 19, and wants a second chance.
Jordan Moreau / Variety:
‘Fire Tucker Carlson’: Fox News Host Condemned for Comments on Deadly Shooting of Kenosha Protesters
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Is Kenosha a Warning for the Biden Campaign?
Discussion: The Bulwark Podcast
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
2 George W. Bush Cabinet secretaries endorse Biden
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Covid Gag Rules at U.S. Companies Are Putting Everyone at Risk
 Earlier Items: 
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
States of Play: North Carolina
Des Moines Register:
Iowa counties can't set up drop box systems for absentee ballots, secretary of state says
Discussion: Lawfare
Kathleen Gray / New York Times:
In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Some Cracks Emerge in the Pro-Trump Wall
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump's big night: Expect talk of GOP progress, Dem anarchy
Discussion: Politico and New York Post
CNN:
Pence reinvents Trump's presidency on a disorienting night of crises
Discussion: МИА and Politico
Politico:
Why Trump is giving Rudy a prime slot at the convention
Discussion: Roll Call and MyNorthwest.com