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12:30 PM ET, August 27, 2020

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BuzzFeed News:
The Kenosha Shooting Suspect Was In The Front Row Of A Trump Rally In January  —  The law-enforcement obsessed 17-year-old who was charged with shooting and killing two people and injuring another in Kenosha during protests for Jacob Blake appeared in the front row at a Donald Trump rally in January.
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: NBC Chicago and Washington Post
Arizona Republic:
Weekly Gilbert pro-police rallies escalate to violence as attendees look for ‘antifa’
Discussion: Raw Story
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:
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Wall Street Journal:
Immigrants in Trump-Led Ceremony Didn't Know They Would Appear at RNC  —  Two women say they didn't mind being featured as they became citizens; critics accuse president of using them, politicizing government functions  —  Sudha Narayanan and Neimat Awadelseid looked forward to Tuesday …
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump officials blame Dems for racial unrest  —  Trump administration officials on Thursday cast the national unrest spurred by the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake as a failure on the part of Democrats and a boon to the electoral prospects for President Donald Trump.
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Kushner: NBA players are ‘fortunate’ to have wealth to take night off  —  Jared Kushner on Thursday commented on NBA players boycotting playoff games the night before, saying they are “fortunate” to have enough wealth to “take a night off from work” while saying he wants “actual action” in the racial justice movement.
New York Times:
How Chaos in Kenosha Is Already Swaying Some Voters in Wisconsin  —  As residents see fires and looting, some worry that local Democratic leaders are failing to keep control of the situation.  —  John Geraghty, a 41-year-old worker in a tractor factory, has barely paid attention to the presidential race or the conventions.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'It's playing into Trump's hands': Dems fear swing-state damage from Kenosha unrest
Discussion: National Review and Fox News
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.
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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 …
CNN:
Pence reinvents Trump's presidency on a disorienting night of crises  —  (CNN)Only voters can decide the political fate of Donald Trump.  But the evidence of a dark, dispiriting election year suggests unequivocally that the President has failed to find answers equal to the magnitude …
Discussion: Fox News, Politico and МИА
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
‘Factcheckers’ Keep Lying about Biden's Abortion Position
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
More than 1 million Americans file for unemployment, again  —  FILE - In this April 30 ,2020 file photo, a barber shop shows closed and hiring sign during the COVID-19 in Chicago.  On Thursday, Aug. 27, just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week …
Discussion: Denver Post and ABC30
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Anneken Tappe / CNN:
Another 1 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance benefits last week
Discussion: WINK NEWS
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Another million applied for jobless benefits as coronavirus pandemic's economic toll rises
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Week
Rebecca Rainey / Politico:
Unemployment claims fell slightly to 1 million last week
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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
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
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: ABC30 and WTOP
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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?
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: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Reuters:
White House's Meadows to discuss COVID-19 aid with Pelosi on Thursday  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows discuss further COVID-19 relief legislation with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the matter, in the first sign of renewed negotiations in weeks.
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
A look at the legislative graveyard
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
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
Vivian Salama / CNN:
DHS sends out Hatch Act memo days after secretary appears in RNC-related ceremony  —  (CNN)The Department of Homeland Security sent an agency-wide email to its employees Thursday morning reminding them not to participate in partisan politics, citing “heightened scrutiny.”
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Daily Kos
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
States of Play: North Carolina  —  Dear Readers: In the next installment of our States of Play series — in which we are taking an in-depth look at the key states that will decide the presidential election — we look at North Carolina, a state that both parties have made serious attempts at winning since 2008.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump says election workers, not USPS, could lead to 2020 miscount  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is shifting his focus from the U.S. Postal Service in his concerns about potential fraud in mail-in voting, claiming problems with mailed ballots lie with local elections officials who are “going to count them wrong.”
Des Moines Register:
Iowa counties can't set up drop box systems for absentee ballots, secretary of state says  —  The Iowa Secretary of State's Office says county auditors cannot set up drop boxes to accept absentee ballots this fall — something several auditors say they did during this year's primary election.
Discussion: Lawfare
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?”
 
 
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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
Washington Post:
Fact-checking the third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention
Discussion: Roll Call and New York Times
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Covid Gag Rules at U.S. Companies Are Putting Everyone at Risk
James Arkin / Politico:
‘Still a fresh wound’: 2016 loss fuels Senate Democrats' 2020 takeover strategy
Discussion: Earther
Victor Davis Hanson / Townhall:
What Is the Violence in American Cities All About?
Lev Facher / STAT:
Trump has launched an all-out attack on the FDA. Will its scientific integrity survive?
 Earlier Items: 
Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:
Democrats Have Failed Urban Black Americans
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
Politico:
Why Trump is giving Rudy a prime slot at the convention
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News:
RNC Video Showing Rioters In “Biden's America” Is Actually Spain
Discussion: Reason and Talking Points Memo
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff / New York Magazine:
Melania Trump's Ex-BFF Tells (Almost) All An insider's account of falling out with the First Lady.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump calls for drug tests before Biden debate