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Politico:
Dems outraged as Trump administration scales back election security briefings  —  The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is scaling back its election security briefings to Congress, according to two sources familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by POLITICO.
U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio:
Rubio on Historic Challenges Facing Congressional Oversight of Intelligence Activities  —  Miami, FL — U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Acting Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) released the following statement:  —  “Congressional oversight of intelligence activities now faces a historic crisis.
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
New York Times:
No More In-Person Election Briefings for Congress, Intelligence Chief Says  —  Lawmakers in both parties worry the move will block their ability to question and test intelligence assessments when they are crucial to ensuring that foreign powers do not undermine election results.
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Intelligence Office to Stop Briefing Congress on Election Security
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Raw Story
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
8 juicy details from the new Melania Trump tell-all book  —  First Lady Melania Trump's former senior adviser and close friend has written a tell-all book that describes the first lady as someone who can't be trusted and who often competed for influence in the White House with Ivanka Trump.
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Leonard Cohen Estate Considering Legal Action After RNC Plays “Halleujah”  —  The estate of late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is angry that the Republican National Convention decided to use not one but two different covers of Hallelujah to close out the event.  And it is considering taking legal action.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Variety
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Trump Pulls Closer to Biden After RNC  —  Post-convention poll shows Trump almost halved national deficit against the Democratic nominee  — Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Trump 50% to 44% among likely voters following the Republican National Convention vs. a lead of 52% to 42% before it began.
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:   New Yahoo News-YouGov Poll: Biden's lead over Trump shrinks to 6 points after the RNC — his smallest margin in months
New York Times:
Biden, Speaking to National Guard Group, Takes Aim at Republican Criticism on Crime  —  The Democratic presidential nominee hit back at attacks delivered at the Republican National Convention.  —  After a Republican National Convention week in which President Trump and his allies sought …
Discussion: Twitchy
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Washington Post:
Biden to resume in-person campaigning as race with Trump kicks into gear
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Arkansas sheriff resigns over racist rant in leaked recording  —  An Arkansas sheriff resigned Friday after coming under fire over a leaked racist recording.  —  Sheriff Todd Wright of Arkansas County, about 85 miles southeast of Little Rock, resigned effective immediately on Friday during …
Discussion: ArkansasTimes, UPI and Raw Story
Rod Dreher:
Christian Dandy Throws A Punch  —  Well, this clip of a street scene in Washington DC, after Trump's speech, is making the social media rounds.  Warning: there's a guy rolling on his bike down the street, screaming “F-K YOU!  F-K TRUMP!”  So be warned about the sound:
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
‘That Same Feeling’: Painful Memories in Kenosha Come Rushing Back  —  The auto plant closed in 1988, turning the Wisconsin city upside down.  Now it's facing an even deeper existential crisis.  —  KENOSHA, Wis. — Anguished residents wondered if their city would ever recover.
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
The Census Scales Back A Critical Step: Checking Its Own Work  —  With scores of people displaced because of the coronavirus pandemic and other disasters, the U.S. Census Bureau is facing an especially daunting challenge of meeting its once-a-decade goal of tallying every person living in the country …
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Confessions of a voter fraud: I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots  —  A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in ballots, is no myth.  And he knows this because he's been doing it, on a grand scale, for decades.  —  Mail-in ballots have become the latest flashpoint in the 2020 elections.
Mike Baker / New York Times:
Deadly Shooting in Portland After Pro-Trump Ralliers Clash With Protesters  —  A caravan of supporters of President Trump drove through downtown Portland, which has seen nightly protests against police violence and racial injustice.  One person was shot and killed in the conflicts that erupted.
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
An American Disaster Foretold  —  Europeans look at “containment” as the means to deal with Trump.  —  PARIS — Henry Kissinger this month called François Delattre, the former French ambassador to the United States who is now the secretary general of the Foreign Ministry.
Michael Moore:
Sorry to have to provide the reality check again, but when CNN polled registered voters in August in just the swing states, Biden and Trump were in a virtual tie.  In Minnesota, it's 47-47.  In Michigan, where Biden had a big lead, Trump has closed the gap to 4 points.  Are you ready for a Trump victory?
New York Times:
Compare Pages From an Uncensored Book on Investigating Terrorism  —  Under legal pressure, the C.I.A. has permitted the former F.B.I. agent Ali Soufan to republish his 2011 memoir about investigating members of Al Qaeda, “The Black Banners,” without redacted passages about his interrogation …
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New York Times:   C.I.A. Uncensors Memoir of F.B.I. Agent Who Protested Torture of Terrorists
NBC News:
QAnon supporters join thousands at protest against Germany's coronavirus rules  —  BERLIN — Thousands of protesters, some waving flags with the symbol of the QAnon conspiracy movement, gathered in the German capital Berlin on Saturday to demonstrate against social restrictions in place due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion: DW.COM, Reuters and UPI
Matthew Desmond / New York Times:
When the Threat of Eviction Meets the Threat of the Virus  —  A deadly pandemic is no time to turn families out of their homes.  —  Mr. Desmond is the author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.”  —  A year and a half ago, Jhon Loaiza and his wife, Sugey Bedoya …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Fact-checking Trump's lies is essential.  It's also increasingly fruitless.  —  Daniel Dale met President Trump's convention speech with a tirade of truth Thursday night — a tour de force of fact-checking that left CNN anchor Anderson Cooper looking slightly stunned.
Discussion: Mother Jones and ArkansasTimes
Max Brantley / ArkansasTimes:
State Police traffic stop of Black law student draws complaint that opens door to review of police enforcement practices  —  A state trooper's stop of a Black motorist on Interstate 40 has led to a complaint to state officials and a related request for racial information about State Police enforcement practices.
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
The ponderous, low-energy guy is Trump  —  As President Trump droned through his 70-minute acceptance speech — while desecrating the White House as a television backdrop, which was probably illegal — the words that kept coming to mind were two he has applied with relish to his opponents: “low-energy” and “sleepy.”
Barak Ravid / Axios:
UAE abolishes Israel boycott law  —  United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed issued a decree on Saturday abolishing the 1972 Israel boycott law, which banned any commercial and finance contacts with Israel.  —  Why it matters: The announcement comes 48 hours before U.S …
Discussion: UPI
Oregonian:
Did you see photos of officers supposedly injured last weekend in NW cities?  The facts don't check out  —  The Associated Press checks out some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.  This one is bogus, even though it was shared widely on social media.
 
 
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's convention was repulsive and dishonest. I fear it was also effective.
Discussion: The American Mind, Slate and Reason
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
As wildfires rage, California needs more firefighters. Why won't it let former inmates join the ranks?
Los Angeles Times:
Holocaust reparations, prescriptions and rent checks: USPS delays put Americans in jeopardy
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
‘They spied on my campaign’: How Trump transformed a conspiracy theory into a political rallying cry
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
Latest Chicago and Minneapolis riots broke out over police killings that never happened
Halle Kiefer / Vulture:
Leonard Cohen's Estate Wants You to Know They ‘Specifically Declined’ the RNC's Use of ‘Hallelujah’
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Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
Belarus cracks down on journalists, 2 AP staff deported
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Mitch McConnell's campaign hires Covington teen Nick Sandmann
Kelly Wiley / WJXT-TV:
Florida Department of Health claims number of COVID-19 cases in schools is confidential
Gabriela Schulte / The Hill:
Poll: Trump approval rises among black, hispanic voters amid convention
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Fanboys Gear Up to Smear Kamala Harris and Jill Biden
Discussion: New York Times
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Army of Allies and TV Sycophants Is Crumbling
Discussion: Raw Story
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn't Be.
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How the G.O.P. Stretched Hard to Defend Trump on Race and Gender
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