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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Needs His Own Sister Souljah Moment  —  The president must condemn those responsible for violence and disavow those who act in his name.  Easy, right?  —  I want to make a prediction about the election in November.  —  Here it is: If Joe Biden wins, it will be, in part …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's illuminating defense of Kyle Rittenhouse
New York Times:
Trump Fans Strife as Unrest Roils the U.S.
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Arizona Stands Out From a Mostly Static Presidential Race in Battleground States  —  State-level polling trends reveal little recent change in 2020 contest, but Biden now leads by 10 in Arizona  — Amid unrest in Kenosha, Wis., Biden leads Trump by 9 points, 52% to 43%.
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Exclusive: Bloomberg group warns Trump will appear to win big on election night  —  A top Democratic data and analytics firm told “Axios on HBO” it's highly likely that President Trump will appear to have won — potentially in a landslide — on election night, even if he ultimately loses when all the votes are counted.
Discussion: Althouse, Raw Story and CounterPunch
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
DHS Chief Tells Tucker the Feds Are ‘Working On’ Conspiracy Charges Against BLM Leaders  —  “Well, this is something that I have talked to [Attorney General William Barr] personally about,” Wolf said.  “I know that they are working on it.”  —  For months now, Fox News host Tucker Carlson …
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
A Promise to Focus on Extremism Remains Unfulfilled as the Violence Spreads  —  A year after the Department of Homeland Security promised to focus more on violent extremism, the plan to carry out that shift remains hidden while the atmosphere worsens.  —  WASHINGTON — The Department …
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Trump's ‘plane loaded with thugs’ rumor matches months-old conspiracy theory  —  The conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump pushed on Monday that a plane “almost completely loaded with thugs” was set to disrupt protests was almost identical to a rumor that went viral on Facebook three months ago.
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Journalist Quits Kenosha Paper in Protest of Its Jacob Blake Rally Coverage  —  Daniel Thompson, an editor at The Kenosha News, resigned over a headline that highlighted a speaker who made a threat during a peaceful protest.  —  A journalist resigned on Saturday from his job at The Kenosha News …
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Biden campaign launches official Animal Crossing: New Horizons yard signs  —  It's the campaign's latest foray into online organizing  —  Starting today, September 1st, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players will be able to deck out their island homes with official Joe Biden yard signs as part …
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Pence was on standby to ‘take over’ during Trump's unannounced Walter Reed visit, new book reports  —  Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence was put on standby to temporarily assume the powers of the presidency during President Donald Trump's unannounced visit to Walter Reed hospital in November 2019 …
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Trump campaign aide was paid $20,000 a month by Bannon nonprofit linked to alleged fraud  —  Trump campaign's shell game: No reported payments to campaign manager Bill Stepien or drama-prone aide Jason Miller  —  Senior Trump campaign official Jason Miller appears to have been paid about $20,000 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Liberty Will Investigate University's Operations Under Jerry Falwell Jr.  —  The board of trustees said an independent forensic firm would look into all facets of Liberty's operations, including “financial, real estate and legal matters,” while Mr. Falwell was president.
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Biden's GOP endorsements show the cracks in Trump's coalition  —  (CNN)Joe Biden is attracting more crossover endorsements from prominent members of the opposing party than any other presidential candidate from either side in decades.  That doesn't guarantee the former vice president victory in November …
kommersant.ru:
Хакер ы обра т;илис ь к Госде пу  —  В росси йском дарк н …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Trump urges keeping tax returns away from Manhattan's top prosecutor  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged a federal appeals court on Monday not to let Manhattan's top prosecutor get eight years of his tax returns, saying the handover would cause him irreparable harm.
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New York Times:
New York City Gambles Big on Reopening Schools: ‘We Are on a Tightrope’  —  Four million masks, 80,000 containers of wipes, a million-plus students: How New York is seeking to become the lone big city to reopen its public schools.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio walked briskly out the back door …
New York Times:
It Has Come to This: Ignore the C.D.C.  —  The agency's new guidelines are wrong, so states have to step up on their own to suppress the coronavirus.  —  Harold Varmus is a former director of the National Institutes of Health.  Rajiv Shah is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Discussion: NBC Chicago and GovExec.com
Sohrab Ahmari / First Things:
The Books Behind the Rage  —  Over the past four years, credentialed academics and public intellectuals published a mountain of books and articles warning of rising authoritarianism and even fascism in the United States—and offering guides on how to resist this political menace.
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Trump has slipped among key groups that backed him in 2016  —  President Trump's support has eroded among key groups of voters who backed him in 2016 — a major reason why he continues to trail former Vice President Joe Biden and a prime motivator for the president's reelection strategy …
Discussion: The Hill and Daily Kos
David Siders / Politico:
An unlikely state tightens up  —  Minnesota, which once looked like a vanity project for Donald Trump, is suddenly emerging as a critical test of his effort to turn his campaign around.  —  Interviews with more than a dozen officials and strategists from both parties in recent days depict …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden, Trump Teams Plan for Mid-Crisis Transition  —  Aides to each candidate are quietly planning for a first Biden term or a second one for Trump.  The coronavirus pandemic and shaky economy make the task trickier than usual.  —  WASHINGTON—The twin economic and public health crises facing …
Danny Cevallos / NBC News:
Was Kyle Rittenhouse's possession of a gun protected by the Second Amendment? … One item really sticks out on the list of charges against Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old from Illinois arrested after two people were shot and killed during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
John Tamny / RealClearMarkets:
How Many Must Starve For You To Renounce Corona-Religion?  —  “I wanted to stay put in Colombia to build a better future for my daughter, but we have to go back.”  Those are the words of Nelson Torrelles to Wall Street Journal reporter John Otis.  As Otis reported in the August 31 edition of the Journal …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Most expect quick election results  —  One in three Americans thinks we'll know who won the presidential election on the night of Nov. 3, and six in 10 expect the winner to be announced within a couple of days, our new poll finds.  —  Why it matters: The gap between public expectations …
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Dave Levinthal / Business Insider:
Legal insiders brace for a world where Trump loses in November and the ex-president faces down a slew of reinvigorated court fights  — More than a dozen legal experts and practitioners tell Insider that President Donald Trump's many legal fights are primed to cause him headaches should he lose the 2020 presidential election.
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
The Media Fails Its Biggest Trump 2020 Test  —  The national press corps' disastrous obsession with Hillary Clinton's email practices has drawn criticism in the years since the 2016 election, but it was an obvious failure of journalism in real time, too, reflecting professional habits in media …
Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg:
JPMorgan Says Investors Should Prepare for Rising Odds of Trump Win  — Kolanovic cites protests and potential poll inaccuracies  — Covid-19 trends may drive sentiment too, strategist said  —  Investors should position for the rising odds of President Donald Trump winning re-election, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
HHS bids $250 million contract meant to ‘defeat despair and inspire hope’ on coronavirus  —  As the presidential election fast approaches, the Department of Health and Human Services is bidding out a more than $250 million contract to a communications firm as it seeks to “defeat despair and inspire hope” …
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios and Financial Times
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
WGN America's ‘NewsNation’ looks for viewers who want their news served up opinion-free  —  When entrepreneur Ted Turner first launched CNN in the early 1980s without any big name anchors, one of his credos was that the news would be the star of his then-revolutionary new network.
Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
Why the “6%” meme stating COVID-19 deaths are exaggerated is wrong  —  The right seizes on a misread CDC statement as “proof” that coronavirus isn't that deadly  —  Conservative social media networks and right-wing personalities, including Fox Nation host Tammy Bruce, have seized …
Washington Post:
Federal workers will have taxes deferred under Trump's order, sparking outcry they're being treated as a ‘guinea pig’  —  Few businesses so far have shown interest in adopting Trump's payroll tax deferral  —  The U.S. government will implement an across-the-board payroll tax deferral …
Joshua Lawson / The Federalist:
Meet Cori Bush: The Latest Socialist ‘Squad’ Member Headed To Congress  —  With her shocking win in the Democratic primary, radical leftist Cori Bush is poised for Congress, as the cadre of open socialists continues to grow.
 
 
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Jen Christensen / CNN:
Past vaccine disasters show why rushing a coronavirus vaccine now would be ‘colossally stupid’
Discussion: KTLA
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden's statement on the violence and riots is way too little, way too late
Discussion: Instapundit
Rich Lowry / National Review:
How the Left Is Shifting Blame on the Riots
Discussion: New York Post
Justin Oshana / Washington Post:
I led the prosecution against Bowe Bergdahl. Trump made my job much harder.
ABC7:
FBI-Chicago warns that gang cabal may be targeting CPD officers
Discussion: Breitbart and TheBlaze
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
‘Antifa hunter’ gets 3 years for online racist threats
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
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Angelo M. Codevilla / Claremont Review of Books:
The Finger in the Dike Election
Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
Julia Reed, journalist and author who chronicled Southern foodways, dies at 59
Washington Post:
The director of national intelligence is providing cover for Putin
Discussion: GovExec.com, Vox and Vanity Fair
Stuart Stevens / Washington Post:
No, Wisconsin won't make Democrats lose
Discussion: Redstate and Washington Times
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
A 26-year-old film editor's descent into coronavirus vaccine conspiracy theories
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Trump Brought Nazis Into Republican Politics
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A. Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
From students to our coach, one last huge hug for Big John Thompson
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