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11:05 AM ET, September 3, 2020

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Detroit Free Press:
Former Michigan governor Rick Snyder: I am a Republican vote for Biden  —  Forty-four years ago, I celebrated my 18th birthday at the 1976 Republican National Convention as part of Gerald Ford's national youth group.  At that convention, I had the honor to watch two great leaders in action — Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden garners more Republican endorsements, this time from ex-governors  —  (Reuters) - Nearly 100 Republican and independent leaders will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president on Thursday, including one-time 2020 Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld and the former Republican governors …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Focus group: Wisconsin swing voters feel overlooked by Biden  —  OSHKOSH, Wis. — Some voters in Wisconsin say they feel Joe Biden cares less about them and their concerns than about the people protesting systemic racism.  —  Why it matters: As Trump leans into a law-and-order message to try …
David Eggert / Associated Press:
Ex-Michigan Gov. Snyder is latest Republican to back Biden
Discussion: UPI and Raw Story
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump among likely voters in key states  —  Democrat Joe Biden is ahead in three key states that President Donald Trump won in 2016, according to new Fox News statewide surveys of Arizona, North Carolina, and Wisconsin.  —  Support for reelecting Trump falls below his 2016 vote share in each state.
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump encourages North Carolina residents to vote twice to test mail-in system  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested that people in North Carolina should vote twice in the November election, once by mail and once in-person, escalating his attempts to cast confusion and doubt on the validity of the results.
New York Post:
Gov. Cuomo says: Trump ‘better have an army’ to protect him if he comes to NYC  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday all but threatened President Trump's safety if he returns to New York City in a rant responding to an exclusive story by The Post that Trump is looking to pull federal funds from “lawless” cities including New York.
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New York Times:
Trump Moves to Cut Federal Funding From Democratic Cities  —  The president directed officials to identify “anarchist jurisdictions” and move to withhold funds as he tries to build his campaign around the unrest that has accompanied racial justice protests.  —  President Trump …
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump orders review to defund NYC, other ‘anarchist’ cities  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is ordering the federal government to begin the process of defunding New York City and three other cities where officials allowed “lawless” protests and cut police budgets amid rising violent crime, The Post can exclusively reveal.
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Moves to Limit Election Chaos in November  —  The social network said it would block new political ads in late October, among other measures, to reduce misinformation and interference.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Thursday moved to clamp down on any confusion about the November election …
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Mark Zuckerberg:
The US elections are just two months away, and with Covid-19 affecting communities across the country, I'm concerned about the challenges people could face when voting.  I'm also worried that with our nation so divided and election results potentially taking days or even weeks to be finalized …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook will block new political advertising the week before Election Day
Discussion: Associated Press
Scott Horsley / NPR:
New Jobless Claims Drop Below 1 Million, But There's A Caveat  —  Another 881,000 people applied for state unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department says.  That's 130,000 fewer than the previous week.  But the report comes with an asterisk.  —  The department just changed …
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Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:   U.S. Unemployment Claims Fell in Latest Week
Megan Cassella / Politico:
U.S. workers filed 881K claims for jobless benefits last week
Discussion: Breitbart and Marketplace
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The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Would Like to Momentarily Pause This Campaign to Tell You How Good His Brain Is  —  The president can't help trampling on his message, especially if his self-image is on the line.  —  Following a carefully manicured, four-day convention in which Donald Trump's chief lieutenants branded …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Launches Probe Into Pension Payments to Firefighters Union Leaders  —  FBI and others issue subpoenas to International Association of Fire Fighters  —  WASHINGTON—Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into pension distributions made to two top executives …
New York Times:
In Act of Heresy, N.R.A.'s Former No. 2 Calls for Gun Control  —  A new book from a controversial former executive accuses the National Rifle Association of “appealing to the paranoia and darkest side of our members.”  —  The National Rifle Association's former second-in-command is breaking …
Discussion: ArkansasTimes
Ann Coulter:
Where's ‘The Talk’ When We Need It?  —  For many years now, we've gotten mountains of press about “The Talk,” the rite of passage lecture that black parents feel obliged to give their sons so that they won't end up getting shot by the police.  Apparently, unlike white people who are always fighting …
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Renée Graham Globe / The Boston Globe:   Support for Black Lives Matter is dropping — among white Americans
Weekly Standard:
Overall Seat Projection  —  Simulation Results:  —  ● Median Projection: seats for the GOP for the Democrats.  —  ● Average Projection: seats for the GOP for the Democrats.  —  ● Democrats win at least seats in 20% of the simulations.  —  ● Republicans win at least seats in 20% of the simulations.
Discussion: Washington Post
Kathleen McGrory / Tampa Bay Times:
[Click to read the Sheriff's Office response to the Times]  —  The Sheriff's Office said its program was designed to reduce bias in policing by using objective data.  And it provided statistics showing a decline in burglaries, larcenies and auto thefts since the program began in 2011.
Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
Active shooter drills are meant to prepare students.  But research finds ‘severe’ side effects.  —  A few things go through Tim Tredwell's mind when he's in the middle of an active shooter drill, leading his physical education class into the locker room at John Winthrop Middle School in Deep River, Connecticut.
Alan Yuhas / New York Times:
One Man's Plea to His City Council: Rename Boneless Wings  —  “Nothing about boneless chicken wings actually comes from the wing of a chicken,” he told the Lincoln, Neb., council.  “We've been living a lie for far too long.”  —  The City Council meeting on Monday in Lincoln, Neb. …
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
Andrew Sullivan / Spectator USA:
My run-in with the New York Times … It's never a good sign when you're watching a scene of street terror in yet another gut-churning YouTube video and you find yourself thinking: 'Hang on a minute, that's around the corner from my apartment!'  But there's a now infamous video from last week …
Discussion: Discourse Blog
San Francisco Chronicle:
Speaker Pelosi calls salon visit a ‘set-up,’ refuses to apologize  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to apologize Wednesday for her controversial visit to a San Francisco hair salon, calling it “a set up” and suggesting that she had been tricked by the business owner.
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Alec MacGillis / The Atlantic:
How to Stop a Police Pullback  —  This article is a collaboration between The Atlantic and ProPublica.  —  Across the United States, cities are experiencing turbulence and a rise in gun violence following the protests against abusive policing sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It's not just Trump.  All Republicans must go.  —  The argument for keeping House and Senate Republicans rests on the premise they somehow lack the disqualifying characteristics (e.g., congenital lying, racism, constitutional illiteracy, conspiracy-mongering) that addle President Trump.  Think again.
Tyler Monroe / Media Matters for America:
Fox News prime-time shows spent over 3 hours displaying violent imagery in August … - Fox News' prime-time shows displayed 3 hours and 15 minutes of violent imagery during the month of August.  — Fox displayed images or videos of burning objects or fires 81 times.
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Jacob Blake Sr. Has Long History of Racist, Antisemitic, Anti-Christian Posts; Set to Meet Joe Biden  —  Note from management: The fact that Jacob Blake's father appears to have a long history of bigoted social media posts has no bearing on questions surrounding his son's shooting by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Covid-19 has killed more police officers this year than all other causes combined, data shows  —  By one estimate, coronavirus deaths among law enforcement are likely to surpass those of 9/11  —  In a speech this week in Pittsburgh, Joe Biden linked the Trump administration's mismanagement …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
America Is a Powder Keg  —  Kyle Rittenhouse, hatred, and fear.  —  1. Civil Conflict  —  The fetishization of Kyle Rittenhouse by some people on the right is one of the most dangerous and irresponsible actions we have witnessed in a long time.  —  When we have a full and complete understanding …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
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Discussion: COURIER and Vox
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump promised a 350-ship Navy. China actually built it.
Discussion: New York Post
Mark Schlinkmann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis mayor temporarily relocates following protests at her home
Alison Durkee / Forbes:
IRS Chief Makes More Than $100,000 Per Year Off Trump Property, Documents Show
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes May Be Trump's ‘Person’ Who Witnessed the Antifa Plane ‘Firsthand’
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and The Nation
Mitchell Byars / Denver Post:
Woman assaults 12-year-old boy in Boulder over Trump yard sign, police say