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3:20 PM ET, September 13, 2020

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CBS News:
Biden gains edge in Arizona over Trump and has big lead in Minnesota — Battleground Tracker poll  —  Every four years it can seem like the path to the presidency runs through the same list of well-trodden battleground states.  But this time, we're on some newer turf: Democrats are contesting …
Discussion: Politico, POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden-Trump a 5-point race in post-convention poll  —  Both tickets have secured the backing of their key voting blocs  —  The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket is ahead of the Donald Trump-Mike Pence ticket by a 51-46 percent margin.  That 5 percentage-point advantage sits right …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Biden's national lead matters  —  (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Monmouth University poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden holds a 51% to 44% lead over President Donald Trump among likely voters.  Among registered voters, it's Biden 51% to 42% for Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Deep skepticism for Trump's coronavirus response endures: POLL  —  Trump's approval on the coronavirus lands at 35% in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll.  —  Most Americans are skeptical of President Donald Trump's performance on the coronavirus pandemic — disapproving of his response …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, The Hill and ABC7
Chris Jackson / Ipsos:
Ipsos - News & Polls : News - Most Americans say President Trump moved too slowly on coronavirus pandemic
Discussion: Political Wire and The Hill
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg to spend at least $100 million in Florida to benefit Joe Biden  —  Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg plans to spend at least $100 million in Florida to help elect Democrat Joe Biden, a massive late-stage infusion of cash that could reshape the presidential contest in a costly toss …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Bloomberg to spend up to $100 million to beat Trump in Florida
Discussion: Florida Politics and NBC News
John Harwood / CNN:
As he fends off more revelations, Trump is running short of time and targets  —  (CNN)Judging from earlier scandals, revelations about President Donald Trump's deceit about coronavirus and derogation of fallen soldiers won't repel many of his supporters.  —  But that doesn't mean the revelations don't hurt him.
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Shadi Hamid / The Atlantic:
The Democrats May Not Be Able to Concede  —  This is the era of expecting the worst while hoping for the merely tolerable.  Some might say that the worst is already happening—economic disaster and 190,000 dead from a pandemic—while the president and his surrogates insist, in a feat of self-delusion, that the “best is yet to come.”
Politico:
Mormons rejected Trump as blasphemous.  Now he likely can't win without them.  —  In 2016, Mormons rejected Donald Trump in numbers unheard of for a Republican nominee — viewing the thrice-married, immigrant-bashing Republican as an affront to their values.
Discussion: Raw Story
Capi Lynn / Oregonian:
The desperate fight to save his family ends in tragedy  —  SALEM — Chris Tofte blew past the blockade, his green Jeep Cherokee aimed for the bowels of the raging Beachie Creek fire.  —  It was around 4 a.m. Tuesday morning, and he was desperately searching for his wife, son and mother-in-law.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Top White House aide's interview goes haywire over Trump coronavirus remarks  —  An interview with top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday went off the rails after he was pressed about revelations last week that President Donald Trump intentionally downplayed coronavirus in the early months of the pandemic.
Matthew Cappucci / Washington Post:
California's wildfire smoke plumes are unlike anything previously seen  —  Smoke plumes have reached 55,000 feet in height, with embedded thunderstorms, lightning and possible tornadoes  —  More than 3.1 million acres have burned in California this year, part of a record fire season that still has four months to go.
Sue Halpern / New Yorker:
How the Trump Campaign's Mobile App Is Collecting Massive Amounts of Voter Data  —  Since the Trump campaign set up a shell company called American Made Media Consultants, in 2018, an entity it describes as a “vendor responsible for arranging and executing media buys and related services at fair market value …
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Minnesota Seemed Ripe for a Trump Breakout.  It Has Not Arrived.  —  Minnesota was a near miss for Donald Trump in 2016.  But new polling shows him well behind where he finished four years ago in a state he views as a prime pickup opportunity.  —  DULUTH, Minn. — For a campaign event …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Peter Strzok: Trump orbit has “pervasive pattern of contact” with Russians  —  Former FBI agent Peter Strzok said on NBC's “Meet the Press” Sunday that Rudy Giuliani's work with a Ukrainian lawmaker who was sanctioned by the U.S. last week for pro-Russian election interference is part of a …
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Trump sows doubt on election integrity with false assertions at Douglas County rally amid coronavirus pandemic  —  President Donald Trump sought to undermine confidence in the electoral process in Nevada during a rally in Minden Saturday evening, falsely telling a packed crowd of supporters …
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
How Kamala Harris's Immigrant Parents Found a Home, and Each Other, in a Black Study Group  —  Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan grew up under British colonial rule on different sides of the planet.  They were each drawn to Berkeley, and became part of an intellectual circle that shaped the rest of their lives.
Wall Street Journal:
Warren Buffett Silent So Far in 2020 Presidential Election  —  Omaha district that billionaire investor calls home could play role in close White House race  —  Billionaire investor Warren Buffett was an active fundraiser and campaigner for the past two Democratic presidential nominees.
Gabby Landsverk / INSIDER:
Dr. Fauci says he takes vitamin D and C supplements and that they can lessen ‘your susceptibility to infection’  — Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading US expert in infectious disease, said in a recent interview that he takes vitamin D and C supplements to keep a healthy immune system.
Discussion: Townhall and New York Post
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Court-appointed adviser in Michael Flynn case says Justice Dept. yielded to corrupt ‘pressure campaign’ led by Trump  —  A retired federal judge accused the Justice Department on Friday of yielding to a pressure campaign led by President Trump in its bid to dismiss the prosecution …
Axios:
L.A. mayor: “Talk to a firefighter if you think that climate change isn't real”  —  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Sunday rebuked President Trump over his claims that the California wildfires are simply a result of poor forest management, telling CNN's “State of the Union” …
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
More than 200 meat plant workers in the U.S. have died of covid-19.  Federal regulators just issued two modest fines.  —  Federal regulators knew about serious safety problems in dozens of the nation's meat plants that became deadly coronavirus hot spots this spring but took six months to take action …
Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
Roger Stone Wants Daily Beast Reporters To Be Arrested Over ‘Seditious’ Activities  —  Longtime President Donald Trump advisor and convicted felon Roger Stone floated the idea of arresting Daily Beast staff members and shutting down their offices if the news organization engages in “seditious” …
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Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Joe Biden continues to lose notes, mind
Discussion: Power Line
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
After a Pandemic Pause, ICE Resumes Deportation Arrests
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
All the President's Insecurities  —  Donald Trump is his own whistle-blower.
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The Democrats' partisan damage
Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
US assured UAE it won't back Israel annexation before 2024 at earliest, ToI told
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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
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