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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Trump's Reckless, Atrocious, Deceitful Rally  —  The spittle was flying.  So were the lies.  —  President Trump attempted to hold an unmasked, indoor superspreader event in Henderson, Nevada on Sunday night, running afoul of Nevada regulations and his own administration's guidelines.
Debra J. Saunders / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
In exclusive interview, Trump slams Sisolak, defends indoor rally  —  President Donald Trump is interviewed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal outside a campaign rally at Xtreme Manufacturing in Henderson, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020.  (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
CNN:
Trump holds first entirely indoor rally in nearly three months
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Alexander Vindman: Trump Is Putin's ‘Useful Idiot’  —  Shortly after midnight on June 17, 1972, an unusually attentive security guard named Frank Wills discovered an unlocked door in the garage of the Watergate office complex.  A piece of tape had been placed over the latch.
Discussion: Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
L.A. deputies tackled and arrested a reporter.  Her videos contradict their claims about the incident.  —  As Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies tackled Josie Huang to the street on Saturday night, the reporter for NPR affiliate KPCC screamed repeatedly she was a journalist.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Video catches Los Angeles sheriffs in lie about events outside hospital where ambushed cops were recovering  —  The LA County Sheriff's Department has been caught in a series of lies about their arrest of KPCC Josie Huang, who was reporting outside of St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood …
Discussion: Townhall, ABC7, Fox News and LAist
Wall Street Journal:   ‘We Hope They Die’  —  Protesters cheer a shooting ambush of sheriff's deputies in L.A.
LAist:
LAist Reporter Josie Huang Arrested While Covering Protest
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The Intercept Promised to Reveal Everything.  Then Its Own Scandal Hit.  —  Internal documents show how a source ended up in jail — and the fallout in the newsroom.  —  Where were you when you first heard about the Snowden leak?  —  The huge breach of the National Security Agency's …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Woodward: ‘The president of the U.S. possessed specific knowledge that could have saved lives’  —  WASHINGTON — Journalist Bob Woodward said Monday that he was shocked when he learned that President Donald Trump “possessed the specific knowledge that could have saved lives” in January.
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New York Times:
Is the Mail Getting Slower?  We're Tracking It  —  In July and August, when a public outcry rose over late mail, there was indeed slower delivery from the United States Postal Service.  —  Since then, on-time delivery of the mail has improved slightly.  But for first-class mail …
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Politico:
‘This is f—ing crazy’: Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories  —  MIAMI — George Soros directs a “Deep State” global conspiracy network.  A Joe Biden win would put America in control of “Jews and Blacks.”  The Democratic nominee has a pedophilia problem.
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Goodbye, readers, and good luck — you'll need it  —  It's time to quit.  Since coming to Washington in 1969 as a young reporter, I have written, by my crude calculation, about 2 million words, most of them columns for The Post, Newsweek and the National Journal.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Creates Legal War Room, Preparing for a Big Fight Over Voting  —  With two former solicitors general and hundreds of lawyers, the Biden campaign is bracing for an extended legal battle and hoping to maintain trust in the electoral process.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s campaign is establishing …
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Trump Says He Will ‘Negotiate’ Third Term Because He's ‘Entitled’ To It  —  President Trump said Saturday that he plans to “negotiate” to run again in 2024 if he wins reelection in November, his latest in a series of comments that have alarmed critics who say he has little regard for constitutional boundaries.
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
The majority backs Whitmer's pandemic actions.  But it could only take 3% to stop her.  —  If I were governor, most things would still be shut down in Michigan, including outdoor dining, malls and gyms that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has allowed to open with restrictions.
Argus Leader:
Noem: Attorney General involved in fatal crash Saturday night  —  Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was involved in a fatal crash Saturday night, Gov. Kristi Noem said in an unscheduled press conference Sunday evening.  —  The crash occurred at around 10:30 p.m. on Highway 14 in Hyde County just west of Highmore, Noem said.
Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
California, 19 other states, sue Trump administration for weakening methane rules  —  (Reuters) - California and 19 other states on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to weaken curbs on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, saying …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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New York Times:
In Visiting a Charred California, Trump Confronts a Scientific Reality He Denies
Discussion: Reuters
Politico:
Officials: Iran weighing plot to kill U.S. ambassador to South Africa  —  The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and another official who has seen the intelligence.
Politico:
‘Keep back!’:  How the Biden campaign obsesses over Covid  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden's chartered airplanes and SUVs are meticulously sprayed with disinfectant and scrubbed.  The microphones, lecterns and folders he uses are wiped down in the moments before his arrival.
New York Times:
Let's Fret the Night Together  —  The Biden campaign and the world it's playing out in are making us all nervous wrecks.  —  Gail Collins: Bret, I am generally a pretty cheerful person.  But I have to say that the news has been really, really depressing lately.  At least on the domestic front.
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
The Founders of The Environmental Movement Have a Message: Don't Vote For The Green Party  —  They spearheaded the breakthroughs in the '70s; saw the damage of the '80s; witnessed Nader's role in '00 and Jill Stein's in '16.  Now, they have thoughts to share.
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and POLITICUSUSA
Eva Hartog / Politico:
Russia's regional elections bring rare win for Navalny  —  MOSCOW — Kremlin critics have been craving some good news since the star of Russia's opposition, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned.  —  Late on Sunday, they got it: For the first time ever, in regional elections this weekend …
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Isabelle Khurshudyan / Washington Post:
Putin, Lukashenko discuss ‘integration’ as protests in Belarus continue
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Breaking Points  —  What led Trump's most prominent former supporters to give up on him.  —  For all the loyalty Donald Trump enjoys from his most sycophantic followers, many prominent figures who famously assisted him have given up on the president altogether.
Discussion: Raw Story
steveschale.squarespace.com:
Everything You Wanted To Know About Florida, But Were Afraid To Ask - The 2020 Version  —  Pull up a chair friends, and it is time for a little chat about your favorite state - the place, as Congressman Charlie Crist often remarks, with prettiest state with the prettiest name.  That of course is La Florida.
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who considered 2020 presidential bid, endorses Joe Biden  — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday in a message to his email list that warned that “what is at risk is democracy itself.”
Discussion: Political Wire and The Hill
 
 
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