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11:45 PM ET, September 13, 2020

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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.”
Grant Hermes / WDIV-TV:
Michigan Lt. Gov. on virus response: ‘Trump is a liar who has killed people’
Discussion: The Hill
Harry Enten / CNN:   Why Biden's national lead matters
James Downie / Washington Post:
The whiny core of Trumpism  —  Few Trump White House members have survived the administration's tumult as well as Peter Navarro.  The economics professor and failed California political candidate is officially the director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy; unofficially …
Discussion: CNN
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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.
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
LAist:
LAist Reporter Josie Huang Arrested While Covering Protest  —  Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrested KPCC/LAist Correspondent Josie Huang late Saturday while she was covering the ambush shooting of two deputies in Compton.  —  Even as she was being thrown to the ground, Huang …
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Emily Zanotti / The Daily Wire:
LA Sheriffs: NPR Reporter Arrested For ‘Interfering’ With Cops As They Tried To Control BLM Protests Outside Hospital  —  A Los Angeles National Public Radio reporter was arrested early Sunday, Los Angeles County Sheriffs said, after she “interfered” with police trying to prevent alleged Black …
Discussion: ABC7, Slate, Redstate and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
CNN:
Trump to hold first entirely indoor rally in nearly three months  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is expected to rally thousands of supporters indoors on Sunday for the first time in nearly three months.  —  The campaign rally in Henderson, Nevada — which will be held inside a facility …
Discussion: TalkLeft, Reuters, The Hill, Axios and Slate
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
On Western swing, Trump aims to court pivotal Latino voters  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday aimed for further inroads with Latinos who could prove vital in closely contested states that could determine the White House race, promoting economic gains they made before the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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.
New York Times:
Oracle Chosen as TikTok's Tech Partner, as Microsoft's Bid Is Rejected  —  The moves came as the clock ticks down on President Trump's executive order to block the Chinese-owned social media app.  —  WASHINGTON — The Chinese owner of TikTok has chosen Oracle to be the app's technology partner …
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Politico:
Officials: Iran weighs 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.
Discussion: Fox News and New York Post
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
I'm numb to crazy stuff Trump says, but utterly terrified of crazy stuff Americans believe  —  I'm starting to think everything we know about Bob Woodward, arguably America's most famous living journalist, is wrong.  I mean, nothing will ever erase what the Washington Post-reporter-turned-author accomplished …
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Donald Trump's conversations with Bob Woodward about coronavirus, Black Lives Matter and nuclear war  —  In taped conversations with a Washington Post journalist, President Trump said he wanted to downplay the severity of the coronavirus.  And the recordings reveal the President's view …
Discussion: Axios, Mediaite and Deadline
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
'Biden didn't stop the black plague': GOP chair Ronna Romney humiliated trying to blame Biden for Trump's COVID failure  —  COVID-19 is so-named because it first surfaced on the planet in 2019.  It's something that Republicans seem to be struggling to understand.
Discussion: Twitchy
Julia Terruso / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A Pennsylvania town once known as ‘communism on the prairie’ is all about Trump now  —  NORVELT, Pa. — Lois Weyandt was only 7 when her family moved to this government-built town in Southwestern Pennsylvania.  —  They had lost their home during the Great Depression, and Norvelt …
CNN:
Joe Biden: There's a smarter way to be tough on Iran  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden is the Democratic nominee for President.  The views expressed in this commentary are his own.  View more opinion at CNN.  —  (CNN)When Donald Trump ran for President, he promised a “better deal” …
Discussion: Politico
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Trump says he has signed new executive order to lower drug prices  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had signed a new executive order aimed at lowering drug prices in the United States by linking them to those of other nations.
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Peter Aitken / Fox News:
Trump signs executive order to lower drug prices in fight against Big Pharma
New York Times:
Wildfires Live Updates: ‘It Is Apocalyptic,’ Senator Says of Destruction  —  At least 24 people have died in the fires.  In Oregon, which has taken the biggest blow in the last few days, officials have warned that the toll could climb.  —  RIGHT NOW Severe air pollution that has left people across …
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New York Times:
In Visiting a Charred California, Trump Confronts a Scientific Reality He Denies  —  A president who has mocked climate change and pushed policies that accelerate it is set to be briefed on the scorched earth and ash-filled skies that experts say are the predictable result.
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Pompeo bringing back ‘Madison Dinners’ mid-pandemic  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is quietly relaunching his extravagant, taxpayer-funded “Madison Dinners” during the coronavirus pandemic, even as Congress scrutinizes his use of government resources to entertain CEOs …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
 
 
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Coronavirus cases are growing in 11 U.S. states as Fauci warns of ‘disturbing’ data
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
G-20 leaders, don't forget the women's rights advocates rotting in Saudi prisons
Asma Khalid / NPR:
Republicans Are Knocking On Doors. Democrats Aren't. Biden's Campaign Says That's OK
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Axios:
NRA's political influence dwindling ahead of the election
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Brueggemann / IndieWire:
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Washington Post:
How former Trump adviser Steve Bannon joined forces with a Chinese billionaire who has divided the president's allies
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
How Kamala Harris's Immigrant Parents Found a Home, and Each Other, in a Black Study Group
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Common Dreams
Sue Halpern / New Yorker:
How the Trump Campaign's Mobile App Is Collecting Massive Amounts of Voter Data
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg to spend at least $100 million in Florida to benefit Joe Biden