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10:05 PM ET, September 14, 2020

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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Trump Health Aide Falsely Alleges Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt  —  Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary of health for public affairs, told a Facebook audience without evidence that left-wing hit squads were being trained for insurrection, and he accused C.D.C. scientists of “sedition.”
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A Trump official's insane rant should reflect back on Trump himself  —  Everybody is talking about the insane rant that Michael Caputo, the senior communications official at the Department of Health and Human Services, delivered in a live video talk from his Facebook page on Sunday.
Washington Post:   Top Trump health appointee Michael Caputo warns of armed insurrection after election
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
‘Like an Experimental Concentration Camp’: Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center  —  Several legal advocacy groups on Monday filed a whistleblower complaint on behalf of a nurse at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center documenting …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Defends Indoor Rally, but Aides Express Concern  —  “I'm on a stage, and it's very far away,” Mr. Trump said of the gathering on Sunday.  His own campaign aides privately called the move a game of political Russian roulette.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump and his campaign are defending …
Discussion: Washington Post, IJR, The Hill and Raw Story
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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
The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Staged Fake FBI Raid on Business Partner, Actor Hired for Production Says  —  A Virginia man who responded to a Craigslist ad seeking actors to play FBI agents quickly discovered he'd been roped into yet another Wohl/Burkman hoax  —  A supposed FBI raid of a home …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
FBI raids home of conservative conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman  —  Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the home of lobbyist, conspiracy theorist and right-wing operative Jack Burkman early Monday morning.  —  Burkman confirmed the raid and said he was not arrested.
Discussion: Washingtonian and Raw Story
Politico:
Trump ad asks people to support the troops.  But it uses a picture of Russian jets.  —  A digital ad released by a fundraising arm of the Trump campaign on Sept. 11 calling on people to “support our troops” uses a stock photo of Russian-made fighter jets and weapons.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Arielle Zionts / Rapid City Journal:
DPS: Attorney General reported hitting a deer, but man's body discovered the next morning  —  South Dakota's attorney general reported hitting a deer Saturday night but actually hit and killed a man whose body wasn't discovered until the next morning, the Department of Public Safety said Monday morning.
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Argus Leader:
Family speaks out after man killed in crash involving Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg
Argus Leader:
Documents: South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has history of speeding
Discussion: KCLO-TV and Breitbart
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible for state ballot  —  The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible to appear on the state ballot, a relief for state and local election officials who feared an addition …
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jsonline:
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules to keep Green Party off the ballot
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
Danielle Pletka / Washington Post:
I never considered voting for Trump in 2016.  I may be forced to vote for him this year.  —  Danielle Pletka is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.  —  In 2016, I never considered voting for Donald Trump.  The Johnny-come-lately Republican and his nasty schoolyard jibes seemed …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs to Be Deposed in Seth Rich Case  —  A new court filing says the Fox stars have agreed to answer questions on their role in spreading conspiracy theories about the murdered DNC staffer.  —  Fox News star Sean Hannity was once his network's most prominent booster …
NBC News:
Justice Department internal watchdog is investigating Roger Stone's sentencing, say sources  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General has begun investigating the circumstances surrounding the sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, a longtime friend …
BuzzFeed News:
“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation  —  Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent …
New York Times:
Life on Venus?  Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds  —  The detection of a gas in the planet's atmosphere could turn scientists' gaze to a planet long overlooked in the search for extraterrestrial life.  —  High in the toxic atmosphere of the planet Venus, astronomers on Earth have discovered signs of what might be life.
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Biden leads Trump 67-30 among Jewish voters, survey finds  —  (JTA) — A survey of Jewish voters shows 67 percent plan to vote for Joe Biden in November and 30 percent plan to vote for Donald Trump.  —  The numbers in the survey released Monday by the Jewish Electorate Institute broke …
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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
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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.
Jeff Wise / New York Magazine:
The People v. Donald J. Trump The criminal case against him is already in the works — and it could go to trial sooner than you think.  —  The defendant looked uncomfortable as he stood to testify in the shabby courtroom.  Dressed in a dark suit and somber tie, he seemed aged, dimmed, his posture noticeably stooped.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Lock Him Up? For the Republic to survive Trump's presidency, he must be tried for his crimes. Even if that sparks a constitutional crisis of its own.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
CNN:
‘Nothing more could have been done’: Trump's final phone call to Woodward  —  Washington (CNN)On August 14, the coronavirus pandemic was on fire in the US.  More than 168,000 Americans had died, with more than 1,300 deaths that day alone.  But when President Donald Trump called legendary …
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Politico:
Down-ballot Dems split from Biden on door-knocking  —  Democrat Sara Gideon's campaign is knocking on voters' doors in her close Senate race in Maine.  So is Steve Bullock in Montana, another one of the nation's most competitive Senate contests.  Democratic candidates in state legislative races …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Biden campaign adds more staff in Texas
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart and The Hill
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
Two major Antarctic glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints, scientists say  —  Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers already contribute 5 percent of sea-level rise  —  Two Antarctic glaciers that have long kept scientists awake at night are breaking free from the restraints that have hemmed them in …
Wall Street Journal:
Billionaire Steven Cohen Reaches Deal to Buy New York Mets  —  Agreement values the team at between $2.4 billion and $2.5 billion, a record for a North American professional sports franchise  —  Billionaire hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen has reached an agreement to purchase the New York Mets …
New York Times:
Navalny, Awake and Alert, Plans to Return to Russia, German Official Says  —  Mr. Navalny talked with a German prosecutor about being poisoned.  Word of his improvement came as France and Sweden confirmed that he had been sickened by Novichok, a Russian nerve agent.
Discussion: TASS and New York Post
Associated Press:
Judge strikes down Pennsylvania virus policies  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's pandemic restrictions that required people to stay at home, placed size limits on gatherings and ordered “non-life-sustaining” businesses to shut down are unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Monday.
WPRI-TV:
Here's what the November election looks like for the RI General Assembly  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Fewer than half of the candidates running for legislative office will face a challenger in November, paving the way for Democrats to again take commanding control of the General Assembly.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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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Elura Nanos / Law & Crime:
Devin Nunes Determined to Keep Filing Lawsuits That He Has No Hope of Winning
Micaiah Bilger / LifeNews.com:
President Donald Trump Expands Executive Order Defunding International Planned Parenthood
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
A bug in Joe Biden's campaign app gave anyone access to millions of voter files
Discussion: Raw Story and Engadget
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
“If You Aren't Making News, You Aren't Governing”: Matt Gaetz on Media Mastery, Influence Peddling, and Dating in Trump's Swamp
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
Mismatched signatures prompt tossed absentee ballots and legal fights ahead of November election
Discussion: HuffPost and electionlawblog.org
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Don't Call Bernie Sanders And Joe Biden “Friends”
Discussion: Common Dreams and New Republic
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
If Trump loses, you can thank women
Discussion: LifeNews.com
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court OKs Trump plan to end protected immigration status for 4 countries
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
235 former military leaders support Trump, warn ‘our historic way of life is at stake’
Discussion: The Hill
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, of Arlington, hospitalized due to complications from cancer treatment
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Perdue attempts a softer approach to defeat Ossoff in Georgia Senate race
Associated Press:
Dismay as huge chunk of Greenland's ice cap breaks off
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Former Trump economic adviser: 'I honestly haven't made up my mind' on 2020 vote
Discussion: CNBC and Raw Story
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
The big national news providers need threat modeling teams
Discussion: The Verge