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12:20 PM ET, September 14, 2020

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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
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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.
Discussion: Raw Story and ProFootballTalk
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
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.
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.
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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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.
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Trump goes to California amid devastating fires, as governors put focus on climate change  —  Trump has shown reluctance to accept the science on climate change.  —  President Donald Trump is traveling to California Monday for a briefing on the raging fires that have brought devastation …
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Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
California, 19 other states, sue Trump administration for weakening methane rules
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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 …
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 …
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
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
How New York City's Police Unions Embraced Trump  —  The unions' leadership is mostly white, suburban and Republican, setting it apart from an increasingly diverse police force and the city itself.  —  New York City's largest police union had not endorsed a candidate for president in decades …
Discussion: Townhall and Fox News
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Karol Markowicz / New York Post:   I was pro-lockdown for NYC — but now there's no excuse for continuing it
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
New York Daily News:
Retire this man: After promising to protect the retirement programs, Trump has made mischief with Social Security and Medicare  —  Distinguishing himself from his Republican primary rivals, candidate Donald Trump in 2016 promised he wouldn't cut a penny from Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Coronavirus cases are growing in 11 U.S. states as Fauci warns of ‘disturbing’ data  — Covid-19 cases were growing by 5% or more, based on a weekly average to smooth out daily reporting, in 11 states as of Sunday, according to a CNBC analysis of data collected by Johns Hopkins University, an increase from eight states on Friday.
Miriam Kramer / Axios:
Andrew Gillum says he is bisexual  —  Andrew Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee, Fla., came out as bisexual in an interview with Tamron Hall on Monday.  —  Driving the news: “I don't identify as gay.  I identify as bisexual.  I've never shared that publicly before,” Gillum …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Daily Beast
The Federalist:
Michelle Obama Is Complicit In Netflix Child Porn Film ‘Cuties’  —  No one should doubt the considerable power former first lady Michelle Obama wields within Netflix or the unrivaled cultural influence she has to speak out in defense of preserving girlhood and innocence.
Georgi Boorman / The Federalist:
Fauci Spills The Beans: A Vaccine Won't End COVID-19 Restrictions  —  Anthony Fauci is always the harbinger of additional suffering to be inflicted by state and local governments.  Count on governors parroting the new expectation.  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci just spilled the beans …
 
 
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Gary Anderson / Washington Times:
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who considered 2020 presidential bid, endorses Joe Biden
Discussion: Political Wire and The Hill
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
CDC: Kids can spread coronavirus to their households
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
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Julia Terruso / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A Pennsylvania town once known as ‘communism on the prairie’ is all about Trump now