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1:55 PM ET, September 14, 2020

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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Trump Health Aide Alleges Broad 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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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
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
‘Shameful, dangerous and irresponsible’: Nevada governor blasts Trump for indoor rally against state rules
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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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.
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.
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 Mediaite
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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Associated Press:
South Dakota Attorney General Denies Drinking Before Fatal Crash
Discussion: Raw Story
Argus Leader:
Noem: Attorney General involved in fatal crash Saturday night
John Verhovek / ABC News:
Biden campaign expands legal team in preparation for voting fight in November  —  Biden has warned that Trump will try to delegitimize election results.  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign is expanding its legal operation in anticipation of a major fight over voting this fall …
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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 …
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: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Mikelle Street / Out Magazine:
Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum Comes Out As Bisexual … In a new interview with Tamron Hall, his first after going through a public scandal that involved drugs and accusations of infidelity, Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum has come out as bisexual.  —  “You didn't ask the question, you put it out there of whether I identify as gay.
Discussion: Townhall, BuzzFeed News and Raw Story
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Miriam Kramer / Axios:
Andrew Gillum says he is bisexual
Discussion: Political Wire and The Daily Beast
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.  —  In the end, the most salient fact about Donald Trump may simply be that he is a crook.  He has been defying the law since at least the early 1970s …
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
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 …
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.
Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Law & Order Seen As Major Problem  —  Concern is high among Republicans and people of color  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Most Americans are concerned with maintaining law and order, with some interesting results by party and race.  Neither presidential candidate has a clear edge on this issue …
Discussion: The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Brian Flood / Fox News:
CNN's Jake Tapper pestered GOP candidate Sean Parnell for statement dismissing scandalous DM: source  —  Tapper was blowing up his phone like an obsessed lunatic,' a source close to Parnell told Fox News  —  EXCLUSIVE: CNN's Jake Tapper has been pestering Republican congressional candidate Sean Parnell …
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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Former Trump economic adviser: 'I honestly haven't made up my mind' on 2020 vote  —  “I'm really eager to see an economic debate between the two of them.  I actually vote on issues,” said Gary Cohn.  —  Former director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn.  Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Discussion: CNBC, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
The Arizona GOP and chair Kelli Ward are boosting a self-described QAnon follower's congressional campaign  —  Kelli Ward interviewed QAnon congressional candidate Daniel Wood and told him, “You are a man after my own heart”  —  The Arizona Republican Party recently ran …
Arizona Republic:
President Donald Trump returns to Arizona to campaign for Latino votes  —  In the ballroom of an Arizona resort, President Donald Trump will seek to make the case at the “Latinos for Trump” coalition event that his administration can bring back the economy to its full potential …
Discussion: Power Line and CBS Miami
ABC News:
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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.
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.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
There are no good choices  —  Land of the free, home of the failed.  Gary Hershorn/Corbis via Getty Images  —  In shifting so much responsibility to individual people, America's government has revealed the limits of individualism.  —  Where I live, the sky is choking.  Wednesday was the worst.
Discussion: Twitchy
 
 
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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
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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.
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NBC News:
U.S. commander: Intel still hasn't established Russia paid Taliban ‘bounties’ to kill U.S. troops
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
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