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8:30 AM ET, September 14, 2020

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Associated Press:
In defiance of Nevada governor, Trump holds indoor rally  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — In open defiance of state regulations and his own administration's pandemic health guidelines, President Donald Trump hosted his first indoor rally since June, telling a packed, nearly mask-less Nevada crowd that the nation was …
Discussion: Forbes, TheJournal.ie and Axios
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Reckless and selfish’: Nevada Gov. Sisolak slams Trump for holding big indoor rally, violating state rules  —  WASHINGTON — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak slammed President Donald Trump Sunday night for violating state rules by holding a 2020 campaign rally indoors with thousands of people.
Discussion: Political Wire and Slate
CNN:
Trump holds first entirely indoor rally in nearly three months  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump spoke to thousands of supporters indoors on Sunday for the first time in nearly three months.  —  Trump attacked Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's voting record and mental acuity …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Trump's Reckless, Atrocious, Deceitful Rally
Discussion: Conservative Review
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
On Western swing, Trump aims to court pivotal Latino voters
Discussion: Bloomberg
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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Los Angeles Times:
Two L.A. County sheriff's deputies expected to survive attack amid intense manhunt for shooter  —  Two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shot in what authorities described as an ambush attack are expected to survive amid an intense manhunt for the gunman captured on video firing inside …
Wall Street Journal:   ‘We Hope They Die’  —  Protesters cheer a shooting ambush of sheriff's deputies in L.A.
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 …
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: Fox News and CNN
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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:
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.
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
If Biden Wins, Democrats Must Lean In to Partisanship  —  The truth is that if you have power, being partisan is precisely how you get things done.  —  Biden and McConnell at Obama's 2016 State of the Union address  —  Joe Biden sometimes talks about the 2020 election like the end of a natural disaster …
New York Times:
Trump and Biden Joust in Florida, Looking for Votes in the Margins  —  Elections in Florida are won by running up margins in favorable terrain while losing more closely in hostile precincts.  Joseph Biden visits the state on Tuesday for the first time since claiming the nomination.
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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
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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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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: NBC Boston
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 …
Politico:
Inside Joe's bubble: How Biden's campaign is trying to avoid the virus  —  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.
Grant Hermes / WDIV-TV:
Michigan Lt. Gov. on virus response: ‘Trump is a liar who has killed people’  —  Michigan officials condemn Trump's response to coronavirus pandemic, more  —  Michigan's Lieutenant Governor said that the U.S. President's response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic “has killed people” during a live virtual event on Saturday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Hill
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.
Ella Nilsen / Vox:
The ways Democrats could retake the Senate majority, explained  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (L) speaks during a press conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on June 30, 2020, in Washington, DC.  Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images
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.
Discussion: Reuters
 
 
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Amy Harder / Axios:
Why Biden and the Democrats went big on climate change
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Creates Legal War Room, Preparing for a Big Fight Over Voting
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Politico:
‘This is f—ing crazy’: Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Trump Says He Will ‘Negotiate’ Third Term Because He's ‘Entitled’ To It
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Our Government Is Broken. President Biden Must Fix That.
Kris Maher / Wall Street Journal:
Remote Schooling Out of Reach for Many Students in West Virginia Without Internet
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CNN:
Joe Biden: There's a smarter way to be tough on Iran
Discussion: Politico