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Wall Street Journal:
Barr Tells Prosecutors to Consider Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition  —  To bring a sedition case, prosecutors would have to prove there was a conspiracy to attack government agents or officials that posed an imminent danger  —  Attorney General William Barr told the nation's federal prosecutors …
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
CDC's Redfield contradicts Trump admin on COVID vaccine timing, says sometime in 2021  —  President has repeatedly claimed that a coronavirus vaccine will be available to all Americans in a matter of weeks  —  CDC Director Redfield tells Senate Appropriations committee that people should wear masks.
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CNBC:
CDC says U.S. should have enough coronavirus vaccine to return to ‘regular life’ by third quarter of 2021  —  The U.S. should have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses for Americans to return to “regular life” by the third quarter of next year, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
Brian Naylor / NPR:
Contradicting the CDC, Trump Says COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Ready By End of Year
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
CDC director says coronavirus vaccines won't be widely available till the middle of next year
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Postal Service Stiffed $20 Million Cost of Delivering Trump COVID-19 Mailer  —  “The U.S. Postal Service is a self-funding agency,” said Kevin Kosar, a fellow at American Enterprise Institute.  “By law it should be paid whenever it provides delivery services.”  —  BEAST INSIDE
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jim Carrey to Play Joe Biden on SNL  —  ALRIGHTY THEN  —  NBC announced on Wednesday that actor Jim Carrey will be joining Saturday Night Live to play former Vice President Joe Biden when the show returns to 30 Rockefeller Center for its 46th season on Oct. 3.
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Jim Carrey Will Play Joe Biden on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times
Home Page Feed:
NPMHU Endorses Joe Biden for President
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
Harriet Sherwood / The Guardian:
Nearly two-thirds of US young adults unaware 6m Jews killed in the Holocaust … Almost two-thirds of young American adults do not know that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, and more than one in 10 believe Jews caused the Holocaust, a new survey has found …
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Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
On Rosh Hashanah call, Trump tells American Jews ‘We love your country’ and asks for their vote  —  WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump spent much of his 20-minute call with American Jewish leaders making the case for more American Jews to vote for him.  He closed by repeating a line that has raised their eyebrows before.
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Biden: “I trust vaccines, I trust scientists, but I don't trust Donald Trump”  —  In remarks in Delaware on Wednesday, Joe Biden made clear that he trusts the scientists on a coronavirus vaccine but not President Trump, laying out a list of three criteria he wants the administration to meet to ensure the process is not politicized.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Biden slams White House's Covid promises: ‘I trust vaccines,’ not Trump
Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
‘Just A Firehose Of Lying’: Trump's Town Hall Widely Roasted As A Train Wreck  —  President Donald Trump ventured from the safe space of Fox News to a considerably more challenging town hall hosted by ABC News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday night.  —  The switch appears to have been ill-advised.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
New QAnon-Allied GOP Senate Candidate Also Pushed Anti-Semitism, Flat Earthism, and 9/11 Conspiracies  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee did not return a request for comment.  —  One-time QAnon supporter Lauren Witzke won the Republican Senate primary in Delaware on Tuesday …
CBS Philly:
White House Staff Members Reportedly Test Positive For COVID-19 Less Than 24 Hours After President Donald Trump Visited Philadelphia  —  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — White House staff members have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump visited Philadelphia.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Reason Trump Isn't Trying to Save the Economy  —  The fate of an incumbent president is exquisitely sensitive to economic conditions.  Incumbents tend to lose elections when the economy is weak (e.g., George H. W. Bush's defeat in 1992) and win when it's strong (e.g., Bill Clinton's romp four years later).
Discussion: The Mahablog and POLITICUSUSA
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Politico:
Senate Republicans shrug off Trump's call for larger Covid-19 relief measure
Politico:
The Governor Who Holds Trump's Fate in His Hands  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Ron DeSantis wanted names.  —  We were in his office here in Florida's Covid-shuttered Capitol, three reporters wearing masks spread out across from a non-masked DeSantis—stocky, suited and seated behind his desk stacked …
Discussion: Raw Story, Breitbart and NBC News
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida: We can't afford Trump's jobless aid anymore
Discussion: Axios and The National Interest
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Invisible company owned by Rudy Giuliani got taxpayer-backed PPP money — but where did it go?  —  Giuliani's payroll company got a PPP loan from a Trump-friendly bank — but lists no employees.  Was it fraud?  —  view in app  —  Additional reporting was contributed by Kathleen O'Neill.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders all federal prosecutors in Manhattan to read opinion on withholding evidence  —  A federal judge has ordered all federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to read a ruling she issued Wednesday that blasts prosecutors for their handling of evidence …
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Romney slams Senate GOP's Biden investigation as a “political exercise”  —  Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Wednesday criticized his Republican colleagues on the Senate Homeland Security Committee for their probe into Joe Biden and his son's dealings in Ukraine, saying that it has the “earmarks of a political exercise.”
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Poll shows Collins down 12 points, Graham tied with Democratic challenger  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) face rising odds in their high-profile re-election bids, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday.  —  Why it matters: Many thought Graham's Senate race …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and The Week
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
‘Democrat Voters Against Joe Biden’ Group Has Trump Fanatics, a Psychic, but No Actual Dems  —  It's meant to be a counterpoint for Republican Voters Against Trump.  But so far, it's mainly just copying the text from its website.  —  A new advocacy group ostensibly comprised of Democrats opposed …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Fed expects to keep rates near zero through 2023  —  Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday projected that they would keep interest rates near zero through 2023 to help the economy fully recover from the pandemic, but Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned that Congress will probably have to do more.
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Chris Rock Tried to Warn Us  —  In a candid interview, the comic discusses America's summer of strife, Trump, blackface and his dramatic turn in the new season of “Fargo.”  —  Chris Rock wasn't sure if he was hiding out or not.  —  On the Friday before Labor Day, he was speaking by phone …
BuzzFeed News:
These Two Lawyers Face Up To Life In Prison For Allegedly Burning An Empty Cop Car  —  The NYPD van on a Brooklyn street was banged up and empty, a battered steel shell with shattered windows and a mask of spray paint.  Shortly before 1 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, the fourth straight night …
Discussion: Twitchy
Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios:
Exclusive: $1 billion-plus riot damage is most expensive in insurance history  —  The vandalism and looting following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police will cost the insurance industry more than any other violent demonstrations in recent history, Axios has learned.
Susie Armitage / ProPublica:
ProPublica's Pandemic Guide to Making Sure Your Vote Counts  —  Sign up for ProPublica's User's Guide to Democracy, a series of personalized emails that help you understand the upcoming election, from who's on your ballot to how to cast your vote.  —  If you're anxious about running …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Rep. Conor Lamb, who showed Democrats how to win in Trump districts, works to deliver Pennsylvania for Biden  —  In early 2018, Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.) opened a new path for Democrats: Distance yourself from national leaders, highlight your own background and don't get dragged into controversies surrounding President Trump.
Joseph Cox / VICE:
Spotify CEO Defends Keeping Transphobic Joe Rogan Podcasts Online  —  Multiple sources inside Spotify described an all-hands meeting in which Spotify CEO Daniel Ek discussed the company's handling of the controversial podcaster.  —  In a Spotify all-hands company meeting on Wednesday …
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic  —  President Trump did not walk off the stage to “Hail to the Chief” after his first address to the Republican National Convention last month.  His exit was accompanied by the Village People's “Y.M.C.A.,” a kitschy disco wink to cruising for sex …
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Maine wedding ‘superspreader’ event is now linked to seven deaths.  None of those people attended.  —  Only about 65 close family members and friends were on the guest list for a bride and groom's rustic wedding celebration in a small Maine town in early August.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Pew Research Center:
Support for Black Lives Matter has decreased since June but remains strong among Black Americans  —  As racial justice protests have intensified following the shooting of Jacob Blake, public support for the Black Lives Matter movement has declined, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
Ohio judge blows up GOP plan to allow only 1 ballot box in each county  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A directive that restricted Ohio counties to one ballot drop box in November was arbitrary and unreasonable, a county judge ruled Tuesday, delivering the Republican secretary of state …
USA Today:
Big Ten's decision to play football signals darkest day in conference's sports history  —  For decades, the Big Ten has thought of itself as a different kind of sports conference, one that proudly touts the academic achievements and Great Lakes values of its like-minded, highly-regarded, internationally-ranked research institutions.
Politico:
Ratcliffe reinstates election briefings for intel panels  —  The nation's top intelligence official is partially reversing course on his decision to scale back critical election-security briefings for lawmakers.  —  John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence …
Discussion: Reuters
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Trump Stuck at 42% Job Approval  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the election for president moves into its post-Labor Day phase, President Donald Trump is maintaining a 42% job approval rating — unchanged from where he stood in Gallup's August poll, completed before the Republican …
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
 
 
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says mail ballots greater election threat than foreign interference
Discussion: Reuters
Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
Germany offered €1bn for gas terminals in exchange for US lifting NS2 sanctions
Discussion: National Review
Luke Barr / ABC News:
Drug seizures along Canadian border up 1,000%, CBP says
Discussion: Breitbart
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
If voters are wary of stating support for Trump in polls, why does he outperform GOP Senate candidates?
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
How the Trump-Russia story was buried
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Joe Biden is Running an Invisible Digital Campaign in All-Important Michigan. That's Making Some Democrats Nervous
Discussion: CNN and Reuters
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Failing to clearly identify what's at stake in 2020 is bad journalism
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Newell / Slate:
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Sheldon Adelson is plotting a spending spree to help Trump with under 50 days left until the election
Discussion: Forbes and The Hill
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
Do You Speak Fox?  —  All happy families are alike; some unhappy families are unhappy because of Fox News.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
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