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6:20 PM ET, September 16, 2020

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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 …
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
CDC director says coronavirus vaccines won't be widely available till the middle of next year  —  The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted Wednesday that most of the American public will not have access to a vaccine against the novel coronavirus until late spring …
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CNBC:
CDC says U.S. should have enough coronavirus vaccine to return to ‘regular life’ by third quarter of 2021
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
CDC's Redfield contradicts Trump admin on COVID vaccine timing, says sometime in 2021
Bloomberg:
U.S. Officials Offer Conflicting Coronavirus Vaccine Timetables
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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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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Brian Stelter / CNN:
‘He was lying through his teeth.’ ABC town hall participants weigh in on Trump's performance  —  New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  You can sign up for free right here.  —  Voters stood up and spoke the truth to President Trump on Tuesday night.
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.
Discussion: Jewish Insider and Fox News
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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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 …
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Jim Carrey Will Play Joe Biden on ‘Saturday Night Live’  —  “S.N.L.” has also added three new featured performers to its ensemble cast, ahead of its Oct. 3 season premiere.  —  Jim Carrey, the elastic actor and star of films like “The Mask,” “Dumb and Dumber” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind …
Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times
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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.
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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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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: What happens at The Washington Post when one person admits she might reluctantly vote for Trump?  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  WHAT HAPPENS AT THE WASHINGTON POST …
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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
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.
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.
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
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 Week and The Hill
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.
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.
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
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
If voters are wary of stating support for Trump in polls, why does he outperform GOP Senate candidates?  —  President Trump is very sensitive to what public opinion polls say about his presidency.  He pretends not to be, but on many occasions when Trump-friendly pollsters show his approval at or above 50 percent, he tweets about it.
Luke Barr / ABC News:
Drug seizures along Canadian border up 1,000%, CBP says  —  Nearly 40,000 pounds of marijuana have been seized by the government.  —  LIVE NOW  —  U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday it has seen a 1,000% spike in drugs seized along the northern border this year.
Discussion: Breitbart
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
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
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 …
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 …
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
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
How the Trump-Russia story was buried  —  The biggest political story of 2016-19 was largely wrapped up this August, and it only made a blip in the news.  The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) published the final volume of its enormous investigation into how the Russian government influenced …
Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
A white bar owner in Nebraska was indicted on Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a protest in May, a case that a prosecutor had initially declined to prosecute after characterizing the bar owner's actions as self-defense.  —  The bar owner, Jake Gardner …
 
 
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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
Discussion: Raw Story
Theodore R. Johnson / New York Times:
How the Black Vote Became a Monolith
David Roberts / Vox:
We have to accelerate clean energy innovation to curb the climate crisis. Here's how.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Whose America Is It?  —  “Apocalyptic terms” have taken over the 2020 election, with potentially dangerous implications.
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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, Political Wire 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.
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