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CNN:
Barr attacks Justice Department staff, compares them to preschoolers  —  (CNN)Attorney General William Barr slammed the hundreds of Justice Department prosecutors working beneath him on Wednesday, equating them to preschoolers, in a defense of his own politically tuned decision making in the Trump administration.
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Washington Post:
Barr accuses Justice Department of headhunting and meddling with politics  —  Attorney General William P. Barr delivered a scathing critique of his own Justice Department Wednesday night, insisting on his absolute authority to overrule career staff, whom he said too often injected themselves …
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 …
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Barr Told Prosecutors to Consider Sedition Charges for Protest Violence  —  The extraordinary suggestion comes as Attorney General William P. Barr has emerged as a messenger for President Trump's re-election campaign.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr told federal prosecutors …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Remarks by Attorney General William P. Barr at Hillsdale College Constitution Day Event  —  I am pleased to be at this Hillsdale College celebration of Constitution Day.  Sadly, many colleges these days don't even teach the Constitution, much less celebrate it.
Discussion: Axios
Marissa Lang / Washington Post:
Federal officials stockpiled munitions, sought ‘heat ray’ device before clearing Lafayette Square, whistleblower says  —  Hours before law enforcement forcibly cleared protesters from Lafayette Square in early June amid protests over the police killing of George Floyd, federal officials began …
Discussion: New York Post
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Dina Temple-Raston / NPR:
Military Police Leaders Weighed Deploying ‘Heat Ray’ Against D.C. Protesters  —  Hours before federal police officers cleared a crowded park near the White House with smoke and tear gas on June 1, the lead military police officer in the Department of Defense for the D.C. region asked …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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James Jay Carafano / Fox News:   James Carafano: Israel-UAE-Bahrain agreements show why Trump was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Romney says Biden probe ‘not legitimate role of government’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is sharply criticizing an investigation by his own party into Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's son, saying it's “not the legitimate role of government” to try and damage political opponents.
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
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Brian Naylor / NPR:
Contradicting The CDC, Trump Says COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Ready By End Of 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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NPMHU Endorses Joe Biden for President
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Politico:
Freedom Caucus presses McCarthy to launch long-shot bid to oust Pelosi  —  Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are quietly working to convince GOP leadership to sign off on a long-shot bid to oust Nancy Pelosi from the speakership, according to multiple sources …
Discussion: The Hill
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Politico:
Senate Republicans shrug off Trump's call for larger Covid-19 relief measure
Nancy Cook / Politico:
'You can't attack a regular voter': Trump faces a retail-campaigning gap  —  President Donald Trump rarely interacts for extended periods with everyday Americans who haven't been pre-screened by the White House or campaign.  He's never been fond of retail politics, like the random visit to a coffee shop or diner.
Discussion: Baltimore Sun, ABC News and Axios
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Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
‘Just A Firehose Of Lying’: Trump's Town Hall Widely Roasted As A Train Wreck
Alexander Nazaryan / Los Angeles Times:
Review: Woodward's Trump exposé ‘Rage’ reflects the lazy thinking that got us into this mess  —  If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.  —  They spoke 18 times.  Eighteen!
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.
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Jim Carrey Will Play Joe Biden on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Discussion: Chicago Sun-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.
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.
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 …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Huge numbers of Republicans say mail-voting is fraudulent. That's ominous.
Discussion: Pew Research Center
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.
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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 …
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 …
Anjali Sundaram / CNBC:
Yelp data shows 60% of business closures due to the coronavirus pandemic are now permanent  — Yelp on Wednesday released its latest Economic Impact Report, revealing business closures across the U.S. are increasing as a result of the coronavirus.  — As of Aug, 31, 163,735 businesses …
Kurt Bardella / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: The GOP failed to heed the decline of California's Republican Party  —  The 50th Congressional District is one of the last Republican strongholds in California.  Encompassing large swaths of San Diego County, it's also where I grew up.  As a student at Escondido High School …
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: The Hill, The Week and Politico
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.
Janan Ganesh / Financial Times:
The welcome lack of enthusiasm for Joe Biden  —  As the US has found, worshipping political leaders is weird and pernicious  —  Delaware can reasonably claim to be the most innocuous state in the US.  The tax-advantageous peninsula seldom incurs hatred, its opposite, or even a second thought …
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 …
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
‘The difference is QAnon’: how a conspiratorial hate campaign upended California politics … Catie Stewart was on her way home from a vacation in early August when her phone reconnected to cell service and she realized something was wrong.  As the communications director for Scott Wiener …
Rasmussen Reports:
White House Watch  —  Trump Takes First Lead  —  President Trump has now edged to a one-point lead over Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the latest Rasmussen Reports' weekly White House Watch survey.  While statistically insignificant, it's the first time Trump has been ahead.
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.
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: Fox News, NPR and Reuters
Washington Post:
The latest crisis: Low-income students are dropping out of college this fall in alarming numbers  —  Many low-income students say they don't have good enough WiFi at home to take online courses.  —  In August, Paige McConnell became the first in her family to go to college — and the first to drop out.
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:
Trump blames blue states for the coronavirus death toll — but most recent deaths have been in red states  —  For months, President Trump has been scrambling to deflect criticism for the breadth of the coronavirus pandemic toward whatever target might be available.
Discussion: USA Today, Axios and Raw Story
Eileen Kelley / Sun-Sentinel:
Second Parkland cop who was fired after school shooting will get his job back  —  A Broward sheriff's deputy who was fired for taking cover behind his truck and then driving away from the Parkland school massacre should be reinstated with back-pay, an arbitrator has ruled.
Discussion: New York Post
 
 
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
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Agence France-Presse:
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CNN:
Republicans set aside past concerns over controversial Georgia candidate as they urge her to join ‘team’
Discussion: Redstate
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Rep. Conor Lamb, who showed Democrats how to win in Trump districts, works to deliver Pennsylvania for Biden
Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
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