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9:25 PM ET, August 30, 2022

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Marilyn Berger / New York Times:
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91  —  Adopting principles of glasnost and perestroika, he weighed the legacy of seven decades of Communist rule and set a new course, presiding over the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the U.S.S.R.
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David E. Hoffman / Washington Post:
Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91  —  He embarked on a path of radical reform that propelled the communist country toward collapse  —  Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who embarked on a path of radical reform that brought about the end of the Cold War …
David Cohen / Politico:
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's final leader, dies  —  Mikhail Gorbachev, who enabled the Cold War to come to a peaceful end during his astonishing tenure as the leader of the Soviet Union, has died.  —  He was 91 and reportedly died after a long illness, Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital said.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Woke Up and Went on a 60-Post, QAnon-Fueled Social Media Spree  —  You can take the man off of Twitter, but you can't take the urge to post out of the man  —  FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD Trump spent Tuesday morning feverishly sharing content from supporters on his social media platform Truth Social …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Truth Social's Google Play Store holdup  —  Google hasn't yet approved Truth Social's Android app for distribution via its Play Store because of insufficient content moderation, a Google spokesperson tells Axios. … - “Last week Truth Social wrote back acknowledging our feedback …
NBC News:
Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and MSNBC
New York Times:
Frustrations Mount at Washington Post as Its Business Struggles  —  With digital subscriptions and digital advertising revenue stagnating, the company is on pace to lose money this year.  —  In the years after Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, business boomed.
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four  —  Home Polls Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four  —  The latest Emerson College Polling survey of the Georgia general …
Washington Post:
Fox News stars questioned by election tech company in defamation case  —  Dominion Voting Systems has deposed Tucker Carlson, Jeanine Pirro and others in its $1.6 billion suit to try to prove the network knew wild election claims were false  —  Some of the biggest stars on Fox News …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Maria Bartiromo will be deposed in defamation case against Fox News  —  Maria Bartiromo will be the next Fox News star to appear for a deposition in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against the network over its airing of false claims made about the company during 2020 presidential election coverage.
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Can Thiel and McConnell Strike a Deal?  —  As Republicans unexpectedly labor to retake the Senate, the standoff between Thiel, the consummate contrarian, and McConnell, the consummate pragmatist, has suddenly become one of the most important relationships in the G.O.P. financial universe.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Is Sedition Now A Policy of the GOP?  —  It's not just mean tweets.  —  1. Hard Truths  —  The former president of the United States has made a new pronouncement.  He now demands that the federal government either:  — Declare him the winner of the 2020 election and install him as president.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion:
Gibson's Bakery Wins!  Ohio Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Oberlin College Appeal  —  Hopefully the long, hard road Gibson's Bakery has traveled in its fight with Oberlin College has come to an end.  The Gibsons now can collect approximately $36 million.  — Telegram  — Gab  — MeWe
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Howard Fischer / Arizona Daily Star:
Kelli Ward: Arizona GOP at risk if personal phone records released  —  PHOENIX — If a federal judge lets the Jan. 6 Committee access Kelli Ward's phone records it will endanger not only her rights, but those of the entire Arizona Republican Party, her lawyer says.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
House Overview: GOP Control No Longer a Foregone Conclusion  —  Three months ago, it looked like a category five hurricane was heading for President Biden and House Democrats clinging to a flimsy 221-214 seat edge.  Today, not only has it weakened to a tropical depression …
Discussion: New York Post
Chaya Raichik / Human Events:
LIBS OF TIKTOK: Mainstream media isn't mad about gender surgeries on teens, they're mad you found out  —  Two weeks ago you may have seen a lot of news segments surrounding Boston Children's Hospital.  Deleted videos and archived web pages pointed to the fact that they were providing …
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Dr. David Taylor / Roanoke College:
Roanoke College Poll looks at Youngkin, Supreme Court favorability and more  —  Virginians Feel Somewhat Better; Supreme Court Favorability Declines; Abortion, Ukraine and More  —  The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research (IPOR) at Roanoke College interviewed 640 adult residents …
Chris Farrell / Washington Times:
Why Gen. Mark Milley should be court-martialed  —  The most egregious examples of treasonous subversion by a commissioned officer since Benedict Arnold  —  OPINION:  —  Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be subject to an Article 32 Hearing under the provisions …
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Ukraine lures Russian missiles with decoys of U.S. rocket system  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine may be outgunned but in the latest sign it is not yet outfoxed, a fleet of decoys resembling advanced U.S. rocket systems has tricked Russian forces into wasting expensive long-range cruise missiles on dummy targets …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Army Grounds Entire Fleet of Chinook Helicopters  —  Flights of the workhorse choppers are halted due to engine fires, U.S. officials say  —  The U.S. Army has grounded its entire fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters due to a risk of engine fires, U.S. officials said.
Discussion: CNN, Bloomberg, Fox News and Just The News
Washington Times:
Does Mitch McConnell even want to win in November?  —  OPINION:  —  Back in his home state earlier this month, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, downplayed—make that, gratuitously badmouthed—the prospects of the GOP reclaiming control of the Senate in the November midterms.
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Trump hires former Florida solicitor general in criminal probe of Mar-a-Lago documents  —  Chris Kise, Florida's former solicitor general who served on Gov. Ron DeSantis's transition team, inked a contract to represent Donald Trump in the criminal case that resulted in the FBI search …
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Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
The Monkees' Micky Dolenz Would Like a Word With the FBI  —  The group's last surviving member is suing the FBI after they failed to hand over band's J. Edgar Hoover-era FBI file  —  WHEN THE MONKEES launched their inaugural tour in 1967, they played to throngs of screaming teenagers - and at least one FBI informant.
DVIDS:
U.S. Navy Foils Iranian Attempt to Capture Unmanned Vessel in Arabian Gulf … The U.S. Navy prevented a support ship from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel operated by the U.S. 5th Fleet in the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 29-30.
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Republicans in key races scrap online references to Trump, abortion  —  Attempts by GOP candidates in competitive contests to pivot away from these issues have emboldened Democrats to mount an aggressive offense  —  Yesli Vega, a Republican running for the U.S. House in a competitive Virginia district …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Reason and Mediaite
Josh Baker / BBC:
Shamima Begum: Spy for Canada smuggled schoolgirl to Syria  —  Shamima Begum, who fled the UK and joined the Islamic State group, was smuggled into Syria by an intelligence agent for Canada.  —  Files seen by the BBC show he claimed to have shared Ms Begum's passport details with Canada, and smuggled other Britons to fight for IS.
Discussion: The Sun
The Verge:
How Twitter's child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor  —  Internal documents and Twitter employees reveal the need for massive investment to remove illegal content — but executives haven't listened  —  In the spring of 2022, Twitter considered making a radical change to the platform.
CBS News:
Top-level FBI agent under fire for role in Hunter Biden investigation resigns  —  Timothy Thibault, a top-level FBI agent who had been under fire for his role in investigations regarding President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, resigned late last week and was walked out of the FBI, two U.S. officials confirmed.
Susan Dynarski / New York Times:
Why I Changed My Mind on Student Debt Forgiveness  —  As an economist who studies education, I long thought that forgiving student loans was a crude and inequitable tool for fixing student aid.  College graduates, after all, are the winners in our society.  College certainly changed my life …
Discussion: Axios
Politico:
Biden dodges the August curse  —  President Joe Biden overcame Covid, the presidential August curse and the legislative blockade built by members of his own party.  —  Now as the stretch run to the midterms begins, the White House is looking to aim big.  The president over the next week …
 
 
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Death in Navy SEAL Training Exposes a Culture of Brutality, Cheating and Drugs
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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
U.S. Approval of Labor Unions at Highest Point Since 1965
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
Bill Barr Made the Decision to Clear Trump, and That Should Still Frighten Us
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