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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
McCarthy calls on Biden to apologize for ‘semi-fascism’ remark
Discussion: HuffPost and Forbes
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
White House needles Kevin McCarthy for Jan. 6 ‘change of heart’
Discussion: Townhall, Fox News and PoliticusUSA
The White House:
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE CONTINUED BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION  —  THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat, take it.  I speak to you tonight from sacred ground in America: Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Washington Post:
Biden warns ‘equality and democracy are under assault,’ calls out Trump by name … Today, President Biden warned that a Republican Party dominated and driven by his predecessor, Donald Trump, “is a threat to this country” in a prime-time address outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if elected  —  The comments came on the same day President Biden was delivering a prime-time address warning of the threat to democracy from “MAGA Republicans” and election deniers.  —  Former president Donald Trump …
New York Times:
In Speech, Biden Plans to Address Trump-Led Extremism
Discussion: rbc.ru and Reuters
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump-Led Extremism Is a Direct Threat to America, Biden Plans to Say in Speech
Politico:
Judge considers temporary limit on DOJ access to Trump documents  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A federal judge indicated Thursday that she's giving serious consideration to temporarily barring Justice Department investigators from reviewing material seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
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Anna Bower / Lawfare:   A Mar-a-Lago Showdown in Federal Court
NBC News:
No immediate ruling in special master case after Justice Department and Donald Trump's lawyers face off in court
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Ex-NYPD cop who assaulted D.C. officer on Jan. 6 gets record-setting sentence  —  WASHINGTON — A retired New York City Police Department officer who was convicted of several felonies for attacking a D.C. cop with a flag pole and then tackling the officer to the ground and attempting to rip off …
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
NYPD veteran who assaulted police receives longest Jan. 6 sentence yet: 10 years
NBC News:
The nation's poorest state used welfare money to pay Brett Favre for speeches he never made  —  Brett Favre earned nearly $140 million as a star NFL quarterback over two decades and millions more in product endorsements.  —  But that didn't stop the state of Mississippi from paying Favre $1.1 million …
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Biden's 2020 victory  —  The conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice emailed lawmakers in two states in the weeks after the election  —  Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court …
New York Times:
Trump's Tastes in Intelligence: Power and Leverage  —  President Donald J. Trump's interests during classified briefings have a new resonance amid the Justice Department's criminal investigation into his handling of sensitive documents.  —  WASHINGTON — As president, Donald J. Trump showed …
Discussion: HuffPost, Insider and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Lukoil Chairman Ravil Maganov Dies After Falling From Hospital Window  —  Lukoil PJSC Chairman Ravil Maganov died after falling from a window in a Moscow hospital, according to Russian media reports.  —  Maganov died by suicide, Tass news agency said Thursday, citing an unidentified law enforcement official …
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Paul Kirby / BBC:
Ravil Maganov: Russian Lukoil chief dies in ‘fall from hospital window’
BBC:
Vicky Bowman: UK former ambassador jailed in Myanmar  —  The UK's former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband have each been sentenced to one year in prison by the country's military authorities.  —  Vicky Bowman and Htein Lin, a former political prisoner, were charged with breaching immigration laws.
Discussion: Bloomberg and WTOP News
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa:
Grassley Tells DOJ To Keep Their Hands Off Whistleblowers  —  BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland in response to Garland's August 30 memorandum to Department of Justice …
Media Matters for America:
Fox's Jeanine Pirro warns of violent “retaliation” from Republicans in reaction to Joe Biden's speech  —  Donald Trump may have confessed to a crime on Truth Social.  Legal experts are discussing the ramifications of his self-incriminating post.
Discussion: HuffPost
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Biden is disgracing the institution of the prime-time presidential address  —  President Biden will deliver a nationally televised prime-time address Thursday on “the continued battle for the soul of the nation” and arguing that the country's democratic values will be at stake during the midterm elections.
Discussion: HotAir and Daily Kos
New York Times:
In California's Housing Fight, It's Newsom vs. NIMBY  —  Laws to encourage more development and denser housing don't do much good if no one enforces them.  As the state political calculus shifts, Gavin Newsom is trying to change that.  —  By any objective measure, nothing that happens in Woodside …
Annie Martin / Orlando Sentinel:
Jury finds Seminole GOP chair guilty in ‘ghost’ candidate case  —  A jury of six people found Seminole County GOP Chairman Ben Paris guilty on Thursday of a misdemeanor charge that he arranged to put his cousin's name on independent “ghost” candidate Jestine Iannotti's campaign contribution forms in 2020.
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump should fill Christians with rage.  How come he doesn't?  —  In many American places on a pleasant Sunday afternoon it is possible, as I recently did, to have coffee in the city at a bohemian cafe draped with rainbow banners, then to drive 30 or 45 minutes into the country to find small towns …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
In GOP ads, ‘invasion’ language is everywhere  —  When Republicans are asked about midterm election campaign issues that make them squirm, they have a ready answer.  Never mind abortion rights or Donald Trump's legal travails, they say — we're running on inflation.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Prophets, ‘Pizzagaters,’ and an Oath Keeper: A field guide to Doug Mastriano World  —  It's now September — that time of year when political candidates start changing their colors weeks ahead of the autumn leaves.  None more so than Pennsylvania's Republican gubernatorial nominee …
Discussion: BizPac Review
Jonathan Britton / NRSC:
NRSC Calls on Fetterman to Fire Convicted Murderers on Campaign  —  Washington, D.C. — John Fetterman's campaign employs not one, but TWO convicted murderers on his campaign for Senate.  —  FACTS:  — Dennis and Lee Horton were convicted of murder.  [Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Lee Horton …
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Republicans rage against ranked choice voting after Alaska election  —  Republicans are fuming about ranked choice and “jungle” primary voting systems after Democrat Mary Peltola won a special House election in Alaska over former Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and Republican Nick Begich.
 
 
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Andrew Osborn / Reuters:
Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
The moves—and movies—of the Washington Post
Aubrie Spady / Fox News:
Madison Gesiotto Gilbert says Biden comparing MAGA Republicans to ‘semi-fascists’ is ‘comical, insulting’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Time to name names: Joe Biden campaigned in 2020 against opening schools
Discussion: Twitchy and USA Today
CNN:
'Where's J.D.?:' Vance's Ohio Senate campaign prompts GOP concerns
Discussion: Fox News and FOX News Radio
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Koehn / The San Francisco Standard:
How an SF Housing Nonprofit Blew Almost $500K on a Flawed Effort To ‘Tax Jeff Bezos’ Ass'
Shannon Osaka / Washington Post:
Why California wants to give residents $1,000 not to have a car
Discussion: Sacramento Bee and Political Wire
Jaclyn Allen / TheDenverChannel.com:
Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during ‘energy emergency’
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Donald Trump Is Still a Lunatic
 

 
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