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12:35 AM ET, September 5, 2022

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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Former GOP rep: Trump gave Democrats ‘major gift’ with speech in Pennsylvania  —  Former Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Charlie Dent on Saturday said former President Trump's speech at a rally on Saturday night in the Keystone state was a “major gift” for Democrats.
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Biden Laid the Trap.  Trump Walked Into It.  —  At his Pennsylvania rally, the former president gave exactly the narcissistic display his Democratic nemesis tried to provoke.  —  In 2016, Hillary Clinton warned that Donald Trump was a fool who could be baited with a tweet.
Discussion: Washington Times, CNN and The Hill
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In Pa. visit, Trump attacks Biden for ‘vicious, hateful and divisive’ address
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Trump Returns to Rally Team MAGA
Discussion: The Guardian and Mother Jones
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Chile Says ‘No’ to Left-Leaning Constitution After 3 Years of Debate  —  The rejected Constitution would have legalized abortion, adopted universal health care and enshrined more than 100 constitutional rights, a global record.  —  Jack Nicas, a correspondent in South America …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Seek Path for Constitutional Convention  —  A new book by a former Democratic senator warns of the risks of allowing states to call for a convention.  Some in the G.O.P. see it as the only way to rein in the federal government.  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Jodey Arrington …
Discussion: Insider
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Chile Votes on Constitution That Would Enshrine Record Number of Rights
Discussion: Washington Post, UPI, Vox and The Daily Wire
David Wilson / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German killed outside home  —  Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, one of Nevada's most accomplished and trusted journalists, was found dead with stab wounds outside his home Saturday morning.
Douglas Rushkoff / The Guardian:
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse  —  Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers and hiring military security to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Amazon's putting a three-day pause on reviews for The Rings of Power  —  The new policy applies to all of Amazon's shows and movies  —  Amazon is reportedly putting a three-day delay on user reviews for all of its content on Prime Video, including the newly-released The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Emmanuel Felton / Washington Post:
Living in a city with no water: ‘This is unbearable’  —  JACKSON, Miss. — What stood out this week was the calm.  The streets were quiet, and residents queued expectantly for resources.  —  The entire city of more than 150,000 was without safe drinking water, with no end in sight.
Discussion: CBS News
Brian MacQuarrie / The Boston Globe:
Free Staters seek to undo New Hampshire government from within  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — The doormat outside Carla Gericke's house carries the warning “Come back with a warrant.”  It's a stark reflection of her broad distrust of government bureaucracy, an attitude that is the driving force behind …
Associated Press:
U.S. ambassador to Russia leaving post as Ukraine war drags on  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, ended his tenure as America's top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career …
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Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
China Threatens Reaction After U.S. Announces Arms Sales to Taiwan  —  A $1.1 billion package would “severely jeopardize” ties, Chinese officials say in demanding that Washington revoke the deal.  —  HONG KONG — China threatened over the weekend to take countermeasures …
Discussion: RedState
Brianna Keilar / CNN:
Biden's use of Marines during Philadelphia speech adds to debate over politicization of the military  —  As President Joe Biden stood outside Philadelphia's Independence Hall on Thursday night, making the case ahead of the midterm elections that “equality and democracy are under assault,” he wasn't standing alone.
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Times
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
J.D. Vance largely avoids pivot to center in Ohio's U.S. Senate race after culture-war heavy Republican primary  —  LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio - J.D. Vance hit more than a few right-wing notes in the lead-up to his victory in the Republican U.S. primary earlier this year.
Lisa Prevost / New York Times:
Town After Town, Residents Are Fighting Affordable Housing in Connecticut  —  Local residents and elected officials are seeking to block large housing projects, warning that increased density could change the character of their towns.  —  In the town of Fairfield, Conn. …
Ian Talley / Wall Street Journal:
Islamic State Turns to NFTs to Spread Terror Message  —  National-security analysts see potentially dangerous platform for recruiting and funding  —  WASHINGTON—A simple digital card praising Islamist militants for an attack on a Taliban position in Afghanistan last month …
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Jamie Raskin on “Face the Nation,” Sept. 4, 2022  —  The following is the transcript of an interview with Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland that aired Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, on “Face the Nation.”  —  MAJOR GARRETT: We're joined now by Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin …
Discussion: Breitbart, PoliticusUSA and Insider
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Jed Shugerman / The Atlantic:
Biden's Student-Debt Rescue Plan Is a Legal Mess  —  The good news is that there's still time to fix it.  —  About the author: Jed Shugerman is a professor at Fordham Law, a visiting professor at Boston University School of Law, and the author of The People's Courts and shugerblog.com.
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Ilya Somin / Reason:   Biden's Student Loan Debt Cancellation is a Trumpian Abuse of Emergency Powers
 
 
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ABC News:
Exclusive: Zelenskyy tells David Muir ‘Russians using Zaporizhzhia as nuclear weapon’
Discussion: The Hill
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Investigations Face a Dilemma Before the Midterm Elections
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Mar-a-Lago espionage scandal is a three-alarm national security crisis. We should act like it.
Stephanie Lai / New York Times:
In the California Desert, L.G.B.T.Q. Voters Could Sway a Key House Race
Washington Post:
Florida let them vote. Then DeSantis's election police arrested them.
Discussion: Wikidworld
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
John Legend Bet on Himself
Discussion: TMZ.com
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democrats Make A Play To Win Over Seniors, Long A Base For GOP
Discussion: USA Today
John Blake / CNN:
When ‘wokeness’ comes to Middle-earth: Why some say diverse casting ruins the new ‘Lord of the Rings’ series
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
Iran sentences two gay rights activists to death
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Distinguished pol of the week: Biden hits his stride
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump suggests the Mar-a-Lago documents were bound for his library. But advisers say he's rarely talked about it.
 

 
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