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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.
New York Times:
Trump Lashes Out in First Rally Since F.B.I. Search — Donald J. Trump and President Biden have both made recent appearances in Pennsylvania, one of the key states in November's midterm elections. — WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — In his first rally since his home was searched by the F.B.I. on Aug. 8 …
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Trump Returns to Rally Team MAGA — WILKES-BARRE, Pa.—Donald Trump's rally on Saturday night was his first major public appearance since the FBI searched his Florida home—and you could tell. A kind of manic, vengeful energy circulated among the throngs of supporters in the blue stadium seats at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Distinguished pol of the week: Biden hits his stride — Republicans who excuse a coup, vilify the FBI and rationalize defeated former president Donald Trump's holding on to highly sensitive national security secrets as he left the White House are whining that President Biden, at a fundraiser, called the MAGA movement “semi-fascist.”
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Politico:
The seeds of Biden's democracy speech sprouted long before the Mar-a-Lago search
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Does Biden Really Believe We Are in a Crisis of Democracy?
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Washington Post:
Under pressure, security firm Cloudflare drops Kiwi Farms website — SAN FRANCISCO — Reversing course under growing public pressure, major tech security company Cloudflare Inc. announced Saturday that it would stop protecting the Kiwi Farms website, best known as a place for stalkers to organize hacks …
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Matthew Prince / The Cloudflare Blog:
Blocking Kiwifarms — Loading... We have blocked Kiwifarms. Visitors to any of the Kiwifarms sites that use any of Cloudflare's services will see a Cloudflare block page and a link to this post. Kiwifarms may move their sites to other providers and, in doing so, come back online …
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Twitchy, Ace of Spades HQ, Protocol and Bloomberg
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How a Record Cash Haul Vanished for Senate Republicans — The campaign arm of Senate Republicans had collected $181.5 million by the end of July — but spent 95 percent of it. A big investment in digital, and hyperaggressive tactics, have not paid off. — It was early 2021, and Senator Rick Scott wanted to go big.
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democrats Make A Play To Win Over Seniors, Long A Base For GOP — Across the country, the party is focusing on prescription drug costs and Social Security. — PHOENIX — Democrats in key races around the country are making an aggressive push for older voters, a key bloc in lower-turnout midterm elections …
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USA Today
John Blake / CNN:
When ‘wokeness’ comes to Middle-earth: Why some say diverse casting ruins the new ‘Lord of the Rings’ series — Cynthia Addai-Robinson portrays Queen Regent Miriel in Amazon's new “Lord of the Rings” series, “The Rings of Power.” Addai-Robinson is among a number of actors of color playing …
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. — A central question involving the records former President Donald Trump stored at his Mar-a-Lago home is why he was keeping reams of government documents and classified material.
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Axios, Michael W. Ferguson Newsletter and Bloomberg
Tom Bonier / New York Times:
Women Are So Fired Up to Vote, I've Never Seen Anything Like It — I've watched Americans in recent years acclimate to some very grim realities. Especially since the ascension of Donald Trump, numerous tragedies and extreme policies have been met with little political consequence …
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
Iran sentences two gay rights activists to death — Iran's regime has executed between 4,000 and 6,000 gays and lesbians since the nation's Islamic revolution in 1979. — The Islamic Republic of Iran imposed the death penalty on two LGBTQ activists for allegedly promoting homosexuality …
Simon Schuster / MLive.com:
Campaign finance filings show Tudor Dixon's campaign at ‘critical juncture’ — The differences on paper are stark. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's campaign held 26 fundraisers in 35 days, has 49 people on its payroll and $14 million in the bank as of Aug. 22.
Carolyn Giardina / The Hollywood Reporter:
Barack Obama Wins Emmy — The former president was recognized for narrating Netflix docuseries ‘Our Great National Parks.’
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