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12:50 PM ET, September 6, 2022

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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Politico's new German owner has a ‘contrarian’ plan for American media  —  Mathias Döpfner has global ambitions for what he calls a more ‘nonpartisan’ kind of journalism — even as his own politics are hard to pin down  —  BERLIN — Months after his company bought Politico …
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Politico's New Owner Invited Colleagues to ‘Pray’ for Trump's Re-Election
Discussion: Twitchy
CNN:
Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach  —  A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county's election offices …
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Washington Post:
Election deniers repeatedly visited Ga. county office at center of criminal probe, video shows  —  Technology consultants who sought evidence that Donald Trump's 2020 defeat was fraudulent made multiple visits to a county elections office in rural Georgia in the weeks after an alleged post-election breach …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
‘Deeply Problematic’: Experts Question Judge's Intervention in Trump Inquiry  —  A ruling by a judge appointed by former President Donald J. Trump surprised specialists and could slow the documents investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge's extraordinary decision on Monday to interject …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Unpacking Judge Cannon's Order for a Special Master in Trump Search  —  I had a column on Monday analyzing Judge Aileen Cannon's order, earlier in the day, granting former president Trump's petition for a special master to review materials the government seized from Mar-a-Lago last month pursuant to a search warrant.
FiveThirtyEight:
More Than 1 In 2 Americans Will Have An Election Denier On The Ballot This Fall  —  From the Carolinas to California, Montana to Florida, election denialism has spread across the country.  Candidates who support former President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story, ABC News, NPR and Althouse
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Russia Is Buying North Korean Artillery, According to U.S. Intelligence  —  Moscow's purchase of millions of shells and rockets from North Korea is a sign that global sanctions have hampered the Russian military's supply lines.  —  WASHINGTON — Russia is buying millions of artillery shells …
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New York Times:   ‘Nothing Has Really Changed’: In Moscow, the Fighting Is a World Away
Miru / CREW:
Judge removes Griffin from office for engaging in the January 6 insurrection  —  SANTA FE — A New Mexico judge ordered Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin be removed from office, effective immediately, ruling that the attack on the Capitol was an insurrection and that Griffin's participation …
Discussion: WTOP News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Beneath campaign nastiness, legitimate concerns about Fetterman's health  —  Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman has not fully recovered from the serious stroke he suffered in May. His campaign has acknowledged his obvious struggles with “auditory processing” …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fox producer's warning against Jeanine Pirro surfaces in Dominion defamation suit  —  The November 2020 email from an anguished Fox News news producer to colleagues sent up a flare amid a fusillade of false claims.  —  The producer warned: Fox cannot let host Jeanine Pirro back on the air.
Natalie Allison / Politico:
'They're getting killed among women': Skeptical female voters stand in way of GOP Senate  —  Republicans this election cycle thought they had finally achieved a breakthrough with suburban women after years of losing support.  —  Now, as the primary season has all but ended …
War on the Rocks:
To Support and Defend: Principles of Civilian Control and Best Practices of Civil-Military Relations  —  By OPEN LETTER  —  We are in an exceptionally challenging civil-military environment.  Many of the factors that shape civil-military relations have undergone extreme strain in recent years.
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Past Pentagon leaders warn of strains on civilian-military relations
Discussion: Washington Examiner
David Enrich / New York Times:
How Abbott Kept Sick Babies From Becoming a Scandal  —  Abbott's lawyers at Jones Day negotiated secret settlements and used scorched earth tactics with families whose infants fell ill after consuming powdered formula.  —  Early on a Saturday morning in 2013, Mark Bennett, a federal judge …
Politico:
Democrats weigh same-sex marriage vote in pre-election sprint  —  Susan Collins believes the Senate is on the cusp of enshrining same-sex marriage protections.  And she doesn't want to wait until after the election.  —  “My impression is that the majority leader is eager to put this bill …
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CNBC:
Deal partner for Trump's Truth Social fails to get backing for SPAC extension: Reuters, citing sources  — The blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with Donald Trump's social media company failed to secure enough shareholder support for a one-year extension to complete the deal …
Discussion: The Guardian, Gizmodo and National Memo
Jason Hancock / Missouri Independent:
Missouri secretary of state throws support behind controversial election theory  —  Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (official photo)  —  Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has lined up behind a U.S. Supreme Court case legal experts believe could radically reshape how federal elections …
Jerusalem Demsas / The Atlantic:
What's Causing Black Flight?  —  Where did all the Black people go?  If you live in an urban neighborhood and don't spend your free time looking at the U.S. census, you might ask yourself this question, puzzled by the dissonance between the evidence of your eyes and your vague sense that most Black people live in cities, right?
Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Below average, Joe: Photos show small crowd at Biden and Fetterman Labor Day rally  —  A small group of supporters gathered in Pennsylvania for a rally hosted by President Joe Biden and Senate candidate John Fetterman on Monday as the president sought to seize on recent party wins to gain momentum ahead of the November election.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Big Media to U.S. democracy: Drop dead  —  It's definitely a day late and maybe a dollar short, but Happy Labor Day 2022.  For most of my lifetime, Labor Day has been a time for last-gasp cookouts, glumness over earlier sunsets, and newspaper articles bemoaning the death of union power.
The Daily Beast:
Rich Dems Worried About Trump Are Buying Second Citizenships  —  Worried about a potential return of Donald Trump, abortion rights, and the general state of the country, wealthy Democrats are looking to buy their way out.  Here's how it works.  —  For years, David Lesperance …
 
 
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Pro-MAGA D.C. Cop Secretly Worked to Undermine Seth Rich Investigation
CNN:
Biden to convene Cabinet to tout summer accomplishments
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Biden Administration Has Admitted One Million Migrants to Await Hearings
New York Times:
Breaking Taboo, Germany Extends Life of 2 Nuclear Reactors
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Biden Puts Defense of Democracy at Center of Agenda, at Home and Abroad
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Before Midterms, Election Officials Increase Security Over Threats
The Daily Beast:
Why Trump Refused to Make Giuliani His Secretary of State
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Sebastian Payne / Financial Times:
Can Liz Truss govern her own party?
Discussion: Politico, The Times, Mediaite, Townhall and BBC
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Fetterman Taps Cop Killer Ally For Board of Pardons
Discussion: Townhall
 

 
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