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6:20 PM ET, September 9, 2022

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An ugly GOP election scam in Michigan unmasks a big right-wing lie  —  Of all the lies that Donald Trump loyalists have told this cycle, perhaps the most disgusting one is this: Their designs on our election system are motivated by nothing more than pure, angelic concerns about “election integrity.”
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Doug Mastriano's security bubble insulates him from prying eyes and dissenting views  —  On a weekday afternoon in late August, Doug Mastriano's campaign bus pulled up outside Gatsby's Bar & Grill in suburban Philadelphia just after 1 p.m. The words “Restore Freedom” were emblazoned on the side …
David Catanese / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
As Pennsylvania governor's race kicks into high gear, Doug Mastriano is dark on TV  —  Doug Mastriano has spent much of the summer ignoring mainstream press, setting a new unorthodox precedent for a major gubernatorial campaign.  —  Now the Republican nominee in Pennsylvania is entering …
Discussion: Mediaite
Axios:   Trumpier than Trump  —  Some GOP candidates are softening their rhetoric and scrubbing …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb calls him ‘deeply wounded narcissist’ who acted in ‘criminal’ way to overturn Biden win  — Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb called ex-President Donald Trump a “deeply wounded narcissist.”  — In a new interview, Cobb said Trump acted in a …
Discussion: HuffPost, Insider and Political Wire
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Police Officer Tasered And Beaten On Jan. 6 Goes Off On Cops Who Posed With Trump
Discussion: PennLive and Raw Story
Jon McBride / BYU Cougars:
A statement from BYU Athletics regarding the investigation of the Aug. 26 volleyball match  —  As part of our commitment to take any claims of racism seriously, BYU has completed its investigation into the allegation that racial heckling and slurs took place at the Duke vs. BYU women's volleyball match on August 26.
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Isabel Coles / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine's Eastern Advance Puts Forces Close to Key Town  —  Retaking Kupyansk would help cut off Russian troops further south  —  KHARKIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian forces advanced on the strategic city of Kupyansk on Friday, threatening to isolate thousands of Russian troops further south and prompting Moscow to send reinforcements.
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Francis Fukuyama / Journal of Democracy:   Why Ukraine Will Win  —  The country's military is advancing on the battlefield.
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Looks Like a ‘Failure,’ C.I.A. Director Says
Discussion: HotAir and The Guardian
Tracy Connor / The Daily Beast:
Federal Judge Stomps All Over Trump Russiagate Lawsuit Against Hillary  —  The jurist clearly thought the complaint was a hot mess and spent 65 pages explaining why.  —  A federal judge in Florida has tossed a racketeering lawsuit that Donald Trump filed against Hillary Clinton and a slew …
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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Hillary Clinton over 2016 election
Sophia Ankel / Insider:
Chelsea Clinton says she used to be friends with Ivanka Trump until ‘she went to the dark side’
Discussion: New York Post
Jonathan Shorman / Kansas City Star:
Kris Kobach resigns from We Build the Wall board after nonprofit indicted on money laundering  —  Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the Republican candidate for state attorney general, resigned Friday from the board of directors of We Build the Wall after the nonprofit organization …
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
Republicans to Trump: Pony up more cash in battle for Senate  —  Mitch McConnell is indirectly nudging Donald Trump to help Republicans try to flip the Senate, part of a broader GOP campaign to get the former president to open up his well-stocked coffers for the rest of the party.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Longtime former Trump ally turns to building 2024 ‘bullpen’
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Mom says trans eighth-grader was questioned by Texas officials at school  —  A declaration recounting the incident was filed as part of an ongoing lawsuit by LGBTQ legal advocates  —  On the morning of Aug. 30, a 13-year-old transgender boy was pulled out of class by his school's administrators, his mother says.
Discussion: The Hill, The Root, Jezebel and Boing Boing
CNN:
Once a ‘quintessential pro-life Texan,’ she had to flee her home state to get an abortion  —  Why a woman's doctor warned her not to get pregnant in Texas 03:50  —  Nine years ago, Cade DeSpain messaged a friend about a cute girl he saw on her Facebook feed.
Discussion: Jezebel
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court temporarily blocks ruling that required Jewish university to recognize LGBTQ group  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily allowed an Orthodox Jewish university in New York to deny official recognition to an LGBTQ student group, the latest in a series of decisions in favor of religious rights.
Barbara McQuade / Washington Post:
Former U.S. attorney dishes on how he held line against Trump White House  —  In detailing ouster from the Southern District of New York, Berman says Barr ‘was desperate,’ cites attorney general's interference in other investigations  —  When former Attorney General William Barr bungled …
Discussion: Raw Story
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Arizona 2022: Mark Kelly Faces Tight Race With Blake Masters; Katie Hobbs and Kari Lake In Dead Heat for Governorship  —  Home Polls Arizona 2022: Mark Kelly Faces Tight Race With Blake Masters; Katie Hobbs and Kari Lake In Dead Heat for Governorship  —  The first Emerson College Polling survey …
Discussion: Townhall and FOX 10 Phoenix
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
From offering to help to full-bore attacks: Oz shifts to blitz Fetterman  —  ln one of the fall's biggest races, the Republican Senate contender and his campaign have recently directed a flurry of personal and policy attacks at his Democratic rival.  —  SPRINGFIELD, Pa. …
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Fetterman To Hold Pro-Abortion Rally on 9/11 With Anti-Cop Activist  —  Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman is holding a campaign event on Sunday, September 11, though not to commemorate the anniversary of the terrorist attacks.  Instead, the Senate hopeful is holding a pro-abortion rally alongside …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
‘You have to run’: Romney urged Biden to take down Trump, book says  —  Gabriel Debenedetti, author of book on Biden's relationship with Obama, reports call on night of 2018 midterms  —  On the night of the 2018 midterm elections, as a wave of anti-Trump sentiment swept Democrats to take control …
Andrew Gawthorpe / The Guardian:
Steve Bannon's indictment reveals the truth about Trumpism  —  In the end, Maga is nothing but a scam with hate in its heart and other people's money in its pockets  —  y all appearances, Steve Bannon likes to think that he represents the soul of the Maga movement.
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
Mar-a-Lago Search Put FBI on High Alert for Pro-Trump Protest Violence  —  Federal law enforcement officers scoured social media to identify threats to FBI buildings and agents and issued internal warnings about possibly armed protests in the days after the FBI searched former President Donald …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Siders / Politico:
‘The environment is upside down’: Why Dems are winning the culture wars  —  It's already the consensus that abortion is going to be a good issue for Democrats in November.  —  What's only now becoming clear — as Republicans scrub their campaign websites of prior positions on abortion …
 
 
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Democrat Elissa Slotkin moved into home of lobbyist, campaign donor to run in new district
Emily Peck / Axios:
Companies are dropping vaccine mandates
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Are Environmental Activists Trying to Block Green Energy?
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Revealed: Ginni Thomas's links to anti-abortion groups who lobbied to overturn Roe
Discussion: Raw Story and Jezebel
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Kevin McCarthy Walks a Tightrope on His Path to Power
David Corn / Mother Jones:
It Didn't Start with Trump: The Decades-Long Saga of How the GOP Went Crazy
Discussion: New York Times
James Warner / FOX 35 Orlando:
Florida election: Marco Rubio has slight lead over Val Demings in new poll
Discussion: Breitbart and Florida Politics
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
Primary Scorecard: House GOP Veers Towards Trump, Democrats Tack Less Left
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Right to Free Speech Is Not the Right to Monologue
 

 
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Chris Morris / Fortune:
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