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CNN:
House panel releases tranche of Epstein files as controversy looms large over Congress' return to Washington  —  The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released tens of thousands of Jeffrey Epstein-related files it had received from the Justice Department, as the controversy surrounding …
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Epstein survivors float release of unofficial client list  —  Jeffrey Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips suggested Wednesday that victims of the convicted sex offender are contemplating publishing a list of people involved in their abuse if the Justice Department doesn't make more documents public.
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Frantic Trump Tries to Kill Vote to Force Open Epstein Files  —  RAMPING UP THE PRESSURE  —  A rogue Republican is rounding up GOP signatures.  —  The White House has warned Republican rebels in Congress that pushing for the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein pedophile abuse files would be seen as …
NBC News:
Epstein accusers put pressure on Congress to release the files
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Massie implores GOP colleagues to help force vote to release Epstein files
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA splinters as Epstein fight returns to Congress
Washington Post:
Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so  —  Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.  —  Florida's surgeon general on Wednesday announced plans to end all state vaccine mandates …
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Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis and Ladapo to ‘end all vaccine mandates in Florida law’  —  Florida is set to end all state vaccine mandates, state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced at a news conference Wednesday.For decades, the state has required numerous vaccines for kids attending school …
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Ron DeSantis Risks Letting Polio, Measles Spread in Florida Schools
Discussion: New York Times
Mehdi Hasan / The Guardian:
It's time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down  —  This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting, and fearless opposition.  We all deserve better  —  In a recent podcast conversation, the former spokesperson for Jeb Bush sat down with the leader of the House Democrats.
Discussion: National Politics
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Emily Baumgaertner Nunn / New York Times:
Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines  —  Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  California, Oregon and Washington announced plans …
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Amelia Templeton / OPB:
Oregon, Washington, California form health care alliance to protect vaccine access  —  The announcement comes after a week of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over vaccines.  —  The democratic governors of Oregon, Washington and California are forming …
Discussion: NOTUS, NewsMax.com and The Hill
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests  —  What was happening in the criminal case of Nathalie Rose Jones, who was facing charges in Washington, D.C., federal court this summer, wasn't typical.  —  A grand jury of Washington, D.C., citizens on Tuesday …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House fails to censure LaMonica McIver in shock vote  —  House Democrats, with help from more than half a dozen Republicans, succeeded in killing a motion to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) for clashing with ICE officers in April. … - “If House Republicans think they can make me run scared …
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
House Democrats move to punish GOP Rep. Cory Mills in censure escalation
Discussion: The Hill and Florida Politics
Eoin Higgins / MSNBC:
A political novice's campaign to unseat Sen. Susan Collins is off to a strong start  —  Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran, represents a new pugilistic approach to Democratic politics.  —  Speaking to a crowd of over 6,500 in Portland, Maine, on Labor Day …
Discussion: Common Dreams and HuffPost
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Lee Drutman / Vox:   The 65-year-old theory that helps explain why the Democrats keep losing
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump aides push a megabill rebrand as some House Republicans bristle  —  Top White House officials tried to salvage President Donald Trump's major legislative achievement in a Wednesday morning briefing with House Republicans, pushing a rebrand for the megabill as it flounders with key voting blocs.
Discussion: Reuters, Salon and Raw Story
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Team Urges G.O.P. to Rebrand Signature Policy Law
Discussion: New York Magazine
Liam Reilly / CNN:
Newsmax sues Fox News, calling it a monopoly that abuses its power  —  Christopher Ruddy's pro-Trump channel Newsmax on Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News, accusing the Rupert Murdoch-owned broadcaster of illegally blocking competition in the right-wing pay-TV market.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Saddest Little Dictator  —  Trump is so weak that Xi Jinping doesn't even feel the need to manipulate him anymore.  Meanwhile the rest of the world is moving on from America too.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Military Parades  —  China staged a massive military parade in Tiananmen Square today.
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BBC:
Putin and Kim join Xi in show of strength as China unveils new weapons at huge military parade
Damon Linker / Persuasion:
America Is Choosing Decline  —  The late Charles Krauthammer played a small part in provoking my exodus from the political right a little more than two decades ago.  —  He was one of a couple dozen neoconservative pundits who went all-in on providing a full-spectrum endorsement of the invasion of Iraq.
Emily Peck / Axios:
Trump's return to office order worked  —  The remote work era is over in Washington: The share of federal employees working in-office is up sharply from last year, a Gallup survey released Wednesday finds.  —  Why it matters: President Trump's return-to-office order worked — and then some.
NPR:
Trump confirms U.S. strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat  —  Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are rising.  Days after sending U.S. gunboats to South American waters, President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. Navy struck a vessel in the southern Caribbean carrying what he described as a Venezuelan drug shipment.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Hegseth: Venezuela mission won't stop “with just this strike”
Politico:
Tillis says he will not consider Lisa Cook Fed replacement amid legal dispute  —  Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said Wednesday he would not consider a nominee to replace ousted Fed Gov. Lisa Cook until the legality of President Donald Trump's move to fire her has been determined in court …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism  —  President Donald Trump's effort to threaten American cities with federal military presence — a threat he has followed through on, using different authorities to do so, in two cities — got its strongest pushback yet on Tuesday morning.
Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
More than 1,000 current, former HHS employees sign letter calling on RFK Jr. to resign  —  Staffers accused Kennedy of “endangering the nation's health.”  —  Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speaks as President Donald J Trump chairs a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room …
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David Mastio / Kansas City Star:
Eric Schmitt's conservative history isn't the America I want my kids taught  —  At the National Conservatism Conference in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt gave a speech about American history in which the only brown person mentioned was George Floyd …
Discussion: The Daily Signal and New Republic
Media Matters for America:
Trump ally Laura Loomer on Palestinian children seeking medical care in US: “You think these kids are so innocent?”  —  Loomer: “You think these kids are so innocent?  Because they're kids?  Yeah? ...  You think little kids are not capable of evil?”
Schuyler Mitchell / Mother Jones:
The National Guard Soldier Pissed About Trump's DC Takeover  —  “This is an encroachment on everything we signed up for and it feels like a violation.”  —  Thanks to President Donald Trump, the residents of Washington, DC, are now safe from the horrors of fallen leaves and errant litter.
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Seven German AfD politicians die within weeks of each other ahead of elections  —  Seven Alternative für Deutschland politicians died within two weeks of each other before local elections, prompting party leaders to hint at foul play.  —  Five direct AfD candidates and two reserve candidates …
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler  —  A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II.  —  “The story we got about world war ii is all wrong,” a guest told Tucker Carlson on his podcast two weeks ago.  “I think that's right,” replied Carlson.
Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Trump “worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize” for COVID vaccines, Pfizer CEO says … - His Health and Human and Services Department, led by vaccine skeptic Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is limiting access to COVID vaccines.  — Kennedy is also pulling $500 million in funding to develop new mRNA vaccines …
Discussion: New York Times, STAT and Pfizer
 
 
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ProPublica:
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Brakkton Booker / Politico:
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Trump floats federal troops to New Orleans, not Chicago
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