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10:20 AM ET, September 2, 2026

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Perry Bacon / New Republic:
Good Riddance, Seth Moulton: You Got What You Deserved … The biggest reason that Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election is probably the post-Covid-19 inflation and anti-incumbent sentiment that resulted in parties in power across the world being defeated.  It didn't help that she refused …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Reuters:
Massachusetts Democrats renominate Senator Ed Markey in race seen as test on generational change  —  U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts won renomination on Tuesday, according to U.S. media, as Democratic voters favored the 80-year-old progressive over 47-year-old Seth Moulton …
Ramsey Touchberry / Washington Examiner:
Ed Markey survives Massachusetts Senate primary challenge from Seth Moulton
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey fends off Massachusetts primary challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrats left reeling after shock defections  —  House Democrats were left stunned and pointing fingers Tuesday after a pair of centrist lawmakers unexpectedly helped Republican leadership pass a key procedural vote. … - The two centrists, Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) …
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Jen Fifield / ProPublica:
New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials' Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement  —  In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump begs SCOTUS to let him unleash midterm chaos  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✅ Subscribe to PN ✅  —  The important thing to know here is that this is all John Roberts's fault.  —  We're on the precipice of complete chaos as Trump tries to seize control of the midterms.
John Light / Talking Points Memo:
‘A Shit Show’: Postal Service Whistleblower Warns That New Project Will Sow Chaos in Election
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Pentagon turmoil deepens as Hegseth consolidates control
Discussion: CNN and Alternet.org
Bloomberg:
US Army Secretary Driscoll Resigns After Clash With Hegseth
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Can Susan Collins Survive the Craziest Race in the Country? … Yet nowhere has been as idyllic as Perry's Lobster Shack.  —  Set on a harbor, where — in local parlance — Midcoast meets Downeast, the view from Perry's over the water is of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The 19th
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: GOP Super PAC hits Jackson on transgender issues
Jeffrey Stein / The Hill:
Trump's boat strikes are illegal.  Does it matter?  —  On Oct. 12 of last year, Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo boarded a small boat docked just beyond a Venezuelan beach.  The two Trinidadian men had recently fished together and picked up work as farm hands in Venezuela, but it was time for them to get back to Trinidad.
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Nick Turse / The Intercept:
The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”  —  “The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”  —  TOP MILITARY OFFICERS from a secretive command watched a speedboat cut through the waters of the Caribbean Sea, early last September.
Discussion: New Republic
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Lucia Kassai / Bloomberg:
How the US Is Taking Direct Control of Venezuelan Oil
Nick Sloan / KMBC:
More than 68% of voters support recall of Independence Councilman John Perkins  —  Voters in Independence have successfully recalled a councilman after his vote to approve a multibillion-dollar data center.  —  District 1 Councilman John Perkins was recalled during a special election on Tuesday …
Jake Traylor / MS NOW:
Protests erupt over plan to slash polling locations in key Texas swing county  —  The third-most populous county in Texas will have nearly a third fewer polling places this November after Republican county commissioners dramatically reduced the number of polling locations in Tarrant County.
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Cecilia Lenzen / Fort Worth Report:
Tarrant County's November elections will have 92 fewer places to cast ballots than 2022
Discussion: Democracy Docket
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
House censures Rep. Chuck Edwards for conduct toward former female staffers  —  The House voted Tuesday to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., following a House Ethics Committee investigation that concluded he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers in his office.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
What JD Vance's Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals  —  JD Vance is pretending to be very, very angry at Abdul El-Sayed for drawing his wife, Usha Vance, into our political debates.  “Abdul, keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth,” Vance seethed while campaigning …
Shane Harris / The Atlantic:
The Air Marshals Keeping Watch On Eric Swalwell  —  On August 8, former Representative Eric Swalwell boarded a United Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington, D.C. He didn't know it, but federal agents were watching him throughout the nine-hour trip.
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Poll shows nearly 90% of Americans believe government corruption is widespread  —  The belief increased by 10 percentage points compared with last year, a Gallup poll found.  —  Summary  —  A record number of Americans believe there is widespread corruption in the U.S. government …
Discussion: Semafor
The Bulwark:
Mike Johnson, Wet Noodle  —  Democrats can (and should) run against the do-anything-Trump-wants Congress.  —  Donald Trump has spent two years openly favoring red states over blue ones while disbursing federal disaster relief funds, but it's still surreal to see him talk openly about it.
Discussion: MS NOW
Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump  —  British far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was ‘really, really terrified’  —  Milo Yiannopoulos, the British far-right commentator who was arrested last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
YouGov:
A record 38% of Republicans say Canada is unfriendly or an enemy of the U.S.  —  President Donald Trump recently imposed a 50% tariff on many Canadian goods, a move most Americans are strongly or somewhat opposed to, the latest Economist/YouGov Poll finds.  58% of Americans are opposed …
New York Times:
Former President Joe Biden Will Attend Sept. 11 Ceremony in New York  —  Mr. Biden will join three other living presidents at the event.  President Trump has decided to skip the ceremony and is expected to appear at the Pentagon on the 25th anniversary of the attacks.
Discussion: The Independent
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Some Allies Are Pushing Back on Trump's Economic Approach  —  At a summit meant to showcase President Trump's economic policies as a model for the world, Europeans complained about tariffs and the war with Iran.  —  Nearly every session at the Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers …
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
LGBTQ+ Arizonans gather in mourning and defiance after deadly gay bar shooting  —  LGBTQ+ organizations in Arizona will hold a vigil Wednesday for two men killed outside a longtime gay bar, as advocates warn that a note found with the suspected gunman indicates other queer gathering places may also have been targeted.
Washington Post:
Using legal loopholes and executive power, Trump is remaking Washington  —  The president's ballroom and other projects are racing the courts and the clock, as the GOP-led Congress largely sits silent.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump has said he was puzzled when aides told …
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
“Like pissing in the wind”: Local concerns bulldozed by Trump's border wall plan  —  The Trump administration has a blunt message for state and local officials trying to prevent construction of a wall and other security measures along the 2,000-mile southern border: Resistance is futile.
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Fox News Host Tells AOC, ‘Girl, No Conservative Would Want To Date You’  —  Fox News host Julie Banderas insisted that “no conservative” would ever want to date Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and that only a “brave soul” would want to father her children.
 
 
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Paul Krugman:
The Hits Keep Coming
Discussion: Alternet.org
Aram Roston / The Guardian:
Pentagon official overseeing military AI sold millions worth of stock in AI firm
New York Post:
Democrats are selling their souls by accepting Abdul El-Sayed
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Hill
NBC News:
Iran attempted cyberattacks on range of U.S. infrastructure, sources say
Discussion: Mediaite
Vanessa Romo / NPR:
ICE detainee dies just hours after he was admitted into detention
Discussion: Popular Information
Raymond Fernández / NOTUS:
Here's How Republicans Are Running Campaigns Against Independent Candidates
Discussion: Military.com and NBC News
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Politico:
Republicans aren't exactly flocking to Trump's midterm convention
US Department of Justice:
American Citizen who Worked as an Agent for the PRC Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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USS Abraham Lincoln Arrives at Thailand Port After Nine Months at Sea
Jalen Beckford / Politico:
Trump to promote acting Navy secretary amid Pentagon turmoil
Donica Phifer / Axios:
Apple joins Google in renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America”
 

 
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Sarah Fielding / Fast Company:
Meta delays new commercial terms that critics say let it scrape publisher content to November 20, a day after the News/Media Alliance demanded their withdrawal

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez urges the NAB, the broadcast industry's largest lobbying group, to defend the right of TV newsrooms to report on polls

Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Former Fox Nation host Britt McHenry is forced to resign from her new US State Department press adviser job after being filmed in a confrontation at an NBA game

 
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