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Biden set to step up attack on ‘extremist’ threats to democracy
PBS NewsHourSeptember 2, 2022 (05:48)
Biden ramps up against Trump’s threat to democracy
CNN, Stephen CollinsonSeptember 2, 2022

Even on the day that President Joe Biden delivered his most jarring warning yet that democracy is in severe danger, Donald Trump teased how he might use a new White House term to further erode that core American birthright.

At Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and their fellow founders set the nation on a democratic path, Biden warned their legacy of government for the people by the people was in peril in one of the most stark prime-time speeches ever given by a president.

He warned that Trump and his fellow ideologues represent a dark, dangerous force bent on using lies and violence to crush the will of the majority.

“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” Biden said in another energetic and passionate speech that belied the low-wattage tone of much of his term so far.

Don Beyer interviewed by GMU students
CNN, Tierney Sneed, August 31, 2022 – 3:00 pm to 3:26 pm (ET) (09:31)

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/02/politics/judge-releases-full-detailed-inventory-from-the-mar-a-lago-search/index.html

Moderator: Connor Oatman, US onAir – connor.oatman@onair.cc
Aircaster: Ben Murphy, US onAir – ben.murphy@onair.cc

Featured Guest: Congressman Don Beyer, US House VA-08
Student Guests: Valentina Autolino, Frida Cervantes, Devin Pieczynski, Gabriel Yu from George Mason University.  Students will be asking Congressman Don Beyer about his positions on a number of issues including abortion, guns, and funding college education.

Mar-a-Lago search inventory shows documents marked as classified
CNN, Tierney SneedSeptember 2, 2022

US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday released a detailed inventory from the Mar-a-Lago search that the Justice Department previously filed under seal in court.

The search inventory released showed that classified documents had been mixed in with personal items and other materials in the boxes in which they were stored.

Federal investigators also retrieved more than 11,000 non-classified government documents.
One box containing documents marked with confidential, secret and top secret classification identifications also contained “99 magazines/newspapers/press articles,” according to the inventory from last month’s search filed in federal court in Florida.

Several other boxes detailed in the inventory contained documents marked as classified stored with press clippings, as well as with articles of clothing and gifts.

Trump says he will ‘very, very seriously’ consider January 6 pardons if he runs and wins in 2024
CNN, Annie Grayer et al.September 2, 2022

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he will “very, very seriously” consider full pardons for the rioters who breached the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, if he runs for reelection and wins.

“I will tell you, I will look very, very favorably about full pardons. If I decide to run and if I win, I will be looking very, very strongly about pardons. Full pardons,” Trump said on Wendy Bell Radio Thursday, adding: “We’ll be looking very, very seriously at full pardons because we can’t let that happen. … And I mean full pardons with an apology to many.”

Trump had made a similar promise during his final days in office when some of the January 6 rioters were already in jail. None, however, were pardoned before he left office.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House select committee investigating January 6, told CNN’s Victor Blackwell on “CNN Tonight” Thursday night that she found Trump’s pardon remarks “shocking,” especially after a January 6 rioter was sentenced earlier in the day to 10 years for assaulting a police officer.

U.N. inspectors reach nuclear plant caught in crossfire of Ukrainian and Russian fighting
PBS NewsHourSeptember 2, 2022 (01:40)

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