WHAT'S BREWING
JAPAN'S LONGEST-SERVING PM TO RESIGN Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will step down due to his declining health. “It is gut-wrenching to have to leave my job before accomplishing my goals,” Abe said Friday. He is expected to stay on until a new party leader is approved. Concerns over his chronic health issues intensified this month when he visited a Tokyo hospital two weeks in a row for unspecified checkups. [AP]
TRUMP DOJ TARGETS DEMOCRATIC GOVS The top civil rights official at the Department of Justice said he was considering launching investigations into how state-owned nursing homes responded to the coronavirus. The unusual announcement targeted states with Democratic governors, raising suspicions that the move is politically motivated. [HuffPost]
'FACEBOOK HAS BLOOD ON ITS HANDS' Facebook deliberately took no action against a group on its platform as members plotted an armed takeover of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and encouraged each other to "shoot and kill." Civil rights organization Muslim Advocates repeatedly highlighted the danger until Facebook took down the page. [HuffPost]
ANN DORN SPEECH CONTRADICTS DAUGHTERS' WISHES In a poignant speech at the RNC, Ann Dorn spoke about the death of her husband, retired police captain David Dorn, who was fatally shot in June amid violent protests in St. Louis. But his daughters had urged her to "not politicize" their father's death. [HuffPost]
TRUMP ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR RED STATES When wildfires rage in blue California, the president slams the state for doing a poor job "raking" forests. When a hurricane takes aim at red states along the Gulf of Mexico, Trump stands ready to assist. But the disparities in the Trump administration's disaster responses are nothing new. [HuffPost]
TRUMP JR. ROBOCALL A robocall from Donald Trump Jr. is urging thousands of Republicans to vote by mail, despite his father's false ragings that voting by mail is "fraudulent." [HuffPost] | 
