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Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed News:
Why People Like Marianne Williamson  —  On some level, we all seem to know that Marianne Williamson shouldn't exactly be on the debate stage.  Even she seems to know it, because she operates like she's performing a commentary on the rest of the stage, speaking from a different stage about the debate taking place.
Discussion: Reason and Spectator USA
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Here's Who Won (and Lost) the Second Democratic Debate, Night One  —  Days after a heavily armed sociopath unleashed hell on yet another American community — and the president directed yet another racist tantrum at his nonwhite constituents — ten of the Democratic Party's top 2020 hopefuls gathered …
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Axelrod: “Large Numbers Of People” Oppose Medicare For All, Healthcare For Illegals, Decriminalizing Border  —  Former chief strategist for former President Obama's presidential campaign and advisor to the president David Axelrod said the agenda presented by Democratic presidential candidates …
Discussion: Townhall
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The realists attacked the revolutionaries, and the revolutionaries won, in the Democratic debate
Discussion: Fox News, National Review and Mediaite
Jonathan Merritt / Washington Post:
I've worked for Marianne Williamson. She is no kook.
Discussion: Mediaite and Quartz
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
New Age Marianne Williamson is breakout winner of Democratic debate
Eric Bradner / CNN:
7 takeaways from the Democratic debate's first night
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog and The Wrap
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Delaney says Warren's put-down of him on the debate stage was ‘dishonest’ and ‘lazy’
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Marianne Williamson's fans made her the ‘orb queen’ of the 2020 campaign
Bhaskar Sunkara / The Guardian:
It's Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren v the 'No We Can't' Democrats
Discussion: KTLA and Washington Post
Cary Aspinwall / Dallas Morning News:
'You're gonna kill me!':  Dallas police body cam footage reveals the final minutes of Tony Timpa's life  —  Tony Timpa wailed and pleaded for help more than 30 times as Dallas police officers pinned his shoulders, knees and neck to the ground.  —  “You're gonna kill me!  You're gonna kill me!
Discussion: The Independent
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. has intel that Osama bin Laden's son and heir Hamza is dead, say officials  —  The officials would not provide details of how Hamza bin Laden died, or if the U.S. played a role.  It is unclear if the U.S. has confirmed his death.  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. has obtained intelligence …
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Ratcliffe questioned intelligence community's role in Russia investigation  —  CNN security analyst sounds the alarm on Trump's pick 03:47  —  (CNN) — President Donald Trump's pick to be the next director of national intelligence, which has oversight over the CIA, has pushed …
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Fed Cuts Interest Rates for First Time Since 2008 Crisis  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade, an effort to guard the record-long economic expansion against mounting global risks.  —  The widely expected quarter-point move …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:   FED CUTS RATE BY A QUARTER POINT, CITES ‘GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS,’ ‘MUTED INFLATION’
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
How Long Can Real Conservatives Make Excuses for Trump?  —  Republicans who made the so-called transactional case for Trump didn't anticipate the full cost.  —  During each week of the Donald Trump presidency, but especially the last few, liberals and conservatives have been splitting further apart on race.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Baltimore Sun:
HUD Sec. Ben Carson decries Baltimore ‘animosity’ after church boots news conference from property  —  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson came to Baltimore Wednesday to tout the Trump administration's efforts to improve urban areas.
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partied together.  Then an oceanfront Palm Beach mansion came between them.  —  For the better part of two decades starting in the late 1980s, Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump swam in the same social pool.  They were neighbors in Florida.
Discussion: The Week
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Nunes Ally Kash Patel Who Fought Russia Probe Gets Senior White House National Security Job  —  Patel was one of the leading staffers pushing back against FBI investigations of Trump-Russia.  He's now senior director of the National Security Council's terrorism directorate.
Discussion: Politico
John Archibald / al.com:
George Wallace's daughter: 'I've never seen anything like it'  —  This is an opinion column.  —  Peggy Wallace Kennedy went to political rallies with her dad - George Wallace - as he ran for president in the '60s and '70s.  —  She saw hate and anger that a child should not have to see.
Associated Press:
Trump ‘rodent’ tweets ring true at Kushner-owned apartments  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — Davon Jones doesn't have to look far to see the irony in President Donald Trump's tweets that Baltimore is a “rat and rodent infested mess.”  His apartment owned by the president's son-in-law has been invaded by mice since he moved in a year ago.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Heartland Is Moving in Different Directions  —  The Midwest remains undecided, but conflicting trends point alternately toward victory for Trump or his eventual opponent.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.
Deena Prichep / Washington Post:
Even one of Trump's favorite foods has a hidden Russia connection  —  It's high summer — hamburger season.  The char, the fat, the squishy perfection of processed bread sopping up the overflowing juices — doesn't it somehow seem like Americans' birthright?
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Ex-McConnell staffers lobbied on Russian-backed Kentucky project  —  Two former top staffers to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have lobbied Congress and the Treasury Department on the development of a new Kentucky aluminum mill backed by the Russian aluminum giant Rusal, according to a new lobbying disclosure.
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez says marginalized communities ‘have no choice but to riot’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said this week during an appearance on Ebro in the Morning that marginalized communities have “no choice but to riot.”  —  “Once you have a group that is marginalized. …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
San Francisco Chronicle:
Search of Gilroy gunman's home finds items suggesting massive attack, white supremacy materials  —  Investigators who searched the Nevada home of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter found the makings of a massive attack, including a gas mask, bulletproof vest and empty boxes of ammunition …
Discussion: American Greatness and UPI
Yahoo:
Mario Lopez: It's ‘dangerous’ for parents to support transgender kids  —  Mario Lopez claims that parents who allow their children to live according to their  —  self-identified genders are setting a “dangerous” example.  —  Lopez, a father of three, shared his opinions during a June interview …
Washington Examiner:
Democrats just purged white party staffers, and it's a bigger deal than anyone wants to admit  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House Democrats' powerful campaign arm, has just abruptly purged half a dozen staffers.  Why?  Because they are white.
Discussion: Instapundit
Page Six:
A-listers flock to Google summit in private jets, mega yachts to talk climate change  —  The world's rich and famous have flocked to a posh Italian resort to talk about saving Mother Earth — but they sure are punishing her in the process.  —  The billionaire creators of Google have invited …
 
 
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New York Times:
Winners and Losers of the Democratic Debate
Discussion: Vox and Slate
Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
U.S.-China Trade Talks End With No Deal in Sight
Discussion: Lawfare
New York Times:
Need Extra Time on Tests? It Helps to Have Cash
Discussion: The Week
Esfandyar Batmanghelidj / Insight:
July 31, 2019Trump's NSC ‘Blocks’ Swiss Effort to Ease Iran Humanitarian Trade
Jason Steinhauer / Washington Post:
Electability has a vital role in presidential primaries
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump administration may end protected status for Syrians, leaving many fearing ‘a death sentence’
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Washington Post:
White House races to come up with health-care wins for Trump's campaign
Discussion: Mother Jones
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Pompeo Says Senate Run Is ‘Off the Table.’ His Actions Are Suggesting Otherwise
Wall Street Journal:
The 99% Get a Bigger Raise  —  New data show much faster growth in wages and incomes.
Jake Sherman / Politico:
GOP Rep. Mike Conaway won't seek reelection in 2020
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Donald Trump at the Overton Window
Discussion: Townhall, Politico and Daily Wire
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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