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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Broad disapproval for Trump's handling of coronavirus, race relations: POLL — Evaluation of Trump's oversight of the COVID-19 crisis reached a new low. — President Donald Trump is facing broad disapproval for his management of the two major crises gripping the nation …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Trump Is Selling White Grievance. The Suburbs Aren't Buying It.
Trump Is Selling White Grievance. The Suburbs Aren't Buying It.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Poll shows Trump's coronavirus approval at all-time low
Poll shows Trump's coronavirus approval at all-time low
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Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times:
Anthony Fauci: ‘We are living in the perfect storm’ — The straight-talking scientist on keeping the peace with Trump and the hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine — I hear Anthony Fauci before I see him. Out of view of our video call, he asks his tech assistant: “Have you wiped down the table?”
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump says Fauci ‘made a lot of mistakes’
Trump says Fauci ‘made a lot of mistakes’
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Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
What Women Want — Here's what women who voted for Trump in 2016 are saying about him now. — One of the great mysteries of 2016 was why so many women voted for Donald Trump. — Despite being caught on a hot mic talking about grabbing women “by the pu**y,” nearly 20 sexual assault allegations …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
An Unexpected Struggle for Trump: Defining an Elusive Biden
An Unexpected Struggle for Trump: Defining an Elusive Biden
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Political Wire
Max Cohen / Politico:
Trump accuses Biden of plagiarizing his economic proposals
Trump accuses Biden of plagiarizing his economic proposals
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Rally Postponed, Campaign Says, Citing Weather — The event was set to be held in Portsmouth, N.H., on Saturday. The campaign delayed it amid ongoing concerns about President Trump attracting only small crowds at his events. — WASHINGTON — Amid ongoing concerns …
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump predicts ‘big crowd’ for Saturday night's rally in New Hampshire
Trump predicts ‘big crowd’ for Saturday night's rally in New Hampshire
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Washington Post, Politico and Donald J. Trump for President
David Goldman / CNN:
Goya Foods boycott takes off after its CEO praises Trump — New York (CNN Business)The hashtag #Goyaway was trending on social media Friday after Robert Unanue, CEO of Goya Foods, appeared in the White House Rose Garden Thursday afternoon and praised President Donald Trump.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
White House liaison to Hill out amid allegations of contacts with lobbyists
White House liaison to Hill out amid allegations of contacts with lobbyists
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Alana Wise / NPR:
Goyaway: Calls To Boycott Goya Foods After CEO Praises President Trump
Goyaway: Calls To Boycott Goya Foods After CEO Praises President Trump
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Goya's CEO said the U.S. is ‘truly blessed’ with President Trump. Latinos are now boycotting.
Goya's CEO said the U.S. is ‘truly blessed’ with President Trump. Latinos are now boycotting.
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Axios
Joshua Nelson / Fox News:
Goya Foods CEO won't apologize in face of boycott, backlash for pro-Trump remarks: ‘Suppression of speech’
Goya Foods CEO won't apologize in face of boycott, backlash for pro-Trump remarks: ‘Suppression of speech’
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Washington Post:
Trump the victim: President complains in private about the pandemic hurting him — Callers on President Trump in recent weeks have come to expect what several allies and advisers describe as a “woe-is-me” preamble. — The president rants about the deadly coronavirus destroying …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He ‘Aced’ Cognitive Test, but White House Won't Release Details — President Trump has repeatedly ridiculed Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s fitness to be president. Mr. Biden's campaign has called it a smear that has backfired. — President Trump on Thursday volunteered to Sean Hannity …
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Will Feuer / CNBC:
U.S. reports record single-day spike of 63,200 new cases of coronavirus — It's the second time this week the U.S. topped its record for coronavirus cases reported in a 24-hour period. — Cases were growing, on average, by at least 5% in 36 states and the District of Columbia as of Thursday …
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New York Times:
Amazon Makes Employees Delete TikTok From Phones, Citing Security Risk — TikTok, owned by Chinese company Bytedance, has been under scrutiny as a potential national security threat. — SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon has asked its employees to delete the Chinese-owned video app TikTok from their cellphones …
Emily Baumgaertner / Los Angeles Times:
A plasma shot could prevent coronavirus. But feds and makers won't act, scientists say — It might be the next best thing to a coronavirus vaccine. — Scientists have devised a way to use the antibody-rich blood plasma of COVID-19 survivors for an upper-arm injection …
The Objective:
A More Specific Letter on Justice and Open Debate — On Tuesday, 153 of the most prominent journalists, authors, and writers, including J. K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, and David Brooks, published an open call for civility in Harper's Magazine. They write, in the pages …
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Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
Why Isn't California Criticized Like Florida on Covid-19? — It's a blue state, of course. But the virus doesn't discriminate based on party affiliation. — LISTEN TO ARTICLE — 6:52 — SHARE THIS ARTICLE — Share — Tweet — Post — Email
New York Times:
How ICE Helped Spread the Coronavirus — These four immigrants have something in common. They were recently deported from the United States, and they all had the coronavirus. Even as extreme measures were taken around the world to stop the spread of Covid-19, Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
A top terrorism fighter's dire warning — America's intelligence agencies risk slipping back into dangerous pre-9/11 habits, a recently departed top counterterrorism official is warning in his first public remarks on the matter. — Russell Travers, former head of the U.S. government's hub …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Coronavirus Will Be the Real Swing Voter in November — If you want to see the appeal of Joe Biden, I urge you to watch a recent appearance on ABC News. It was tweeted out, in a doozy of a self-own, by Sean Hannity no less. Grandpa Joe is in front of a window that looks out on a calming, summery garden.
Associated Press:
AP: After lobbying, Catholic Church won $1.4B in virus aid — NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses …
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Josh Axelrod / New Jersey Online:
Iconic Chris Christie beach pic added to Jersey Shore mural — Most passersby on the Ocean City boardwalk might notice a storefront mural, splashed across concrete in beachy pastel colors, overlooking the crashing waves of the Atlantic. They might recognize the iconic Music Pier …
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
The real villain of Mary Trump's family tell-all isn't Donald. It's Fred. — Review of “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man” by Mary L. Trump — TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man — Simon & Schuster.
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Nandini Jammi:
I'm leaving Sleeping Giants, but not because I want to — How my white male co-founder gaslighted me out of the movement we built together. — Nearly four years after I began building Sleeping Giants, the campaign to make bigotry and sexism unprofitable, I'm leaving — but not because I want to.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Elissa Slotkin Is Sounding the Alarm. Will Democrats Listen? — When one of Elissa Slotkin's staffers passed along a New York Times report alleging that Russia had put bounties on the heads of American troops in Afghanistan—and that President Donald Trump either did not consume …
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Will “Cancel Culture” Stop Democratic Momentum? — As we have seen over the past week, the president is eager to frame this election as a war over the symbols, monuments and statues that celebrate America's historic figures. As a White House aide told the Wall Street Journal the other day …
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New York Times:
A Reporter's Lonely Mission When the Writing Is on the Wall — His newspaper has withered under a hedge fund. His industry was in turmoil even before a pandemic. But Evan Brandt won't stop chronicling his town. — POTTSTOWN, Pa. — An essential worker drove his cluttered Toyota Corolla through …
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese virologist accuses Beijing of coronavirus cover-up, flees Hong Kong: ‘I know how they treat whistleblowers’ — Li-Meng Yan told Fox News that she believes China knew about the coronavirus well before it claimed it did. She says her supervisors also ignored research …
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The Daily Beast:
‘Worse Than New York’: How Coronavirus Exploded in South Carolina — South Carolina is besieged by the coronavirus, reporting more cases per capita than most countries. “We've completely lost control of the situation,” one doctor told the Beast. — At one hospital in Charleston …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The Coronavirus Can Be Airborne Indoors, W.H.O. Says — The agency also explained more directly that people without symptoms may spread the virus. The acknowledgments should have come sooner, some experts said. — The coronavirus may linger in the air in crowded indoor spaces …
Joe Sutton / CNN:
Utah governor declares state of emergency during protests over ruling that fatal police shooting was justified — (CNN)The governor of Utah has declared a state of emergency in response to protests in Salt Lake City. — The protests began hours after the Salt Lake County District Attorney announced …
Washington Post:
Touting criticized study, White House presses FDA to authorize hydroxychloroquine — again — Trade adviser Peter Navarro leads the effort with support from Rudy Giuliani, the president's lawyer, and Laura Ingraham's show on Fox News. — White House trade adviser Peter Navarro is leading …
Houston Chronicle:
Gov. Abbott didn't listen to coronavirus warnings and Texans died — One moment in Texas' battle against this ravenous pandemic signaled whether Gov. Greg Abbott would lead as the state's top executive or a top political boss. Back in May, Abbott made the fateful decision to side …
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
A small, mostly white Virginia town put up a ‘Black Lives Matter’ banner. Ginni Thomas denounced it. — The banner says “Welcome to Clifton where Black Lives Matter.” — It was posted over the tiny Northern Virginia town's Main Street, in a space mostly used to advertise community events …
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