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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's rage at Fauci just boomeranged back on him — President Trump was probably thrilled when he learned that aides sent reporters opposition-research-style bullet points about Anthony S. Fauci. After all, we're told, Trump is a “counter-puncher,” and Fauci has made him look bad …
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ABC News:
White House seeks to discredit Fauci in memo leaked to reporters
White House seeks to discredit Fauci in memo leaked to reporters
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New York Times, The Hill and The Mahablog
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Mark Meadows finds it's not so easy being chief
Mark Meadows finds it's not so easy being chief
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Washington Post, Raw Story, The Week, Alternet.org and One America News Network
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The White House's maligning of Anthony Fauci, annotated
The White House's maligning of Anthony Fauci, annotated
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The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Alternet.org and New York Times
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows lays traps to find suspected leakers
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows lays traps to find suspected leakers
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Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Big League Politics, Talking Points Memo, Gothamist, Alternet.org, The Week, Raw Story and The Hill
Washington Post:
Redskins to retire team name Monday; new name to be revealed later — The Washington Redskins plan to announce Monday morning that they will change their team name, three people with knowledge of the situation confirmed Sunday night. The team is not expected to reveal a new name until a later date.
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ESPN, Sports Business Daily, The Hill, The Week, Rolling Stone, Outside the Beltway, The Wrap, Just The News and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: White House declares open season on Fauci
POLITICO Playbook: White House declares open season on Fauci
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No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Times, Political Wire, Wall Street Journal and The Week
USA Today:
Washington NFL team to announce retirement of ‘Redskins’ nickname, reveal new name Monday
Robert McCartney / Washington Post:
Corporate money, Black Lives Matter protests and elites' opinion drove Redskins name change
Corporate money, Black Lives Matter protests and elites' opinion drove Redskins name change
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Townhall, National Review, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Week
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge seeks more details on Trump's clemency for Roger Stone — WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday demanded more information about President Donald Trump's decision to commute the prison sentence of longtime ally Roger Stone. — U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered …
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The Daily Caller and The Hill
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Roger Stone says he plans to campaign for Trump
Roger Stone says he plans to campaign for Trump
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Talking Points Memo, CNN, TVNewser, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller, New York Times, HillReporter.com, IJR, The Hill and Washington Times
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Former Mueller prosecutor writing book on investigation — NEW YORK (AP) — A top prosecutor for special counsel Robert Mueller has a book coming out this fall about the two-year investigation into the alleged ties between Russia and the 2016 campaign of President Donald Trump.
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Axios and The Daily Caller
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Top Mueller lawyer to publish insider account of Trump-Russia investigation
Top Mueller lawyer to publish insider account of Trump-Russia investigation
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The Hill, IJR, POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Richard North Patterson / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Cornered. Here's Why. — The pandemic. Race relations. Unemployment. And more—including his own unlikable self. — The electoral dynamics have already hardened. Donald Trump will lose if everyone who wants to vote can. His remaining hope is to choose his own electorate.
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Raw Story
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Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
'He's in trouble here': can Trump win this critical swing state again?
'He's in trouble here': can Trump win this critical swing state again?
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Choke Point for U.S. Coronavirus Response: The Fax Machine — Before public health officials can manage the pandemic, they must deal with a broken data system that sends incomplete results in formats they can't easily use. — Public health officials in Houston are struggling to keep …
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Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Americans' Face Mask Usage Varies Greatly by Demographics — WASHINGTON, D.C. — It has been more than three months since the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reversed course and recommended that Americans wear face masks in public to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
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The Hill and Outside the Beltway
Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘He Is and Always Will Be a Terrified Little Boy’ — Donald Trump is the damaged product of an absent mother and a sociopathic father. — That's in essence Mary Trump's assessment in her ultra-anticipated instant bestseller that's due out Tuesday—Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man.
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Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Mary Trump scolds media for downplaying Donald's mental disorders
Mary Trump scolds media for downplaying Donald's mental disorders
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Mediaite
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
The Texas Rangers' team name must go — As the Washington football team finally gives up its racist slur of a name, there is one major sports team that has avoided the spotlight and resisted meaningful engagement with the violent and racist implications of its name.
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CBS Baltimore, Althouse and Twitchy
Mick Mulvaney / CNBC:
Op-ed: The next stimulus bill should focus on dealing with Covid-19 — If we are going to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars, let's do it to treat the cause of our economic illness, not just the symptoms, writes Mick Mulvaney. — By now everyone expects that Congress will pass another stimulus package.
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Politico, The Week, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Alternet.org
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Warns That Biden Presidency Would Be Disaster (for Ratings) — Last month, when asked what new goals he would accomplish in a second term, President Trump rambled so incoherently his allies responded with public distress. The answer was so bad that his unofficial spokesperson Sean Hannity offered …
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
More than 200 schools back lawsuit over foreign student rule — BOSTON (AP) — More than 200 universities are backing a legal challenge to the Trump administration's new restrictions on international students, arguing that the policy jeopardizes students' safety and forces schools …
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Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Immunity to Covid-19 could be lost in months, UK study suggests — Exclusive: King's College London team found steep drops in patients' antibody levels three months after infection — People who have recovered from Covid-19 may lose their immunity to the disease within months …
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Vox, The Daily Caller and New York Post
Politico:
‘Adapt immediately or find a new job’: Senate GOP confronts fundraising emergency — Last month, the National Republican Senatorial Committee prepared a slideshow for Senate chiefs of staff full of bleak numbers about the party's failure to compete with Democrats on digital fundraising.
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The Week, Alternet.org, Raw Story and Balloon Juice
Open Society Foundations:
Open Society Foundations Announce $220 Million for Building Power in Black Communities — NEW YORK—To support this nation's historic movement towards racial justice, the Open Society Foundations today is announcing investments totaling $220 million in emerging organizations and leaders building power …
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Axios, The Hill, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
George Soros's Foundation Pours $220 Million Into Racial Equality Push
David Marchese / New York Times:
Oliver Stone thinks Hollywood has gone crazy. — Beginning in 1986 with the release of his films “Salvador” and “Platoon,” Oliver Stone kicked off a decade-long run of remarkable success. Many of the controversial and stylistically brash films that he made during this era were box-office hits …
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Breitbart
Pam Fessler / NPR:
Signed, Sealed, Undelivered: Thousands Of Mail-In Ballots Rejected For Tardiness — Toggle more options — Mail-in voting, which tens of millions of Americans are expected to use this November, is fraught with potential problems. Hundreds of thousands of ballots go uncounted each year …
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IJR
Alison Flood / The Guardian:
Donald Trump Jr's new anti-Biden book misplaces apostrophe in title — Liberal Privilege, which he is self-publishing in August, is subtitled 'Joe Biden and the Democrat's Defense of the Indefensible' — Donald Trump Jr appears to have forgotten one of the cardinal rules of the apostrophe …
Elizabeth Doran / Syracuse Post-Standard:
At least 16 sick after coronavirus exposure at DeWitt in-home day care: ‘Take this seriously ... stay home if sick at all’ — DeWitt, N.Y. — At least 16 children and adults have come down with the coronavirus after it spread from contact at a DeWitt family in-home child care.
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Ghislaine Maxwell tried to flee and had a phone wrapped in tin foil to avoid detection when the FBI raided her $1M New Hampshire hideaway — Ghislaine Maxwell refused to open the front door to the FBI and tried to flee to another room when they raided her $1million home, prosecutors claimed today
Wall Street Journal:
Connecticut Bet Big on the Suburbs. That Might Finally Pay Off. — One of the nation's most troubled states hopes to capitalize on interest from New Yorkers looking to escape the city — WESTON, Conn.—It took a global pandemic and a severe economic downturn to do what once seemed impossible …
Kyle Daly / Axios:
Online conspiracy theory links child trafficking to Wayfair furniture sales — Platforms including Reddit, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have been playing host to a baseless conspiracy theory that picked up steam over the weekend claiming that furniture e-tailer Wayfair is a front for human trafficking.
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
CDC Employees Call Out Agency's ‘Toxic Culture Of Racial Aggressions’ — Toggle more options — More than 1,000 current employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have signed a letter calling for the federal agency to address “ongoing and recurring acts of racism and discrimination” …
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National Review, GovExec.com and Axios