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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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The Week, ABC News, The Guardian, NPR and Raw Story
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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, Alternet.org, Talking Points Memo, New York Times and The Moderate Voice
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, Just The News, The Wrap and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
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Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Unified will not reopen campuses for start of school year amid coronavirus spike — Los Angeles campuses will not reopen for classes on Aug. 18, and the nation's second-largest school system will continue with online learning until further notice, because of the worsening coronavirus surge, Supt.
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Alternet.org
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New York Times:
Los Angeles and San Diego Schools to Go Online-Only in The Fall — California's two largest districts made the joint call amid a White House push to get children back into classrooms. — SACRAMENTO — California's two largest public school districts said Monday that instruction will be remote …
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ABC News, Common Dreams and The Daily Beast
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 and POLITICUSUSA
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Mary Trump scolds media for downplaying Donald's mental disorders — Thank you always for your support. Please considering subscribing to PRESS RUN for just $6 a month. — Ultimately, this newsletter is only possible because of the support of readers like you who are backing a new kind of independent journalism.
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Mediaite
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘He Is and Always Will Be a Terrified Little Boy’
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
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
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
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, Axios, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Wrap and Alternet.org
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 »
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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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Mark Meadows finds it's not so easy being chief — The same night President Donald Trump announced Mark Meadows would serve as his fourth chief of staff, he told donors at a fundraiser that the North Carolina congressman could be “my James Baker” — the legendary aide and Cabinet member to three Republican presidents.
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Washington Post, Raw Story, The Week, Alternet.org and One America News Network
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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, Alternet.org, Gothamist, The Week, Raw Story and The Hill
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 …
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
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
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
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
The Pandemic Has Accelerated Demands for a More Skilled Work Force — Even groups that regularly disagree on labor issues said there should be significant public investment in programs that can upgrade the skills of American workers. — Economists, business leaders and labor experts …
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 …
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.
Michael Warren Davis / The American Conservative:
Brooks Brothers, R.I.P. — The brand's demise became inevitable when it abandoned the traditional, quintessentially American style that made it great. — Upon Brooks Brothers' founding in 1818, the international center of men's fashion moved from Regent Street, London to Madison Avenue, New York.