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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Even if the Polls Are Really Off, Trump Is Still in Trouble — Joe Biden's lead is sufficient to cover a sizable error. And several of the biggest problems with polling in the last election have either been addressed or become less relevant. — With Joe Biden claiming almost a double-digit lead …
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QU Poll:
Release Detail — July 15, 2020 - Biden Widens Lead Over Trump To 15 Points In Presidential Race, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Trump Job Approval Rating Drops To 36 Percent — As coronavirus cases surge and states rollback re-openings, former Vice President Joe Biden opens …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
As Trump refuses to lead, America tries to save itself
As Trump refuses to lead, America tries to save itself
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POLITICUSUSA
NBC News:
Trump has a 50 percent problem in the new NBC News/WSJ poll
Trump has a 50 percent problem in the new NBC News/WSJ poll
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Political Wire, Washington Post and CBS San Francisco
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Expands Lead as Trump's Approval Drops
Biden Expands Lead as Trump's Approval Drops
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Talking Points Memo and New York Post
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden opens up 11-point national lead over Trump in NBC News/WSJ poll
Biden opens up 11-point national lead over Trump in NBC News/WSJ poll
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Associated Press, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, Politico, One America News Network, The Week, The Hill and CNBC
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Replaces Brad Parscale as Campaign Manager, Elevating Bill Stepien — The replacement of Mr. Parscale with Mr. Stepien, who had served as deputy campaign manager, comes as the president has struggled in public and private polling. — President Trump on Wednesday shook up his re-election team …
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CNN:
Trump shakes up campaign leadership as he struggles in latest polls — (CNN)President Donald Trump shook up his campaign leadership on Tuesday, announcing he was promoting Bill Stepien to be his campaign manager and demoting Brad Parscale, who had been serving in that role.
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National Review, Mediaite, Axios, Alternet.org, Outside the Beltway and Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Replaces Campaign Manager
Trump Replaces Campaign Manager
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Axios and Politico, more at Techmeme »
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Trump's new campaign manager joined 2016 bid amid similarly sinking battleground polling
Trump's new campaign manager joined 2016 bid amid similarly sinking battleground polling
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POLITICUSUSA and Axios
Politico:
Trump team launches a sweeping loyalty test to shore up its defenses — In the middle of a devastating pandemic and a searing economic crisis, the White House has an urgent question for its colleagues across the administration: Are you loyal enough to President Donald Trump?
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POLITICUSUSA, Political Wire and Raw Story
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Frantically Plots New Ways to Make Him Feel Good About Himself — From the campaign trail to combating coronavirus, the goal is to please the boss. — On Tuesday night, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro—whom Donald Trump affectionately calls “my Peter” …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kemp bans cities, counties from mandating masks — By Jeremy Redmon - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution J. Scott Trubey - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Willoughby Mariano - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia governor extends coronavirus restrictions while encouraging use of face masks
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Republican convention in Jacksonville will be scaled back next month — The Republican Party will hold a scaled-back convention in Jacksonville, Fla., next month that includes a mix of outdoor and indoor venues, according to a letter sent to delegates. — The Thursday letter …
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Reuters, Political Wire, The Week, Just The News and The Hill
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Washington Post:
Live updates: Russian hackers attempted to steal coronavirus vaccine research, U.S., Britain and Canada say — The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter …
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Associated Press:
UK, US, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials — FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus …
Joseph Cox / VICE:
Twitter Is Removing Images of Internal Tool Sources Say Enables Account Takeover — After a wave of account takeovers, screenshots of an internal Twitter user administration tool are being shared in the hacking underground. — Joseph Cox — On Wednesday, a wave of high profile accounts including …
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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
A Second Coronavirus Death Surge Is Coming — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — There is no mystery in the number of Americans dying from COVID-19. — Despite political leaders trivializing the pandemic …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Party Preferences Have Swung Sharply Toward Democrats — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since January, Americans' party preferences have shifted dramatically in the Democratic Party's direction. What had been a two-percentage-point Republican advantage in U.S. party identification and leaning …
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POLITICUSUSA and UPI
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Who Funds The Lincoln Project? Exactly Whom You Expect
Who Funds The Lincoln Project? Exactly Whom You Expect
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Crooked Media, Power Line, The Hill and Townhall
David Moye / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Poses With Goya Products One Day After Ivanka Tweets Support — Both pics may violate federal regulations that forbid government employees to use their positions, titles or authority to endorse products. — President Donald Trump may be setting himself for a new gig …
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CNN, TVNewser and Associated Press
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Mary Trump says the U.S. has devolved into a version of her ‘incredibly dysfunctional family’ — Mary L. Trump, President's Trump's niece, said that watching the country's leadership devolve into “a macro version of my incredibly dysfunctional family” was one of the factors that compelled …
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Associated Press, POLITICUSUSA, Alternet.org and Raw Story
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Kanye West Is Officially on the Ballot in Oklahoma — Ye's running. — Kanye West is officially on the ballot as a presidential candidate in the state of Oklahoma. Only hours after the rapper filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission, he formally entered the presidential campaign.
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InStyle:
Dr. Fauci Says, “With All Due Modesty, I Think I'm Pretty Effective.” — Dr. Anthony Fauci and his wife, Dr. Christine Grady, speak with CBS Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell about a potential COVID-19 vaccine, working with the White House, and what life is like at home.
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Twitchy, WHDH-TV, Fox News and The Atlantic
Politico:
Inspector general: Medicare chief broke rules on her publicity contracts — A top Trump administration health official violated federal contracting rules by steering millions of taxpayer dollars in contracts that ultimately benefited GOP-aligned communications consultants …
Daniel Bergner / New York Times:
‘White Fragility’ Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work? — Robin DiAngelo's best seller is giving white Americans a new way to talk about race. Do those conversations actually serve the cause of equality? — To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Myth of Trump as a Centrist Dealmaker — From vaunted negotiator to feckless ideologue. — On a Sunday-morning talk show in December 2015, a rising politician had this to say about Senator Ted Cruz's campaign for president, “Look at the way he's dealt with the Senate, where he goes in there …
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Raw Story
Kelly McBride / NPR:
NPR Let The US Attorney General Tell A Falsehood On The Air — NPR's four-member “election security team” is responsible for covering all things about American voting, from access, to fraud to innovations and investments in the process. It is one of the foundations of NPR's politics coverage.
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Michael Miller / Washington Post:
A teen led a Black Lives Matter protest in his small town. A cross was burned in his yard. — MARION, Va. — It had been three weeks since the cross burning. Three weeks since Travon Brown's sense of triumph from leading a Black Lives Matter march was consumed by the fire in his front yard.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
GOPers Are Trying to Recruit QAnon Voters And Using This YouTube Show to Do It — Patriots' Soapbox is unlike any other Q-related program. And it's begun attracting some actual political figures. — As she gathered support for what was then thought to be a long-shot primary bid against Rep. Scott Tipton …
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Raw Story
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Ivanka Trump's ‘let them eat cake’ economics — The First Daughter channels Marie Antoinette as she lectures unemployed Americans — America's National Association of Manufacturers gave Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter, its prestigious Alexander Hamilton award this year.
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Raw Story