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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
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Biden Leads But Many Anticipate Secret Trump Vote
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Expands Lead as Trump's Approval Drops
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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Replaces Campaign Manager  —  The president said Bill Stepien, a longtime aide, will succeed Brad Parscale, who remains as a senior adviser  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump announced on Wednesday that he is replacing his campaign manager less than four months before the November election …
Discussion: Axios and Politico, more at Techmeme »
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Trump's new campaign manager joined 2016 bid amid similarly sinking battleground polling
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Axios
The Daily Beast:   Trump Campaign Chief Was Edged Out ‘Weeks Ago.’ Now He's Officially Demoted
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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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” …
Wall Street Journal:   Trump's Virus Non-Message
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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WAGA-TV:   Local mask mandates ‘suspended’ by Gov. Kemp's executive order
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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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
RNC to restrict attendance at Florida convention amid coronavirus surge  —  The Republican National Committee will move to significantly limit attendance at its nominating convention events in Jacksonville, Fla., next month, party chairwoman Ronna McDaniel wrote in a Thursday letter to members, Politico reports.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:   RNC restricts convention attendance as Florida coronavirus cases climb
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 …
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BBC:   Coronavirus: Russian hackers target Covid-19 vaccine research
Washington Post:
Live updates: Russian hackers attempted to steal coronavirus vaccine research, U.S., Britain and Canada say
Discussion: Townhall
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 …
Discussion: Progress Pond
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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and UPI
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Who Funds The Lincoln Project? Exactly Whom You Expect
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.
Discussion: Twitchy, WHDH-TV, Fox News and The Atlantic
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 …
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 …
Discussion: CNN, TVNewser and Associated Press
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.
Discussion: Althouse and The Federalist
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Graham Kates / CBS News:
The Trump campaign app is tapping a “gold mine” of data about Americans  —  President Trump's campaign app is targeted to his most fervent supporters, but it is able to collect data about a swath of the American public far larger than his base.  —  The app requests access to significantly …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The NFL Is on the Brink  —  The league survived all sorts …
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
A fight over nude swimming marks return of pre-coronavirus banalities in Europe
New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Pushes Cuomo to Back Billionaires' Tax
Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:
Locking America Down Again Is Exactly What China Wants Because It Will Ruin Us
New York Times:
In Shadow of Pandemic, U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Resurge to Record
Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Congress edges toward deal to extend federal unemployment subsidy in coronavirus bill
Discussion: The Guardian and POLITICUSUSA
Dan Sabbagh / The Guardian:
UK says Russia sought to interfere in 2019 election by leaking documents online
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Emma L. Briant / Brookings:
We need tougher action against disinformation and propaganda
Chrissy Clark / Washington Free Beacon:
University's Anti-Bigotry Reading List Includes Book That Equates Conservatism With Racism
Discussion: Redstate
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Biden's pitch is an implicit but devastating punch at Trump
Discussion: The Wrap, Power Line and The Bulwark
Steven Perlberg / Digiday:
Slack is fueling media's bottom-up revolution
more at Mediagazer »
Roger Stone / The Daily Caller:
Adam Schiff Just Can't Stop Lying
Christopher Rowland / Washington Post:
Chief of White House's ‘Operation Warp Speed’ vaccine effort can keep investing in pharma firms, under IG ruling
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR Radio Ratings Collapse As Pandemic Ends Listeners' Commutes
 

 
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Eighteen US states, led by Kentucky, sue the SEC and its commissioners, including Chairman Gary Gensler, over its crackdown on the crypto industry
 
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