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6:30 PM ET, July 17, 2020

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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
‘It was like being preyed upon’: Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans are detaining them  —  When several men in green military fatigues and generic “police” patches sprang out of an unmarked gray minivan in front of Mark Pettibone in the early hours of Wednesday morning, his first instinct was to run.
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Ryan Haas / OPB:
US Attorney For Oregon Calls For Investigation Into Portland Protester Arrests  —  UPDATE (1:36 p.m. PT) — U.S. Attorney Billy Williams said Friday he wants an investigation into actions of federal officers who have pulled Portland protesters off the street and into unmarked vehicles.
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's agents are sweeping peaceful citizens off the streets.  This is not America.  —  “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech ... or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
Paul Krugman Tightens Tin-Foil Hat in Latest Bizarre Attempt to Prove Trump Will Try to Steal Election
Discussion: Twitchy
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
See You Next Friday: A Farewell Letter  —  The good news is that my last column in this space is not about “cancel culture.”  Well, almost.  I agree with some of the critics that it's a little nuts to say I've just been “canceled,” sent into oblivion and exile for some alleged sin.  I haven't.
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump campaign is investigating campaign spending, Parscale contracts  — The Trump campaign has launched an internal audit of spending irregularities during Brad Parscale's tenure as campaign manager.  — Jeff DeWit, the 2020 campaign chief operating officer …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
David Shor's Unified Theory of American Politics  —  David Shor got famous by getting fired.  In late May, amid widespread protests over George Floyd's murder, the 28-year-old data scientist tweeted out a study that found nonviolent demonstrations were more effective than “riots” …
Jim Acosta / CNN:
White House blocks CDC from testifying on reopening schools next week  —  (CNN)The White House is blocking US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield and other officials from the agency from testifying before a House Education and Labor Committee hearing …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:   White House blocks CDC director from testifying before House panel on reopening schools
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:   House Education Democrats say CDC director blocked from appearing before Congress
The Daily Beast:   White House Won't Let CDC Testify in Congressional Hearing on Schools Reopening
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon bans Confederate flag in way to avoid Trump's wrath  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of wrangling, the Pentagon on Friday will ban displays of the Confederate flag on military installations, in a carefully worded policy that doesn't mention the word ban or that specific flag.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Defense secretary effectively bans Confederate flags from military bases while rejecting ‘divisive symbols’
Discussion: alicublog, The Root and Political Wire
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Pentagon Sidesteps Trump to Ban the Confederate Flag
Discussion: Defense One and Alternet.org
Plain Dealer:
Operation Grant seeks to stop President Trump's re-election in Ohio: John Weaver and Bill Kristol  —  “We are now in the midst of trying times when every one must be for or against his country, and show his colors too, by his every act.  Whatever may have been my political opinions before, I have one sentiment now.
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Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:   Never Trump groups look to flip Ohio for Joe Biden
Reuters:
Trump expected to exclude undocumented migrants from U.S. census  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is expected to soon issue an executive order that would ban undocumented immigrants from being included in the 2020 census count of every person living in the United States, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Reuters:
U.S. Republicans seek liability protections as coronavirus aid battle looms
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:
Biden says more money, planning needed to reopen U.S. schools
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
New York Times:
A Detailed Map of Who Is Wearing Masks in the U.S.  —  In some American neighborhoods, it's hard to spot even one person outside without a face covering.  In others, your odds of seeing many maskless people are quite high.  —  Public health officials believe that face coverings …
Discussion: The Hill and Twitchy
Courier-Journal:
Breonna Taylor was alive after police shot her, records indicate.  No one tried to treat her  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Just after midnight March 13, three Louisville police officers fired more than 20 bullets into Breonna Taylor's apartment, striking her five times.  —  But she didn't die — not right away.
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and New York Post
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House Rating Changes: 20 Races Move Towards Democrats  —  President Trump's abysmal polling since the pandemic began is seriously jeopardizing down-ballot GOP fortunes.  We may be approaching the point at which dozens of House Republicans will need to decide whether to cut the president loose and run on a …
Peter Fimrite / San Francisco Chronicle:
With coronavirus antibodies fading fast, vaccine hopes fade, too  —  Disturbing new revelations that permanent immunity to the coronavirus may not be possible have jeopardized vaccine development and reinforced a decision by scientists at UCSF and affiliated laboratories to focus exclusively on treatments.
New York Times:
Hackers Tell the Story of the Twitter Attack From the Inside  —  Several people involved in the events that took down Twitter this week spoke with The Times.  What might have been a pursuit of Bitcoin spun out of control.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — A Twitter hacking scheme that targeted political …
David Pugliese / Ottawa Citizen:
Graffiti on monument commemorating Nazi SS division being investigated as a hate crime by police … An incident involving graffiti spray painted on a monument to those who fought in Adolf Hitler's SS is being investigated as a hate crime by an Ontario police force.
detroitnews:
A serious response to those mocking me for wearing a mask  —  Adjusting my face mask, I walked to the counter of a party store near my cottage in northern Michigan.  “Six bags of garbage,” I said, handing the woman $18 for the privilege of throwing my vacation waste into her dumpster.
Dan Berman / CNN:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg announces cancer recurrence, says chemotherapy yielding ‘positive results’  —  Washington (CNN)Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is undergoing chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of cancer.  The treatment is yielding “positive results.”
New York Times:
Suspect Is Arrested in Grisly Killing of Tech C.E.O. Fahim Saleh  —  Mr. Saleh, 33, was found dismembered and decapitated inside his Manhattan apartment.  —  The former personal assistant of a young tech entrepreneur found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment was arrested early …
Gary Langer / ABC News:
64% distrust Trump on coronavirus pandemic; approval declines as cases grow: POLL  —  Six in 10 in a new ABC/Post poll disapprove of how he's handling COVID.  —  With COVID-19 cases soaring nationally, Americans by nearly a two to one margin distrust what President Donald Trump says about the pandemic …
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Will there be a ‘Trump Crimes Commission’ if Biden wins in November?  There might have to be  —  'I don't care about the chaos that might result by opening up the presidential archives after Trump so that the public can see what the heck is going on'  —  If the November 3 general election turns …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Most Bay Area schools will be blocked from reopening classrooms under Newsom order  —  SACRAMENTO — Schools in much of California will be blocked from reopening in-person classes this fall unless they meet strict guidelines to protect students and staff, and unless counties where they are located slow …
Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
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CBS Los Angeles:
Newsom Orders All Public, Private Schools In Watch-Listed Counties To Stay Closed
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Trump's next executive order  —  WE HEAR ... THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is likely to issue an executive order today seeking to ban undocumented immigrants from being counted in the census.  That's all we know at the moment.  —  THE WHITE HOUSE will also be putting out school opening guidelines soon.
Mimi Montgomery / Washingtonian:
Fox Attacks the Washington Post—in the Best Way Possible  —  Okay, we mean an actual fox.  And an actual copy of the Post.  —  It can be hard to have easy, reliable access to the news necessary to keep you informed.  Especially if you don't have a computer, a smartphone, or a subscription to a paper.
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Jamaal Bowman, Progressive Insurgent, Defeats Eliot Engel in House Primary  —  Mr. Bowman defeated the 16-term incumbent in a race that pitted the Democratic establishment against the party's progressive wing.  —  Jamaal Bowman, a progressive insurgent, has scored a stunning victory …
Aaron Gregg / Washington Post:
Mnuchin suggests Treasury, SBA should forgo verifying how small business loans were spent  —  Lawmakers question Trump administration officials over handling of $600 billion Cares Act lending program  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested Friday that the government should consider forgiving …
Discussion: Political Wire
John Whitehouse / Media Matters for America:
Fox Nation's newest show is hosted by a QAnon supporter  —  Isaiah Washington has also shared conspiracy theories about 5G networks, COVID-19, and Fox News producers  —  Fox Nation's newest series features actor Isaiah Washington in Isaiah Washington: Kitchen Talk.
FIRE:
Fordham student punished for holding gun in Instagram photo memorializing Tiananmen Square massacre  — University bars student from campus and demands bias training  — Student, who emigrated from China, forced to write apology letter for post memorializing anniversary …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump stares down a ticking economic time bomb  —  It's crunch time for the key issue President Donald Trump's aides and advisers believe will determine his fate this November.  —  A stretch of critical decisions from mid-July until Labor Day will lay the foundation for what the U.S. economy …
 
 
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New York Times:
Trump Steps Up His Assault on Biden With Scattershot Attacks, Many False
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
Judiciary Committee Releases Declassified Documents that Substantially Undercut Steele Dossier, Page FISA Warrants
Discussion: Redstate and National Review
Mark Blumenthal / YouGov:
Americans who prefer in-person voting favor Donald Trump
Discussion: americamagazine.org and Raw Story
Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Judge orders Trump administration to accept new DACA applications
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
The National Museum of African American History is not actually sorry for its ultra-racist ‘Whiteness’ graphic
Courier-Journal:
Jerry Lundergan gets 21 months in prison for election finance violation in daughter's campaign
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Wants Its Fugitive Spymaster Back
NBC News:
Pompeo bashes media, says American life is under ‘attack’ in speech unveiling human rights report
Discussion: Foreign Policy, Daily Kos and The Root
 Earlier Items: 
David Smith / The Guardian:
'The guy stinks and he's a racist': Anthony Scaramucci on Donald Trump
Discussion: HillReporter.com and Raw Story
Seyward Darby / New York Times:
White Supremacy Was Her World. And Then She Left.
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Schools Beat Earlier Plagues With Outdoor Classes. We Should, Too.
Dara Lind / ProPublica:
Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump's Visa Ban
Discussion: Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats—and Some Republicans—See Signs of Political Realignment in the South
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The Creative Rights in AI Coalition, representing nearly 40 UK creative groups, urges the UK government to protect copyright rules ahead of an AI consultation

Mark Caro / Local News Initiative:
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