Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets  —  UPDATE (5:14 p.m. PT) — In the early hours of July 15, after a night spent protesting at the Multnomah County Justice Center and Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse, Mark Pettibone and his friend Conner O'Shea decided to head home.

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” …

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 …

Media are just plain lying about Kayleigh McEnany ‘science’ quote  —  It has been said before, but it bears repeating: You are better off watching raw footage of the White House press briefings than trusting the word of journalists.  —  Put more simply, members of our vaunted Fourth Estate cannot …

There are signs Trump's base is leaving him on the coronavirus  —  (CNN)As Covid-19 rages in America, voters are giving President Donald Trump record low numbers on his coronavirus performance.  —  Last week, we saw Trump score his worst ratings yet in an ABC News/Ipsos poll.

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.

From dream job to nightmare … A few months after Emily Applegate started working for the Washington Redskins in 2014, she settled into a daily routine: She would meet a female co-worker in the bathroom during their lunch breaks, she said, to commiserate and cry about the frequent sexual harassment and verbal abuse they endured.

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 …

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.

The Note: Trust in Trump's word plummets, as harsh realities sink in  —  Trump replaces his campaign manager and downscale plans for his convention.  —  A president used to defining his own realities is running into some stubborn ones — big enough to force him to maneuver around them rather than try to barrel through them.

Atlanta mayor slams ‘bizarre’ lawsuit by Georgia governor to block mask mandate  —  ‘The filing of a lawsuit is simply bizarre, quite frankly’  —  The mayor of Atlanta is calling Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's move to sue the city over its mask mandate “bizarre,” and says she believes it is linked …

Legendary Foreign Correspondent Chris Dickey Dies in Paris  —  ICON  —  Chris Dickey hopscotched across the globe to land stories—and mentored a generation of journalists in how to do the same.  —  The hardest thing about writing an obituary for Chris Dickey, the legendary foreign correspondent …

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.

Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump's Visa Ban  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  As hospitals across the United States brace for a difficult six months …

Task force report says 18 states in coronavirus ‘red zone’ should roll back reopening  —  (CNN)An unpublished document prepared for the White House coronavirus task force and obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom, recommends that 18 states in the coronavirus …

Do Progressives Have a Free Speech Problem?  —  The illiberal left is a lot less threatening than the right.  That doesn't mean it doesn't exist.  —  An acquaintance came to me a few weeks ago with the rough draft of a letter about free speech and asked me to sign.

Amash not campaigning for re-election to his seat in Congress  —  When U.S. Rep. Justin Amash ended his exploratory bid for the presidency, Libertarian activists held out hope he would run for re-election to his seat in the U.S. House, where he is the first and only Libertarian to serve in Congress.

Fox News Staffers Erupt Over Network's Racism: Bosses ‘Created a White Supremacist Cell’  —  SH*T.'  —  A heated early-June phone call between Fox execs and Black staffers was just the beginning of an internal revolt against racism at the network, insiders told The Daily Beast.

Inside the Planning for the Incredibly Shrinking Democratic Convention  —  An event that was once expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee may now involve just 300, with plans still far from settled a month before the convention.  —  When Democrats awarded their 2020 convention to Milwaukee …

Maryland's governor touts his purchase of tests from South Korea.  Emails show a U.S. company offered tests at a lower price.  —  As Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan negotiated receipt of 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea this spring, a domestic test distributor tried to sell the state …

Schools Beat Earlier Plagues With Outdoor Classes.  We Should, Too.  —  A century ago, children in New York City attended classes during a pandemic.  It seemed to work.  —  In the early years of the 20th century, tuberculosis ravaged American cities, taking a particular and often fatal toll on the poor and the young.

C.T. Vivian, Civil Rights Icon, Is Dead at 95  —  A close associate of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he was a disciplined advocate of nonviolence in the battle for racial justice.  —  The Rev. C. T. Vivian, a pioneering civil rights organizer and field general for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr …

Former Employees Say Ellen's “Be Kind” Talk Show Mantra Masks A Toxic Work Culture  —  Ellen DeGeneres has built her worldwide, multimillion-dollar brand on the motto “be kind,” with lavish giveaways and acts of charity.  But behind the scenes, current and former employees on her leading daytime show …

David Kaiser, Rockefeller Heir Who Fought Exxon Mobil, Dies at 50  —  A great-great grandson of John D. Rockefeller, he steered one of his family's philanthropies to a feisty stance on the oil giant's role in climate change.  —  David Kaiser, a scion of the Rockefeller family who steered …

Democrats Don't Have the Winning Hand … It may be premature (as well as unoriginal), but I believe, in one of the Democrats' former favorite phrases, that “the walls are closing in” on Joe Biden.  The Rasmussen poll—one of the only regular polls consistently accurate in 2016 and one that tends …

Harris Faulkner Gets a Bigger Spotlight at Fox News Channel … A viewer had slipped into her direct messages on Twitter with an unpleasant remark, and McCain, who says she is prone to react to such things, learned a different strategy from Faulkner, with whom she appeared regularly …