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11:57 AM ET, July 17, 2020

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Jonathan Levinson / OPB:
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.
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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.
Piper McDaniel / Oregonian:
Federal officers respond to Portland protests with gas, munitions Thursday amid growing attention …
Discussion: The Sun and Associated Press
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” …
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 …
Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
Photographer Catches Topics in Kayleigh McEnany's Briefing Binder: Goya, Obama, Hate, Golf, Mueller, Lies, LGBT and More  —  A Reuters photograph of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany's vast briefing binder offered a peek behind the curtain of the Trump administration's messaging priorities.
Discussion: IJR, Althouse and Fox News
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump stares down a ticking economic time bomb
Discussion: Alternet.org and Fox News
David Harsanyi / National Review:
There's No Such Thing as a Federal Mask-Wearing Mandate
Discussion: Mother Jones
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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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Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:   Anti-Trump Republicans targeting Ohio with new ads
Washington Post:
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.
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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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Washington Post:
Trump faces rising disapproval and widespread distrust on coronavirus, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Americans' views of President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic have deteriorated significantly as cases rise across the country and personal fears of becoming infected persist, a Washington Post-ABC News poll finds.
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.
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
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 …
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Kemp's office seeks to block Atlanta mask mandate in court
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats—and Some Republicans—See Signs of Political Realignment in the South  —  The DNC and the Biden campaign have identified North Carolina, Georgia and Texas as targets in the presidential race; ‘Bless their hearts,’ Trump campaign responds  —  WAKE FOREST, N.C. …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Will Trump's Troubles Turn Ohio Back Into a Tossup State?
Discussion: Axios
The Daily Beast:
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.
Danielle Lama / FOX 35 Orlando:
FOX 35 INVESTIGATES: Questions raised after fatal motorcycle crash listed as COVID-19 death  —  Crash victim reported as COVID-19 death  —  ORLANDO, Fla. - A person who died in a motorcycle accident was added to Florida's COVID-19 death count, according to a state health official.
Betsy Klein / CNN:
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 …
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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
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 …
Dara Lind / ProPublica:
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
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.
Politico:
Engel ousted in New York primary after lengthy vote count  —  Democrat Jamaal Bowman has defeated Rep. Eliot Engel in a primary in New York, ousting the 16-term incumbent and chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in an election that took nearly a month to resolve.
New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
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.
Discussion: Axios and Task & Purpose
detroitnews:
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.
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
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.
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 …
Krystie Lee Yandoli / BuzzFeed News:
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 …
ABC News:
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.
John Schwartz / New York Times:
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 …
 
 
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox News' Neil Cavuto Cuts Away From Trump Speech to Fact-Check Attacks on Obama's Economy
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