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4:45 PM ET, July 18, 2020

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Barack Obama / Medium:
My Statement on the Passing of Rep. John Lewis  —  America is a constant work in progress.  What gives each new generation purpose is to take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further — to speak out for what's right, to challenge an unjust status quo, and to imagine a better world.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Weighs In on the Death of John Lewis, One of His Most Vocal Critics  —  The president, who once described Mr. Lewis's district as “crime infested,” expressed his condolences on Twitter a day after the congressman's death.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican governor of Georgia said that the country will …
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill and Raw Story
Joe Biden:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden on the Passing of Congressman John Lewis  —  We are made in the image of God, and then there is John Lewis.  —  How could someone in flesh and blood be so courageous, so full of hope and love in the face of so much hate, violence, and vengeance?
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80  —  Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; he was called the conscience of the Congress.  —  Representative John Lewis, a son of sharecroppers and an apostle …
New York Times:
The Radical Resistance of John Lewis
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
John Lewis Was an American Founder
Discussion: CNBC and NPR
Michele L. Norris / Washington Post:
A civil rights giant passes the baton
Discussion: Associated Press and KTLA
Michael A. Fletcher / The Undefeated:   I didn't understand John Lewis at first
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
John Lewis' Legacy Is the Right to Vote. And It's Under Attack.
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Guardian
David Remnick / New Yorker:   John Lewis's Legacy and America's Redemption
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and ‘American hero’
Discussion: Slate
Laurence I. Barrett / Washington Post:
John R. Lewis, front-line civil rights leader and eminence of Capitol Hill, dies at 80
David Cohen / Politico:
John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies
New York Times:
Inside Trump's Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus  —  The roots of the nation's current inability to control the pandemic can be traced to mid-April, when the White House embraced overly rosy projections to proclaim victory and move on.
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NPR:
DHS Official On Reports Of Federal Officers Detaining Protesters In Portland, Ore.  —  NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with acting Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli about reports of federal officers using unmarked vehicles to detain protesters in Portland, Ore.  —  SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST:
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   DHS Under Boss: We're Taking This National
Washington Post:
Portland officials decry aggressive tactics of federal agents in their city
Discussion: Fox News
Martin Altenhofen / doj.state.or.us:
Attorney General Rosenblum Files Lawsuit Against U. S. Homeland Security; Announces Criminal Investigation
USA Today:   ‘Secret police force’: Feds reportedly pull Portland protesters into unmarked vehicles, stirring outrage
Caitlin McCabe / Wall Street Journal:
Face Masks Really Do Matter.  The Scientific Evidence Is Growing.  —  New research suggests that face coverings help reduce the transmission of droplets, though some masks are more protective than others  —  Face masks are emerging as one of the most powerful weapons to fight the novel coronavirus …
Washington Post:
Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing, and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief bill  —  White House posture angers GOP senators who are trying to include money in bill  —  The Trump administration is trying to block billions of dollars for states to conduct testing …
Des Moines Register:
Joni Ernst: If Trump has a Supreme Court nominee, Senate should hold hearings  —  U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Friday that the Senate should hold hearings on any Supreme Court nomination President Donald Trump might make this year, even if he loses November's election.
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Promotes Caricature of What Conservatives Want  —  A series of events during his White House tenure has made clear that Mr. Trump views the voters he calls “my people” through the lens of what he imagines they like.  —  Standing in the White House colonnade this week …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump's trouble in suburbs key to suddenly competitive Ohio  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — During a background briefing with reporters in December, President Donald Trump's reelection campaign team gave only passing mention of Ohio.  Certainly no one suggested a full-scale fall advertising strategy …
Washington Post:
From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to a destroyer of the ‘American way of life,’ Trump's attacks on Biden make a dystopian shift  —  President Trump has launched a slash-and-burn campaign against an exaggerated caricature of his Democratic opponent, casting former vice president Joe Biden as a destroyer …
Discussion: Raw Story
Christo Grozev / bellingcat:
World's Most Wanted Man Jan Marsalek Located in Belarus; Data Points to Russian Intel Links  —  It can safely be assumed that Jan Marsalek is currently one of the most hunted-for persons on earth.  The company he oversaw operationally, Germany's Wirecard, collapsed overnight last month …
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Surging Democrats expand Senate targets to GOP states  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's come to this for Republicans straining to defend their Senate majority in November's elections: They're air-dropping millions of dollars into races in Alabama, Kentucky and other red states where Donald Trump coasted during …
Twitter:
An update on our security incident  —  As we've been informing via the @TwitterSupport account, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, we detected a security incident at Twitter and took immediate action.  As we head into the weekend, we want to provide an overview of where we are.
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Trump may finally be facing the political consequences of his untrustworthiness  —  Concerns about President Trump's dishonesty began before he entered the White House, but the consequences of his not being trustworthy are now fully evident.  —  Trump surpassed 20,000 false or misleading claims …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Breitbart
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The Trump campaign is the grift that keeps on grifting
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 
 
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vogue:
Mask Wars? New Yorkers Will Sit This One Out. We've Already Seen Enough Death.
Associated Press:
Trump talks less about virus, states look inward for answers
Yelena Dzhanova / CNBC:
Fauci holds up New York as model for fighting coronavirus — ‘They did it correctly’
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
How Kanye West Is Trying to Get on the Ballot in South Carolina
Discussion: Press Association
Wall Street Journal:
Firms With Troubled Pasts Got Millions of Dollars in PPP Small-Business Aid
Discussion: American Prospect and Raw Story
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Mistrust of a Coronavirus Vaccine Could Imperil Widespread Immunity
Discussion: Raw Story
John Binder / Breitbart:
Sanctuary State Illinois: Previously Deported Illegal Alien Charged with Sexually Assaulting Young Girl
 Earlier Items: 
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
American Crime and the Baltimore Model
Faye Flam / New York Times:
Flossie Wong-Staal, Who Unlocked Mystery of H.I.V., Dies at 73
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
Trump keeps fighting a Confederate flag battle many supporters have conceded
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
The FBI's Dossier Deceit
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
John Ganz / The Guardian:
Is the free speech debate raging because intellectuals feel stripped of power?
Discussion: Sputnik News and Althouse
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Revolution Is Winning  —  Radicals from the 1960s and 1970s …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Head of NYPD union gives Fox News interview with QAnon mug in background
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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