memeorandum: Fauci holds up New York as model for fighting coronavirus — ‘They did it correctly’ (Yelena Dzhanova/CNBC)

9:25 PM ET, July 18, 2020

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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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New York Times:

Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn't Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said — Rather than tamping down persistent protests in Portland, Ore., a militarized presence from federal officers seems to have re-energized them. — PORTLAND, Ore. — The heavily armed federal agents facing …

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CNN:

US attorney requests DHS investigation after video shows masked, camouflaged federal authorities arresting protesters in Portland — (CNN)The US Attorney for the Oregon District on Friday requested an investigation into the masked, camouflaged federal authorities without identification badges who are arresting protesters in Portland.

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Martin Altenhofen / doj.state.or.us:
Attorney General Rosenblum Files Lawsuit Against U. S. Homeland Security; Announces Criminal Investigation

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Conrad Wilson / OPB:
Oregon Sues Federal Agencies Over Protest Enforcement

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NPR:
DHS Official On Reports Of Federal Officers Detaining Protesters In Portland, Ore.

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DHS Under Boss: We're Taking This National

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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

What happens to John Lewis' seat in Congress after his death — Facing a tight legal deadline, Georgia Democrats are seeking online applications to succeed the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis. — The state party said Saturday that potential contenders must complete an application by Sunday evening …

Discussion: 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?

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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 …

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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
President Trump pays tribute to John Lewis, a ‘civil rights hero’

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Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times: John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies

Barack Obama / Medium:
My Statement on the Passing of Rep. John Lewis

Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
At the 1963 March on Washington, civil rights leaders asked John Lewis to tone his speech down

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New York Times:
The Radical Resistance of John Lewis

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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
John Lewis practiced what he preached. We are a better nation for it.

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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
John Lewis Was an American Founder

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Michele L. Norris / Washington Post:
A civil rights giant passes the baton

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CNN:
Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80

Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog, Florida Politics, KTLA and FOX 2

Washington Post:

Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief bill — White House posture angers some GOP senators who are trying to include billions of dollars in the bill — The Trump administration is trying to block billions of dollars …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, KTLA, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Common Dreams, The Guardian, Raw Story, The Hill and Reuters

New York Times:

Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Aims to Block New Funding for Testing and Tracing — The F.D.A. has issued emergency approval for pooled testing, a method that allows for much faster tracking of new infections. A large South Korean study finds that older children spread the virus comparably to adults.

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The Texas Tribune:

With 4 in 5 Texans living in a “red zone,” coronavirus hot spots are moving targets — Early hot spots have been eclipsed by new regions in crisis. Now that so much of Texas is battling major coronavirus outbreaks, some severely ill patients have to travel long distances to receive the care they need.

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CNN:
85 infants under age 1 tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county

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Yelena Dzhanova / CNBC:

Fauci holds up New York as model for fighting coronavirus — ‘They did it correctly’ — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci on Friday praised New York for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the state did it “correctly.”

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PBS NewsHour:
How Fauci says the U.S. can get control of the pandemic

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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 …

Discussion: CNN, Outside the Beltway and ABC News

Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:

‘Superspreading’ events, triggered by people who may not even know they are infected, propel coronavirus pandemic — Most spread the virus to only a few people — or none at all. But studies show a small percentage transmit it with alarming efficiency. — PLEASE NOTE

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Jon Levine / New York Post:

Senate Democrat's great-great-grandfather allegedly sheltered John Wilkes Booth — Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters has been promoting his racial sensitivity by hosting justice-reform panels and sponsoring a bill to raise awareness of African-American history.

Discussion: Townhall

Matt Bai / Washington Post:

Call it the cultural left. Do not call it liberal. — Every day now, it seems, news outlets and social media are crackling with a debate over the value of free speech vs. the rooting out of systemic bias. — The latest volley concerns the Harvard professor Steven Pinker.

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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