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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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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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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
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80
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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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CNN:
Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80
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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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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
John Lewis' Legacy Is the Right to Vote. And It's Under Attack.
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Michele L. Norris / Washington Post:
A civil rights giant passes the baton
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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 …
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NPR:
DHS Official On Reports Of Federal Officers Detaining Protesters In Portland, Ore.
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 — (CNN)Eighty-five infants under age 1 have tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county. And local officials are imploring residents to help stop its spread as the state becomes one of the newest hotspots.
PBS NewsHour:
How Fauci says the U.S. can get control of the pandemic — Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is one of the country's top public health experts. He was initially a prominent figure at Coronavirus Task Force briefings — but recently …
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Yelena Dzhanova / CNBC:
Fauci holds up New York as model for fighting coronavirus — ‘They did it correctly’
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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.
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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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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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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 …
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 …
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.
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vogue:
Mask Wars? New Yorkers Will Sit This One Out. We've Already Seen Enough Death. — Around 4 p.m. every day, I take my two extremely handsome but very stupid Chinese Crested powder puff dogs for a walk. Almost everyone I see in my neighborhood is wearing a mask. Yesterday I saw only one person who was not wearing a mask.
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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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The Trump campaign is the grift that keeps on grifting
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