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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Pandemic surge damages Trump, boosting Biden's White House bid: POLL — Public preference for Biden in trust to handle the pandemic has soared. — Public preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in trust to handle the coronavirus pandemic has soared since March in the latest ABC News …
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ABC13, Washington Monthly, Fox News, Off the Kuff and Bloomberg
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Washington Post:
Biden leads by double digits as coronavirus takes a toll on the president, Post-ABC poll finds — President Trump faces a significant challenge in his bid to win reelection in November, with former vice president Joe Biden holding a double-digit lead nationally and the president's approval …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden holds lead over Trump as coronavirus concerns grip nation — Coronavirus infected the election. — The virus is the top issue to voters, over half of them disapprove of how President Trump's handling it, and they increasingly trust Joe Biden to do a better job on it.
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The Guardian and The Hill
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Trump leans on 2016 tactic to crack Biden support — PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump's campaign is pouring millions of dollars into a plan to weaken Joe Biden among swing state voters of color — and it's creating a sense of déjà vu among Democratic operatives.
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Associated Press, Axios, The Hill and NBC News
Lyndsey Parker / Yahoo Entertainment:
Linkin Park succeeds in getting fan-made Trump campaign ad pulled from Twitter — Linkin Park fans were furious Saturday, when President Trump retweeted a fan-made re-election campaign ad that used the alternative rock band's music — noting that late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington …
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The Verge, Althouse, Rolling Stone and The Gateway Pundit
Harry Enten / CNN:
New polls show Joe Biden is winning suburbanites by a historic margin — Polls show Trump trails Biden by double digits — (CNN)The new ABC News/Washington Post poll is the latest to show former Vice President Joe Biden on a roll. — He leads President Donald Trump 55% to 40% among registered voters.
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Washington Post
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Polls show Biden routing Trump. Here's how to read them.
Polls show Biden routing Trump. Here's how to read them.
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Axios
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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KOIN-TV:
Night 51: Riot declared at police union, tear gas used at Justice Center — PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Protests on both sides of the river were met with police use of force Saturday on the 51st consecutive night of demonstrations against police brutality that were initially spurred by the death …
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The Guardian, NPR and Law & Crime
Eder Campuzano / Oregonian:
Feds, right-wing media paint Portland as ‘city under siege.’ A tour of town shows otherwise
Joel Anderson / Slate:
Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way — On March 9, 1998, John Lewis returned to the site of his bloodiest, most brutal confrontation in the fight for civil rights. Lewis had shown up in Selma, Alabama, that day to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” …
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Mother Jones, Vox and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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ABC News:
To honor John Lewis' legacy, need to pass Voting Rights Act: Rep. Karen Bass
To honor John Lewis' legacy, need to pass Voting Rights Act: Rep. Karen Bass
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Washington Post, Politico, Breitbart and The Hill
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
What happens to John Lewis' seat in Congress after his death
What happens to John Lewis' seat in Congress after his death
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Raw Story
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis
USA Today:
Donna Brazile: Pass the Voting Rights Act and rename the Pettus Bridge to honor John Lewis
Adam Harris / The Atlantic:
The World John Lewis Helped Create
The World John Lewis Helped Create
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The Week, FOX31 Denver, HISTORY and Mother Jones
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies
Washington Post:
Coronavirus updates: Trump dismisses rising cases as deaths mount — With coronavirus cases rising across the country and the U.S. death toll topping 137,000, President Trump on Sunday dismissed concerns about the spike in infections, telling Fox News that “many of those cases shouldn't even be cases.”
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New York Times and Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief bill
Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief bill
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New York Times:
Roger Stone Uses Racial Slur on Radio Show — Mr. Stone, while being questioned about the commutation of his sentence by President Trump, used a racial slur in referring to his interviewer, who is Black. — During a live radio show on Saturday, Roger Stone, the political operative …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Mediaite, Althouse and The Gateway Pundit
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds — The study of nearly 65,000 people in South Korea suggests that school reopenings will trigger more outbreaks. — In the heated debate over reopening schools, one burning question has been whether …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Trump says he's not offended by the Confederate flag — President Trump defended his opposition to removing Confederate symbols in an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” telling host Chris Wallace that the flag does not offend him and that for many people it “represents the South.”
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Operating Restrictions and Requirements — No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM (except as described). — Except as specified below. — A. UAS OPERATIONS MAY BE AUTHORIZED WITHIN THE DEFINED SSI AIRSPACE IF IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW …
David Rothkopf / Haaretz:
OpinionMike Pompeo, Enemy of American Values — As the Trump administration deploys unmarked police on the streets of Portland, its Secretary of State, eyeing a presidential run in 2024, gave a ‘pro-human rights’ speech that was actually a defense of the violation of human rights
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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Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money