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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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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, The Hill and The Daily Beast
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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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Leans Into False Virus Claims in Combative Fox News Interview — The president grew agitated as he was fact-checked on polling, race relations and the coronavirus response by Chris Wallace of Fox News. — WASHINGTON — An agitated President Trump offered a string of combative …
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NPR, The Daily Beast and Axios
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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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 …
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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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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New York Times:
As Trump Ignores Virus Crisis, Republicans Start to Contradict Him — President Trump continues to press for a quick return to life as usual, but Republicans who fear a rampaging disease and angry voters are increasingly going their own way. — President Trump's failure to contain …
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Leaders in states seeing ‘out of control’ coronavirus surges debate mask mandates, reopenings
Leaders in states seeing ‘out of control’ coronavirus surges debate mask mandates, reopenings
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The Hill, The Colorado Sun and The Week
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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Eder Campuzano / Oregonian:
Feds, right-wing media paint Portland as ‘city under siege.’ A tour of town shows otherwise
Feds, right-wing media paint Portland as ‘city under siege.’ A tour of town shows otherwise
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Tyler O'Neil / pjmedia.com:
Antifa Rioters Break Into Portland Police Union and Set It on Fire as Mayor Hamstrings Federal Troops
Antifa Rioters Break Into Portland Police Union and Set It on Fire as Mayor Hamstrings Federal Troops
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Power Line, Redstate, Portland Police and The Sun
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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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The family that owns The New York Times were slaveholders — It's far worse than I thought. In addition to the many links between the family that owns The New York Times and the Civil War Confederacy, new evidence shows that members of the extended family were slaveholders.
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ABC News:
To honor John Lewis' legacy, need to pass Voting Rights Act: Rep. Karen Bass — Reps. Karen Bass and Val Demings appeared on ABC's “This Week.” — To honor the life and legacy of death of death of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., said on ABC's “This Week” …
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Ken Coleman / Michigan Advance:
Michigan leaders reflect on late civil rights legend John Lewis, who fought for voting rights until the end
Michigan leaders reflect on late civil rights legend John Lewis, who fought for voting rights until the end
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Joel Anderson / Slate:
Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way
Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way
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Mother Jones, Vox, The Atlantic, HISTORY and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Real White Fragility — Does the white upper class feel exhausted and oppressed by meritocracy? — In 2001, when I was still attending college, David Brooks wrote an essay for The Atlantic called “The Organization Kid,” in which he spent a lot of time with young Ivy Leaguers …
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Althouse and The College Fix
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Companies Lose Hope for Quick Rebound From Covid-19 — CEOs overhaul strategies and staffing in acknowledgment of coronavirus's permanent impact on demand; ‘We cannot defy gravity’ — Big U.S. companies are deciding March and April moves won't cut it.
CNN:
What a Trump loss could look like — Polls show Trump trails Biden by double digits — Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author of the book, “Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party.”
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Kris Alexander / The Daily Beast:
I Was a Military COVID Planner. Trust Me: Texas Is in Deep, Deep Trouble — Things are pretty bad right now in the Lone Star State. But the real pain is likely to come during hurricane season, when as many as 19 named storms are projected to hit. — Like many of my fellow Texans …
Washington Post:
Trump demands payroll tax cut while GOP eyes benefit cuts for unemployed — One scenario would cut benefits back from $600 per week to between $200 and $400 each week. — President Trump sought to draw a hard line on the upcoming coronavirus relief bill on Sunday, saying it must include …
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Ritchie Torres / Washington Post:
I'm Afro-Latino, but I can't join both the black and Hispanic caucuses in Congress. That must change. — Ritchie Torres is the Democratic candidate for New York's 15th Congressional District. — Whenever I'm about to enter a new setting — like the New York City Council in 2014 or Congress in 2021 …