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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 Daily Beast, The Guardian and The Hill
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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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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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 …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Polls show Biden routing Trump. Here's how to read them. — President Donald Trump's bad poll numbers are getting worse. — The latest data point: A new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Sunday shows Trump 15 points behind former Vice President Joe Biden among registered voters, 55 percent to 40 percent.
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Axios
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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Politico, The Hill, The Colorado Sun and The Week
Lyndsey Parker / Yahoo Entertainment:
Linkin Park succeeds in getting fan-made Trump campaign ad pulled from Twitter
Linkin Park succeeds in getting fan-made Trump campaign ad pulled from Twitter
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The Verge, Althouse, The Gateway Pundit and Rolling Stone
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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Axios, The Guardian and Law & Crime
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Washington Post:
Oregon attorney general sues federal agencies for allegedly violating protesters' civil rights
Oregon attorney general sues federal agencies for allegedly violating protesters' civil rights
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New York Times:
Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn't Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said
Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn't Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said
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Eder Campuzano / Oregonian:
Feds, right-wing media paint Portland as ‘city under siege.’ A tour of town shows otherwise
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, NPR and The Sun
Associated Press:
Police call Portland protest a riot
Police call Portland protest a riot
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Fox News, New York Post and Raw Story
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
As city violence surges, liberal mayors engage in social media feuds with Trump officials
As city violence surges, liberal mayors engage in social media feuds with Trump officials
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Politico
Ken Coleman / Michigan Advance:
Michigan leaders reflect on late civil rights legend John Lewis, who fought for voting rights until the end — Chuck Stokes already misses civil rights icon John Lewis, who died late Friday night at the age of 80. — “Lewis was one of the most courageous men I have ever met and one of the humblest …
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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
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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Axios, Washington Post, Politico, Breitbart and The Hill
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis
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
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies
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.
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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Yahoo News, New York Times, Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
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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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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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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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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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.
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