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9:15 AM ET, July 20, 2020

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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Son of federal judge slain, husband in critical condition  —  The husband and son of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas were shot this evening after a gunman dressed as a Federal Express delivery driver entered their North Brunswick home, the New Jersey Globe has learned.
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NBC New York:
Husband, Son of Federal Judge Shot at Their New Jersey Home  —  Judge Esther Salas was not injured in the shooting Sunday evening  —  The husband and son of a New Jersey federal judge were shot at their home Sunday afternoon, and a massive law enforcement response is underway.
ABC News:
Federal judge's son shot and killed, husband injured in attack at their NJ home  —  Judge Esther Salas, who serves on the federal bench in New Jersey, was not hurt.  —  The son of a federal judge in Newark, New Jersey, has been shot and killed, and her husband shot and injured in an attack …
Discussion: New York Post
Axios:
We blew it  —  America spent the spring building a bridge to August, spending trillions and shutting down major parts of society.  The expanse was to be a bent coronavirus curve, and the other side some semblance of normal, where kids would go to school and their parents to work.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Michigan Advance
Barbara McQuade / New York Magazine:
Why Trump's Military Tactics in Portland Will Likely Backfire  —  New York Is Committed to Covering This Essential Moment … A showdown in policing philosophies is taking place on the streets of Portland, Oregon, where federal agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are working …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House chairs ask IGs to investigate federal crackdown in Portland
Discussion: NBC News
Ben Smith / New York Times:
An Ex-Times Reporter.  An Ohio Wedding Provider.  Covid Contrarians Go Viral.  —  Anger at lockdowns and mask mandates provides fertile ground for arguments about the best way to fight the virus.  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — If you've been following Gov. Mike DeWine's coronavirus news conferences …
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Biden eyes GOP supporters while Trump focuses on his base  —  In the four months since Joe Biden effectively won the Democratic presidential nomination, he has focused on consolidating the party's divergent and often warring factions.  As the closing stretch of the campaign nears …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill, Breitbart and Politico
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
How Biden is winning  —  Joe Biden refuses to play into Donald Trump's hands.  —  Last week, Joe Biden held a 45-minute call with a small group of reporters, including myself.  The main subject of the conversation was Biden's new plan, Build Back Better: a new, post-Covid framework …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump's license to skirt the law  —  President Trump and top White House officials are privately considering a controversial strategy to act without legal authority to enact new federal policies — starting with immigration, administration officials tell Axios.
New York Times:
As Trump Ignores Virus Crisis, Republicans Start to Break Ranks  —  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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ABC News:
Administration seeks to zero out CDC, NIH funding in coronavirus relief bill: Sources
Discussion: Axios
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Kanye West criticizes Harriet Tubman at his political rally  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West, in his first event since declaring himself a presidential candidate, ranted against historical figure Harriet Tubman on Sunday, saying the Underground Railroad conductor …
Discussion: IJR, Reuters and The Hill
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Fleming Smith / Post and Courier:   Kanye West attracts crowd in North Charleston in bid to make it on SC ballot for president
Washington Post:
The crisis that shocked the world: America's response to the coronavirus  —  Dysfunctional politics, a lack of funding for public health and a rush to reopen the economy ignited the resurgence of the virus  —  Isabelle Papadimitriou, 64, a respiratory therapist in Dallas …
Discussion: Raw Story
Natalie O'Neill / New York Post:
Mark Zuckerberg surfboards in Hawaii with way too much sunscreen  —  What a Joker.  —  New photos show Facebook honcho Mark Zuckerberg zipping around on an electric surfboard in Hawaii — while wearing enough white sunscreen on his face to make the Batman super villain blush.
Discussion: Twitchy
Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
The 'Primary Subsource's' Guide to Russiagate, as Told to the FBI  —  Above, Christopher Steele.  The FBI notes of February 2017 interviews with his dossier's dubious “Primary Subsource” have finally been released.  —  Much of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Donald Trump was built …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
We must not become numb to Trump's abnormality  —  Normal?  —  How about a summer in which Americans are not allowed to travel to Canada or Europe?  Seriously.  That's due to President Trump's failure to halt the high rate of coronavirus infections in the United States.  —  That's not normal.
Nathanael Blake / The Federalist:
Renaming The Redskins Won't Save A Single Black Life  —  From riots to cancel culture, almost nothing the left has done under the banner of Black Lives Matter will prevent another murder like George Floyd's.  —  So long, Redskins.  The movement sparked by the death of George Floyd has …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Arizona reopened early to revive its economy.  Now, its workers and businesses face even greater devastation.  —  A surge in coronavirus infections threatens residents and businesses at a moment when state and federal relief programs are expiring  —  Arizona had been one of the last states to close …
Discussion: Raw Story
Elizabeth Preston / New York Times:
During Coronavirus Lockdowns, Some Doctors Wondered: Where Are the Preemies?  —  Hospitals in several countries saw dips in premature births, which could be a starting point for future research.  —  This spring, as countries around the world told people to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus …
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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Fox News:
Transcript: ‘Fox News Sunday’ interview with President Trump
Aaron Morrison / Associated Press:
Thousands to walk off job to protest racial inequality  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are set to walk off the job Monday in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality that has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion: Axios
Steve Stampley / National Review:
The Grifter Project  —  The Lincoln Project is little more than the most brazen election-season grift in recent memory.  —  he four founders of the Lincoln Project — Steve Schmidt, Rick Wilson, George Conway, and John Weaver — introduced their new venture to the world in a New York Times op-ed …
 
 
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Emily Holden / The Guardian:
US scientists rebuke Trump over coronavirus response and other affronts
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Ruchir Sharma / New York Times:
Which Country Will Triumph in the Post-Pandemic World?
Scott Gottlieb / Wall Street Journal:
Behind the HHS-CDC Disagreement
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
We immigrants know the America-bashers are ridiculously wrong
New York Times:
Wearing a Mask? It May Come From China's Controversial Labor Program
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
The Postal Service is Not Ready for November
Kabc / ABC7:
Couple in house arrest after refusal to quarantine for COVID-19
Rep. Maxine Waters / TMZ.com:
Rep. Maxine Waters Stops to Check on Police Stopping Black Man
Discussion: New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
Briana Bierschbach / Star Tribune:
Antone Melton-Meaux challenge puts Ilhan Omar's style, controversies to the test
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Priorities USA and others agree to drop voting lawsuit against Florida
Discussion: The Hill
Just Security:
Portland's Pretext: Barr's Long History Manipulating Law to Put Federal Forces on U.S. Streets
Discussion: Mother Jones
LasVegasSun.com:
Trump says he aced this cognitive test. Can you?
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
‘No mask, no entry. Is that clear enough? That seems pretty clear, right?’
Kris Alexander / The Daily Beast:
I Was a Military COVID Planner. Trust Me: Texas Is in Deep, Deep Trouble
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The family that owns The New York Times were slaveholders
Discussion: Breitbart and Twitchy
 

 
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