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Chicago Tribune:
Homeland Security making plans to deploy some 150 agents in Chicago this week, with scope of duty unknown — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is crafting plans to deploy about 150 federal agents to Chicago this week, the Chicago Tribune has learned, a move that would come amid growing …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's Occupation of American Cities Has Begun — Protesters are being snatched from the streets without warrants. Can we call it fascism yet? — The month after Donald Trump's inauguration, the Yale historian Timothy Snyder published the best-selling book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century.”
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Richard Read / Los Angeles Times:
Out of Portland tear gas, an apparition emerges, capturing the imagination of protesters — She emerged as an apparition from clouds of tear gas as federal agents fired pepper balls at angry protesters in the early Saturday darkness. — A woman wearing nothing but a black face mask …
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Redstate, National Review, Twitchy and New York Post
John Ismay / New York Times:
A Navy Veteran Had a Question for the Feds in Portland. They Beat Him in Response. — The veteran said he wanted to ask the officers whether they felt their actions violated the Constitution. Video shows them tear-gassing him and smashing his hand with baton blows.
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Marissa Lang / Washington Post:
A Navy vet asked federal officers in Portland to remember their oaths. Then they broke his hand.
A Navy vet asked federal officers in Portland to remember their oaths. Then they broke his hand.
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New York Times:
Trump Threatens to Send Federal Law Enforcement Forces to More Cities
Trump Threatens to Send Federal Law Enforcement Forces to More Cities
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Linda Givetash / NBC News:
‘Wall of Moms’ stand between Portland Black Lives Matter protesters and federal police
‘Wall of Moms’ stand between Portland Black Lives Matter protesters and federal police
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The Daily Wire, KGW-TV, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and The Sun
Washington Post:
Trump threatens to deploy federal agents to Chicago and other U.S. cities led by Democrats
Trump threatens to deploy federal agents to Chicago and other U.S. cities led by Democrats
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Breitbart, Los Angeles Magazine and The Hill
Laurel Wamsley / NPR:
‘They Just Started Waling On Me’: Violence In Portland As U.S. Agents Clamp Down
‘They Just Started Waling On Me’: Violence In Portland As U.S. Agents Clamp Down
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Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Federal officers again tear-gas protesters in Portland, Oregon
Federal officers again tear-gas protesters in Portland, Oregon
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NBC News:
Suspect in federal judge's home ambush railed against her in misogynistic book — The man suspected of ambushing the family of the first Latina federal judge in New Jersey posted thousands of pages of writing to the internet in recent years decrying feminism and ranting against her …
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New York Times:
‘Anti-Feminist’ Lawyer Is Suspect in Killing of Son of Federal Judge in N.J. — Roy Den Hollander had openly seethed against the judge, Esther Salas. After the shooting at her home, he was found dead in an apparent suicide. — Roy Den Hollander was a self-described “anti-feminist” …
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Jeremy Kohler / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Missouri governor's comments on coronavirus, McCloskeys raise eyebrows — A series of controversial remarks by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on a St. Louis radio show are getting widespread attention — and some pushback. — In an interview on Friday with talk-radio host Marc Cox on KFTK …
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Axios:
St. Louis prosecutor charges white couple for pulling guns on protesters
St. Louis prosecutor charges white couple for pulling guns on protesters
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Jim Salter / Associated Press:
St. Louis couple charged for pulling guns at protest
St. Louis couple charged for pulling guns at protest
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The Daily Beast:
Ex-Fox News Star Ed Henry Accused of Rape in Brutal New Lawsuit — In addition to Henry's alleged violent sexual misconduct, the lawsuit also claims sexual harassment by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Howard Kurtz, and Gianno Caldwell. — A former Fox News reporter and producer …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Lawsuit accuses ex-Fox News reporter Ed Henry of rape, says Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson harassed other woman — A bombshell lawsuit filed by two women accuses former Fox News chief national correspondent Ed Henry of raping one of them, and says that the network's star anchor Sean Hannity once offered $100 …
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POLITICUSUSA
Joe Biden:
My Statement on Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections — Foreign interference in the U.S. electoral process represents an assault on the American people and their constitutional right to vote. When foreign states direct hackers, trolls, money launderers, and misinformation to subvert …
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Politico:
Dem leaders demand FBI briefing on ‘foreign interference campaign’ targeting lawmakers
Dem leaders demand FBI briefing on ‘foreign interference campaign’ targeting lawmakers
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Biden vows to impose “substantial and lasting costs” for foreign interference
Biden vows to impose “substantial and lasting costs” for foreign interference
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Defense One
Marc Caputo / Politico:
'We can't pull it off': Florida sheriff says he can't muster security for GOP convention — The sheriff of Jacksonville, Fla., said he can't provide security for the Republican National Convention because of a lack of clear plans, adequate funding and enough law enforcement officers.
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Axios, Patterico's Pontifications, Florida Politics, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Joe Biden Is Courting Trump Defectors In the Least Effective Way Imaginable — Just no. Not this time. Not running against this president*. Not at this time of national peril. And, for that matter, not this guy. From the — AP … Oh, Lord. Just on the merits …
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New York Times:
Republicans, Still at Odds Over Aid Package, Eye $1 Trillion Opening Offer — Congressional Republicans and the White House are still debating a number of central issues as lawmakers look to unveil their proposal. — WASHINGTON — Republicans toiled on Monday to resolve their differences …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
American Death Cult Why has the Republican response to the pandemic been so mind-bogglingly disastrous? — Last October, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security compiled a ranking system to assess the preparedness of 195 countries for the next global pandemic.
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Florida's largest teachers union sues state over reopening schools — The largest teachers union in Florida sued Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday over his administration's push to fully reopen all public schools next month — even as the number of coronavirus cases in the state is spiking.
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Biden says 4 Black women are on his list of potential running mates — Joe Biden said Monday that four Black women are on his list of potential running mates, and that his vetting team has so far briefed him on a total of four candidates — with more to come.
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Politico:
Corporate giants shut down Trump texting program — A test run of one of Donald Trump's most important voter-contact programs was abruptly shut down over the July 4 weekend, potentially costing the president millions of dollars in donations and raising alarms about whether the initiative …
Laura Reiley / Washington Post:
Deep South supermarket Winn-Dixie takes a stand: No masks required — With stores in five states that went for Trump in the last election, Winn-Dixie's ‘no face-coverings required’ policy illustrates the partisanship of the mask divide — “Stronger Together. Winning Together.
Lawfare:
DHS Authorizes Domestic Surveillance to Protect Statues and Monuments — You might not imagine that the U.S. intelligence community would have much stake in local protests over monuments and statues. You'd be wrong. — A document provided to Lawfare on July 19 from the Department of Homeland Security's …
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Stuart Stevens / Penguin Random House:
It Was All a Lie — Buy the Audiobook Download: — Apple- Audible- downpour- eMusic- audiobooks.com — ABOUT IT WAS ALL A LIE — From the most successful Republican political operative of his generation, a searing, unflinching, and deeply personal exposé of how his party became what it is today
Manu Raju / CNN:
Ousted New York Democrat warns his colleagues: ‘Very dangerous’ to engage in intraparty primary fights — (CNN)House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel, a 16-term veteran who was vanquished in his New York primary by a progressive insurgent, bluntly warned his fellow Democrats …
Maria Cheng / Associated Press:
UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test — LONDON (AP) — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.
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Nicole Lyn Pesce / MarketWatch:
The doctor behind a cognitive test Trump took says 'it's supposed to be easy' — The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA, test discussed by President Trump and Chris Wallace is ‘not an IQ test,’ Dr. Ziad Nasreddine tells MarketWatch — Referenced Symbols
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Bhaskar Sunkara / Jacobin:
Remembering Our Friend and Comrade Michael Brooks — We lost an irreplaceable part of the Jacobin family today. Let's honor the life and legacy of Michael Brooks. — I can barely bring myself to write this, nor give my friend the tribute he deserves. Earlier today, I got the devastating news …