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1:45 PM ET, July 20, 2020

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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 …
Discussion: The Week, Mediaite and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
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Richard Read / Los Angeles Times:
Out of Portland tear gas, an apparition emerges, capturing the imagination of protesters
Discussion: New York Post
Robert Evans / bellingcat:
What You Need To Know About The Battle of Portland
Discussion: NPR and Portland Mercury
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 …
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 …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
How Biden is winning  —  Joe Biden refuses to play into Donald Trump's hands.
Discussion: Washington Post
Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
Pelosi To Trump: You're Getting Kicked Out If You Lose The Race Whether You Like It Or Not
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, CNBC and The Mahablog
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Hunts for Hidden Voters—but Biden Does, Too
Jeremy Pelzer / Plain Dealer:   Ex-Gov. John Kasich slated to speak at the Democratic National Convention for Joe Biden
Marissa Lang / Washington Post:
A Navy vet asked federal officers in Portland to remember their oaths.  Then they broke his hand.  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — He came to the protest with a question.  He left with two broken bones in a confrontation with federal officers that went viral.  —  Christopher David had watched in horror …
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Washington Post:
Live updates: U.S. marks another record-setting day as Trump complains about coronavirus case counting  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Fox News's Chris Wallace just exposed Trump as very few have  —  One of the greatest frustrations President Trump's foes have is how infrequently he's called out — in person — on his bizarre theories and his 20,000 falsehoods and misleading claims.  While journalists fact-check Trump relentlessly …
James Downie / Washington Post:
The president is very proud he can count backward
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Kanye West fails to submit petition signatures needed to get on SC presidential ballot  —  COLUMBIA — Rapper Kanye West did not submit any of the 10,000 petition signatures needed to get on South Carolina's 2020 presidential ballot by Monday's noon deadline despite hosting a rally in the state the previous day.
Discussion: Axios
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Does the Lincoln Project have a secret agenda?  The answer is surprising.  —  Should progressives and liberals view the Lincoln Project Republicans as full-fledged converts, as temporary allies of convenience, or as an ideological Trojan horse virus that will co-opt the Democratic Party …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Steve Stampley / National Review:
The Grifter Project  —  The Lincoln Project is little …
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
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Christopher Nolan's ‘Tenet’ Delays August Release … Warner Bros. has removed “Tenet” from its release calendar, delivering a big blow on the exhibition industry at a time when movie theaters had hoped to peg their re-opening to the late summer debut of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Zuckerberg: No deal with Trump  —  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, under fire for allowing President Trump to post inflammatory statements on his platform, tells Axios there's no truth to whispers that the two have a secret understanding.  —  Why it matters: Zuckerberg, facing a growing ad boycott …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Former Florida congressman Allen West unseats James Dickey to become Texas GOP chairman  —  West defeated Dickey, who was running for a second full term, early Monday morning at a tumultuous virtual state convention.  —  Copy link  —  Allen West, the firebrand former Florida congressman …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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: Blue Virginia, CNBC and Raw Story
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Donald Trump, Fox News grandpa: TV tells him what to do, and he does it  —  It would almost be pathetic if it weren't terrifying.  America's president is trapped in the Fox News Universe  —  view in app  —  Donald Trump is a Fox News grandpa.  He watches the TV and it tells him what to do.
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
 
 
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Fiery Flynn brief accuses Judge Sullivan of acting on ‘vindictive animus,’ aims to end case
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
U.S. Congress girds for a fight over new coronavirus aid bill as clock ticks
Discussion: Breitbart
Emily Atkin / HEATED:
Fact-check of viral climate misinformation quietly removed from Facebook
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court won't rush Trump's tax fight with Congress back to lower court
Discussion: Reuters
Wall Street Journal:
How Europe Kept Coronavirus Cases Low Even After Reopening
Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
Racist Disinformation Campaign Impersonates Tammy Duckworth
 Earlier Items: 
Billie Kanfer / Memos:
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Jenni White / The Federalist:
For My Son To Be An Engineer, I Have To Pay An Oklahoma Public College To Push Segregation
Harry Enten / CNN:
Joe Biden continues to run well ahead of Hillary Clinton's 2016 pace
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Arizona reopened early to revive its economy.  Now, its workers and businesses face even greater devastation.
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
The 'Primary Subsource's' Guide to Russiagate, as Told to the FBI
Discussion: Twitchy and Real Clear Politics
New York Times:
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