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Brentin Mock / Bloomberg:
Philadelphia's Top Prosecutor Is Prepared to Arrest Federal Agents — After numerous reports and lawsuits in Portland regarding un-badged and un-uniformed federal officers arresting, beating, and detaining people in unmarked vehicles, the Trump administration's response is that they're going to do it even more, and in more cities.
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Talking Points Memo
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James A. Gagliano / Washington Examiner:
Democratic mayors align with rioters and looters against police
Democratic mayors align with rioters and looters against police
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post and The Hill
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump announces ‘surge’ of federal officers to Chicago as he campaigns on ‘law and order’ mantle
Trump announces ‘surge’ of federal officers to Chicago as he campaigns on ‘law and order’ mantle
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Chicago Tribune and The Hill
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump announces “surge” of federal law enforcement to Chicago and Albuquerque
Trump announces “surge” of federal law enforcement to Chicago and Albuquerque
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Breitbart, ABC News, No More Mister Nice Blog, Reuters and NBC News
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Trump ‘Surges’ Feds to Chicago Like It's a War Zone
Trump ‘Surges’ Feds to Chicago Like It's a War Zone
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Daily Kos
Gillian Flaccus / Associated Press:
Mayor of Portland, Oregon, tear gassed by federal agents — PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, was tear gassed by the U.S. government late Wednesday as he stood at a fence guarding a federal courthouse during another night of protest against the presence of federal agents sent …
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Portland Police and Oregonian
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
Federal Officers Hit Portland Mayor With Tear Gas — Mayor Ted Wheeler denounced federal officers for an “egregious overreaction.” Some protesters mocked him, recalling the city police's use of tear gas on demonstrators. — PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler …
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Oregonian, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, The Gateway Pundit, Defense One, ImmigrationProf Blog and Contemptor
ACLU:
ACLU Sues Feds, Portland Police for Attacking Medics at Protests — PORTLAND, Ore. — Multiple volunteer street medics are suing the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service, and the City of Portland for targeting and attacking them at Portland protests against police brutality.
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Cafeteria worker on White House grounds tests positive for Covid-19 as staffers urged not to panic — Bolduan fact-checks Trump's ‘impressive numbers’ claim — (CNN)Administration officials were alerted on Wednesday that a cafeteria employee on the White House grounds has tested positive for coronavirus …
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Raw Story
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New York Times:
2 Cafeterias Used by White House Staff Close After Employee Contracts the Virus — The cafeterias are in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and the New Executive Office Building, which are part of the White House complex. — Two cafeterias used by White House staff members were closed …
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The Hill
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
White House executive office cafeteria closed after positive coronavirus test
White House executive office cafeteria closed after positive coronavirus test
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The Week, The Hill and New York Post
CNBC:
GOP considers extending unemployment benefit at reduced level of $100 a week through December — Republicans are considering extending the enhanced unemployment insurance through the end of the year at a drastically reduced level of $400 per month, or $100 a week.
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WJLA-TV, Common Dreams, The Week, Mediaite and Eschaton
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Politico:
'It's a mess': Congress prepares to lurch over unemployment aid cliff — A dysfunctional Congress is about to go careening off yet another fiscal cliff — but this will hurt a hell of a lot more than most. — Tens of millions of unemployed Americans are about to lose their economic lifeline during …
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The Hill, Associated Press, ABC News and Axios
Washington Post:
Biden says Trump is America's first ‘racist’ president — Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, on Wednesday called President Trump the country's first racist to be elected to the White House. — The former vice president's blunt assessment came during …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Comeback: Trump neck and neck with Biden, 45%-47%, approval equal with Obama's in 2012
Comeback: Trump neck and neck with Biden, 45%-47%, approval equal with Obama's in 2012
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Townhall and Washington Times
New York Times:
Popular Chinese-Made Drone Is Found to Have Security Weakness — Researchers found a potential vulnerability in an app that helps power the drones, highlighting U.S. officials' concerns that Beijing could get access to information about Americans. — Cybersecurity researchers revealed …
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Prosecutors say S.F. consulate is harboring Chinese military researcher wanted by FBI
Prosecutors say S.F. consulate is harboring Chinese military researcher wanted by FBI
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National Review, The College Fix and Breitbart
HuffPost:
Russian Allies Helping Trump Win Reelection Have A Partner In Wisconsin Republican — Sen. Ron Johnson will not say where material to investigate Joe Biden is coming from, but a former pro-Russian lawmaker in Ukraine has said he is a source. — WASHINGTON ― Allies …
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NBC News
Peter Baker / New York Times:
House Democrats Considered 10 Impeachment Articles Before Narrowing Their Case Against Trump — The question of what to include in the case against President Trump is at the heart of a new book by Norm Eisen, a lawyer working with House Democrats in the impeachment effort.
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Mediaite
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Mitt Romney questions Trump getting ‘cozy’ with dictators, direction of GOP — Republican Party ‘has taken a different course,’ Utah senator says — SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mitt Romney says he doesn't know where the Republican Party is headed as the president cozies up to dictators …
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Breitbart, Commentary Magazine, IJR, Politico, American Greatness and The Dispatch
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump's New Ad Is Amazing — The Trump campaign just ran the most ironic ad in the history of American politics. — A couple weeks ago the Trump campaign rolled out an ad proclaiming that the president would protect a statue of Jesus from the woke left. The only problem was that the statue pictured …
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Sputnik News, Mother Jones, VICE, The Hill and Business Insider
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Washington Post:
Trump keeps boasting about passing a cognitive test — but it doesn't mean what he thinks it does — As President Trump and his team began attacking former vice president Joe Biden's mental and physical fitness this summer, Trump began pondering his own cognitive abilities.
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Daily Beast and Fox News
Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
I Was Wrong About Florida's Response to Covid-19 — I gave Governor Ron DeSantis more credit than he deserved for the low death rate in his state. — A little after 11 a.m. each weekday, I receive an email alert from the Miami Herald. It contains the latest Covid-19 numbers for Florida.
Washington Post:
Republican feuding this week represents broader reckoning over party's future as Trump sinks in the polls — Tensions among congressional Republicans fueled by the party's diminishing electoral fortunes broke out into the open this week — as GOP lawmakers sparred over the shape …
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Mediaite, Political Wire and Vox
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Blocked gun sales skyrocket amid coronavirus pandemic — Internal FBI data reveal a jarring new stat: The number of people trying to buy guns who can't legally own them has skyrocketed. That came as part of a surge in gun purchases in the first three months of 2020, compared to the same time period in 2019.
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
New York Times fired an editor for publishing a US senator and now prints COVID propaganda from a Chinese Communist Party employee — Not a full two months after firing former opinion page editor James Bennet for publishing a mainstream opinion from a sitting U.S. senator …
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The Hill, Fox News and New York Times
Washington Post:
Trump's assault on election integrity forces question: What would happen if he refused to accept a loss? — President Trump's relentless efforts to sow doubts about the legitimacy of this year's election are forcing both parties to reckon with the possibility that he may dispute the result …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Political Wire
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Matthew Conlen / New York Times:
The Rise in Testing Is Not Driving the Rise in U.S. Virus Cases — 20,00040,00060,000 cases per dayMarch 1July 21April 1May 1June 1July 1 — Seven-day average of new reported cases — About 21,000 coronavirus cases were reported per day in early June, when the positive test rate was 4.8 percent.
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill:
DC mayor issues order requiring masks outside home — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) on Wednesday announced an executive order requiring residents to wear masks outside of the home as the city battles rising coronavirus cases. — “Basically what it says is, if you leave home …
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Fox News, Just The News, Breitbart and Associated Press
New York Times:
Tracking the Real Coronavirus Death Toll in the United States — Brazil Canada France Germany India Italy Mexico Spain U.K. — Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland …
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Fox News
Shelby Grad / Los Angeles Times:
Sierra Club calls out the racism of John Muir — John Muir is a towering figure in the environmental movement. He saved Yosemite Valley, helped form the National Park Service and influenced generations with his passionate calls to protect and revere nature.
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Michael Brune / Sierra Club:
Pulling Down Our Monuments — The Sierra Club is a 128-year …
Pulling Down Our Monuments — The Sierra Club is a 128-year …
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Los Angeles Times, KRON4, Mediaite, Washington Post, East Bay Times, The Daily Caller, FOX40, Townhall, NPR and Power Line
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The Lincoln Project is trying to save the Republican Party from itself — “The once-mocked ‘Never Trump’ movement becomes a sudden campaign force” — If you want any more evidence of the validity of that conclusion, look no further than the frenzied attacks on the Lincoln Project …
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Raw Story, Liberty Unyielding, CNN and NBC News
Politico:
Brexit negotiators will miss July target for outline deal — LONDON — The U.K. is willing to compromise on the shape of a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU but “considerable gaps remain” between the two sides, according to chief British negotiator David Frost.
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