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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 and The Justice Wire
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General William P. Barr Joins President Donald J. Trump to Announce Expansion of Operation Legend — Originally launched in Kansas City, MO., additional cities include Chicago and Albuquerque — Today, Attorney General William P. Barr joined President Donald J. Trump to announce …
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Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Chicago Tribune, Fox News, Chicago Sun-Times and NPR
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump announces “surge” of federal law enforcement to Chicago and Albuquerque — President Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr announced on Wednesday that the Justice Department will “immediately surge” federal law enforcement officers to Chicago and Albuquerque in an effort to combat violent crime.
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NBC News, Breitbart, ABC News, No More Mister Nice Blog and Reuters
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly law enforcement crackdown is even alienating Republicans
Trump's ugly law enforcement crackdown is even alienating Republicans
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The Nation, Common Dreams, Mediaite, Raw Story, New York Times, Fox News, Talking Points Memo and Breitbart
Garrett M. Graff / Washington Post:
The federal crackdown in Portland is ‘legal.’ That's the problem with it.
The federal crackdown in Portland is ‘legal.’ That's the problem with it.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, Slate and Law & Crime
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's Portland crackdown is controversial. The man spearheading it might be doing so illegally.
Trump's Portland crackdown is controversial. The man spearheading it might be doing so illegally.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Trump ‘Surges’ Feds to Chicago Like It's the New Iraq
Trump ‘Surges’ Feds to Chicago Like It's the New Iraq
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Daily Kos
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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The Hill
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump to ‘surge’ federal agents to Chicago, other cities, amid spike in violent crime
Trump to ‘surge’ federal agents to Chicago, other cities, amid spike in violent crime
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Associated Press, KTLA and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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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Mia Jankowicz / Business Insider:
A new Trump campaign ad depicting a police officer being attacked by protesters is actually a 2014 photo of pro-democracy protests in Ukraine — Foto: This image of protesters and police in Ukraine, from 2014, has been used by the Trump 2020 US election campaign.
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Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Sputnik News, VICE, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg and New York Times
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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Manu Raju / CNN:
Manchin calls ‘bulls—’ on Democrats' push to eliminate Senate filibuster
Manchin calls ‘bulls—’ on Democrats' push to eliminate Senate filibuster
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The Daily Caller
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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Politico, Reuters, Redstate, NBC News, The Hill, Deadline, Axios, IJR, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, The Week, Twitchy and The Guardian
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Geraldo Rivera: Trump Was ‘Brave’ to Wish Ghislaine Maxwell ‘Well’ — Geraldo applauding Trump's courage for wishing the accused sex-trafficker well came after Rivera blasted a judge for denying bail for Maxwell. — Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera on Wednesday once again rallied …
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Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA, Deadline, Mediaite, Politico and One America News Network
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Lisette Voytko / Forbes:
Here's Every Time Donald Trump And Ghislaine Maxwell Have Been Photographed Together
Here's Every Time Donald Trump And Ghislaine Maxwell Have Been Photographed Together
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Vanity Fair, New York Times, Contemptor and Deadline
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump wishes Ghislaine Maxwell well — and the media barely reacts
Trump wishes Ghislaine Maxwell well — and the media barely reacts
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Washington Monthly, The Nation, New York Post and Fox News
CNN:
NFL owner and Trump ambassador to UK sparks watchdog inquiry over allegations of racist and sexist remarks and push to promote Trump business — Washington (CNN)The billionaire NFL owner who serves as President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Kingdom was investigated …
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NPR, ABC News, UPI, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, ProFootballTalk, Sports Illustrated, Vanity Fair, Baltimore Sun, Fox News, New York Post, Raw Story, TMZ.com, The American Independent, The Sun, POLITICUSUSA, Golf News Net, Mediaite and Slate
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Associated Press:
US orders China to close its consulate in Houston — BEIJING (AP) — The United States said Wednesday that it has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston “to protect American intellectual property” and the private information of Americans. — China strongly condemned the move …
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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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Justice News and Breitbart
Tulsi Kamath / Click2Houston.com:
Houston fire and police respond to reports of documents being burned at Consulate General of China
Houston fire and police respond to reports of documents being burned at Consulate General of China
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Redstate, Financial Times, ABC13, Sputnik News, CNN, Bloomberg, thenewamerican.com, The Western Journal, Breitbart, The Federalist, Task & Purpose, KHOU-TV, Disrn, Houston Chronicle, VICE, New York Post, Washington Post, New York Times, Twitchy, Fox News, The Daily Wire, National Review, МИА and The Gateway Pundit
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
From the Administration that Brought You Kids-in-Cages, It's Tear-Gassed-Moms — Trump denounced Portland protests as illegitimate, led by anarchists. What happens when a bunch of moms show up in yellow shirts? — As nightly protests have dominated downtown Portland for nearly two months …
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Tom Cleary / Heavy.com:
Portland Mom Says She Was Groped & Assaulted by Feds During Protest Arrest
Portland Mom Says She Was Groped & Assaulted by Feds During Protest Arrest
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Washington Post, Oregonian and globalnews.ca
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Refusal to concede? Vote counting delays? Lefty groups brace for the worst. — In a recent interview, President Trump repeatedly refused to say whether he will accept the outcome of the voting this fall, while claiming vote-by-mail will “rig the election.”
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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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Political Wire
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 …
Cory Stieg / CNBC:
MIT engineers designed an affordable, reusable face mask that's as effective as an N95 — take a look — The iMASC is a clear rubber mask that covers the nose and mouth, with a nose bridge and two nylon elastic straps that go around the head. The fit was based on the 3M 1860 respirator …
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MinnPost
Center for Public Integrity:
Exclusive: White House privately warns 11 cities must take “aggressive” action against coronavirus — This article is available for republishing — We ask that you credit our newsroom at the top with a line that says, “This article about coronavirus aggressive action was originally published …
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Las Vegas Review-Journal, Washington Post and fox8.com
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Thomas Chatterton Williams on Race, Identity, and “Cancel Culture” — On July 7th, Harper's Magazine published what it called “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate,” which quickly became part of the conversation around the subject of “cancel culture.” The letter, which has been signed …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Daily Caller
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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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Political Wire, Mediaite, Vox and Contemptor
Jason Whitlock / OutKick:
Sage Steele And The Holy War Separating Black People — ESPN anchor Sage Steele's crime against blackness is her practice of Christianity. It's the same felonious offense that has actor Terry Crews at odds with Twitter's black culture overseers. — On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported …
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The Root, The Gateway Pundit and Wall Street Journal
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump's pick to head Office of Personnel Management spread ‘satanic’ conspiracy theory, called Democrats party of ‘Islam’ and ‘gender-bending’ — (CNN)The Trump administration announced this week the nomination of a former conservative commentator with a history of inflammatory …
Emily Ekins / Cato Institute:
Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They're Afraid to Share — 50% of strong liberals support firing Trump donors, 36% of strong conservatives support firing Biden donors; 32% are worried about missing out on job opportunities because of their political opinions
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Mother Jones and National Review
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Outbreak at Iowa pork plant was larger than state reported — IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected than the state Department of Public Health told …
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Tucker's Got Real Scandals, So He Keeps Inventing Imaginary Enemies — The Fox News star went on vacation after his chief writer was exposed as a bigot, and returned just as he was accused of harassment. So he doxxed a reporter to change the subject. — BEAST INSIDE
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Biden campaign goes on offensive against Sen. Ron Johnson's Burisma probe — Joe Biden's presidential campaign on Tuesday launched a highly personal broadside at Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, for pushing forward …
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
AOC posts ‘Boss B—h’ video after Yoho confrontation — Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., blamed his actions on being passionate about those affected by poverty — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Tuesday posted a video of herself walking outside the Capitol Building to Doja Cat's “Boss B …
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The Hill and Sputnik News
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
QAnon Is Just Getting Started, Despite Twitter's Crackdown — The movement QAnon built on social media platforms has already moved into the real world—and established a foothold in the Republican Party. — Twitter announced Tuesday that it's done letting the QAnon conspiracy theory run rampant …
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Wired, Vanity Fair and The National Interest, more at Techmeme »
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, IJR, Commentary Magazine and Politico
Politico:
Matt Gaetz appears to run afoul of House ethics rules — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has privately engaged in several spending practices in his nearly four years in office that appear to be in conflict with the House's ethics rules, a POLITICO investigation has found.
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Raw Story, Daily Kos, Vanity Fair, The National Interest, The Daily Caller, The Week and Contemptor