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7:00 AM ET, July 23, 2020

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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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump announces ‘surge’ of federal officers to Chicago as he campaigns on ‘law and order’ mantle
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and The Hill
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Trump ‘Surges’ Feds to Chicago Like It's a War Zone
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog and Daily Kos
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
White House executive office cafeteria closed after positive coronavirus test  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is conducting contact tracing after a cafeteria worker tested positive for coronavirus, three Trump administration officials tell NBC News.  —  The cafeteria in the Eisenhower …
Discussion: The Hill, The Week and New York Post
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 …
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.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Week 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 …
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and Axios
Manu Raju / CNN:
Manchin calls ‘bulls—’ on Democrats' push to eliminate Senate filibuster
Discussion: 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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Washington Post:
Obama and Biden, together again to troll Trump
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 …
Discussion: NBC News
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.
Discussion: UPI, Axios and The Hill
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:   From the Administration that Brought You Kids-in-Cages, It's Tear-Gassed-Moms
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.
Discussion: Mediaite
Gregg Re / Fox News:
China harboring military-linked biologist fugitive at San Francisco consulate, FBI says  —  The Chinese consulate in San Francisco is harboring a biology researcher who falsely denied connections to the Chinese military to obtain a visa and gain access to the country, according to court documents filed by the FBI.
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Prosecutors say S.F. consulate is harboring Chinese military researcher wanted by FBI
Discussion: The College Fix and Breitbart
Brent Orrell / The Bulwark:
What the Conservative Version of Cancel Culture Looks Like  —  It's love Trump or get lost.  —  It is hard to think of a major sector of the culture-shaping industries and institutions of American life—Hollywood, news media, universities, arts, publishing, music, advertising, and so on …
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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Mitt Romney questions Trump getting ‘cozy’ with dictators, direction of GOP
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.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Fox News
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:   Refusal to concede? Vote counting delays? Lefty groups brace for the worst.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Deseret News and 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 …
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, Political Wire, Vox and Contemptor
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Cop-O Research: Is Kamala Harris Planting Evidence on Her VP Rivals?  —  Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.), whose failed presidential campaign flamed out before any primary votes were cast, is a top contender to be Joe Biden's running mate in 2020.  Curiously enough, negative stories …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Georgia Democrats think this is their year — and Biden's VP pick could help  —  Georgia Democrats are close to tipping the state their way for the first time in years this November, and they want Joe Biden to give it a nudge with a home-grown running mate.  —  Retirements, resignations …
Discussion: Reuters
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 …
Discussion: Fox News and New York Times
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
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
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
A public health employee predicted Florida's coronavirus catastrophe — then she was fired: ‘This is everything I was trying to warn people about’  —  “More people are gonna die,” Rebekah Jones wrote to her mother and sisters on Facebook.  It was April 26, a warm spring Sunday in Tallahassee …
Discussion: Florida Politics
NIAC:
NIAC Applauds Draft DNC Platform on Iran, Ban Provisions  —  Washington, DC - Ryan Costello, Policy Director for the National Iranian American Council Action (NIAC Action), applauded the DNC for its draft platform commitments supporting a mutual return to the Iran nuclear deal and an end to the Muslim ban.
 
 
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Associated Press:
World virus cases near 15M; Trump says things will get worse
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
House approves conservation bill with Trump's support
Discussion: The Hill
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Nearly 1 in 4 VA employees report sex harassment, audit says
Discussion: Axios
Hans Bader / Liberty Unyielding:
‘Anti-racism’ is racism in disguise
Discussion: Power Line
Jason Whitlock / OutKick:
Sage Steele And The Holy War Separating Black People
Discussion: The Root and The Gateway Pundit
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Outbreak at Iowa pork plant was larger than state reported
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Retired Col. Kathy Spletstoser wasn't able to stop Joint Chiefs vice chairman Gen. John Hyten from being confirmed.
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Texas governor's net coronavirus approval rating falls 21 points as cases surge
Fox News:
President Trump praises Dr. Deborah Birx
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump's Pick To Run The Consumer Product Safety Commission Has Stalled, Says Senator
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump's pick to head Office of Personnel Management spread ‘satanic’ …
Tony Webster / Minnesota Reformer:
Derek Chauvin charged with felony tax fraud for claiming Florida residency
Noah Smith / Yahoo Finance:
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Lockdown 2.0
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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