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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
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, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Fox News and Talking Points Memo
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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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Reuters, Breitbart, NBC News, ABC News and No More Mister Nice Blog
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
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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Common Dreams, Mediaite, The Nation, Raw Story, New York Times, Fox News, Talking Points Memo and Breitbart
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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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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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.
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
From the Administration that Brought You Kids-in-Cages, It's Tear-Gassed-Moms
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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Law & Crime, Raw Story and The Philadelphia Inquirer
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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Oregonian, Washington Post and globalnews.ca
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 …
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The Hill
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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 …
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, Sputnik News, VICE, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair and New York Times
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Prosecutors say S.F. consulate is harboring Chinese military researcher wanted by FBI — A researcher who lied about her affiliation with a Chinese military university entered the Chinese consulate in San Francisco after being interviewed by the FBI on June 20 about alleged visa fraud and has remained there …
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Breitbart and Justice News
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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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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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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Cruz vs. Cotton clash on coronavirus deficits may preview 2024 contest for post-Trump GOP
The Daily 202: Cruz vs. Cotton clash on coronavirus deficits may preview 2024 contest for post-Trump GOP
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Politico, The National Interest, Daily Kos, Contemptor and NBC News
Frank Langfitt / NPR:
Trump Asked U.S. Ambassador To Seek British Open For A Trump Resort, Ex-Diplomat Says
Trump Asked U.S. Ambassador To Seek British Open For A Trump Resort, Ex-Diplomat Says
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NBC News, New York Times, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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
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, Deadline, POLITICUSUSA, 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
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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The Daily Beast, Fox News and New York Times
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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New York Times
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
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 …
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
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Texas governor's net coronavirus approval rating falls 21 points as cases surge — 48% of polled registered voters in Texas disapprove of Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) handling of the coronavirus pandemic, while 47% approve, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.
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New York Post, The Hill and One America News Network
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Texas toss-up: Poll shows Biden, Trump tied again
Texas toss-up: Poll shows Biden, Trump tied again
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Washington Post, Frontloading HQ and The Hill
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.
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
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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Breitbart, Mother Jones, National Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Daily Caller
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, Politico, Reason and New York Post
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 and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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Florida Politics
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 …