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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly law enforcement crackdown is even alienating Republicans  —  Under fire for dispatching federal law enforcement into cities in defiance of local leaders, in part to create TV imagery that sends an authoritarian thrill up President Trump's leg, top officials are offering several new defenses.
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Brentin Mock / Bloomberg:
Philadelphia's Top Prosecutor Is Prepared to Arrest Federal Agents
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   Trump's Portland crackdown is controversial. The man spearheading it might be doing so illegally.
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
'It's not good for our democracy': Calls grow for federal officers to shed military-style uniforms
Discussion: Military Times and Fox News
Gina Harkins / Military.com:
SecDef Wants to Stop Federal Law Enforcement Agents Dressing Like US Troops
Discussion: Raw Story
USA Today:   Trump's Portland strategy: Look tough and beat Biden. But he's making cities less safe.
Tulsi Kamath / Click2Houston.com:
Houston fire and police respond to reports of documents being burned at Consulate General of China  —  HOUSTON - Houston police and fire officials responded to reports that documents were being burned in the courtyard of the Consulate General of China in Houston Tuesday night, according to the Houston Police Department.
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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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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.
Lisette Voytko / Forbes:
Here's Every Time Donald Trump And Ghislaine Maxwell Have Been Photographed Together  —  Topline: During a Tuesday coronavirus briefing, President Trump offered well-wishes to Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante who now faces multiple federal charges related to Epstein's alleged sex ring.
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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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump wishes Ghislaine Maxwell well — and the media barely reacts
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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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   Trump's New Ad Is Amazing
CNBC:
GOP considers extending unemployment benefit at reduced level of $100 a week through December  —  GOP mulling unemployment boost of $400 per month through Dec. 31, sources tell CNBC  —  Republicans are considering extending the enhanced unemployment insurance benefit at a reduced level …
Discussion: The Week and Eschaton
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Marissa Lang / Washington Post:
‘What choice do we have?’:  Portland's ‘Wall of Moms’ faces off with federal officers at tense protests  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — A thick wall of tear gas crept closer to the wall of moms in yellow shirts chanting, “Don't shoot your mother,” as they faced off with federal agents during another night of nonstop protests.
Discussion: The Nation, Daily Kos and NPR
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Tony Webster / Minnesota Reformer:
Derek Chauvin charged with felony tax fraud for claiming Florida residency  —  Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police officer charged with second degree murder in the killing of George Floyd, has been charged with nine felony counts of aiding and abetting tax fraud in Washington County, Minn.
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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Trump may not respect the election.  We need a Democratic Senate more than ever  —  Trump is already hinting he may refuse to leave office if voted out.  The Senate must be ready to protect democracy  —  Donald Trump's declaration that he might not accept the results of the 2020 election …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Manchin calls ‘bulls—’ on Democrats' push to eliminate Senate filibuster
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Americans tune in to ‘cancel culture’ — and don't like what they see  —  One of the few things that Barack Obama and Donald Trump agree on is cancel culture.  —  In the last year, as numerous public figures have become the targets of online campaigns by social media swarms …
Noah Smith / Yahoo Finance:
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Lockdown 2.0 … (Bloomberg Opinion) — After two months of what looked like a nascent recovery, the U.S. economy is faltering again.  Restaurant reservations, one of the most commonly tracked indicators of local business activity, are stagnating:
Haris Alic / Breitbart:
Founder of Never-Trump Super PAC Arrested in $60M Bribery Scheme  —  The founder of a prominent political action committee opposing President Donald Trump's reelection was arrested on Tuesday in part of a public corruption probe.  —  Matthew Borges, a lobbyist and former chairman …
Discussion: dayton-daily-news
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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
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: MinnPost
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 …
New York Times:
Hearst Employees Say Magazine Boss Led Toxic Culture  —  At Cosmopolitan staff meetings, workers complain of discrimination and tokenism.  Former employees say Hearst Magazines president Troy Young made sexually offensive remarks.  —  For decades Hearst magazines have advised American women …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The breathtaking unconstitutionality of Trump's new census policy  —  President Donald Trump talks to reporters while hosting Republican congressional leaders and members of his cabinet in the Oval Office on July 20 in Washington, DC.  Doug Mills/Getty Images  —  It's a direct attack on the 14th Amendment.
Washington Post:
Trump was maskless in the lobby of his D.C. hotel.  The city plans to investigate.  —  The president's maskless appearance at Trump International Hotel this week — in apparent defiance of D.C. coronavirus regulations — has caught the attention of local authorities, who say they plan …
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Biden, leading Trump by eight points, also has a big advantage with undecided voters: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 8 percentage points in support among registered voters, and the former vice president appears …
Discussion: The Hill, The Week and Breitbart
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 …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Determined to Split the Country in Two  —  New offensives against major cities from President Donald Trump and GOP governors are pushing at the central geographic fault line between the Republican and Democratic coalitions.  —  On one front, Trump is taking his confrontational …
CNN:
Three brothers are behind a series of viral videos trolling Trump  —  (CNN)A little known Democratic group called MeidasTouch posted a video on Twitter less than two weeks ago that began with Kellyanne Conway, President Donald Trump's longtime aide, lashing out at presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Washington Post:
Trump's company applied to trademark ‘telerally.’ Then, President Trump held a telerally.  —  President Trump's private company filed a trademark application last week that suggested that it is starting a new line of business: organizing “telerallies” for political campaigns.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Is the Left Angry at Republicans Working to Elect Joe Biden?  —  Conservatives are always looking for converts, the old saying goes, while liberals are always looking for heretics.  This would explain why so many of each are so angry right now.  Joe Biden's campaign has attracted …
 
 
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Watch: Mary Trump on Why Donald Trump Lies, Why He's “Racist,” and Why She Wrote Her Book
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Texas toss-up: Poll shows Biden, Trump tied again
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump's pick to head Office of Personnel Management spread ‘satanic’ …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Federal Prosecutor Resigned After Using Anti-Gay Slurs And Asking “Do You Know Who I Am?”
Discussion: The Hill
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Covid-19 Testing Is Broken and There's No Plan to Fix It
Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Very few Americans back full school reopening
Discussion: Mediaite
Ruth Simon / Wall Street Journal:
Small Businesses Brace for Prolonged Crisis, Short on Cash and Customers
shreveporttimes:
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins will run for U.S. Senate against Sen. Bill Cassidy
 Earlier Items: 
Manu Raju / CNN:
Rand Paul on Liz Cheney: 'I don't think she's good for the country'
Chaim Levinson / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Decides on November Election, Leveraging Political Chaos, Sources Say
James Arkin / Politico:
Top GOP super PAC jumps into Kansas Senate primary after Democratic meddling
Discussion: The Hill
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
U.S. Northeast, Pummeled in the Spring, Now Stands Out in Virus Control
Jessica Huseman / ProPublica:
How Voter-Fraud Hysteria and Partisan Bickering Ate American Election Oversight
Discussion: Althouse and electionlawblog.org
Norm Ornstein / The Atlantic:
The November Election Is Going to Be a Mess
Associated Press:
Silent spread of virus keeps scientists grasping for clues
 

 
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Jibin Joseph / PCMag:
UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time

Mia Sato / The Verge:
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