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CNN:
Trump says he could send as many as 75,000 federal agents to US cities — Seattle Mayor: Unsettling Trump is continuing down this path — (CNN)President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's willing to send as many as 75,000 federal agents into American cities to quell violent crime, a recent campaign theme for the President.
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New York Times:
Feds Sending Tactical Team to Seattle, Expanding Presence Beyond Portland — After outrage over the presence of federal agents in Portland, Ore., the Trump administration is sending a team to Seattle. Officials say they will be on standby. — The Trump administration …
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The Hill, Daily Kos, New York Post, Sputnik News, Axios, The Week, Outside the Beltway and Talking Points Memo
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Rioters barricaded DHS officers in Portland courthouse and tried to set it on fire
Rioters barricaded DHS officers in Portland courthouse and tried to set it on fire
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Breitbart
Associated Press:
Watchdog to review conduct of federal agents in Portland, DC
Watchdog to review conduct of federal agents in Portland, DC
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ACLU, The Hill, Reuters and One America News Network
Ed Shanahan / New York Times:
Homeland Security Made False Statements in Fight With N.Y., Officials Admit — The surprise admission came as the Trump administration unexpectedly reversed its decision to bar New Yorkers from programs that allow travelers to speed through airports. — Homeland Security officials …
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Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
A Note to Readers — These pages won't wilt under cancel-culture pressure. — By The Editorial Board — We've been gratified this week by the outpouring of support from readers after some 280 of our Wall Street Journal colleagues signed (and someone leaked) a letter to our publisher criticizing the opinion pages.
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Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Jessica Taylor / The Cook Political Report:
Almost 100 Days Out, Democrats Are Favored to Take Back the Senate — With just over 100 days until Election Day, the political climate appears dire for Republicans across the board. President Trump is the decided underdog against former Vice President Joe Biden in our Electoral College ratings …
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Raw Story, The Hill, Axios and Political Wire
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV”: Trump's Mental Health Is a Test for America — Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. Sadly, I suspect I don't need to explain what I'm referring to here. If you're reading this, you most likely already know what these five words are …
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Politico
Graham Gremore / Queerty:
Washed up actor Scott Baio says Hollywood blacklisted him for supporting Trump, can't find a job — Everyone's out to get Scott Baio. At least, according to Scott Baio. — The 59-year-old actor, who is perhaps best known for appearing on the sit-com Happy Days about 40 years ago …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump in battlegrounds Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, according to Fox News statewide registered voter surveys.
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Politico, The Week, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and courthousenews.com
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Poll shows Biden beating Trump by 13 points in Florida
Poll shows Biden beating Trump by 13 points in Florida
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Sun-Sentinel, Politico, The Hill, Washington Times and Frontloading HQ
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Kimberly Guilfoyle under fire for Trump fundraising disarray — News that Kimberly Guilfoyle contracted the coronavirus had barely surfaced on July 3 before she hopped on a private flight from Mount Rushmore back to New York with her boyfriend, Donald Trump, Jr.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
The Importance of Reopening America's Schools this Fall — As families and policymakers make decisions about their children returning to school, it is important to consider the full spectrum of benefits and risks of both in-person and virtual learning options.
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Mother Jones
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New York Times:
No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon's U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public — Back — TRANSCRIPT — U.S. Navy Releases Videos of Unexplained Flying Objects — The U.S. Navy has officially published previously released videos showing unexplained objects. … By Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean
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Raw Story and New York Post
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Maine journalists under siege after false accusations from Fox News's Tucker Carlson — Two freelance journalists in Maine have sustained abuse and threats after being named by Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday night as part of an effort by the New York Times to do “a story on the location of my family's house.”
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PRESS RUN, more at Mediagazer »
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
The problem with Trump's strange denial in his new golf scandal … Some of Donald Trump's scandals are complex and take time to disentangle. The new British Open scandal is striking in its simplicity. — The New York Times reported this week that the president urged his ambassador …
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New York Times and The White House
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Stephen Miller's Grandmother Died of COVID-19. Her Son Blames the Trump Administration. — This month, Stephen Miller, the extremist anti-immigrant Trump adviser who has promoted white nationalist ideas, lost a relative to the coronavirus pandemic, and his uncle tells Mother Jones …
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The Slot, Mediaite and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
A Rare Look Inside Trump's Immigration Crackdown Draws Legal Threats — A new documentary peers inside the secretive world of immigration enforcement. The filmmakers faced demands to delete scenes and delay broadcast until after the election. — In early 2017, as Immigration …
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
Cognitive Test. Trump. Biden. Campaign. Flashpoint. — WASHINGTON (AP) — It doesn't quite have the ring of “Morning in America” and “I Like Ike.” — But the phrase “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.” is getting an unlikely moment in the spotlight as President Donald Trump …
Los Angeles Times:
Trump repeals fair housing rule, amplifying campaign appeals to racial bias — With President Trump facing sagging support in the suburbs, his administration on Thursday targeted an Obama-era affordable housing regulation, the latest in a series of appeals to white voters' fears of crime and declining property values.
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Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Chicago needs federal help to stop senseless killings — Overall, so far this year, 2,150 people have been shot in the city of Chicago — For the past two months, as you well know, a small group of power-hungry professional activists has screamed at the rest of us about saving lives.
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Zachary Pleat / Media Matters for America:
Sinclair gives “Plandemic” conspiracy theorists a platform to spread their lies about Dr. Fauci and the coronavirus — Baseless conspiracy theories about the novel coronavirus and Dr. Anthony Fauci, a prominent member of the White House coronavirus task force, found a platform on the new episode …
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The Conversation and Raw Story
fcps.edu:
School Board Renames Robert E. Lee High School for Late Congressman John Lewis — The Fairfax County School Board voted to rename Robert E. Lee High School after the late U.S. Congressman John R. Lewis at its business meeting on July 23. The new name will be effective for the 2020-21 school year.
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Late Rep. John Lewis to lie in state at Capitol next week
Late Rep. John Lewis to lie in state at Capitol next week
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Reuters
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Ilhan Omar Campaign Mailer Accuses Opponent of Being ‘in the Pocket of Wall Street’ and Only Quotes Jewish Donors by Name — The mailer references three Jewish donors, plus “Michael, a donor from Scarsdale, New York.” — Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) campaign recently sent out a mail piece ripping …
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Daily Beast and Washington Times
Politico:
New document shows FBI used Trump's candidate briefing to advance Russia probe — President Donald Trump's first intelligence briefing as a candidate in August 2016 was led by FBI agents who had just opened an investigation into his team's ties to Russia, according to a newly declassified document obtained by POLITICO.
Olivia Solon / NBC News:
Facebook ignored racial bias research, employees say — In mid-2019, researchers at Facebook began studying a new set of rules proposed for the automated system that Instagram uses to remove accounts for bullying and other infractions. — What they found was alarming.
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The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »
Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker:
J.F.K.'s “Profiles in Courage” Has a Racism Problem. What Should We Do About It? — Every so often I hear from the descendants of Adelbert Ames, a Union general during the Civil War and then the governor of Mississippi during Reconstruction, objecting to a paragraph about him in John F. Kennedy's book …
ABC News:
Despite Trump claim, 12 states say some orders for coronavirus supplies still unfilled — Trump claims “zero unfilled requests” but some states await PPE, other supplies. — During his first coronavirus press briefing in nearly three months, President Donald Trump said his administration …
Abrahm Lustgarten / New York Times:
The Great Climate Migration — Early in 2019, a year before the world shut its borders completely, Jorge A. knew he had to get out of Guatemala. The land was turning against him. For five years, it almost never rained. Then it did rain, and Jorge rushed his last seeds into the ground.
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Breitbart
New York Times:
Introducing: Nice White Parents … “Nice White Parents” is a new podcast from Serial Productions, brought to you by The New York Times, about the 60-year relationship between white parents and the public school down the block. — We know that American public schools do not guarantee each child …
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Commentary Magazine, The College Fix, Twitchy and Instapundit
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Samantha Diaz, Florida Health Care Worker, Dies at 29 — She left behind three children — two of whom have the novel coronavirus — in the care of her parents. “Our world came crashing down,” her mother said after Ms. Diaz died of Covid-19. — Samantha Diaz, a medical assistant in Florida …
New York Times:
Convent in Michigan Loses 13 Sisters to Covid-19 — From April 10 to May 10, a dozen Felician sisters at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary convent died of Covid-19. In June, a 13th sister died after contracting the coronavirus. — They worked and lived together at a Michigan convent …
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NBC News and The Daily Caller
Reuters:
Exclusive: More than 1,000 people at Twitter had ability to aid hack of accounts — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal tools that could change user account settings and hand control to others …
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ABC News
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump to throw first pitch for Yankees next month — President Donald Trump will throw the first pitch for the New York Yankees next month, he announced on Thursday. — Speaking during a White House coronavirus news briefing, Trump praised Major League Baseball for its efforts to return …
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One America News Network