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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
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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, New York Post, Sputnik News, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, The Week and ImmigrationProf Blog
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
Gillian Flaccus / Associated Press:
Mayor of Portland, Oregon, tear gassed by federal agents
Mayor of Portland, Oregon, tear gassed by federal agents
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Oregonian, Portland Police, New York Times, Bangor Daily News, Reason, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, Axios, The Hill 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
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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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump cancels in-person Republican convention in Jacksonville, Florida — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he will no longer hold a large, in-person Republican convention in Jacksonville, Florida, because of the coronavirus but will hold virtual events and still give an acceptance speech.
Washington Post:
Trump cancels Republican national convention, his latest reversal as coronavirus spreads
Trump cancels Republican national convention, his latest reversal as coronavirus spreads
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The Week, NBC News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
Discussion:
Political Wire, Axios, The Hill and Raw Story
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, courthousenews.com, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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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, Reuters, Fox News, Associated Press and The Hill
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
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion:
New York Times, The White House, Crooked Media and Politico
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 …
Discussion:
The Slot, Mediaite and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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
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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New York Post
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump knows he's going to lose. He's already salting the earth behind him. — How can you tell President Trump thinks he's going to lose in November? Because he has already begun salting the earth behind him. — And his fellow Republicans are helping by sabotaging key institutions that the next …
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New York Times, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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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.
Discussion:
Mother Jones
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
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion:
Raw Story
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
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
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.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Preparing K-12 School Administrators for a Safe Return to School in Fall 2020 — Schools are an important part of the infrastructure of communities and play a critical role in supporting the whole child, not just their academic achievement. — This guidance is intended to aid school administrators …
Chicago Tribune:
Mayor Lori Lightfoot planning to remove Christopher Columbus statue from Chicago's Grant Park — Mayor Lori Lightfoot is planning to remove the controversial statue of Christopher Columbus from Chicago's Grant Park as soon as Thursday night, in part to avoid another high-profile confrontation between police …
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WGN-TV
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
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.
Discussion:
The Daily Caller and MIT Technology Review, more at Techmeme »
Politico:
Democrats: Packets sent to Trump allies are part of foreign plot to damage Biden — Top congressional Democrats are sounding the alarm about a series of packets mailed to prominent allies of President Donald Trump — material they say is part of a foreign disinformation plot …
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HuffPost
The Daily Beast:
‘Shaking in Their Boots’: Trump Wanted a Portland-Style Offensive in Chicago — “If it were up to him, we would return to the old days [of] eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth—or forget about proportionality altogether,” one former administration official says.
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Reuters
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Ocasio-Cortez, Dems assail men's abusive treatment of women — WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's outrage over a Republican lawmaker's verbal assault broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor Thursday as she and other Democrats assailed a sexist culture of …
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NBC News, The Hill, One America News Network and Axios
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.