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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.
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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 …
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump cancels Jacksonville part of Republican National Convention
Discussion: NBC News
USA Today:
Trump cancels Jacksonville portion of Republican convention planned for August due to COVID
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: Axios, The Hill and Raw Story
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.”
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.
Discussion: The Hill
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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.
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 …
Associated Press:
Watchdog to review conduct of federal agents in Portland, DC  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department inspector general said Thursday that it will conduct a review of the conduct of federal agents who responded to unrest in Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C., following concerns from members of Congress and the public.
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Washington Post:   Live updates: Department watchdogs to investigate federal law enforcement conduct at protests
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 …
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 …
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Bloomberg:
Romney Says He Will Oppose Shelton's Fed Board Confirmation
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Commentary Magazine and Twitchy
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.
Discussion: Axios, WTTG-TV and The Hill
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Raw Story and 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.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate passes bill with plan to change Confederate-named bases over Trump veto threat  —  The Senate on Thursday passed a mammoth defense policy bill that sparked a veto threat from President Trump over its inclusion of a plan to rename bases named after Confederate figures.
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
U.S. Senate passes $740 billion defense bill, bucking Trump on Confederate names
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and The Week
New York Times:
No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon's U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public  —  U.S. Navy Releases Videos of Unexplained Flying Objects  —  The U.S. Navy has officially published previously released videos showing unexplained objects.  —  [radio transmission] “Whoa, got it — woo-hoo!”
Discussion: New York Post
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 …
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.
Discussion: Reuters
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: HuffPost
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 …
Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel / CREW:
White House Told Kushner to Divest Cadre to Avoid Conflicts, Emails Show  —  An internal White House email obtained by CREW shows that in December 2019, the top White House ethics official determined that it was “reasonably necessary” for Jared Kushner to divest his interest in Cadre …
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
67 current, former prosecutors defend St. Louis prosecutor from attacks in McCloskey gun case  —  Trump, Missouri Republicans have criticized Kim Gardner for filing weapons charges  —  A group of more than 60 current and former state and federal prosecutors signed a statement Monday defending …
Discussion: American Greatness and Fox News
Jeremy Roebuck / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Former congressman Ozzie Myers, caught in 1970s Abscam sting, has been indicted again — this time for election fraud  —  A former congressman convicted in the 1970s Abscam investigation was charged Thursday with new allegations that he bribed a poll worker to stuff ballot boxes in local elections.
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.
Washington Post:
The Harper's ‘Letter,’ cancel culture and the summer that drove a lot of smart people mad  —  This is what was on Thomas Chatterton Wiliams's mind when he decided to write a short letter on the risks to liberalism and open discourse and get some like-minded thinkers to sign on.
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.
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 …
Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
I Was Wrong About Florida's Response to Covid-19  —  I gave Governor Ron DeSantis more credit than he deserved for the low death rate in his state.  —  A little after 11 a.m. each weekday, I receive an email alert from the Miami Herald.  It contains the latest Covid-19 numbers for Florida.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and 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 …
Nancy Levine / Rantt Media:
Some 2020 Candidates Struggle To Get Verified On Twitter  —  While 10 QAnon Republican candidates are verified on Twitter, some Democratic candidates are having a hard time getting the blue check.  —  Last week, a brazen hack of some of Twitter's most prominent accounts …
 
 
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New document shows FBI used Trump's candidate briefing to advance Russia probe
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Washington Post:
NFL franchise to go by ‘Washington Football Team’ this season, delaying permanent name change
Zachary Pleat / Media Matters for America:
Sinclair gives “Plandemic” conspiracy theorists a platform to spread their lies about Dr. Fauci and the coronavirus
Discussion: Raw Story and The Conversation
Ron Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
No More Blank Checks From Congress for Coronavirus
Emily Crane / Daily Mail:
Beware the COVID menu police: California cracks down on outdoor restaurants with new rule …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Children's news website apologises to JK Rowling over trans tweet row
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Ken Klippenstein / The Nation:
The Federal Response to Protests Extends Far Beyond Portland
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's frantic new effort to win back seniors is already failing
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
Patrick Skinner / Washington Post:
We're police officers. You should know our names. That goes for Portland, too.
USA Today:
Teacher: I was a reluctant Trump voter. Coronavirus is the end of my Republican identity.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Brian Fung / CNN:
Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad revenue drops sharply
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
This Is Mask Haters' Most Nefarious Hoax Yet
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Financial Times:
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