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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
White Flight From Trump? What a Decisive Biden Win Would Look Like — Republican structural advantages in the House, the Senate and the Electoral College would be in jeopardy. — Recent national polls show that Joe Biden's commanding lead has eroded longstanding demographic divisions …
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Electoral College: Florida Moves From Toss Up to Lean Democrat — Given its track record in presidential campaigns over the last 20 years, it's hard to think of Florida as anything other than a Toss Up. Since 2000, the winner of the state has never carried it by more than 5 points.
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Axios
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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Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, The Hill, Raw Story, Axios and Political Wire
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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National Review, Politico, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Week, Axios, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, courthousenews.com and Florida Politics
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Biden holds early edge in ABC News' Electoral College race ratings: ANALYSIS
Biden holds early edge in ABC News' Electoral College race ratings: ANALYSIS
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Reuters
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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Talking Points Memo
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
No, it's not ‘fascism’ to protect federal property from riots, revolutionaries — Are the images of lawlessness and disorder pouring out of Portland, Ore., and the gun violence and crime waves overtaking New York and Chicago going to have a negative impact on the rising political fortunes of the left?
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 and Axios
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
Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Portland DHS Operation Is Legal and Proportionate
The Portland DHS Operation Is Legal and Proportionate
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Breitbart
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Delivers a Lesson in Decency on the House Floor — One could be forgiven for thinking that rhetorical dynamism long ago vanished from the hallways and chambers of the United States Congress. It has been a hundred and sixty-four years, for example, since Charles Sumner …
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KTLA, The Gateway Pundit, Redstate and Slate
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Dave Levinthal / Business Insider:
Trump's most important 2016 donor is sitting out 2020 — Robert and Rebekah Mercer ranked among President Donald Trump's most influential backers in 2016. But they've all but abandoned the embattled president and aren't likely to help him in the home stretch for 2020, five people who know the media-averse Mercers tell Insider.
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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Vanity Fair, Fox News, Breitbart, The Wrap, Althouse and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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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CANNONFIRE, Raw Story, The Daily Beast and Daily Kos
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 …
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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The Hill, fox8.com, WSVN-TV and Mother Jones
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Future of Nonconformity — Where freethinkers go to fight. — Like other realms, American intellectual life has been marked by a series of exclusions. The oldest and vastest was the exclusion of people of color from the commanding institutions of our culture.
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National Review
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Coronavirus clash hands Mitch McConnell his ‘toughest challenge as majority leader’ — WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has navigated his way out of predicaments before, but internal party divisions over coronavirus aid and an unpopular president may have put him in his toughest jam yet as Republican leader.
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Mnuchin Follies — With his help, Pelosi keeps outmaneuvering …
Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
8 Big Reasons Election Day 2020 Could Be a Disaster — In a campaign year marked by a global pandemic, a recession and a national wave of protests, it's easy to forget that this whole election season began with an absolute debacle when it came to the simple act of voting.
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Althouse and Sabato's Crystal Ball
HuffPost:
Exclusive: Leader Of Dylann Roof-Worshipping Neo-Nazi Group Exposed — Andrew Richard Casarez is a 27-year-old pizza delivery driver and the leading voice in a confederation of neo-Nazis, HuffPost has confirmed. — A prominent white supremacist who encourages acts of domestic terror …
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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Bangor Daily News and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Doesn't Speak for the ‘Silent Majority’ — In fact, it is arrayed against him. — President Trump believes he represents the “silent majority” of the country against a dangerous, radical minority. He says as much on Twitter, frequently yelling “SILENT MAJORITY” at his followers.
New York Times:
Trump vs. Biden: Who's Winning the Money Race in Your ZIP Code? — Estimated donors by ZIP code, April through June — ◄ MORE TRUMP DONORS MORE BIDEN DONORS ► — Notes: The map shows which candidate had more individual donors in each ZIP code from April 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020.
Mary Ellen Klas / Tampa Bay Times:
COVID hits Florida Capitol in DeSantis' budget office — The Office of Policy and Budget employees who had contact with the person who tested positive “have been instructed to quarantine for 14 days from the date of their last exposure with the individual,.”
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The 12 most logical picks for Joe Biden's vice president, ranked — We are now just eight days from Joe Biden's previously announced target date of Aug. 1 for his vice-presidential pick. The delayed conventions and other factors could certainly postpone the selection, but we're getting into crunchtime.
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MarketWatch
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Judy Shelton, Trump's troubling Federal Reserve nominee, explained — She once called for a return to the gold standard. Senate Republicans may be ready to confirm her anyway. — Judy Shelton has been approved by the Senate Banking Committee and seems likely to be confirmed by the full Senate …
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Washington Post and New York Times
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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Vox, Washington Post, Raw Story and New York Post
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.
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 …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Breitbart
montgomeryadvertiser:
John Lewis' procession to follow Selma to Montgomery route, to be honored at Alabama Capitol — Civil rights hero John Lewis will make the journey from Selma to Montgomery one last time. — Fifty-five years ago, the Alabama native was beaten by Alabama state troopers as he and others tried to make that trip to demand equal rights.
The Daily Beast:
This Bank Robber Reinvented Himself as a QAnon Star — QAnon conspiracy theorist Tommy Gelati has 230,000 Twitter followers, a huge podcast—and a conviction for ripping $202,000 off a New Jersey lender to pay his gambling debts. — Trash-talking QAnon conspiracy theorist Tommy Gelati …
Martin Sheil / The Daily Beast:
These Trump Campaign Payments to the Trump Organization Look Shady as Hell — Does anyone at the Treasury Department, or the Department of Justice, or the IRS care? — BEAST INSIDE — The Trump campaign's payments to the Trump Organization for a week-long “donor retreat” …
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Raw Story
Ken Moritsugu / Associated Press:
Always rocky, China-US relations appear at a turning point — BEIJING (AP) — Four decades after the U.S. established diplomatic ties with Communist China, the relationship between the two is at a turning point. — Tensions have reached new heights on what has always been a rocky road …
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Reuters and One America News Network
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
‘A Band-Aid on a bullet wound’: Workers are getting laid off anew as PPP runs out — The phone stopped ringing at the Nelsons' auto-body shop in Broomfield, Colo., in March. — The normal four-to-six-week wait for customers looking to have dents or bumps fixed on their cars disappeared, leaving the shop silent.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump is the king of lies — President Trump, who constantly and falsely claims superlative achievements in every field of human endeavor, has every right to one historical claim: He is the king of lies. Trump's presidency has offered up an endless Las Vegas buffet of completely shameless …
Washington Post:
Trump expected to sign drug pricing executive orders Friday, angering pharma — The industry resents being made a political target as it races to develop covid-19 vaccines. — President Trump is expected to sign three health care executive orders on Friday — two of which target …
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NBC News
David Nather / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Coronavirus sinks GOP governors in hard-hit states — The governors in four of the states hit hardest by the coronavirus have taken a massive hit in public approval over their handling of the pandemic, according to SurveyMonkey poll data shared exclusively with Axios.
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The Hill