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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Local TV stations across the country set to air discredited ‘Plandemic’ researcher's conspiracy theory about Fauci — New York (CNN Business)Local television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group are set to air a conspiracy theory over the weekend that suggests Dr. Anthony Fauci …
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New York Times:
Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland — Peaceful protests were already happening for weeks when federal officers arrived on July 4. Our video shows how President Trump's deployment ignited chaos. — Federal officers in military gear ... ... clouds of tear gas ... ... crowd control munitions ...
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Operation Diligent Valor: Trump showcased federal power in Portland, making a culture war campaign pitch
Operation Diligent Valor: Trump showcased federal power in Portland, making a culture war campaign pitch
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Raw Story, City Journal, Fox News and Reason
Andrew Crespo / Washington Post:
The federal police in Portland don't even understand what ‘arrests’ are
The federal police in Portland don't even understand what ‘arrests’ are
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NBC News:
Trump's convention cancellation is costing GOP donors millions — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's whipsaw decisions to first move the Republican National Convention's main events, then to cancel them, are costing GOP donors millions of dollars, according to multiple Republicans familiar with the finances.
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New York Times:
The F.B.I. Pledged to Keep a Source Anonymous. Trump Allies Aided His Unmasking. — After a Russia expert who had collected research on Donald Trump for a disputed dossier agreed to tell the F.B.I. what he knew about it, law enforcement officials declassified a road map to identifying him.
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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Meet the Steele Dossier's ‘Primary Subsource’: Fabulist Russian at Democrat Think Tank Whose Boozy Past the FBI Ignored — The mysterious “Primary Subsource” that Christopher Steele has long hidden behind to defend his discredited Trump-Russia dossier is a former Brookings Institution analyst …
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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and American Greatness
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
'It's Bleak': Trump's Great American Comeback Is a Dumpster Fire — “The president has done such damage to himself that a lot of us are just waiting for him to stop being handed so many of those kinds of opportunities,” said a senior official. — Shortly before the summer kicked off, Donald Trump was hopeful.
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Danielle Zoellner / The Independent:
Key Trump campaign donor steps back from supporting president's 2020 election bid
Key Trump campaign donor steps back from supporting president's 2020 election bid
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Julie Satow / New York Times:
Turning a Second Home Into a Primary Home — Those who are lucky enough to have a weekend house have discovered that living there full-time can require some adjustment. — 20 PhotosView Slide Show — › — When the pandemic slammed into New York City in March, Sally Fischer …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Biggest Takeaway from Trump's Barstool Suck-Up Session — The president's anti-Black Lives Matter shtick is so extreme he's even lost the Barstool bros. — President Trump invited Dave “El Presidente” Portnoy to the White House on Thursday for a discussion vaguely resembling an …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump again tells story about being booed at 2015 event he didn't attend
Fact check: Trump again tells story about being booed at 2015 event he didn't attend
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Breitbart, Spectator USA and New York Post
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Trump admits he ‘often’ regrets tweets, retweets get him ‘into trouble’, in interview with Barstool Sports CEO
Trump admits he ‘often’ regrets tweets, retweets get him ‘into trouble’, in interview with Barstool Sports CEO
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘Mugged by Reality,’ Trump Finds Denial Won't Stop the Pandemic — A president who once claimed that “the worst days of the pandemic are behind us” now acknowledges that it has surged through much of the country and will “get worse before it gets better.” — WASHINGTON — He insisted …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Split 5 to 4, Supreme Court Rejects Nevada Church's Challenge to Shutdown Restrictions — The church said it was subject to more severe limits than casinos and restaurants. — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from a church in Nevada to block enforcement of state restrictions on attendance at religious services.
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Scott Sonner / Star Tribune:
US Supreme Court denies Nevada church's appeal of virus rule
US Supreme Court denies Nevada church's appeal of virus rule
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Poison of Male Incivility When a woman dares respond to it, she's seen as “disruptive.” — Yesterday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood up and gave one of the finest speeches recently heard on the House floor, calling out not just Florida representative Ted Yoho for having called her …
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
American Catastrophe Through German Eyes — Trump says he wants to protect law-abiding citizens. In 1933, Hitler issued his ‘Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State.’ — PARIS — No people has found the American lurch toward authoritarianism under President Trump more alarming than the Germans.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Media coverage of the 2016 campaign was disastrous. Now's the last chance to get 2020 right. — How did the news media mess up in the 100 days leading up to the 2016 presidential election? Let me count the ways. — Journalists relied too much on what opinion polls were saying …
Lauren Leatherby / New York Times:
How the U.S. Compares With the World's Worst Coronavirus Hot Spots — This chart shows the countries with the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world right now. With its cases surging since mid-June, the United States is squarely in the top 10. — Leading the outbreak now are countries …
Washington Post:
House GOP's pleas to Republican National Committee for financial help go unanswered — Senior House Republicans are pleading with the deep-pocketed Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign to provide financial help as Democrats vastly outraise the GOP, but top campaign officials are so far declining to commit.
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Political Wire
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
The Wages of Woke — Dr. Robin DiAngelo, the bestselling author of White Fragility, claims to believe in accountability. DiAngelo used to list the “racial justice” organizations she donates to as part of her extensive “accountability statement,” including a monthly “land rent” …
David Siders / Politico:
Donald Trump's suburban horror show — Donald Trump says Joe Biden wants to abolish the suburbs. But polls show a different truth: The suburbs want to abolish Donald Trump. — If current numbers hold, the Republican Party will suffer its worst defeat in the suburbs in decades — with implications reaching far beyond November.
New York Times:
Corporate Insiders Pocket $1 Billion in Rush for Coronavirus Vaccine — Well-timed stock bets have generated big profits for senior executives and board members at companies developing vaccines and treatments. — On June 26, a small South San Francisco company called Vaxart made a surprise announcement …
Ken Coleman / Michigan Advance:
He spent $10M of his own money running for governor in '18. So why does Shri Thanedar want to join the Legislature next year? — It's a 92-degree July afternoon and with Election Day approaching, Shri Thanedar is stumping for votes in Northeast Detroit. Armed with a bull horn, a lawn sign …
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
At Wall Street Journal, News Staff and Opinion Side Clash — A heated dispute between the newsroom and the opinion section of one of the country's most respected news organizations has spilled into public view. — In a rare display of internal strife, the opinion department …
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CNN:
Why the Obama-Biden ad may persuade key US voters — Obama and Biden jab Trump coronavirus response in new video — Arick Wierson regularly writes for CNN and is a six-time Emmy Award-winning television producer. He is a former senior media adviser to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg …
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