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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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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
More willful blindness by the media on spying by Obama administration — The Washington press corps seems engaged in a collective demonstration of the legal concept of willful blindness, or deliberately ignoring facts, following the release of yet another declassified document …
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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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The Daily Caller, Twitchy and Althouse
People.com:
Regis Philbin, Legendary Television Host, Dies at 88 — “His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to spend with him - for his warmth, his legendary sense of humor, and his singular ability to make every day into something worth talking about,” the Philbin family shares with PEOPLE in an exclusive statement
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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 …
Barbara Boxer / Washington Post:
DHS was a mistake. I regret voting for it. — I never imagined a president like Trump when I voted to create the Department of Homeland Security. — Here are the three words that no elected official, serving or retired, wants to say: “I was wrong.” — Throughout my career, I was known for taking some very lonely votes.
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
Homeland Security Was Destined to Become a Secret Police Force — In a press conference on Tuesday, Chad Wolf, the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security, responded to media reports that unidentified federal agents using unmarked vehicles have been arresting protesters in Portland, Oregon.
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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The Week and Political Wire
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's surprising decision on churches and the pandemic, explained — Nevada churches brought an unusually strong challenge to the state's public health rules, but they lost anyway. — The Supreme Court has ruled, for the second time in the last two months …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Split 5 to 4, Supreme Court Rejects Nevada Church's Challenge to Shutdown Restrictions
Split 5 to 4, Supreme Court Rejects Nevada Church's Challenge to Shutdown Restrictions
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Townhall, Fox News, Slate, Redstate, Mother Jones, Mediaite, The Hill, Twitchy, Disrn, Star Tribune, SCOTUSblog and Wall Street Journal
Danielle Zoellner / The Independent:
Key Trump campaign donor steps back from supporting president's 2020 election bid — Robert Mercer, a billionaire hedge-fund manager, donated $15.5m with his wife, Diana, to a number of organisations that supported Mr Trump in 2016 … One of Donald Trump's top presidential donors from 2016 …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
'It's Bleak': Trump's Great American Comeback Is a Dumpster Fire
'It's Bleak': Trump's Great American Comeback Is a Dumpster Fire
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Raw Story
David Siders / Politico:
Donald Trump's suburban horror show
Donald Trump's suburban horror show
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Raw Story, Vanity Fair and Fox News
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Ron DeSantis was supposed to star at Trump's Florida convention. Not anymore. — A Jacksonville convention was a chance for the 41-year-old Republican to snag a top billing during Trump's final coronation and test the waters for a potential run at the GOP presidential nomination in 2024.
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Balloon Juice
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Hallie Golden / The Guardian:
'That's an illegal order': veterans challenge Trump's officers in Portland — Two veterans asked federal agents if they understood their oath to defend the constitution as teargas was fired — The Black Lives Matter protest in Portland looked to be winding down last Saturday night …
USA Today:
As America tops 4 million COVID cases, the cult of Donald Trump has become a death cult — America has now passed the milestone of 4 million COVID cases, and we're still arguing with doctors and epidemiologists about masks and school closures. I expected some of this …
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Raw Story and Progress Pond
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 …
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American Prospect
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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Raw Story, Game 7, Breitbart, Mediaite, The Federalist and Spectator USA
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 …
Daniel Turner / Human Events:
Goodbye, Washington DC. — Mayor Bowser broke her contract with residents like me. So we're leaving. — During the last night in my condo in DC, I had to walk my dog an extra lap around the block because a crazy person was outside screaming obscenities. I wasn't afraid.
Gwen Aviles / NBC News:
Florida lawyers offering free living wills to teachers returning to school during the pandemic … A number of Florida lawyers are offering free or discounted living wills for teachers who may be required to return to the classroom this school year. — “I had read a story a few weeks ago …
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.
Washington Post:
Spin, deride, attack: How Trump's handling of Trump University presaged his presidency — The judge was out to get him, he said. So was that prosecutor in New York, whom he called a dopey loser on a witch hunt. So were his critics, who he said were all liars.
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Raw Story
Politico:
Meadows, Mnuchin make rare weekend trip to the Hill amid coronavirus relief talks — In an unusual move, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows came to an empty U.S. Capitol on Saturday afternoon to huddle with Senate leadership staff.
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The Hill
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” …
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 …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss — The billionaire space oddity on life with Grimes and Baby X, Trump, Tesla, tunnels, short shorts, stock surges, Facebook fumbles and everything else under the sun. — So how do the King of Mars, his Galactic Princess and their newborn son …
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The Verge, Vanity Fair and Breitbart
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's week of retreat: The president reverses course as the coronavirus surges out of control — President Trump was adamant that Congress cut payroll taxes — until, suddenly, he backed down. — He demanded that all of the nation's schools reopen for the fall semester — until, suddenly, he allowed for some wiggle room.
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Raw Story and The Moderate Voice