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10:05 AM ET, July 26, 2020

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Washington Post:
Coronavirus ravaged Florida, as Ron DeSantis sidelined scientists and followed Trump  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As Florida became a global epicenter of the coronavirus, Gov. Ron DeSantis held one meeting this month with his top public health official, Scott Rivkees, according to the governor's schedule.
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Ron DeSantis was supposed to star at Trump's Florida convention. Not anymore.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
CNN:
CNN Polls: Biden leads in three key states Trump won in 2016  —  (CNN)With 100 days remaining until Election Day, voters in three critical battleground states swing in former Vice President Joe Biden's way, according to new Arizona, Florida and Michigan CNN polls conducted by SSRS.
Discussion: The Hill
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Reagan Foundation to Trump, RNC: Quit raising money off Ronald Reagan's legacy  —  The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, which runs the 40th president's library near Los Angeles, has demanded that President Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) …
Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Marina Pitofsky / The Hill:
Reagan Foundation asks Trump campaign, RNC to stop using former president's name to raise money  —  The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute called on the President Trump's reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) to stop using former President Reagan's name and image to fundraise last week.
Discussion: The Inquisitr
Associated Press:
100 Days: Trump faces headwinds as Election Day draws near  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump's presidency, putting the incumbent in a perilous position …
Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos
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Lauren Gambino / The Guardian:   Biden holds daunting lead over Trump as US election enters final stretch
Michael Wilson / New York Times:
Empty Towers, No Power Lunches: Ghostly Midtown Is Omen for N.Y.C.  —  7,500 workers are missing from a famous building.  A food cart sells 10 hot dogs a day.  The virus's effect on one block could be a vision of the city's future.  —  Editors and account managers at the Time & Life Building …
Jess Bidgood Globe / The Boston Globe:
A bipartisan group secretly gathered to game out a contested Trump-Biden election.  It wasn't pretty  —  WASHINGTON — On the second Friday in June, a group of political operatives, former government and military officials, and academics quietly convened online for what became a disturbing exercise …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kelly Mena / CNN:
Rep. Ted Yoho resigns from board of Christian organization following AOC incident  —  Washington, DC (CNN)Florida GOP Rep. Ted Yoho has resigned from the board of a Christian organization that works to fight hunger following his tense exchange with Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
Discussion: New York Post, Mediaite, The Hill and Axios
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:   Rep. Ted Yoho removed from board of Christian charity over his comments about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Fox News' Jesse Watters: QAnon Has ‘Uncovered a Lot of Great Stuff’  —  BECAUSE OF COURSE  —  Fox News host Jesse Watters says a pro-Trump, right-wing conspiracy theory movement that was deemed a terror threat by the FBI has actually “uncovered a lot of great stuff.”
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
As pandemic limits scrutiny, GOP fears lesser-known Democratic candidates will steamroll to Senate majority  —  In Iowa, Sen. Joni Ernst (R) has challenged her Democratic competitor to six debates, starting in August.  In North Carolina, Sen. Thom Tillis (R) pressed his Democratic opponent …
Discussion: Raw Story and Balloon Juice
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Raw Story:
‘This whole house of cards is gonna collapse’: GOP shutters Senate with US on verge of economic catastrophe  —  As Senate Republicans headed home for the weekend without extending unemployment insurance benefits or approving other economic relief programs that could help millions of Americans weather …
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USA Today:
America's national greatness myths are shattering.  Can they survive?  Should they?  —  Live long enough and you can see the rise and fall of myths in real time.  It does not take statues being pulled from their pedestals to reveal the fragility of the conjured history upon which so much of society depends.
Christina Ruffini / CBS News:
Controversial U.S. Ambassador to Iceland wants firearm, security for Reykjavik post  —  The U.S. Ambassador to Iceland wants to carry a gun.  —  Despite being assigned to one of the safest countries in the world, Jeffrey Ross Gunter has been “paranoid” about his security since coming to Reykjavik last year …
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Trump golfs with Brett Favre — as coronavirus deaths approach 150,000: report  —  President Donald Trump reportedly golfed on Saturday while on vacation at his Bedminster resort in New Jersey.  —  Deputy White House press secretary Judd Deere reportedly told Reuters correspondent Steve Holland …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Richard Haass / Washington Post:
What Mike Pompeo doesn't understand about China, Richard Nixon and U.S. foreign policy  —  Richard Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of “The World: A Brief Introduction.”  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a blistering speech about China on Thursday.
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New York Times:   Once a Source of U.S.-China Tension, Trade Emerges as an Area of Calm
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
US tops 1,000 coronavirus deaths 4 days in a row as experts urge the country to shut down  —  California reports highest number of single-day Covid-19 deaths  —  (CNN)Coronavirus deaths in the US topped 1,000 four days in a row last week amid ongoing debates on the return of school and mask mandates.
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Jamie Goldberg / Oregonian:
Downtown Portland businesses, derailed by pandemic, say protests present a new challenge  —  Adam Milne, the owner of Old Town Pizza & Brewing, realized he had to shut down his flagship Portland taproom on July 9 after the business closed out the day with just $18.75 in sales.
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
John Lewis to be carried across Edmund Pettus Bridge for final time  —  The body of the late Rep. John Lewis will be escorted Sunday across the famous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., where the civil rights icon first helped lead a march for voting rights in 1965, CNN reports.
Discussion: CNN, Fox News and The Week
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.
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Barbara Boxer / Washington Post:   DHS was a mistake. I regret voting for it.
 
 
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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Protests Swell in Russia's Far East in a Stark New Challenge to Putin
Discussion: UPI
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
After Early Success, Israel's Netanyahu Faces Fury for Flubbing Virus Fight
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Congress Was Already Broken. The Coronavirus Could Make it Worse.
Courier-Journal:
Opposing armed militias converge in Louisville, escalating tensions but avoiding violence
Discussion: Axios and New York Post
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
Before Portland, Trump's Shock Troops Went After Border Activists
Siobhán O'Grady / Washington Post:
U.N. human rights office calls on U.S. police to limit use of force
Ian Miles Cheong / The Post Millennial:
Antifa militant arrested for stabbing black Trump supporter in Portland
 Earlier Items: 
Dann Cuellar / 6abc:
Jewish group asks head of Philadelphia NAACP to resign after anti-Semitic Facebook post
People.com:
Regis Philbin, Legendary Television Host, Dies at 88
Hallie Golden / The Guardian:
'That's an illegal order': veterans challenge Trump's officers in Portland
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Gwen Aviles / NBC News:
Florida lawyers offering free living wills to teachers returning to school during the pandemic
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and The Hill
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's surprising decision on churches and the pandemic, explained
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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