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Politico:
‘She had no remorse’: Why Kamala Harris isn't a lock for VP — When former Sen. Chris Dodd, a member of Joe Biden's vice presidential search committee, recently asked Kamala Harris about her ambush on Biden in the first Democratic debate, Dodd was stunned by her response.
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Real Clear Politics
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Biden leads in North Carolina as voters give Trump poor marks on virus, race relations — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis trails his Democratic challenger, as well, in a new NBC News/Marist poll. — WASHINGTON — Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 7 points in the key swing state of North Carolina …
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Bloomberg, The Hill and Washington Times
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden's VP shortlist comes up short — Joe Biden has a dilemma when it comes to choosing a running mate. — The Democratic presidential nominee wants to pick someone who is like him (or at least the way he saw himself as vice president): loyal, trusted, experienced, apolitical, someone with whom he will bond.
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Washington Post
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Sneak peek at the Dem convention — DRIVING THE DAY — NEWS ... THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION — Aug. 17 to Aug. 20 — will be live from 9 P.M. to 11 P.M. each evening, with one or more speakers appearing nightly from a swing state, including Wisconsin.
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New York Times
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Melania Trump to Announce Plan to Revamp White House Rose Garden — The first lady's renovation of one of the strongest symbols presidents have used to showcase the power of the office is taking place as her husband enters a crucial stretch of his re-election effort.
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Raw Story
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Don't Count Trump Out — Let's stipulate right away that President Donald Trump is losing this race. Set aside the particulars—how suburban voters are migrating toward Joe Biden, and how seniors are rethinking their support too. Consider the basics. — Presidents are supposed to keep Americans employed.
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Vox
Frank E. Lockwood / Arkansas Online:
Bill by Sen. Tom Cotton targets curriculum on slavery — WASHINGTON — A New York Times-based school curriculum emphasizing American slavery instead of American independence has been targeted by U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton. — The Little Rock Republican introduced legislation Thursday …
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Bryan Armen Graham / The Guardian:
Tom Cotton calls slavery ‘necessary evil’ in attack on New York Times' 1619 Project
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Raw Story and Contemptor
Associated Press:
On Portland's streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides — PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The party at the Salmon Street Springs fountain, a riverfront landmark in the heart of Portland, was just getting started. — Dozens of drummers beat out entrancing rhythms and a crowd of hundreds danced joyfully …
Washington Post:
One question still dogs Trump: Why not try harder to solve the coronavirus crisis? — Both President Trump's advisers and operatives laboring to defeat him increasingly agree on one thing: The best way for him to regain his political footing is to wrest control of the coronavirus.
Gabby Orr / Politico:
‘We will not be betrayed again’: Trump's SCOTUS list hits a new roadblock — To give disgruntled conservatives a dash of hope after crushing Supreme Court losses on abortion and LGBTQ protections this summer, President Donald Trump made a promise: He would unveil a new list …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Sen. Hawley lays down new antiabortion marker for Supreme Court nominees — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Sunday that he would not support any future nominee for the Supreme Court unless they had publicly stated before their nomination that Roe v. Wade …
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National Review, The Federalist, Political Wire, Breitbart, Axios and The Hill
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Senate Republicans grow weary with White House over stimulus bill — Frustration among many Senate Republicans, not to mention Democrats, toward the White House has hit a fever pitch, with many lawmakers — including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — admitting they could break for the August recess without a stimulus bill.
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Associated Press, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump plans to aggressively promote vaccine and therapeutic news at coronavirus briefings
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Associated Press
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Sinclair Pulls the Plug on Fauci Propaganda — This Time — Will the broadcasting company now drop a program attacking the prominent public health expert, or just repackage it? — Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is one of the largest television station operators in the country …
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Vox, CNN and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
gilmermirror.com:
Louie Gohmert Supporters Alleged to Have Beaten Up Opponent's Campaign Manager at Protest, Calls for Texas Rangers to Investigate — TYLER, Texas—Armed supporters of Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) brutally beat and assaulted Ryan Miller, the campaign manager for Gohmert's opponent …
Andrea Cambron / WTOP:
ShutDownDC rallies in Alexandria at the home of acting secretary of Homeland Security — A crowd gathered outside the home of Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of Homeland Security, in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sunday afternoon to protest the recent controversial detention of protesters in Portland, Oregon.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
America's global standing is at a low point. The pandemic made it worse. — Under Trump, the United States retreats from collaborative leadership at a time of global crisis — America's standing in the world is at a low ebb. Once described as the indispensable nation …
New York Times:
1 Killed in Shooting at Protest in Austin … AUSTIN, Texas — It was not unusual for Garrett Foster to be at a protest against police brutality on a Saturday night. And it was not out of character for him to be armed as he marched. — Mr. Foster was carrying an AK-47 rifle as he joined …
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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Fighting False News in Ukraine, Facebook Fact Checkers Tread a Blurry Line — Facebook hired a Ukrainian group battling Russian disinformation to flag misleading posts. But critics say the fact checkers' work veers into activism. — MOSCOW — To understand the complexity …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Did Hearst's Culture Kill Hearst's Biggest Magazine Story? — The workplace environment at the company's magazine division was troubled under Troy Young. And it may not have been good for ambitious investigative journalism, either. — One evening in August 2018, Maximillian Potter …
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Trump's Summer of Love Is a Distant Memory Now — Four years ago today, 8,879 people crammed into an arena in Toledo, Ohio, and waved signs and pumped fists and jumped up and down and shrieked at the sight of the man Republicans the week before had tapped as their candidate for president. “Wow!”
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Raw Story
Sarah Taylor / TheBlaze:
Rabid rioters burn justice center, apartment building in violent clashes: Media won't show ‘full picture’ because 'they don't want you to realize Antifa' torched homes — A violent mob set fire to a justice center construction site in Seattle, Washington, reports say.
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SPD Blotter, The Hill and Washington Times
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Moderna, Inc.:
Moderna Announces Phase 3 COVE Study of mRNA Vaccine Against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273) Begins — Phase 3 study being conducted in collaboration with NIH and BARDA — Expected to enroll 30,000 participants in the U.S. — Moderna, Inc., (Nasdaq: MRNA) a clinical stage biotechnology company …
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CNN, NPR, The Hill, CBS Boston and Kaiser Health News
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
In just one month, Trump commits a whole new set of potentially impeachable offenses — President Trump's contempt for the Constitution is deepening at an accelerating pace. — How can I tell? — In a June 28 column, I updated the articles of impeachment, imagining as a thought experiment …
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Raw Story and The Inquisitr
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A nation John Lewis helped unite salutes him on his final journey across Selma bridge — SELMA — This time, the Alabama state troopers saluted. — The late John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time Sunday in a triumphant celebration of his tireless fight for civil rights …
Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Anxiety props up Biden, Trump voters fervent — The Minnesota Democrat, a 79-year-old retired nurse, preferred another candidate in the presidential primary. She also worries about Biden's age, 77. But anxious about another four years of President Donald Trump …
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