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11:15 AM ET, July 28, 2020

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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine  —  A Houston doctor who praises hydroxychloroquine and says that face masks aren't necessary to stop transmission of the highly contagious coronavirus has become a star on the right-wing internet …
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Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
Trump Goes on Hydroxychloroquine Twitter Binge, Retweets Anti-Mask Conspiracies and False Claims That Drug Is ‘Cure’ for Covid-19  —  President Donald Trump went on a late night Twitter binge on Monday with more than a dozen posts pushing dubious claims about the drug hydroxychloroquine …
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Facebook deleted a viral video full of false coronavirus claims.  Then Trump shared it on Twitter.  —  On Monday evening, Facebook scrubbed from its site a viral video showing a group of doctors making misleading and false claims about the coronavirus pandemic after more than 14 million people had watched it.
Aiden Pink / The Forward:
Republican senator deletes ad that made Jewish opponent's nose bigger  —  Sen. David Perdue of Georgia deleted a Facebook ad targeting his Jewish election opponent, Jon Ossoff, that appeared to have been altered to make Ossoff's nose bigger.  —  The ad called for donations to Perdue …
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NBC News:
Here are six things that could change the 2020 presidential race  —  WASHINGTON — With 98 days to go until the election, Joe Biden has a bigger and more durable lead over President Trump than Hillary Clinton ever had in 2016, particularly in the key battleground states.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A trillion-dollar staring contest. Who will blink first?
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:   Democrat Jon Ossoff denounces ‘anti-Semitic’ ad by Sen. David Perdue that made his nose look larger
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
“He's Lying.”  New Book Reveals Havoc Bill Barr Wrought Inside Congress  —  On Tuesday morning, when Attorney General William Barr finally appears before the House Judiciary Committee, a book will be released covering one of Barr's most controversial and most consequential actions to date …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:   Barr speaks  —  Attorney General Barr testifies this morning …
Washington Post:
Barr plans to mount a defiant defense of Trump in showdown with House Democrats
Discussion: Axios, Daily Kos and Towleroad Gay News
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
How Democrats Can Make William Barr's House Testimony Count
Discussion: Daily Kos
Talmon Joseph Smith / VICE:
Trump Campaign ‘Laundering’ Campaign Finance Money, Election Watchdog Says  —  A new complaint alleges that the Trump reelection team has taken its opaque spending so far that it is, in effect, breaking election laws.  —  Talmon Joseph Smith  —  President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign …
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HuffPost:
Complaint: Trump Making Illegal Secret Payments, Including To His Own Family  —  So far, $216.6 million of spending by Trump's campaign and related committees has flowed through just two firms, with no disclosure of how that money was spent.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's campaign …
Discussion: Raw Story
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:   Exclusive: Trump campaign kept paying Kayleigh McEnany after White House hiring
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:   Complaint Says Trump Campaign Payments Broke Rules
Nick Laughlin / Morning Consult:
Extensive New Battleground Polling Shows Biden Gaining Ground  —  Biden has put Republican strongholds in play while extending his lead in several swing states  —  President Donald Trump faces an increasingly daunting electoral map according to new battleground state polling from Morning Consult Political Intelligence.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Denver Post
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Democrats Lead Senate Races in Arizona, Colorado, Michigan and North Carolina  —  Few candidates are running ahead of their party's respective standard-bearers  — Mark Kelly of Arizona and Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan lead their Republican opponents by double digits among likely voters.
Tara Subramaniam / CNN:
Trump makes false claims about his swing state polling
Discussion: WISH-TV
New York Times:
Trump Announced, Then Canceled, a Yankees Pitch.  Both Came as a Surprise.  —  The president's announcement that he would pitch at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 15 startled the team's officials, who had not scheduled such an event.  —  WASHINGTON — An hour before Dr. Anthony S. Fauci threw …
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
After Quitting Deadspin in Protest, They're Starting a New Site  —  The journalists who took part in a staff rebellion last year are starting Defector Media, a company with a podcast and a website dedicated to sports and culture.  —  One of the biggest staff rebellions in online media took place last year …
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Jaime Harrison is chasing Lindsey Graham like a cheetah running down an impala  —  In American politics, some candidates give their opponents a real run for their money.  And then there are those candidates who lay chase like a cheetah running down an impala on the Serengeti.
Discussion: Althouse
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Ex-FBI agent Strzok due out with book about Trump, Russia  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok, who played a key role in the Russia investigation but whose pejorative text messages about Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign made him a target of the president's wrath …
Discussion: NBC News, Axios and Raw Story
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter temporarily limits Donald Trump Jr.'s account  —  (CNN)Twitter has limited some functionality on Donald Trump Jr.'s account after he tweeted a video that ran afoul of the company's policies on Covid-19 misinformation, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed to CNN Business on Tuesday.
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Anger, leaks and tensions at the Supreme Court during the LGBTQ rights case  —  (CNN)When the Supreme Court extended the 1964 Civil Rights Act to gay and lesbian workers in a landmark June ruling, the justices also protected transgender employees.  —  But the case did not start out that way.
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
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Josh Blackman / Reason:
More Leaks From The Supreme Court, All Of Which Make Roberts Look Powerful
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, The Week and Vanity Fair
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
2nd presidential debate host withdraws amid virus outbreak  —  FILE - In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, left, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020.
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Dennis Brown / Notre Dame News:
Notre Dame withdraws as presidential debate host site
Edgar Walters / The Texas Tribune:
Texas' count of coronavirus deaths jumps 12% after officials change the way they tally COVID-19 fatalities  —  Hispanic Texans are overrepresented in the state's updated fatality count, making up 47% of deaths, but only 40% of the state's population.  —  Copy link
Washington Post:
New Senate GOP coronavirus bill includes unrelated White House demand for FBI headquarters money  —  $1.75 billion provision is not connected to the pandemic response but reflects Trump's ongoing interest in a new downtown FBI building.  —  Under intense White House pressure …
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Gallup Poll: Fewer Americans Identifying As Conservatives, More As Liberals Since Outbreak Began  —  A new Gallup poll shows a significant drop in Americans identifying as conservative and a rise in those identifying as liberal since February, as President Trump and Republicans in Congress …
Jesse Newman / Wall Street Journal:
Agriculture Department, States Investigate Foreign Seed Packages  —  Agriculture officials across the U.S. warn residents about unsolicited seeds from China  —  State officials and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are investigating reports that hundreds of residents have received seeds in the mail they didn't order.
New York Times:
Like Father, Like Son: President Trump Lets Others Mourn  —  Whether he is dealing with the loss of a family member or the deaths of nearly 150,000 Americans in a surging pandemic, President Trump almost never displays empathy in public.  He learned it from his father.
Spectrum News NY1:
Mike Bloomberg Promised to Spend Big Against Trump.  What Happened?  —  When former Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped out of the presidential race in March, he was expected to continue pouring huge sums of money into the effort to defeat President Trump.  —  Almost five months later, he's done little to support Joe Biden.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump Still Prefers Fox News Over Expert Advice  —  The president's penchant for snake oil and conspiracies shows just how much sway the partisan press now has.  —  I highly recommend Greg Sargent's detailed look at how Fox News is damaging Donald Trump — because the president keeps watching it and believing what he sees.
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Trump's Biggest Problem Isn't Wealthy Suburbanites.  It's the White Working Class.  —  Dear Washington,  —  The president is in trouble.  You know it and I know it.  —  Here we are, just under 100 days out from Election Day, and every metric we have at our disposal …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Facebook boycotters lobby lawmakers on antitrust  —  Organizers of the #StopHateforProfit advertising boycott say Facebook's ability to withstand their campaign suggests a competition problem and are urging House antitrust investigators to press CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the issue Wednesday.
WSLS-TV:
Police: Richmond riots instigated by white supremacists disguised as Black Lives Matter  —  RICHMOND, Va. - Riots in downtown Richmond over the weekend were instigated by white supremacists under the guise of Black Lives Matter, according to law enforcement officials.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Instapundit and Axios
 
 
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New York Post:
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Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
The Revenge of the Never Trumpers
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Let's throw the kitchen sink at covid-19 and get back to normal by October
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Noelle Crombie / Oregonian:
Vietnam vet gets pepper-sprayed in face by fed officer during Portland protests: ‘He did not like what I was saying’
Discussion: Daily Kos and Towleroad Gay News
Kristin Urquiza / Washington Post:
Governor, my father's death is on your hands
John Bolton / New York Daily News:
Trump's China toughness myth: John Bolton says the president is not principled but transactional
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Electoral ‘Chaos’ in Pennsylvania?
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
'It's absolutely serious': Susan Rice vaults to the top of the VP heap
Discussion: Washington Post