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Associated Press:
Biden's notes: ‘Do not hold grudges’ against Kamala Harris  —  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden was uncharacteristically tight-lipped on Tuesday about the final stretch of his search for a vice president.  But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee seemed prepared to talk …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How to translate congressional code  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ON TUESDAY, during a meeting in Speaker NANCY PELOSI'S office suite, the speaker and Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER had a point to make: The Republicans' $1 trillion Covid relief plan and the Democrats …
Discussion: Political Wire and New York Times
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
AG Barr destroys Jerry Nadler in another House Democrat testimony disaster  —  He came, he saw, he ate their lunch.  Bill Barr, denied a meal break, made himself a happy meal out of Democratic amateurs.  —  Another congressional hearing, another Dem disaster.
Discussion: National Review and Power Line
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Why the Democrats Can't Nail Bill Barr  —  House Democrats have been waiting for more than a year to grill Attorney General Bill Barr, a man they've accused of all manner of professional misconduct—including repeatedly and inappropriately intervening to protect President Donald Trump …
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Pelosi bashes Barr after testimony: ‘He was like a blob’ and ‘henchman’ for Trump
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
New York Sun:   Barr Outmaneuvers the Democrats
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump abruptly ends briefing after being pressed over retweeting misinformation  —  (CNN)Even amid an attempt by President Donald Trump's aides to shift his focus back to coronavirus, he continues to hear from a wide range of associates — including the CEO of a far-right television network …
Discussion: WHDH-TV
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Axios:
Exclusive: Trump never raised Russia's Taliban bounties with Putin  —  President Trump has never confronted Vladimir Putin with intelligence indicating Russia paid the Taliban to kill U.S. troops, he told “Axios on HBO” in an interview on Tuesday.  —  Why it matters: Democrats have seized on the issue …
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: What happened to an America where you could freely speak your mind?  —  The angry left-handed broom of America's cultural revolution uses fear to sweep through the our civic, corporate and personal life.  —  It brings with it attempted intimidation, shame and the usual demands for ceremonies of public groveling.
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Michigan Threatens to Slip From Trump as He Goes Quiet on Airwaves  —  The president has started spending more money on ads in much smaller Electoral College prizes like Iowa and Nevada, and in recent days his campaign stopped buying ads in Michigan entirely.
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Weiss / Mondoweiss:
Israel is ridiculous, antiquated and based on lies about other people's land, Seth Rogen says, but he's afraid to tell other Jews  —  Writer/comedian Seth Rogen was on the Marc Maron podcast yesterday, promoting his new movie “An American Pickle,” which involves Jewish life in the U.S. Maron raised …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Republicans suddenly sweating falling deep into House minority  —  A slew of dismal summer polls and a persistent fundraising gap have left some Republicans fretting about a nightmare scenario in November: That they will fall further into the House minority.
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Trump Doubles Down on Demon Sperm Doc  —  “I guess Twitter took them off and I think Facebook took them off.  I don't know why, I think they're very respected doctors.”  —  The President of the United States doubled down on his support of a doctors “summit” peddling the debunked COVID-19 …
Discussion: Contemptor
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NBC News:
Dark money and PAC's coordinated ‘reopen’ push are behind doctors' viral hydroxychloroquine video
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
[UPDATE] Video Shows NYPD Officers Throwing Protest Leader Into Unmarked Van  —  [UPDATE AT BOTTOM] NYPD officers dragged a protest leader into an unmarked minivan van and doused onlookers with pepper spray during an anti-police brutality march in Manhattan on Tuesday night.
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New York Times:
From the Start, Federal Agents Demanded a Role in Suppressing Anti-Racism Protests  —  Twin government memos show how a gung-ho federal law enforcement response to anti-racism protests may have been driven by a shaky understanding of the demonstrations' roots.
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
A Viral Epidemic Splintering Into Deadly Pieces  —  There's not just one coronavirus outbreak in the United States.  Now there are many, each requiring its own mix of solutions.  —  Once again, the coronavirus is ascendant.  As infections mount across the country, it is dawning on Americans …
Dara Lind / ProPublica:
“Defendant Shall Not Attend Protests”: In Portland, Getting Out of Jail Requires Relinquishing Constitutional Rights  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: How Brett Kavanaugh tried to sidestep abortion and Trump financial docs cases  —  (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh urged his colleagues in a series of private memos this spring to consider avoiding decisions in major disputes over abortion and Democratic subpoenas …
Arizona Republic:
Twitter limits Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward's account for spreading COVID-19 misinformation  —  Twitter has “temporarily limited” the account features of Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward after determining she violated its policy on spreading misleading and “potentially harmful” information about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Russian Intelligence Agencies Push Disinformation on Pandemic  —  Declassified U.S. intelligence accuses Moscow of pushing propaganda through alternative websites as Russia refines techniques used in 2016.  —  WASHINGTON — Russian intelligence services have been spreading disinformation …
Discussion: Raw Story
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jsonline:
Police departments begin to withdraw from security agreements for 2020 DNC, some citing directive on crowd munitions  —  At least 100 law enforcement agencies have withdrawn agreements to send personnel to next month's Democratic National Convention, some of them citing orders to Milwaukee's police chief …
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Election Interference: Google Purges Breitbart from Search Results  —  A few days after the 2016 election, at an internal meeting later leaked to Breitbart News, top Google executives, including Sundar Pichai, Sergey Brin, and Kent Walker lamented Trump's victory, comparing Trump voters to …
Discussion: Raw Story
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Ex-CIA director Brennan writes in upcoming memoir that Trump blocked access to records and notes  —  In the fall of 2018, when former CIA director John Brennan decided to write his memoir, he asked the agency for his official records, including his notes and any documents that he had reviewed and signed that were classified.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Laura Reiley / Washington Post:
Senate GOP won't extend pandemic food stamps but doubles ‘three-martini lunch’ deduction  —  The pandemic has left millions of Americans hungry, but the relief bill offers no new assistance  —  Senate Republicans' coronavirus relief proposal came under attack from a coalition …
Reade Pickert / Bloomberg:
U.S. Is About to Unveil the Ugliest GDP Report Ever Recorded  — Thursday's report forecast to show annualized 35% contraction  — Third-quarter bounce would leave output below pre-crisis level  —  The U.S. economy ground to a halt for almost the entirety of April.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Lincoln Project's $4 million ad blitz targets Alaska, Maine and Montana Senate seats  —  The Lincoln Project, a group founded by “never Trump” Republicans that has produced some of the cycle's most memorable ads, today begins spending $4 million to blitz Senate races in Alaska, Maine and Montana.
Discussion: The Hill
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Officials: US is bringing 6,400 troops home from Germany  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred on by President Donald Trump's demand to pull troops out of Germany, the U.S. will bring about 6,400 forces home and shift about 5,400 to other countries in Europe, U.S. defense officials said Wednesday …
hamptonu.edu:
Center for Public Policy - Polls Home  —  A majority of Virginians were pleased with the Governor of Virginia and his handling of the response to the coronavirus pandemic in the Commonwealth (54% approval).  It includes praise for Governor Ralph Northam and his timely stay-at-home orders …
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Former Official Accuses Steve Bullock of Fraud, Intimidation  —  Whistleblower now challenging Dem's Senate run  —  A former Montana health official said Democratic governor Steve Bullock threatened her and other state employees who tried to blow the whistle on welfare fraud.
 
 
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
America's Elections Are Becoming Contaminated With Untraceable Cash
The Daily Beast:
‘Pretty Close to a Hundred’ New Epstein Accusers
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
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Fair competition and transparency benefits us all
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Popular TikTok stars to leave platform for rival app over data privacy concerns
Change Research:
States of Play: Battleground & National Surveys on COVID-19, Vaccines, and Economic Relief
Discussion: Washington Times
BBC:
Iran blasts dummy US aircraft carrier with missiles
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
5 things to watch as tech CEOs take center stage
Discussion: Reuters and Breitbart
Washington Post:
At the heart of dismal U.S. coronavirus response, a fraught relationship with masks
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and NBC News
 Earlier Items: 
Justice News:
Harvard University Professor Charged with Tax Offenses
Discussion: The College Fix
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Politics at the point of a gun
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
GOP tucks $8 billion for military weaponry in virus bill
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Denver Post
Michelangelo Signorile / The Signorile Report:
Mary Trump grew up gay in a family that hates difference
Discussion: Raw Story and Advocate
Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
Conservative think tank leader says schools should reopen since most Texans dying from COVID-19 are elderly or Hispanic
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:
Customers Who Refused Masks Assault Trader Joe's Workers, Send One to the Hospital
Discussion: Raw Story
Libor Jany / Star Tribune:
Police: ‘Umbrella Man’ was a white supremacist trying to incite George Floyd rioting
 

 
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