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William Saletan / Slate:
How Trump Killed Tens of Thousands of Americans — On July 17, President Donald Trump sat for a Fox News interview at the White House. At the time, nearly 140,000 Americans were dead from the novel coronavirus. The interviewer, Chris Wallace, showed Trump a video clip in which Robert Redfield …
New York Times:
Hong Kong Publisher Jimmy Lai Is Arrested Under National Security Law — The pro-democracy figure is the most high-profile figure detained under the sweeping law imposed by Beijing on the semiautonomous territory. — HONG KONG — The Hong Kong police on Monday arrested seven people …
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Shibani Mahtani / Washington Post:
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law
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Iain Marlow / Bloomberg:
Hong Kong Media Tycoon Arrested in Latest Blow to Democracy Camp
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
China announces retaliatory sanctions on Rubio, Cruz and other U.S. officials
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Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Trump Attempts To Sidestep Congress By Ordering 4 Points Of Coronavirus Relief — In a legally ambiguous move, the president turned to executive orders while negotiations between Democrats and Republicans remain at an impasse. — With no deal on a new coronavirus relief package in sight …
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Business Insider:
Trump pledged to permanently scrap the payroll taxes used to fund Social Security and Medicare if he wins re-election
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Pro-Trump Forces Work the Refs in Silicon Valley — The new referees in American politics are Facebook, Google and Twitter, and they would be wise to pay attention to lessons the old media tried to learn. — One of the oddest moments during last month's tech hearings on Capitol Hill came …
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Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police return fire as looters hit Mag Mile, smashing windows and confronting officers — Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, confronting police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, authorities said.
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Don Babwin / Associated Press:
Shots fired as crowds clash with police in downtown Chicago — Hundreds of people smashed windows, stole from stores and clashed with police in Chicago's Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city's downtown — CHICAGO — Hundreds of people smashed windows …
Willie Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
Kamala Harris should say no to vice presidency — If Joe Biden offers the vice presidential slot to Sen. Kamala Harris, my advice to her would be to politely decline. — Harris is a tested and proven campaigner who will work her backside off to get Biden elected.
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
As decision day nears, VP hopefuls rake in big money for Biden — The Democrats vying to be Joe Biden's running mate have made the rounds of the Sunday shows. They've enlisted surrogates to talk them up to the vetting committee and have been preparing for their one-on-one interviews with Biden himself.
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Axios:
Behind the scenes: Trump assembles team of closest aides to prepare for Biden debates — Two weekends ago, President Trump met with a group of his closest aides in the conference room of his Bedminster golf club to discuss a subject that has been weighing heavily on his mind: the three scheduled debates with Joe Biden.
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
There Will Be No October Surprise This Year
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Politico:
Facing bleak November, Republicans look to stoke BLM backlash — For a brief moment after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis policeman in late May, some members of the GOP joined calls for change as protests exploded onto streets across the country. That moment is over.
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Argus Leader:
Mount Trumpmore? It's the president's ‘dream,’ Rep. Kristi Noem says — Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2018 when Rep. Kristi Noem was running for governor of South Dakota. — A year before Donald Trump became president, an editorial cartoonist …
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Benji Jones / Business Insider:
The White House reportedly asked South Dakota's governor how to add another president to Mount Rushmore, and she later gave Trump a 4-foot replica with his face on it
Jamie Ehrlich / CNN:
New York Times: White House reached out to South Dakota governor about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: At Least 97,000 Children in the U.S. Tested Positive in Last 2 Weeks of July — Trump's unilateral economic relief actions come under fire. Ohio's governor urges use of rapid tests, but with caution after his false positive. — RIGHT NOW A Georgia school whose …
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The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, Slate and The Hill
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Senate Is America's Most Structurally Racist Institution — In a time when institutions across the country have undergone a searching self-examination, the reckoning has only begun for the most powerful source of institutional racism in American life: the United States Senate.
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Dánica Coto / Associated Press:
Puerto Rico halts primary voting in centers lacking ballots
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Wall Street Journal:
Amazon and Mall Operator Look at Turning Sears, J.C. Penney Stores Into Fulfillment Centers — Hookup between Simon Property Group, Amazon would show how retail and logistics are converging more rapidly — Simon Property Group Inc., the biggest mall owner in the U.S. …
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Niall Ferguson / Bloomberg:
TikTok Is Inane. China's Imperial Ambition Is Not. — The U.S. won the Cold War by exporting its values, and China has a similar plan for Cold War II. — It's hard to get past the initial sheer inanity of TikTok. — I spent half an hour trying to make sense of the endless feed …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Another electoral college-popular vote split? It's possible — What is the Electoral College? — Washington (CNN)New CBS News/YouGov polls from Pennsylvania and Wisconsin seem to tell a familiar story. Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by six points among likely voters …
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