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New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: After Harris Pick, Sexist and Racist Attacks From Trump and Fox News Hosts — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are expected to make their first appearance as running mates today. In Tuesday's primaries, Ilhan Omar beat back a challenge and a QAnon supporter prevailed in Georgia.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson's mangling of Kamala Harris's name was all about disrespect — When I was a young reporter I had an editor who was a stickler for getting people's middle initials correct in news stories. — “If you get the name wrong, there's no reason for anyone to trust anything else you write,” he'd say.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“She'll Scare the S—t Out of Suburban Women”: Inside Trumpworld's Anti-Kamala Harris Attack Plan — It's getting ugly—"nasty" and “phony” is how Trump greeted the historic pick—and the campaign is revving up to tag Harris as a left-wing opportunist. But some GOP insiders are skeptical.
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Built a ‘Digital Army’—Now She Gets to Use It — “While she's on the national stage, and while people continue to attack her, we're gonna respond,” said Eric Bazail-Eimil, a student at Georgetown and member of the #KHive. — Three days after winning Sen. Kamala Harris' endorsement …
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
The Veep's VP: Inside Joe Biden's search for his own running mate
The Veep's VP: Inside Joe Biden's search for his own running mate
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The Slot, Axios and Patterico's Pontifications
Mike Allen / Axios:
What Joe Biden's historic selection of Kamala Harris tells us about how he would govern
What Joe Biden's historic selection of Kamala Harris tells us about how he would govern
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SFWeekly, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Political Wire and The Week
Associated Press:
How it happened: Inside Biden's search for a running mate
How it happened: Inside Biden's search for a running mate
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Reuters, Politico, Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Axios, One America News Network, Breitbart and The Hill
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Team Trump Hasn't Figured Out How to Attack Kamala
Team Trump Hasn't Figured Out How to Attack Kamala
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Mother Jones, Real Clear Politics, Politico, Breitbart and Raw Story
New York Times:
Kamala Harris Is Biden's Choice for Vice President
Kamala Harris Is Biden's Choice for Vice President
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Joshua Lawson / The Federalist:
No, Kamala Harris Isn't A ‘Moderate’ — She's A Radical Threat To America
No, Kamala Harris Isn't A ‘Moderate’ — She's A Radical Threat To America
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The Christian Post, American Life League, National Right to Life and Right Wing Watch
David Bernstein / Reason:
Is Kamala Harris Legally African American, Indian, Both, Neither, or Something Else?
Is Kamala Harris Legally African American, Indian, Both, Neither, or Something Else?
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Instapundit
Robert A. George / New York Daily News:
What Kamala can do: The Democrats' — and America's — reconciliation moment
What Kamala can do: The Democrats' — and America's — reconciliation moment
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Redstate, ABC News and Sputnik News
FiveThirtyEight:
2020 Election Forecast — The presidential race is in many ways just getting started. On Tuesday, we got Joe Biden's VP pick (Sen. Kamala Harris), the Democratic National Convention is next week, and the Republican National Convention soon after. So while it's clear that Biden …
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, Althouse, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
It's Way Too Soon To Count Trump Out — Joe Biden currently has a robust lead in polls. If the election were held today, he might even win in a landslide, carrying not only traditional swing states such as Florida and Pennsylvania but potentially adding new states such as Georgia and Texas to the Democratic coalition.
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump adds coronavirus adviser who echoes his unscientific claims — (CNN)Moments before President Donald Trump entered the room for his recently reinstated daily coronavirus briefing Monday, three aides preceded him: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, budget chief Russell Vought and a new face.
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Pelosi on state of coronavirus stimulus talks: “It's a chasm”
Pelosi on state of coronavirus stimulus talks: “It's a chasm”
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Reuters
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
‘This is no longer a debate’: Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks — On Tuesday, as Florida set a daily record for covid-19 deaths, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods prohibited his deputies from wearing masks at work. His order, which also applies to visitors to the sheriff's office …
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Austin L. Miller / Ocala.com:
Marion County deputies ordered not to wear masks
Marion County deputies ordered not to wear masks
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Talking Points Memo, ABC News, TheBlaze, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story and Law & Crime
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Greene wants to be ‘worst nightmare’ of Democrats. She could also haunt Georgia GOP — ROME - Many top Georgia Republicans have watched with dread - but took little action - as Marjorie Taylor Greene rose from longshot candidate to the cusp of Congress. Shortly after her victory …
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Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair and Politico
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
QAnon Followers Are Hijacking the #SaveTheChildren Movement
QAnon Followers Are Hijacking the #SaveTheChildren Movement
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The Hill and Rolling Stone, more at Techmeme »
Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
Why I am not sending my kids back to school — (CNN)One of the questions I am getting more than any other: Am I going to send my children back to school? As a father of three teen and preteen girls, this has been a constant discussion in our household, and it hasn't been easy.
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The Hill, Washington Post and Balloon Juice
HuffPost:
Trump Has Nearly Eliminated Intelligence Briefings From His Schedule Entirely — A HuffPost analysis finds the president has averaged less than one a week since July 1, after the public learned of Russian bounties on murdered U.S. soldiers. — WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump's interest …
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The Week
Associated Press:
FBI investigates shooting of military helicopter in Virginia — WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is investigating the shooting of a military helicopter during a training mission this week in northern Virginia, injuring one crew member who was aboard, officials said Wednesday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus-Hit State Budgets Create a Drag on U.S. Recovery — Aid to states and cities is a sticking point as talks in Congress bog down over next round of stimulus — WASHINGTON—Spending cuts by state and local governments grappling with the coronavirus pandemic pose a headwind …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
‘A Smoking Gun’: Infectious Coronavirus Retrieved From Hospital Air — Airborne virus plays a significant role in community transmission, many experts believe. A new study fills in the missing piece: Floating virus can infect cells. — Skeptics of the notion that the coronavirus spreads through …
Politico:
Kanye flops among Black voters — Rapper and former Donald Trump supporter Kanye West is running for president with the backing of a handful of GOP operatives who are betting he can pull Black voters from former Vice President Joe Biden. — But Democrats aren't sweating West at this point …
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat / The New York Review of Books:
Co-opt & Corrupt: How Trump Bent and Broke the GOP — “As time went on, it became clear that the sickness was a feature, that anyone who entered the building became a little sick themselves,” wrote the journalist Olivia Nuzzi in March 2018 of the Donald J. Trump White House and those who serve it.
Nicole Gaudiano / Politico:
Growing number of voters oppose Trump demand to fully reopen schools — A growing majority of voters oppose the Trump administration's demand that schools and colleges fully open for in-person instruction, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. — In the survey of nearly 2,000 …
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Reuters, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Janice Dean / Fox News:
COVID has devastated my family — Why can't I testify about it? — My story was going to be told by a grieving wife, mother and daughter- in- law who wants answers — When I heard that New York State was having hearings about the coronavirus nursing home tragedy that took the lives …
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down temporarily in California if it's forced to classify drivers as employees — Uber would likely shut down temporarily for several months if a court does not overturn a recent ruling requiring it to classify its drivers as full-time employees …
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Washington Post:
Baghdad's record heat offers glimpse of world's climate change future — Door handles blistering to the touch. Leaves yellowed and brittle. And a yawning divide between AC haves and have-nots. — BAGHDAD — This city roars in the summertime. You hear the generators on every street …
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
925 Quarantined for Covid. Is This a Successful School Reopening? — A suburban Atlanta county opened its schools amid controversy and a growing case count, previewing a difficult national back-to-school season. — CANTON, Ga. — The first letter went out on Aug. 4 …