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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, Balloon Juice, Breitbart, Spectator USA and Raw Story
David A. Hopkins / New York Times:
What the Kamala Harris Pick Tells Us About Joe Biden — His choice is a characteristic example of his tendency to row in the direction of the day's strongest political currents. — Mr. Hopkins is a political scientist. — Joe Biden is often described as an ideological moderate.
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LGBTQ Nation
Natalie Shure / In These Times:
Now Comes the Difficult Work of Pushing the Biden-Harris Ticket Left
Now Comes the Difficult Work of Pushing the Biden-Harris Ticket Left
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Fox News, The Nation and New York Post
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Built a ‘Digital Army’—Now She Gets to Use It
Kamala Harris Built a ‘Digital Army’—Now She Gets to Use It
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NBC News, Washington Post, New Yorker and The Atlantic
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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The Federalist, Redstate, Fox News, Vox, Townhall, Associated Press, Forbes, Reuters, Roll Call, TMZ.com, The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Kamala Harris Makes History, Many Times Over
Kamala Harris Makes History, Many Times Over
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The Atlantic, The Daily Beast and The Colorado Sun
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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New York Times, The Christian Post, American Life League, National Right to Life and Right Wing Watch
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Crystallizes Trump's View of Women: They're ‘Nasty’ or Housewives
Kamala Harris Crystallizes Trump's View of Women: They're ‘Nasty’ or Housewives
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Daily Kos, The Federalist and Talking Points Memo
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
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden Sees the Future in Kamala Harris
Joe Biden Sees the Future in Kamala Harris
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Raw Story, Power Line, Foreign Policy and The Hill
David Byler / Washington Post:
Harris is a small-c conservative, party-friendly pick — which makes her just right for Biden
Harris is a small-c conservative, party-friendly pick — which makes her just right for Biden
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BuzzFeed News, Twitchy and Axios
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Harris wants U.S. to give Americans $2,000 a month during pandemic, a contrast with Biden's measured approach
Harris wants U.S. to give Americans $2,000 a month during pandemic, a contrast with Biden's measured approach
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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Real Clear Politics, Washington Examiner, Mother Jones, Politico and Raw Story
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.
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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Daily Kos, Tampa Bay Times, New York Post, The Hill, Marion County Sheriff' … and Ocala.com
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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, Fox News, NPR, TheBlaze, ABC News, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Law & Crime
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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Raw Story
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
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Military helicopter shot at over northern Virginia, crew member injured — The FBI is investigating Monday's shooting aimed at an Air Force helicopter. — The FBI is investigating the shooting of a U.S. Air Force helicopter as it flew over northern Virginia on Monday.
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The Gateway Pundit
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CNN:
Trump and top House Republican embrace candidate who promoted QAnon conspiracy theory — Washington (CNN)Top Republicans, including President Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, are embracing their party's nominee for a House seat in Georgia, despite her history of racist …
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Talking Points Memo, BBC, New York Times, The Daily Beast and Washington Post
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Greene wants to be ‘worst nightmare’ of Democrats. She could also haunt Georgia GOP
Greene wants to be ‘worst nightmare’ of Democrats. She could also haunt Georgia GOP
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Politico, Vanity Fair and Washington Post
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Weighs Replacing Mark Esper at Pentagon After Election — Departure may come as part of other changes in cabinet — Trump frustrated by pushback on deploying troops to protests — President Donald Trump has privately said that he intends to replace Secretary of Defense Mark Esper …
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Talking Points Memo and The Week
Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
If Donald Trump Controls The Mail, He Controls Democracy — The president is working overtime to turn the federal bureaucracy into a subsidiary of his campaign. — Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night can slow the mail. But President Donald Trump can.
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The Atlantic, Bangor Daily News and Vox
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ron Johnson says committee Republicans blocking Comey, Brennan subpoenas — Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chair Ron Johnson suggested Wednesday that fellow Republicans on his committee were blocking him from subpoenaing former FBI Director James Comey …
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The Hugh Hewitt Show and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
White House clarifies limits of jobless aid plan as talks with Congress dim — Unemployment benefit will be $300 per week, not the $400 Trump promised on Saturday — President Trump's senior aides acknowledged on Tuesday that they are providing less financial assistance for the unemployed …
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Daily Kos, Bloomberg, The Week and Associated Press
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Can Trump aide Meadows move from deal breaker to deal-maker?
Can Trump aide Meadows move from deal breaker to deal-maker?
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The Hill
Quint Forgey / Politico:
State Department watchdog finds Trump's U.K. ambassador ‘made inappropriate or insensitive comments’ — The State Department's Office of Inspector General concluded that President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Kingdom made offensive remarks to staff at the U.S. Embassy in London, according to a report released Wednesday.
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New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Law & Crime and ABC News
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Watchdog report faults Trump's UK envoy Woody Johnson for ‘insensitive comments,’ ‘negative effect’ on morale
Watchdog report faults Trump's UK envoy Woody Johnson for ‘insensitive comments,’ ‘negative effect’ on morale
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Associated Press, Axios and Reuters
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.
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 …
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 …
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
The Furious Hunt for the MAGA Bomber — Scarred by trauma and devoted to Trump, a man began mailing explosives to the president's critics on the eve of an election. Inside the race to catch him. — Weird things happen in and around New York City nearly every day, so the appearance …