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Robert Laurie / The Cain Gang:
WATCH: New Trump ad hammers Biden/Harris over Joe's endless array of racial gaffes — Expect to see a lot of this as we head into the meat of election season. — Joe Biden's history with race is a minefield. It's been fodder for both Republicans and Democrats for years.
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Woman Problem Just Got a Whole Lot Worse — Biden's pick of Kamala Harris was expected. What happened next, however, was not. And it spells trouble for the incumbent. — BEAST INSIDE — No one was shocked by Joe Biden's pick of California Senator Kamala Harris.
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Political Wire and Axios
John F. Harris / Politico:
The Epic Blandness of the Joe Biden Campaign — Back in early 2019, a group of about 15 campaign journalists took part in an informal survey of who they expected to be the Democratic presidential nominee. — These reporters and editors, I happen to know, are all smart and well-connected.
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Washington Monthly, Reuters, The Hill, CNN, Fox News, Breitbart and The Daily Beast
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
‘Antifa’ website cited in conservative media attack on Biden is linked to — wait for it — Russia — WASHINGTON — At his press briefing Wednesday, President Trump, as he usually does, — called for a question from Chanel Rion, the chief White House correspondent for the conservative …
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Kamala Harris receives strong marks as Joe Biden's VP: POLL — Kamala Harris steps into her new role on a relative high note. — Sen. Kamala Harris steps into her new role as Joe Biden's vice presidential nominee on a relative high note. Harris receives strong marks as the pick …
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Politico, Ipsos, Breitbart, FiveThirtyEight, The Week and Washington Times
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris could help Biden with women, young voters, maybe some Republicans too - Reuters/Ipsos poll
Exclusive: Harris could help Biden with women, young voters, maybe some Republicans too - Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Politico, The Week, New York Times, Breitbart, Fox News, The Hill and NBC News
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Showed Swagger, and It Will Drive Republican Men Nuts
Sumantra Maitra / The Federalist:
Why Kamala Harris's Stealth Radicalism Is Worse Than Bernie Democrats' Open Radicalism
Why Kamala Harris's Stealth Radicalism Is Worse Than Bernie Democrats' Open Radicalism
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The Independent, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and National Review
John C. Eastman / Newsweek:
Some Questions for Kamala Harris About Eligibility — , PROFESSOR OF LAW, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY AND SENIOR FELLOW, CLAREMONT INSTITUTE — Editor's note: Some readers reacted strongly to this essay, seeing it as an attempt to ignite a racist conspiracy theory. That is entirely inaccurate, as this Note explains.
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Newsweek:
Editor's Note: Eastman's Newsweek Column Has Nothing to Do With Racist Birtherism — Some of our readers have reacted strongly to the op-ed we published by Dr. John Eastman, assuming it to be an attempt to ignite a racist conspiracy theory around Kamala Harris' candidacy.
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Mediaite
Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Kamala Harris is eligible to serve as president — CLAIM: If Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his running mate she will not be eligible to serve as president because her mother is from India and her father is from Jamaica. That means, if Biden is unable to serve a full term as president …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump blurts out his true motive on mail-in voting — Back in March, President Trump seemed to blurt out the real reason he opposes expanded voting by mail in the 2020 election. Referring to provisions in the Democrats' coronavirus stimulus bill to vastly increase funding for voting by mail …
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The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say — Democrats call on watchdog to investigate USPS changes — (CNN)Postmaster General Louis DeJoy continues to hold a multimillion-dollar stake in his former company XPO Logistics …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Washington Post and The Dispatch
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump vows to block stimulus funding for mail-in voting and USPS
Trump vows to block stimulus funding for mail-in voting and USPS
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The Week and Rolling Stone
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Trump Says He Wants to Withhold Funds From Post Office So Democrats 'Can't Have Universal Mail-In Voting'
Trump Says He Wants to Withhold Funds From Post Office So Democrats 'Can't Have Universal Mail-In Voting'
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Postal Service could halt special treatment of ballots, congressional Democrats warn
Postal Service could halt special treatment of ballots, congressional Democrats warn
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The Guardian, Slate, Raw Story, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA and Axios
Igor Derysh / Salon:
Mail sorting equipment being “removed” from post offices, leaving mail to “pile up”: union leader
Mail sorting equipment being “removed” from post offices, leaving mail to “pile up”: union leader
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American Prospect, Washington Post, Politico, Reuters, Raw Story and HuffPost
Jerusalem Post:
Israel and UAE reach historic peace deal, Israel to suspend annexation — The peace deal was the product of lengthy discussions between Israel, the UAE and the United States that accelerated recently, White House officials said. — Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic peace deal …
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Breitbart, American Herald, The Gateway Pundit, IJR and Just The News
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Associated Press:
President Trump says UAE to open diplomatic ties with Israel — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state.
Washington Post:
Trump announces historic peace agreement between Israel and United Arab Emirates — President Trump announced a peace agreement Thursday between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, a historic step that makes the Persian Gulf state only the third Arab country to open diplomatic relations with the Jewish nation.
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Politico, Townhall, NBC News, New York Post, middleeastmonitor.com and One America News Network
Denise Lu / New York Times:
The True Coronavirus Toll in the U.S. Has Already Surpassed 200,000 — Estimated deaths above normal, March 1 to July 25 — Note: Data is most likely an undercount for some states in recent weeks. — Nationwide, 200,000 more people have died than usual since March.
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Good Son — Jared Kushner, the second-most-powerful man in the White House, is quite a bit smarter than the most powerful man, his father-in-law, the president. Donald Trump possesses a genius for the jugular, but he evinces few other signs of intelligence. He certainly displays no capacity, or predisposition, to learn.
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New Republic
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Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Here's How Republicans Are Boosting Kanye West's Presidential Campaign
Here's How Republicans Are Boosting Kanye West's Presidential Campaign
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Fox News, Washington Post and The Week
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Let it flow: Trump Administration eases showerhead rules — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president who complains he isn't getting wet enough.
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New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Law & Crime
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BBC:
US calls for shower rules to be eased after Trump hair complaints
US calls for shower rules to be eased after Trump hair complaints
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New York Post, The Root and POLITICUSUSA
Donald Trump / Reuters:
US proposes change to shower rules after Trump's hair-washing moan
US proposes change to shower rules after Trump's hair-washing moan
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Raw Story and The Guardian
Politico:
As a grim fall approaches, Trump team feels increasingly confident — A pandemic summer marked by testing delays, supply shortages and continued spread of the coronavirus has set the stage for a disheartening start to the fall across much of the U.S., with the shuttering of schools …
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NBC News, The National Interest, The Week and Raw Story
The Intercept:
College Democrat Chats Reveal Year-Old Plan to Engineer and Leak Alex Morse Accusations … The leadership of the UMass Amherst College Democrats began discussing an operation they believed could sink the campaign of Alex Morse for Congress as far back as last October, a plan they then helped engineer …
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The Slot and LGBTQ Nation
Kyle Murphy / Just Security:
I Resigned from U.S. Government After My Own Leaders Began to Act Like the Autocrats I Analyzed — I recently resigned as a senior analyst with the Defense Intelligence Agency after experiencing firsthand the actions of U.S. government leaders to suppress nonviolent dissent during the recent nationwide protests for racial justice.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Qwazy for QAnon — No fewer than 60 current or former congressional candidates have expressed interest in or support for the conspiracy. — I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy …
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National Review, Politico and Washington Post
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
The Party of Lincoln Belongs to QAnon Now. Thanks, Donald!
The Party of Lincoln Belongs to QAnon Now. Thanks, Donald!
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Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Business Insider
Politico:
The payroll tax problem — Editor's Note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services' morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 6 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day's biggest stories.
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Raw Story, Bloomberg and Fox Business
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Payroll-Tax Deferral Plans Spur Confusion
Trump's Payroll-Tax Deferral Plans Spur Confusion
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Raw Story and Associated Press