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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
USPS says Pennsylvania mail ballots may not be delivered on time, and state warns of ‘overwhelming’ risk to voters — The United States Postal Service warned Pennsylvania that mail ballots may not be delivered on time to be counted because the state's deadlines are too tight for its …
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Aaron Gordon / VICE:
Internal USPS Documents Outline Plans to Hobble Mail Sorting — ‘This will slow mail processing,’ a union official wrote on one of the documents announcing the machine removals. — Aaron Gordon — The United States Postal Service proposed removing 20 percent of letter sorting machines …
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Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog and Outside the Beltway
USA Today:
Trump is determined to rig this election, defraud voters and thwart the will of the people — We can no longer trust that our federal government will oversee fair elections this November. The repeated statements and actions of the president, his attorney general and leaders in the Republican Party …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren demands ‘corruption’ probe after report of Amazon options purchase by Postal Service chief Louis DeJoy
Sen. Elizabeth Warren demands ‘corruption’ probe after report of Amazon options purchase by Postal Service chief Louis DeJoy
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CNN:
Postal Service removes some mail-sorting machines, sparking concerns ahead of election
Postal Service removes some mail-sorting machines, sparking concerns ahead of election
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Law & Crime, Daily Kos, The Nation and Yahoo News
Jayati Ramakrishnan / Oregonian:
USPS removes mailboxes in Portland and Eugene, cites ‘declining mail volume’
USPS removes mailboxes in Portland and Eugene, cites ‘declining mail volume’
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Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review and Real Clear Politics
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
What Really Scares Voting Experts About the Postal Service
What Really Scares Voting Experts About the Postal Service
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Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos and New York Times
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Black Like Kamala — Republican efforts to deny Senator Harris's identity as an African-American and turn her into a noncitizen are destined to fail. — It was probably inevitable that Kamala Harris becoming Joe Biden's running mate would result in controversy over her heritage.
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New York Times:
How Biden Chose Harris: A Search That Forged New Stars, Friends and Rivalries
How Biden Chose Harris: A Search That Forged New Stars, Friends and Rivalries
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Federalist and The Hill
Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:
CNN Reporter's ‘Analysis’ of Harris Is One Long Press Release
CNN Reporter's ‘Analysis’ of Harris Is One Long Press Release
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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and CNN
Associated Press:
Trump gives credence to false, racist Harris conspiracy
Trump gives credence to false, racist Harris conspiracy
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Encourages Racist Conspiracy Theory About Kamala Harris
Trump Encourages Racist Conspiracy Theory About Kamala Harris
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
What Harris Got from Biden During Her Job Interview
What Harris Got from Biden During Her Job Interview
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Reuters, Associated Press and The Hill
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Top DHS officials Wolf and Cuccinelli are not legally eligible to serve in their current roles, congressional watchdog agency finds — The appointments of the top two officials at the Department of Homeland Security violated federal law, the Government Accountability Office said on Friday.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GAO finds Chad Wolf, Ken Cuccinelli are ineligible to serve in their top DHS roles — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli were invalidly appointed to their positions and are ineligible to serve, a congressional watchdog determined Friday.
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Washington Post, Axios and Reuters
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
A Geopolitical Earthquake Just Hit the Mideast — The Israel-United Arab Emirates deal will be felt throughout the region. — For once, I am going to agree with President Trump in his use of his favorite adjective: “huge.” — The agreement brokered by the Trump administration …
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Richard Grenell / The Hill:
Israel-UAE breakthrough proves Trump's critics wrong — again
Israel-UAE breakthrough proves Trump's critics wrong — again
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One America News Network, Wall Street Journal and The Federalist
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
Trump wins the Nobel Prize for Israel-UAE peace deal (not)
Dennis Ross / Washington Post:
The Israel-UAE agreement is a key step for peace and sends a crucial message to Palestinians
The Israel-UAE agreement is a key step for peace and sends a crucial message to Palestinians
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The National Interest, NBC News, Breitbart, Politico and Vox
Alex Thompson / Politico:
‘The President Was Not Encouraging’: What Obama Really Thought About Biden — Behind the friendship was a more complicated relationship, which now drives the former vice president to prove his partner wrong. — The way Joe Biden explained it on the campaign trail in Iowa …
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
USA Today:
President Trump requests mail-in ballot for upcoming Florida primary, despite rhetoric — For the second time as a Palm Beach County voter, President Donald Trump has requested a vote-by-mail ballot ahead of Florida's primary election on Tuesday. — And the president who has just spent …
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CNN:
Trump and first lady request mail-in ballots despite attacks
Trump and first lady request mail-in ballots despite attacks
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Talking Points Memo and The Hill
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Judge orders Trump campaign to produce evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania
Judge orders Trump campaign to produce evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania
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UPI, Raw Story and Associated Press
Ben Collins / NBC News:
How QAnon rode the pandemic to new heights — and fueled the viral anti-mask phenomenon — In February, five months before she became known as “QAnon Karen,” there was no one more terrified of the coming pandemic than Melissa Rein Lively. — “I bought the N-95 masks. I bought the hazmat suit,” she said.
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Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Besieged on all sides, Ron Johnson says his probe ‘would certainly’ help Trump win reelection — Sen. Ron Johnson this week said his probe of Obama-era intelligence agencies would help President Donald Trump win reelection, igniting fury from Democrats who say it was an explicit admission he's using …
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Biden Expands Lead; A Third Of Country Says It Won't Get Vaccinated — Toggle more options — Democrat Joe Biden's lead has expanded to double-digits against President Trump in the presidential election, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. Biden now leads Trump 53% to 42%, up from an 8-point advantage at the end of June.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Times
ABC News:
Trump brother hospitalized in New York: Sources — President expected to visit brother, Robert Trump, sources said. — Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, has been hospitalized in New York, sources told ABC News, a development confirmed by the White House.
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
Discontent with McCarthy rises as GOP considers a possible post-Trump world — Discontent with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is on the rise in the House, as Republicans increasingly fearful of a loss by President Trump on Election Day gear up for an intraparty war over the future of the GOP.
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
House GOP candidate known for QAnon support was ‘correspondent’ for conspiracy website — Before running for office, Republican congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote dozens of articles as a “correspondent” for a conspiracy news website, according to archived web pages uncovered by NBC News.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
The recession is over for the rich, but the working class is far from recovered — The stock market and home values are back at record levels, while jobs remain scarce for those earning less than $20 an hour — U.S. stocks are hovering near a record high, a stunning comeback since March …
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The Week
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO Max Adds “Proper Social Context” Intro to ‘Blazing Saddles’ — The disclaimer is similar to the one the streamer added before ‘Gone With the Wind.’ — Blazing Saddles is currently streaming on HBO Max, along with a new introduction that automatically plays before the Mel Brooks classic begins.
Nikita Telizhenko / Telegraph:
“People lay like a living carpet in pools of blood” — How detainees at protests are beaten in jails in Belarus. Scary Znak.com report — this material is a raw translation of the original text in Russian — Znak.com correspondent Nikita Telizhenko was detained on the evening of August 10 …
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
The Agony of the Anti-Anti-Trumpers — BUt tHe mEDiA! — It's mid-August and I find myself thinking about Dante lately. Maybe it's because all the bugs around here make me think of certain scenes from the Inferno, or maybe it's because I have been reading too much Twitter. — Welcome to the Daily Countdown.
Allister Heath / Telegraph:
Sweden's success shows the true cost of our arrogant, failed establishment — Shocking incompetence has unnecessarily wiped billions of pounds from the UK economy — So now we know: Sweden got it largely right, and the British establishment catastrophically wrong.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Common, Billie Eilish, John Legend among Dem convention musical acts — Democratic National Convention organizers announced Friday a list of musical acts expected to be featured at the party's four-night nominating event next week. — Among the artists slated to perform at the largely virtual convention …
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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Barr Says Results of Probe Into Russia Investigation Could Come by Election — Attorney General William Barr says Justice Department will ‘use our prudent judgement’ in deciding when to release the findings — CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Attorney General William Barr said Thursday he could reveal …
Gary He / Eater NY:
NYC Restaurant Workers Pushed to Food Pantries and Homelessness While Jobs Remain Scarce — With nearly 60 percent of hospitality industry workers out of jobs in NYC, many have been forced to turn to a patchwork of food relief to survive — Rosenfeld Santiago worked as a dishwasher at one of the hottest bistros in the city.
The Daily Beast:
Blame Fox News for the Rise of QAnon — In Ep. 34 of The New Abnormal, Rick reveals how Fox bred an army of Q zombies, Rep. Lauren Underwood takes on anti-vaxxers and Louie Gohmert's opponent hits him where it hurts. — It's the “secret sauce” of Fox News: “tell people who feel socially inferior that you're really the smart one.
Lois K. Solomon / Sun-Sentinel:
Principal who made Holocaust comments should not have been fired, judge rules — The former Boca Raton principal who generated a national uproar for his comments about the Holocaust should not have been fired, a judge ruled Thursday. — The Palm Beach County School District …
Paul Musgrave / Washington Post:
Busy work — Trump's secret political weapon: Wasting his opponents' time — On the night of Aug. 6, President Trump was flying from Cleveland to New Jersey when he suddenly issued executive orders that would ban the social media video app TikTok and WeChat, China's largest messaging platform …