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Washington Post:
Postal Service warns 46 states their voters could be disenfranchised by delayed mail-in ballots — Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the U.S. Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to 46 states and D.C. warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail …
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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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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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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Obama: Trump trying to ‘actively kneecap’ Postal Service to affect 2020 election — Former President Barack Obama, in an interview released Friday, slammed President Donald Trump for trying to “actively kneecap the Postal Service” to affect mail-in voting in the 2020 election and urged lawmakers …
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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 …
Pam Fessler / NPR:
New Postmaster Hasn't Yet Met Election Officials About Mail-In Ballot Concerns
New Postmaster Hasn't Yet Met Election Officials About Mail-In Ballot Concerns
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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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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Just How Far Will Trump Go? — President Donald Trump's open admission yesterday …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Postal workers union endorses Biden, warns that ‘survival’ of USPS is at stake
Postal workers union endorses Biden, warns that ‘survival’ of USPS is at stake
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Lawmakers: Postal changes delay mail-order medicine for vets
Lawmakers: Postal changes delay mail-order medicine for vets
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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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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Trump's war on mail-in voting and the postal service
Trump's war on mail-in voting and the postal service
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Ex-F.B.I. Lawyer Expected to Plead Guilty in Review of Russia Inquiry — Prosecutors did not reveal any evidence of the kind of broad anti-Trump conspiracy among law enforcement officials that the president has long alleged. — WASHINGTON — A former F.B.I. lawyer intends to plead guilty …
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Associated Press:
Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty in Durham look at Russia probe — WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI lawyer will plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigation into the probe of ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Kevin Clinesmith, Corrupt FBI Attorney Who Falsified Carter Page FISA Warrant, Expected To Plead Guilty
Kevin Clinesmith, Corrupt FBI Attorney Who Falsified Carter Page FISA Warrant, Expected To Plead Guilty
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CNN:
Former FBI lawyer set to plead guilty to altering email during Russia investigation
Former FBI lawyer set to plead guilty to altering email during Russia investigation
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump presses Barr to target his perceived enemies before election
Trump presses Barr to target his perceived enemies before election
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
In first criminal case from Durham probe, former FBI lawyer to plead guilty for altering document
In first criminal case from Durham probe, former FBI lawyer to plead guilty for altering document
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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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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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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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Sonali Paul / Reuters:
‘Little brown girl’: Australian Biden-Harris cartoon sparks furore — MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A cartoon in Australia's biggest national newspaper drew condemnation on Friday as being racist for portraying U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden describing his new running mate, Kamala Harris, as “this little brown girl”.
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Alex Nowrasteh / Cato Institute:
John Eastman on Birthright Citizenship, Kamala Harris, the Mexican Repatriation, and Citizenship for the Children of Braceros
John Eastman on Birthright Citizenship, Kamala Harris, the Mexican Repatriation, and Citizenship for the Children of Braceros
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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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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.
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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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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's election meddling is threatening US democracy — Trump claims funding USPS will lead to ballot fraud — (CNN)Never mind meddling by Russia, China or Iran. The most dangerous threat to the integrity of November's election is coming from the man sworn to protect it, the President of the United States.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Obama: Trump is trying to ‘actively kneecap’ and ‘starve’ the postal service
Obama: Trump is trying to ‘actively kneecap’ and ‘starve’ the postal service
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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.
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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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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.
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Michael Powell / New York Times:
A Black Marxist Scholar Wanted to Talk About Race. It Ignited a Fury. — The cancellation of a speech reflects an intense debate on the left: Is racism the primary problem in America today, or the outgrowth of a system that oppresses all poor people? — Adolph Reed is a son of the segregated South …
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
The 10 Scariest Election Scenarios, Ranked — We asked 10 experts for their worst election nightmares—and how to prevent them from happening. — As the election nears, anxieties are growing over the possibility that President Donald Trump will try to cling to power if he loses to former Vice President Joe Biden.
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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Tom Porter / Business Insider:
Michael Cohen predicts that Trump will ‘never leave office peacefully’ because he's terrified of being sent to prison — Foto: Reuters Michael Cohen, the former lawyer for President Donald Trump, arriving back at home after being released from prison in New York on May 21.
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FiveThirtyEight:
How To Vote In The 2020 Election — A state-by-state guide to voting in the age of COVID-19 — How easy — or difficult — absentee voting is in each state — Everyone can vote absentee, and ballots are automatically mailed to voters Everyone can vote absentee, and absentee-ballot applications …
Lomi Kriel / ProPublica:
ICE Guards “Systematically” Sexually Assault Detainees in an El Paso Detention Center, Lawyers Say — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune …
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump to Be Featured Each Day of GOP Convention — Plan is a departure from previous nominating events when candidates were showcased on the final night — WASHINGTON—President Trump will be featured each day of the Republican National Convention, say officials involved in planning it …
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CourtListener:
Information - Felony — Document #1 — District Court, District of Columbia — INFORMATION as to KEVIN CLINESMITH (1) count(s) 1. (bb) (Entered: 08/14/2020) — The text of this document was obtained by analyzing a scanned document provided by the court.
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Robby Soave / Reason:
UConn Will Pay White Fragility Author Robin DiAngelo $20,000 To Train School Administrators — The antiracism consultant Robin DiAngelo is having quite the summer. Her 2018 book, White Fragility, shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list after the death of George Floyd brought renewed public attention to racial issues.
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