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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague on House Returning to Save the Postal Service — The Postal Service is a pillar of our democracy, enshrined in the Constitution and essential for providing critical services: delivering prescriptions, Social Security checks, paychecks, tax returns and absentee ballots to millions of Americans …
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Matthew Rink / Erie Daily Times-Morning News:
Erie loses mail-sorting machines in USPS purge — Two of Erie's six delivery bar code sorters, which can sort 36,000 pieces of mail an hour, were unplugged in recent weeks. — The U.S. Postal Service in recent weeks unplugged two of its six delivery bar code sorters from its East 38th Street processing facility in Erie.
William H. McRaven / Washington Post:
Trump is actively working to undermine the Postal Service — and every major U.S. institution — William H. McRaven, a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014. — In the 1997 film “The Postman,” set in post-apocalyptic America …
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi, Schumer, Maloney, Peters Statement Calling on Postmaster General and Chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors to Testify About Postal Service Sabotage — Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney …
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Nick Harper:
Stop Panicking about the Post Office — A lot of fear and misinformation has been spreading throughout social media the past few days about the post office. People seem to think the sky is falling. But they're missing a lot of important context. — I am here to tell you that yes …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Democrats set emergency hearing with top postal officials amid fear over delayed ballots — Democratic leaders announced Sunday they are scheduling an emergency Aug. 24 hearing for top United States Postal Service officials to testify before Congress after the agency sounded the alarm …
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Washington Post:
State officials rush to shore up confidence in Nov. 3 election as voters express new fears about mail voting
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump's coup-by-mail is underway. America can't wait until November to fight back
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Joseph Marks / Washington Post:
Pelosi calls House lawmakers back to vote on post office legislation
CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden and Trump matchup tightens as enthusiasm hits new high — (CNN)Joe Biden's lead over Donald Trump among registered voters has significantly narrowed since June, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, even as the former vice president maintains an advantage over the President …
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Leads Trump, 50% to 41%, in Poll Ahead of Party Conventions
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
54% approve of Harris selection, including 1 in 4 Republicans: POLL
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump eyes new unproven coronavirus “cure” — To the alarm of some government health officials, President Trump has expressed enthusiasm for the Food and Drug Administration to approve an extract from the oleander plant as a dietary supplement to cure COVID-19, despite lack of proof that it works.
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Most Tremendous Reelection Campaign in American History Ever Inside the chaotic, desperate, last-minute Trump 2020 reboot. — For the two and a half years that he was in charge, a Brad Parscale sighting was always news at Trump campaign headquarters in Rosslyn, Virginia.
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ABC News Public Relations:
ABC NEWS LANDS THE FIRST JOINT NETWORK INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER VP JOE BIDEN AND SEN. KAMALA HARRIS — “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” ANCHOR DAVID MUIR CONDUCTS FIRST JOINT SIT DOWN INTERVIEW WITH BIDEN AND HARRIS, AND “GOOD MORNING AMERICA” CO-ANCHOR ROBIN ROBERTS WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH BIDEN AND HARRIS ON THE HISTORY-MAKING CHOICE
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Natasha S. Alford / TheGrio:
Kamala Harris has a message for voters who aren't feeling her and Joe Biden
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The Daily Beast:
Diamond & Silk Suggest Fox News Executives ‘Ordered a Hit’ on Them — ‘DITCH & SWITCH’ — In their new book, the MAGA star sisters accuse Fox News of a racist double-standard in giving them the boot for saying the same things its white stars regularly claim.
Wall Street Journal:
We'll Protect America's Suburbs — We reject the ultraliberal view that the federal bureaucracy should dictate where and how people live. — The crime and chaos in Democrat-run cities have gotten so bad that liberals are even getting out of Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
A Private Security Company Is Detaining Migrant Children at Hotels — Under emergency coronavirus orders, the Trump administration is using hotels across the country to hold migrant children and families before expelling them. — The Trump administration has been using major hotel chains …
Alyson Krueger / New York Times:
Rapid Testing Is the New Velvet Rope — Determined to proceed with parties and events this summer, hosts are adding screenings at the door. But such measures are hardly a guarantee of safety, medical experts warn. — Dr. Asma Rashid, who runs a members-only medical concierge service in the Hamptons …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden won't lease a “campaign plane,” breaking a candidate tradition for decades — The “campaign plane” is becoming another casualty of the pandemic. — Driving the news: Joe Biden's team hasn't booked any air travel — and thus has no need to lease an aircraft with the Democratic nominee's name …
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
‘May rent. June rent. Late fees. Penalties.’ … There's no room for disbelief in my position. I've had other people tell me: “Really? They're evicting you during a pandemic? That's crazy.” I don't know. Maybe it is. I haven't had time to sit and feel sorry.
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Death Valley soars to 130 degrees, potentially Earth's highest temperature since at least 1931 — Typically, such blazing heat records fall during July, which is the Northern Hemisphere's hottest month — In the midst of a historic heat wave in the West, the mercury in Death Valley …
Dave Lawler / Axios:
The U.S. is far behind other rich countries in coronavirus response — Over the past several weeks, the coronavirus has killed Americans at six times the average rate in other rich countries. And we're recording about eight times more infections. — Why it matters: The virus burned through …
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Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:
Bill Barr Injures Back While Trying to Lift Mailbox Into Truck — WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Attorney General William Barr suffered what was described as a “severe back strain” while trying to lift a mailbox into a pickup truck on Saturday. — According to Barr, he tried to give the mailbox …
NBC News:
Trump eyes Putin meeting before November election, say four people familiar with discussions — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has told aides he'd like to hold an in-person meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the November election, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
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John Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
Iran ‘Snapback’ Isn't Worth the Risk — It would weaken the Security Council veto, which serves U.S. interests at the U.N. — For the U.S., there is one point of high principle worth dying in a ditch for at the United Nations: Never impair the Security Council veto.
Michelle Locke / Associated Press:
‘Hansel and Gretel’ Unfair to Witches, School Board Told — MICHELLE LOCKEJune 1, 1992 GMT — WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) _ Hansel and Gretel: Innocent, resourceful children, or messengers of hate? — To a witch, the answer is clear. — Add the Brothers Grimm classic to the long …
Luke Kenton / Daily Mail:
'I'm leaving, you guys won': Moment furious Seattle cop tells activist he's quitting because of constant unrest caused by BLM protests - just days after city's Chief of Police resigned over huge budget cut — While the circumstances surrounding the video remain unclear, the officer …
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