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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Trump's 2016 campaign chair was a ‘grave counterintelligence threat,’ had contact with Russian intelligence, Senate panel finds — The Trump campaign chairman's contacts with Kremlin-linked officials posed a “grave counterintelligence threat,” according to the final volume …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Bipartisan Senate report describes 2016 Trump campaign eager to accept help from foreign power — WASHINGTON — In a thousand-page bipartisan report released Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee said the Trump administration obstructed its investigation with “novel claims” of executive privilege.
New York Times:
G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel Details Ties Between 2016 Trump Campaign and Russia — A nearly 1,000-page report confirmed the special counsel's findings at a moment when President Trump's allies have sought to undermine that inquiry. — WASHINGTON — A sprawling report released Tuesday …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Senate Intel says FBI gave ‘unjustified credence’ to Steele dossier, Russia ‘took advantage’ of Trump transition team
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CNN:
Bipartisan Senate report details Trump campaign contacts with Russia in 2016, adding to Mueller findings
republicanleader.senate.gov:
McConnell on Intelligence Committee's Investigation: Our Adversaries Want to Undermine Our System of Government
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Senate report finds Manafort passed sensitive campaign data to Russian intelligence officer
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP and Trump ties run deep on the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors — Most members of the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors have numerous ties to the Republican Party as well as President Donald Trump's associates and administration. — The Postal Service's leadership …
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At least 20 states plan to sue the U.S. Postal Service over service delays, threat to election — At least 20 states plan to file lawsuits this week against the U.S. Postal Service and its new postmaster, Louis DeJoy, seeking to reverse service changes that have prompted widespread reports …
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Senate will hold Postal Service hearing with DeJoy on Friday, as mail delay fears grow — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will testify at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Friday about the U.S. Postal Service's vote-by-mail financial requirements, according to two people familiar with the decision.
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Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
DeJoy donated big to GOP senators up for re-election; they're still silent on USPS
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
St. Louis Couple Who Pointed Guns At Black Lives Matter Protesters To Speak At RNC — Lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who face felony gun charges, will reportedly endorse Donald Trump in their convention address. — A white couple from St. Louis facing felony weapons charges …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump campaign ad attacks Biden's mental faculties
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
5 key moments from the Democratic National Convention's first night
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On Democratic convention's first night, speakers blame Trump for America's woes
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Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
Day 1 Of The Digital DNC: A Night Of GOP, Moderate Outreach Falls Flat
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's unhinged Twitter meltdown shows Michelle Obama drew blood — President Trump unleashed a torrent of rage tweets about Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic convention that was spectacularly cringeworthy even by his standards — but it only underscored how effectively the former …
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Transcript: Michelle Obama's DNC speech
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump to Michelle Obama: I wouldn't be here if it weren't for Barack
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
On Centennial of 19th Amendment, Trump Pardons Susan B. Anthony — President Trump's pardon of the famed suffragist Susan B. Anthony comes as women celebrate the 100th anniversary of their right to vote, and Joseph R. Biden Jr. benefits from a yawning gender gap.
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Trump to pardon women's suffrage leader Susan Anthony
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Roger Stone drops appeals of felony convictions — Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone has unexpectedly dropped the appeal of his seven federal felony convictions for seeking to thwart a House investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. — Stone's lawyers submitted …
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Roger Stone / Stone Cold Truth:
WHY I DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THE APPEAL OF MY UNJUST CONVICTION IN THE MUELLER WITCH HUNT — On the strong advice of my attorneys and after giving the decision considerable thought, I have reluctantly decided to dismiss the appeal of what I believe to be a wrongful conviction in a trial tainted …
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David Rothkopf / NBC News:
Trump's USPS defunding efforts prove 2020 fix is already in. Democrats need to act like it. … These are times unlike any other we have faced in our lives. A pandemic is ravaging our population, 1 in 5 households in the U.S. are food -insecure, and tens of millions of our neighbors worry that they will not be able to pay the rent.
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Cheyenne Roundtree / Daily Mail:
The President and the Epstein victim: Bill Clinton leans back and smiles while receiving neck massage from Chauntae Davis, 22, in never-before-seen photos during trip on pedophile's plane to Africa in 2002 — Bill Clinton is seen enjoying a neck massage from a Jeffrey Epstein victim in never …
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Big League Politics and Twitchy
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Trump warns of a ‘big surge’ of coronavirus in New Zealand, which had just recorded nine new cases — While the novel coronavirus continues to surge through the United States, President Trump noted on Monday that other countries have also seen recent rises. Case in point, he told supporters at a Minnesota airport: New Zealand.
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Trump's Claim Of A New Zealand Surge Is ‘Patently Wrong,’ Ardern Says
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo book on COVID-19 response out in October — NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has gained a national following through his management of the coronavirus pandemic, is writing a book that looks back on his experiences, and includes leadership advice and a close look …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
DNC Chair Perez on Trump's in-person campaign events: ‘Ask the family of Herman Cain’
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia voters to be made ‘inactive’ after absentee mail undeliverable — Tens of thousands of Georgia voter registrations are on track to be changed to inactive status because absentee ballot applications mailed to them last spring were undeliverable. — These voters will still be able …
Jeff Hampton / Virginian-Pilot:
‘The mystery is over’: Researchers say they know what happened to ‘Lost Colony’ — BUXTON, N.C. — The English colonists who settled the so-called Lost Colony before disappearing from history simply went to live with their native friends — the Croatoans of Hatteras, according to a new book.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
What Happens When Ex-Navy SEALS Go Full QAnon? — BETTER ASK NOW — Former special forces soldiers are flirting with a wide array of conspiracy theories, including QAnon. They also seem to be uniquely suited to pivoting to IRL violence. — A man filmed leaving the area …
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Marshall Allen / ProPublica:
Cellphone Data Shows How Las Vegas Is “Gambling With Lives” Across the Country — Las Vegas casinos, open for months now, are a likely hotbed for the spread of COVID-19. For many reasons, contact tracing has proved next to impossible as tourists return to homes across the U.S.
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
Is This Real? Why Some Are Calling the DNC Outro Monday Night ‘The Moment Trump Won Re-Election’ — This cannot be real. Did two hours of watching the Democratic National Convention cause me to lose my mind. President Trump was blamed by one woman for causing her father's death from COVID.
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