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Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
Photos appear to show mail sorting machines in parts in US postal facility — Images come as controversy grows over post office, mail-in voting. — As questions over recent changes implemented at the U.S. Postal Service continue to mount, new images obtained by ABC News appear …
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Washington Post:
White House ‘open to looking at’ $25 billion in Postal Service funding, press secretary says — The Trump administration will consider greenlighting $25 billion in emergency funding for the U.S. Postal Service, depending on the other provisions that are contained in the coronavirus relief package …
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Reuters and The Week
James Brooks / Anchorage Daily News:
In rule change, Postal Service forbids employees from signing absentee ballots as witnesses — In a nationwide rule change that went unnoticed this summer, the U.S. Postal Service has forbidden employees from signing absentee ballots as witnesses while on duty.
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Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Daily Kos, Raw Story, HillReporter.com, ABC News and GovExec.com
Washington Post:
Postal Service blocked lawmakers from key evidence on DeJoy's selection, Schumer says
Postal Service blocked lawmakers from key evidence on DeJoy's selection, Schumer says
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Orlando Sentinel
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
DeJoy's USPS Policy Rollbacks Don't Appear to Change Much
DeJoy's USPS Policy Rollbacks Don't Appear to Change Much
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Talking Points Memo, ProPublica and The Hill
Chad Livengood / Crain's Detroit Business:
Postal union officials: 10 mail-sorting machines removed in Michigan
Postal union officials: 10 mail-sorting machines removed in Michigan
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Talking Points Memo, Rolling Stone, Raw Story and Washington Post
Robby Soave / Reason:
The GOP Should Shun Laura Loomer — Laura Loomer, the far-right gadfly and conspiracy theorist, has prevailed in her bid to become the Republican Party's candidate for Florida's 21st Congressional District. She will face incumbent Rep. Lois Frankel, a Democrat, in the general election.
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, indy100, Sean Hannity and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Associated Press:
Far-Right Extremist Laura Loomer Wins Florida Republican Primary — She is looking to unseat Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel in a district that includes President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A far-right social media provocateur whose hate speech got her banned …
USA Today:
Laura Loomer, with Roger Stone in tow, wins Florida House Republican primary. She'll face Lois Frankel in November — Incumbent Lois Frankel and social media firebrand Laura Loomer won their respective primaries Tuesday, setting the tone for what will be a fiery, nationally watched congressional election in November.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
As it turns out, there really was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia — The investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III ended anticlimactically. Although Mueller's report detailed evidence of Russian interference and the Trump team's welcome receipt of help from Moscow …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Columbia Journalism Review and Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Hallie Jackson / MSNBC:
Ex-DHS Official: Trump wanted to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland — A former Chief of Staff with the Department of Homeland Security, Miles Taylor, joins Hallie Jackson to discuss his tenure working in the Trump administration. Taylor, who has recently begun speaking out about what he witnessed …
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Latino Rebels
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Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:
Trump Once Asked if He Could Swap Puerto Rico for Greenland: Ex-Aide
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Ex-Aide: Trump told DHS secretary, ‘Get your ass to the border’
Ex-Aide: Trump told DHS secretary, ‘Get your ass to the border’
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HillReporter.com, Raw Story, Sputnik News and Forbes
NBC News:
QAnon groups hit by Facebook crack down — Facebook on Wednesday banned about 900 pages and groups and 1,500 ads tied to the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon, part of a sweeping action that also restricted the reach of over 10,000 Instagram pages and almost 2,000 Facebook groups pushing …
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About Facebook, New York Times and Forbes, more at Techmeme »
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Barbara Ortutay / ABC News:
Facebook bans some, but not all, QAnon groups, accounts
Facebook bans some, but not all, QAnon groups, accounts
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One America News Network
Max Cohen / Politico:
Trump calls for Goodyear boycott after company bans MAGA attire among employees — President Donald Trump on Wednesday promoted a boycott of Goodyear, angrily reacting to a viral company policy that banned employees from wearing “MAGA Attire.” — “Don't buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS.
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Mediaite, Reuters, Breitbart, Fox Business, The American Independent, Bloomberg, The Hill and The Root
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Shawn Wheat / WIBW-TV:
Goodyear responds to zero-tolerance policy slide labeled by employee as discriminatory
Goodyear responds to zero-tolerance policy slide labeled by employee as discriminatory
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Redstate, Talking Points Memo, ABC News, Fox News, CNN, The Federalist, Washington Examiner, TheStreet, Washington Post, The Hill, Fox Business, The Daily Caller, HillReporter.com, The Week, Breitbart, Mediaite, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, American Greatness, One America News Network, New York Post, Twitchy, TheBlaze, The Cain Gang, The Daily Beast and Instapundit
Lia Eustachewich / New York Post:
Portland beatdown victim posted anti-George Floyd meme hours before assault
Portland beatdown victim posted anti-George Floyd meme hours before assault
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The Gateway Pundit, Louder With Crowder, OutKick, Twitchy and National Review
Lawfare:
A Recent Prosecution Shows the Hypocrisy of Flynn's Defenders — Materiality appears to mean different things to the leadership of the Justice Department these days, depending on the defendant. — An FBI lawyer named Kevin Clinesmith will reportedly soon plead guilty to a felony in federal district court.
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The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Twitchy
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Ex-FBI Lawyer Kevin Clinesmith Pleads Guilty In Durham Probe
Ex-FBI Lawyer Kevin Clinesmith Pleads Guilty In Durham Probe
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Fox News
Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico:
Army investigating soldiers who appeared in DNC video — The Army is launching an investigation into two soldiers who appeared in uniform during Democratic National Convention coverage Tuesday night, the service announced Wednesday. — During the broadcast, two soldiers in uniform flanked officials …
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James Oliphant / Reuters:
Kamala Harris to turn prosecutorial skills on Trump in historic speech
Kamala Harris to turn prosecutorial skills on Trump in historic speech
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The Hill, Axios, Politico, Washington Post, Associated Press, Breitbart and POLITICUSUSA
Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
More than 200 charged with federal crimes, 1,000 arrested in Operation Legend, AG Barr announces — Nearly 400 firearms have been seized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. — At least 207 people have been charged with a federal crime, and more than 1,000 arrests …
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The Rush Limbaugh Show
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
AG Barr announces nearly 1500 arrests so far under ‘Operation Legend’
AG Barr announces nearly 1500 arrests so far under ‘Operation Legend’
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Breitbart
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Convention Is a Reality Check for Trump — Democrats turned over their convention keynote speech last night to a split-screen array of 17 diverse young leaders one day after news leaked that Republicans had invited to speak at their convention the white suburban couple …
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Joe Biden is already planning a failed presidency — In 2008, after eight years of a George W. Bush administration that had done staggering damage to the United States and the world, a moderate Democrat ascended to the presidency, promising that he would set things right.
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
1.5 Million Antibody Tests Show What Parts of N.Y.C. Were Hit Hardest — The data from the city is on a far larger scale than previously released information, and includes all antibody test results reported to the city's Department of Health. — New York City on Tuesday released …
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The Hill
USA Today:
Two women say ex-Washington RB Derrius Guice raped them at LSU when he was a freshman — Two former Louisiana State University students said recently released Washington Football Team running back Derrius Guice raped them months apart in 2016, when he was a rising star freshman on the LSU football team.
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The US Sun, ProFootballTalk, Sports Illustrated, The Hill, The Root and The Daily Caller
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Facebook India executive files criminal complaint against journalist for Facebook post — Facebook regional director Ankhi Das should withdraw her criminal complaint against journalist Awesh Tiwari, and respect citizens' rights to criticize her, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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The Verge, The Diplomat and BuzzFeed News, more at Mediagazer »
Amanda Prestigiacomo / The Daily Wire:
‘A Star Is Born’: GOP Candidate's Ad Trounces Michelle Obama DNC Speech In Digital Metrics — As noted by The Daily Wire on Monday, Republican strategist and congressional GOP candidate Kimberly Klacik released a hard-hitting ad slamming Democrats for their apparent fake concern for black lives …
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The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Post Millennial and Instapundit
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Madison Cawthorn Is the Future of the Republican Party — In a June primary, a photogenic Zoomer Republican named Madison Cawthorn beat a candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump to fill the North Carolina House seat formerly occupied by his chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
'I'm Only One Human Being': Parents Brace for a Go-It-Alone School Year — Just one in five families will have any sort of in-person help, a new survey finds, and parents are feeling stressed and stranded. — Parents across America are facing the pandemic school year feeling overwhelmed, anxious and abandoned.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Biden pollster: Campaign building broader coalition than Obama's — Former Vice President Joe Biden's chief pollster says the Democratic presidential nominee is poised to build a broader coalition than even Barack Obama managed in his election campaigns, improving among voters who have favored Republican candidates in recent years.
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Big Questions morning …
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Allies Fear That He's Ditched the Working Class for ‘Boaters’ and Housewives — In 2016, the billionaire media celebrity was able to brand himself as a savior of the working class. Four years later, he's obsessed with the stock market and boaters. — President Donald Trump …
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Raw Story
Erica Pandey / Axios:
1 in 5 college students don't plan to go back this fall — As the coronavirus pandemic pushes more and more universities to switch to remote learning — at least to start — 22% of college students across all four years are planning not to enroll this fall, according to a new College Reaction/Axios poll.
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College Reaction, The Daily Caller and The Hill