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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
AOC backs Sanders for president, ignores Biden in brief remarks — In one of the shortest speeches of the convention, progressive star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not endorse Biden for president Tuesday but instead nominated his 2020 rival, Bernie Sanders.
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Axios, Al Jazeera and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
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Chuck Rocha / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Secret Untapped Weapon — How he could win the Latino vote ... and the presidency. — Mr. Rocha is the author of the book “Tío Bernie: The Inside Story of How Bernie Sanders Brought Latinos Into the Political Revolution.” — In less than four years …
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Latino Rebels
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Shaky Unity of the Democratic National Convention — On Day Two of the Democratic National Convention, the Party's recent past kept ghosting in and out. Before the networks had even begun their broadcasts, the Party rolled through half a century …
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats want young voters, but showcase old faces — When Bill Clinton gave his convention acceptance speech in 1992, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a toddler. — Clinton, whose presidency steered the party to the center a generation ago, returned to the convention podium Tuesday night …
Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Cindy McCain video on Joe Biden to air at DNC — WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Cindy McCain is going to bat for Joe Biden, lending her voice to a video set to air during Tuesday night's Democratic National Convention programming focused on Biden's close friendship with her late husband, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Bittersweet Return to the Democratic Convention
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NBC News and Just The News
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Democrats are against Trump — but what are they for? — Watching the long slog of the second night …
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Fox News
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Cindy McCain voices appreciation of Biden
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Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Biden discusses healthcare plan at Dem convention
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New York Times, Fox News and The Hill
Associated Press:
Key takeaways from night 2 of the Democratic convention
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Associated Press, Bangor Daily News and WAVY-TV
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
DNC 2020: Bill Clinton, AOC, Jill Biden and what to watch for on Night 2
CNN:
CNN Poll: Most Americans embarrassed by US response to coronavirus — Poll: Majority of Americans embarrassed by US pandemic response — (CNN)Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say the US response to the coronavirus outbreak makes them feel embarrassed, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS …
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POLITICUSUSA and The Week
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Bipartisan majority of Americans want more money for Postal Service: Reuters/Ipsos Poll
David Siders / Politico:
Jill Biden outshines Bill Clinton, and more takeaways from Night 2 of the Democratic convention
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Washington Post, New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hill, Breitbart, New York Times and Reuters
Yael Halon / Fox News:
Hanson: Michelle Obama told Dems to ‘go high’ after her husband ‘tried to destroy a political campaign’
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Breitbart
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Biden-Harris ticket will collapse between now and election due to these 3 factors
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Sean Hannity and Redstate
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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Raw Story and HillReporter.com
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Helen Raleigh / The Federalist:
What Corporate Media Won't Tell You About Trump's Historic Middle East Peace Deal — Israel's Abraham Accord agreement with the United Arab Emirates marks a substantial achievement for the mission of peace and stability in the Middle East. — August 13, 2020 will go down as one of the most significant days …
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Ilan Berman
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Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
John Kerry calls Trump's foreign policy a ‘blooper real’ of breakups with allies, ‘love letters to dictators’
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Politico and Associated Press
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mueller prosecutor says there are new revelations in Senate Russia report — Andrew Weissmann, one of the lead prosecutors on special counsel Robert Mueller's team and the architect of the case against Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, said there is “definitely new information” …
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POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
The Senate Report on Trump and Russia Is a Triumph for Truth
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Post and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Calamari, Rhode Island's controversial state appetizer, becomes an unexpected star of Democratic convention — There was an Ohio union worker alarmed over the economy, a New York nurse decrying the coronavirus pandemic, and a Tennessee college student honoring the state's history-making vote for the 19th Amendment.
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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.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Cops Who Charged Civil Rights Leaders With Felonies Try To Sideline Progressive Prosecutor — The Portsmouth Police Department in Virginia doesn't want its local prosecutor handling criminal cases connected to the destruction of Confederate monuments. — The Virginia police department …
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Washington Post and Forbes
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
The security guard blurted ‘I love you’ to Joe Biden in an elevator. One viral video later, she nominated him for president. — WILMINGTON, Del. — She was last seen blurting “I love you” to Joe Biden as she escorted him in an elevator to an editorial board meeting at the New York Times last December …
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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19 — Editor's Note: Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — Lauren Nichols has been sick with COVID-19 since March 10, shortly before Tom Hanks announced his diagnosis …
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Balloon Juice
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 and The Hill
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Senate made criminal referral of Trump Jr., Bannon, Kushner and two others to federal prosecutors — WASHINGTON — The Republican and Democratic chairmen of the Senate Intelligence Committee made criminal referrals of Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Erik Prince and Sam Clovis …
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Washington Monthly, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Breitbart and The Week
Michael Thau / Redstate:
The Case for Masks, School Closings, & Social Isolation Just Collapsed! — The purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent …
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Senate Republicans preparing $500B virus relief proposal — WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leaders are preparing a slimmed-down virus relief package of roughly $500 billion that will include extended payments for unemployed people and smaller businesses, a GOP senator said Tuesday.
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Fox News, Reuters, The Hill and The Daily Caller
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Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
U.S. congressman facing campaign finance probe struggles in Florida primary battle
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Washington Post and Fox News
Shawn Wheat / WIBW-TV:
Goodyear responds to zero-tolerance policy slide labeled by employee as discriminatory — TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Goodyear employee says the company has put out a new policy that has some calling it not equal for all. — A photo seen circulating on social media shows a slide …
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Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Democrats Drop Demand To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies From Party Platform — Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris each ran on axing subsidies, but the party said including that in the final draft of the platform was an “error.” — The Democratic National Committee this week quietly dropped …
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