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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, The Week and Al Jazeera, 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
Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden United the Democrats—It's Not Likely to Last — The DNC is rallying around Joe Biden in hopes of defeating Trump, but the party's progressive wing is energized and centrists claim a broad mandate. That means the internal battle over what the Democrats stand for will continue no matter the result in November.
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.
The security guard blurted ‘I love you’ to Joe Biden in an elevator. One viral video later, she nominated him for president.
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Vox, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Fox News, Axios, IJR, Politico, The Hill, Mother Jones, Mediaite, The Week, Althouse and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Bittersweet Return to the Democratic Convention
Hillary Clinton's Bittersweet Return to the Democratic Convention
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NBC News and Just The News
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Shaky Unity of the Democratic National Convention
Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Cindy McCain video on Joe Biden to air at DNC
AP Exclusive: Cindy McCain video on Joe Biden to air at DNC
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NBC News, The Hill, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Forbes, Raw Story, New York Post, Axios and Mediaite
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Democrats are against Trump — but what are they for? — Watching the long slog of the second night …
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
Cindy McCain voices appreciation of Biden
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Associated Press, Fox News, Daily Kos, The Hill, ABC News, Breitbart, New York Times, POLITICUSUSA, Reuters, WAVY-TV, The Daily Beast and Power Line
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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Daily Kos, Raw Story, New York Times, HillReporter.com and GovExec.com
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Washington Post:
Postal Service blocked lawmakers from key evidence on DeJoy's selection, Schumer says — The Senate's top Democrat says he has new evidence that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin intervened in the postmaster general appointment process — The U.S. Postal Service blocked congressional lawmakers …
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Orlando Sentinel, The Daily Beast and Fox News
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Meadows says postmaster general did not discuss pausing changes with Trump
Meadows says postmaster general did not discuss pausing changes with Trump
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Reuters
Courier-Journal:
Mitch McConnell: US House's Postal Service bill may be negotiating opportunity
Mitch McConnell: US House's Postal Service bill may be negotiating opportunity
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Axios, IJR, The Hill, New York Times and Reuters
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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Redstate, The Federalist, Breitbart, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, TheBlaze, The Cain Gang, Twitchy, One America News Network, The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
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Max Cohen / Politico:
Trump calls for Goodyear boycott after company bans MAGA attire among employees — The Goodyear attack is the latest in a long line of proposed boycotts from the president. — The company sign hangs over vehicles waiting for repair outside a Goodyear Tire and Service store in downtown Denver.
mailchi.mp:
Countdown Journal: 76 Days To Go — The long quarantine is taking a toll. “What we've all found out the hard way the last five months is that we are working harder and it's more intense and there are no breaks, or community,” an executive tells Politico. “And it bleeds into weekends and you are kind of on 24/7.
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The Bulwark, Washington Post and Raw Story
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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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Columbia Journalism Review, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Forbes, more at Techmeme »
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mueller prosecutor says there are new revelations in Senate Russia report
Mueller prosecutor says there are new revelations in Senate Russia report
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POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
The Senate Report on Trump and Russia Is a Triumph for Truth
The Senate Report on Trump and Russia Is a Triumph for Truth
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The Moderate Voice and New York Times
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
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
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
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Biden-Harris ticket will collapse between now and election due to these 3 factors
Biden-Harris ticket will collapse between now and election due to these 3 factors
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Sean Hannity and Redstate
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 …
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Palm Beach Post
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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’
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
Daniel McCarthy / The American Conservative:
Peace Through Stability
Kate Grise / CNN:
Trump campaign sues New Jersey over mail-in voting plans — How mail-in-voting could change the 2020 election — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's reelection campaign sued New Jersey Tuesday over the state's decision to use a hybrid voting model for November's election …
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Breitbart, New York Post, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, One America News Network and Vox
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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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New York Post
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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
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 …
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.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Israel raises concerns with U.S. about new Saudi nuclear facility — Israel has privately expressed concerns to the Trump administration about a new nuclear facility reportedly built in the Saudi desert with Chinese help, Israeli officials said. — Why it matters: This secret …
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, The Hill and The Daily Caller