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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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New York Times, Daily Kos, Raw Story, HillReporter.com, ABC News and GovExec.com
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Chad Livengood / Crain's Detroit Business:
Postal union officials: 10 mail-sorting machines removed in Michigan — Mass mail-sorting machines in Detroit, Pontiac and Grand Rapids decommissioned — U.S. Postal Services faces questions about slower mail service amid cost-cutting measures — Postal union leader says fewer machines …
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Talking Points Memo, Slate and Washington Post
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
ProPublica:
What the Post Office Needs to Survive a Pandemic Election
What the Post Office Needs to Survive a Pandemic Election
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Washington Post, Raw Story and The Daily Signal
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
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
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
AOC backs Sanders for president, ignores Biden in brief remarks
AOC backs Sanders for president, ignores Biden in brief remarks
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The Hill, The Week, Axios and Al Jazeera, more at Mediagazer »
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Shaky Unity of the Democratic National Convention
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
Thomas Catenacci / The Daily Caller:
Biden Condemns Former Women's March Co-Chair Linda Sarsour After She Appears At DNC
Biden Condemns Former Women's March Co-Chair Linda Sarsour After She Appears At DNC
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Reason, National Review, Jihad Watch, Jewish Insider and The Daily Beast
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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Washington Post, Associated Press and The Hill
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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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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Reuters, Bloomberg, The Hill, Forbes and The Gateway Pundit
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.
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Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Democrats Drop Demand To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies From Party Platform
Democrats Drop Demand To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies From Party Platform
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Vox
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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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
The Republican Party of Florida is backing Laura Loomer, a “proud Islamophobe” who said she's in favor of “more” migrant deaths
The Republican Party of Florida is backing Laura Loomer, a “proud Islamophobe” who said she's in favor of “more” migrant deaths
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Washington Post, Big League Politics and Talking Points Memo
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's backing of far-right conspiracy theorist frames the stakes for 2020
Trump's backing of far-right conspiracy theorist frames the stakes for 2020
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CBS News, Raw Story, Right Wing Watch and The US Sun
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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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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Raw Story, HillReporter.com and Sputnik News
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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New York Post, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, One America News Network, UPI and Vox
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Justin Clark / Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Campaign Is Suing New Jersey
The Trump Campaign Is Suing New Jersey
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Fox News, Law & Crime and The Hill
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Tim Kaine predicts Senate breakthrough in Covid relief after RNC — Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Wednesday said the Senate will likely be motivated to work towards a deal on coronavirus relief shortly after next week's Republican National Convention, with a deal hopefully soon after Labor Day.
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Reuters, Mediaite, Washington Times and New York Post
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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.
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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Forbes, POLITICUSUSA and The Week
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 …
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
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 …
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, Sports Illustrated, The Hill, ProFootballTalk and The Daily Caller