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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
William Barr told Murdoch to ‘muzzle’ Fox News Trump critic, new book says — The attorney general, William Barr, told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a prominent Fox News personality who became a critic of Donald Trump, according to a new book about the rightwing TV network.
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Danika Fears / The Daily Beast:
AG Barr Asked Rupert Murdoch to ‘Muzzle’ Fox News' Judge Napolitano for Criticizing Trump: Book — ‘INCENSED’ — At Donald Trump's behest, Attorney General William Barr asked Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano after he began criticizing the president on air, according to a new book.
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Gets No Immediate Convention Bounce, but Still Leads Trump — Democratic nominee earns best favorability ratings yet in post-DNC poll — In a post-convention poll, former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 9 points among likely voters, compared with an 8-point margin earlier in the week.
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New York Times, Breitbart, The Week, Politico, Bloomberg, Just The News and Insights - Nielsen
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Young voters prefer Biden, but they may not vote — (CNN)There is good news for former Vice President Joe Biden when it comes to younger voters. He's no longer underperforming where Hillary Clinton ended up in the final 2016 polls. — The big question coming out of the Democratic National Convention …
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distortion on Dems and the pledge
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Twitchy, Axios, The Post Millennial, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Michelle Obama won the Democratic convention
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Real Clear Politics
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns
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New York Times:
Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up — At President Trump's behest, the Treasury Secretary sought out appointees who would restructure the United States Postal Service. — WASHINGTON — In early February, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin invited two Republican members …
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
New Postal Service Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worse Than Postal Service Has Acknowledged — Internal “PMG Briefing” Shows Alarming Delays Across the Board— First-Class, Marketing, Periodicals, and Priority Mail — “After being confronted on Friday with first-hand reports …
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The Hill, Breitbart, Raw Story, The Guardian and Fox News
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Column: DeJoy's appointment as postmaster general looks even more dishonest than you thought
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Forbes and BillMoyers.com
Kirk Nielsen / Washington Post:
I mailed my ballot in on time. Florida tossed it. 2020 will be much worse. — Long before the pandemic and the pandemonium at the Postal Service, Florida had a ballot delivery crisis — one bad enough to raise suspicions about the integrity of a close election.
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Pam Fessler / NPR:
More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016 — Audio will be available later today. — An extraordinarily high number of ballots — more than 550,000 — have been rejected in this year's presidential primaries, according to a new analysis by NPR.
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Seth Cohen / Forbes:
The Real Reason Alyssa Milano Attracts Such Fierce Animosity From The Right — If you spend time reading or listening to conservative media outlets these days, you would think that the United States faces a far greater threat than Covid-19, global warming, racial injustice, or economic inequality.
Evan Simko-Bednarski / CNN:
Court orders Donald Trump to pay legal fees in Stormy Daniels suit — (CNN)A California Superior Court judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pay $44,100 to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, to reimburse her attorneys' fees in the legal battle surrounding her nondisclosure agreement.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Judge orders Trump to pay legal fees to Stormy Daniels
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Tennessee governor signs bill increasing punishments for certain protests — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) quietly signed a bill into law ramping up punishments for certain kinds of protests, including losing the right to vote. — The GOP-controlled state General Assembly passed the measure …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump is leading Republicans to an unwanted record in the popular vote — (CNN)American elections tend to swing on a pendulum. No one party usually holds power for too long. Since 1952, for example, only once has a party won the presidency three elections in a row.
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Raw Story
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
A Glimmer of Hope for Trump? How Bush Mounted a Comeback in 1988 — For Biden, a cautionary tale. For Trump, a search for his own Willie Horton. — George H.W. Bush was in trouble. It was July 1988 and Michael Dukakis, the Democratic candidate for president, was on a roll after his party's convention in New York.
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The Week
Joe Mario Pedersen / Orlando Sentinel:
Once in a lifetime: two hurricanes, same time, same place — As if the 2020 hurricane season needed another reason to be remembered, meteorologists are now predicting two hurricanes may hit near the same location at about the same time. — The phenomenon is one that has never been recorded before …
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Twitchy
Washington Post:
Trump looks to Republican convention for optimistic campaign reboot — Republicans will open their national convention Monday with an urgent mission: To convince voters pessimistic about the state of a country battered by the coronavirus pandemic, economic recession and racial upheaval …
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New York Times, New York Post, The Hill, Rantt Media, Politico, The Guardian and Louder With Crowder
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
How the NXIVM Sex Cult Defended Trump from Media Attacks — STRANGE BEDFELLOWS — Keith Raniere's women-branding sex cult had a media arm called The Knife, which published hundreds of articles and appeared on “Fox & Friends” defending Trump against “media bias.”
Washington Post:
President Trump's attempt to bypass Congress on stimulus is offering only limited economic relief — Just two weeks after President Trump approved executive actions aimed at bypassing stalled stimulus negotiations with Congress, only one state has said it is paying new jobless benefits …
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Financial Times, Political Wire, NBC Connecticut, Bangor Daily News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Spruced-up White House Rose Garden set for first lady speech — WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Rose Garden has been spruced up in time for its moment in the campaign spotlight. — First lady Melania Trump will deliver her Republican National Convention speech Tuesday night from the garden …
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump accuses FDA of thwarting coronavirus response, after admin limits testing oversight — President Trump on Saturday baselessly accused the Food and Drug Administration — which he likened to the “deep state, or whoever” — of making it harder for drug companies to distribute coronavirus treatments and vaccines.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, STAT, Breitbart, Reuters, The Hill, Fox News and New York Post
KASW-TV:
McSally asks supporters to ‘fast a meal’ so they can donate to her campaign — In an audio clip, Sen. Martha McSally asked supporters to “fast a meal” so they can donate to her campaign but her people said it was just a joke.
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Raw Story, HillReporter.com and DSCC
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Thomas Barrabi / Fox Business:
Navy SEAL banned by Delta over mask flap wants meeting with CEO — Robert O'Neill, the retired Navy SEAL credited with killing terrorist Osama Bin Laden, said Friday he would like the opportunity to speak with Delta CEO Ed Bastian Bastian to reach a resolution after the airline banned …
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Task & Purpose
Dan Evon / Snopes.com:
Did Democrats Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance? — Claim — The Democratic National Convention omitted the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in 2020. — Rating — What's True — The phrase “under God” was omitted from at least two recitations of the Pledge …
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