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Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
McCollister endorses Biden, invites other Nebraska Republicans to join  —  Sen. John McCollister of Omaha said Friday he's joining a number of fellow Republicans in deciding to formally endorse Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in his bid to unseat Republican President Donald Trump.
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Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Michelle Obama won the Democratic convention  —  No speaker at the Democratic National Convention came close to generating as much online enthusiasm as Michelle Obama, according to NewsWhip data shared exclusively with Axios.  —  Why it matters: By these measures, the most effective messenger …
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.
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distortion on Dems and the pledge  —  FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2020, file image from video, grandchildren of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, including Finnegan Biden, Hunter Biden, Natalie Biden, Naomi Biden and Maisy Biden …
New York Times:
Trump's Approval Rating, Biden's Low Bar: This Week in the 2020 Race
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:   Two Weeks For Joe Biden's 24 Minutes: Inside The Rapidly Planned Democratic Convention
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns
Meghan Roos / Newsweek:
GOP Vermont Gov. Says He Won't Vote for Trump But ‘Would Consider’ Supporting Biden
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
Discussion: HillReporter.com and Sputnik News
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.
Discussion: New York Times
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Kanye West's Presidential Campaign Is Both Proceeding and Unraveling  —  The last 48 hours have presented a series of new challenges for Kanye West's haphazard campaign for president.  —  In a span of two days, West was booted from the ballot in five states: Illinois, Montana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
New York Times:
Another Putin Critic Apparently Poisoned  —  Will the West take action against whoever may have harmed Aleksei Navalny?  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.
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Financial Times:
Alexei Navalny given all clear to be evacuated from Russia
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.
Discussion: Raw Story, HillReporter.com and DSCC
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Washington Post:
Ex-CIA director John Brennan questioned for 8 hours in U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe, a Brennan adviser says  —  Former CIA director John Brennan was interviewed for eight hours Friday by the federal prosecutor specially assigned by Attorney General William P. Barr to review …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Breitbart and Twitchy
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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.
Discussion: The Week
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 …
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.
Discussion: NBC News
The Daily Beast:
National Enquirer Chief David Pecker Out After AMI Merger  —  The tabloid king has been dethroned as the financially troubled American Media Inc. merges with a company that markets face masks and vitamin supplements.  —  American Media Inc.'s longtime chairman and chief executive David Pecker …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Associated Press:
David Pecker out as CEO of National Enquirer parent company
Ben Smith / New York Times:
National Enquirer Chief David Pecker Loses Top Job in Company Merger
Discussion: Variety
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 …
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Gets Hope Hicks' Financials  —  Late on Friday, CREW received Hope Hicks' financial disclosure forms filed when she reentered the Trump administration.  The forms show that her time away from the White House was lucrative for the once and future senior Trump aide.
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 …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: USPS battle hits House floor  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE BATTLE OVER THE USPS is going to hit the House floor this afternoon.  Speaker NANCY PELOSI has called the chamber back in a rare move during the August recess to force a vote on a bill that would provide $25 BILLION …
Associated Press:
Ohio Republicans try to regroup in crucial state for Trump  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — Complications pummeled Ohio Republicans this week as they sought to put up a united front headed into the GOP's national convention.  —  One of their best-known politicians threw his support behind Democrat Joe Biden …
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Ex-Green Beret Charged With Spying for Russia in Elaborate Scheme  —  Prosecutors said he provided classified information to Russian intelligence operatives for years, betraying the United States.  —  WASHINGTON — A former Army Green Beret captain was accused on Friday of violating espionage laws …
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Jenna Grande / CREW:
CREW Letter Details DeJoy's Conflict of Interest Breaches  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington—Postmaster General Louis DeJoy appears to be at risk for violating the primary criminal conflict of interest statute after failing to divest significant financial interests …
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
House Foreign Affairs chair: US media agency chief ‘has much to answer for’
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Aaron Coleman, the 19-Year-Old Progressive Who Won His Kansas Primary, Speaks About His Troubled Past and Promising Present
Cam Edwards / Bearing Arms:
Even In Anti-Gun States Like New Jersey, Interest In 2A At Record Highs
detroitnews:
Michigan election officials call Detroit's primary voting problems ‘appalling,’ ‘alarming’
 Earlier Items: 
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
‘Severe inhumanity’: California prisons overwhelmed by Covid outbreaks and approaching fires
Michael Casagrande / al.com:
New restrictions coming to Alabama campus, Greek houses amid ‘significant’ COVID increase
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Eschaton
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Trump campaign fails to show evidence of vote-by-mail fraud, filing reveals
Discussion: HillReporter.com and Mother Jones