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Aram Roston / Reuters:
Business partner of Falwells says affair with evangelical power couple spanned seven years — Giancarlo Granda says his sexual relationship with the Falwells began when he was 20. He says he had sex with Becki Falwell while Jerry Falwell Jr, head of Liberty University and a staunch supporter of President Trump, looked on.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive: Falwell says ‘Fatal Attraction’ threat led to depression — Jerry Falwell Jr., suspended as president of Virginia's Christian-focused Liberty University after a string of embarrassing acts, today said that he has suffered depression caused by a former family friend who had an affair …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Jeff Flake joins over two-dozen former GOP members of Congress to launch ‘Republicans for Biden’ — Announcement comes on the first day of the Republican National Convention — EXCLUSIVE: More than two-dozen former Republican members of Congress threw their support behind a “Republicans for Biden” …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The Republicans who won't be speaking at the convention, and what that says about the GOP — It's not news that there are members of the Republican Party who don't like the direction President Trump is taking it. — While most members of Congress have lined up dutifully behind Trump …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Jeff Flake, other former GOP Congress members endorse Biden ahead of RNC
Jeff Flake, other former GOP Congress members endorse Biden ahead of RNC
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Department memo warned Senate-approved officials against appearing at partisan events
State Department memo warned Senate-approved officials against appearing at partisan events
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Last-minute confusion: Many Republicans still in the dark about convention
Last-minute confusion: Many Republicans still in the dark about convention
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Grand Old Meltdown — Earlier this month, while speaking via Zoom to a promising group of politically inclined high school students, I was met with an abrupt line of inquiry. “I'm sorry, but I still don't understand,” said one young man, his pitch a blend of curiosity and exasperation.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway to leave the White House at the end of the month, citing the need to focus on her family — Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Trump and one of his longest-serving aides, is leaving the White House at the end of the month. — Conway, whose title is counselor …
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Kellyanne Conway announces she's leaving the White House and George Conway is stepping away from Lincoln Project — Washington (CNN)White House counselor Kellyanne Conway announced Sunday evening she will leave her post at the end of the month while her husband, George Conway …
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Democratic and Republican conventions are not the same. Don't pretend that they are.
The Democratic and Republican conventions are not the same. Don't pretend that they are.
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Sinéad Baker / Business Insider:
Claudia Conway posted TikToks celebrating her parents Kellyanne and George's withdrawal from politics
Claudia Conway posted TikToks celebrating her parents Kellyanne and George's withdrawal from politics
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Yashar's Newsletter:
Scoop: Melania Trump's Comments About Trump Family Were Taped — I hope you'll subscribe to my newsletter by clicking the button above or the button at the end of this post. Please follow me on Twitter and Instagram — If you want to post this edition on social media, use the button above.
Jerry Seinfeld / New York Times:
So You Think New York Is ‘Dead’ — Mr. Seinfeld is a comedian. — When I got my first apartment in Manhattan in the hot summer of 1976, there was no pooper-scooper law, and the streets were covered in dog crap. — I signed the rental agreement, walked outside, and my car had been towed.
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Politico:
The enduring mystery: What would Trump do in a second term? — As a reality TV star, Donald Trump seized the White House with an unusual slate of Republican pledges: take on China, tear up trade deals, restrict immigration. But as president, Trump has faced warnings from a long line …
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Scott McKay / The American Spectator:
A Potential Landslide Agenda
A Potential Landslide Agenda
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Donald J. Trump for President:
Trump Campaign Announces President Trump's 2nd Term Agenda: Fighting for You!
Trump Campaign Announces President Trump's 2nd Term Agenda: Fighting for You!
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Still the Outsider, Sees a Repeat of 2016 Shocker
Trump, Still the Outsider, Sees a Repeat of 2016 Shocker
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jsonline:
Kenosha emergency curfew in place after police shoot man; video appears to show officer firing several shots into man's back — Kenosha police shot a man Sunday evening, setting off unrest in the city after a video appeared to show the officer firing several shots at close range into the man's back.
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Kenosha News:
WATCH NOW: State DOJ will probe officer-involved shooting; man in serious condition
WATCH NOW: State DOJ will probe officer-involved shooting; man in serious condition
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Heather Barmore / Joe Biden for President:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Molly Redden / HuffPost:
Trump's Handpicked Postal Service Chair Has A Long History Of Voter Suppression — Robert Duncan chaired the RNC during the party's unprecedented escalation of voter disenfranchisement efforts in swing states. — President Donald Trump's selection for a key Postal Service position …
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Peter Wehner / New York Times:
For Conservatives to Have Any Hope, Trump Has to Lose — After what we have seen during the president's first term, any true conservative should be appalled by the prospect of a second. — “You're a traitor to the cause.” — In one form or another, that's the charge most often …
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Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Is Ready. But for What, Exactly? — Of all the president's children, he has the strongest connection to the politics, voters and online disinformation ecosystem that put his father in the White House. What will he do with it? — To hear more audio stories from publishers …
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Trump faces pessimism as GOP convention opens — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising to outline an optimistic vision for America at this week's Republican convention. But he'll be speaking to a public deeply pessimistic about the direction of the country …
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NBC News:
Live Blog / RNC live coverage: Day 1 schedule, speakers and livestream — The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday morning in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the official convention business is taking place, with the vote on the formal nomination of President Donald Trump.
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Joshua Nelson / Fox News:
McCloskeys warn violence and riots will come ‘to a neighborhood near you’
McCloskeys warn violence and riots will come ‘to a neighborhood near you’
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Karsten Schneider / en:
New York University moves to implement racial segregation in student dorms — Since late June, the Office of Residential Life and Housing Services at New York University (NYU) has been working closely with a small, student-led task force to make racially segregated housing a reality in undergraduate student dorms.
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: Jared Kushner's Private Channel With Putin's Money Man — DIRECT LINE — More than a dozen Trump administration officials, current and former, described a clandestine relationship between Jared Kushner and the CEO of a Kremlin sovereign wealth fund.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: UAE cancels Israel meeting after Netanyahu opposes F-35 arms deal — The United Arab Emirates canceled a planned trilateral meeting with the U.S. and Israel last Friday to send a message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his opposition to a pending arms deal between the U.S. and UAE …
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Bonchie / Redstate:
Joe Biden's Campaign Apologizes to Anti-Semite Linda Sarsour in Pathetic Reversal — Apologizing to anti-Semites for telling the truth about them is not a good look, but according to a new report, that's what the Biden campaign did Sunday evening. — The backstory is that Palestinian …
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Ali Harb in / Middle East Eye:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden aides apologise privately over attack on Linda Sarsour
EXCLUSIVE: Biden aides apologise privately over attack on Linda Sarsour
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
The Supporters Buoying Trump's Spirits: Boat Owners — Parades of seagoing Trump fans have been touted by the president and his campaign in the absence of his signature campaign rallies — Trish Willis hasn't returned to her nursing job in Atlanta since the outbreak of Covid-19, and still won't get on an airplane.
Washington Post:
Prominent Russian opposition activist Navalny was poisoned, German doctors say — BERLIN — Alexei Navalny, the prominent Russian opposition figure and Kremlin critic, was poisoned, Berlin's Charité Hospital said in a statement Monday, citing clinical results confirmed by independent laboratories.
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Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
New Thinking on Covid Lockdowns: Overly Blunt and Costly — Blanket business shutdowns—which the U.S. never tried before this pandemic—led to a deep recession. Economists and health experts say there may be a better way. — TEXT — RESPONSES — In response to the novel …
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