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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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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.
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.
Yashar's Newsletter:
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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.
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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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
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
Donald J. Trump for President:
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
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  —  A man was serious condition at a Milwaukee-area hospital after he was shot when officers were sent to the 2800 block of 40th Street late Sunday afternoon for what police called a domestic incident.
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Video shows Wisconsin police shooting a Black man multiple times as he enters a car
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 …
Discussion: Forbes, Raw Story, Mother Jones and Townhall
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Justin Wise / The Hill:
USPS: House bill would hurt efforts to ‘improve service’
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democratic Edge in Party Affiliation Shrinks  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Republican convention gets underway, recent Gallup polling finds the GOP still trailing Democrats in U.S. adults' party affiliation but not nearly to the degree it did in June.  The Democratic advantage over the Republican Party …
Discussion: Townhall and The Hill
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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 …
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 …
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
Discussion: Townhall and Breitbart
Donald J. Trump for President:   Joe Biden Fails His Own Test on Anti-Semitism
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.
Discussion: Gizmodo, Raw Story and Daily Kos
TikTok:
Why we are suing the Administration  —  Today we are filing a complaint in federal court challenging the Administration's efforts to ban TikTok in the US.  As a company we have always focused on transparency, so we want to explain why we are taking this step.
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Ina Fried / Axios:
TikTok is expected to take the Trump administration to court over its plan to ban the app
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Last-minute confusion: Many Republicans still in the dark about convention  —  The majority of Republican politicians and operatives will learn about the details of this week's convention in the same manner most Americans do — by watching it unfold on TV.  —  The lack of information …
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
The RNC disarray is a microcosm of everything Trump did wrong with the coronavirus
Discussion: Raw Story and ABC News
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.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Zeynep Tufekci Keeps Getting the Big Things Right  —  Ms. Tufekci, a computer programmer who became a sociologist, sounded an early alarm on the need for protective masks.  It wasn't the first time she was right about something big.  —  When the Centers for Disease Control …
Sun-Sentinel:
Endorsement: Save our democracy.  Vote for Joe Biden  —  A republic, Madam, if you can keep it — Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, 1787, when asked what the Constitutional Convention had proposed  —  The question that Franklin answered 233 years ago overshadows every other issue in the presidential election.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
Discussion: Twitchy
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Everytown booking $6 million in Florida ads to target President Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund is booking $6 million in television and digital ads to boost former Vice President Joe Biden in Florida, NBC News has learned.  —  The group is partnering with Priorities USA …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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New York Times:
How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering
Anders Hagstrom / The Daily Caller:
Biden Again Quotes Chinese Dictator Chairman Mao In Campaign Appearance
Discussion: Redstate, National Review and ABC News
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Fla GOP including LG Nunez get spotlight at RNC — Hannity gave advice to Gaetz over Cohen tweet — Newspaper apologizes over coverage of ‘Ax Handle Saturday’ — A Florida Playbook change
Just Security:
Manafort's Reward: Sen. Ron Johnson and the Ukraine Conspiracy Investigation: Part II
Discussion: Washington Post
Parmy Olson / Wall Street Journal:
Gun Sellers Use New Tactic to Deal on Facebook Marketplace
Project On Government Oversight:
How a Ukrainian Oligarch's Companies Got Paycheck Protection Program Loans
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Andrea González-Ramírez / GEN:
Why a Third of Latinos Still Plan to Vote for Trump
Washington Post:
Mike Pence hopes four years of subservience to Trump will lift his political future
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
Newly Declassified FBI Materials Demonstrate Clear Double Standard for Clinton, Trump Campaigns
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump campaign launches massive digital ad buy for convention week
Discussion: The Hill
Michael Wines / New York Times:
As Census Count Resumes, Doubts About Accuracy Continue to Grow
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington's Fears About TikTok