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6:42 AM ET, August 26, 2020

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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
RNC Speaker Cancelled After Boosting QAnon Conspiracy Theory About Jewish Plot to Enslave the World  —  Mary Ann Mendoza, an “angel mom,” was set to speak on Tuesday night.  But then she took to Twitter to encourage followers to read a thread about the Rothschilds.
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Amanda Becker / The 19th:
On eve of suffrage centennial milestone, RNC to feature speaker supporting policies barring women from voting  —  Anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson has advocated for a head-of-household voting system that has historically barred women and people of color from casting ballots.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact check: Sen. Rand Paul on Trump's Iraq War opposition  —  “Joe Biden voted for the Iraq War, which President Trump has long called the worst geopolitical mistake of our generation,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said on Tuesday night.  —  This is true, though it omits some key context.
Carter Sherman / VICE:
An RNC Speaker Said Cops Would Be ‘Smart’ to Racially Profile Her Own Son
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Melania Trump goes where other Republicans won't in convention address  —  Melania Trump pushed for racial unity during her keynote on the second night of the Republican National Convention, offering a far more conciliatory address than other speakers who used their lecterns to bombastically promote the president.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Republicans revel in Trump's prime-time convention surprises  —  President Donald Trump trails former vice president Joe Biden in polls nationwide and in key battleground states.  The majority of Americans say they dislike the president and believe the country is on the wrong track.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Brought out to bolster Trump's campaign, Pam Bondi offered numerous reminders of its flaws  —  Over the course of six minutes on Tuesday night, former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi was supposed to prosecute an airtight case against former vice president Joe Biden.
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump's Convention Flops As Biden DNC Drew 3 Million More Viewers  —  Another troubling sign for Trump as night one of the Republican convention drew 3.2 million fewer viewers than night one of the DNC.  —  Via The LA Times: … Trump demanded a blockbuster convention after seeing …
Karol Markowicz / Spectator USA:   The most memorable RNC speakers are not the stars
New York Times:   Melania Trump's Unique Role at the R.N.C.: Expressing Sympathy on the Virus
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Registered Foreign Agent Pam Bondi Says Biden Is Corrupt
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and NBC Connecticut
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Melania Trump urges end to unrest, calls on country to ‘come together’ in convention address
Discussion: Associated Press
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
This Isn't a Convention—It's a Republican Funeral Pyre
Discussion: Raw Story
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Mike Huckabee describes RNC as showing ‘authenticity’ with focus on faith, belief in America
Discussion: The Hill
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Political stunts, missed opportunities, and compassionate conservatism
Discussion: ABC News
Washington Post:
Focus on Trump's official White House actions as part of Republican convention programming raises Hatch Act concerns  —  The decision by the Republican National Convention to feature President Trump conducting official business inside the White House underscores how he is leveraging the powers …
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Skyler Swisher / Sun-Sentinel:
Congressman's old social media posts about sex with 15-year-old girls, rape surface in South Florida re-election fight  —  South Florida Congressman Brian Mast joked about rape and referenced sex with 15-year-old girls in old Facebook comments to a friend who is now his campaign manager.
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Aaron Coleman's Ex-Girlfriend Says He Slapped and Choked Her in the Past Year … When Taylor Passow first met Aaron Coleman last November, she was impressed by his drive and his passion for a better world.  “I had never been with somebody who seemed so focused on a career, and how he wanted to change the country.
Discussion: Fox News
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Lindsay Beyerstein / Slate:
Nobody Is Entitled to Be an Elected Official
William Saletan / Slate:
The Republican Coronavirus Strategy: Lie About Everything  —  How do you defend a president who has mismanaged a pandemic that has killed more than 170,000 Americans?  On Monday, the Republican Party gave its answer: You lie.  At its convention, the GOP presented an almost entirely fake history …
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Kyle Hopkins / ProPublica:
Alaska's Attorney General Resigns Hours After We Published “Uncomfortable” Texts He Sent to a Younger Colleague  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Alaska Attorney General Kevin …
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Kyle Hopkins / ProPublica:
Alaska's Attorney General on Unpaid Leave After Sending Hundreds of “Uncomfortable” Texts to a Young Colleague
Washington Post:
Jerry Falwell Jr. confirms he has resigned as head of Liberty University  —  Jerry Falwell Jr. on Tuesday confirmed his resignation as president of Liberty University, ending back-to-back Falwell leadership eras at an evangelical institution that is a major power center for conservative Christians and politicians.
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's electoral vulnerabilities were visible in 2018, internal RNC report showed  —  President Trump's dimming reelection prospects were visible before the 2018 midterm elections, according to an internal Republican National Committee report seen by the Washington Examiner.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
‘Obvious lie after obvious lie’: Biden campaign blasts RNC as ‘incoherent charade’  —  WASHINGTON — The Democratic presidential nominee shared media fact checks on Tuesday about the GOP convention on health care, crime and COVID-19.  —  “Last night's incoherent charade was sad, underwhelming …
William Wan / Washington Post:
Natalie Harp said Trump saved her life.  Experts doubt that's true.  —  Under the bright lights of the Republican National Convention on Monday night, California entrepreneur Natalie Harp said President Trump literally saved her life.  —  “When I failed the chemotherapies that were on the market …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, IJR and Reason
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump Has Now Moved $2.3 Million Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Private Business  —  Senior editor at Forbes, covering Donald Trump's business.  —  Donald Trump continued to shift money from his donors to his business last month, as his reelection campaign paid his private companies for rent …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Fact-checking the second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention  —  It was another tsunami of untruths on the second night of the Republican National Convention.  Here are 19 claims that caught our attention.  As is our practice, we do not award Pinocchios for a roundup of statements made during convention events.
 
 
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Kamala D. Harris / Washington Post:
Voting is the best way to honor generations of women who paved the way for me
Discussion: Axios
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
What happens to the Supreme Court (and the Constitution) if Trump wins
Wall Street Journal:
In the Covid-19 Recession, Europe Props Up Jobs While the U.S. Props Up Workers
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Politico:
Drugmakers deliver counteroffer to Trump international pricing plan
Discussion: Reuters
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Editor Thought Their Disastrous Seth Rich Story Would Be ‘Vindicated’
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Whip cracking, drinking and profanity-laced threats: Government office in charge of etiquette plagued by etiquette problems, watchdog finds
Discussion: Political Wire
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Hope Hicks landed lucrative gigs after her first stint at the Trump White House
James Dawson / NPR:
Unmasked Protesters Push Past Police Into Idaho Lawmakers' Session
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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