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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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: ‘This is absolutely not how it works’ — DRIVING THE DAY — OK, SORRY ... WE KNOW the convention was Tuesday night, but this was too good to bury. THE USPS is looking for a VP of government affairs and public policy. It might be smart to poke around …
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Politico:
Trump shatters norms on second night of convention: Key moments — President Donald Trump staged a norm-busting show on the second night of the Republican National Convention, pardoning a convicted bank robber, hosting a naturalization ceremony, and providing a primetime platform to Americans …
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CNN:
Melania Trump Rose Garden speech attendees not all required to get coronavirus tests — (CNN)Those who attended first lady Melania Trump's speech in the White House Rose Garden that capped the second night of the Republican National Convention were not required to get tested for coronavirus, a person who attended the speech told CNN.
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Talking Points Memo and New York Times
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.
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New York Times, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair and Forbes
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.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Epic Shamelessness of the Republican Convention
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Why the Fuck is the Secretary of State Talking, From Israel, at the Republican National Convention?
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The Daily Caller, Axios, Al Jazeera and Politico
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Melania Trump, Mike Pompeo and a Pardon: Takeaways From the RNC's Second Night
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Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Trump is going out of his way to blow off the Hatch Act this week
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Pompeo stirs up outrage among some diplomats over speech to RNC
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump is hosting the Greatest Reality Show on Earth
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Power Line
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sean Hannity receives special White House access for Republican convention
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Washington Post:
Two dead and one wounded in Kenosha shootings during Jacob Blake protests — KENOSHA, Wis. — Two people were killed and one was seriously wounded by gunfire late Tuesday at a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake Jr., Kenosha police said early Wednesday.
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Two Killed and One Injured on Third Night of Unrest in Kenosha, Wis. — The violence occurred early Wednesday during a confrontation between demonstrators and a group of men armed with guns as protests continued over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. — KENOSHA, Wis. …
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jsonline:
2 shot dead and 1 injured in Kenosha during protests; police looking for man armed with a long gun — Kenosha Police said early Wednesday morning that two people had been shot and killed and a third injured during protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake; authorities were looking for a man armed with a long gun.
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jsonline:
White House says Gov. Tony Evers turned down federal help to quell Kenosha disturbances — White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Tuesday night that Gov. Tony Evers turned down an offer of federal help from President Donald Trump to help quell the outbreak of violence in Kenosha.
NBC News:
2 dead, 1 injured, in Wisconsin protests over shooting of Jacob Blake
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Associated Press:
Kenosha police: 3 shot, 2 fatally, during Wisconsin protests
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Maya King / Politico:
Lindsey Graham questions why Jacob Blake 'didn't yield' in Wisconsin police shooting
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National Review, The Hill and Chicago Sun-Times
Jason Whitlock / OutKick:
LeBron James Is A Bigot
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Breitbart, Chicago Sun-Times and WISC-TV
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
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Washington Post, Politico and Rewire.News
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact check: Sen. Rand Paul on Trump's Iraq War opposition
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Coronavirus concerns fall and Trump approval ticks higher in swing states, CNBC/Change Research poll finds — Serious concerns about the coronavirus fell in six 2020 swing states, while approval of President Donald Trump's handling of Covid-19 rose, according to a new CNBC/Change Research poll.
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Axios:
How Trump could pull off another upset — It feels like August of 2016 all over again. Polls show Donald Trump losing big. Pundits proclaim he can't win. Reporters sneer at Trump voters on Twitter and cable. — Why it matters: There are several signs that should give the Trump-is-toast self-assured pause.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Hillary Clinton to Biden: Don't concede if the election is close
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Brought out to bolster Trump's campaign, Pam Bondi offered numerous reminders of its flaws
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Spectator USA, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, The Hill and Washington Times
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Registered Foreign Agent Pam Bondi Says Biden Is Corrupt
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Politico, Raw Story and NBC Connecticut
Fredrick Kunkle / Washington Post:
Protesters target D.C. diners, triggering backlash after heckling woman — Lauren Victor refused to go along with raising her fist — although she supports the movement — A demonstration that began Monday evening in the District to protest the shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin wound …
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The American Conservative
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
The BLM Mob Doesn't Just Want You To Raise Your Fist, It Wants To Rule You
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Hotair, Patterico's Pontifications and Redstate
Robby Soave / Reason:
‘Silence Is Violence’: D.C. Black Lives Matter Protesters Adopt Strategy of Intimidating Random White People
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NPR, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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.
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Florida Politics, The Hill and Raw Story
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
Yale Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld Has Been Suspended for Sexual Harassment — On Monday morning, members of the Yale Law School faculty received a terse message from their provost informing them that Professor Jed Rubenfeld “will leave his position as a member of the YLS faculty for a two-year period …
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
They tried to get Trump to care about right-wing terrorism. He ignored them. — Elizabeth Neumann spent March 13 and 14 of 2019 at a conference in the picturesque Spanish port city of Málaga. The topic: terrorism. Western leaders were deeply worried about the dangers foreign …
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Raw Story
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.
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Slate, Fox News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Fort Hood soldier likely found dead, attorney says, after disappearance, sexual assault claims — A soldier assigned to Fort Hood who was missing was likely found dead on Tuesday, his family's attorney said, adding to the toll of soldiers at the Texas installation who have vanished or died in recent months.
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Task & Purpose, ABC News and MyNorthwest.com
Katherine J. Wu / New York Times:
C.D.C. Now Says People Without Covid-19 Symptoms Do Not Need Testing — The revision prompted confusion and alarm from experts, who called the move “potentially dangerous.” — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly modified its coronavirus testing guidelines this week …
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 …
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