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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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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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Washington Post, NPR and Daily Kos
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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The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Hill, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Why the Fuck is the Secretary of State Talking, From Israel, at the Republican National Convention?
Why the Fuck is the Secretary of State Talking, From Israel, at the Republican National Convention?
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Redstate, Vox, One America News Network, The Daily Caller, Al Jazeera and Politico
CNN:
Republicans' fake feminism might have worked
Republicans' fake feminism might have worked
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Guardian
New York Times:
Trump keeps bending and breaking presidential norms. It will be easier for his successors to do the same.
Trump keeps bending and breaking presidential norms. It will be easier for his successors to do the same.
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Forbes, Mother Jones and TheBlaze
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Meadows dismisses Hatch Act concerns at RNC: ‘Nobody outside of the Beltway really cares’
Meadows dismisses Hatch Act concerns at RNC: ‘Nobody outside of the Beltway really cares’
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Talking Points Memo, Reuters, Washington Post, CNBC, IJR, The Week and The Hill
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Republicans revel in Trump's prime-time convention surprises
Republicans revel in Trump's prime-time convention surprises
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Washington Post, Associated Press, POLITICUSUSA, The 19th, New York Times, The Guardian, KFF and The Babylon Bee
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Melania Trump goes where other Republicans won't in convention address
Melania Trump goes where other Republicans won't in convention address
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Redstate, The Daily Beast, Reason, Raw Story, New York Times, Fox News, Reuters and One America News Network
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Kayleigh McEnany to share personal story in Republican National Convention address
Kayleigh McEnany to share personal story in Republican National Convention address
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The US Sun and The Hill
Politico:
Trump shatters norms on second night of convention: Key moments
Trump shatters norms on second night of convention: Key moments
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Fox News, NBC News, Breitbart, Outside the Beltway and The Hill
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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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.
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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The Daily Caller, Chicago Sun-Times, Sean Hannity, Chicago Tribune, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Post and NPR
Robert Chappell / Madison365:
Kenosha police opened fire less than 5 minutes after being called: scanner audio — Kenosha police scanner audio indicates that police opened fire on 29-year-old Jacob Blake less than five minutes after they were initially contacted. — In cell phone video shared widely on social media …
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The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and Daily Mail
jsonline:
White House says Gov. Tony Evers turned down federal help to quell Kenosha disturbances
White House says Gov. Tony Evers turned down federal help to quell Kenosha disturbances
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The Daily Caller, The Hill and Althouse
Associated Press:
Kenosha police: 3 shot, 2 fatally, during Wisconsin protests
Kenosha police: 3 shot, 2 fatally, during Wisconsin protests
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National Review, Breitbart, New York Post, Reuters, Defense One, MinnPost, Raw Story and The Hill
Star Tribune:
2 people shot to death during protest over Kenosha shooting
2 people shot to death during protest over Kenosha shooting
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WTOP and Snopes.com
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
Two people are dead and a third injured in an overnight shooting in Kenosha, police say
Two people are dead and a third injured in an overnight shooting in Kenosha, police say
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The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, ABC7, NBC Chicago, Sean Hannity and New York Post
Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
In stunning reversal, CDC abruptly changes position on when to get tested — The public health reason for the change is unclear. — After weeks of encouraging people to get tested if they may have been exposed to COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly changed course …
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Gizmodo, Raw Story, NBC Los Angeles, New York Times and Fox News
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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 …
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The Week, RochesterFirst and KRON4
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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Townhall, Reuters, Patterico's Pontifications, Sean Hannity, The American Spectator and The Week
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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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 …
Politico:
U.S. service members injured in Syria after skirmish with Russian forces — U.S. service members were injured after an altercation with Russian forces in northeast Syria this week, according to a draft military statement and a person familiar with the matter.
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Raw Story and Task & Purpose
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
Washington Post:
Lewd cheerleader videos, sexist rules: Ex-employees decry Washington's NFL team workplace — In “Beauties on the Beach,” the official video chronicling the making of the Washington NFL team's 2008 cheerleader swimsuit calendar, the women frolic in the sand, rave about their custom bikinis …
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ProFootballTalk and TMZ.com
Washington Examiner:
Jerusalem — a fitting setting for Mike Pompeo's message — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a speech to the Republican National Convention that aired Tuesday night looking over the Old City of Jerusalem. It was a fitting setting because it was the location of one of President Trump's boldest foreign policy moves.
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
A Dubious Pompeo Speech for an Empty Trump Foreign Policy
A Dubious Pompeo Speech for an Empty Trump Foreign Policy
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The Hill, The National Interest, New York Daily News and Just The News
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway undermined the truth like no other Trump official. And journalists enabled her. — Among the many appalling scenes in the many tell-all books written from an inside-the-Trump-administration perspective, one in particular spoke volumes about how Kellyanne Conway operates:
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Talking Points Memo
Noah Buhayar / Bloomberg:
Why a Historic Eviction Wave Is Bearing Down on U.S. — With more than 16 million people in the U.S. out of work, Americans are having to stretch financially to keep the roof over their heads. According to the Census Bureau, about a third of renters said in July that they had no confidence …
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Mother Jones
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
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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Austin American-Statesman, Task & Purpose, ABC News, MyNorthwest.com, CBS Boston, UPI and ABC7
USA Today:
Trump's RNC naturalization ceremony at White House: Tasteless, hollow and probably illegal — I watched the Republican convention start to finish for two days. I'm a former Republican and a Never Trumper, so I understand that none of it was meant to speak to me.
Lis Power / Media Matters for America:
How TV media's coverage of the party conventions compares … There were several key differences between broadcast and cable news coverage of the Democratic National Convention's first day of programming and the Republican National Convention's counterpart. The RNC included some midday programming …
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The Hill, The US Sun, Fox News and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
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
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump goes dark on TV as early voting looms — Donald Trump is getting pummeled on the TV airwaves, alarming Republicans and prompting the president's allies to plead for outside help. — August has been a blowout: Trump has been outspent on TV more than 2-to-1 over the past month …
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ABC News, The Atlantic and Raw Story