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12:30 PM 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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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 …
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.
CNN:
Republicans' fake feminism might have worked  —  Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the book “OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind.”  Follow her on Twitter.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own.  View more opinion articles on CNN.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Why the Fuck is the Secretary of State Talking, From Israel, at the Republican National Convention?  —  Violating norms, standards, ethical guidelines, rules, laws and common sense is nothing new for Pompeo, but his speech Tuesday night will break new ground.  —  BEAST INSIDE
Washington Post:
Focus on Trump's official White House actions as part of Republican convention programming raises Hatch Act concerns
Politico:
How Mike Pence slowed down the coronavirus response
Discussion: Raw Story
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Kayleigh McEnany to share personal story in Republican National Convention address
Discussion: The US Sun 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.
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 …
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.
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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CNN:
Updated CDC guidelines now say people exposed to coronavirus may not need to be tested  —  (CNN)In a shift that perplexed some doctors, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its Covid-19 testing guidelines to say some people without symptoms may not need to be tested …
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 …
Discussion: The Week 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.
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 …
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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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
The BLM Mob Doesn't Just Want You To Raise Your Fist, It Wants To Rule You
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jessica Valenti / GEN:
Aaron Coleman's Ex-Girlfriend Says His Misogynist Abuse Didn't Stop in Middle School  —  Taylor Passow tells GEN the Kansas congressional candidate attacked her in December  —  Aaron Coleman, the 19-year-old who exited and then quickly re-entered a race for a Kansas statehouse seat amid revelations …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Aaron Coleman's Ex-Girlfriend Says He Slapped and Choked Her in the Past Year
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.
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.
Politico:
U.S. service members injured in Syria after skirmish with Russian forces  —  Four troops have been diagnosed with mild concussion-like symptoms.  —  The Pentagon logo and an American flag are lit up January 3, 2002 in the briefing room of Pentagon.  Alex Wong/Getty Images
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 …
Discussion: Mother Jones
 
 
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Robyn Patterson / DCCC:
DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos Adds Two Candidates to DCCC ‘Red To Blue’ Program, Expands Offensive Battlefield
Discussion: The Hill
Pete Wells / New York Times:
Behind the Cancellation of James Beard Awards, Worries About Chefs' Behavior and No Black Winners
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Americans are falling through the safety net. The government is helping predatory lenders instead.
Audrey Conklin / Fox News:
RNC speakers: What to know about Burgess Owens
Discussion: Associated Press
Eliza Davis / Change Research:
States of Play: Battleground & National Likely Voter Surveys on the DNC, COVID-19, schools, and the economy
Discussion: The Hill
U.S. Department of Commerce:
Commerce Department Adds 24 Chinese Companies to the Entity List for Helping Build Military Islands in the South China Sea
Discussion: Bloomberg
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Lincoln Project co-founder predicts Trump will lose New Hampshire
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
ProPublica:
Hundreds of Thousands of Nursing Home Residents May Not Be Able to Vote in November Because of the Pandemic
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
RNC Speaker Facing Federal Charges Of Insider Trading
Discussion: CNBC
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Democracy without Integrity Is Impossible
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
Top Kerry Aide, Key Conduit for Steele Dossier, Once Worked for Russian Oligarch, as Did Its Author
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
A Dubious Pompeo Speech for an Empty Trump Foreign Policy
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump is hosting the Greatest Reality Show on Earth
Discussion: Power Line
William Wan / Washington Post:
Natalie Harp said Trump saved her life. Experts doubt that's true.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, IJR and Reason
 

 
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
A look at Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize board, which has gone from a curiosity to a source of real concern in some top US newsrooms
 
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