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New York Times:
Tracking the Suspect in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings  —  Footage appears to show a teenager shooting three people during protests in Wisconsin.  We tracked his movements that night.  —  A teenager who walked among protesters in Kenosha, Wis., carrying a military-style semi-automatic rifle …
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Leon Wolf / TheBlaze:
Charging Kyle Rittenhouse with first-degree murder is facially absurd​  —  The facts of the case simply don't fit that charge  —  Kyle Rittenhouse should not have been patrolling the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Tuesday night.  Whatever failures might have existed on the part …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Over 100 Ex-Staff Members for John McCain Endorse Joe Biden  —  The group endorsement of Mr. Biden is the latest effort from anti-Trump Republicans to lure conservatives and moderates away from the president, who often clashed with the former Arizona senator.
Mark Salter / Washington Post:
Why dozens of John McCain aides, including me, are endorsing Joe Biden  —  Mark Salter served as a staff aide and speechwriter for Sen. John McCain.  —  This week, I joined more than 100 aides of the late Sen. John McCain, including former chiefs of staff, senior legislative and campaign workers …
New York Times:
How Chaos in Kenosha Is Already Swaying Some Voters in Wisconsin
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'It's playing into Trump's hands': Dems fear swing-state damage from Kenosha unrest
Discussion: Reason, Raw Story and National Review
Adam Forrest / The Independent:
Trump had public meltdown over missed phone call from Putin, former No 10 aide says  —  ‘If Putin wants a call with me you just put him through,’ US president yelled according to Theresa May's former chief of staff  —  Donald Trump exploded with anger at one of his most senior aides …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump set to skewer Biden in convention address  —  President Donald Trump will unload on Joe Biden in a blistering convention speech Thursday night, according to two people familiar with the address.  —  Trump is expected to go after the former vice president on everything from the economy to trade.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump to raise $10M before his convention speech
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump set to announce purchase of 150M rapid coronavirus tests
Discussion: CNBC and The Daily Caller
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement After Conversation with Trump Administration on COVID-19 Relief  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after a 25-minute phone conversation with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about the need for coronavirus relief:
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Pelosi not hopeful of resuming coronavirus relief negotiations
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Reuters:
White House's Meadows to discuss COVID-19 aid with Pelosi on Thursday
Washington Post:
Room rentals, resort fees and furniture removal: How Trump's company charged the U.S. government more than $900,000  —  The Secret Service had asked for a room close to the president.  But Mar-a-Lago said it was too late.  The room was booked.  Would agents like a room across the street from the president, instead?
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police across US, report says  —  A former FBI agent has documented links between serving officers and racist militant activities in more than a dozen states  —  White supremacist groups have infiltrated US law enforcement agencies in every region …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Accused of Starting a Voter Suppression Scheme  —  The notorious huckster is allegedly behind a robocall campaign clearly designed to spook people from voting by mail.  —  Michigan state officials are investigating a voter-suppression robocall allegedly tied to blundering conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman.
Washington Post:
Pence altered a biblical reference, changing ‘Jesus’ to the American flag in his convention speech  —  BALTIMORE — Vice President Pence closed out his speech before the Republican National Convention on Wednesday evening with a mash-up of Bible references, into which he inserted American symbols and ideals.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:   Pence Delivers the Smallest Audience of GOP's Convention So Far
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
6 Quick Takeaways From Third Night Of Republican National Convention
Discussion: Washington Post and Instapundit
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News:
China Secretly Built A Vast New Infrastructure To Imprison Muslims  —  China rounded up so many Muslims in Xinjiang that there wasn't enough space to hold them.  Then the government started building.  —  Copy … China has secretly built scores of massive new prison and internment camps …
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BuzzFeed News:   Blanked-Out Spots On China's Maps Helped Us Uncover Xinjiang's Camps
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
We Need to Talk About the GOP's ‘Black Friends’  —  The Republican National Convention has been all about using Black people to convince white people it's OK to vote for a bigot.  —  In between the lies and the fear mongering and the stories about having intimate conversations with Jesus …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
New Hot-Mic Video: What Trump Told His Lawyer When He Didn't Know a Camera Was Rolling  —  For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones' newsletters.  —  On December 10, 2015, Donald Trump took time off from campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination …
Discussion: Raw Story
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“QAnon Is Batshit Crazy”: Lindsey Graham Talks TikTok, Online Conspiracies, and Why He's Sticking With Trump  —  The South Carolina senator, facing a tough reelection fight, recalls warning Trump not to shut down TikTok after getting calls from Hannity, Petraeus, and his niece …
Jeff Williamson / WSLS-TV:
Virginia Senate passes bill allowing assaulting a police officer to be a misdemeanor  —  Bill removes mandatory jail sentence  —  RICHMOND, Va. - A controversial bill is moving forward during the current Virginia General Assembly special session.  —  On Wednesday, the Virginia Senate voted 21-15 …
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Ronald Reagan sends you to do war crimes in the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War trailer  —  He's one of the new characters in the game  —  Activision and its development studios, Treyarch and Raven Software, debuted a new trailer for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War …
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Turmoil consumes Chamber of Commerce as it backs Democrats  —  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is poised to endorse nearly two dozen freshmen House Democrats for reelection, triggering a revolt within the right-leaning organization and drawing fierce pushback from the group's powerful GOP donors.
Discussion: Big League Politics and Raw Story
Ryan Glasspiegel / OutKick:
Max Kellerman: Trump Base in SEC Seems Susceptible to Low Quality Information and Easy to Propagandize  —  Max Kellerman, speaking in a segment on First Take today about what all of the ongoing protests in the NBA and canceled practices mean in the NFL, said that President Donald Trump's base voters …
Marlene Lenthang / Daily Mail:
Wisconsin AG reveals police recovered a knife from the driver's side floor of Jacob Blake's car and says ONE cop shot him seven times as they responded to 911 call from Blake's girlfriend  — Jacob Blake, the black man shot in the back seven times by Wisconsin police, had a knife in his posession …
jsonline:
Kenosha County sheriff's 2018 comments that some people 'aren't worth saving' resurface after violence  —  Controversial 2018 comments by Kenosha Sheriff David Beth have sparked renewed outrage as the city deals with the aftermath of an officer shooting a Black man in the back on Sunday …
Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Man shot by Secret Service officer outside White House apparently was holding a comb, documents show  —  A man, who officials said had announced he was armed before he was shot by a Secret Service officer earlier in the month near the White House, was apparently holding a comb, according to new court documents.
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Kanye West Is Breaking Campaign Finance Law and Keeping His GOP Backers a Secret  —  By not filing campaign finance forms with the Federal Election Commission, West's campaign is hiding expenditures from public view.  —  Kanye West's presidential campaign continues to push to get him on the ballot in states across the country.
Discussion: Political Wire
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Pelosi says Biden shouldn't debate Trump: 'I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him'  —  House speaker says Trump would ‘belittle’ the presidential debates  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Thursday that former Vice President Joe Biden cancel his three scheduled debates …
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Melania Trump's Ex-BFF Tells (Almost) All An insider's account of falling out with the First Lady.  —  I'd heard Melania Trump speak before.  But I'd never heard her sound like this.  I was sitting at the end of the dining-room table in the Park Avenue home of Stephanie Winston Wolkoff …
 
 
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Lola Fadulu / Washington Post:
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
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Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump shared a video of her meeting a homeless D.C. woman. That woman says she's still waiting for her to keep a promise.
Discussion: Political Flare and Raw Story
Sarah Jones / The Cut:
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Arizona Republic:
Weekly Gilbert pro-police rallies escalate to violence as attendees look for ‘antifa’
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Is Kenosha a Warning for the Biden Campaign?
Discussion: The Bulwark Podcast
 Earlier Items: 
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
2 George W. Bush Cabinet secretaries endorse Biden
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Covid Gag Rules at U.S. Companies Are Putting Everyone at Risk
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
States of Play: North Carolina
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Why This Pro-Life Conservative Is Voting for Biden
Discussion: Financial Times, The Hill and Raw Story
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump says election workers, not USPS, could lead to 2020 miscount
Kathleen Gray / New York Times:
In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Some Cracks Emerge in the Pro-Trump Wall
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump's big night: Expect talk of GOP progress, Dem anarchy
Discussion: Politico and New York Post
Politico:
Why Trump is giving Rudy a prime slot at the convention
Discussion: Roll Call and MyNorthwest.com