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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
White House says it is creating ‘very large’ dossier on Washington Post journalist and others — New York (CNN Business)The White House said in a story published Thursday that it was compiling a “very large” dossier on a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter and others who it said are a …
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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?
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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:
Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Man shot by Secret Service officer outside White House apparently was holding a comb, documents show
Man shot by Secret Service officer outside White House apparently was holding a comb, documents show
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Sputnik News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
White House: Reporters Can't Even Ask How Much Taxpayer Money Trump Is Pocketing
White House: Reporters Can't Even Ask How Much Taxpayer Money Trump Is Pocketing
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Pelosi not hopeful of resuming coronavirus relief negotiations
Pelosi not hopeful of resuming coronavirus relief negotiations
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Roll Call, Talking Points Memo and Reuters
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
The White House Says It's Assembling a “Dossier” on a Washington Post Reporter
The White House Says It's Assembling a “Dossier” on a Washington Post Reporter
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Washington Post, Raw Story and Forbes
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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Kristen Welker / NBC News:
Harris speech will ‘prosecute the case against Trump,’ aide says
Harris speech will ‘prosecute the case against Trump,’ aide says
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Washington Post, Associated Press, Townhall, CNN, Al Jazeera, Washington Times, POLITICUSUSA, Just The News and Breitbart
Aalok Kanani / Joe Biden for President:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on Donald Trump's America
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on Donald Trump's America
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Axios, IJR, Just The News, POLITICUSUSA and Fox News
Washington Post:
Pence altered a biblical reference, changing ‘Jesus’ to the American flag in his convention speech
Pence altered a biblical reference, changing ‘Jesus’ to the American flag in his convention speech
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Raw Story and The Nation
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden to troll Trump with 2-minute ad set to run during renomination speech
Biden to troll Trump with 2-minute ad set to run during renomination speech
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The Hill, Forbes, Deadline, Breitbart, Talking Points Memo and Washington Times
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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The Undefeated, The Mahablog, Raw Story, The Hill, NBC Chicago and Chicago Sun-Times
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Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
Could A Backlash Against Black Lives Matter Hurt Biden? The Two Don't Appear Linked So Far. — In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd on May 25, the popularity of the Black Lives Matter movement skyrocketed. By early June, 53 percent of registered voters said they supported the movement …
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Fox News, National Review, Washington Times and The Root
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 …
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New York Times, New Republic and Wall Street Journal
Nina Agrawal / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. teacher flees home amid threats after wearing 'I can't breathe' T-shirt to online class
L.A. teacher flees home amid threats after wearing 'I can't breathe' T-shirt to online class
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The Root
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Is Kenosha a Warning for the Biden Campaign?
Is Kenosha a Warning for the Biden Campaign?
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The Bulwark Podcast
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Praise for alleged Kenosha shooter proliferates on Facebook despite supposed ban — One fundraiser for Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was shared more than 17,700 times by groups with more than 3.9m aggregate followers — Fundraisers, messages of support and celebratory memes for the alleged Kenosha …
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Tess Owen / VICE:
Alleged Kenosha Killer Loved Cops, Guns, Trump, and ‘Triggering the Libs,’ Former Classmates Say
Alleged Kenosha Killer Loved Cops, Guns, Trump, and ‘Triggering the Libs,’ Former Classmates Say
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New York Times, Raw Story, The US Sun and Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
Tracking the Suspect in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings
Tracking the Suspect in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings
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Leon Wolf / TheBlaze:
Charging Kyle Rittenhouse with first-degree murder is facially absurd
Charging Kyle Rittenhouse with first-degree murder is facially absurd
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NBC Chicago, Instapundit and American Greatness
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 …
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Clare Proctor / Chicago Sun-Times:
Jacob Blake handcuffed to hospital bed, father says — “He can't go anywhere,” his father said, speaking of his son's paralysis. “Why do you have him cuffed to the bed?” — When Jacob Blake's father visited him in the hospital Wednesday, he said his son was handcuffed to the bed.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News host Tucker Carlson stuns with comment on Kenosha shootings
Fox News host Tucker Carlson stuns with comment on Kenosha shootings
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Associated Press, Variety, Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Snopes.com and Vanity Fair
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
What if Facebook Is the Real ‘Silent Majority’? — Right-wing influencers are dominating the political discussion on Facebook, raising questions about whether it will translate into electoral success in November. — Listen, liberals. If you don't think Donald Trump can get re-elected in November …
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Salon
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Viral pro-Trump tweets came from fake African American spam accounts, Twitter says — Twitter has taken action to stop a spam operation that pushed messages from fake accounts about Black people abandoning the Democratic Party. — The company removed two fake accounts and deleted the account …
Brandon Ambrosino / Politico:
‘She was the aggressor’: Former Liberty student alleges sexual encounter with Becki Falwell — A former Liberty University student says Becki Falwell, the wife of the university's then-President Jerry Falwell Jr., jumped into bed with him and performed oral sex on him while he stayed …
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Raw Story
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Instead of Evolving as President, Trump Has Bent the Job to His Will — In a 40-minute phone call this week, Mr. Trump struggled to describe how he has changed in office. “I think I've just become more guarded than I was four years ago,” he said. — WASHINGTON — For a man on the edge of history …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
TV audience dips to 17.3 million on Night 3 of Republican convention — Viewing of the Republican National Convention dropped on Wednesday to 17.3 million people for the address by Vice President Mike Pence. — The figure provided by Nielsen is down 11% from the 19.4 million viewers …
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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Pence Draws 17.3 Million Viewers in Off Night for Convention
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trump DOJ Targets Democratic Governors For COVID-19 Outbreaks In Veterans Homes — “This really does smell,” said one former Civil Rights Division official who worries the Justice Department is weaponizing its power for political purposes. — President Donald Trump's top civil rights official …
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Wall Street Journal, Michigan Advance, POLITICUSUSA and Gothamist
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.
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Four Years Later, It's Still All About the Base — As the RNC convention comes to a close, the biggest question is whether it can give Pres. Trump the bounce he needs to catch up to former Vice President Joe Biden. Trump came into the convention trailing the Democratic nominee by 8-9 points in national polling.
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
TikTok Is Said to Wrestle With Two Competing Offers — The sale of the video app's U.S. operations is entering its final stages, with two groups having submitted bids. — SAN FRANCISCO — The race to buy TikTok's U.S. operations has entered its final stages, with two groups submitting bids …
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden snags ‘Keep America Great’ domain in latest act of Trump trolling — The Democrat's campaign recently learned the web domain was available and snagged it. — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Drew Angerer/Getty Images — After trolling Republicans throughout their convention …
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 …
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Talking Points Memo, INSIDER, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, New York Post, The Post Millennial and Axios
Richard Roeper / Chicago Sun-Times:
Sharp documentary ‘#Unfit’ makes a case that Donald Trump suffers multiple mental disorders — The illuminating film, more personal than political, argues that psychiatrists have a duty to speak out on the president's more disturbing behavior — We can't help ourselves.
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Raw Story
David Byler / Washington Post:
The GOP is strapped to a ticking time bomb — The Republican Party's intellectual crisis was on full display during the GOP convention. On Monday, the party announced that it wouldn't publish a new platform: Instead, its members promised to support “the President's America-first agenda” and threw out some half-baked bullet points.
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ABC News and The Guardian
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Protesters in Multiple States Are Facing Felony Charges, Including Terrorism … Prosecutors and lawmakers in several states have responded to mass protests against police brutality by charging demonstrators with committing felonies, including terrorism charges.