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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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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 …
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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.
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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
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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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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Axios, New York Post, The Hill and Financial Times
Associated Press:
Pence aide: NBA protest over Kenosha are ‘absurd and silly’
Pence aide: NBA protest over Kenosha are ‘absurd and silly’
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The Hill, Associated Press, NBC Chicago and One America News Network
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Is Kenosha a Warning for the Biden Campaign?
Is Kenosha a Warning for the Biden Campaign?
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Stop Downplaying the Violence in Our Cities
Stop Downplaying the Violence in Our Cities
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Financial Times, Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
How Chaos in Kenosha Is Already Swaying Some Voters in Wisconsin
How Chaos in Kenosha Is Already Swaying Some Voters in Wisconsin
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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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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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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.
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
Pelosi not hopeful of resuming coronavirus relief negotiations
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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 …
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Instapundit, American Greatness, NBC Chicago and Common Dreams
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.
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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
6 Quick Takeaways From Third Night Of Republican National Convention
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Washington Post and Instapundit
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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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Kushner: NBA players are ‘fortunate’ to have wealth to take night off — Jared Kushner on Thursday commented on NBA players boycotting playoff games the night before, saying they are “fortunate” to have enough wealth to “take a night off from work” while saying he wants “actual action” in the racial justice movement.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Billionaire's Son Jared Kushner Takes Swipe at NBA Players for Their Wealth and Privilege
Billionaire's Son Jared Kushner Takes Swipe at NBA Players for Their Wealth and Privilege
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ESPN:
Source: NBA players decide to resume playoffs
Source: NBA players decide to resume playoffs
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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
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump will tout purchase of 150M rapid coronavirus tests in RNC speech — President Donald Trump will tout a major expansion of rapid coronavirus testing in his Thursday night address at the Republican National Convention, POLITICO first reported and White House officials confirmed.
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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 …
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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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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.
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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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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 …
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The Federalist, The Daily Caller, The Wrap and The Post Millennial
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 …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Why This Pro-Life Conservative Is Voting for Biden — Since I announced publicly that I will be voting for Joe Biden in November, I've received a few communications from puzzled readers. “How can you, a supposedly pro-life woman, support someone who believes in killing babies?”
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National Review, Raw Story and The Hill
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 …