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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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Politico, Talking Points Memo, NBC News and Raw Story
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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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Washington Times, New York Post and The National Interest
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: More than 100 Bush-McCain-Romney alums go for Biden — DRIVING THE DAY — IT'S THURSDAY, and President DONALD TRUMP will close the Republican convention this evening from the White House. And, as the GOP seeks to rally around TRUMP 68 DAYS before Election Day, here's what the world looks like:
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, ABC News, CBS News, The Week and POLITICUSUSA
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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The Federalist, WKOW, Power Line, JustOneMinute, Althouse, CBS Chicago, Al Jazeera, Chicago Sun-Times, Breitbart, Just The News, IJR and POLITICUSUSA
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Stop Downplaying the Violence in Our Cities
Stop Downplaying the Violence in Our Cities
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Townhall, Financial Times and Breitbart
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'It's playing into Trump's hands': Dems fear swing-state damage from Kenosha unrest
'It's playing into Trump's hands': Dems fear swing-state damage from Kenosha unrest
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Reason, Raw Story and National Review
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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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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Politico, The Hill, NBC Chicago and Washington Post
BuzzFeed News:
The Kenosha Shooting Suspect Was In The Front Row Of A Trump Rally In January — The law-enforcement obsessed 17-year-old who was charged with shooting and killing two people and injuring another in Kenosha during protests for Jacob Blake appeared in the front row at a Donald Trump rally in January.
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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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Reuters, The Moderate Voice, Associated Press, Forbes, Washington Times, Washington Post, Political Wire, Politico and Breitbart
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden to troll Trump with 2-minute ad set to run during renomination speech — Joe Biden isn't onstage this week as Republicans celebrate their presidential nominating convention. But his campaign is trying to make sure he's on TV. — That presence will come in the form …
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Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, Real Clear Politics, Axios, Daily Kos and Deadline
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Pelosi says Biden shouldn't debate Trump: 'I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him'
Pelosi says Biden shouldn't debate Trump: 'I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him'
USA Today:
LGBTQ+ leaders: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the most pro-equality ticket in US history
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump, in convention speech excerpts, to slam Biden for ‘extreme’ Democratic agenda
Trump, in convention speech excerpts, to slam Biden for ‘extreme’ Democratic agenda
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Townhall, Raw Story, Forbes, The Hill and Just The News
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
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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Washingtonian, The American Independent, Forbes, The Hill, The Daily Caller, IJR, Raw Story, Mediaite and Twitchy
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
CDC director walks back change in coronavirus testing guidelines — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday issued new guidance for coronavirus testing, days after a quiet change sparked protests from the scientific and medical communities.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, CNBC and The Week
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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: C.D.C. Director Walks Back New Testing Guidelines After Outcry; Website Remains Unchanged
Covid-19 Live Updates: C.D.C. Director Walks Back New Testing Guidelines After Outcry; Website Remains Unchanged
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NBC News, Washington Post, Gothamist, STAT and Patterico's Pontifications
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump set to announce purchase of 150M rapid coronavirus tests
Trump set to announce purchase of 150M rapid coronavirus tests
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CNBC and The Daily Caller
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 Vox
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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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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, Axios, INSIDER, New York Post, The Post Millennial, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
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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Raw Story and The Daily Beast
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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Raw Story
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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Big League Politics and Raw Story
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Billionaire's Son Jared Kushner Takes Swipe at NBA Players for Their Wealth and Privilege — PICK YOUR BATTLES — Jared Kushner, the son of a billionaire whose only professional achievements have been handed to him by members of his family, has taken a bold swipe at NBA players for their wealth and privilege.
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Talking Points Memo, Esquire, CNBC and Washington Times
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Kushner: NBA players are ‘fortunate’ to have wealth to take night off
Kushner: NBA players are ‘fortunate’ to have wealth to take night off
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ABC News, ESPN, NPR, One America News Network, Forbes, New York Post and POLITICUSUSA
Reuters:
White House's Meadows to discuss COVID-19 aid with Pelosi on Thursday — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows discuss further COVID-19 relief legislation with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the matter, in the first sign of renewed negotiations in weeks.
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Politico and One America News Network
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
A look at the legislative graveyard
A look at the legislative graveyard
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NBC News and One America News Network
CNN:
Pence reinvents Trump's presidency on a disorienting night of crises — (CNN)Only voters can decide the political fate of Donald Trump. But the evidence of a dark, dispiriting election year suggests unequivocally that the President has failed to find answers equal to the magnitude …
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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
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 Daily Caller and The Wrap
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 …
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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Raw Story
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
States of Play: North Carolina — Dear Readers: In the next installment of our States of Play series — in which we are taking an in-depth look at the key states that will decide the presidential election — we look at North Carolina, a state that both parties have made serious attempts at winning since 2008.