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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
N.Y.C. Tenants Say They Were Tricked Into Appearing in R.N.C. Video — “I am not a Trump supporter,” one of the tenants said, adding that she was furious that her interview with a government official was used for the convention. — It started with an unexpected call last week from Lynne Patton …
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
A Kenosha Militia Facebook Event Asking Attendees To Bring Weapons Was Reported 455 Times. Moderators Said It Didn't Violate Any Rules. — In a companywide meeting on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that a militia page advocating for followers to bring weapons to an upcoming protest in Kenosha …
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Employees Are Outraged At Mark Zuckerberg's Explanations Of How It Handled The Kenosha Violence — Frustrated Facebook employees slammed CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday during a companywide meeting, questioning his leadership and decision-making, following a week …
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Shirin Ghaffary / Vox:
Facebook banned violent militia groups. We still found plenty of them on its platform.
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Zuckerberg acknowledges Facebook erred by not removing a post that urged armed action in Kenosha
Zuckerberg acknowledges Facebook erred by not removing a post that urged armed action in Kenosha
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New York Post and NBC Chicago
Peter Coy / Bloomberg:
New Study Suggests Polls Are Missing Shy Trump Voters — A new online study finds that Republicans and independents are twice as likely as Democrats to say they would not give their true opinion in a telephone poll question about their preference for president in the 2020 election.
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CloudResearch, Political Wire and Breitbart
Natalie Escobar / NPR:
One Author's Argument ‘In Defense Of Looting’ — In the past months of demonstrations for Black lives, there has been a lot of hand-wringing about looting. Whether it was New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying that stealing purses and sneakers from high-end stores in Manhattan was “inexcusable …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Biden hits Trump where it hurts: in the convention speech ratings — New York (CNN Business)President Trump's Thursday night convention speech making the case for his reelection was lower-rated than his challenger Joe Biden's speech one week ago, according to overnight Nielsen ratings.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
President Trump's acceptance speech draws 21.6 million TV viewers, trailing the audience for Biden
President Trump's acceptance speech draws 21.6 million TV viewers, trailing the audience for Biden
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ABC News:
4 people test positive for COVID-19 at GOP convention in Charlotte — They include two attendees and two “individuals supporting the event.” — At least four people who were at Monday's Republican National Convention meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, tested positive for COVID-19, according to county officials.
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
Trump's Republican National Convention Was a Spectacle Fit for a Would-Be King
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump campaign rakes in $76 million during Republican National Convention
Trump campaign rakes in $76 million during Republican National Convention
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Wall Street Journal, The Hill and Breitbart
Jill Serjeant / Reuters:
Some 21.6 million Americans watched Trump speech on last night of Republican convention: CNN
Some 21.6 million Americans watched Trump speech on last night of Republican convention: CNN
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Breitbart, The Hill, One America News Network and POLITICUSUSA
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump pardons Alice Johnson after her RNC speech
Trump pardons Alice Johnson after her RNC speech
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Washington Post, Mercury News, Forbes, The US Sun and Associated Press
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret Service copes with coronavirus cases in aftermath of Trump appearances — When President Trump gave a speech to a group of sheriffs in Tampa late last month, his decision to travel forced a large contingent of Secret Service agents to head to a state that was then battling one of the worst coronavirus surges in the nation.
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“Melania Did. Not. Care”: In a Blistering New Book by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Melania Trump Sounds a Lot Like Her Husband — Wolkoff's book is remarkable both for its intimacy and for the sheer volume of receipts it contains. It's also the first real look at what's under Melania Trump's hood …
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POLITICUSUSA and Political Flare
The Daily Beast:
Trump Advisers: He Was ‘Triggered’ by Talk of White Supremacy — Two disaffected officials recount a president who simply didn't want to hear things he thought were bad for him. — Two former top Homeland Security officials in the Trump administration tell The Daily Beast …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
As Trump appointees flout the Hatch Act, civil servants who get caught get punished — A Defense Logistics Agency employee was suspended for 30 days without pay last fall after giving his office colleagues a PowerPoint presentation that displayed the words, “Vote Republican.”
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
21 states sue White House over rollback of bedrock environmental law
21 states sue White House over rollback of bedrock environmental law
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Washington State, One America News Network, Washington Post, Reuters and POLITICUSUSA
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Top general says no role for military in presidential vote — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, July 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)
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Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
The Trap The Democrats Walked Right Into — If law and order are what this election is about, they will lose it. … It finally happened. We have lethal battles in the streets between the two tribes of our polarized politics. This week, a 17-year-old man, Kyle Rittenhouse …
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Discourse Blog and Althouse
New York Times:
Two P.R. Experts at F.D.A. Have Been Ousted After Blood Plasma Fiasco — The agency's chief spokeswoman, Emily Miller, was removed from her position just 11 days into the job. — Two senior public relations experts advising the Food and Drug Administration have been ousted from their positions …
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ABC News:
Former pool attendant details alleged relationship with Becki and Jerry Falwell Jr. — Giancarlo Granda claims he had a lengthy affair with Becki Falwell. — The war of words between a former pool attendant and Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki escalated on Friday morning as Giancarlo Granda claimed on …
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The US Sun, Gothamist, ABC7, New York Post and Blue Virginia
CNN:
Jacob Blake is no longer shackled to his hospital bed, attorney says — (CNN)[Breaking news update at 3:32 p.m. ET] — Handcuffs restraining Jacob Blake to a hospital bed have been removed, his attorney, Patrick Cafferty, told CNN Friday afternoon. — Kenosha County Sheriff's Department spokesman …
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Shams Charania / The Athletic:
Sources: LeBron James sought out Barack Obama for advice to players — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After walking out of Wednesday's players meeting in support of sitting out NBA's games, LeBron James led a small group of players who turned to perhaps America's biggest basketball fan for advice.
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Sophie Lewis / CBS News:
NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps to be first Black woman to join International Space Station crew — NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps will soon make history, becoming the first Black woman to live and work long-term aboard the International Space Station. Her flight is scheduled for 2021.
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
DeVos: It's a ‘good thing’ that pandemic will force schools to make long-overdue changes — In a new push for school choice, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said on Friday that it's a “good thing” that the coronavirus pandemic will force the nation's schools to make changes that should have “happened many years ago.”
Anthony G. Attrino / New Jersey Online:
N.J. teen who held Black Lives Matter protest gets hit with $2,500 bill for police overtime — When Emily Gil learned of the lack of affordable housing in Englewood Cliffs — and the fact she believes Black residents are priced out of her Bergen County hometown — she felt an urgent need to enact change.
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
WGN America to launch ‘News Nation’ on Tuesday, aiming to transform the house that Bozo built into the next CNN — WGN America, the erstwhile home to Bozo and Andy Griffith, is set to reinvent itself as a cable news network with the Tuesday launch of “News Nation,” a prime-time newscast that pledges to deliver unbiased reporting.
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
FBI: Chinese researcher caught trying to fly to China with stolen bio-inspired computer code — A Chinese military-linked researcher was caught by U.S. authorities at the airport attempting to flee to China with highly advanced computer code he stole from a U.S. university that could be used …
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U.S. Department of Justice, The Daily Caller and Sputnik News
CNN:
Top Colorado RNC official spread conspiracy theories and made Islamophobic and sexist comments — (CNN)A recently installed Republican National Committee official for the state of Colorado has a history of spreading conspiracies and making sexist and Islamophobic comments.
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Politico:
Mick Mulvaney's new side gig: A hedge fund betting on D.C. — Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's special envoy to Northern Ireland, has a new side gig: He's starting a hedge fund. — Mulvaney is launching the fund with the longtime investor Andrew Wessel. The angle?