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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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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
Discussion: New York Post
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Employees Are Outraged At Mark Zuckerberg's Explanations Of How It Handled The Kenosha Violence
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 …
Discussion: Althouse
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.
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
Discussion: Showbiz411 and Mercury News
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump campaign rakes in $76 million during Republican National Convention
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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Washington Post:   Amid fears that Trump might not leave office, two lawmakers press for Pentagon assurances on the election
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
New Covid-19 Layoffs Make Job Reductions Permanent  —  As companies brace for years of pandemic-related disruption, thousands of furloughed workers are told they won't be coming back  —  A new wave of layoffs is washing over the U.S. as several big companies reassess staffing plans and settle in for a long period of uncertainty.
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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Caroline Kitchener / The Lily:
A police captain's widow used his story to back Trump at the GOP convention.  His daughters say it was ‘despicable.’  —  David Dorn was a registered Democrat who opposed Trump, his daughters say  —  Lisa Dorn and Debra White first heard the news from a family friend: Their father's widow …
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
This is why Jacob Blake had a warrant out for his arrest  —  The cops involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake — which touched off a fresh wave of angry, anti-police sentiment across the country — were attempting to arrest him for violating a restraining order stemming from an alleged sexual assault, The Post has learned.
Discussion: Fox News and NPR
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Yahoo News:
Trump resumes campaign rallies and utters the unthinkable: ‘If Biden wins...’  —  LONDONDERRY, N.H. — One night after accepting the Republican nomination, Donald Trump resumed campaigning for reelection as though the coronavirus pandemic was a thing of the past, rallying hundreds of supporters at an airport hangar.
Washington Post:
Hours after March on Washington, protesters scattered throughout city, blocking roads and yelling at police  —  Some protesters who stayed in the District after the March on Washington ended Friday afternoon continued to spread their message, and elements of mayhem, around the city …
Discussion: Althouse
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.
Discussion: Fox News, Townhall, ABC30 and The Hill
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
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 …
New York Times:
Rival Themes Emerge as Race Enters Final Weeks: Covid vs. Law and Order  —  The national political conventions over the last two weeks set the battle lines for the election's remaining weeks.  Joe Biden is focusing on President Trump's virus management, while the president is hammering a law-and-order message.
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.
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Trump Program to Cover Uninsured Covid-19 Patients Falls Short of Promise  —  Some patients are still receiving staggering bills.  Others don't qualify because conditions other than Covid-19 were their primary diagnosis.  —  WASHINGTON — Marilyn Cortez, a retired cafeteria worker in Houston …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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 …
Discussion: Discourse Blog and Althouse
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.
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
UAE formally ends Israel boycott amid US-brokered deal  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued a decree Saturday formally ending the country's boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries.
Discussion: The Hill and Al Jazeera
 
 
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump's speech was nasty, brutish and interminable
Discussion: Sputnik News, Daily Kos and Raw Story
CNN:
Gas station secured small business bailout money, then paid for Trump billboards
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
DeVos: It's a ‘good thing’ that pandemic will force schools to make long-overdue changes
Politico:
Mick Mulvaney's new side gig: A hedge fund betting on D.C.
 Earlier Items: 
jsonline:
Suburbs are vital, but Donald Trump needs another rural rout to win Wisconsin again
Discussion: Associated Press and Redstate
Katy Lederer / New York Times:
A Gen-X Adviser to Biden Argues Equality Is Good for Growth
Elaine S. Povich / The Pew Charitable Trusts:
Fearing Delays and Chaos, Swing States Weigh Early Counting of Mail-In Ballots
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's parade of desperate lies reveals one big and awful truth
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Top Colorado RNC official spread conspiracy theories and made Islamophobic and sexist comments
Discussion: Political Wire
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Hannah Lang / Reuters:
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