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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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Talking Points Memo, Slate, Gothamist, Associated Press, The Hill, Mediaite and Political Wire
New York Times:
How the G.O.P. Stretched Hard to Defend Trump on Race and Gender — Never before has a convention by a major party felt compelled to call such a diverse array of speakers to defend the character of a sitting president. — The Republican convention this week marked an extraordinary effort …
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Los Angeles Times and RealClearPolitics
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Democrats are worried about Kenosha — (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump both recognize the potential political fallouts if protests in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting are seen as peaceful or as violent. Biden benefits if they are seen as the former …
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.
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New York Times and The Hill
Anthony G. Attrino / New Jersey Online:
N.J. teen who held Black Lives Matter protest gets hit with $2,500 bill for police overtime
N.J. teen who held Black Lives Matter protest gets hit with $2,500 bill for police overtime
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Gothamist, NBC New York, Fox News, CBS New York, Townhall, ABC30 and The Hill
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Trump Pulls Closer to Biden After RNC — Post-convention poll shows Trump almost halved national deficit against the Democratic nominee — Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Trump 50% to 44% among likely voters following the Republican National Convention vs. a lead of 52% to 42% before it began.
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The Gateway Pundit and New York Times
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump is the president of the loud minority, not silent majority — (CNN)I've spent a lot of time talking about the importance of the 50% mark for former Vice President Joe Biden. Biden, unlike Hillary Clinton four years ago, is consistently hitting and exceeding 50% in the polls …
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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NPR, Mediaite, Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Breitbart, CNN and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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Power Line, Althouse and Instapundit
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.
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The US Sun, Twitchy and Althouse
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Alan Butterfield / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Criminal complaint cops used to handcuff paralyzed Jacob Blake to his hospital bed for almost a week is revealed - showing he was accused of domestic abuse and felony sexual assault
EXCLUSIVE: Criminal complaint cops used to handcuff paralyzed Jacob Blake to his hospital bed for almost a week is revealed - showing he was accused of domestic abuse and felony sexual assault
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Redstate, The US Sun, Associated Press, Just The News, ABC7 and Fox News
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn't Be. — The usual diagnostic tests may simply be too sensitive and too slow to contain the spread of the virus. — Some of the nation's leading public health experts are raising a new concern in the endless debate over coronavirus testing …
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.
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Political Wire
Kelley L. Carter / The Undefeated:
Chadwick Boseman knew his voice had power and used it to challenge Hollywood — Bringing the Black Panther's King T'Challa to life wasn't just a role, it was a transformation — Chadwick Boseman was one of the good guys. — I was living in Atlanta and freelancing for Ebony magazine …
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Florida Politics, Variety and Showbiz411
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Washington Post:
Amid fears that Trump might not leave office, two lawmakers press for Pentagon assurances on the election — In a sign of the growing concern that President Trump might not leave office voluntarily or might attempt to use the military to hold onto power, two moderate Democratic lawmakers posed …
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Task & Purpose
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Top general says no role for military in presidential vote
Top general says no role for military in presidential vote
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Fox News, Forbes, Sputnik News, Axios and Political Wire
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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IJR, Gizmodo, One America News Network, Bloomberg, The Wrap, Snopes.com, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, NPR and Forbes, more at Techmeme »
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Shirin Ghaffary / Vox:
Facebook banned violent militia groups. We still found plenty of them on its platform.
Facebook banned violent militia groups. We still found plenty of them on its platform.
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Variety, CNN, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post and The Daily Beast, more at Techmeme »
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Army of Allies and TV Sycophants Is Crumbling — The president has always considered himself his best advocate. Now, he's got to prove it. — When Republicans nominated Donald Trump for the presidency four years ago in Cleveland, they had a stable of regular on-camera personalities to back them up.
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Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Trump still faces skepticism in suburbs following convention — WASHINGTON (AP) — Pat Newell backed Donald Trump in 2016. — But after Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention this week included no mention of the police shooting of Jacob Blake that spurred demonstrations …
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Slate, Washington Post, The Guardian and The Hill
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Zack Stanton / Politico:
‘The Whole Concept of “Blue Wall” States Is Kind of Over’
‘The Whole Concept of “Blue Wall” States Is Kind of Over’
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: I want to see first woman president, but not Harris — President Trump on Friday said he would support seeing a female president in the United States, but quickly added that it should not be Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).
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CNN, Political Wire, The Week and Breitbart
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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.
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Politico, Breitbart, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, NBC News and ABC News
Arizona Republic:
ASU conservatives raising funds for Kenosha protest shooter Kyle Rittenhouse — A conservative student organization at Arizona State University announced on Friday that they will be accepting donations to support the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with homicide …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Chinese National Charged with Destroying Hard Drive During FBI Investigation into the Possible Transfer of Sensitive Software to China — A Chinese national and researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles has been arrested on federal charges of destroying evidence to obstruct …
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Just The News, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller and CBS Los Angeles
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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 …
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The Daily Caller and Althouse
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 …
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Raw Story
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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Fox News, No More Mister Nice Blog, CloudResearch, Breitbart and Political Wire
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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Sputnik News, The Hill, Political Wire and IJR