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Eder Campuzano / Oregonian:
1 man shot, killed near downtown Portland protests Saturday  —  One man was shot and killed in downtown Portland as dueling demonstrations — one a pro-Trump car caravan and another a counter-protest mounted by various opposing groups — unfolded late Saturday.
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Trump's favorability and perceptions of COVID-19 response stagnate post-convention: POLL  —  Trump's favorability didn't improve, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.  —  President Donald Trump's efforts to build his appeal and define his opponent at the Republican National Convention …
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
Leonard Cohen Estate Considering Legal Action After RNC Plays “Halleujah”  —  The estate of late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is angry that the Republican National Convention decided to use not one but two different covers of Hallelujah to close out the event.  And it is considering taking legal action.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Variety
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Trump Pulls Closer to Biden After RNC
Halle Kiefer / Vulture:
Leonard Cohen's Estate Wants You to Know They ‘Specifically Declined’ the RNC's Use of ‘Hallelujah’
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:   New Yahoo News-YouGov Poll: Biden's lead over Trump shrinks to 6 points after the RNC — his smallest margin in months
U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio:
Rubio on Historic Challenges Facing Congressional Oversight of Intelligence Activities  —  Miami, FL — U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Acting Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) released the following statement:  —  “Congressional oversight of intelligence activities now faces a historic crisis.
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
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New York Times:
No More In-Person Election Briefings for Congress, Intelligence Chief Says
Discussion: Associated Press
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Intelligence Office to Stop Briefing Congress on Election Security
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
New York Times:
Biden, Speaking to National Guard Group, Takes Aim at Republican Criticism on Crime  —  The Democratic presidential nominee hit back at attacks delivered at the Republican National Convention.  —  After a Republican National Convention week in which President Trump and his allies sought …
Discussion: Althouse and Twitchy
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
8 juicy details from the new Melania Trump tell-all book  —  First Lady Melania Trump's former senior adviser and close friend has written a tell-all book that describes the first lady as someone who can't be trusted and who often competed for influence in the White House with Ivanka Trump.
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Confessions of a voter fraud: I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots  —  A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in ballots, is no myth.  And he knows this because he's been doing it, on a grand scale, for decades.  —  Mail-in ballots have become the latest flashpoint in the 2020 elections.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Kenosha News:
WATCH NOW: Kenosha speaker strays from message at rally  —  KENOSHA - A peaceful march and rally took place in Kenosha on Saturday asking for justice for Jacob Blake, who was shot on Sunday.  —  Most of the speakers talked about justice peacefully.  But near the end of the rally …
Discussion: jsonline and Breitbart
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:   ‘That Same Feeling’: Painful Memories in Kenosha Come Rushing Back
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Arkansas sheriff resigns over racist rant in leaked recording  —  An Arkansas sheriff resigned Friday after coming under fire over a leaked racist recording.  —  Sheriff Todd Wright of Arkansas County, about 85 miles southeast of Little Rock, resigned effective immediately on Friday during …
Discussion: UPI and ArkansasTimes
Don Thompson / Associated Press:
California moves to consider reparations for slavery  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are setting up a task force to study and make recommendations for reparations to African Americans, particularly the descendants of slaves, as the nation struggles again with civil rights …
Discussion: Axios, Breitbart, The Hill and Fox News
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
The Census Scales Back A Critical Step: Checking Its Own Work  —  With scores of people displaced because of the coronavirus pandemic and other disasters, the U.S. Census Bureau is facing an especially daunting challenge of meeting its once-a-decade goal of tallying every person living in the country …
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Rod Dreher:
Christian Dandy Throws A Punch  —  Well, this clip of a street scene in Washington DC, after Trump's speech, is making the social media rounds.  Warning: there's a guy rolling on his bike down the street, screaming “F-K YOU!  F-K TRUMP!”  So be warned about the sound:
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matthew Desmond / New York Times:
When the Threat of Eviction Meets the Threat of the Virus  —  A deadly pandemic is no time to turn families out of their homes.  —  Mr. Desmond is the author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.”  —  A year and a half ago, Jhon Loaiza and his wife, Sugey Bedoya …
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Kennedy scrambles to close gap in Massachusetts  —  BOSTON — Just two years ago, Joe Kennedy's star was so bright that he was asked to deliver the Democratic Party's response to Donald Trump's State of the Union speech.  Now, if he can't turn things around before Tuesday's Massachusetts Senate primary, he'll be out of politics.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
FDA head says he is willing to fast-track Covid-19 vaccine  —  Stephen Hahn insists he will not rush process to help Donald Trump's election chances  —  The head of the US Food and Drug Administration has said he is willing to bypass the normal approval process to authorise a Covid-19 vaccine …
Discussion: EA WorldView
 
 
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Tianna Spears / Politico:
I Was a U.S. Diplomat. Customs and Border Protection Only Cared That I Was Black.
New York Times:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Coronavirus update: Infections rise to more than 1,000 on University of Alabama campus
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Barak Ravid / Axios:
UAE abolishes Israel boycott law
Discussion: UPI
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
As wildfires rage, California needs more firefighters. Why won't it let former inmates join the ranks?
Los Angeles Times:
Holocaust reparations, prescriptions and rent checks: USPS delays put Americans in jeopardy
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Max Brantley / ArkansasTimes:
State Police traffic stop of Black law student draws complaint that opens door to review of police enforcement practices
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
Latest Chicago and Minneapolis riots broke out over police killings that never happened
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
An American Disaster Foretold
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Fact-checking Trump's lies is essential. It's also increasingly fruitless.
Discussion: Mother Jones and ArkansasTimes
Associated Press:
Mitch McConnell's campaign hires Covington teen Nick Sandmann
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
The ponderous, low-energy guy is Trump