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Mike Baker / New York Times:
Deadly Shooting in Portland After Pro-Trump Ralliers Clash With Protesters — A caravan of supporters of President Trump drove through downtown Portland, which has seen nightly protests against police violence and racial injustice. One person was shot and killed in the conflicts that erupted.
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Portland Police, ABC News, Breitbart, The Hill, Just The News, The Gateway Pundit and Althouse
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Gillian Flaccus / Associated Press:
1 killed as Trump supporters, protesters clash in Portland — PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One person was shot and killed late Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of President Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets, police said.
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Fox News, The Daily Beast, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Portland Police, Oregonian, Al Jazeera and Axios
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.
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UPI, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, KOIN-TV and New York Post
Ian Miles Cheong / The Post Millennial:
BREAKING: Trump supporter shot dead in downtown Portland
BREAKING: Trump supporter shot dead in downtown Portland
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Louder With Crowder, The Hill, Big League Politics and The Gateway Pundit
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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Political Wire, NPR and Outside the Beltway
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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
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.
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CNN:
Top intelligence office informs congressional committees it'll no longer brief in-person on election security
Top intelligence office informs congressional committees it'll no longer brief in-person on election security
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Just The News, POLITICUSUSA, EA WorldView, Daily Kos, Axios, NPR and ABC News
New York Times:
No More In-Person Election Briefings for Congress, Intelligence Chief Says
No More In-Person Election Briefings for Congress, Intelligence Chief Says
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Associated Press
Politico:
Dems outraged as Trump administration scales back election security briefings
Dems outraged as Trump administration scales back election security briefings
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Raw Story, The Hill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Associated Press, Reuters, Fox News, One America News Network and Axios
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 …
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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.
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New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story and No More Mister Nice Blog
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.
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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 …
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump to visit Kenosha Tuesday, potentially stoking tensions
Trump to visit Kenosha Tuesday, potentially stoking tensions
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CNN, The Hill, Yahoo News, Mediaite and Axios
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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.
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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 …
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EA WorldView