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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Man under investigation in fatal shooting after pro-Trump rally allegedly took loaded gun to earlier Portland protest — A 48-year-old man who was accused of carrying a loaded gun at an earlier downtown Portland protest is under investigation in the fatal shooting Saturday night of a right-wing demonstrator after a pro-Trump rally.
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Man suspected in deadly Portland shooting calls himself ‘100% ANTIFA’ — An ex-military man who calls himself “100% ANTIFA” and ready for “war” is being investigated over the death of Aaron “Jay” Danielson, a “supporter” of the right-wing Patriot Prayer group who was part of a caravan …
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Andy Ngo / The Post Millennial:
‘I am 100% Antifa’: Alleged Portland shooter was previously arrested—and released—for bringing illegal loaded gun to a riot — The man being investigated by police in the fatal shooting of a Trump supporter in Portland identifies as Antifa and is an ardent Black Lives Matter supporter.
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Big League Politics, Twitchy and The Federalist
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
BLM ‘activists’ celebrated as Trump supporter was killed
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The US Sun, Washington Times, Raw Story, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, Townhall and TheBlaze
Washington Post:
New Trump pandemic adviser pushes controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy, worrying public health officials — One of President Trump's top medical advisers is urging the White House to embrace a controversial “herd immunity” strategy to combat the pandemic, which would entail allowing …
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Media Matters for America, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Political Wire and Raw Story
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
As Trump's popularity slips in latest Military Times poll, more troops say they'll vote for Biden — The latest Military Times poll shows a continued decline in active-duty service members' views of President Donald Trump and a slight but significant preference for former Vice President Joe Biden …
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The Guardian, Political Wire, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Times and Bloomberg
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Swift Boat mastermind to launch massive super PAC to boost Trump — Senior Republicans are launching a massive super PAC this week to bolster Donald Trump's reelection in the final stretch of the campaign — a move that comes as the president has been pummeled by Joe Biden on TV.
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The Hill, Just The News, Raw Story and Political Wire
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NBC News:
Poll: Third party voters from 2016 are backing Biden 2-to-1 — WASHINGTON — One of the major differences between 2016 and 2020 is that this year's presidential contest features a smaller third-party vote than four years ago, and Gary Johnson/Jill Stein voters from 2016 are breaking more toward Joe Biden than they are Donald Trump.
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POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, Axios, Slate and The Hill
Ben Smith / New York Times:
I'm Still Reading Andrew Sullivan. But I Can't Defend Him. — He's one of the most influential journalists of the last three decades, but he's shadowed by a 1994 magazine cover story that claimed to show a link between race and I.Q. — PROVINCETOWN, Mass. — The only restaurant open late …
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Zombie’ Herman Cain Tweets That Coronavirus ‘Not As Deadly’ As Media Said — The former presidential candidate died of the virus in July, but his family continues to tweet conspiracy theories from his account. — The Twitter account formerly used by the late Herman Cain fired off …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump mulled “settling” with Mueller amid Russia investigation — One of the crazy nuggets in a deeply reported book by the N.Y. Times' Michael Schmidt — “Donald Trump v. the United States,” out tomorrow — is that President Trump mulled the idea of “settling” with special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump offered FBI director job to John Kelly, asked for loyalty — The day after President Trump fired FBI boss James Comey, the president phoned John Kelly, who was then secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, and offered him Comey's job, the New York Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning …
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Raw Story and CANNONFIRE
Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Knowingly Accepting Contributions From Notorious Neo-Nazi Morris Gulett and Other Racists — VERY FINE MONEY — The Trump campaign has been accepting thousands of dollars in donations from a notorious neo-Nazi leader and other racist extremists.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump campaign accepts donations from neo-Nazi leader
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Political Wire
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In Massachusetts, Markey Outflanks Kennedy by Running as Bold Insurgent — Edward Markey, 74, entered Congress before Joseph Kennedy III was born. But in their Senate race he has harnessed the energy of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the ascendant left, much to Mr. Kennedy's frustration.
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Liz Clarke / Washington Post:
John Thompson, coach who built Georgetown basketball into national power, dies at 78 — John Thompson, the Washington native who elevated Georgetown University basketball to national prominence, earned Hall of Fame honors and carved a place in history as the first African American coach …
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Paige Austin / Los Angeles, CA Patch:
Shooting At Pro-Trump Rally Leads To Standoff On Ventura Blvd. — A Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Team has surrounded three suspects in a shooting at a pro-Trump caravan in Woodland Hills. … WOODLAND HILLS, CA — The Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Team has surrounded three suspects holed …
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Why Kenosha Police Officers' Use Of Force On Jacob Blake Was Justified — Most people have no understanding of what constitutes ‘reasonable force’ for police. Yes, it sometimes includes shooting a man, in broad daylight, in the back seven times. — A week ago Sunday …
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
White House says Trump still planning to visit Kenosha after governor urges him to reconsider
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USA Today:
Don't get too excited about Biden's lead in the polls: a close election is dangerous — Imagine how you will feel on January 20, 2021 watching Donald Trump getting sworn in for a second term. Many of those arrayed around him on the dais on the West Front of the Capitol are familiar faces …
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Wall Street Journal
Associated Press:
In Pittsburgh, Biden to blame Trump for violence nationwide — PIITSBURGH, Pa. (AP) — Joe Biden is mounting a more aggressive offense against President Donald Trump with a rare public appearance in Pittsburgh on Monday, where he's expected to say Trump is contributing to the violence in the streets nationwide.
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Jane Calderwood / Portsmouth Herald:
OPINION/GUEST VIEW: I can no longer support Sen. Susan Collins — I was raised to believe I should cast my vote for the person with the best ideas, regardless of their party. My father took me down to Bangor City Hall when I turned 18 to get me registered to vote.
Globes Online:
Sheldon Adelson set to buy US Ambassador's Herzliya home — The US billionaire is in advanced talks to buy the residence for NIS 300 million, which would make it Israel's most expensive home. — Exclusive: US billionaire Sheldon Adelson is in advanced talks to buy the US Ambassador …
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
John Oliver Rips Tucker Carlson, Trump, and the McCloskeys Over Kenosha Shooting Suspect Kyle Rittenhouse — The “Last Week Tonight” host also blamed the McCloskeys and Trump for their rhetoric, which “has consequences.” — On Sunday night, John Oliver dedicated all of his HBO show …
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Breitbart
Ben White / Politico:
Trump tries to dance around a devastating backdrop — In the nine weeks left in the 2020 campaign, President Donald Trump has an especially daunting task: Convince a skeptical American public that the coronavirus-ravaged U.S. economy is actually roaring back and will soon return to the status …
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
Washburn Law School Removes Statues Of Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson — U.S. News & World Report, Statues Of Jefferson, Franklin Removed From Washburn Campus: — Statues of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin have been removed from the Washburn University campus after protests …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Chaos President Has America in Chaos — Before he fancied himself the LAW & ORDER president, Donald Trump was the chaos candidate. The guy who didn't care about norms. The guy who was going to break a bunch of stuff on purpose and even more stuff on accident.
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Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
In Trump, much of the world sees an act that's wearing thin — Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. — Last week's Republican National Convention saw a blizzard of misinformation. President Trump's acceptance speech Thursday was itself “a tidal wave of tall tales …
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Wisconsin Man Who Says He Marched With Rittenhouse in Kenosha Was Immersed in White Supremacist Propaganda — Ryan Balch, a 31-year-old Wisconsin man who joined Kyle Rittenhouse and a contingent of militia conducting armed patrols in Kenosha, used his social media accounts to link to a Nazi propaganda video …
Wall Street Journal:
New York Trump Investigations Appear to Be at Critical Junctures — Criminal, civil probes push forward with evidentiary disputes; Trump and his company claim investigations are political — New York prosecutors and lawyers for President Trump are set to argue before a federal appeals court Tuesday …
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