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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Axelrod: “Large Numbers Of People” Oppose Medicare For All, Healthcare For Illegals, Decriminalizing Border  —  Former chief strategist for former President Obama's presidential campaign and advisor to the president David Axelrod said the agenda presented by Democratic presidential candidates …
Discussion: Townhall
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Here's Who Won (and Lost) the Second Democratic Debate, Night One  —  Days after a heavily armed sociopath unleashed hell on yet another American community — and the president directed yet another racist tantrum at his nonwhite constituents — ten of the Democratic Party's top 2020 hopefuls gathered …
John F. Harris / Politico:
It's a center-left party after all  —  The assignment of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to the same debate stage in Detroit Tuesday night was random chance, but turned out to be a well-timed and clarifying event.  —  There was the possibility that the two heroes of the left would sharpen …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The realists attacked the revolutionaries, and the revolutionaries won, in the Democratic debate
Discussion: Mediaite
Eric Bradner / CNN:
7 takeaways from the Democratic debate's first night
Discussion: The Wrap and ImmigrationProf Blog
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Delaney says Warren's put-down of him on the debate stage was ‘dishonest’ and ‘lazy’
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Bhaskar Sunkara / The Guardian:
It's Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren v the 'No We Can't' Democrats
Discussion: KTLA and Washington Post
Peter Suderman / Reason:
Medicare for All Is Defining the 2020 Democratic Race
Discussion: Boston Globe and twitchy.com
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
John Delaney Had One Good Point on Medicare for All
Discussion: Spectator USA and Quartz
Axios:
A progressive win: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders own the first Democratic debate
Discussion: Townhall
Cary Aspinwall / Dallas Morning News:
'You're gonna kill me!':  Dallas police body cam footage reveals the final minutes of Tony Timpa's life  —  Tony Timpa wailed and pleaded for help more than 30 times as Dallas police officers pinned his shoulders, knees and neck to the ground.  —  “You're gonna kill me!  You're gonna kill me!
Discussion: The Independent
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed News:
Why People Like Marianne Williamson  —  On some level, we all seem to know that Marianne Williamson shouldn't exactly be on the debate stage.  Even she seems to know it, because she operates like she's performing a commentary on the rest of the stage, speaking from a different stage about the debate taking place.
Discussion: Reason and Spectator USA
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Jonathan Merritt / Washington Post:
I've worked for Marianne Williamson.  She is no kook.  —  In a surprise twist on the first evening of the second Democratic debate, spiritual writer and presidential candidate Marianne Williamson received some of the night's largest applause lines.  She ably argued for paying financial reparations …
Discussion: Mediaite and Quartz
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
New Age Marianne Williamson is breakout winner of Democratic debate
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Marianne Williamson's fans made her the ‘orb queen’ of the 2020 campaign
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. has intel that Osama bin Laden's son and heir Hamza is dead, say officials  —  The officials would not provide details of how Hamza bin Laden died, or if the U.S. played a role.  It is unclear if the U.S. has confirmed his death.  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. has obtained intelligence …
Discussion: The Independent
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Ratcliffe questioned intelligence community's role in Russia investigation  —  CNN security analyst sounds the alarm on Trump's pick 03:47  —  (CNN) — President Donald Trump's pick to be the next director of national intelligence, which has oversight over the CIA, has pushed …
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
How Long Can Real Conservatives Make Excuses for Trump?  —  Republicans who made the so-called transactional case for Trump didn't anticipate the full cost.  —  During each week of the Donald Trump presidency, but especially the last few, liberals and conservatives have been splitting further apart on race.
Washington Post:
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partied together.  Then an oceanfront Palm Beach mansion came between them.  —  For the better part of two decades starting in the late 1980s, Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump swam in the same social pool.  They were neighbors in Florida.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Nunes Ally Kash Patel Who Fought Russia Probe Gets Senior White House National Security Job  —  Patel was one of the leading staffers pushing back against FBI investigations of Trump-Russia.  He's now senior director of the National Security Council's terrorism directorate.
Discussion: Politico
John Archibald / al.com:
George Wallace's daughter: 'I've never seen anything like it'  —  This is an opinion column.  —  Peggy Wallace Kennedy went to political rallies with her dad - George Wallace - as he ran for president in the '60s and '70s.  —  She saw hate and anger that a child should not have to see.
Discussion: Political Wire
San Francisco Chronicle:
Search of Gilroy gunman's home finds items suggesting massive attack, white supremacy materials  —  Investigators who searched the Nevada home of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter found the makings of a massive attack, including a gas mask, bulletproof vest and empty boxes of ammunition …
Discussion: UPI and American Greatness
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Heartland Is Moving in Different Directions  —  The Midwest remains undecided, but conflicting trends point alternately toward victory for Trump or his eventual opponent.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.
Associated Press:
Trump ‘rodent’ tweets ring true at Kushner-owned apartments  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — Davon Jones doesn't have to look far to see the irony in President Donald Trump's tweets that Baltimore is a “rat and rodent infested mess.”  His apartment owned by the president's son-in-law has been invaded by mice since he moved in a year ago.
Yahoo:
Mario Lopez: It's ‘dangerous’ for parents to support transgender kids  —  Mario Lopez claims that parents who allow their children to live according to their  —  self-identified genders are setting a “dangerous” example.  —  Lopez, a father of three, shared his opinions during a June interview …
Washington Examiner:
Democrats just purged white party staffers, and it's a bigger deal than anyone wants to admit  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House Democrats' powerful campaign arm, has just abruptly purged half a dozen staffers.  Why?  Because they are white.
Discussion: Instapundit
Washington Post:
White House races to come up with health-care wins for Trump's campaign  —  White House advisers, scrambling to create a health-care agenda for President Trump to promote on the campaign trail, are meeting at least daily with the aim of rolling out a measure every two to three weeks until the 2020 election.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Wall Street Journal:
The 99% Get a Bigger Raise  —  New data show much faster growth in wages and incomes.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Political discourse nowadays is enough to depress anyone, and the media don't help by ignoring good economic news.  But buck up, Americans: Worker wages are growing much faster than previously reported.
Esfandyar Batmanghelidj / Insight:
July 31, 2019Trump's NSC ‘Blocks’ Swiss Effort to Ease Iran Humanitarian Trade  —  In November of last year, as the Trump administration reimposed secondary sanctions on Iran and embarked on its “maximum pressure” policy, the Swiss government opened discussions with the Treasury and State Departments …
New York Times:
Need Extra Time on Tests?  It Helps to Have Cash  —  Demand for disability accommodations for schoolwork and testing has swelled.  But access to them is unequal and the process is vulnerable to abuse.  —  The boom began about five years ago, said Kathy Pelzer, a longtime high school counselor …
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Baltimore Sun:
HUD Sec. Ben Carson decries Baltimore ‘animosity’ after church boots news conference from property
Jason Steinhauer / Washington Post:
Electability has a vital role in presidential primaries
Associated Press:
More than 900 children separated from families at U.S.-Mexico border despite judge's order …
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump administration may end protected status for Syrians, leaving many fearing ‘a death sentence’
Nick Juliano / Politico:
DOJ investigating Zinke's use of personal email, inspector tells lawmakers
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Pompeo Says Senate Run Is ‘Off the Table.’ His Actions Are Suggesting Otherwise
Jake Sherman / Politico:
GOP Rep. Mike Conaway won't seek reelection in 2020
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Donald Trump at the Overton Window
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and Daily Wire
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Joe Biden needs to atone’: Ex-veep braces for debate pile-on
Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News and Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Regulators Found High Risk of Emergency After First Boeing MAX Crash
Discussion: CNN
Tim Naftali / The Atlantic:
Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

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