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The Daily Beast:
Russian Bounties for Killing Americans Go Back Five Years, Ex-Taliban Claims  —  Russia has been courting the Taliban at least since 2014 with money and weapons, ostensibly to fight ISIS, certainly to undermine the American effort in Afghanistan.  —  Taliban veterans like to laugh about the first time …
Discussion: Washington Post
Politico:
Russia bounty flap highlights intel breakdown under Trump
Discussion: Mediaite
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Bolton says he would have briefed Trump on Russian bounty intelligence
Discussion: CBS News and Fox News
CNN:
White House says Trump reads amid questions about his handling of intelligence briefing
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
National security adviser says Trump's CIA briefer decided not to share Russia bounty intel
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Biden expands lead in swing states as voters hammer Trump over coronavirus, CNBC/Change poll says  — Voters in six 2020 swing states largely disapprove of how President Trump is handling the coronavirus as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the country, a CNBC/Change Research poll found.
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Harry Enten / CNN:   2020's biggest difference with 2016: Trump loses the honesty debate
Jed Graham / Investor's Business Daily:   Joe Biden Extends Lead As Coronavirus, Protests Sink President Trump Job Approval: IBD/TIPP Poll
Richard Lim / Washington Examiner:   Are we being set up for another stunning Trump win?
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump said ‘experience’ was his edge over Biden.  A poll shows voters disagree by a remarkable margin.
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Frank Bruni / New York Times:   Is Trump Toast?  —  There's a persuasive argument that the 2020 election is already over.
David Marcus / The Federalist:   Joe Biden Owns The Democratic Party's Insanity
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump regrets Kushner advice  —  President Trump has told people in recent days that he regrets following some of son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner's political advice — including supporting criminal justice reform — and will stick closer to his own instincts …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Trump revs up for another culture war — over the military  —  WELL, HERE WE ARE AGAIN.  THE QUESTION hanging over Washington is whether President DONALD TRUMP will veto the National Defense Authorization Act — the Pentagon policy bill that has been signed into law for 59 consecutive years.
Discussion: Variety, The Daily Beast and KFF
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Politico:
Senate Republicans shrug off Trump's veto threat over renaming Confederate bases  —  Senate Republicans were unfazed Wednesday by President Donald Trump's threat to veto the annual defense policy bill over his opposition to the renaming of U.S. military installations honoring prominent Confederate figures.
Roxanne Roberts / Washington Post:
The virus didn't stop a Washington socialite from throwing a backyard soiree.  Then the tests came back positive.  —  This is A Cautionary Tale featuring well-intentioned people making poor choices.  It is also the tale of a socialite with an Instagram habit who recently held a fabulous backyard soiree during a pandemic.
Discussion: Eschaton
ProPublica:
Internal Messages Reveal Crisis at Houston Hospitals as Coronavirus Cases Surge  —  Texas was one of the first states in the nation to ease social distancing mandates.  In Houston, the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 has quadrupled since Memorial Day.  “It's time to be alarmed,” one expert said.
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NBC News:
Internal messages reveal crisis at Houston hospitals as coronavirus cases surge … HOUSTON — At Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on Sunday, the medical staff ran out of both space for new coronavirus patients and a key drug needed to treat them.  With no open beds at the public hospital …
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
In Mark McCloskey interview, Chris Cuomo fishes for clickbait and proves himself a fool  —  CNN's business model relies heavily on its talent antagonizing conservatives, the New York Post's Karol Markowicz argued this week.  —  The “whole point,” she writes, is to attract the ire of the Right “because, hey, hits are hits.
Discussion: Redstate and CNN
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
CNN's Cuomo vs. St. Louis Home Defender: You Are The Face Of “White Resistance” To Black Lives Matter
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Tucker Carlson / RealClearPolitics:   Tucker Carlson: Going Forward Republican Voters Must Demand 3 Things From Their Candidates
Tim Reid / Reuters:
Exclusive: Hundreds of George W. Bush administration officials to back Biden, group says  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden, people involved in the effort said …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Fires Ed Henry Over Sexual Misconduct Claim  —  The veteran Washington correspondent and anchor was one of the most prominent reporters at the cable news channel.  —  Fox News has fired Ed Henry, one of the network's most prominent Washington-based journalists …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Ed Henry fired from Fox News after sexual misconduct investigation
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Fox News anchor Ed Henry fired after sexual misconduct investigation
Denise Lavoie / Associated Press:
Richmond mayor orders prompt removal of Confederate statues  —  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on Wednesday ordered the immediate removal of all Confederate statues in the city, saying he was using his emergency powers to speed up the healing process for the former capital …
About Facebook:
Facebook Does Not Benefit from Hate  —  This piece originally ran in AdAge.  —  When society is divided and tensions run high, those divisions play out on social media.  Platforms like Facebook hold up a mirror to society — with more than 3 billion people using Facebook's apps every month …
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Joan Donovan / Wired:   You Purged Racists From Your Website? Great, Now Get to Work
Doug Palmer / Politico:
U.S. urges companies to avoid entanglement with Uighur human rights abuses  —  The Trump administration has cautioned U.S. companies about doing business with Chinese suppliers that rely on the forced labor of Uighurs, an ethnic group that lives mostly in China's Xinjiang province.
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Mohamed Younis / Gallup:
Americans Want More, Not Less, Immigration for First Time  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirty-four percent of Americans, up from 27% a year ago, would prefer to see immigration to the U.S. increased.  This is the highest support for expanding immigration Gallup has found in its trend since 1965.
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Hugh Hewitt: Rumor has it Samuel Alito will retire from Supreme Court  —  Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may be eyeing retirement.  —  The “stronger rumor” is that Alito is “going to quit,” conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt told Washington Post reporter Robert Costa on his show Wednesday.
New York Times:
Meet the Supporters Trump Has Lost  —  A significant majority of people who voted for him in 2016 are planning to do so again.  What is different about those who've had a change of heart?  —  For some, the disenchantment started almost as soon as Donald J. Trump took office.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Isabel Wilkerson / New York Times:
America's Enduring Caste System  —  Our founding ideals promise liberty and equality for all.  Our reality is an enduring racial hierarchy that has persisted for centuries.  —  We saw a man face down on the pavement, pinned beneath a car, and above him another man, a man in uniform …
Discussion: Townhall
Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Fed officials raised concerns in June that U.S. could enter a much worse recession later this year if coronavirus cases continued to spike  —  The scenario, which officials described as plausible, was revealed in minutes of their June meeting before the surge in cases escalated
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Chris Isidore / CNN:
The Trump administration just lent $700 million to a trucking company sued for ripping off taxpayers  —  New York (CNN Business)The US Treasury is giving a $700 million loan to YRC Worldwide, a troubled trucking company that warned in May it was in danger of going out of business.
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Overlooked No More: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Pioneering Gay Activist  —  Before the word “homosexuality” existed, he argued that same-sex attraction was innate, and that those who experienced it should be treated the same as anyone else.  —  Overlooked is a series of obituaries …
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Trump allies take aim at his global media chief for firings  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven U.S. senators, including two strong allies of President Donald Trump, harshly criticized Trump's new chief of U.S.-funded global media on Wednesday for firing the heads of several international broadcasters without consulting Congress.
Joe Kinsey / Outkick:
Chicago Red Stars Soccer Player Defends Decision To Stand For Anthem  —  Alexi Lalas tweeted and then deleted this when players from the National Women's Soccer League kneeled before a recent match: “Now it takes courage to actually stand for the national anthem.”
 
 
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USA Today:
South Dakota tribal leader joins call to remove Mount Rushmore ahead of Trump visit
Discussion: Townhall and The Hill
Chloe Brown / New York Times:
I'm a Black American. I Need a Gun to Feel Safe in This Country.
David Harsanyi / National Review:
The Left's Coronavirus Narrative Is a Myth
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Some States Halt Reopenings and Indoor Dining as Cases Surge
Discussion: Twitchy
Washington Post:
House to vote on removal of bust of Roger B. Taney, segregationist who wrote Supreme Court's Dred Scott ruling
Discussion: The Hill
The Hill:
GOP senators debate replacing Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a federal holiday
Discussion: Fox News and TheBlaze
6abc:
Whipping post removed from outside Sussex County Courthouse
Discussion: New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
We can reopen schools in the fall — if we close bars and gyms now
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Poll: Trump job approval dips as coronavirus fears rise
Discussion: The Hill
Jacob Silverman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Spies, Lies, and Stonewalling: What It's Like to Report on Facebook
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‘Cries for help’: Drug overdoses are soaring during the coronavirus pandemic
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Civil rights activist and former de Blasio official considering run for mayor
David W. Blight / New Yorker:
Europe in 1989, America in 2020, and the Death of the Lost Cause