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9:35 PM ET, July 8, 2020

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Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Health official: Trump rally ‘likely’ source of virus surge  —  FILE - In this March 17, 2020, file photo, Tulsa Health Department director Dr. Bruce Dart takes part in a news conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa that drew thousands of people in late June …
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CNN:
Tulsa sees Covid-19 surge in the wake of Trump's June rally  —  (CNN)The city of Tulsa is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, a little over 2 weeks after President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in an indoor arena there.  —  Dr. Bruce Dart, Executive Director of the Tulsa Health Department …
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Coronavirus Surge in Tulsa ‘More Than Likely’ Linked to Trump Rally
Discussion: Bloomberg and City of Tulsa …
New York Times:
What Will Trump's Rally in New Hampshire Be Like? It's Anyone's Guess
Discussion: The Boston Globe and Raw Story
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
Tulsa's Top Health Official Said Trump's Rally Likely Contributed To The Surge In COVID-19 Cases There
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
About Facebook:
Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior  —  Today, we removed four separate networks for violating our policy against foreign interference and coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB).  These networks originated in Canada and Ecuador, Brazil, Ukraine, and the United States.
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Washington Post:
Facebook closes network of accounts and pages affiliated with Roger Stone for manipulation  —  The longtime Trump friend and former campaign adviser used fake accounts and other deceptive tactics to manipulate public debate, the company said  —  Facebook took down a network of more than 100 pages …
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Probes Chinese Exile, Including Work With Former Trump Aide Steve Bannon  —  Feds question source of funds for media company tied to Guo Wengui  —  The FBI is examining exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui and the money used to fund his media efforts in the U.S., including his work with Steve Bannon …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Trump Pushed CIA to Give Intelligence to Kremlin, While Taking No Action Against Russia Arming Taliban  —  Why would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers?  One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
CIA Kept Giving Intel to Russia, Got Nothing Back  —  Intelligence sharing with Moscow is a one-way street, according to CIA veterans, but the Trump administration nevertheless saw it as a key step to a closer relationship.  —  Not long before Christmas in 2017, Vladimir Putin …
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
New July 2020 Electoral College Ratings  —  This election is looking more like a Democratic tsunami than simply a Blue wave.  President Trump, mired in some of the lowest job approval ratings of his presidency, is trailing Biden by significant margins in key battleground states like Pennsylvania …
NBC News:
As coronavirus surges, Houston confronts its hidden toll: People dying at home … HOUSTON — When Karen Salazar stopped by to check on her mother on the evening of June 22, she found her in worse shape than she expected.  Her mother, Felipa Medellín, 54, had been complaining …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Former Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith Joins CNBC to Host Evening Newscast  —  ‘The News with Shepard Smith’ will debut this fall on the cable news business channel  —  CNBC has signed former Fox News journalist Shepard Smith to anchor a new one-hour evening news program, the network said Wednesday.
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Julia Boorstin / CNBC:
Former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith joins CNBC as chief general news anchor with new evening show
Discussion: Redstate and IJR
David Maddox / Daily Express:
Trump SHOCK election poll: Black Lives Matter protests will get Trump re-elected  —  THE FALLOUT from the Black Lives Matter protests in the US offers Donald Trump his best chance of winning the Presidential election, a shock poll for the Sunday Express has revealed.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Partisanship Drives Latest Shift in Race Relations Attitudes
Discussion: Washington Post
John Santucci / ABC News:
Widow of Trump's friend pushes back against Mary Trump SAT allegation, calls it false  —  Pam Shriver, widow of Joe Shapiro, says allegation is “unfair.”  —  In the new book from Mary Trump, the niece of President Donald Trump, one of the most explosive allegations is that the president hired …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
A Guided Tour Into the Troubled Mind of Donald Trump
Discussion: The Mahablog
Elaine Glusac / New York Times:
On Some Planes, Empty Rows While Passengers Crowd Together  —  Airlines vowed to bring social distancing to the air.  In practice, some are and some aren't.  —  On a June 30 flight on American Airlines from Dallas to Newark, Joy Gonzalez, an aviation engineer based in Seattle …
Discussion: Raw Story
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
New Transcripts Detail Last Moments for George Floyd  —  “They'll kill me.  They'll kill me,” Mr. Floyd said, according to a body camera transcript in court filings by Thomas Lane, a former officer who wants the charges against him dismissed.  —  George Floyd told officers more than 20 times …
Discussion: Axios and The Week
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Biden Should Not Debate Trump Unless ...  Here are two conditions the Democrat should set.  —  I worry about Joe Biden debating Donald Trump.  He should do it only under two conditions.  Otherwise, he's giving Trump unfair advantages.  —  First, Biden should declare that he will take part …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“We Have to Be Prepared for Trump Losing”: As Chaos Engulfs Trump Campaign, Ingraham, Other Loyalists Look For the Next Thing  —  Trump's COVID bungling and ugly rhetoric are baked in—and against all advice, he's thinking of commuting Roger Stone's sentence.  A campaign shake-up is still on the table—but can anything help?
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Randall Lane / Forbes:
Kanye West Says He's Done With Trump—Opens Up About White House Bid, Damaging Biden And Everything In Between  —  Kanye West's Fourth of July declaration, via Tweet, that he was running for president lit the internet on fire, even as pundits were trying to discern how serious he was.
Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Exclusive: Vindman to retire from military.  His lawyer blames White House ‘campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation’  —  (CNN)Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry, is retiring from the US Army after more than 21 years …
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Mike Pence's Plan to Save Trump—And Himself  —  In private moments, Donald Trump has told aides that he rescued Mike Pence from a potentially embarrassing defeat by pulling him out of a tough reelection bid in the 2016 Indiana governor's race and putting him on the ticket, a former White House official told me.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   Mike Pence: ‘The best expert I know’ on coronavirus school policy ‘is my wife Karen’
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Jack Posobiec's Rise Tied to White Supremacist Movement  —  Jack Posobiec, a correspondent for One America News Network (OANN) whose work has been embraced by President Trump, collaborated for years with white supremacists, neo-fascists and antisemites, a Hatewatch investigation has determined.
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
This year's Senate races spell disaster for the Republican Party  —  Republicans are beginning to gird themselves for a landslide defeat for President Trump that drags the entire party down.  It could be even worse than they think.  —  Elections in both the House and Senate are increasingly syncing with broader presidential races.
Discussion: Raw Story and Roll Call
River Davis / Wall Street Journal:
Reopened Theme Parks Ban Screaming on Roller Coasters.  Riders Are Howling.  —  Japan's park recommendations aim to prevent the spread of Covid-19, but thrill seekers find keeping quiet isn't easy  —  TOKYO—At the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park recently, the chief executive …
Discussion: Mediaite
Politico:
Pandemic looms over Trump trade day with Mexican president  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday celebrated the beginning of the new North American trade pact, symbolically signing his signature trade deal with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in a ceremony at the White House.
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CNN:   Trudeau led his country out of a pandemic while Trump's lack of leadership leaves the US in deep crisis
Zachary Folk / New York Post:
Oregon man driving stolen car crashes into woman driving another stolen car  —  A police chase in Oregon ended when a driver fleeing authorities in a stolen car crashed into a woman driving another stolen car.  —  The debacle took place Monday when police responded to a report …
New York Post:
NYPD limits retirement applications amid 400 percent surge this week  —  New York's Finest are putting in for retirement faster than the NYPD can handle — citing a lack of respect and the loss of overtime pay, The Post has learned.  —  A surge of city cops filing for retirement during …
Alicia Adamczyk / CNBC:
32% of U.S. households missed their July housing payments  —  As the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues, almost one-third of U.S. households, 32%, have not made their full housing payments for July yet, according to a survey by Apartment List, an online rental platform.
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Grave Shortages of Protective Gear Flare Again as Covid Cases Surge  —  Five months into the pandemic, the U.S. still hasn't solved the problem.  The dearth of supplies is affecting a broad array of health facilities, renewing pleas for White House intervention.
Politico:
Supreme Court set to decide who can see Trump's tax returns, financial records  —  The Supreme Court is set to unveil its decision on Thursday about whether Congress gets to see President Donald Trump's tax returns and financial records, a ruling that could reshape the balance of power between lawmakers …
Lauren Hirsch / CNBC:
Storied apparel brand Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy as it seeks a buyer and closes dozens of stores  — Brooks Brothers, founded in 1818, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday.  — The retailer, which generated more than $991 million in sales last year, has more than 200 stores in North America and 500 worldwide.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Stop saying Trump is ‘in denial.’ The truth is much worse.  —  To paraphrase George Orwell, when it comes to President Trump's bottomless malevolence and depravity, accurately describing what's right in front of our noses is a constant struggle — and a perfect example of this is the ubiquitous claim …
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Launch of Operation Legend  —  Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative across all federal law enforcement agencies working in conjunction …
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Newsmax Whiffs in Nielsen Ratings Debut, Averages Just 21,000 Viewers in First Week  —  Weekly ratings are in and for the first time Newsmax TV is included in Nielsen Media Research's ratings list.  For the week of June 29 to July 3, the network brought in an average of just 21,000 viewers.
New York Post:
NYPD's own stats debunk claims of bail reform leading to spike in gun violence  —  State bail reform and coronavirus-related releases from city jails are not driving this year's surge in shootings, the NYPD's own data shows — despite the insistence of department brass to the contrary.
Marja Novak / Reuters:
U.S. first lady Melania Trump statue set on fire in Slovenia  —  ROZNO, Slovenia (Reuters) - A wooden sculpture of U.S. first lady Melania Trump was torched near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, on the night of July Fourth, as Americans celebrated U.S. Independence Day, said the artist who commissioned the sculpture.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Post
Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild coronavirus symptoms  —  UK neurologists publish details of mildly affected or recovering Covid-19 patients with serious or potentially fatal brain conditions  —  Doctors may be missing signs of serious and potentially fatal brain disorders triggered …
William Bredderman / The Daily Beast:
Steve Mnuchin's Exclusive LA Country Club Got Millions in COVID Relief  —  The Riviera Country Club closed down because of COVID.  Then it got a bailout from the department run by a man who it counted as a member.  —  An exclusive California golf course that has counted Treasury Secretary …
Discussion: Geoff Shackelford
 
 
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
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Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:
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