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Washington Post:
Trump's commutation of Roger Stone's sentence is an unforgivable betrayal of his office  —  THERE ARE no doubt thousands of people in federal prison who deserved a presidential commutation more than Roger Stone.  But after President Trump's intervention on Friday, Mr. Stone will serve none of his prison sentence.
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New York Times:
Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone in Case He Long Denounced  —  The president's friend had been convicted of impeding a congressional inquiry that threatened Mr. Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr. on seven felony crimes on Friday …
The White House:
Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grant of Clemency for Roger Stone, Jr.  —  Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting the unjust sentence of Roger Stone, Jr.  —  Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Filthy Air  —  Trump gives Roger Stone his Get Out of Jail Free card.  —  Of course Donald Trump would have preferred to wait until November 3 to commute Roger Stone's sentence.  But Stone had let it be known that he might talk if he had to set foot in prison for even a short time.
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Statement on Roger Stone Commutation  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington- Following the commutation of the prison sentence of convicted felon Roger Stone by President Donald Trump, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Executive Director Noah Bookbinder …
Fox News:
Trump expected to commute Roger Stone sentence, days before prison term set to begin
Wall Street Journal:   President Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone
Jeremy Kohler / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Portland Place couple who confronted protesters have a long history of not backing down  —  ST. LOUIS — When Black Lives Matter protesters marched up Kingshighway on June 28 and turned through an iron gate into the magnificent private street of Portland Place, they encountered a couple who have for years …
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Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Missouri couple who defended home have rifle seized during police search: report  —  There was no immediate indication the McCloskeys were arrested or charged with a crime  —  Authorities in St. Louis executed a search warrant Friday evening at the home of Mark and Patricia McCloskey …
NBC News:
Concern over turnout was factor in postponing Trump rally, GOP advisers say  —  WASHINGTON — Well before the call was made to postpone President Donald Trump's Saturday re-election rally in New Hampshire, the warning lights were flashing red: There were no signs of the typical throngs …
Discussion: MSNBC and Mediaite
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Rally Postponed, Campaign Says, Citing Weather
Discussion: Mediaite and Breitbart
Los Angeles Times:
Trump scrubs rally as campaign struggles to reboot
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
‘You cannot fight the pandemic with lies’ — Angela Merkel knows how to insert a dagger  —  Analysis by Stephen Collinson with Caitlin Hu, CNN  —  This was excerpted from the July 10 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers.
Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott warns if spread of COVID-19 doesn't slow, “the next step would have to be a lockdown”  —  Abbott has repeated that warning multiple times in local television interviews this week.  —  Copy link … With Texas continuing to break records for new coronavirus deaths …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Eschaton and Raw Story
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Houston Chronicle:
Gov. Abbott didn't listen to coronavirus warnings and Texans died
Discussion: Off the Kuff
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
NY Times: Oops, Never Mind  —  Over the years, we have tracked a number of newspaper corrections (as often as not featuring the New York Times) where, if you match the belated correction against the original article, the conclusion is that the article was pointless and never should have been published.
Discussion: New York Times and The Federalist
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He ‘Aced’ Cognitive Test, but White House Won't Release Details  —  President Trump has repeatedly ridiculed Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s fitness to be president.  Mr. Biden's campaign has called it a smear that has backfired.  —  President Trump on Thursday volunteered to Sean Hannity …
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Voters Increasingly Place Biden Closer to the Ideological Extreme  —  But the presumptive Democratic nominee is still perceived as more moderate than President Trump  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has spent the past several months working to make inroads with progressives in the Democratic electorate …
The Texas Tribune:
Houston hospitals are increasingly turning away new patients as coronavirus overwhelms emergency rooms  —  The busiest hospitals in Houston are increasingly telling emergency responders they cannot safely accept new patients as hundreds of coronavirus patients crowd emergency rooms …
Discussion: ABC13 and The Intellectualist
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General William P. Barr Announces the Appointment of Richard P. Donoghue as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General; Designation of Seth D. DuCharme as Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York  —  Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the appointment …
Dan Diamond / Politico:
‘You get made fun of’: Trump campaign office shuns masks, social distancing  —  Inside the Trump campaign's headquarters this week, a team of cleaners scrubbed down surfaces and disinfected equipment — a recognition that coronavirus has found its way into the heart of the president's reelection bid …
Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Police sergeant arrested, accused of kidnapping contractor and extorted him for a refund while on duty, county police say  —  A Baltimore Police Department homicide unit sergeant was ordered held without bail Friday after allegedly extorting, kidnapping and threatening to arrest …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Trump says he'll sign order with ‘road to citizenship’ for DACA recipients  —  President Trump said Friday he intends to sign an executive order on immigration within the next month that he said will include a “road to citizenship” for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Elissa Slotkin Is Sounding the Alarm.  Will Democrats Listen?  —  When one of Elissa Slotkin's staffers passed along a New York Times report alleging that Russia had put bounties on the heads of American troops in Afghanistan—and that President Donald Trump either did not consume …
Jonathan Greenberg / Washington Post:
Twelve signs Trump would try to run a fascist dictatorship in a second term  —  He lies about voter fraud, admires authoritarians, tries to suppress free speech and uses the law against those who would hold him accountable.  —  People have debated whether Donald Trump is fascist since he announced he was running for president.
Discussion: Twitchy
Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week:
Trump calls mail-in ballots ‘dishonest’ but says absentee ballots are ‘fine.’ They're the same thing.  —  President Trump's campaign against mail-in voting relies on a fundamental misunderstanding of what the process even is.  —  Even amid a global pandemic that makes it dangerous to gather …
Discussion: CNN, CBS Boston and The Intellectualist
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Trump confirms, in an interview, a U.S. cyberattack on Russia  —  This column is the second of two I'm writing based on my interview with President Trump on Wednesday.  Read the first part here.  —  During an Oval Office interview with me this week, President Trump acknowledged for the first time that …
Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
Why Isn't California Criticized Like Florida on Covid-19?  —  It's a blue state, of course.  But the virus doesn't discriminate based on party affiliation.  —  LISTEN TO ARTICLE  —  6:52  —  SHARE THIS ARTICLE  —  Share  —  Tweet  —  Post  —  Email
Josh Israel / The American Independent:
38 times Lindsey Graham appeared on Fox News after skipping Senate hearings  —  The South Carolina Republican missed hearings on pandemics, sexual assault, education funding, and drug prices.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is currently seeking his fourth term and campaigning on his work experience.
Anna Schecter / NBC News:
Twitter suspends more than 50 white nationalist accounts  —  Twitter has suspended more than 50 white nationalist accounts amid recent criticism over its handling of extremist content, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.  —  The move came days after NBC News published a story …
Discussion: Politico
Danasimas / cdcr.ca.gov:
CDCR Announces Additional Actions to Reduce Population and Maximize Space Systemwide to Address COVID-19  —  Estimates of 8,000 inmates could be eligible for release by end of August, in addition to the state's reduction of about 10,000 persons since the start of the pandemic
Discussion: NPR, The Appeal, The Hill and Mother Jones
 
 
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Special Report: How the Trump administration secured a secret supply of execution drugs
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacob Kornbluh / Jewish Insider:
Biden campaign taps Aaron Keyak to lead Jewish outreach
Wall Street Journal:
Labor Department Officials Quarantine After Meeting With White House Staffer Who Tested Positive for Covid-19
Doug Palmer / Politico:
USTR announces duties on $1.3B in French goods in tax dispute
New York Times:
Wall Street Journal Staff Members Push for Big Changes in News Coverage
CNN:
Black Lives Matter's surprising target: Los Angeles County's first Black district attorney
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Joshua Nelson / Fox News:
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Washington Post:
Touting criticized study, White House presses FDA to authorize hydroxychloroquine — again
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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