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9:40 PM ET, July 15, 2020

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QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  July 15, 2020 - Biden Widens Lead Over Trump To 15 Points In Presidential Race, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Trump Job Approval Rating Drops To 36 Percent  —  As coronavirus cases surge and states rollback re-openings, former Vice President Joe Biden opens …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Leads But Many Anticipate Secret Trump Vote  —  Democrat strong in swing counties; close House ballot  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 13 point lead over Donald Trump among all registered voters in Pennsylvania according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden opens up 11-point national lead over Trump in NBC News/WSJ poll  —  WASHINGTON — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden holds a double-digit lead nationally over President Donald Trump, with 7 in 10 voters saying the country is on the wrong track, and majorities disapproving …
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Expands Lead as Trump's Approval Drops  —  Voters increasingly dislike president's performance during coronavirus pandemic, but majority of voters back his handling of economy  —  WASHINGTON—Former Vice President Joe Biden's lead over President Trump reached double-digits this month …
Discussion: New York Post
NBC News:
Trump's presidential approval rating stays steady: NBC News/Wall Street Journal polls
Discussion: One America News Network and CNBC
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Demotes Brad Parscale, His Campaign Manager  —  Bill Stepien, the deputy campaign manager of the president's re-election bid, will step into Mr. Parscale's job, according to people familiar with the plans.  —  President Trump is shaking up his re-election team with less …
Discussion: Axios, Mediaite and HillReporter.com
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CNN:
Trump shakes up campaign leadership as he struggles in latest polls  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump shook up his campaign leadership on Tuesday, announcing he was promoting Bill Stepien to be his campaign manager and demoting Brad Parscale, who had been serving in that role.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Politico
Washington Post:
Trump replaces campaign manager as polls show him trailing Biden in presidential race  —  President Trump announced Wednesday night that he is replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with longtime political aide Bill Stepien as national and swing state polls show him falling further behind …
Wall Street Journal:   Trump Replaces Campaign Manager
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Rose Parade canceled for first time since World War II due to coronavirus
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Fauci: ‘Bizarre’ White House Behavior Only Hurts the President  —  Anthony Fauci isn't about to quit, despite the White House's clumsy attempts to stain his public image.  More so now than at any other point in their uneasy partnership, it seems that if President Donald Trump wants to be rid of Fauci, he'll need to fire him.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The bill is coming due for those who sold their souls to Trump  —  Between President Trump's Rose Garden rant on Tuesday (which Mary L. Trump should definitely include in the paperback version of her book delving into her uncle's erratic behavior) and the White House's excuse …
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pence defends Fauci as a ‘valued member’ of coronavirus task force, amid criticism
Discussion: NBC News, Breitbart and Reuters
Meg Cunningham / ABC News:
White House attempts to discredit Fauci ‘absolutely outrageous’: Gov. Larry Hogan
Discussion: Washington Post
NBC News:
Biden, Gates, Musk: Bitcoin scam breaches some of world's most prominent Twitter accounts  —  The Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, Elon Musk and many other high-profile people and companies became pawns Wednesday in one of the most visible cyberscams in the internet's history.
Discussion: Reuters, MSNBC, The Daily Caller and UPI
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple, and others hacked in unprecedented Twitter attack  —  The scams appear to be part of a widespread hacking operation affecting multiple accounts  —  The Twitter accounts of major companies and individuals have been compromised in one of the most widespread …
New York Times:
Twitter Accounts for Biden, Gates, Musk and Others Are Hacked  —  The accounts tweeted that they would double payments in bitcoin sent to a certain cryptocurrency wallet.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — One by one, the Twitter accounts of some of the most prominent people in American business …
Discussion: National Review and Variety
Tulsa World:
Kevin Stitt ‘pretty shocked’ to be first governor to test positive for COVID-19 … OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt has tested positive for COVID-19, he confirmed Wednesday.  —  The news comes after the state recently reopened but is seeing record spikes in cases.
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CNN:
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announces he has tested positive for coronavirus
Discussion: Redstate and The Week
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The first governor to contract the coronavirus was also among the most cavalier about it
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Ivanka Trump defends Goya post that watchdogs call unethical  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump on Wednesday defended tweeting a photo of herself holding up a can of Goya beans to buck up a Hispanic-owned business that she says has been unfairly treated, arguing that she has “every right” to publicly express her support.
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
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Jenna Grande / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Mark Meadows
Discussion: The Hill
George Will / Washington Post:
The nation is in a downward spiral.  Worse is still to come.  —  Because of his incontinent use of it, the rhetorical mustard that the president slathers on every subject has lost its tang.  The entertainer has become a bore, and foretelling his defeat no longer involves peering into a distant future …
Discussion: Mediaite
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR Radio Ratings Collapse As Pandemic Ends Listeners' Commutes  —  Broadcast ratings for nearly all of NPR's radio shows took a steep dive in major markets this spring, as the coronavirus pandemic kept many Americans from commuting to work and school.  The network's shows lost roughly …
New York Times:
With Dueling Environmental Events, Trump and Biden Define the Race  —  President Trump traveled on Wednesday to the new political battleground of Georgia to blast away at one of the nation's cornerstone conservation laws, vowing to speed construction projects by limiting legally mandated environmental reviews …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Politico and The Daily Caller
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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Trump announces ‘top to bottom overhaul’ of major environmental law
Discussion: Gray DC, Breitbart, UPI and New York Times
Jon Miltimore / Foundation for Economic Education:
Why Sweden Succeeded in “Flattening the Curve” and New York Failed  —  Coronavirus deaths have slowed to a crawl in Sweden.  With the exception of a single death on July 13, no deaths in this nation of 10 million have been reported since July 10.  —  But the debate over Sweden's approach …
Discussion: STAT
NBC News:
White House officials sent document to Pentagon criticizing Vindman after impeachment testimony … WASHINGTON — The National Security Council sent a list of allegations about Lt. Col. Alex Vindman to the Pentagon after he testified before the House in impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump …
idsociety.org:
Response from IDSA President to New COVID-19 Data Reporting Protocol  —  Thomas M. File, Jr., M.D., FIDSA — President, Infectious Diseases Society of America  —  Reports that the administration has established a procedure that would remove the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Discussion: ABC News
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USA Today:
Trump administration orders hospitals to send coronavirus data to Washington, not CDC
Discussion: The Root
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Public's disconnect from COVID-19 reality worries experts  —  The United States is being ravaged by a deadly pandemic that is growing exponentially, overwhelming health care systems and costing thousands of lives, to say nothing of an economic recession that threatens to plague the nation for years to come.
Discussion: Instapundit
New York Times:
Trump Raises New Objections to Subpoena Seeking His Tax Returns  —  The effort came less than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Manhattan district attorney to demand the records.  —  Days after the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a defeat to President Trump …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Renews Fight Against Subpoena Into Taxes After Court Loss
USA Today:
In historic move, North Carolina city approves reparations for Black residents  —  ASHEVILLE, N.C. - In an extraordinary move, the Asheville City Council has apologized for the North Carolina city's historic role in slavery, discrimination and denial of basic liberties to Black residents …
Deevon Rahming / KARE-TV:
Minneapolis park board will vote to repeal nudity ordinance  —  On Wednesday, the park board will take its first of three votes needed to repeal the ordinance with a final reading and vote set for mid August.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis park nudity ordinance is turning heads, and you might see some changes.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Roger Stone says McCarthy, Stefanik advocated against pre-election clemency  —  Roger Stone on Wednesday accused two top House allies of President Donald Trump of privately advocating against Trump's decision to keep him out of prison last week.  —  House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
Discussion: Raw Story
Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Pompeo says Trump only wants North Korea summit this year if ‘real progress’ can be made  —  Denuclearization talks are unlikely to happen this year  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated that President Trump had little interest in holding a summit with North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.
InStyle:
Dr. Fauci Says, “With All Due Modesty, I Think I'm Pretty Effective.”  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci and his wife, Dr. Christine Grady, speak with CBS Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell about a potential COVID-19 vaccine, working with the White House, and what life is like at home.
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Public Health Department ousts spokesperson, who says she was seen as too open with reporters  —  A longtime spokesperson for the Iowa Department of Public Health said she was ousted Wednesday, and she believes it was partly because she was seen as too aggressive in sharing information with the media.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Hollywood Reporter:
Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood?  —  The Hollywood Reporter columnist calls out the hateful outbursts against Jews by Ice Cube, DeSean Jackson and others and explains how the muted response “perpetuates racism” and contributes to an overall “Apatholypse.”
 
 
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Bethany Blankley / Washington Examiner:
18,000 prisoners to be released by end of August, California Department of Corrections says
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Walmart Inc.:
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Carrie Battan / New Yorker:
Desus and Mero Have Conquered Comedy
Wall Street Journal:
Why Arizona Wasn't Ready for Its Coronavirus Surge
Washington Post:
Trump administration, congressional Republicans eye tying school aid to reopening in next funding bill
Bloomberg:
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Investigation Uncovers Missteps In Washington, D.C.'s Coronavirus Response
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The Dehumanizing Condescension of White Fragility
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