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12:25 PM ET, July 15, 2020

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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.
Discussion: Fox News and CBS Pittsburgh
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Michael Tesler / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Trump — Not Biden — Might Have An Enthusiasm Problem  —  The Trump campaign has found its silver lining in an avalanche of awful polling numbers: Voters who support Donald Trump are enthusiastic about his candidacy.  —  Polls consistently show that Trump's supporters are more excited …
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Threat of a Trump without rallies triggers fears across GOP  —  In the days after President Donald Trump's poorly attended rally in Tulsa, Okla., senior campaign aides repeatedly assured their optics-obsessed boss it was a one-off debacle.  —  They demoted a longtime staffer who had managed logistics for the failed campaign comeback.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Biden maintains lead over Trump in 2020 swing states, new CNBC/Change Research poll says  — Joe Biden continues to lead President Donald Trump in a poll of swing states Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to a CNBC/Change Research poll.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
USA Today:
Anthony Fauci has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on: Peter Navarro  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.  —  In late January, when I was making the case on behalf …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The White House Called a News Conference.  Trump Turned It Into a Meandering Monologue.  —  The president spoke in the Rose Garden for 63 minutes.  He spent only six of those minutes answering questions from reporters.  —  WASHINGTON — In theory, President Trump summoned television cameras …
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Elder Abuse at the White House  —  Tuesday's Rose Garden press conference was . . . something else.  —  What did we just see?  And who thought this would be a good idea?  —  Donald Trump is sinking in the polls, failing spectacularly at the worst crisis of his presidency …
Discussion: Rev and Althouse
NBC News:
Inside the Trump campaign's struggle to land a punch on Biden
Discussion: MSNBC
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida GOP doctors Trump tweet to solve mail-in voting problem  —  MIAMI — President Donald Trump's harsh rhetoric against mail-in voting is causing a big problem for Florida Republicans, who once dominated the practice here.  —  So the state GOP came up with a solution …
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Em Steck / CNN:
Senior Trump campaign lawyer critical of mail-in ballots voted by mail three times
Discussion: The Hill
Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump Explains the ‘Most Dangerous’ Thing Facing the 2020 Election
Discussion: Fox News
Jodi Rudoren / The Forward:
I don't recognize the NYT that Bari Weiss quit  —  I do not recognize the New York Times that Bari Weiss describes in her resignation letter, and it terrifies me.  —  This is not to say I do not believe Bari's description of her experience, nor that I did not see some of what she laments …
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Emily Jashinsky / The Federalist:
Bari Weiss's Arc Represents The Media's Failed Pivot After 2016
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Bari Weiss Was Too Honest for the New York Times
Discussion: Spectator USA
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Administration Strips C.D.C. of Control of Coronavirus Data  —  Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information to a central database in Washington, raising questions about transparency.
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CNN:
Coronavirus hospital data will now be sent to Trump administration instead of CDC
Discussion: Mediaite
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.
Discussion: Axios
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The Frontier:   Oklahoma governor tests positive for the coronavirus
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:   Oklahoma's governor says he has tested positive for COVID-19
Tiffany Littler / KSNT-TV:
3 felony criminal charges filed against Steve Watkins  —  TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Tuesday he's filed criminal charges against Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins.  This follows an investigation by the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
GOP congressman faces felony charges over alleged voter fraud
Washington Post:
Kansas Republican charged with three felonies in voter fraud investigation
Discussion: Politico, The Week and Roll Call
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oliver Taylor, a student at England's University of Birmingham, is a twenty-something with brown eyes, light stubble, and a slightly stiff smile.  —  Online profiles describe him as a coffee lover …
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Walmart will start requiring all customers to wear masks  —  New York (CNN Business)Walmart, the world's largest retailer, is the latest national chain to require all customers to wear masks.  —  The change will start next week.  Starbucks (SBUX)said last week that it will require customers …
John McWhorter / The Atlantic:
The Dehumanizing Condescension of White Fragility  —  I must admit that I had not gotten around to actually reading Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility until recently.  But it was time to jump in.  DiAngelo is an education professor and—most prominently today—a diversity consultant who argues …
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Mark Hemingway / The Federalist:   What To Read Instead Of ‘White Fragility’
Allison McCann / New York Times:
64 Videos Show the N.Y.P.D. Meeting Protesters With Fists, Clubs and Body Slams  —  The videos below contain scenes of graphic violence.  Scroll to watch or skip ahead.  —  Punches, tackles, beatings and shoves.  —  At the height of the recent Black Lives Matter marches in New York City …
Washington Post:
Trump wants the CIA to cooperate with Russia.  We tried that.  It was a disaster.  —  Putin doesn't want a constructive relationship with the United States.  He just wants to beat us.  —  There has been justifiable outrage after news reports surfaced about Russian intelligence services paying the Taliban …
Discussion: Defense One
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Business Insider:   Russia used Trump's intelligence sharing to try to assassinate Chechen dissidents in Europe, sources say
Mike Levine / ABC News:
President Trump's ‘dysfunctional’ upbringing created ‘dangerous situation’ for America, niece claims  —  Mary Trump says Donald and siblings were taught to view people as “expendable.”  —  President Donald Trump grew up in a “dysfunctional” family that believed “money stood in” …
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 …
Jordan Uhl / The Nation:
The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens  —  Gamers with the Army, Navy, and Air Force are spending hours on Twitch with children as young as 13.  —  “Have a nice time getting banned, my dude,” Army recruiter and gamer Joshua “Strotnium” David told me right before he booted me from the US Army's Twitch channel.
David Brody / CBN News:
‘God Has a Mission for Me’: Roger Stone Tells CBN News He's Not Out for Revenge, But On a New Path  —  WASHINGTON - Now that Roger Stone is no longer going to jail, the former political consultant has quite a few people to thank.  Donald Trump is right at the top of the list …
Jordan Moreau / Variety:
Nick Cannon Dropped by ViacomCBS After Making Anti-Semitic Comments … In the June 30 episode of “Cannon's Class,” the actor and TV host interviewed Professor Griff, a rapper who was a part of Public Enemy before leaving the group after making anti-Semitic remarks.
Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Secret Trump order gives CIA more powers to launch cyberattacks  —  The Central Intelligence Agency has conducted a series of covert cyber operations against Iran and other targets since winning a secret victory in 2018 when President Trump signed what amounts to a sweeping authorization …
Alicia Adamczyk / CNBC:
Minimum wage workers cannot afford rent in any U.S. state  —  Full-time minimum wage workers cannot afford a two-bedroom rental anywhere in the U.S. and cannot afford a one-bedroom rental in 95% of U.S. counties, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition's annual “Out of Reach” report.
Jerry Zremski / Buffalo News:
As pandemic rages in U.S., border stays closed - and Canadians approve  —  WASHINGTON - The closure of the U.S.-Canadian border, which is about to be extended for another month, is a tale of two countries: one that has failed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, and one that fears that visitors …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Jared Kushner decides not to divest from real estate tech start-up he co-founded — for now  — President Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor has decided to remain an investor for the time being in real estate tech start-up Cadre, which he co-founded.  — Jared Kushner and the company put …
Discussion: The Hill
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The rise and humiliating fall of Jeff Sessions, a cautionary tale for other Republicans  —  If there was one establishment figure in Washington who understood Trumpism, it was Jeff Sessions.  But Sessions is also the Washington figure who most clearly paid a political price for not seeming loyal enough to President Trump.
Discussion: Associated Press, Reuters and al.com
Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Trump says he'd welcome Michael Flynn back to the White House  —  Washington — Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn lasted less than a month on the job as President Trump's first national security adviser before being fired in February 2017 for lying to the vice president about his interactions with Russia's ambassador to the U.S.
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Vanity Fair
 
 
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New York Times:
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Discussion: Washington Post and CNBC
Eleanor Watson / CBS News:
Trump heads to Georgia, one of the new 2020 battleground states
Rose Garden / The White House:
Remarks by President Trump in Press Conference
Discussion: National Review
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Discussion: New Republic
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Discussion: Politico
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
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