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1:55 PM ET, July 18, 2020

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Barack Obama / Medium:
My Statement on the Passing of Rep. John Lewis  —  America is a constant work in progress.  What gives each new generation purpose is to take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further — to speak out for what's right, to challenge an unjust status quo, and to imagine a better world.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80  —  Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; he was called the conscience of the Congress.  —  Representative John Lewis, a son of sharecroppers and an apostle …
Joe Biden:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden on the Passing of Congressman John Lewis  —  We are made in the image of God, and then there is John Lewis.  —  How could someone in flesh and blood be so courageous, so full of hope and love in the face of so much hate, violence, and vengeance?
Discussion: Vox and POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
The Radical Resistance of John Lewis  —  Willingness to risk his life for civil rights was essential to the quest for justice.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Guardian
Michael A. Fletcher / The Undefeated:   I didn't understand John Lewis at first
David Remnick / New Yorker:   John Lewis's Legacy and America's Redemption
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:   John Lewis' Legacy Is the Right to Vote. And It's Under Attack.
Laurence I. Barrett / Washington Post:
John R. Lewis, front-line civil rights leader and eminence of Capitol Hill, dies at 80
David Cohen / Politico:
John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and ‘American hero’
Discussion: Slate
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
John Lewis, civil rights hero, Georgia congressman, dies at 80
Discussion: Common Dreams
USA Today:
Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who began pushing for racial justice in the Jim Crow south, has died
NPR:
DHS Official On Reports Of Federal Officers Detaining Protesters In Portland, Ore.  —  NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with acting Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli about reports of federal officers using unmarked vehicles to detain protesters in Portland, Ore.  —  SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST:
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ACLU
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DHS Under Boss: We're Taking This National  —  When asked about calls for an investigation into DHS police tactics in Portland, Oregon, Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not going to stop but they want to take the tactics nationwide.
Washington Post:
Portland officials decry aggressive tactics of federal agents in their city
Discussion: Fox News
Caitlin McCabe / Wall Street Journal:
Face Masks Really Do Matter.  The Scientific Evidence Is Growing.  —  New research suggests that face coverings help reduce the transmission of droplets, though some masks are more protective than others  —  Face masks are emerging as one of the most powerful weapons to fight the novel coronavirus …
Discussion: ABC News
Des Moines Register:
Joni Ernst: If Trump has a Supreme Court nominee, Senate should hold hearings  —  U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Friday that the Senate should hold hearings on any Supreme Court nomination President Donald Trump might make this year, even if he loses November's election.
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
Washington Post:
From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to a destroyer of the ‘American way of life,’ Trump's attacks on Biden make a dystopian shift  —  President Trump has launched a slash-and-burn campaign against an exaggerated caricature of his Democratic opponent, casting former vice president Joe Biden as a destroyer …
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Ursula Perano / Axios:   Biden says he receives briefings warning of Russian and Chinese election interference
MSNBC:   Trump falsely claims Joe Biden would ‘abolish the suburbs’
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Promotes Caricature of What Conservatives Want  —  A series of events during his White House tenure has made clear that Mr. Trump views the voters he calls “my people” through the lens of what he imagines they like.  —  Standing in the White House colonnade this week …
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Twitter:
An update on our security incident  —  As we've been informing via the @TwitterSupport account, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, we detected a security incident at Twitter and took immediate action.  As we head into the weekend, we want to provide an overview of where we are.
Christo Grozev / bellingcat:
World's Most Wanted Man Jan Marsalek Located in Belarus; Data Points to Russian Intel Links  —  It can safely be assumed that Jan Marsalek is currently one of the most hunted-for persons on earth.  The company he oversaw operationally, Germany's Wirecard, collapsed overnight last month …
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Trump may finally be facing the political consequences of his untrustworthiness  —  Concerns about President Trump's dishonesty began before he entered the White House, but the consequences of his not being trustworthy are now fully evident.  —  Trump surpassed 20,000 false or misleading claims …
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
Trump keeps fighting a Confederate flag battle many supporters have conceded  —  President Donald Trump is fighting to retain people's right to fly the Confederate battle flag — but many of his own supporters and government have already turned in their swords.
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Revolution Is Winning  —  Radicals from the 1960s and 1970s now hold powerful positions in government and academia  —  T  —  his is what the revolution looks like.  —  Weather Underground terrorists, who made no secret of being anti-AmeriKKKan “small-c” communists …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The Trump campaign is the grift that keeps on grifting  —  There has long been an element of grift to political campaigns.  —  The guys who make the ads and the media buyers get rich by paying themselves a percentage of the amount that is spent on advertising.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Associated Press:
Trump's trouble in suburbs key to suddenly competitive Ohio  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — During a background briefing with reporters in December, President Donald Trump's reelection campaign team gave only passing mention of Ohio.  Certainly no one suggested a full-scale fall advertising strategy …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
American Crime and the Baltimore Model  —  Cities across the country are in danger of making the same mistakes.  —  In 2014, there were 211 homicides in the city of Baltimore.  The following year, there were 342, an astonishing increase of 62 percent.  The murder rate has barely budged since.
 
 
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Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Mistrust of a Coronavirus Vaccine Could Imperil Widespread Immunity
Discussion: Raw Story
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Surging Democrats expand Senate targets to GOP states
John Binder / Breitbart:
Sanctuary State Illinois: Previously Deported Illegal Alien Charged with Sexually Assaulting Young Girl
Faye Flam / New York Times:
Flossie Wong-Staal, Who Unlocked Mystery of H.I.V., Dies at 73
Wall Street Journal:
The FBI's Dossier Deceit
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
John Ganz / The Guardian:
Is the free speech debate raging because intellectuals feel stripped of power?
Discussion: Sputnik News and Althouse
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Great American Crackup is underway
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Head of NYPD union gives Fox News interview with QAnon mug in background
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Joe Biden, citing intelligence briefings, warns that Russia, China are engaged in election interference
Discussion: NBC News and Reuters
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Republicans eye sweeping shield from coronavirus liability
Discussion: ABC News
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump says 'I don't agree' with CDC director's mask message
Discussion: Breitbart and FOX6Now.com
Courier-Journal:
‘People would die’: Andy Beshear blasts Daniel Cameron's effort to block COVID-19 orders
Washington Post:
Rancor between scientists and Trump allies threatens pandemic response as cases surge
Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
St. Louis Gun Couple to Join Friday Night Trump Campaign Event
Margaret Newkirk / Bloomberg:
Georgia Massaged Virus Data to Reopen, Then Voided Mask Orders
CNN:
White House portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush moved from prominent space to rarely used room
Discussion: Mediaite
 

 
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
AI search's arrival bodes ill for everyone who relied on web search to have their business discovered, their blog post read, or their journalism funded

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Nielsen launches The Media Distributor Gauge, showing TV usage ranked by company: Disney accounted for 11.5% of TV viewing in April, YouTube accounted for 9.6%

Max Tani / Semafor:
NYT reporters are circulating a draft of an open letter to Joe Kahn, criticizing the editor over recent comments they said were dismissive of young reporters
 
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