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12:55 PM ET, July 19, 2020

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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Pandemic surge damages Trump, boosting Biden's White House bid: POLL  —  Public preference for Biden in trust to handle the pandemic has soared.  —  Public preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in trust to handle the coronavirus pandemic has soared since March in the latest ABC News …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden holds lead over Trump as coronavirus concerns grip nation  —  Coronavirus infected the election.  —  The virus is the top issue to voters, over half of them disapprove of how President Trump's handling it, and they increasingly trust Joe Biden to do a better job on it.
Harry Enten / CNN:
New polls show Joe Biden is winning suburbanites by a historic margin  —  Polls show Trump trails Biden by double digits  —  (CNN)The new ABC News/Washington Post poll is the latest to show former Vice President Joe Biden on a roll.  —  He leads President Donald Trump 55% to 40% among registered voters.
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Biden leads by double digits as coronavirus takes a toll on the president, Post-ABC poll finds  —  President Trump faces a significant challenge in his bid to win reelection in November, with former vice president Joe Biden holding a double-digit lead nationally and the president's approval …
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Polls show Biden routing Trump.  Here's how to read them.  —  President Donald Trump's bad poll numbers are getting worse.  —  The latest data point: A new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Sunday shows Trump 15 points behind former Vice President Joe Biden among registered voters, 55 percent to 40 percent.
Discussion: Axios
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Trump leans on 2016 tactic to crack Biden support  —  PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump's campaign is pouring millions of dollars into a plan to weaken Joe Biden among swing state voters of color — and it's creating a sense of déjà vu among Democratic operatives.
Harry Enten / CNN:   Trump wants a ‘law and order’ election. He's losing that battle.
Washington Post:
Coronavirus updates: Trump dismisses rising cases as deaths mount  —  With coronavirus cases rising across the country and the U.S. death toll topping 137,000, President Trump on Sunday dismissed concerns about the spike in infections, telling Fox News that “many of those cases shouldn't even be cases.”
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Trump demands payroll tax cut while GOP eyes benefit cuts for unemployed  —  One scenario would cut benefits back from $600 per week to between $200 and $400 each week.  —  President Trump sought to draw a hard line on the upcoming coronavirus relief bill on Sunday, saying it must include …
Washington Post:
Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief bill
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Aims to Block New Funding for Testing and Tracing
Discussion: UPI and Raw Story
New York Times:
Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn't Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said  —  Rather than tamping down persistent protests in Portland, Ore., a militarized presence from federal officers seems to have re-energized them.  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — The heavily armed federal agents facing …
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Eder Campuzano / Oregonian:   Feds, right-wing media paint Portland as ‘city under siege.’ A tour of town shows otherwise
Associated Press:
Police call Portland protest a riot
Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
Joel Anderson / Slate:
Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way  —  On March 9, 1998, John Lewis returned to the site of his bloodiest, most brutal confrontation in the fight for civil rights.  Lewis had shown up in Selma, Alabama, that day to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” …
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Ken Coleman / Michigan Advance:
Michigan leaders reflect on late civil rights legend John Lewis, who fought for voting rights until the end  —  Chuck Stokes already misses civil rights icon John Lewis, who died late Friday night at the age of 80.  —  “Lewis was one of the most courageous men I have ever met and one of the humblest …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
What happens to John Lewis' seat in Congress after his death
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:   John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:   The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis
USA Today:   Donna Brazile: Pass the Voting Rights Act and rename the Pettus Bridge to honor John Lewis
New York Times:
Roger Stone Uses Racial Slur on Radio Show  —  Mr. Stone, while being questioned about the commutation of his sentence by President Trump, used a racial slur in referring to his interviewer, who is Black.  —  During a live radio show on Saturday, Roger Stone, the political operative …
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Trump says he's not offended by the Confederate flag  —  President Trump defended his opposition to removing Confederate symbols in an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” telling host Chris Wallace that the flag does not offend him and that for many people it “represents the South.”
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The family that owns The New York Times were slaveholders  —  It's far worse than I thought.  In addition to the many links between the family that owns The New York Times and the Civil War Confederacy, new evidence shows that members of the extended family were slaveholders.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds  —  The study of nearly 65,000 people in South Korea suggests that school reopenings will trigger more outbreaks.  —  In the heated debate over reopening schools, one burning question has been whether …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Lyndsey Parker / Yahoo Entertainment:
Linkin Park succeeds in getting fan-made Trump campaign ad pulled from Twitter  —  Linkin Park fans were furious Saturday, when President Trump retweeted a fan-made re-election campaign ad that used the alternative rock band's music — noting that late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington …
 
 
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
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New York Daily News:
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Discussion: Louder With Crowder
David Rothkopf / Haaretz:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Impose sanctions on China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims
Sarah Mucha / CNN:
Joe Biden is a man of faith. That could help him win over some White evangelicals.
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
As city violence surges, liberal mayors engage in social media feuds with Trump officials
Discussion: Politico
Randy DeSoto / The Western Journal:
Look on MSNBC Host's Face Is Priceless as Experts Unanimously Agree US Should Reopen Schools
Discussion: Twitchy
David Rohde / New Yorker:
Conspiracy Theories, Denial, and the Coronavirus
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
‘Superspreading’ events, triggered by people who may not even know they are infected, propel coronavirus pandemic