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7:25 PM ET, July 19, 2020

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New York Times:
As Trump Ignores Virus Crisis, Republicans Start to Break Ranks  —  President Trump continues to press for a quick return to life as usual, but Republicans who fear a rampaging disease and angry voters are increasingly going their own way.  —  President Trump's failure to contain …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Fox News
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Leans Into False Virus Claims in Combative Fox News Interview  —  The president grew agitated as he was fact-checked on polling, race relations and the coronavirus response by Chris Wallace of Fox News.  —  WASHINGTON — An agitated President Trump offered a string of combative …
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.
Associated Press:
Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, recalling a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016 vote, as he scoffs at polls showing him lagging behind Democrat Joe Biden.
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump bending facts on virus, Biden, economy
Discussion: ABC News and Bloomberg
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Some People ‘Have The Sniffles’: Trump Downplays The Coronavirus's Severity
Discussion: Axios and No More Mister Nice Blog
Harry Enten / CNN:
New polls show Joe Biden is winning suburbanites by a historic margin
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Polls show Biden routing Trump. Here's how to read them.
Discussion: Axios and CNN
Maria Carrasco / Politico:   Rep. Donna Shalala calls for Florida to shut down again
Washington Post:
Biden leads by double digits as coronavirus takes a toll on the president, Post-ABC poll finds
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump's made-for-TV fascism in Portland won't get him re-elected.  It may get someone killed  —  Some have dubbed it the “Say Anything” shooting, but what happened in Portland earlier this month to 26-year-old Donavan LaBella after he held up an old-school boom box and started blaring …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House chairs ask IGs to investigate federal crackdown in Portland
Discussion: NBC News
Kris Alexander / The Daily Beast:
I Was a Military COVID Planner.  Trust Me: Texas Is in Deep, Deep Trouble  —  Things are pretty bad right now in the Lone Star State.  But the real pain is likely to come during hurricane season, when as many as 19 named storms are projected to hit.  —  Like many of my fellow Texans …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump's license to skirt the law  —  President Trump and top White House officials are privately considering a controversial strategy to act without legal authority to enact new federal policies — starting with immigration, administration officials tell Axios.
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
‘No mask, no entry.  Is that clear enough?  That seems pretty clear, right?’ … We tried our best to be polite about it.  I'd frame it to customers like they were doing us this big favor: “Would you please consider wearing a mask?”  “May we offer you a free mask?”  “We sure do appreciate your cooperation.”
LasVegasSun.com:
Trump says he aced this cognitive test.  Can you?  —  Are you a “very stable genius” like President Donald Trump?  —  Find out today by taking this cognitive test, which has been administered to Trump.  Trump bragged last week to Fox News host Sean Hannity that he “aced” …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
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.
Discussion: Twitchy
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Priorities USA and others agree to drop voting lawsuit against Florida  —  TALLAHASSEE — A Democratic super-PAC and other left-leaning groups have agreed to drop their voting lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican Party on the eve of a federal trial that was scheduled to start Monday.
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:
What a Trump loss could look like  —  Polls show Trump trails Biden by double digits  —  Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author of the book, “Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party.”
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Roger Stone Denies Using Racial Slur on Radio Show  —  Though the audio suggests otherwise, Mr. Stone said he did not use a slur in referring to his interviewer, who is Black.  He also contended that the word was not offensive.  —  Roger Stone, the political operative who was spared …
Peter Dreier / American Prospect:
John Lewis: Good Trouble  —  The life of the civil rights icon, who died Friday from cancer, is a testament to perseverance.  —  John Lewis stands at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, 50 years after he was beaten there on Bloody Sunday in 1965.  —  In 1965, as chair …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Companies Lose Hope for Quick Rebound From Covid-19  —  CEOs overhaul strategies and staffing in acknowledgment of coronavirus's permanent impact on demand; ‘We cannot defy gravity’  —  Big U.S. companies are deciding March and April moves won't cut it.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Real White Fragility  —  Does the white upper class feel exhausted and oppressed by meritocracy?  —  In 2001, when I was still attending college, David Brooks wrote an essay for The Atlantic called “The Organization Kid,” in which he spent a lot of time with young Ivy Leaguers …
Discussion: Althouse and The College Fix
KOIN-TV:
Night 51: Riot declared at police union, tear gas used at Justice Center  —  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Protests on both sides of the river were met with police use of force Saturday on the 51st consecutive night of demonstrations against police brutality that were initially spurred by the death …
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Tyler O'Neil / pjmedia.com:
Antifa Rioters Break Into Portland Police Union and Set It on Fire as Mayor Hamstrings Federal Troops
ABC News:
Administration seeks to zero out CDC, NIH funding in coronavirus relief bill: Sources  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is poised to introduce his bill this week  —  The Trump administration is seeking to phase out funding for coronavirus testing and contact tracing …
Discussion: Axios
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Washington Post:
Trump demands payroll tax cut while GOP eyes benefit cuts for unemployed
Discussion: Deadline
 
 
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New York Times:
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I'm Afro-Latino, but I can't join both the black and Hispanic caucuses in Congress.  That must change.
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