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Brentin Mock / Bloomberg:
Philadelphia's Top Prosecutor Is Prepared to Arrest Federal Agents — After numerous reports and lawsuits in Portland regarding un-badged and un-uniformed federal officers arresting, beating, and detaining people in unmarked vehicles, the Trump administration's response is that they're going to do it even more, and in more cities.
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Talking Points Memo and The Justice Wire
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General William P. Barr Joins President Donald J. Trump to Announce Expansion of Operation Legend — Originally launched in Kansas City, MO., additional cities include Chicago and Albuquerque — Today, Attorney General William P. Barr joined President Donald J. Trump to announce …
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Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, NPR and New York Times
Mia Jankowicz / Business Insider:
A new Trump campaign ad depicting a police officer being attacked by protesters is actually a 2014 photo of pro-democracy protests in Ukraine — Foto: This image of protesters and police in Ukraine, from 2014, has been used by the Trump 2020 US election campaign.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump's New Ad Is Amazing — The Trump campaign just ran the most ironic ad in the history of American politics. — A couple weeks ago the Trump campaign rolled out an ad proclaiming that the president would protect a statue of Jesus from the woke left. The only problem was that the statue pictured …
Tulsi Kamath / Click2Houston.com:
Houston fire and police respond to reports of documents being burned at Consulate General of China — HOUSTON - Houston police and fire officials responded to reports that documents were being burned in the courtyard of the Consulate General of China in Houston Tuesday night, according to the Houston Police Department.
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New York Times:
U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate, Citing Efforts to Steal Trade Secrets
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Associated Press:
US orders China to close its consulate in Houston
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
China vows to retaliate after U.S. orders closure of its consulate in Houston
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Houston Chronicle, Breitbart, The Hill, Bloomberg and New York Post
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Geraldo Rivera: Trump Was ‘Brave’ to Wish Ghislaine Maxwell ‘Well’ — Geraldo applauding Trump's courage for wishing the accused sex-trafficker well came after Rivera blasted a judge for denying bail for Maxwell. — Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera on Wednesday once again rallied …
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Lisette Voytko / Forbes:
Here's Every Time Donald Trump And Ghislaine Maxwell Have Been Photographed Together — Topline: During a Tuesday coronavirus briefing, President Trump offered well-wishes to Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante who now faces multiple federal charges related to Epstein's alleged sex ring.
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New York Times, Vanity Fair, Contemptor and Deadline
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump wishes Ghislaine Maxwell well — and the media barely reacts
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CNBC:
GOP considers extending unemployment benefit at reduced level of $100 a week through December — GOP mulling unemployment boost of $400 per month through Dec. 31, sources tell CNBC — Republicans are considering extending the enhanced unemployment insurance benefit at a reduced level …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly law enforcement crackdown is even alienating Republicans — Under fire for dispatching federal law enforcement into cities in defiance of local leaders, in part to create TV imagery that sends an authoritarian thrill up President Trump's leg, top officials are offering several new defenses.
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CNN:
NFL owner and Trump ambassador to UK sparks watchdog inquiry over allegations of racist and sexist remarks and push to promote Trump business — Washington (CNN)The billionaire NFL owner who serves as President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Kingdom was investigated …
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Tom Cleary / Heavy.com:
Portland Mom Says She Was Groped & Assaulted by Feds During Protest Arrest — Jennifer Kristiansen is a 37-year-old Portland mother and attorney who was arrested while protesting with the “Wall of Moms,” a group of women who have joined protests outside of the federal courthouse in the Oregon city.
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Marissa Lang / Washington Post:
‘What choice do we have?’: Portland's ‘Wall of Moms’ faces off with federal officers at tense protests
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The Nation, Daily Kos and NPR
Washington Post:
Biden says Trump is America's first ‘racist’ president — Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, on Wednesday called President Trump the country's first racist to be elected to the White House. — The former vice president's blunt assessment came during …
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Axios, The Hill, Mediaite, The Week and The Guardian
Cory Stieg / CNBC:
MIT engineers designed an affordable, reusable face mask that's as effective as an N95 — take a look — The iMASC is a clear rubber mask that covers the nose and mouth, with a nose bridge and two nylon elastic straps that go around the head. The fit was based on the 3M 1860 respirator …
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MinnPost
Politico:
Matt Gaetz appears to run afoul of House ethics rules — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has privately engaged in several spending practices in his nearly four years in office that appear to be in conflict with the House's ethics rules, a POLITICO investigation has found.
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The Week, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Contemptor
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Trump may not respect the election. We need a Democratic Senate more than ever — Trump is already hinting he may refuse to leave office if voted out. The Senate must be ready to protect democracy — Donald Trump's declaration that he might not accept the results of the 2020 election …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Manchin calls ‘bulls—’ on Democrats' push to eliminate Senate filibuster
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Washington Post:
Trump's assault on election integrity forces question: What would happen if he refused to accept a loss? — President Trump's relentless efforts to sow doubts about the legitimacy of this year's election are forcing both parties to reckon with the possibility that he may dispute the result …
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Political Wire
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Biden campaign goes on offensive against Sen. Ron Johnson's Burisma probe — Joe Biden's presidential campaign on Tuesday launched a highly personal broadside at Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, for pushing forward …
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Tony Webster / Minnesota Reformer:
Derek Chauvin charged with felony tax fraud for claiming Florida residency — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police officer charged with second degree murder in the killing of George Floyd, has been charged with nine felony counts of aiding and abetting tax fraud in Washington County, Minn.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump's pick to head Office of Personnel Management spread ‘satanic’ conspiracy theory, called Democrats party of ‘Islam’ and ‘gender-bending’ — (CNN)The Trump administration announced this week the nomination of a former conservative commentator with a history of inflammatory …
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Americans tune in to ‘cancel culture’ — and don't like what they see — One of the few things that Barack Obama and Donald Trump agree on is cancel culture. — In the last year, as numerous public figures have become the targets of online campaigns by social media swarms …
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Center for Public Integrity:
Exclusive: White House privately warns 11 cities must take “aggressive” action in coronavirus fight — New red flags about the severity of the coronavirus outbreak come after Trump focused on upsides in televised briefing — We ask that you credit our newsroom at the top with a line that says …
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Tucker's Got Real Scandals, So He Keeps Inventing Imaginary Enemies — The Fox News star went on vacation after his chief writer was exposed as a bigot, and returned just as he was accused of harassment. So he doxxed a reporter to change the subject. — BEAST INSIDE
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The breathtaking unconstitutionality of Trump's new census policy — President Donald Trump talks to reporters while hosting Republican congressional leaders and members of his cabinet in the Oval Office on July 20 in Washington, DC. Doug Mills/Getty Images — It's a direct attack on the 14th Amendment.
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Balkinization, The White House, Popular Information and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Noah Smith / Yahoo Finance:
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Lockdown 2.0 … (Bloomberg Opinion) — After two months of what looked like a nascent recovery, the U.S. economy is faltering again. Restaurant reservations, one of the most commonly tracked indicators of local business activity, are stagnating:
Washington Post:
Trump's company applied to trademark ‘telerally.’ Then, President Trump held a telerally. — President Trump's private company filed a trademark application last week that suggested that it is starting a new line of business: organizing “telerallies” for political campaigns.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump was maskless in the lobby of his D.C. hotel. The city plans to investigate. — The president's maskless appearance at Trump International Hotel this week — in apparent defiance of D.C. coronavirus regulations — has caught the attention of local authorities, who say they plan …
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Law & Crime, Washingtonian, Talking Points Memo and ABC News
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Determined to Split the Country in Two — New offensives against major cities from President Donald Trump and GOP governors are pushing at the central geographic fault line between the Republican and Democratic coalitions. — On one front, Trump is taking his confrontational …
Emily Ekins / Cato Institute:
New Poll: 62% Say the Political Climate Prevents Them from Sharing Political Views — 50% of strong liberals support firing Trump donors, 36% of strong conservatives support firing Biden donors; 32% are worried about missing out on job opportunities because of their political opinions
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National Review and The Daily Caller
Wilson Ring / Associated Press:
Canadian court invalidates asylum agreement with the US — A Canadian court Wednesday invalidated the country's Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States, ruling elements of the law violate Canadian constitutional guarantees of life, liberty and security.
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Politico
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Biden, leading Trump by eight points, also has a big advantage with undecided voters: Reuters/Ipsos poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 8 percentage points in support among registered voters, and the former vice president appears …
James Arkin / Politico:
Top GOP super PAC jumps into Kansas Senate primary after Democratic meddling — A super PAC aligned with top Republicans is launching a major new ad buy in Kansas, where the GOP is attempting to stop controversial candidate Kris Kobach from winning the nomination in a must-win Senate race for the party's endangered majority.
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The Hill
Manu Raju / CNN:
Rand Paul on Liz Cheney: 'I don't think she's good for the country' — (CNN)Sen. Rand Paul, a long-time critic of Rep. Liz Cheney, joined the conservative pile-on of the Wyoming Republican, saying on Wednesday: “I don't think she's good for the country” and accused her of trying to “sabotage” President Donald Trump's foreign policy.
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