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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Judge Won't Force Federal Officers In Portland To Identify Themselves When Making Arrests  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday denied a request by the Oregon attorney general's office for an order that would require federal law enforcement officers in Portland to identify themselves …
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Washington Post:
Operation Diligent Valor: Trump showcased federal power in Portland, making a culture war campaign pitch  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — As statues of Confederate generals, enslavers and other icons tumbled from their pedestals amid protests last month, President Trump issued an executive order meant to break the cascade.
U.S. Department of Justice:
18 Arrested, Facing Federal Charges After Weeknight Protests at Federal Courthouse in Portland  —  Charges include assaulting federal officers, arson, and damaging government property  —  PORTLAND, Ore.—U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that 18 people have been arrested …
Andrew Crespo / Washington Post:
The federal police in Portland don't even understand what ‘arrests’ are  —  The government cannot lawfully exercise its power of arrest if it doesn't realize it is, in fact, arresting people in the first place.  —  This past week, the Department of Homeland Security held a news conference …
Discussion: Breitbart
Bloomberg:
Oregon Loses Fight With Trump on U.S. Policing of Portland
Discussion: IndieWire and Twitchy
KOIN-TV:
Judge denies restraining order against feds in Portland
Discussion: Big League Politics
The Appeal:
THE FEDS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF SNATCHING PEOPLE UP.  ONLY NOW THEY ARE TARGETING MIDDLE-CLASS WHITE PEOPLE
Discussion: Fox News, Associated Press and WTOP
NBC News:
Trump's convention cancellation is costing GOP donors millions  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's whipsaw decisions to first move the Republican National Convention's main events, then to cancel them, are costing GOP donors millions of dollars, according to multiple Republicans familiar with the finances.
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New York Times:
Inside Trump's About-Face on the Republican Convention in Jacksonville  —  Faced with a surging pandemic, resistance from local officials in Florida and deadlines for items like hotel payments, Mr. Trump chose to cancel the convention in an effort to cast himself as putting safety first.
Dave Levinthal / Business Insider:
Republican Party officials hid COVID-19 mask purchases by labeling them ‘building maintenance’ in federal disclosures
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Post
Lauren Leatherby / New York Times:
How the U.S. Compares With the World's Worst Coronavirus Hot Spots  —  This chart shows the countries with the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world right now.  With its cases surging since mid-June, the United States is squarely in the top 10.  —  Leading the outbreak now are countries …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump again tells story about being booed at 2015 event he didn't attend  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump boasted on Wednesday about his cognitive abilities, including the memory he has previously called “one of the great memories of all time.”
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Post
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Trump admits he ‘often’ regrets tweets, retweets get him ‘into trouble’, in interview with Barstool Sports CEO  —  The president acknowledged that he ‘loves’ using Twitter ‘too much sometimes’  —  President Trump made a rare admission that his Twitter activity at times gets him “into trouble.”
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
Dr. Anthony Fauci Explains Why His First Pitch Was Just a Bit Outside  —  He threw a baseball for the first time in decades.  He woke up with a sore arm.  ‘And you saw what happened,’ he says.  —  Anthony Fauci doesn't want to make excuses.  But he can explain.  —  “I completely destroyed my arm!” he said.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:   Dr. Fauci praises Trump for ‘short and crisp’ COVID-19 briefings
Tom Porter / Business Insider:
Fauci says he has been assigned personal security after receiving ‘serious threats’ to his family
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Media Matters for America:
Pro-Trump OAN attacks bans of “the new mainstream” QAnon: “The deep state appears to be fighting back”  —  Laura Ingraham's show used Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's speech condemning sexism to fearmonger about Democrats  —  Twitter just cracked down on QAnon for causing harm.
Discussion: Mediaite
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The Daily Beast:   The Shocking Secret Past of One of QAnon's Most Toxic Stars
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Poison of Male Incivility When a woman dares respond to it, she's seen as “disruptive.”  —  Yesterday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood up and gave one of the finest speeches recently heard on the House floor, calling out not just Florida representative Ted Yoho for having called her …
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CNN:
Chinese fugitive taken into custody as US claims Houston consulate was a part of espionage network  —  Washington (CNN)Senior US government officials said Friday that a Chinese scientist who had been hiding in the country's San Francisco consulate after accusations of visa fraud is now in US custody …
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Gary McWilliams / Reuters:
Anti-communist protesters heckle staff emptying Chinese consulate in Houston
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jasper Scherer / Houston Chronicle:
His approval faltering, Republicans in battleground Houston districts start to distance from Trump  —  During Troy Nehls' recent bid for the Republican nomination in one of Texas' battleground congressional districts, the Fort Bend County sheriff prominently displayed his support for President Trump across his campaign website.
Jay Willis / The Appeal:
Conservatives Are Winning The Supreme Court's Most Important Fight: Suppressing The Vote  —  Enabling widespread voter suppression is shaping up to be the Roberts Court's most consequential accomplishment, because every other aspect of the Republican agenda depends on it.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Warner Joint Statement Following ODNI Announcement Regarding Election Security and Foreign Threats  —  Washington, DC - Today, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff …
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Could Not Be More on the Wrong Side”: New Poll Shows Trump's Black Lives Matter Protest Response Could Cost Him 2020  —  Exclusive polling suggests the protests changed Americans' minds so quickly, and so profoundly, that Trump planted himself even further on the wrong side of public opinion than previously understood.
Discussion: COURIER
Shariq Khan / Reuters:
Chevron diversity ratio to improve as layoffs progress  —  (Reuters) - Oil major Chevron Corp (CVX.N) expects to reduce the dominance of white males in company management during cost-cutting this year, upping the share of senior level jobs held by women and ethnic minorities to 44% from 38% last year, the company said in a statement.
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
CDC: One-third of COVID-19 patients who aren't hospitalized have long-term illness  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged Friday that a significant number of COVID-19 patients do not recover quickly, and instead experience ongoing symptoms, such as fatigue and cough.
Discussion: UPI
Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘Mugged by Reality,’ Trump Finds Denial Won't Stop the Pandemic  —  A president who once claimed that “the worst days of the pandemic are behind us” now acknowledges that it has surged through much of the country and will “get worse before it gets better.”  —  WASHINGTON — He insisted …
Stephanie M. Lee / BuzzFeed News:
An Elite Group Of Scientists Tried To Warn Trump Against Lockdowns In March  —  John Ioannidis's controversial studies claim that the coronavirus isn't that big a threat.  Before the Stanford scientist did any of them, he wanted to take that message to the White House.  —  Copy
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
A&E Has Lost Half Its Viewers Since Dropping ‘Live PD’  —  Network's prime-time viewership was up 4% this year before it canceled its hit police reality show, Nielsen data show  —  Ratings for A&E Network have plummeted since it canceled the hit police reality show “Live PD” on June 10 …
Dana Stevens / Washington Post:
Held back  —  As parents realize how badly the U.S. botched the next school year, we're furious  —  The happiest day in my household since the pandemic started — maybe the only truly happy one — was the Wednesday in mid-March when we found out on the New York City Department of Education website …
Discussion: Reason
Gary Fineout / Politico:
LeBron James joins push to turn out ex-felon vote in Florida  —  TALLAHASSEE — A group founded by NBA superstar LeBron James and other Black athletes and entertainers is stepping into the fight to register Florida voters with felony records, saying it will help pay court debts and fees …
Daniel Nichanian / The Appeal:
Honolulu's Prosecutor Race Could Flip Hawaii's Punitive Culture  —  Running in one of Hawaii's two open elections for prosecutor, a public defender wants the Honolulu prosecutor's office—and the state—to take a drastically progressive turn.  —  In Hawaii's two most populous counties …
David Siders / Politico:
Donald Trump's suburban horror show  —  If current numbers hold, the Republican Party will suffer its worst defeat in the suburbs in decades — with implications reaching far beyond November.  —  President Donald Trump's damage in the suburbs has come primarily, as it has elsewhere, from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
New York Times:
Woody Johnson Was a Loyal Trump Supporter in 2016.  As an Ambassador, He May Be Too Loyal.  —  In the view of some American diplomats, Mr. Johnson's willingness to carry out President Trump's request to seek the British government's help in moving the British Open to his golf resort in Scotland …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Kimberly Guilfoyle's Fund-Raising for Trump Draws Scrutiny  —  Ms. Guilfoyle has raised money from donors and has made inroads with some who have rejected calls from others.  Yet Trump supporters inside and outside the campaign say the operation she's built hasn't lived up to expectations.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dave Levinthal / Business Insider:
Trump's most important 2016 donor is sitting out 2020  — Robert and Rebekah Mercer ranked among President Donald Trump's most influential backers in 2016.  But they've all but abandoned the embattled president and aren't likely to help him in the home stretch for 2020, five people who know the media-averse Mercers tell Insider.
Associated Press:
Virginia evicts Confederate monuments from its state Capitol  —  RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia has removed from its iconic state capitol the busts and a statue honoring Confederate generals and officials.  That includes a bronze statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee positioned in the same spot where he stood …
Max MarinNina Feldman / WHYY:
Philly NAACP president shares anti-Semitic meme with misattributed neo-Nazi quote  —  Philadelphia NAACP president Rodney Muhammad shared a meme that depicted an anti-Semitic cartoon next to photos of Black celebrities who recently came under fire for their own allegedly anti-Semitic comments.
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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New York Daily News:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Reuters
Arizona Republic:
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