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Washington Post:
Postal Service backlog sparks worries that ballot delivery could be delayed in November  —  The U.S. Postal Service is experiencing days-long backlogs of mail across the country after a top Trump donor running the agency put in place new procedures described as cost-cutting efforts …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Senate leaves without coronavirus deal  —  OVER THE CLIFF — It happened.  The Senate left town knowing that failed negotiations would ensure the expiration of enhanced jobless benefits for millions of Americans laid off and furloughed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just told us how mail delays could help him corrupt the election  —  It's telling that after President Trump was widely rebuked for suggesting a delay of the election, he wasn't remotely chastened.  Instead, he floated another scenario that could help him accomplish the same goal of avoiding a free and fair election:
Discussion: NPR, IJR and Talking Points Memo
Steven G. Calabresi / New York Times:
Trump Might Try to Postpone the Election. That's Unconstitutional.
CNN:
Joe Biden narrows down his VP list, with Karen Bass emerging as one of several key contenders  —  Bass on VP talk: ‘willing to serve’ however I can  —  (CNN)Joe Biden heads into the weekend weighing the biggest decision of his presidential campaign so far, and people close to the process tell CNN …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
When Karen Bass Went to Work in Castro's Cuba
Discussion: Breitbart
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Newspaper editorial board run by former Harris aide endorses Bass for VP
Discussion: Fox News
Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:   Florida's Scott Has One Eye on 2022—and Another on 2024
New York Times:
Republicans and White House at Odds Over Kansas Senate Race  —  Some in the G.O.P. want President Trump to endorse the opponent of Kris Kobach, who they worry could cost them a traditionally safe Senate seat.  So far, the White House has declined to do so.  —  WASHINGTON — As the Kansas …
Discussion: NBC News and Politico
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Does Trump Want to Save His Economy?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
ABC News:
Fauci, White House COVID-19 task force officials testify on Capitol Hill
Discussion: Reuters, Politico and The Hill
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:   House Democrats find Trump officials overpaid for ventilators by as much as $500 million
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Calls Barack Obama a ‘Greasy Politician’ Who ‘Desecrated’ John Lewis' Funeral  —  ‘CAN YOU IMAGINE?’  —  After Barack Obama eulogized the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis, Fox News host Tucker Carlson said the former president was “greasy” for “desecrating a funeral with campaign slogans.”
Discussion: The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and Breitbart
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Barack Obama's Ugly Filibuster Hypocrisy
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Stephen Collinson / CNN:   Obama warns that Trump's actions threaten US democracy
Wall Street Journal:   Obama's Filibuster Swipe
MSNBC:   Morgan Freeman reads Rep. John Lewis' last words
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Trump ordered federal forces to quell Portland protests.  But the chaos ended as soon as they left.  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — After President Trump ordered federal law enforcement officers into Portland, Ore., earlier this month, the protests largely ended the same way for days: with tear gas, rubber bullets and arrests.
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Katherine Eban / Vanity Fair:
How Jared Kushner's Secret Testing Plan “Went Poof Into Thin Air”  —  This spring, a team working under the president's son-in-law produced a plan for an aggressive, coordinated national COVID-19 response that could have brought the pandemic under control.  So why did the White House spike it in favor of a shambolic 50-state response?
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Mia Jankowicz / Business Insider:
Kushner's axed coronavirus team shied away from a national strategy, believing that the virus was hitting Democratic states hardest and that they could blame governors, report says  —  Foto: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Jared Kushner.  — Some members of Jared Kushner's coronavirus task force believed …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
More Than Just a Tweet: Trump's Campaign to Undercut Democracy  —  Floating the idea of delaying the election was the latest step in the president's running effort to discredit the election, risking long-term damage to public trust in the system.  —  Nothing in the Constitution gives President Trump …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump Is the Election Crisis He Is Warning About  —  When a sitting President threatens to delay a sacrosanct American ritual, you'd better listen.  —  On Thursday morning, minutes after the worst U.S. economic data in seventy years were released and barely two hours before an American hero …
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Trump in trouble as nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of his handling of COVID-19, protests, Russia: POLL  —  Trump is underwater on his handling of the coronavirus, protests and Russia.  —  Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling …
Discussion: Reuters, Breitbart and Power Line
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:   None dare call it treason, but perhaps one day they will
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Pandemic Is Damaging the GOP Brand Everywhere  —  Although hardly any of the governors grappling with the fiercest coronavirus outbreaks are on the ballot this fall, voters' verdicts about their performance loom heavily over another electoral battle with enormous implications for the balance …
Discussion: Progress Pond
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Politico:
State Democrats mount big comeback in 2020
Discussion: Raw Story and Balloon Juice
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
DHS compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists who published leaked documents  —  The Department of Homeland Security has compiled “intelligence reports” about the work of American journalists covering protests in Portland, Ore., in what current and former officials called an alarming use …
Ursula Perano / Axios:
House committee subpoenas Pompeo for records on Biden investigations  —  Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y., the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Friday subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for records related to the State Department's involvement in attempts …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
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House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Engel Subpoenas Records from Pompeo-Senate GOP Smear Campaign against Bidens
Discussion: Raw Story
Max Cohen / Politico:
Acting ICE chief announces retirement following clashes with Trump officials  —  The acting chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Matthew Albence, is leaving the government.  —  A career law enforcement officer who filled a number of positions within the Department of Homeland Security agency …
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive: Trump's ICE chief Matt Albence leaving post
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and IJR
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Fearing Trump interference, FBI agents hid copies of Russia investigation docs  —  (CNN)Adapted from “TRUE CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS: The Investigation of Donald Trump,” by Jeffrey Toobin.  Copyright © 2020.  Available from Doubleday.  —  In the hours after President Donald …
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Census Door Knocking Cut A Month Short Amid Pressure To Finish Count  —  The Census Bureau is cutting short critical door-knocking efforts for the 2020 census amid growing concerns among Democrats in Congress that the White House is pressuring the bureau to wrap up counting soon for political gain, NPR has learned.
Mark Skoneki / Orlando Sentinel:
DeSantis' popularity plummets in another Florida poll  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' job rating has plunged since March, according to a Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy poll released Friday, the second such survey in a week with similar findings.  —  The survey of 625 registered Florida voters …
Discussion: The Hill
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Burn the Republican Party Down?  —  It would damage the country, and those who say yes bear some blame for the president's rise.  —  Where did Donald Trump come from?  Where is the GOP going?  Should the whole thing be burned down?  A lot had to go wrong before we got a President Trump.
 
 
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Hong Kong Delays Election, Citing Coronavirus. The Opposition Isn't Buying It.
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Hollywood Reporter:
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