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10:50 AM ET, August 2, 2020

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Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
Ten bucks left, no place to go: How the pandemic and a broken unemployment system are upending people's lives  —  He had five days to move out of the house in Brightwood Park, and now Daniel Vought stood looking at the plastic crates stacked in the living room holding his things.  T-shirts.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
'Hating Joe Biden doesn't juice up their base': Key swing state slips away from Trump  —  PHILADELPHIA — Senior citizens and suburban voters are sinking President Donald Trump's campaign across the country.  —  But here in Pennsylvania — home to one of the largest populations of residents age 65 …
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Washington Post:
Trump's campaign in crisis as aides attempt August reset before time runs out
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Associated Press:   Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Biden calls on Congress to pass emergency housing package
Discussion: Reuters
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
GOP: Renomination of Trump to be held in private  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, without members of the press present, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Convention, citing the coronavirus.
Discussion: Axios
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Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
'I'm sorry, but it's a fantasy' … This is my choice, but I'm starting to wish that it wasn't.  I don't feel qualified.  I've been a superintendent for 20 years, so I guess I should be used to making decisions, but I keep getting lost in my head.  I'll be in my office looking at a blank computer screen …
Nic Robertson / CNN:
Trump's Germany troops pullout may be his last gift to Putin before the election  —  Biden adviser: Trump is trying to take digs at Merkel  —  London (CNN)Since he came to office, US President Donald Trump has obsessively picked at the ties that bind America to its allies.
Discussion: Raw Story
Christina Goldbaum / New York Times:
Is the Subway Risky?  It May Be Safer Than You Think  —  New studies in Europe and Asia suggest that riding public transportation is not a major source of transmission for the coronavirus.  —  Five months after the coronavirus outbreak engulfed New York City, riders are still staying away …
Discussion: Gothamist
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
How the Trump campaign came to court QAnon, the online conspiracy movement identified by the FBI as a violent threat  —  Outside the Las Vegas Convention Center, Kayleigh McEnany raised a microphone to a mega-fan and asked what it felt like to be acknowledged by President Trump at his February rally in Sin City.
Wilford Brimley Dead / TMZ.com:
Wilford Brimley, Face of Quaker Oats & Diabetes Campaigns, Dead at 85  —  Wilford Brimley — an iconic actor who was the face of Quaker Oats for years, as well as a spokesperson for diabetes education — has died ... a rep tells TMZ.  —  We're told Brimley passed away Saturday morning at his home in Utah.
Jon Brown / The Daily Wire:
DC Mayor Exempts John Lewis Funeral Attendees From City's Quarantine Restrictions  —  Lawmakers who attended the funeral of late Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) in Atlanta earlier this week are exempt from Washington, D.C.'s, self-quarantine restrictions, according to District Mayor Muriel Bowser's office.
Washington Post:
Trump keeps promising an overhaul of the nation's health-care system that never arrives  —  It was a bold claim when President Trump said that he was about to produce an overhaul of the nation's health-care system, at last doing away with the Affordable Care Act, which he has long promised to abolish.
Aaron Keller / Law & Crime:
Ghislaine Maxwell Bashes the Miami Herald as Appeals Court Delays Upcoming Document Dump  —  Ghislaine Maxwell, who faces federal criminal charges of enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sex acts, transportation of a minor to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy, and perjury …
Jason Owens / Yahoo Sports:
Thunder players all kneel during anthem after threat from Oklahoma lawmaker  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  Oklahoma City Thunder players did not heed a lawmaker's threat about kneeling during the national anthem.  —  All the Thunder players knelt on Saturday alongside
Discussion: INSIDER and KRON4
New York Times:
After Plummeting, the Virus Soars Back in the Midwest  —  States like Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin are riding a frustrating seesaw during the pandemic, with new coronavirus cases rising again after apparent progress.  —  CHICAGO — First, the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Cuccinelli relaxed oversight of DHS intel office  —  Before the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence arm put together intelligence reports about journalists, its leaders advocated for less internal oversight of the office.  —  Several months ago, the leadership of the Office …
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Private school attended by Barron Trump prohibited from in-person learning until October as President pushes openings  —  (CNN)As President Donald Trump continues to demand a return to in-person classes for schools around the country despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic …
Discussion: WTOP
USA Today:
Trump meets with Florida sheriffs who had attended conference with COVID-positive colleague  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - Florida sheriffs who had attended a conference this week with a COVID-19-infected colleague met Friday afternoon with President Donald Trump.  —  Volusia County Sheriff Mike …
Jordan Davidson / The Federalist:
As They Turn To Burning Bibles, Portland Rioters Show Their True Colors  —  While rioters previously attacked federal buildings, businesses, and even officers, this weekend, they found a new target: Bibles.  —  A video posted to Twitter on Saturday shows rioters holding Black Lives Matter signs tossing Bibles into a fire.
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Protesters burn Bible, American flag as tensions rise in Portland
Discussion: The Daily Caller and KOIN-TV
Richard Wolffe / The Guardian:
Could this anti-Trump Republican group take down the president?  —  Savage attack ads from a well-funded group of dissident Republicans are aiming to sway a key sliver of opinion in swing states  —  Amid all the noise of an election involving Donald Trump - all the inflammatory tweets …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Roxanne Roberts / Washington Post:
The Lincoln Project's plan for preserving the union: Drive Trump out of office by driving him nuts
Discussion: Mediaite
12news.com:
Arizona Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva tests positive for coronavirus  —  Grijalva, 72, said in a statement that he has no symptoms and feels fine, but will self quarantine.  —  WASHINGTON — Arizona Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva announced Saturday he has tested positive for coronavirus while in Washington D.C.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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James Arkin / Politico:
GOP dread over possible Kobach nomination in Kansas
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Voting by Mail Is Crucial for Democracy
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
The voice of the late Rep. John Lewis echoes in the Capitol during ceremony
Geir Moulson / Associated Press:
Thousands protest in Berlin against coronavirus restrictions
Discussion: DW.COM, Power Line and Axios
Courier-Journal:
Cuban community plans rally at NuLu restaurant in response to Black Lives Matter demands
CNN:
I'm ready to call our sister in the movement for justice Madam Vice President Kamala Harris
Discussion: The Hill
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Court rejection of Boston bomber's death sentence seems based on hostility to death penalty
 Earlier Items: 
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
In Trumpworld, the Grown-Ups in the Room All Left, and Got Book Deals
Daniel Goldman / Washington Post:
Barr would fire Barr if he were any other Justice Department lawyer
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Kanye West Is Still Trying to Get on the Ballot
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kelly Loeffler takes BLM criticism to host with white supremacist ties
Discussion: Raw Story
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Democrats demand answers from U.S. ambassador after reports he asked Brazil for favor to help Trump in 2020
Washington Post:
Coronavirus threat rises across U.S.: ‘We just have to assume the monster is everywhere’
Discussion: Bangor Daily News