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8:20 PM ET, August 10, 2020

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NBC News:
QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, documents show  —  An internal investigation by Facebook has uncovered thousands of groups and pages, with millions of members and followers, that support the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to internal company documents reviewed by NBC News.
jsonline:
Ron Johnson on stimulus negotiations: ‘I hope the talks remain broken down’  —  MADISON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson would rather see no new coronavirus stimulus bill than one that includes new spending, the Oshkosh Republican said Friday.  —  Johnson said in a Friday interview with Breitbart News Tonight …
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
House will not hold votes until Sept. 14 unless stimulus deal is reached
Washington Post:   New Trump chief of staff drew hard line during relief talks, challenging Democrats' approach
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police return fire as looters hit Mag Mile, smashing windows and confronting officers  —  Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, confronting police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, authorities said.
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Fox News:
Chicago rocked by widespread looting caught on video after police-involved shooting  —  Hundreds of people were seen looting stores such as Nordstrom, Walgreens and Macy's  —  Videos circulating online show widespread looting and clashes with police across Chicago's Magnificent Mile shopping …
New York Times:
Biden's V.P. Pick Is Said to Be Imminent  —  Joe Biden's advisers are planning an announcement for the middle of the week as his search concludes, people briefed on the selection process said.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has told allies that he has interviewed every finalist …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump accuses Sasse of going ‘rogue’ after GOP senator slams his coronavirus orders  —  President Donald Trump on Monday accused Sen. Ben Sasse of being a “RINO” who had “gone rogue” by scolding the White House for a recent collection of executive actions meant to provide assistance to Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Alexandra Alper / Reuters:
White House announces spectrum auction in 2021 to fuel 5G growth
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:   Trump says he will deliver nomination speech from either the White House or Gettysburg
Detroit Free Press:
Sources: Big Ten cancels football season; no games for Michigan, Michigan State in 2020  —  See you later, college football.  —  The Big Ten has voted to cancel the 2020 college football season in a historic move that stems from concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic …
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ESPN:
Sources: Power 5 conferences talking about no fall football
Detroit Free Press:
Big Ten reportedly voted 12-2 to cancel football season; Michigan, MSU voted not to play
Discussion: The Hill
Institute of Politics and Public Service:
Battleground Poll  —  The August 2020 Battleground Poll gave strong evidence that three months out from the 2020 election, President Trump faces eroding support on the economy, and major challenges with Independent, suburban, and middle class voters.  Americans trust Vice President Joe Biden …
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
Winter is coming: Why America's window of opportunity to beat back Covid-19 is closing  —  The good news: The United States has a window of opportunity to beat back Covid-19 before things get much, much worse.  —  The bad news: That window is rapidly closing.  And the country seems unwilling or unable to seize the moment.
Politico:
Newsom indicates California health officer's abrupt departure related to test data problem  —  SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom took responsibility Monday for California's coronavirus test data problems and hinted that the abrupt departure late Sunday of his state public health officer was related to the information blunder.
Discussion: Reuters
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's inadvertent tax hike  —  President Trump's payroll tax deferral is supposed to reduce taxes and make employees cheaper to hire.  It may do precisely the opposite, which Trump would know if he had real tax experts or economists advising him instead of just people who play them on TV.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Associated Press:
Dems say Trump's payroll tax break weakens Social Security
Discussion: The Hill
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
‘Their tactics are fascistic’: Barr slams Black Lives Matter, accuses the left of ‘tearing down the system’  —  Nearly two weeks after Democrats grilled Attorney General William P. Barr over the Justice Department's crackdowns on racial justice protests, Barr on Sunday evening lashed …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Townhall
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
A devastating indictment of the Republican Party from a GOP insider  —  President Trump holds a Bible while visiting St. John's Church across from the White House on June 1, 2020, after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd.  Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Bernard Goldberg:
Why I Want Biden to Lose More than I Want Trump to Win  —  As regular readers of my column know, I'm no fan of Donald Trump.  And that's putting it mildly.  —  I don't like his chronic dishonesty.  I don't like narcissism.  I don't like his nastiness and his silly name-calling.
Discussion: Fox News and Twitchy
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Business Insider:
Top Democrats fear Trump and his staff will shred documents, withhold important information and delete official emails on the way out if Biden wins the election.
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
GOP Aides: Trump Nom for German Ambassador ‘Dead on Arrival’  —  The Trump administration's nominee to assume a critical ambassadorship in Germany is “dead on arrival,” according to three senior Republican congressional aides who pointed to Douglas Macgregor's insinuation that a cadre …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Have Female Reporters Got Trump on the Run?  —  It starts with a reporter, usually a female reporter, asking President Donald Trump hard, tenacious questions at a news conference.  Trump's jaw seizes up, rattled and dumbfounded by the questions that he can't or won't answer …
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS News
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Could Temporarily Block Americans Who Might Be Infected From Returning to the U.S.  —  Nearly 100,000 children tested positive in the last two weeks of July, according to a new report.  During a visit to Taiwan, the U.S. health secretary praised the island's response to the pandemic.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Bill O'Reilly is on the verge of landing a new show on radio station owned by a Trump ally  — Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly is on the brink of landing his own radio show at a station owned by longtime Trump ally John Catsimatidis.  — O'Reilly, according to his attorney Fred Newman …
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas  —  The reversal is the latest move in the Trump administration's ongoing effort to weaken environmental rules, but it could be quickly undone after the November election.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration …
Jason Whitlock / OutKick:
Why is Gregg Popovich Lying About Michael Brown And Stirring Racial Animus?  —  Six years ago, I bought the Michael Brown “hands up, don't shoot” narrative.  I bought the act of Twitter activist Shaun King, too.  Through King, I donated $1,000 to support Michael Brown's mother …
Discussion: Twitchy
Will Lavin / NME:
Thousands gather at Smash Mouth concert despite coronavirus pandemic  —  Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell told the crowd: “We're all here together tonight!  Fuck that COVID shit!”  —  Thousands of fans gathered in Sturgis, South Dakota at the weekend to watch Smash Mouth in concert despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Alex Abad-Santos / Vox:
Performative masculinity is making American men sick  —  American men are failing the pandemic.  —  Fellas, is it gay to not die of a virus that turns your lungs into soggy shells of their former selves, drowning you from the inside out?  Is wearing a mask to avoid death part of the feminization of America?
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Willie Brown to Kamala Harris: Don't join Biden's ticket  —  Willie Brown was instrumental in launching Kamala Harris' political career, so I guess he has standing to give her career advice.  His advice is that Harris should say “no” to Joe Biden if he offers her a place on the Democratic ticket.
Discussion: Spectator USA and National Review
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
It's possible that Trump actually isn't the hardest-working president in history  —  During an appearance on NBC's “Meet the Press” on Sunday, White House trade adviser (and all-around informal spokesman) Peter Navarro was asked why President Trump spent the weekend in New Jersey instead of Washington …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump claims he would have not called for Obama to resign over 160,000 virus deaths
Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
5th time's the charm? Pentagon has yet another civilian leader of special operations in 3 years
Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Georgia State Election Board Approves Absentee Ballot Process Improvements
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
Miranda Green / NBC News:
Federal agency to reopen 53 Native American schools despite coronavirus fears
Megan Henney / Fox News:
Susan Rice's financial ties to Keystone Pipeline worry some progressives ahead of Biden VP selection
Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
Janice Dean, who lost in-laws to coronavirus, says she was pulled from testifying at hearings on NY nursing home deaths
Discussion: Breitbart
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 Earlier Items: 
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia governor rules out requiring masks at public schools
Discussion: Daily Kos, UPI and Essence
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt / The Forward:
Trump says U.S. needs ‘more Jews that love Israel’
ProPublica:
ICE Is Making Sure Migrant Kids Don't Have COVID-19 — Then Expelling Them to “Prevent the Spread” of COVID-19
Steven Perlberg / Digiday:
'There's no antagonist': News outlets mull the possible end of their editorial and business-side ‘Trump Bump’ bonanza
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The ‘Blue Shift’ Will Decide the Election
Discussion: Raw Story
Jerry Taylor / Niskanen Center:
What Democrats Can Learn from the Republicans about Political Power
New York Times:
Big Tech Makes Inroads With the Biden Campaign
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Arizona Focus Group Sees Trump's Crime Attack On Biden As ‘Far From Reality’
Discussion: Raw Story