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4:05 PM ET, August 19, 2020

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Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
Photos appear to show mail sorting machines in parts in US postal facility  —  Images come as controversy grows over post office, mail-in voting.  —  As questions over recent changes implemented at the U.S. Postal Service continue to mount, new images obtained by ABC News appear …
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Washington Post:
Postal Service blocked lawmakers from key evidence on DeJoy's selection, Schumer says
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Meadows says postmaster general did not discuss pausing changes with Trump
Discussion: Reuters, Politico and IJR
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
DeJoy's USPS Policy Rollbacks Don't Appear to Change Much
Discussion: ProPublica, The Hill and Alpha News
Reuters:
U.S. House releases legislation to safeguard mail-in ballots
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
Far-Right Extremist Laura Loomer Wins Florida Republican Primary  —  She is looking to unseat Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel in a district that includes President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A far-right social media provocateur whose hate speech got her banned …
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Robby Soave / Reason:
The GOP Should Shun Laura Loomer  —  Laura Loomer, the far-right gadfly and conspiracy theorist, has prevailed in her bid to become the Republican Party's candidate for Florida's 21st Congressional District.  She will face incumbent Rep. Lois Frankel, a Democrat, in the general election.
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Madison Cawthorn Is the Future of the Republican Party  —  In a June primary, a photogenic Zoomer Republican named Madison Cawthorn beat a candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump to fill the North Carolina House seat formerly occupied by his chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
USA Today:
Laura Loomer, with Roger Stone in tow, wins Florida House Republican primary.  She'll face Lois Frankel in November  —  Incumbent Lois Frankel and social media firebrand Laura Loomer won their respective primaries Tuesday, setting the tone for what will be a fiery, nationally watched congressional election in November.
Hallie Jackson / MSNBC:
Ex-DHS Official: Trump wanted to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland  —  A former Chief of Staff with the Department of Homeland Security, Miles Taylor, joins Hallie Jackson to discuss his tenure working in the Trump administration.  Taylor, who has recently begun speaking out about what he witnessed …
Discussion: Latino Rebels
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Ex-Aide: Trump told DHS secretary, ‘Get your ass to the border’  —  President Donald Trump personally ordered his secretary of homeland security to head to the border at least half a dozen times, taking her away from her focus on pressing national security matters, according to her former chief of staff.
Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:   Trump Once Asked if He Could Swap Puerto Rico for Greenland: Ex-Aide
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
As it turns out, there really was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia  —  The investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III ended anticlimactically.  Although Mueller's report detailed evidence of Russian interference and the Trump team's welcome receipt of help from Moscow …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Ex-State Department Official ‘Destroyed’ Records At Request Of Christopher Steele  — A former State Department official destroyed reports he received from former British spy Christopher Steele, according to a Senate report released on Tuesday.  — Jonathan Winer, who was Steele's point …
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:   Russiagate Was Not a Hoax  —  Rereading the Mueller report more than a year after its publication …
Zachary Evans / National Review:
Ex-FBI Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Durham Probe of Russia Investigation  —  Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, admitting that he altered an email that he used to apply for a FISA warrant against former Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page.
Discussion: Politico, Reuters and Fox News
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Ex-FBI Lawyer Kevin Clinesmith Pleads Guilty In Durham Probe
Discussion: Fox News
NBC News:
QAnon groups hit by Facebook crack down  —  Facebook on Wednesday banned about 900 pages and groups and 1,500 ads tied to the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon, part of a sweeping action that also restricted the reach of over 10,000 Instagram pages and almost 2,000 Facebook groups pushing …
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Barbara Ortutay / ABC News:
Facebook bans some, but not all, QAnon groups, accounts
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Shawn Wheat / WIBW-TV:
Goodyear responds to zero-tolerance policy slide labeled by employee as discriminatory
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Kamala Harris to turn prosecutorial skills on Trump in historic speech  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris will unleash her prosecutorial skills against President Donald Trump on Wednesday when she addresses the Democratic National Convention as presidential nominee Joe Biden's running mate.
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Joe Biden is already planning a failed presidency  —  In 2008, after eight years of a George W. Bush administration that had done staggering damage to the United States and the world, a moderate Democrat ascended to the presidency, promising that he would set things right.
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Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Democrats Drop Demand To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies From Party Platform
Discussion: Vox and The Verge
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Convention Is a Reality Check for Trump  —  Democrats turned over their convention keynote speech last night to a split-screen array of 17 diverse young leaders one day after news leaked that Republicans had invited to speak at their convention the white suburban couple …
Amanda Prestigiacomo / The Daily Wire:
‘A Star Is Born’: GOP Candidate's Ad Trounces Michelle Obama DNC Speech In Digital Metrics  —  As noted by The Daily Wire on Monday, Republican strategist and congressional GOP candidate Kimberly Klacik released a hard-hitting ad slamming Democrats for their apparent fake concern for black lives …
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
1.5 Million Antibody Tests Show What Parts of N.Y.C. Were Hit Hardest  —  The data from the city is on a far larger scale than previously released information, and includes all antibody test results reported to the city's Department of Health.  —  New York City on Tuesday released …
Discussion: The Hill
USA Today:
Two women say ex-Washington RB Derrius Guice raped them at LSU when he was a freshman  —  Two former Louisiana State University students said recently released Washington Football Team running back Derrius Guice raped them months apart in 2016, when he was a rising star freshman on the LSU football team.
New York Times:
Local Officials in China Hid Coronavirus Dangers From Beijing, U.S. Agencies Find  —  A new U.S. intelligence report says top officials in Beijing were in the dark in early January on the true dangers of the virus.  That could affect U.S. policy on China.  —  WASHINGTON — Trump administration …
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
'I'm Only One Human Being': Parents Brace for a Go-It-Alone School Year  —  Just one in five families will have any sort of in-person help, a new survey finds, and parents are feeling stressed and stranded.  —  Parents across America are facing the pandemic school year feeling overwhelmed, anxious and abandoned.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Allies Fear That He's Ditched the Working Class for ‘Boaters’ and Housewives  —  In 2016, the billionaire media celebrity was able to brand himself as a savior of the working class.  Four years later, he's obsessed with the stock market and boaters.  —  President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kate Grise / CNN:
Trump campaign sues New Jersey over mail-in voting plans  —  How mail-in-voting could change the 2020 election  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's reelection campaign sued New Jersey Tuesday over the state's decision to use a hybrid voting model for November's election …
Chuck Rocha / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Secret Untapped Weapon  —  How he could win the Latino vote ... and the presidency.  —  Mr. Rocha is the author of the book “Tío Bernie: The Inside Story of How Bernie Sanders Brought Latinos Into the Political Revolution.”  —  In less than four years …
Discussion: Latino Rebels
Erica Pandey / Axios:
1 in 5 college students don't plan to go back this fall  —  As the coronavirus pandemic pushes more and more universities to switch to remote learning — at least to start — 22% of college students across all four years are planning not to enroll this fall, according to a new College Reaction/Axios poll.
 
 
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
More than 200 charged with federal crimes, 1,000 arrested in Operation Legend, AG Barr announces
Wall Street Journal:
New York Teachers Union Threatens Strike If Schools Reopen Without Safety Measures
New York Times:
Big Tech's Domination of Business Reaches New Heights
Tami Luhby / CNN:
Businesses say Trump's payroll tax deferral action is ‘unworkable’
Daniel John Sobieski / American Thinker:
Andrew Cuomo, Serial Killer
Discussion: TheBlaze and Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Israel raises concerns with U.S. about new Saudi nuclear facility
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
'He's Destroyed Conservatism': The Republican Case Against Trump's GOP
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Thau / Redstate:
The Case for Masks, School Closings, & Social Isolation Just Collapsed!
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19
Discussion: The Week and Balloon Juice
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Cops Who Charged Civil Rights Leaders With Felonies Try To Sideline Progressive Prosecutor
Discussion: Washingtonian and Washington Post
 

 
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