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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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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement After Conversation with Postmaster General  —  San Francisco - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after speaking to Postmaster General DeJoy about his alleged pause in operational changes that are delaying the mail and threatening to disenfranchise voters:
James Brooks / Anchorage Daily News:
In rule change, Postal Service forbids employees from signing absentee ballots as witnesses  —  In a nationwide rule change that went unnoticed this summer, the U.S. Postal Service has forbidden employees from signing absentee ballots as witnesses while on duty.
Washington Post:
Postal Service blocked lawmakers from key evidence on DeJoy's selection, Schumer says
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
DeJoy's USPS Policy Rollbacks Don't Appear to Change Much
Washington Post:
White House ‘open to looking at’ $25 billion in Postal Service funding, press secretary says
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico:
Army investigating soldiers who appeared in DNC video  —  The Army is launching an investigation into two soldiers who appeared in uniform during Democratic National Convention coverage Tuesday night, the service announced Wednesday.  —  During the broadcast, two soldiers in uniform flanked officials …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
DNC 2020, night 3: Harris' big speech, Obama's the closer and more to watch for  —  WASHINGTON — It's Kamala Harris' big night Wednesday as the vice presidential nominee addresses the third night of the all-virtual Democratic National Convention, along with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Discussion: Reuters, Axios, MSNBC and Fox News
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Obama: 'Donald Trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't'
Discussion: Fox News
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Joe Biden is already planning a failed presidency
Discussion: Vox and The Verge
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Broadcast ratings for second night of Democratic convention off 48 percent from 2016
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Harris to turn prosecutorial skills on Trump, Clinton urging early voting
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:   Democratic convention live updates: Harris to accept historic nomination; Obama, Clinton will speak
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.
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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 …
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Madison Cawthorn Is the Future of the Republican Party
Discussion: Culture Study
USA Today:   Laura Loomer, with Roger Stone in tow, wins Florida House Republican primary. She'll face Lois Frankel 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: Vanity Fair, Politico and Latino Rebels
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
Clinton to offer ‘sobering indictment’ of Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:   Trump Once Asked if He Could Swap Puerto Rico for Greenland: Ex-Aide
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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Max Cohen / Politico:
Trump calls for Goodyear boycott after company bans MAGA attire among employees  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday promoted a boycott of Goodyear, angrily reacting to a viral company policy that banned employees from wearing “MAGA Attire.”  —  “Don't buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS.
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Russiagate Was Not a Hoax  —  Rereading the Mueller report more than a year after its publication is an exercise in disappointment.  One gets the feeling that Robert Mueller didn't press his inquiry to its end.  Instead of settling the questions that haunt the 2016 campaign, he left them dangling …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Harris sets off Democratic donor stampede  —  Kamala Harris is tapping into a new tranche of campaign cash for Joe Biden: money from both big and small donors who were reluctant to give to the white, male and over-70 nominee-in-waiting before she arrived.  —  Biden has turned things around …
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and Breitbart
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump says US intends to trigger ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions on Iran  —  President Trump on Wednesday announced that the U.S. intends to “snapback” sanctions on Iran, days after the U.N. Security Council failed to extend a soon-to expire arms embargo on Iran.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. expected to invoke Iran deal “snapback” on Thursday
Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
More than 200 charged with federal crimes, 1,000 arrested in Operation Legend, AG Barr announces  —  Nearly 400 firearms have been seized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.  —  At least 207 people have been charged with a federal crime, and more than 1,000 arrests …
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
AG Barr announces nearly 1500 arrests so far under ‘Operation Legend’
Discussion: Breitbart
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
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 …
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.
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson says it's premature to promote latest unproven coronavirus treatment  —  Cabinet official says extract, pitched to president, needs clinical trials.  —  Housing Secretary Ben Carson said today it was premature to promote an unproven treatment for coronavirus …
Discussion: Forbes, Snopes.com and Washington Post
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.
CBS News:
Donald Trump Jr. appeared in promotion for gun company run by prominent member of polygamous group  —  Amid a series of campaign appearances in Utah on July 24, Donald Trump Jr. took time to shoot Desert Tech rifles and appeared in promotional images for the company, which is owned by a prominent member of a polygamous sect.
Lawfare:
A Recent Prosecution Shows the Hypocrisy of Flynn's Defenders  —  Materiality appears to mean different things to the leadership of the Justice Department these days, depending on the defendant.  —  An FBI lawyer named Kevin Clinesmith will reportedly soon plead guilty to a felony in federal district court.
Greg Iacurci / CNBC:
Nearly 40% of cash-strapped Americans can't last a month on savings  — Nearly 40% of Americans who lost a job or had a reduction in take-home pay due to Covid-19 can't last more than a month on savings of any kind, according to a SimplyWise survey.  — It's a sobering reminder …
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
Trump says he doesn't know much about QAnon but has heard it likes him
Discussion: Breitbart
Rasmussen Reports:
White House Watch
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
E.U. Rejects Belarus Election, Without Demanding a New One
Donna St. George / Washington Post:
Pandemic parents: Why can child-care open in schools that won't allow classes?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
McEnany: Trump will ‘see what happens’ before accepting the results of the election
Discussion: Raw Story
Jim Halterman / TV Insider:
Tuesday's TV Ratings: 'America's Got Talent' Topples 2020 DNC Night 2
Discussion: The Federalist and CNN
Tim Ahmann / Reuters:
Unusual for any company that acquires TikTok to give funds to U.S. Treasury: White House aide
Jason Whitlock / OutKick:
Breonna Taylor's Death And BLM Fear-Mongering Wrong Fixations For LeBron, Lakers And Black People
 Earlier Items: 
FIRE:
VICTORY: Stockton clears student investigated after using Zoom background of Trump, posting political Facebook status
Discussion: Breitbart
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Biden pollster: Campaign building broader coalition than Obama's
Richard L. Hasen / New York Times:
Trump's Relentless Attacks on Mail-In Ballots Are Part of a Larger Strategy
Discussion: Boston.com and Bangor Daily News
Erica Pandey / Axios:
1 in 5 college students don't plan to go back this fall
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Allies Fear That He's Ditched the Working Class for ‘Boaters’ and Housewives
Discussion: Raw Story
Chuck Rocha / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Secret Untapped Weapon
Discussion: Latino Rebels
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land:
Google blocked or removed 5.5B ads and 12.7M advertiser accounts for violating its policies in 2023, up from 5.2B ads and 6.7M advertiser accounts in 2022

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach plans to move 300 of its 2,000 journalists into central traffic-driving content hub to reduce the number of journalists writing similar stories

 
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