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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
In secretly recorded audio, President Trump's sister says he has ‘no principles’ and 'you can't trust him' — Maryanne Trump Barry was serving as a federal judge when she heard her brother, President Trump, suggest on Fox News, “maybe I'll have to put her at the border” amid a wave of refugees entering the United States.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
President's Sister Describes Trump as Liar With ‘No Principles’ in Recordings — In a series of recordings published by The Washington Post, Maryanne Trump Barry can be heard disparaging her brother's performance as president. — WASHINGTON — Maryanne Trump Barry, President Trump's older sister …
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Daniel Cassady / Forbes:
Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines — Postal workers in Washington State have reinstalled high-speed mail sorting machines—dismantled after controversial orders from the U.S. Postal Service— despite USPS orders not to put machines back in use. — KEY FACTS
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New York Times:
Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up — At President Trump's behest, the Treasury Secretary sought out appointees who would restructure the United States Postal Service. — WASHINGTON — In early February, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin invited two Republican members …
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
New Postal Service Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worse Than Postal Service Has Acknowledged — Internal “PMG Briefing” Shows Alarming Delays Across the Board— First-Class, Marketing, Periodicals, and Priority Mail — “After being confronted on Friday with first-hand reports …
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New York Times:
Congress Votes to Block U.S.P.S. Changes — The Democratic bill would send $25 billion to the Postal Service and reverse changes that have slowed service until after November's election. — WASHINGTON — The House interrupted its summer recess on Saturday for a rare weekend session …
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Washington Post:
How Trump, Mnuchin and DeJoy edged the Postal Service into a crisis — Soon after Louis DeJoy arrived at the U.S. Postal Service's L'Enfant Plaza headquarters in mid-June, Mark Dimondstein, the veteran leader of the agency's largest union, called to get on the new postmaster general's schedule.
Axios:
House passes bill to reverse U.S. Postal Service changes
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Washington Post:
House passes bill to boost U.S. Postal Service amid Trump attacks
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New York Times:
Republicans Rush to Finalize Convention ('Apprentice' Producers Are Helping) — The party is promising a more traditional in-person spectacle with President Trump speaking every night. Coming into this weekend, producers at the major TV networks had only a foggy idea of what to expect.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
An Apprentice producer and a TV-obsessed president: Inside the GOP's convention scramble — President Donald Trump had just pulled the plug on plans for an in-person convention bash in Jacksonville, Florida when a handful of his top political aides met in a conference room in suburban Washington, sitting in front of a blank whiteboard.
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Portland police stand by as Proud Boys and far-right militias flash guns and brawl with antifa counterprotesters — PORTLAND, Ore. — On Saturday afternoon, a large crowd of more than 100 far-right activists, including Proud Boys and armed militia members, descended on Portland, Ore. …
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Mary Papenfuss / Yahoo News:
Trump Told Homeland Security To Take Its Orders From Lou Dobbs, Former Official Says — Donald Trump told officials from the Department of Homeland Security to get their marching orders by listening to Fox Business host — Lou Dobbs “every night,” former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor told Anderson Cooper on Friday.
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Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Joe Biden faces new plagiarism claim over DNC acceptance speech — That's sloppy, Joe. — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden reprised his penchant for borrowing lines from other people's work this week — apparently relying a bit too heavily on the words of a deceased Canuck party leader during …
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The Post Millennial
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Gets No Immediate Convention Bounce, but Still Leads Trump — Democratic nominee earns best favorability ratings yet in post-DNC poll — In a post-convention poll, former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 9 points among likely voters, compared with an 8-point margin earlier in the week.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
William Barr told Murdoch to ‘muzzle’ Fox News Trump critic, new book says — The attorney general, William Barr, told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a prominent Fox News personality who became a critic of Donald Trump, according to a new book about the rightwing TV network.
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Politico:
Trump set to block controversial Alaska gold mine — The Trump administration is planning to block the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska early next week, six people familiar with the plans told POLITICO, marking a surprise reversal that could be the death knell for the massive copper and gold project.
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Kirk Nielsen / Washington Post:
I mailed my ballot in on time. Florida tossed it. 2020 will be much worse. — Long before the pandemic and the pandemonium at the Postal Service, Florida had a ballot delivery crisis — one bad enough to raise suspicions about the integrity of a close election.
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Joe Mario Pedersen / Orlando Sentinel:
Once in a lifetime: two hurricanes, same time, same place — As if the 2020 hurricane season needed another reason to be remembered, meteorologists are now predicting two hurricanes may hit near the same location at about the same time. — The phenomenon is one that has never been recorded before …
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Twitchy
Seth Cohen / Forbes:
The Real Reason Alyssa Milano Attracts Such Fierce Animosity From The Right — If you spend time reading or listening to conservative media outlets these days, you would think that the United States faces a far greater threat than Covid-19, global warming, racial injustice, or economic inequality.
Dan Evon / Snopes.com:
Did Democrats Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance? — Claim — The Democratic National Convention omitted the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in 2020. — Rating — What's True — The phrase “under God” was omitted from at least two recitations of the Pledge …
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distortion on Dems and the pledge
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Tennessee governor signs bill increasing punishments for certain protests — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) quietly signed a bill into law ramping up punishments for certain kinds of protests, including losing the right to vote. — The GOP-controlled state General Assembly passed the measure …
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