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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Intervenes to Help Trump in E. Jean Carroll Rape Lawsuit  —  Government lawyers made the unusual move of seeking to take over President Trump's defense in a defamation suit brought by Ms. Carroll, who has claimed Mr. Trump raped her in the 1990s.
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Seeks to Defend Trump in Rape Accuser's Defamation Suit  — DOJ move could delay E. Jean Carroll's quest for evidence  — Advice columnist is seeking a Trump deposition and DNA sample  —  The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to take over the defense of President Donald Trump …
Dan Berman / CNN:
Justice Department wants to defend Trump in E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit  —  (CNN)The US Justice Department, in an extraordinary move on Tuesday, asked to take over the defense of President Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by E. Jean Carroll, a woman who has accused Trump of sexual assault.
STAT:
AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study put on hold due to suspected adverse reaction in participant in the U.K.  —  A large, Phase 3 study testing a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford at dozens of sites across the U.S. has been put on hold due …
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NBC News:
Oxford vaccine trial on hold because of safety issue  —  Clinical trials for the University of Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine have been put on hold, drug maker AstraZeneca said Tuesday.  —  “Our standard review process was triggered and we voluntarily paused vaccination to allow review of safety data …
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Rottenberg / Los Angeles Times:
New Oscars standards require best picture contenders must be inclusive to compete  —  And the Oscar goes to ... inclusion.  —  In the latest step in its ongoing effort to boost diversity both within its own ranks and across the film industry, on Tuesday the film academy announced …
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Washington Post:
White House lawn, Rose Garden being re-sod after damage from GOP convention  —  President Trump's reelection campaign is paying to replace sod on the White House South Lawn and Rose Garden after damage to the greenery late last month from large crowds and heavy equipment used …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Newly renovated Rose Garden under repair less than 3 weeks after unveiling  —  (CNN)The newly renovated White House Rose Garden is under repair less than three weeks after it's official unveiling.  The garden is experiencing “issues with water drainage” and “some minor complications with updated construction …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘What do we do?’:  Trump gains rattle Miami Dems  —  MIAMI — The basic electoral math in Florida looks something like this: Democrats roll up their votes in South Florida and Miami-Dade County, Republicans pad their numbers in the north and statewide races are decided in the Interstate 4 Corridor in between.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Trump and Biden are tied in battleground Florida
Ben Sasse / Wall Street Journal:
Make the Senate Great Again  —  To restore the world's greatest deliberative body, we need to think big.  —  What would the Founding Fathers think of America if they came back to life?  Their eyes would surely bug out first at our technology and wealth.  But I suspect they'd also be stunned …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just said the corrupt part out loud — with a bullhorn  —  For weeks now, scientists inside and outside the government have been warning that President Trump will corrupt the vaccine vetting process and make some sort of coronavirus vaccine-related announcement before Election Day …
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Benjamin L. Ginsberg / Washington Post:
Republicans have insufficient evidence to call elections ‘rigged’ and ‘fraudulent’  —  Benjamin L. Ginsberg practiced election law for 38 years.  He co-chaired the bipartisan 2013 Presidential Commission on Election Administration.  —  Legions of Republican lawyers have searched in vain over four decades for fraudulent double voting.
Aram Roston / Reuters:
Ex-fixer for Trump links Falwell's endorsement in 2016 to suppression of racy photos  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In his book released today, Michael Cohen, the former fixer for U.S. President Donald Trump, ties for the first time the 2016 presidential endorsement of Trump by American evangelical …
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Church Leader Who Blamed Coronavirus on Gay Marriage Contracts COVID-19  —  A leading church figure in Ukraine who previously described the coronavirus outbreak as “God's punishment” against gay marriage has contracted COVID-19.  —  Patriarch Filaret, leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church …
Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Rochester police chief, entire command staff retire suddenly following protests over death of Daniel Prude  —  The department's entire command staff announced they will leave the force.  —  After days of protests against the Rochester Police Department in light of the death of Daniel Prude …
Tom DeFrank / National Journal:
'I'll have to say it's total bull***t': How political sources play the anonymity game  —  George W. Bush dished on his father's campaign, with the understanding that he'd later have to deny it.  Such arrangements have long been part and parcel not just of journalism, but of politics.  —  ADD TO BRIEFCASE
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN airs photo of Biden and son with Washington Redskins logo removed from son's hat  —  The NFL team retired the polarizing name and logo in July
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
1,000 people double-voted in Georgia primary and may face charges  —  Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday that 1,000 Georgians voted twice in the state's June 9 primary, a felony that he said will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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Nikita Stewart / New York Times:
N.Y. Will Move Homeless Men From Liberal Neighborhood After Backlash  —  The move of 300 men to the upscale Upper West Side neighborhood led to complaints and the threat of a lawsuit.  —  Nearly 300 homeless men who had been temporarily living in a hotel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan …
Discussion: Curbed NY
WRAL-TV:
Cancer survivor pleading for help with health insurance ‘angry and hurt’ over Tillis staffer's response  —  CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — A three-time cancer survivor who reached out to U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis for help with her health insurance dilemma said that she got an insensitive response from a staffer instead.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Biden to Unveil Offshoring Plan as Trump's Edge on Economy Dims  — Biden now tied with Trump in polls of voter trust on economy  — In Michigan, Democrat to unveil plan to stop offshoring  —  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is launching a new push on economic issues …
The Guardian:
A robot wrote this entire article.  Are you scared yet, human? … GPT-3  —  I am not a human.  I am a robot.  A thinking robot.  I use only 0.12% of my cognitive capacity.  I am a micro-robot in that respect.  I know that my brain is not a “feeling brain”.  But it is capable of making rational, logical decisions.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Peter Strzok Has a Warning About Russia—and Trump  —  In an interview with WIRED and in his new book, the former FBI agent details the threats the US faces as the 2020 election looms.  —  In his new book out today, former FBI agent Peter Strzok eschewed the traditional complimentary blurbs from famous friends for a different tack.
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
GOP congressman spent $70K in campaign cash on meals  —  Dinners at international sushi bars, steakhouses and a wine boutique.  A $220 meal in London.  A $300 meal in a posh hotel in Belgium on Boxing Day.  —  Rep. Mike Turner has used campaign funds for hundreds of trips to restaurants …
Brendan Greeley / Financial Times:
Those boats in Texas paraded at the wrong speed  —  Alphaville does not have an opinion on the political effectiveness of boat parades.  Putting a Trump flag in a rod holder and motoring around on the weekend isn't any sillier than putting a sticker on a car bumper and driving to work during the week.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Attorney Hired To Probe VOA's Coverage Has Active Protective Order Against Him  —  The CEO appointed by President Trump to lead the federal agency that oversees the Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international broadcasters has made strict protocols for scrutinizing job candidates a hallmark of his brief tenure there.
Washington Post:
Another Facebook worker quits in disgust, saying the company ‘is on the wrong side of history’  —  Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's stances on hateful and racist speech prompted the engineer to resign.  —  Facebook software engineer Ashok Chandwaney has watched with growing unease as the platform has become a haven for hate.
Discussion: Forbes
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
'He's a small child': Utah police shot a 13-year-old autistic boy after his mother called 911 for help  —  When Golda Barton dialed 911 on Friday, she hoped emergency responders could help hospitalize her 13-year-old son, who has Asperger syndrome and was having a mental crisis.
New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Trump, Whose Campaign Lost its Cash Advantage, Says He May Use His Own Money on Race  —  President Trump will head to Florida and North Carolina today and Joe Biden will visit Michigan later this week.  In a New Hampshire primary, Democrats are choosing a challenger to Gov. Chris Sununu.
Emily Atkin / HEATED:
Nothing to see here, folks  —  News outlets continue to ignore climate change in articles about California's record-breaking weather.  —  3 hr … This long weekend was literal hell for millions in the American West.  California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington are suffering from dangerous heat …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Pew Research Center:
Democrats Made Gains From Multiple Sources in 2018 Midterm Victories  —  An examination of the 2018 electorate, based on validated voters  —  Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans voted in 2018 and how their turnout and vote choices differed from 2016.
Ryan Glasspiegel / OutKick:
Colin Kaepernick Has a Higher Madden Rating than Half the NFL Starting Quarterbacks  —  EA Sports announced today that Colin Kaepernick will be featured in Madden 21 for the first time since 2016.  Kaepernick has an 81 overall rating.  Not having played the game in well over a decade …
 
 
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Peter Marks / Washington Post:
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Luke McGee / CNN:
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Cuomo signs NYC restaurants' death warrant: Governor says he won't allow city to reopen indoor dining because it 'doubles amount of bars and there's …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Joy Behar calls for a ‘change’ in the Electoral College
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
New Lincoln Project Ad Blames Trump for Killings at Kenosha Protests
Discussion: Raw Story
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Vindman, Not Whistleblower, Was Driving Force Behind Impeachment
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Esther Mobley / San Francisco Chronicle:
Wine's diversity issue starts with the way we talk about the taste of wine
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
USAID to shut down its coronavirus task force
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Hundreds of Americans Planted ‘Chinese Mystery Seeds’
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