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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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The Daily Beast:   Michael Cohen's Book: Hannity, Ailes, and Pecker All Groveled for Trump's Love
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 …
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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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: NPR, ABC7, Mediaite, Fox News and New York Post
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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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
In Georgia, Officials Are Investigating Hundreds of Cases of Double Voting
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 …
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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 …
Discussion: Associated Press and Mercury News
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 …
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Tamar Lapin / New York Post:
Rochester PD's ‘entire command staff’ retires amid Daniel Prude protests
Discussion: Law & Crime
Associated Press:
Trump, Biden charge into volatile final stretch of campaign  —  WAYZATA, Minn. (AP) — For such a volatile year, the White House race between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden has been remarkably consistent.  —  With Election Day just eight weeks away …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Joy Behar calls for a ‘change’ in the Electoral College
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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.
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
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.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Trump and Biden are tied in battleground Florida  —  Biden overperforms with seniors but lags with Latinos in the key battleground state according to a new NBC News/Marist poll.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are deadlocked …
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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
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.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Trump's dilemma: How much longer to contest Michigan?
Discussion: Raw Story
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Hundreds of Americans Planted ‘Chinese Mystery Seeds’  —  What I learned by reading thousands of internal emails about the Chinese mystery seeds.  —  Jason Koebler  —  In late July, America was briefly enthralled with “Unsolicited Seeds from China,” which started showing up in mailboxes in all 50 states.
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
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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 no one to enforce the rules' - so how come other major cities are managing?  — Cuomo said that he wouldn't allow indoor dining in NYC …
JONATHAN TURLEY:
ACLU Staffer Attacks University For Admitting Nick Sandmann While Professor Denounces His “Anti-Intellectual” Views [Updated]  —  I have previously written, as a long supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), about my concern over how the venerable group has changed under …
Esther Mobley / San Francisco Chronicle:
Wine's diversity issue starts with the way we talk about the taste of wine  —  Wine language is so often absurd that it's a punchline.  Notes of smoldering tobacco or forest underbrush or underripe Jonagold apple — it sounds almost farcical in its specificity.  Even worse is when the descriptor is inedible.
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
McConnell accuses Democrats of playing ‘Goldilocks’ games with coronavirus relief  —  McConnell unveiled latest GOP plan Tuesday  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday accused Democrats of playing “Goldilocks games” with coronavirus relief to struggling Americans by refusing to agree to any bill until it was just right.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
For the First Time, America May Have an Anti-Racist Majority  —  After George Floyd was killed, Donald Trump sensed an opportunity.  Americans, anguished and angry over Floyd's death, had erupted in protest—some set fires, broke the windows of department stores, and stormed a police precinct.
Discussion: The Nation
Anna Nemtsova / The Daily Beast:
Russian Teen Forced to Rape Himself on Camera for Criticizing 'Putin's Soldier'  —  A Russian social media dissident was captured by Ramzan Kadyrov's men in Chechnya and forced to sit on a glass bottle as an act of apology to Putin's favorite enforcer.  —  Warning: This article contains distressing scenes.
Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
How Maine Turned on Susan Collins  —  Six years ago, Karin Leuthy, a registered Democrat, voted for Republican Sen. Susan Collins.  Like many Mainers, Leuthy, 48, took pride in not voting a straight party ticket that year.  “I thought it was really important to have women in the Senate who were Republican …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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 Political Wire
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
New Lincoln Project Ad Blames Trump for Killings at Kenosha Protests  —  Minute-long spot accuses the president of ‘encouraging the kooks, the crazies, the extremists, the angry fringe’  —  The Lincoln Project, a group of current and former Republicans seeking to prevent President Donald Trump's re-election …
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
Politico:
Trump expands oil drilling moratorium for Florida  —  President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a decade-long ban on oil drilling off the coast of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina — a decision that surprised energy industry executives by reversing the administration's earlier pledges to open those waters to exploration.
 
 
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Luke McGee / CNN:
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Slate:
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Vindman, Not Whistleblower, Was Driving Force Behind Impeachment
New York Times:
Will Doug Emhoff's Legal Career Be an Issue for the Biden-Harris Ticket?
April Ryan / American Urban Radio Networks:
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
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USAID to shut down its coronavirus task force
Discussion: Raw Story
Amy Qin / New York Times:
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USA Today:
I was a casket bearer at Dover. I never thought a U.S. president would insult the fallen.
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Supporters who helped Trump win presidency lagging in motivation this year
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John Ismay / New York Times:
At Least 37 Million People Have Been Displaced by America's War on Terror