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Politico:
Caputo apologizes to HHS staff, signals desire for medical leave  —  The health department's top spokesperson Michael Caputo called an emergency staff meeting on Tuesday to apologize for drawing negative attention to the Trump administration's health care strategy and signaled that he might …
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:   All The President's Nuts  —  “Well, I don't think the science knows actually.”  — Donald J. Trump
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Michael Caputo was brought in to streamline coronavirus messaging. He has fostered chaos instead.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Competitive Across State  —  Military vote weak for incumbent  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 3 to 5 point lead over Donald Trump in Florida, depending on a range of likely voter models.  The Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll finds Biden with a large lead among Latino voters …
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CNN:
CNN polls: North Carolina a tight race, while Biden leads in Wisconsin  —  (CNN)The race for the presidency is near even in North Carolina and Democratic nominee Joe Biden holds a lead over President Donald Trump in Wisconsin, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in the battleground states.
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I can't believe you're forcing me to vote for Trump, which I definitely didn't already want to do  —  Believe me when I tell you that the LAST THING I could POSSIBLY want would be to vote for Donald Trump.  That's why I am so stunned that you have taken it upon yourself to go to such lengths to FORCE me to vote for him!
Discussion: Althouse
Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Jared Kushner responds to Trump publicly downplaying coronavirus threat  —  White House senior adviser Jared Kushner responded to tapes of President Donald Trump downplaying the threat of the coronavirus in March by saying Trump was “very forthcoming with the American people” about the dangers of the illness.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Kushner expects more countries to normalize with Israel before Palestinian deal
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter  —  One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It's hard to know what to believe.”  Another warned, “Don't trust Dr. Fauci.”
HuffPost:
Trump Campaign Hiding Payments To Top Adviser Embroiled In Child Support Battle  —  Jason Miller has claimed he speaks to the president daily, yet filings do not show him receiving any money from the reelection campaign.  —  WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's reelection campaign is hiding what it pays …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
Alan Dershowitz Files $300 Million Lawsuit Against CNN for Portraying Him as an ‘Intellectual Who Had Lost His Mind’  —  Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against CNN, claiming the cable news network, together with their hosts and panelists …
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Trump's ABC News town hall updates: President defends COVID-19 response  —  The 90-minute special airs on Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on ABC.  —  Exactly seven weeks before Election Day and two weeks before the first presidential debate, President Donald Trump faces uncommitted voters …
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
‘I up-played it’: In ABC town hall, Trump denies minimizing pandemic threat  —  The president told George Stephanopoulos he didn't downplay the virus.  —  With less than two months until ballots are tallied, President Donald Trump defended his handling of race relations in the United States amid …
Discussion: 6abc
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Biden visits Florida as Democrats worry about his standing in the state  —  Joe Biden visited Florida for the first time as the Democratic presidential nominee Tuesday, seeking to bolster his candidacy with Latinos and veterans following complaints from party leaders nervous about his standing in the crucial battleground state.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘A heart pumping blue blood:’ How fast-growing Orlando threatens Trump's reelection
Discussion: NBC News and Orlando Sentinel
Joe Biden for President:
The Biden-Harris Plan For Recovery, Renewal and Respect for Puerto Rico
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into John Bolton's Book  —  Investigators are examining whether the former national security adviser illegally disclosed classified information.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether President Trump's …
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Lomi Kriel / The Texas Tribune:
ICE deported a key witness in investigation of sexual assault and harassment at El Paso detention center  —  Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department inspectors general are investigating allegations that ICE guards assaulted detainees in camera blind spots.  —  Copy link
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Pew Research Center:
U.S. Image Plummets Internationally as Most Say Country Has Handled Coronavirus Badly  —  Ratings for Trump remain poor  —  This analysis focuses on public opinion of the United States in 13 countries in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.  Views of the U.S. and its president …
Daniel Drezner / Washington Post:
I never considered voting for Trump in 2016.  I may be scared into voting for him this year because of my exaggerated fears.  —  I write this in sorrow more than anger — but also, more in satire than sorrow.  —  In 2016, I never, ever, ever considered voting for Donald Trump.
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Catholic group launches $9.7M campaign against Biden targeting swing-state voters  —  A Catholic voters group launched a $9.7 million campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, targeting Catholic voters in swing states.  —  Biden, if he is elected, would be the country's …
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Biden to speak to Senate Democrats Thursday
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Incomes Up, Poverty Rate Down in 2019  —  When adjusted for inflation, incomes hit their highest level since 1967  —  WASHINGTON—American incomes rose sharply and poverty fell in the final year of the country's decadelong economic expansion, according to Census Bureau figures released Tuesday.
Discussion: CBS Baltimore
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New York Times:
U.S. Orders Al Jazeera Affiliate to Register as Foreign Agent  —  The Justice Department says AJ+, a media outlet controlled by the royal family of Qatar, engages in “political activities.”  —  The Justice Department ordered a digital news network based in the United States and owned by Al Jazeera …
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Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
The Trump Administration Orders an Al Jazeera Affiliate to Register as a Foreign Agent
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Documents Reveal How the Police Kept Daniel Prude's Death Quiet  —  Officials in Rochester, N.Y., spent months trying to suppress video footage of the police encounter that led to Mr. Prude's death.  —  ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It was early June, days after the death of George Floyd …
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Is Behind Bogus Study That China Created COVID  —  The study goes against basically all scientific evidence and expert opinion.  But it fits with the former Trump adviser's anti-China posture.  —  A new study purporting to show that the novel coronavirus was manufactured …
Sahid Fawaz / Labor 411:
GOP Senator Who Walked Out To Stop Climate Vote Loses House To Wildfire  —  Oregon Republican state senator Fred Girod was one of 11 Republicans who made headlines when they walked out of the senate - some even leaving the state - so that a quorum could not be achieved for a climate change bill.
Alex Scarborough / ESPN:
LSU coach Ed Orgeron: ‘Most’ of team has contracted coronavirus  —  LSU coach Ed Orgeron said on Tuesday that most of his team has contracted COVID-19.  —  “Not all of our players but most of our players have caught it,” Orgeron told reporters.  “I think that hopefully they won't catch …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Bob Woodward's Bad Characters  —  Why would President Trump coöperate with Bob Woodward—and not only coöperate but participate in eighteen interview sessions, one of which included his now infamous admission that he understood that the coronavirus was serious but intended to “play it down”?
Travis Andersen Globe / The Boston Globe:
7 coronavirus-related deaths now connected to Maine wedding  —  A now-notorious Aug. 7 wedding in the area of Millinocket, Maine, has been linked to seven coronavirus deaths and 176 positive cases, a public health official said Tuesday.  —  Dr. Nirav D. Shah, director of the Maine Center …
Discussion: Associated Press
Politico:
Pelosi faces growing Democratic unrest over Covid relief  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi faces growing calls from within her own ranks — including from some of her most vulnerable members — to take quick action on a coronavirus relief bill even if there's no agreement with Republicans or the White House over the issue.
Anchorage Daily News:
A late change to the 2020 General Election ballot sparks outcry from Alaska Democrats  —  A quiet change to Alaska's 2020 general election ballot has drawn the ire of the Alaska Democratic Party, which says the move is biased, lacks transparency and was disclosed days before ballots are mailed to overseas voters.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Abrahm Lustgarten / New York Times:
How Climate Migration Will Reshape America Millions will be displaced.  Where will they go?  —  August besieged California with a heat unseen in generations.  A surge in air-conditioning broke the state's electrical grid, leaving a population already ravaged by the coronavirus to work remotely by the dim light of their cellphones.
Discussion: ProPublica, Common Dreams and NBC News
Vox:
How Beethoven's 5th Symphony put the classism in classical music  —  To many, Beethoven's most famous work is a symbol of exclusion and elitism in classical music.  —  Beethoven's Fifth Symphony starts with an anguished opening theme — dun dun dun DUNNNN — and ends with a glorious, major-key melody.
Discussion: Twitchy
Bloomberg:
JPMorgan Sends Some Traders Home After Worker Gets Covid-19  — Employees sent home from Madison Avenue building in Manhattan  — Infection news came days after senior traders told to return  —  JPMorgan Chase & Co. sent some of its Manhattan workers home this week after an employee …
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron E. Carroll / New York Times:
Stop Expecting Life to Go Back to Normal Next Year  —  Americans will need to take pandemic precautions well into 2021 — yes, even after a vaccine arrives.  —  Anthony Fauci warned us last week that Covid-19 is likely to be hanging over our lives well into 2021.  He's right, of course.
Wall Street Journal:
FTC Preparing Possible Antitrust Suit Against Facebook  —  No final decision has been made on the outcome of a yearlong probe as discussions with the social-media giant continue  —  WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to file a possible antitrust lawsuit against Facebook Inc. by year-end …
 
 
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Mike Gonzalez / The Daily Signal:
This BLM Co-Founder and Pro-Communist China Group Are Partnering Up. Here's Why.
Rachel M. Cohen / The Appeal:
Cincinnati Is an Epicenter for the Death Penalty. Its Prosecutor Race Could End That in November.
New York Times:
Struggling Hotel Owners, Some With Trump Ties, Seek Federal Bailout
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Campbell / Bloomberg:
The Carnival Cruise Ship That Spread Coronavirus Around the World
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
South Carolina GOP Mailer Manipulates Trump Tweet To Remove Vote-By-Mail Fearmongering
Washington Post:
D.C. legalized marijuana, but one thing didn't change: Almost everyone arrested on pot charges is Black
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Top Aides to Graham Challenger Have History of Anti-Semitic, Sexist, Homophobic Comments
Kara Scannell / CNN:
‘Kushner Village’ tenants sue to block paying rent until fire system concerns are met
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
WKRC:
Football players suspended from team for carrying Thin Blue, Thin Red lines flags at game
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Journalists Should Stop Cleaning Up After Biden
Discussion: National Review
Politico:
HHS chief overrode FDA officials to ease testing rules
Discussion: Raw Story
Dave Levinthal / Business Insider:
The Trump campaign and Republican political committees are accepting donations from people claiming QAnon ties. And they may be violating federal law
Tony Schwartz / GEN:
Trump Is a Lost Cause. We Have to Change Ourselves.
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
The Media Learned Nothing From 2016
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
ProPublica:
No Democrats Allowed: A Conservative Lawyer Holds Secret Voter Fraud Meetings With State Election Officials
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
He Hunted Bin Laden for CIA. Now He Wants Americans Dead.
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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