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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
White Flight From Trump?  What a Decisive Biden Win Would Look Like  —  Republican structural advantages in the House, the Senate and the Electoral College would be in jeopardy.  —  Recent national polls show that Joe Biden's commanding lead has eroded longstanding demographic divisions …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Electoral College: Florida Moves From Toss Up to Lean Democrat  —  Given its track record in presidential campaigns over the last 20 years, it's hard to think of Florida as anything other than a Toss Up.  Since 2000, the winner of the state has never carried it by more than 5 points.
Discussion: Axios
Ben Jacobs / GEN:
All Your Most Paranoid Transfer of Power Questions, Answered  —  What happens if Donald Trump refuses to accept the results of the election?  —  Can Donald Trump continue as president even if he loses the election in November?  —  Trump's refusal to say that he would accept the results …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Biden holds early edge in ABC News' Electoral College race ratings: ANALYSIS
Discussion: Bloomberg
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
No, it's not ‘fascism’ to protect federal property from riots, revolutionaries  —  Are the images of lawlessness and disorder pouring out of Portland, Ore., and the gun violence and crime waves overtaking New York and Chicago going to have a negative impact on the rising political fortunes of the left?
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:   Inspectors general to examine law enforcement actions at Portland, D.C. protests
Dave Levinthal / Business Insider:
Trump's most important 2016 donor is sitting out 2020  — Robert and Rebekah Mercer ranked among President Donald Trump's most influential backers in 2016.  But they've all but abandoned the embattled president and aren't likely to help him in the home stretch for 2020, five people who know the media-averse Mercers tell Insider.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans, Facing Political Headwinds, Begin Diverging From Trump  —  A promised pandemic recovery proposal remains up in the air as Republicans, their majority at stake, struggle to reach consensus.  —  WASHINGTON — For Senate Republicans, it's now all about self-preservation.
Discussion: The Hill
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   The Mnuchin Follies  —  With his help, Pelosi keeps outmaneuvering …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Coronavirus clash hands Mitch McConnell his ‘toughest challenge as majority leader’
Discussion: National Journal, Axios and Daily Kos
HuffPost:
Congress Holds The Economy In Its Hands As Millions Face ‘Income Cliff’
The Daily Beast:
The Shocking Secret Past of One of QAnon's Most Toxic Stars  —  QAnon conspiracy theorist Tommy Gelati loves to talk.  Just not about this.  —  Trash-talking QAnon conspiracy theorist Tommy Gelati has a long list of celebrities he thinks belong in prison—or who might secretly be there already.
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Media Matters for America:
Pro-Trump OAN attacks bans of “the new mainstream” QAnon: “The deep state appears to be fighting back”  —  Laura Ingraham's show used Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's speech condemning sexism to fearmonger about Democrats  —  Twitter just cracked down on QAnon for causing harm.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Delivers a Lesson in Decency on the House Floor  —  One could be forgiven for thinking that rhetorical dynamism long ago vanished from the hallways and chambers of the United States Congress.  It has been a hundred and sixty-four years, for example, since Charles Sumner …
Discussion: KTLA, The Gateway Pundit, Redstate and Slate
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New York Times:
A.O.C. Unleashes a Viral Condemnation of Sexism in Congress
Discussion: Eschaton
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
AOC's speech about Ted Yoho's ‘apology’ was a comeback for the ages
Discussion: Redstate, Daily Kos and Roll Call
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Future of Nonconformity  —  Where freethinkers go to fight.  —  Like other realms, American intellectual life has been marked by a series of exclusions.  The oldest and vastest was the exclusion of people of color from the commanding institutions of our culture.
Discussion: National Review and alicublog
New York Times:
Trump vs. Biden: Who's Winning the Money Race in Your ZIP Code?  —  Estimated donors by ZIP code, April through June  —  ◄ MORE TRUMP DONORS MORE BIDEN DONORS ►  —  Notes: The map shows which candidate had more individual donors in each ZIP code from April 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump in battlegrounds Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania
Dana Stevens / Washington Post:
Held back  —  As parents realize how badly the U.S. botched the next school year, we're furious  —  The happiest day in my household since the pandemic started — maybe the only truly happy one — was the Wednesday in mid-March when we found out on the New York City Department of Education website …
Wall Street Journal:
A Note to Readers  —  These pages won't wilt under cancel-culture pressure.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  We've been gratified this week by the outpouring of support from readers after some 280 of our Wall Street Journal colleagues signed (and someone leaked) a letter to our publisher criticizing the opinion pages.
Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
8 Big Reasons Election Day 2020 Could Be a Disaster  —  In a campaign year marked by a global pandemic, a recession and a national wave of protests, it's easy to forget that this whole election season began with an absolute debacle when it came to the simple act of voting.
New York Times:
Homeland Security Dept. Admits Making False Statements in Fight With N.Y.  —  The surprise admission came as the Trump administration unexpectedly reversed its decision to bar New Yorkers from programs that allow travelers to speed through airports.  —  Homeland Security officials …
Discussion: Washington Post, NPR, Raw Story and Fox News
Lisa M. Collins / New York Times:
Sultry Nights and Magnolia Trees: New York City Is Now Subtropical  —  Winter is warmer and summer is sweltering, with torrential afternoon downpours.  What's next, palm trees?  —  It was the fig trees that tipped him off.  Something was very unusual at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
HuffPost:
Exclusive: Leader Of Dylann Roof-Worshipping Neo-Nazi Group Exposed  —  Andrew Richard Casarez is a 27-year-old pizza delivery driver and the leading voice in a confederation of neo-Nazis, HuffPost has confirmed.  —  A prominent white supremacist who encourages acts of domestic terror …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Person.  Woman.  Man.  Camera.  TV”: Trump's Mental Health Is a Test for America  —  Person.  Woman.  Man.  Camera.  TV.  Sadly, I suspect I don't need to explain what I'm referring to here.  If you're reading this, you most likely already know what these five words are …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
The Battle for Joe Biden  —  He's not listening to Twitter.  So who does have the candidate's ear?  —  For months, President Trump's re-election team has been test-driving possible lines of attack against Joe Biden: He's sleepy.  He's creepy.  He's corrupt.  He's soft on China.  He's soft in the head.
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
Ukrainian Operatives Are Gearing Up Again To Take On The Bidens.  They Say They Have Giuliani And Republicans On Their Side.  —  The Ukrainians have ties to Russia and their own checkered pasts.  But some Republicans are taking them seriously, and two of the operatives plan to be in Washington soon to push their agenda.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jessica Taylor / The Cook Political Report:
Almost 100 Days Out, Democrats Are Favored to Take Back the Senate  —  With just over 100 days until Election Day, the political climate appears dire for Republicans across the board.  President Trump is the decided underdog against former Vice President Joe Biden in our Electoral College ratings …
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
CNN's ‘Reliable Sources’ Fixated on ‘Right-Wing’ Media  —  CNN's Reliable Sources team purports to cover the entire press, but it overwhelmingly discusses and criticizes conservative and right-wing media and personalities, a Washington Free Beacon analysis finds.
David Nather / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Coronavirus sinks GOP governors in hard-hit states  —  The governors in four of the states hit hardest by the coronavirus have taken a massive hit in public approval over their handling of the pandemic, according to SurveyMonkey poll data shared exclusively with Axios.
Discussion: The Hill
Peter Baker / New York Times:
As Trump Calls for Schools to Fully Reopen, His Son's School Says It Will Not  —  St. Andrew's Episcopal School, the private school in the Maryland suburbs attended by Barron Trump, said it was considering either a hybrid part-time plan or going back to entirely online classes.
Discussion: Political Wire, IJR and Daily Kos
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Trump's Magical Thinking Runs Into Reality, Again  —  Donald Trump finally cancels the Republican National Convention that was never going to happen anyway.  —  President Trump is making history again.  Not the kind of monumental, glorified achievements he envisions, though.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
The Importance of Reopening America's Schools this Fall  —  As families and policymakers make decisions about their children returning to school, it is important to consider the full spectrum of benefits and risks of both in-person and virtual learning options.
Martin Sheil / The Daily Beast:
These Trump Campaign Payments to the Trump Organization Look Shady as Hell  —  Does anyone at the Treasury Department, or the Department of Justice, or the IRS care?  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  The Trump campaign's payments to the Trump Organization for a week-long “donor retreat” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Pavlovic / NBCSports.com:
Why Giants' Sam Coonrod didn't kneel in Black Lives Matter moment of unity  —  Gabe Kapler spent most of this week delivering powerful messages with his actions and his words, but inside the Giants' clubhouse, the manager was crystal clear with his players.  —  They did not have to do anything with which they were uncomfortable.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Doesn't Speak for the ‘Silent Majority’  —  In fact, it is arrayed against him.  —  President Trump believes he represents the “silent majority” of the country against a dangerous, radical minority.  He says as much on Twitter, frequently yelling “SILENT MAJORITY” at his followers.
 
 
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Ed Whelan / National Review:
Senate Democrats Ignorantly Bully Eleventh Circuit Judges
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Randall Kennedy / Politico:
Did Obama Fail Black America?
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Zia Weise / Politico:
First prayers held at Hagia Sophia after reconversion to mosque
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Judy Shelton, Trump's troubling Federal Reserve nominee, explained
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
Washington Post:
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump is the king of lies
Mary Ellen Klas / Tampa Bay Times:
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Ken Moritsugu / Associated Press:
Always rocky, China-US relations appear at a turning point
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Declassified Documents Show FBI Used ‘Defensive’ Briefing In 2016 To Spy On Donald Trump
Discussion: Power Line
Chicago Tribune:
Mayor Lori Lightfoot planning to remove Christopher Columbus statue from Chicago's Grant Park