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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Local TV stations across the country set to air discredited ‘Plandemic’ researcher's conspiracy theory about Fauci — New York (CNN Business)Local television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group are set to air a conspiracy theory over the weekend that suggests Dr. Anthony Fauci …
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New York Times:
Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland — Peaceful protests were already happening for weeks when federal officers arrived on July 4. Our video shows how President Trump's deployment ignited chaos. — Federal officers in military gear ... ... clouds of tear gas ... ... crowd control munitions ...
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Washington Post:
Operation Diligent Valor: Trump showcased federal power in Portland, making a culture war campaign pitch
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Andrew Crespo / Washington Post:
The federal police in Portland don't even understand what ‘arrests’ are
Danielle Zoellner / The Independent:
Key Trump campaign donor steps back from supporting president's 2020 election bid — Robert Mercer, a billionaire hedge-fund manager, donated $15.5m with his wife, Diana, to a number of organisations that supported Mr Trump in 2016 … One of Donald Trump's top presidential donors from 2016 …
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David Siders / Politico:
Donald Trump's suburban horror show — Donald Trump says Joe Biden wants to abolish the suburbs. But polls show a different truth: The suburbs want to abolish Donald Trump. — If current numbers hold, the Republican Party will suffer its worst defeat in the suburbs in decades — with implications reaching far beyond November.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
'It's Bleak': Trump's Great American Comeback Is a Dumpster Fire — “The president has done such damage to himself that a lot of us are just waiting for him to stop being handed so many of those kinds of opportunities,” said a senior official. — Shortly before the summer kicked off, Donald Trump was hopeful.
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Raw Story
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's week of retreat: The president reverses course as the coronavirus surges out of control — President Trump was adamant that Congress cut payroll taxes — until, suddenly, he backed down. — He demanded that all of the nation's schools reopen for the fall semester — until, suddenly, he allowed for some wiggle room.
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New York Times:
The F.B.I. Pledged to Keep a Source Anonymous. Trump Allies Aided His Unmasking. — After a Russia expert who had collected research on Donald Trump for a disputed dossier agreed to tell the F.B.I. what he knew about it, law enforcement officials declassified a road map to identifying him.
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Althouse
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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Meet the Steele Dossier's ‘Primary Subsource’: Fabulist Russian at Democrat Think Tank Whose Boozy Past the FBI Ignored — The mysterious “Primary Subsource” that Christopher Steele has long hidden behind to defend his discredited Trump-Russia dossier is a former Brookings Institution analyst …
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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and American Greatness
USA Today:
As America tops 4 million COVID cases, the cult of Donald Trump has become a death cult — America has now passed the milestone of 4 million COVID cases, and we're still arguing with doctors and epidemiologists about masks and school closures. I expected some of this …
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
American Catastrophe Through German Eyes — Trump says he wants to protect law-abiding citizens. In 1933, Hitler issued his ‘Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State.’ — PARIS — No people has found the American lurch toward authoritarianism under President Trump more alarming than the Germans.
Julie Satow / New York Times:
Turning a Second Home Into a Primary Home — Those who are lucky enough to have a weekend house have discovered that living there full-time can require some adjustment. — 20 PhotosView Slide Show — › — When the pandemic slammed into New York City in March, Sally Fischer …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Biggest Takeaway from Trump's Barstool Suck-Up Session — The president's anti-Black Lives Matter shtick is so extreme he's even lost the Barstool bros. — President Trump invited Dave “El Presidente” Portnoy to the White House on Thursday for a discussion vaguely resembling an …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘Mugged by Reality,’ Trump Finds Denial Won't Stop the Pandemic — A president who once claimed that “the worst days of the pandemic are behind us” now acknowledges that it has surged through much of the country and will “get worse before it gets better.” — WASHINGTON — He insisted …
Washington Post:
House GOP's pleas to Republican National Committee for financial help go unanswered — Senior House Republicans are pleading with the deep-pocketed Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign to provide financial help as Democrats vastly outraise the GOP, but top campaign officials are so far declining to commit.
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Political Wire
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Media coverage of the 2016 campaign was disastrous. Now's the last chance to get 2020 right. — How did the news media mess up in the 100 days leading up to the 2016 presidential election? Let me count the ways. — Journalists relied too much on what opinion polls were saying …
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Politico
New York Times:
Corporate Insiders Pocket $1 Billion in Rush for Coronavirus Vaccine — Well-timed stock bets have generated big profits for senior executives and board members at companies developing vaccines and treatments. — On June 26, a small South San Francisco company called Vaxart made a surprise announcement …
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American Prospect
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Split 5 to 4, Supreme Court Rejects Nevada Church's Challenge to Shutdown Restrictions — The church said it was subject to more severe limits than casinos and restaurants. — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from a church in Nevada to block enforcement of state restrictions on attendance at religious services.
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Scott Sonner / Star Tribune:
US Supreme Court denies Nevada church's appeal of virus rule
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Wall Street Journal
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Poison of Male Incivility When a woman dares respond to it, she's seen as “disruptive.” — Yesterday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood up and gave one of the finest speeches recently heard on the House floor, calling out not just Florida representative Ted Yoho for having called her …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Senate: Ossoff in self-isolation after his wife contracts COVID-19 — Georgia Democratic Senate nominee Jon Ossoff said Saturday he is in self-quarantine after his wife Alisha Kramer, an Emory University physician, contracted the coronavirus. — Ossoff, who is challenging U.S …
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
The Wages of Woke — Dr. Robin DiAngelo, the bestselling author of White Fragility, claims to believe in accountability. DiAngelo used to list the “racial justice” organizations she donates to as part of her extensive “accountability statement,” including a monthly “land rent” …
Ken Coleman / Michigan Advance:
He spent $10M of his own money running for governor in '18. So why does Shri Thanedar want to join the Legislature next year? — It's a 92-degree July afternoon and with Election Day approaching, Shri Thanedar is stumping for votes in Northeast Detroit. Armed with a bull horn, a lawn sign …
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
LeBron James Helping Florida Ex-Felons Pay Fees So They Can Vote — His campaign is partnering with a Florida voting rights group to help formerly incarcerated people pay fines that block them from casting votes. — A voting rights group founded by NBA superstar LeBron James is raising funds …
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