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Politico:
‘She had no remorse’: Why Kamala Harris isn't a lock for VP — When former Sen. Chris Dodd, a member of Joe Biden's vice presidential search committee, recently asked Kamala Harris about her ambush on Biden in the first Democratic debate, Dodd was stunned by her response.
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Outside the Beltway, The Week, The Hill and Real Clear Politics
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden's VP shortlist comes up short — Joe Biden has a dilemma when it comes to choosing a running mate. — The Democratic presidential nominee wants to pick someone who is like him (or at least the way he saw himself as vice president): loyal, trusted, experienced, apolitical, someone with whom he will bond.
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Washington Monthly, JustOneMinute, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post and Breitbart
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Biden leads in North Carolina as voters give Trump poor marks on virus, race relations — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis trails his Democratic challenger, as well, in a new NBC News/Marist poll. — WASHINGTON — Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 7 points in the key swing state of North Carolina …
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Daily Kos, The Hill, Bloomberg and Washington Times
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Thinks the Rioters Are Very Fine People
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The Federalist
Washington Post:
One question still dogs Trump: Why not try harder to solve the coronavirus crisis? — Both President Trump's advisers and operatives laboring to defeat him increasingly agree on one thing: The best way for him to regain his political footing is to wrest control of the coronavirus.
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ABC News, Vanity Fair, Daily Kos, The Hill, The Week, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Fox News may be destroying Trump's reelection hopes — It would be a peculiarly apt form of poetic justice if the entity that has done so much to help President Trump run this country into the ground — Fox News — ends up playing an outsize role in helping destroy his chances at reelection.
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Raw Story and Contemptor, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
National Guard commander says police suddenly moved on Lafayette Square protesters, used ‘excessive force’ before Trump visit — Guard major to testify before Congress that warnings couldn't be heard, tear gas was used — An Army National Guard commander who witnessed protesters forcibly removed …
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Political Wire and Raw Story
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Officer challenges account of violent clearing of protesters
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Axios
Bloomberg:
Trump National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien Has Coronavirus — President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien has tested positive for Covid-19, according to people familiar with his situation, Bloomberg News reports. — O'Brien has been out of the office since late last week, one of the people said.
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Associated Press, Reuters, Talking Points Memo and Axios
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CNN:
Trump's national security adviser tests positive for Covid-19
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GovExec.com, The Root, The Guardian, UPI, Axios and Scripting News
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's national security adviser tests positive for Covid-19
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Associated Press and KRON4
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Melania Trump Will Revamp White House Rose Garden — The first lady's renovation of the garden, a signature showcase of power used by presidents for decades, is taking place as her husband enters a crucial stretch of his re-election effort. — WASHINGTON — Melania Trump, the first lady …
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Mediaite, New York Post and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
On Portland's streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides — PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The party at the Salmon Street Springs fountain, a riverfront landmark in the heart of Portland, was just getting started. — Dozens of drummers beat out entrancing rhythms and a crowd of hundreds danced joyfully …
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Redstate, National Review, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Breitbart and Reason
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Spinning the riots with the Wall of Moms and Leaf-Blower Dads
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New York Times, NPR and KRON4
Washington Post:
GOP, White House aim to temporarily reduce weekly unemployment benefit from $600 to $200 — House Democrats have proposed keeping $600 benefit in place through January but the program is set to expire later this week; $200 would be bridge as states move to new system
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Axios, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Balloon Juice
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Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Republicans Would Cut Unemployment Payments in Virus Relief Plan
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The Hill
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Senate Republicans grow weary with White House over stimulus bill
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Politico, American Prospect, Associated Press, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post
Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal:
Google to Keep Employees Home Until Summer 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic — Search engine giant pushes back return to normalcy — SAN FRANCISCO—Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, people familiar with the matter said, making the search-engine giant …
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The Week, The Wrap, Mediaite, Variety, globalnews.ca, MyNorthwest.com, New York Post and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
You Can Stop Cleaning Your Mail Now — As a COVID-19 summer surge sweeps the country, deep cleans are all the rage. — National restaurants such as Applebee's are deputizing sanitation czars to oversee the constant scrubbing of window ledges, menus, and high chairs.
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Inside John Roberts' surprising streak of liberal wins — (CNN)Chief Justice John Roberts did not flinch. — When Roberts joined liberals on the Supreme Court to preserve an Obama-era program shielding young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children …
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Political Wire
Willem Marx / NBC News:
Jihadist plots used to be U.S. and Europe's biggest terrorist threat. Now it's the far right. — LONDON — The threat of terrorism — particularly from the far right — should be a major concern for governments on both sides of the Atlantic as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease …
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Redstate
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gilmermirror.com:
Louie Gohmert Supporters Alleged to Have Beaten Up Opponent's Campaign Manager at Protest, Calls for Texas Rangers to Investigate — TYLER, Texas—Armed supporters of Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) brutally beat and assaulted Ryan Miller, the campaign manager for Gohmert's opponent …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Navarro mocks Fauci's first pitch — White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday refused to extinguish his bitter feud with Dr. Anthony Fauci, mocking the nation's top infectious disease expert for missing home plate with his ceremonial first pitch on Major League Baseball's Opening Day.
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The Hill, IJR, The Daily Beast and Fox News
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Sinclair Pulls the Plug on Fauci Propaganda — This Time — Will the broadcasting company now drop a program attacking the prominent public health expert, or just repackage it? — Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is one of the largest television station operators in the country …
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Poynter and Vox, more at Mediagazer »
Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press:
Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers — The world's biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government — one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race.
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The Inquisitr and The Guardian
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Joe Biden:
The Biden Agenda for Women — Joe Biden is going to build our country back better after this economic crisis and that includes ensuring we get closer to full inclusion of and equality for women. Women — particularly women of color — have never had a fair shot to get ahead in this country.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
John Lewis Is the First Black Lawmaker to Lie in State in the Capitol Rotunda — The pandemic has dictated an unusual public mourning process for the civil rights icon. He will lie in state briefly under the Capitol dome and then move outside so the public can pay respects safely.
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The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, The National Interest, Slate and The Guardian
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